Recaps

Miao Mu killed The Drowned and rescued Brucie, then helped Barry neutralize the Dead Water in the living room. Wounded and exhausted, he was attacked by the Joker as the chapter ended.

• Miao Mu knocked Brucie unconscious to spare her from facing her former friend, then fought The Drowned with his Nth Metal bayonet and revolver.
• Miao Mu pinned The Drowned to the glass wall, battered her, and stabbed her in the head before swimming back through the pipe with Brucie.
• Miao Mu emerged from the pipe and helped Barry shrink the Smile Pocket and cut the Dead Water into harmless seawater.
• Miao Mu asked Barry to contact the Justice League, and Barry treated his wound before leaving.
• A figure with a crowbar struck Miao Mu and sent him flying, and Miao Mu recognized him as the Joker.

Miao Mu received two nearly identical Joker-marked USB drives and left Gotham with Brucie's body as Supergirl took charge of the rising-sea crisis. In the Batcave, the drives revealed a layered map of the Multiverse and a sinister message, but Miao Mu destroyed the computer before the map could fully load.

• Halin gave Miao Mu a Joker-marked USB drive and left after claiming Puddin' was inside her chest.
• Miao Mu found a second USB drive hidden inside Halin's crowbar and identified it as a special item containing an unimaginable secret.
• Supergirl arrived in Gotham and explained that the seas were still rising, so the heroes planned to build floating cities with Steel Fortress.
• Miao Mu told Supergirl that Brucie was dead, left her to handle the crisis, and took Brucie's body away with Barry.
• In the Batcave, Miao Mu and Barry assembled a crude Batcomputer and used a coin toss to choose which USB drive to open.
• The first drive displayed a layered Multiverse map, and the second triggered a laughing message and coordinates, so Miao Mu smashed the computer before the map finished loading.

Batman stopped an armed truck carrying a cryogenic chamber with a corpse that looked almost exactly like an older version of him. Meanwhile, Miao Mu showed Brucie his world and proposed, but Brucie insisted that by his world's customs Miao Mu would be marrying him.

• Batman pursued the armed truck across Trigate Bridge, disabled it, and found a cryogenic chamber containing a corpse resembling an older him.
• Miao Mu returned home with Brucie and found that only a month had passed in his world.
• Miao Mu showed Brucie a newspaper clipping scrapbook, revealed that he was the sheriff of Arkham District, and introduced his adopted son Jason Todd.
• Miao Mu proposed to Brucie with a Wayne Family ring, and Brucie replied that their world's customs made Miao Mu the one marrying him.

Bruce Wayne and Alfred examined a corpse whose DNA matched Bruce’s and found evidence that he was an older Batman from a parallel universe. At a gathering in Gotham, Miao Mu heard about the city’s escalating gang violence while Brucie investigated his associates and wondered about this world’s Batman.

• Alfred’s autopsy found that the corpse was older than Bruce, had been married, and had survived a broken spine with a nanomaterial support device before dying from poisoning.
• Alfred identified the corpse as Batman, but Bruce’s burn scar showed that the dead man came from a parallel universe rather than Bruce’s future.
• Bruce considered investigating the company or visiting Blackgate Prison to learn more about the corpse.
• At a crowded Mexican restaurant, Jerry told Miao Mu that gang violence and a flood of unidentified bodies had overwhelmed Gotham’s Homicide Division.
• Nygma asked Miao Mu to speak privately, while Brucie studied Miao Mu’s associates and became curious about this world’s Batman.

Miao Mu learned that Chicago mafiosi were killing Gotham officers and their families, and Nygma gave him Harvey Dent’s address while warning that Gilda might be an assassin. Meanwhile, Gordon worked undercover as the Black Knight and prepared to end the gang conflict, with Batman warning him not to trust Falcone.

• Nygma told Miao Mu that six families of officers involved in the gang conflict had been murdered, including the family of Qiang Weisen.
• Nygma gave Miao Mu Harvey Dent’s address and said he suspected Harvey’s wife, Gilda Dent, was an assassin.
• Brucie left to take a walk, and Miao Mu returned to the restaurant to hear what his underlings wanted.
• Gordon operated undercover as the Black Knight while investigating the murders and said he had found clues that might end the violence.
• Batman told Gordon that Miao Mu had returned and warned him that Falcone was using one gang against another.
• Gordon said he wanted to end the conflict as soon as possible and left without turning back.

