Chapter Summaries

Miao Mu, Batman, and The Grim Knight fought The Devastator and The Merciless, using explosives and fear toxin to escape as the laboratory was destroyed. The Grim Knight was badly wounded, and Batman carried him toward their parked vehicle while a new danger flared inside the ruined building.

• Batman shoved a grenade into The Devastator's mouth, and Miao Mu and Batman fled as the monster began recovering.
• The Merciless attacked Batman and The Grim Knight, but The Grim Knight tackled him and Batman struck him with fear toxin.
• Batman dragged The Grim Knight away while Miao Mu set off an Arc Reactor that vaporized the laboratory and the building above it.
• Miao Mu and Batman found The Grim Knight gravely wounded, and Miao Mu tried to stop his bleeding.
• Batman carried The Grim Knight toward their vehicle after Miao Mu spotted a powerful light flare inside the damaged building.

Miao Mu and Batman rushed to Wayne Estate to stop Batman Who Laughs from operating on Alfred, but found a robotic Alfred waiting for them. The chapter ended as the mechanical butler dodged Miao Mu’s shotgun blast.

• Miao Mu treated the Grim Knight with the Dionysium Gem and explained that The Devastator and The Merciless were Batman counterparts from other worlds.
• Miao Mu realized Batman Who Laughs was at Wayne Estate and urged Batman to go save Alfred before dawn.
• Miao Mu and Batman buried the unconscious Grim Knight in a concealed pit, then rode toward Wayne Estate.
• Miao Mu fired a Stinger missile at an ambulance in the estate courtyard, while Batman drove into the mansion.
• A robotic Alfred greeted Miao Mu and Batman, and swiftly dodged when Miao Mu fired at him.

Miao Mu and Batman destroyed the Mechanical Butler, then learned from Hugo Strange that Alfred was in the Batcave. They descended into the cave, where an ambush began, and Miao Mu fired into the smoke at an unseen attacker.

• Miao Mu and Batman attacked the Mechanical Butler, and Batman smashed it apart with a spiked war hammer.
• Batman chased Hugo Strange, injured him, and forced him to reveal that Alfred was inside the cave.
• Miao Mu found Teleportation Fluid upstairs, while Batman warned him that the Batcave was below.
• Miao Mu and Batman avoided the elevator’s machine-gun trap by climbing onto the elevator and descending along its cables.
• Batman used smoke and a sound-decoy grenade to distract the cave’s defenders, and Miao Mu fired his shotgun through the smoke, drawing a scream.

Miao Mu and Batman confronted Batman Who Laughs in a room rigged with timed bombs, while Batman tried to disarm them. Miao Mu fought Batman Who Laughs after his shotgun was destroyed, and the battle continued as the countdown ran.

• Miao Mu and Batman entered the smoky room, where Miao Mu blasted Bruce clones and found Batman Who Laughs waiting beside spare Batman gear.
• Batman Who Laughs revealed that thirty bombs were set to explode in thirty-one seconds, so Batman began disarming them while Miao Mu attacked.
• Batman Who Laughs destroyed Miao Mu's shotgun and pierced his right arm with an Nth Metal pickaxe, weakening his Demon Armor.
• Miao Mu trapped the pickaxe in his arm, kicked and punched Batman Who Laughs, then continued fighting after Batman Who Laughs shot him with a miniature pistol.
• Miao Mu tore into Batman Who Laughs with Tiger Claw, but Batman Who Laughs countered with Bronze Tiger's moves and raised his visor as Miao Mu charged again.

Miao Mu fought Batman Who Laughs while Batman dismantled the bombs, but the villain used the Time Grandfather Clock to escape. Miao Mu and Batman emerged from the Batcave to find Wayne Estate transformed into a lifeless wasteland.

• Miao Mu attacked Batman Who Laughs with punches, kicks, and an ammunition crate while Batman dismantled the bombs and incapacitated one clone with a Batarang.
• Batman dismantled the final bomb, but Batman Who Laughs suspended time, caught Miao Mu’s thrown blasting tube, and escaped inside a mass of sticky slime.
• Miao Mu and Batman examined the Time Grandfather Clock, which showed seven thirty, then headed out to see what had happened.
• Miao Mu kicked open the blocked Batcave entrance, and he and Batman found Wayne Estate in ruins, with no signs of life.

