Chapter Summaries

After learning Bruce Wayne had been hospitalized in a car accident, Li Ang realized the previous day's attack had targeted Batman rather than him. He took Harley Quinn and the three girls to look at apartments in Gotham's Diamond District.

• Li Ang watched the news report that Bruce Wayne had been seriously injured in a car accident, then concluded Batman had been the target of the previous day's events.
• Li Ang called Kate Kane, who said Bruce Wayne's injuries were not serious and confirmed that Thomas Elliot was treating him.
• Li Ang told Harley Quinn about the kidnapping and shoot-out; Harley Quinn was upset that she had missed the excitement and threatened Bane.
• Li Ang and Harley Quinn went out with the three girls, and Harley Quinn taunted unfriendly onlookers by showing off her revolver.
• Frank drove Li Ang and the others to look at nearby apartments in the Diamond District.

Li Ang moved his family from their cramped apartment into a larger home in Gotham’s Diamond District, with Harley Quinn expecting Poison Ivy to help cover the cost. After finishing the move, Li Ang returned to the Iceberg Lounge, where a woman greeted him as someone she had missed.

• Li Ang asked a realtor about larger homes in the Diamond District, and Harley Quinn said Poison Ivy had made millions that she could claim a share of.
• Li Ang chose a three-bedroom, two-bathroom house, and he, Frank, and the others spent the day completing the paperwork and moving their belongings.
• Harley Quinn fell asleep in the new house, while Li Ang left with Frank to return to the Iceberg Lounge.
• A waitress summoned Li Ang to meet someone, and a woman welcomed him, saying she had missed him.

Li Ang declined Sophia Falcone’s offer to join her and Penguin Cobblepot, who were teaming up to take over Gotham’s underworld. After taking Rachel home, he went with Harley Quinn to get money from Poison Ivy, while Kara and Ciri stayed behind and decided to go flying.

• Sophia Falcone met Li Ang at the Iceberg Lounge and offered him anything he wanted if he joined her side, but he politely refused.
• Penguin Cobblepot arrived, and Frank told Li Ang that Penguin and Sophia planned to rule Gotham’s underworld together.
• Li Ang returned to his new home and prepared to take Rachel back, while Kara and Ciri reluctantly said goodbye to her.
• Harley Quinn urged Li Ang to go with her to collect money from Poison Ivy, and the two left with Rachel.
• Kara took Ciri onto the balcony and invited her to go flying, which Ciri eagerly accepted.

Harley Quinn took Li Ang to visit Poison Ivy in Robinson Park, where Ivy confronted them after witnessing their intimate encounter. Harley asked Ivy about the money she had made, leaving the reason for their visit unresolved.

• Harley Quinn showed Li Ang and Rachel her one-dollar Ford before driving Rachel home and taking Li Ang to Robinson Park.
• Harley Quinn and Li Ang went into the woods, where Poison Ivy watched them through the park’s plants and then refused to come out.
• Harley Quinn threatened to burn down the park, prompting the branches to guide her and Li Ang to Poison Ivy in Jitai Garden.
• Poison Ivy emerged from the flowers and challenged Harley Quinn over the intimate scene she had witnessed.
• Harley Quinn asked Poison Ivy about the money she had made, and Poison Ivy’s expression froze.

Harley Quinn confronted Poison Ivy over the money she had earned, and Li Ang used his fire magic to make Ivy reveal that a bandaged man had taken half of it. Ivy identified the man as Silence, leaving Li Ang to connect him to the events involving Batman.

• Harley Quinn asked Poison Ivy about reports that she had made a lot of money, while Li Ang revealed his ability to summon fire to threaten Ivy’s plants.
• Poison Ivy admitted she had earned five million dollars, and Harley demanded two million from her.
• Poison Ivy revealed that someone had taken half her money, prompting Harley and Li Ang to demand an explanation.
• Poison Ivy said a bandaged man who knew Gotham had ordered her to control Catwoman and had taken a box of money from her.
• Poison Ivy told Li Ang and Harley that the man had called himself Silence.

