Spinning out of the events of The Joker War and Detective Comics #1027 comes a tale of the beginning of the end for Gotham City s status quo. With tensions flaring and a new mayoral candidate making his anti-hero agenda known to the city, Batman and his allies are stretched thin to keep the peace. But just as things couldn t look any worse, a string of gruesome murders has left a trail of the most corrupt in Gotham City losing their heads...literally. If Batman doesn t quickly find the killer the Dark Knight will be next.