Miao Mu and Batman discovered that Wayne Estate had become a radioactive wasteland and armed themselves after a Nazi-marked surveillance sphere transmitted images of them. They waited in the ruins for an approaching Gotham police vehicle, which sent out a robot to identify them.

• Miao Mu and Batman emerged from Wayne Estate into a radioactive desert, and Miao Mu put on armor after Batman warned him about the radiation.
• Miao Mu shot down a red surveillance sphere bearing a Nazi symbol, and Batman discovered it had transmitted their images before Miao Mu crushed it.
• Miao Mu and Batman retrieved weapons and hid the Time Grandfather Clock in the damaged elevator.
• Miao Mu suspected they had arrived ten years in the future, and he and Batman prepared a defensive position among the ruins.
• A Nazi-marked Gotham police vehicle arrived, and a steel robot stepped out to verify Miao Mu and Batman's identities.

Miao Mu and Batman fought off the Mechanical Police at Wayne Estate, destroying their chief and uncovering that the machines were made by Wayne Enterprises. They drove toward Gotham, where Nazi symbols and a version of Batman appeared across the city, revealing a world ruled by Nazi Germany.

• Miao Mu attacked the Mechanical Police, and Batman realized their chief controlled their movements.
• Batman destroyed the Mechanical Police Chief with a thermite grenade, slowing the remaining officers and helping Miao Mu defeat them.
• Batman took a Mechanical Police head and identified the machines as Wayne Enterprises products while Miao Mu found a Nazi emblem on a laser cannon.
• Miao Mu detonated bombs to collapse the elevator to the Batcave, and he and Batman used the armored vehicle to drive toward Gotham.
• Miao Mu and Batman saw Nazi flags and propaganda across the city, including a billboard showing a Nazi-uniformed Batman threatening people in hiding.

Miao Mu and Batman fled Nazi surveillance through the sewers, where they encountered Dick Grayson, a resistance fighter who distrusted Batman because he resembled a dead counterpart. Dick revealed that the Nazi invasion had lasted more than 3,400 days and demanded that Batman remove his mask.

• Miao Mu and Batman recognized the armored ruler as Leatherwing, a Nazi Batman, and debated the strange universe they had entered.
• Miao Mu drove through the monitored city while Batman searched the police car for trackers, but surveillance identified them as intruders and ordered their harmless disposal.
• Batman and Miao Mu escaped into the sewers after destroying cameras and robots, and Miao Mu rigged a grenade trap at the manhole.
• Batman and Miao Mu drew out a young fighter in a blue suit, who explained that harmless disposal meant turning people into reusable fuel.
• Miao Mu identified the fighter as Dick Grayson and asked whether Bruce Wayne, also known as The Grim Knight, was alive.
• Dick said the Nazis had arrived more than 3,400 days earlier, said a Batman like him was dead, and demanded that Batman remove his mask.

Dick led Batman and Miao Mu through the sewers to a hidden base, where the Grim Knight’s people captured and detained them. After Wonder Woman forced them to cooperate with a medical inspection, Dick told them the captain wanted to see them.

• Dick led Batman and Miao Mu through a flooded passage into a hidden water channel.
• The Grim Knight’s people caught Batman and Miao Mu in flexible metal nets and held them underwater before hauling them out.
• The Grim Knight ordered his people to strip and inspect the captives, but Wonder Woman stopped the crowd and made them cooperate.
• Batman and Miao Mu underwent examinations in a medical room, where Miao Mu’s Demon Armor drew attention.
• Dick brought them waterproof bodysuits and a white coat, then asked Miao Mu about his armor; Miao Mu threatened to feed him to the fish.

Miao Mu and Batman confronted the Grim Knight beneath Gotham, where Wonder Woman attacked Miao Mu before the group learned that Nazis from another world had seized the city. The Grim Knight explained that Alfred had become a beacon linking the worlds, and Wonder Woman vowed to avenge the Amazons.

• Miao Mu tried to grab the Grim Knight, but Wonder Woman attacked him and they fought until the Grim Knight ordered her to stop.
• Batman asked about Alfred and the new world, and the Grim Knight revealed a reactor capable of destroying the city, built using Miao Mu's equipment and bearing his name.
• The Grim Knight showed that Gotham held 120 million people and said the Nazi forces had kidnapped the city and its inhabitants.
• The Grim Knight explained that the Batman Who Laughs had turned Alfred into a beacon connecting Gotham to a world where Nazis ruled and Superman had become Overman.
• The Grim Knight identified James Gordon as the resistance's trustworthy partner and said Wonder Woman was the sole survivor of Themyscira, destroyed by the Merciless.
• Wonder Woman vowed to kill the Merciless, and the Grim Knight asked how Miao Mu and Batman had reached his base.

