Chapter Summaries

Oswald Cobblepot tortured and killed Henderson, then prepared to confront the United Consortium’s men at Cobblepot Castle. After learning they had forced his mother and the maids into the stables, he ordered his bodyguards to kill everyone.

• Oswald’s bodyguards trapped Henderson and his companion in the room, where Oswald beat the companion to death.
• Oswald crippled Henderson with his cane, rejected his threats about the United Consortium, then shot him and sent Lincoln March a photo of the corpse.
• Oswald dressed for the confrontation, armed himself with a Scorpion submachine gun, and left Cobblepot Castle in the rain.
• Sanders mocked Oswald and revealed that Mrs. Esther Cobblepot and the maids were sheltering in the stables.
• Oswald ordered his bodyguards to leave no one alive, and they drew their Thompsons.

Tim's hijacked broadcast exposed Gotham's secrets and helped spark a violent uprising, while the Court awakened its strongest Talons and prepared attacks on the League of Assassins and Wayne Manor. As Owlman rushed to protect Wayne Tower, a staged confrontation between police and citizens erupted into a bloody battle, clearing the way for Qin Wei's infiltration.

• Tim hijacked a nationwide broadcast with help from his hacker friends, and Harvey condensed the speech while displaying its full text as it revealed Gotham's corruption.
• Gotham's citizens gathered at Robinson Park and then converged on Wayne Tower, while hundreds of Talons awakened beneath the tower and Uriah Boone emerged as the Court prepared its attacks.
• Barn Owl assigned four elite Talons to attack the League of Assassins' base, three to raid Wayne Manor, and Uriah to guard Wayne Tower.
• Owlman confronted Qin Wei over the broadcast, but Chato Santana drove him off with flames before Owlman hurried to defend Wayne Tower.
• Royce Ben arranged for an officer's family to be kidnapped, prompting a young officer to fire at the crowd and setting off a bloody gun battle at Crossroads.

Qin Wei used a riot and Oswald’s gang alliance to draw the Cubs away from Wayne Tower’s upper floors, then infiltrated the building to rescue the captives. Thomas Wayne confronted him, but the brothers were interrupted by a Talon, who asked which of them was Bruce Wayne.

• The Gotham riot spread to wealthy neighborhoods and Wayne Tower, where the Cubs slaughtered the citizens who broke into the lobby.
• Oswald arrived with gang members and fired a Stinger missile at the lobby, helping the rioters capture the Drug Factory and draw the Cubs into battle.
• Qin Wei used a grappling hook and Lucius’s directions to reach the upper floors of Wayne Tower, where he learned Thomas Wayne had gone out in his repaired Batsuit.
• Thomas Wayne ambushed Qin Wei, and the brothers fought until they agreed to postpone their dispute while Qin Wei rescued the captives.
• Thomas Wayne struck a hidden Talon with a sulfuric-acid dart as the Talon tried to attack Qin Wei from behind.
• When the Talon asked which of them was Bruce Wayne, Thomas Wayne stepped in front of Qin Wei and claimed the name.

Qin Wei rescued Barbara but was badly wounded fighting the immortal Talon Uriah Boone, until Thomas Wayne reached him. Meanwhile, Bane confronted Ra's al Ghul on Naihe Island as the Court of Owls’ forces surrounded them, and Bane hinted that he had changed.

• Owlman stayed behind to face Uriah Boone while Qin Wei escaped deeper into Wayne Tower.
• Qin Wei found Barbara, used a hidden fighter jet to evacuate her, then returned to help Thomas Wayne.
• Uriah ambushed Qin Wei and severely injured him, but Qin Wei released fear toxin that trapped Uriah in a terrifying hallucination.
• Thomas Wayne found and carried the injured Qin Wei to safety.
• On Naihe Island, Bane entered Ra's al Ghul’s cottage as 138 Talons surrounded it, and Ra's agreed to face his former disciple to protect Talia and his grand-disciple.
• Ra's al Ghul judged Bane weak, but Bane clenched his fists and declared that times had changed.

Bane challenged Ra's al Ghul to a fight, seeking to surpass his former teacher, while Ra's al Ghul proved that his skill still outmatched Bane's strength. As Bane unleashed the full power of his Venom, Ra's al Ghul named Talia the new leader of the League of Assassins and ordered her to flee with its glory.