Brucie fought Batman and was launched away by his Bat Raptor’s ejection seat. She later discussed helping Miao Mu’s businesses and his plans for Arkham District, while remaining wary of the secrets he kept.

• Batman and Brucie clashed on a dark street, and Brucie used her knowledge of his fighting style to gain the upper hand.
• Batman tricked Brucie with the Bat Raptor’s headlights and ejection seat, sending her flying and leaving her unconscious.
• At the martial arts gym, Miao Mu asked whether Brucie intended to help Gordon solve the case, and she changed the subject.
• Miao Mu offered Brucie a popular stock and two struggling companies to manage, and she agreed to expand the businesses and take them public.
• Brucie questioned Miao Mu about his income and remained suspicious of his secrets and potential for wrongdoing.

The Joker, unable to laugh after returning from Hell, arrived at Arkham Asylum and was admitted as a patient under the name Jack. There, he met Harleen Quinzel, who was assigned to observe him, while Brucie took over MW Company and its planned work on Arkham Asylum.

• The Joker smashed another mirror and decided he needed treatment because he could no longer laugh or come up with jokes.
• Brucie questioned Nygma about MW Company's finances and structure, then officially took over the company and approved of its logo and car.
• The Joker arrived at Arkham Asylum under the name Jack and was admitted to a shared ward.
• Jack strangled his neighboring patient with the man's intestines, so the staff moved him into a private room.
• The professor assigned Harleen Quinzel to record Jack's behavior and warned her not to communicate with him.
• Jack told Harleen that she had more color than the professor, and she shut the window after saying she could not talk to him.

Jason and Alexis investigated strange noises coming from a safe in Miao Mu’s study, only for Deadpool to emerge from it and spot a Batarang. Jason opened fire on the intruder, whose swords failed to block the bullets.

• Alexis teased Jason about fearing Brucie while he cleaned the living room, and they heard a crash from the study.
• Jason and Alexis found the study apparently empty, but later heard thumping from the safe and realized something was inside.
• Jason struck the safe to silence it, and a blade stabbed out through its side.
• Jason shoved Alexis aside and fired his shotgun as Deadpool cut open the safe and climbed out.
• Deadpool noticed the Batarang on the dartboard, and Jason grabbed an M16 and opened fire; Deadpool’s swords stopped only one bullet.

Jason and Alexis fought off Wade Wilson after he appeared in Gotham and could not escape with his Time Watch. Brucie intervened when Wade chased them to Arkham Supermarket, but after she broke his arm, she had yet to account for his regenerative ability.

• Wade Wilson arrived in Gotham, discovered his Time Watch could not send him away, and was shot by Jason.
• Alexis sprayed Wade with pepper spray, and Jason set off an explosion before the two fled the study.
• Wade recovered, picked up a flyswatter, and chased Jason and Alexis through the house.
• Jason and Alexis ran to Arkham Supermarket, where Brucie was shopping and recognized the danger Wade posed.
• Brucie pushed Jason and Alexis into the supermarket, attacked Wade, and snapped his arm in a reverse joint lock.

Wade fought Brucie and escaped after the cashier and Jason intervened. Unable to use his Time Watch to leave the enclosed timeline, he decided to seek out his distant cousin Wilson.

• Brucie snapped Wade’s arm and kicked him away, but Wade repaired it and attacked her with his katanas.
• Brucie fought back with her retractable blade and a spider-like mechanical compact that shocked Wade unconscious.
• The cashier arrived with a shotgun, and Jason warned Brucie that Wade was escaping; Wade left behind his suit and fled in his underwear.
• Wade tried repeatedly to use the Time Watch, concluded that the world’s timeline prevented jumps, and decided to look for his distant cousin Wilson.