Harley Quinn and Li Ang spent the day shopping with Kara and Ciri before Li Ang activated the Bat-Signal and warned Batwoman that Hush had been behind the recent attack. After kissing Batwoman, Li Ang left her to investigate Hush with Alfred, who raised the possibility that Hush knew Batman was Bruce Wayne.

• Harley Quinn took a million dollars from Poison Ivy, who sent her and Li Ang away after lamenting her dwindling funds and delayed island plans.
• Harley Quinn bought phones, cake, and clothes for Kara, Ciri, Li Ang, and herself, and the family celebrated together at home.
• After checking the Iceberg Lounge, Li Ang activated the Bat-Signal from a rooftop and drew Batwoman's attention.
• Li Ang told Batwoman that Hush had controlled Catwoman and was behind the previous incident, and warned her that Hush knew Batman very well.
• Li Ang asked Batwoman how their last kiss had felt, kissed her again, and left while she hid nearby.
• Batwoman told Alfred what Li Ang had revealed, and Alfred warned that Hush might know Batman was Bruce Wayne; Batwoman doubted that Li Ang knew her identity as Kate Kane.

Li Ang spent the day cooking for Kara and Ciri, then went with Harley Quinn to collect the promised present. At Harley’s abandoned building, she revealed that her gift involved a dart game with a captive Albanian, who begged to talk before they began.

• Li Ang called Kara and Ciri to dinner, and Kara asked why he called Ciri Princess but not her.
• Li Ang cooked Sichuan dishes that delighted Kara and Ciri, while Harley Quinn woke up wearing his shirt and invited him out to receive her present.
• Li Ang called Frank to watch the club, then rode with Harley Quinn to her turf and entered an abandoned building.
• Harley Quinn brought in a chained Albanian captive and proposed a dart game in which she and Li Ang would compete to score the most points before he died.
• The captive begged to reveal everything, and Harley Quinn exchanged a satisfied look with Li Ang.

Harley Quinn presented Black Canary to Li Ang as a gift, provoking a fight between the two women. Black Canary discovered Li Ang was far stronger than she was and demanded to know who he was and why Batman had not stopped him.

• Harley Quinn had her men take away the Albanian after he confessed, then told Li Ang a present was coming.
• Black Canary entered through the window, and Harley Quinn announced she was giving her to Li Ang as a present.
• Black Canary rejected Harley Quinn's offer and attacked Li Ang, believing he was behind the attempt to capture her.
• Li Ang's body withstood Black Canary's strike, and he easily stopped her from taking back her weapon.
• Black Canary tried to throw Li Ang with a judo move, then backed down when she realized she could not hurt him.

Li Ang refused Black Canary’s request to help stop the Penguin and the Falcone family, and she left without reaching an agreement with Harley Quinn. Outside, Black Canary fought Huntress, who fled after Harley Quinn and Li Ang appeared.

• Harley Quinn explained that she had tried to give Black Canary to Li Ang in exchange for Black Canary’s territory.
• Black Canary told Li Ang she wanted to stop the Penguin and the Falcone family from consolidating Gotham’s underworld, but Harley Quinn refused to hand over her territory.
• Black Canary asked Li Ang to fight for Gotham, but he refused and told her to ask Batman instead.
• Black Canary left, and a fight broke out between her and Huntress outside.
• Huntress fled on her motorcycle after spotting Harley Quinn and Li Ang, firing a crossbow at Black Canary as she escaped.
• Black Canary used a sonic scream to knock the arrows out of the air.

Harley Quinn teamed up with Black Canary to track down the Huntress, Helena Bertinelli, while Bruce Wayne left the hospital and was expected to resume being Batman soon. At home, Li Ang set aside Rachel’s dark books and sent her to play with Kara and Ciri.

• Harley Quinn agreed to work with Black Canary and suggested they recruit the Huntress to fight criminals together.
• Harley Quinn and Black Canary identified the Huntress as Helena Bertinelli, a Gotham teacher who often went to church and fought criminals.
• Bruce Wayne left the hospital after less than two weeks, and Li Ang expected Batman to return soon.
• Li Ang woke Kara and Ciri for Rachel’s visit, then took Rachel’s Necronomicon and magic books and told her to play with the others.