• Ra's al Ghul retrieved his old cloak and sword and agreed to fight Bane.
• The Talons waited outside as Bane crashed through the cabin door and Ra's al Ghul pursued him into the rain.
• Ra's al Ghul's sword failed to pierce Bane's body, but he countered Bane's attacks and targeted the Venom tubes at his neck.
• Bane revealed that he had left the League to grow strong enough to defeat Ra's al Ghul and opened his Venom tank's valve all the way.
• Ra's al Ghul sensed fear but stood his ground and declared Talia the new leader of the League, ordering her to escape.

Ra's al Ghul fought the Talons to let Talia and Dick escape, while Bane turned on his teacher and killed him. As Talia led Dick toward the city, Selina discovered Talons infiltrating Wayne Manor and raised the alarm, but one had already cornered Gordon.

• Ra's al Ghul killed Benjamin Orchard and Alton Carver as he pursued the Talons, then Bane struck him from behind and Ra's al Ghul died after repeating the League of Assassins' oath.
• Talia told Dick that the Talons were attacking their enemies throughout Gotham and sent him to seek Deathstroke at the Black Forest Bar.
• At Wayne Manor, Jason and Chato complained about being left out of Qin Wei's plan, and Selina decided to leave the manor in her Batsuit.
• Selina spotted Talons infiltrating Wayne Manor and roared her motorcycle's engine to warn the household.
• Jason heard the motorcycle and shouted that they were under attack, then fired at the chandelier as a Talon held Gordon down with a Hidden Blade.

Harvey, Gordon, and Bullock fought off Talons with help from Thomas, who demonstrated how to kill them by removing their electrum implants. Meanwhile, Alexander Staunton led Talons into Lucius Fox's underground workspace at Wayne Manor, where Lucius offered to build Chato a suit to control his flames and suggested testing it against the intruders.

• Harvey shot a Talon attacking Gordon, but more Talons broke into the room and fought Gordon and Bullock.
• Thomas killed the Talons attacking Harvey, Gordon, and Bullock and explained that removing their electrum implants prevented them from reviving.
• Thomas led the group toward the surface, while his clone Dr. Reed followed and Thomas privately reveled in feeling needed.
• Alexander Staunton gathered his Talons and led them through a dry well and underground river to Lucius Fox's workspace.
• Lucius offered to build Chato a batsuit to contain and control his flames, then suggested he use the arriving Talons as sparring partners.

Chato unleashed Diablo’s fire in the Batcave, destroying most of the Talons and killing Alexander, while Selina tried to turn her fight with Ephraim into a chance to recover his missing scimitar. Dick reached the Black Forest Bar seeking Deathstroke, but the bartender refused to let him in as Felix Harmon’s Talons closed in.

• Lucius reassured Tim as Chato confronted Alexander and the surrounding Talons in the Batcave.
• Chato’s anger stirred Diablo’s memories of the Native American tribe destroyed by a Talon, and Diablo’s flames incinerated the attackers; Chato then vaporized Alexander.
• Selina evaded Ephraim Newhouse’s attacks, recognized his Ottoman scimitar as one half of a pair she had once stolen, and offered to give him the missing blade.
• Dick split from Talia at Crossroads, drawing only Felix Harmon and roughly two thousand Talons while Talia attracted the larger swarm.
• Dick reached the Black Forest Bar and begged to see Deathstroke, but the bartender refused him entry and ordered him to leave.

Dick Grayson rejected Felix's attempt to recruit him after learning the Court of Owls had manipulated his family for generations. As Felix attacked, Slade Wilson intervened and revealed that he could heal from the Talon's fatal strike.

• The bartender told Deathstroke that Dick Grayson had come looking for him, and Slade set out to face the Court of Owls.
• Felix told Dick that his grandfather William Cobb had become a Talon, that his father John had escaped the Court, and that the Court had implanted an electrum tooth in Dick.
• Dick rejected Felix's offer to join the Court and cut off Felix's hand.
• Slade killed Felix's rooftop watchers and descended into the alley to fight him.
• Felix stabbed Deathstroke through the chest, but Slade remained unharmed and said healing was not exclusive to Talons.

Deathstroke defeated Felix and took Dick away, while Talia ended her fight with Henry Ballard. The chapter left Talia standing victorious as Henry’s split electrum tooth fell in the rain.

• Deathstroke shot the attacking Talons, crushed Felix’s head, and took Dick away.
• Talia read Deathstroke’s message and resumed her fight with Henry Ballard after Dick was no longer in her way.
• Henry raised his katana but lost his nerve when Talia charged.
• Henry dropped his weapon and fled, and Talia cut through his neck and face.