Miao Mu and the others learned that their world was connected to Nazi Earth-10, where a Nazi Superman helped the empire conquer the world. The group prepared to travel there and destroy its coordinate signal tower, while Wonder Woman remained determined to take revenge on The Merciless.

• Miao Mu identified the Nazi world as Earth-10 and contrasted it with the Red Son World, Earth-33.
• The Grim Knight proposed traveling to the Nazi world to destroy its coordinate signal tower, which could save Alfred and restore their world, despite the risk of being stranded.
• Wonder Woman asked about The Merciless and insisted she needed to avenge her people, while Miao Mu warned that she could not defeat him.
• Miao Mu demanded his Dionysium Gem back, and The Grim Knight retrieved it from a water tank and returned it.
• Miao Mu and Batman agreed to join the mission, and Batman also asked for his equipment back.

Miao Mu, Batman, and the Grim Knight infiltrated Earth-10 in a garbage truck as the Gotham Resistance attacked the Nazi base. When Nazi Superman flew toward the battle, the Grim Knight attacked him while Miao Mu drove the team toward their next move.

• Miao Mu, Batman, and the Grim Knight hid in a garbage truck headed for the defenses around Arkham District, while Oliver Queen led the Resistance’s assault as a diversion.
• Batman broke out of the truck and knocked out the two Nazi logistics soldiers guarding it.
• Miao Mu took the wheel and guided the team toward Arkham District using his familiarity with the area.
• Batman spotted Nazi Superman flying toward the Resistance’s attack, and the Grim Knight fired a laser and tracking missiles at him.
• Miao Mu drove off with Batman and the Grim Knight, who explained that drawing Nazi Superman away was part of their backup plan.

Miao Mu, Batman, and The Grim Knight fought Nazi Superman after he stopped their garbage truck. Batman’s Smallville Ring weakened him, and the group subdued him and forced him to lead them to Area Eleven.

• Nazi Superman stopped Miao Mu’s garbage truck and attacked Miao Mu and The Grim Knight.
• Miao Mu sprayed black paint into Nazi Superman’s face, but Nazi Superman kicked him away and cut the truck apart with Heat Vision.
• Batman struck Nazi Superman with the Smallville Ring, stripping away his Steel Body and knocking him down.
• Batman used the ring’s green light to restrain Nazi Superman while Miao Mu punched him and The Grim Knight fired his laser pistol.
• Nazi Superman tried to flee, but Batman’s chain kept the ring close and removed his powers again.
• The Grim Knight held a laser pistol to Nazi Superman’s forehead and ordered him to lead them to Area Eleven.

Miao Mu, Batman, and The Grim Knight forced their way into the Nazi base with Nazi Superman as a hostage and confronted Nazi Bat. A battle broke out, leaving Batman poised to slam Nazi Superman headfirst into the floor.

• Miao Mu, Batman, and The Grim Knight entered the World Traversal Gate base after Nazi Bat ordered the soldiers to let them pass.
• Miao Mu attacked Nazi Bat with the Super Armor-Piercer ring while Batman struck Nazi Superman and The Grim Knight fought off the soldiers.
• Nazi Bat recovered and counterattacked, but Miao Mu fought through his laser fire and damaged one of his Kryptonian pistols.
• Batman grabbed Nazi Superman from behind and lifted him for a German Suplex.

Batman and Miao Mu captured Nazi Bat and Nazi Superman and forced them to lead the way to the portal’s coordinate locator. They reached a guarded iron gate, where Nazi Bat agreed to solve the access problem under Miao Mu’s threat.

• Batman slammed Nazi Bat to the ground, cuffed him, and joined Miao Mu in fighting off the Nazi soldiers.
• The Grim Knight sealed the corridor with an adhesive grenade and infrared beams, then asked how Miao Mu had subdued Nazi Superman.
• Miao Mu kept the Kryptonite secret as Batman escorted the captured Nazi heroes deeper into the facility.
• The Grim Knight used a sonic detector to track another Divine Bird Squad while the group followed the curved steel corridor toward the coordinate locator.
• At a guarded iron gate, Nazi Superman said the robots required a specific signal, so Miao Mu removed the explosive from Nazi Bat’s mouth and forced him to open the door.