Li Ang searched for a magic teacher for Ciri and asked Kate Kane to identify the author of The Book of Magic. The chapter ended when the girls revealed they wanted superhero uniforms, and Li Ang tried to discourage them from fighting crime in Gotham.

• Li Ang reviewed different kinds of magic and worried that Ciri and Rachel might never awaken their talents without proper guidance.
• Li Ang asked Kate Kane to find the author known as Lady Magic, and Kate agreed while teasing him about Harley Quinn.
• Kara, Ciri, and Harley Quinn asked Li Ang to take them shopping for materials to make their own superhero uniforms.
• Li Ang learned the girls planned to become superheroes and told them Batman could handle even Thanos in Gotham.

Li Ang agreed to let Kara, Ciri, and Rachel buy superhero costumes, but set rules about keeping their identities hidden and not going out in public as heroes until they were eighteen. On the way to shop, the girls argued over their designs, while Li Ang praised Kara’s costume drawing and left Ciri and Rachel unconvinced.

• Li Ang explained that Gotham was the safest place for the girls because Batman kept people from running wild, and he agreed they could buy costumes if they kept studying.
• Li Ang told the girls to show him their costumes and forbade them from wearing them in public as superheroes before they were eighteen.
• After Ciri pleaded with him, Li Ang allowed the girls to do good deeds secretly, as long as no one discovered them or saw them in the spotlight.
• Li Ang took Kara, Ciri, and Rachel out to buy costumes, and joked that Batman left his chin exposed so Gotham’s police would know he was white.
• Li Ang looked over the girls’ costume designs and called Kara’s the best, prompting Kara to gloat while Ciri and Rachel argued with her.

Li Ang helped Kara, Ciri, and Rachel make costumes while Harley Quinn prepared to recruit Huntress for her new gang. Silence approached Harley Quinn and offered her a chance to see the Joker if she sabotaged an opera and killed Bruce Wayne.

• Li Ang helped Kara finish the first version of her Battle Suit and suggested adding a golden-yellow belt and the House of El symbol.
• Li Ang left for the Iceberg Lounge as the Penguin and Sophia's operation against the Street Demon Gang began.
• Harley Quinn drove to meet Black Canary and planned to invite Huntress to join her gang.
• Silence approached Harley Quinn and offered to let her see the Joker in exchange for sabotaging an opera performance and killing someone.
• Harley Quinn attacked Silence but was kicked away, and Silence named Bruce Wayne as her target.

Harley Quinn learned that Silence wanted her to kill Bruce Wayne and negotiated to capture him in exchange for the Joker. After hearing what happened, Li Ang suspected Silence was targeting Batman and went out to investigate, leaving Harley Quinn and the girls at home.

• Harley Quinn rejected Silence's demand to ruin an opera and kill Bruce Wayne, then offered to capture Bruce Wayne in exchange for the Joker.
• Harley Quinn called Black Canary to recruit her for a job and said they should find Huntress first.
• Harley Quinn told Li Ang that Silence had asked her to kill Bruce Wayne and that she had changed the deal to a trade for the Joker.
• Li Ang reasoned that Silence knew Bruce Wayne was Batman and left to meet someone, telling Harley Quinn to wait for his message.
• Kara mentioned that Li Ang used to come home from work and go straight to bed, prompting Ciri and Rachel to ask whether he had dated a woman.

Harley Quinn kidnapped Bruce Wayne and brought him to an abandoned factory, where Silence revealed that Joker was being held captive. Harley’s attempt to rescue her “Little Pudding” left Bruce caught in the middle.

• Kate Kane questioned Bruce Wayne about Wayne Enterprises, then left without revealing what she was hiding.
• Harley Quinn drugged Bruce Wayne in the Wayne Enterprises parking garage and ordered her underlings to take him away.
• Gotham police launched a citywide search after news spread that Bruce Wayne had been kidnapped.
• Bruce Wayne woke in the van and asked Harley Quinn what she wanted, but she said it was a transaction and refused to ask for money.
• Harley Quinn led Bruce into an abandoned factory and called for her “Little Pudding,” where Silence revealed Joker tied to a chair.