Talia escaped the Talons while Bane killed Ra's al Ghul, and Joker prepared to unleash Bane as Owl Night's next threat. At Wayne Manor, Selina tricked Ephraim and escaped into a lift, though Ephraim believed he could catch her before it moved.

• Talia finished off her opponent and gathered electrum from the Talons' corpses while Ra's al Ghul fought Bane.
• Bane defeated Ra's al Ghul, who explained that he had turned away to protect Talia as a father, before Bane crushed his skull.
• Joseph watched as Joker anticipated Bane's rampage and called him the ideal star of Owl Night's second half.
• Selina used Ephraim's obsession with his missing Ottoman Scimitar to distract him, then tricked him into looking behind himself and ran for the stable lift.
• Selina entered the lift and said goodbye to Ephraim, but he mocked her plan and prepared to enter before it moved.

Selina killed Ephraim by setting him on fire in the elevator, and Chato finished him off in the Batcave. After the Talons were defeated at Wayne Castle, Thomas began an emergency operation on the injured Qin Wei, while the real Thomas Elliot revealed himself after Dr. Reed was sent away.

• Selina trapped Ephraim in the elevator, doused him with gasoline, and set him ablaze as it descended.
• Chato destroyed Ephraim and the elevator with a Fireblast when they reached the Batcave.
• Jason, Thomas, and the GCPD trio killed Dragon and recovered the electrum from his body.
• Owlman returned to Wayne Castle and brought Dr. Daniel Reed to treat the injured Qin Wei, who chose Thomas to operate instead.
• The real Thomas Elliot revealed himself after Dr. Reed left the plane, wondering why Bruce had suspected him.

Qin Wei planned to seize the Court of Owls' hidden wealth while the Court's members fled Gotham and Wayne Tower fell to rioters. In the burned secret base, Lincoln March revealed that he and the other Round Table members were clones tied to Bruce Wayne and Thomas Elliot.

• Clone Thomas finished treating Qin Wei and told Selina that Qin Wei would wake within an hour.
• Qin Wei told Tim to target the Court's accounts and sell its hidden stock holdings at rock-bottom prices when the Stock Exchange opened.
• Rioters and gangs destroyed Thomas Wayne's office in Wayne Tower as the Court's hold on Gotham collapsed.
• Oswald realized that Will's attack had ruined Wayne Enterprises' future and considered the Court's offer to the Cobblepot Family.
• Lincoln March emerged from a hidden passage, restrained Oswald, and revealed himself as a clone modeled on Bruce Wayne with Thomas Elliot's memories.
• The other five Round Table members removed their masks and bandages, shocking Oswald.

Lincoln March revealed that Thomas Elliot had infiltrated and manipulated the Court of Owls, using Bruce and Qin Wei to eliminate its rival faction. Oswald refused to join the clones without evidence, and he was left unable to contact Qin Wei as Gotham's riots worsened.

• Lincoln March told Oswald that Thomas had killed the Court's leaders and used the Bruce clones as tools, while the Divergent Arbitration Court pursued the original immortality plan.
• March explained that Thomas had chosen Bruce to strike the Court from outside, setting events in motion by having Thomas Wayne rescue Qin Wei and placing Chato Santana in his hands.
• March said the clones planned to betray Thomas and asked Oswald to help expose him, but Oswald refused because they had no evidence.
• Uriah Boone remained loyal to the Round Table members, and March asked Oswald to tell Bruce their story if they failed.
• Oswald decided to warn Qin Wei, but the damaged cell towers left his phone without signal.

Qin Wei prepared for Bane’s inevitable attack and left for the East End after finding a possible plan involving Electrum. At Wayne Manor, Talia and Dick arrived with the League of Assassins’ survivors, just as Talia sensed someone approaching.

• Qin Wei learned from Thomas Wayne about Bane’s brutal past and reasoned that Bane might have gone to confront Ra’s al Ghul.
• Qin Wei considered ways to counter Bane, then recognized that Electrum could make a dangerous plan possible.
• Qin Wei warned Chato not to use his demonic power again unless necessary and flew to the East End to return to the Senate.
• Talia and Dick arrived at Wayne Manor after the League of Assassins was defeated, and Thomas Wayne criticized the League for offering little help.
• Talia drew and cleaned her sword, then sensed an approaching threat as the castle floor began to tremble.

Deadshot and Thomas Wayne fought Bane as he attacked the castle, but Talia struck down the Venom-enhanced giant when he nearly killed Thomas. Bane’s heartbeat resumed, and his presence suggested he had become even stronger.