Miao Mu, Batman, and The Grim Knight entered the core of the Nazi base and found Alfred preserved inside a machine that held the world's coordinates. Nazi Bat activated the machine and turned the guards against them, leaving the group fighting as a Mechanical Butler joined the battle.

• Nazi Bat gave the salute that opened the core area's doors, and Miao Mu, Batman, The Grim Knight, and Nazi Superman entered.
• Miao Mu and the others discovered Alfred suspended inside a machine connected to the golden dome.
• Nazi Bat pressed a virtual button, sending electricity through the dome and making Miao Mu and the others begin to fade.
• Nazi Bat ordered gray-coated guards to attack, and The Grim Knight, Batman, and Miao Mu fought back.
• Batman battled Nazi Bat while Nazi Superman clung to his leg, and Miao Mu used his Demon Armor to withstand the guards' laser attacks.
• A Mechanical Butler appeared, announced that it would eliminate dangerous individuals, and Miao Mu charged at it.

Miao Mu fought through weaponized appliances and robots after The Murder Machine hacked the facility, then fled when Nazi Superman broke free. Cornered in a museum, Miao Mu discovered and grabbed the Ghost Hammer-Sickle as Nazi Superman searched for him.

• Miao Mu destroyed the Mechanical Butler, survived a laser blast, and escaped the building as hacked appliances attacked him.
• Miao Mu fought through maintenance robots with a bent alloy window frame while explosions set the building on fire.
• Miao Mu saw Nazi Superman break free after the explosives on his head had been disabled, then ran as Nazi Superman pursued him.
• Miao Mu took shelter in a museum, where Nazi Superman smashed inside and searched for him with X-ray vision.
• Miao Mu found the Ghost Hammer-Sickle in a display case and grabbed it.

Miao Mu fought Nazi Superman with a chained hammer and scythe, using white flames to overpower him. The Grim Knight prepared to die beside the captured Nazi Bat, but Miao Mu dragged Nazi Superman toward Batman and the others.

• Miao Mu struck Nazi Superman with the hammer and wounded his arm with the scythe as the two battled in the museum.
• Miao Mu wrapped the scythe chain around Nazi Superman’s neck and used the museum pillars to restrain him.
• Miao Mu provoked Nazi Superman into charging, then ignited white flames and hammered him repeatedly.
• The Grim Knight captured Nazi Bat and prepared to detonate a bomb as Nazi soldiers closed in, while Batman urged him to leave.
• Miao Mu yanked Nazi Superman toward Batman and the others, and the Grim Knight told them to get out.

Miao Mu and Batman left the alternate world after Batman used the Time Grandfather Clock to transfer them rather than change the past. They returned to the main world’s Gotham, where the season and passage of time showed they had been away much longer than a day, and Batman stopped Miao Mu from running home on foot.

• Miao Mu and Batman visited the grave of the fallen hero, where the old butler brought flowers and Batman asked whether the past could be changed.
• Batman decided to transfer the situation instead, then pressed the Time Grandfather Clock, which appeared to leave the world unchanged.
• Miao Mu activated the Hyper-Adapter and returned with Batman to the main world, leaving Wonder Woman and Gordon behind.
• The white-haired old man revealed himself as the wealthy man’s former butler, who had been disguised and was now returning to his employer.
• Miao Mu and Batman appeared in Wayne Estate during a downpour and hid from Alfred and Dick before Batman offered Miao Mu a car.

Jack Pinal reviewed old Gotham criminal records at City Hall, searching for clues that could help Prosecutor Harvey fight crime. A strange, bomb-wearing man arrived with Toya’s bloodied employee ID and threatened Jack before leaving.

• Jack Pinal brought Toya a stack of old files and argued that the records could help expose Gotham’s criminal gangs.
• Jack found Carmine Falcone’s tax-evasion arrest record and considered whether old records could offer a better way to stop crime.
• Jack heard maniacal laughter, took several pills to quiet the hallucinations, and continued working through the rainy evening.
• A strange man entered City Hall carrying Toya’s employee ID and said he had knocked Toya out with one punch.
• The man showed Jack the grenades and bombs beneath his trench coat and warned him not to tell anyone about the visit.