Miao Mu and Brucie brought the dangerous Smile Pocket to Batman’s Batcave, hoping he could contain whatever might emerge from it. Brucie began exploring a concealed passage after smelling apple pie, leaving Miao Mu waiting below.

• Miao Mu recognized the red-and-black suit as Deadpool’s and worried about what might emerge from the Smile Pocket.
• Miao Mu tied up the Smile Pocket and asked Brucie to drive it to Wayne Estate.
• Brucie took a hidden route into the Batcave, where they left the package for Batman.
• Brucie infiltrated the Batcomputer and copied Gotham’s criminal files, including information about Miao Mu.
• Brucie smelled apple pie and climbed a concealed passage while Miao Mu asked her to bring him a piece.

After discovering that an intruder had cut his surveillance wires and eaten his apple pie, Bruce designed a trap and found a suspicious wired Smile Pocket in a package. In another universe, a sinister figure sent a dangerous gift through a portal to Gotham.

• Alfred found Bruce beside the empty apple pie in the Batcave, and Bruce suspected that a woman who knew him had broken in.
• Bruce chose a Mecha Tyrannosaurus from a Wayne Enterprises warehouse and began designing an anti-intruder trap strong enough to stop Superman.
• Alfred found a suspicious package on a Batmobile, and Bruce shielded him after mistaking it for a bomb.
• Bruce opened the package, found a wired Smile Pocket and a warning note, and put the pocket into a data scanner.
• In a city from another universe, a black-clad figure shattered a test tube containing a grinning child and sent its contents into a portal that appeared in Gotham.

Miao Mu confronted Captain Loeb over police funding cuts, becoming a rallying point for Gotham officers and gaining notoriety. He and Nygma searched for Harvey Dent and his wife, then found a scrap of paper that could lead them to the couple’s new home.

• Miao Mu opposed Loeb’s policy cutting funding and salaries at struggling Gotham precincts, and the police meeting ended with flying teacups and Loeb bleeding from a head wound.
• Miao Mu’s confrontation made him popular among police officers and drew visitors to his home, where Brucie managed the gifts and Jason earned tips fixing cars.
• Miao Mu and Nygma visited Harvey Dent’s former apartment, but the landlord said Harvey and his wife had moved away.
• Nygma found a torn note with contact information for an old house offering free lodging in exchange for maintenance.
• Miao Mu and Nygma set off to check the address while Miao Mu relied on the Upper East Side police chief to help locate Harvey and his wife.

Harvey Dent settled into a rent-free old house with his wife, Gilda, while reflecting on his commitment to justice and the danger it had brought him. Chinese police officer Miao Mu approached Harvey and asked him to serve as a legal consultant.

• Harvey opened the dusty attic window and helped Gilda set up a clothesline at their new home.
• Harvey recalled refusing a gang leader’s bribe, winning a harsher sentence for him, and surviving a teenager’s shooting attempt.
• Harvey remembered how police consultant Edward Nygma had helped remove the threat, after which Harvey moved away without saying goodbye.
• Miao Mu introduced himself to Harvey and asked whether he would help the police as a legal consultant.

Brucie hired Harvey as WM Group’s legal counsel and sent him home excited about the job. When Miao Mu learned that Barbara had a bounty on her, he armed himself and rushed to protect her, while Brucie prepared her Batwoman gear; meanwhile, Wade’s ice-cream antics pushed his cousin toward a fight.

• Brucie hired Harvey as WM Group’s legal counsel for an annual salary of three hundred thousand dollars and assigned him patent, company, and legal-aid work.
• Harvey accepted the job, realized Brucie needed help with patents and a new company, and hurried home to share the news with his wife.
• Miao Mu told Brucie that Barbara had a bounty on her, then left to confront the people targeting her after alerting his allies and nearby police precincts.
• Brucie prepared her Batwoman equipment and looked forward to meeting Barbara, whom she knew as a young man named Bala in her world.
• Wade ate ice cream with bizarre toppings until his cousin threatened him, prompting Wade to grab a katana as his cousin drew a greatsword.

Deathstroke subdued Wade and continued pursuing Batman’s identity for the sake of his fee, while Batman rushed through Gotham after learning Gordon’s tracking signal had vanished and Gordon’s family had been targeted. The chapter left Batman heading to protect Barbara and then find Gordon as Deadshot Lawton led an heavily armed security operation at an Upper East Side checkpoint.