• Deadshot spotted Bane approaching and fired at him, but Bane blocked the sniper round and evaded Deadshot’s explosive shots.
• Bane ambushed Deadshot on the castle roof, and Thomas Wayne rescued him before ordering Jason to evacuate the noncombatants.
• Thomas Wayne stayed behind to face Bane, who hid in the castle’s ventilation ducts and said he would wait for Bruce Wayne or kill everyone there.
• Bane broke Thomas Wayne’s arms and sent him crashing into a wall, but Talia severed his Venom tubes and stabbed his exposed brain tissue.
• Thomas Wayne and Talia realized Bane’s heart had started beating again, and his presence grew even stronger.

Bane pursued Talia and the wounded Thomas Wayne through Wayne Manor after revealing his hidden electrum enhancements. Chato confronted Bane while Thomas and Selina stayed behind, and Bruce's fighter jet returned as Talia wondered how he would stop Bane.

• Hugo Strange had modified Bane with a concealed Venom tube and a heartbeat-detecting electrum device supplied by Joseph, while Joker revealed that he had crossed over into Joseph's body.
• Talia abandoned her assassination attempt, grabbed the wounded Thomas Wayne, and fled through the collapsing castle as Bane chased them.
• Chato appeared and attacked Bane with a flaming whip, but Bane dodged it, so Chato released Diablo's power and faced him directly.
• Chato's flames blasted Bane backward, while Thomas and Talia escaped to Selina, who helped splint Thomas's broken arm as he insisted on waiting for Bruce.
• Talia considered fleeing to seek help from the League of Shadows, but a fighter jet descended over the manor, prompting her to wonder how Bruce would deal with Bane.

Chato removed the Nail and unleashed Diablo’s power, but Bane survived and nearly killed him until Batman rescued him. Bane then fought Batman, damaged his exoskeleton, discovered his electrum-enhanced healing, and prepared to break his back.

• Bane overpowered Chato until Chato endured the Nail’s pain and pulled it out, allowing Diablo to blast Bane and collapse the castle.
• Bane emerged from the rubble alive, seized Chato, and battered him while his body healed from the blast.
• Batman arrived in Powered Exoskeleton Armor, kicked Bane away, carried Chato off, and fled as his armor’s joints began failing.
• Bane caught up with Batman and attacked him, breaking parts of the exoskeleton and forcing him to brace against a powerful knee strike.
• Bane saw Batman’s severed arm regenerating and recognized the electrum compound before threatening to break his back.

Batman used the Court’s jet to lure Bane into a fight, but Bane survived its machine guns and caught up with the aircraft. After Bane unmasked Batman and discovered William Cobb beneath the disguises, William warned him that the plane was headed for Metropolis as the nuclear bomb approached detonation.

• Batman exhausted his weapons and was badly frostbitten when Bane sabotaged his liquid nitrogen spray.
• A jet fighter opened fire on Bane, but he endured the machine-gun barrage and leapt onto the fleeing aircraft.
• Thomas Wayne considered joining Bane, but someone silently placed a hand on his shoulder.
• Bane tore into the jet and confronted the injured Batman, who he believed had activated a nuclear bomb as a last resort.
• Bane removed Batman’s helmet and wooden mask, revealing William Cobb, who said Qin Wei had controlled him.
• William warned Bane that the plane was headed for Metropolis, but Bane had already dismissed the nuclear bomb as harmless to himself.

Bane killed William Cobb and fled toward Gotham after a nuclear attack forced Clark Kent to resume being Superman and protect Metropolis. Jonathan's attempt to help Gotham's police backfired, and the chapter ended with Clark watching the city's revolt while Lois fell mysteriously ill.

• Bane killed William Cobb, took the electrum, and escaped his aircraft by leaping toward Metropolis before heading for Gotham.
• Clark protected Lois and the area around the Daily Planet from a nuclear blast with his bioelectric field, then returned home and put on his Superman suit.
• Lois admitted that Jonathan had gone to Gotham, and Clark left to intervene after reassuring her and changing into the suit she had made for him.
• Lois took melatonin after speaking with Joseph, but soon experienced severe dizziness and became too weak to speak.
• Qin Wei explained to Thomas Wayne that he had used William Cobb's body as a sacrificial pawn to draw Superman into the conflict with Bane.
• Jonathan rescued twelve officers, then endured the rioters' attacks and insults before retreating as the crowd stormed and burned the Gotham Police Department; Clark watched from above and recognized the revolt as a war within humanity.