Harley Quinn pretended to obey Silence’s order to injure Bruce Wayne, giving Batwoman and Black Canary time to ambush him. Bruce escaped the warehouse and called Alfred to bring his armor, while Silence remained inside facing the heroes.

• Harley Quinn stalled when Silence ordered her to break Bruce Wayne’s leg, revealing that the Joker no longer controlled her.
• Harley Quinn shattered the warehouse spotlights as Batwoman arrived and freed Bruce Wayne, who had already untied himself.
• Batwoman’s sonic attack exposed Silence hiding on an overhead walkway, but he landed safely and opened fire on the group.
• Bruce Wayne realized Batwoman had included him in Li Ang’s plan to make Silence lower his guard, then escaped the warehouse under her cover.
• Bruce Wayne contacted Alfred for his armor, and a Bat-jet flew in from the north.

Silence unleashed drug-fueled men against Batwoman, Harley Quinn, and Black Canary, but Huntress joined the fight and helped them turn the tide. When Silence shot Batwoman, Li Ang intervened, stopped his bullets, and cornered him beneath a bright spell.

• Silence ordered his men to inject the New Drug and attack Batwoman, Harley Quinn, and Black Canary.
• Batwoman cut one attacker’s tube, killing him, while she fought Silence and fell behind.
• Huntress shot the drug tubes of Harley’s attackers, then joined Harley and Black Canary in the fight.
• Silence kicked Batwoman down and shot at her, but Li Ang stepped in and deflected the bullet.
• Li Ang lit the factory, pursued Silence, caught all his bullets, and crushed them in his hand.

Li Ang and Harley Quinn’s group captured Thomas Elliot and uncovered his plan to trick Batman into breaking his no-kill rule. The group fled as the police arrived, leaving Joker to be arrested and sent to Arkham Asylum.

• Harley Quinn celebrated Li Ang’s victory, and Batwoman restrained Silence until Batman arrived.
• Li Ang unmasked Silence as Thomas Elliot, who explained that he had planned to fake his death and frame Joker to provoke Batman into killing him.
• Batman took Thomas Elliot away, while Harley Quinn refused to free Joker and declared that their relationship was over.
• Li Ang asked Batwoman to speak as Kate Kane, but she fled; Harley Quinn proposed calling their group the Birds of Prey.
• The group left as the police arrived, and Commissioner Gordon arrested the wounded Joker and ordered him sent to Arkham Asylum.

Batman confronted Thomas Elliot and learned that Thomas had murdered his parents and planned to kill Bruce Wayne and take his place. The next day, Kate Kane told Li Ang what she had uncovered about Lady Magic, Zatanna Zatara.

• Batman questioned Thomas Elliot on a rooftop, and Thomas confessed that he had caused his parents’ fatal car accident to inherit their fortune.
• Thomas explained that he planned to kill Bruce Wayne and impersonate him, but Bruce rejected the plan and used fear gas on him.
• Thomas inhaled the gas and saw his classmates transform into Bruce Wayne, leaving him terrified.
• Kate Kane met Li Ang at a café with shorter hair and told him she had learned that Lady Magic was Zatanna Zatara, a magician and supposed descendant of Da Vinci.
• Li Ang recognized Zatanna’s reputation and decided he wanted to avoid getting involved with John Constantine.

Li Ang learned that he could not contact the retired magician Zatanna, then grew closer to Kate Kane after she took him home and shared the story of her family’s murder. By the weekend, Kate was visiting often, and she joined Li Ang, Ciri, and Kara for a movie outing, where Ciri asked about Kate’s ex-girlfriends.

• Kate told Li Ang that Zatanna was retired and unreachable, then showed him a photo of the magician and accidentally exposed her own private photos.
• Li Ang rode with Kate to her coastal home, where she told him how a gang attack had killed her mother and younger sister and how Batman inspired her to become Batwoman.
• Li Ang and Kate kissed and began a relationship, and Kate later told him she was bisexual and wanted him to accept that she might still date women.
• Kate began visiting Li Ang often and helped look after Ciri while Harley Quinn caught up on sleep.
• Li Ang took Ciri and Kara out with Kate, and Ciri asked Kate how many girlfriends she had had.