• Deathstroke battered Wade, stuffed him into an ice cream barrel, and put him in the freezer before returning to his sketch of Batman.
• Deathstroke focused on discovering Batman’s identity, believing it could be worth far more than the bounty.
• Batman learned Gordon’s signal had disappeared and that surveillance around Arkham District had gone dark.
• Alfred told Batman that Gordon’s family had bounties on their heads, and Batman learned Barbara was at home and had urged him to find Gordon.
• Batman set out to reach Barbara first, then planned to search for Gordon.
• Deadshot Lawton commanded a heavily armed checkpoint in the Upper East Side as Gotham police stations prepared to confront the security forces.

Barbara prepared to defend herself from bounty hunters until Brucie, dressed as Batwoman, rescued her from Gordon's house. Batman arrived after Barbara escaped and faced the armed crowd drawn by the bounty.

• Barbara searched Gordon's house, armed herself with his guns, and barricaded the doors and windows as bounty hunters closed in.
• Brucie appeared in a Batwoman uniform, shocked a man trying to enter through a window, and urged Barbara to escape.
• Barbara led Brucie to the kitchen garbage chute, but Brucie instead used a Grappling Gun to carry Barbara to a nearby rooftop.
• A squad of assassins stormed Gordon's house and found it empty, while Batman subdued the group and questioned their leader about Barbara's whereabouts.
• Batman spotted Brucie and Barbara on the rooftop, confirmed Barbara was safe, and left as more bounty hunters entered the house and recognized his much larger bounty.

Falcone revealed that he planned to reclaim control of Gotham during a citywide drug raid and taunted the captive Gordon, who remained determined to arrest him. Meanwhile, Batman fought criminals at the Gordon residence and received news that Gordon’s signal had been found.

• Falcone had Gordon cleaned up, then told him that Gotham’s worsening chaos proved the city needed his order again.
• Gordon accused Falcone of fueling the violence and vowed to arrest him, but Falcone’s guards beat and restrained him.
• Falcone said that a major drug raid that night would decide who ruled Gotham and claimed Gordon’s intelligence would earn him the credit.
• Batman defeated a criminal at the Gordon residence and asked Alfred for an update on Gotham’s security situation.
• Alfred reported that the police and WM Security Company were patrolling the districts, then told Batman he had located Captain Gordon’s signal.

Miao Mu led a brutal police and gang crackdown across Gotham, filling Blackgate Prison and targeting anyone who resisted. After Nygma interrogated Johnny Viti and learned the Roman was at the Tokara Building, Miao Mu set out with a convoy to find him.

• Miao Mu directed police and rival gangs to raid Gotham's districts, arresting gangsters and dividing confiscated funds between MW Security Company and the police departments.
• Miao Mu ordered Deadshot Lawton to fire a rocket at an apartment building and sent MW Security Company members inside to seize its gunmen.
• Nygma told Miao Mu that his men had captured Falcone's nephew and offered to find Falcone's address by interrogating him.
• Miao Mu ordered reporters arrested and investigated after one accused him of planning a coup.
• Nygma threatened Johnny Viti with rats until he revealed that the Roman was at the top floor of the Tokara Building.
• Miao Mu gathered his men and led a convoy toward the Roman's location.

Miao Mu’s sweeping crackdown alarmed Gotham’s officials, while he raided Tokara Building and found Batman’s battered victims but no Falcone. Brucie and Barbara tracked Batman’s lead and prepared to reach Falcone’s villa before he escaped.

• Loeb and Mayor Little Don Mitchell panicked over Miao Mu’s raids and the collapse of their plans with Falcone.
• Miao Mu led officers to Tokara Building, where they found Mr. Zsasz and more than thirty people Batman had subdued.
• Loeb called Miao Mu to complain, but Miao Mu hung up, blocked him, and threatened to arrest him when Loeb called again.
• Barbara traced a moving signal, and Brucie learned that Batman was tracking it toward Falcone’s villa.
• Brucie and Barbara set out to arrest Falcone, believing his instincts might let him escape before Batman arrived.

Miao Mu attacked Commissioner Loeb at his villa, forced him to confess to taking bribes, and threatened to kill him if he remained commissioner. He then confronted Feras and the Special Action Team, while Brucie caught Falcone at his farm and began restraining him.

• Loeb ordered Feras and the Special Action Team to protect him and warned Miao Mu to pull back his people.
• Miao Mu crashed into Loeb's villa, drowned and electrocuted him until Loeb confessed to taking money from Falcone, the gangs, and the mayor.
• Miao Mu threatened to kill Loeb if he was still police commissioner in three days, then attacked Feras as the Special Action Team arrived.
• Falcone returned to his farm, where he had been recovering after Mr. Zsasz killed twenty-five assassins sent after him.
• Brucie surprised Falcone, punched him, and stuffed a bloodstained handkerchief into his mouth.

Brucie reflected on how she had humiliated Falcone and wondered why Penguin was absent from Gotham. Oswald was imprisoned at Belle Reve, where Amanda Waller questioned him about Miao Mu and ordered him placed with a shark after he denied knowing him.

• Gotham residents gathered to stare at Falcone, nearly naked and stuck to Wayne Tower.
• Brucie explained that she defeated old-school mafia leaders by destroying their reputations and recalled using similar tactics on Earth-11.
• Oswald complained about the prison’s food and eagerly accepted a can of herring from Amanda Waller.
• Amanda showed Oswald photographs and asked whether he knew the people pictured, including Miao Mu.
• Oswald denied knowing Miao Mu, then poured the herring juice over the photographs as a price for betraying his allies.
• Amanda ordered Oswald to be put in with a shark.

Miao Mu visited Wayne Estate to question Bruce about blood evidence and Batman, while Bruce tried to maintain his playboy cover. A warning that the Batcave had been infiltrated interrupted them, and Bruce discovered that someone had cut the elevator power.

• Miao Mu arrived at Wayne Estate and asked Alfred to speak with Bruce about a case.
• Bruce cleaned up and pretended to have just woken up before Miao Mu asked where he had been on the night of the twelfth.
• Bruce claimed he was Batman, then put on an oversized costume and acted like an absurd Batman fan.
• Miao Mu produced handcuffs, but a scream and a television signal-interruption warning alerted them to trouble in the Batcave.
• Miao Mu left after joking about Commissioner Loeb's resignation, and Bruce found the elevator stopped because someone had cut the power.
• Alfred went to start the backup generator while Bruce rushed to investigate the Batcave.

Deathstroke and Wade broke into the Batcave to find Batman and the Smile Pocket, but Batman's traps and defenses complicated the mission. Deathstroke confronted Batman as the chapter ended.

• Deathstroke recruited Wade to help him get answers from Batman and Batwoman, promising him part of the payment.
• Wade triggered a magnetic trap in the Batcave, escaped by sawing off his hands and feet, and reattached them with a stapler.
• Deathstroke disabled the Batcomputer's power while Wade fought a Mecha Tyrannosaurus and was knocked into a wall by its tail.
• Deathstroke attacked the elevator with his greatsword, but Batman dodged the strike and countered by leaping onto the blade.

Batman, Miao Mu, and Wade fought Deathstroke and the Mecha Tyrannosaurus, while Wade retrieved the Smile Pocket. A cloaked attacker emerged from the pocket and was immediately killed by Miao Mu and Wade.

• Deathstroke confronted Batman as the Mecha Tyrannosaurus attacked, and Wade destroyed the machine by planting a grenade in its tail.
• Batman changed into his gear and struck Deathstroke with his exoskeleton, but Deathstroke cut through the booster before Miao Mu fired at him.
• Deathstroke sent Wade to hold off Miao Mu, and Miao Mu shot Wade with bullets that suppressed his healing ability.
• Wade recovered his sword skills and clashed with Miao Mu using his katanas.
• The Smile Pocket spilled yellow slime and released a cloaked attacker, who tried to kill Miao Mu and Wade but was instantly torn apart by their counterattack.