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After a long period of absence, Bruce Wayne is back under Batman's mask, chasing a mysterious serial killer with owl-like looks, and whose next target is none other than... Bruce Wayne. The more he progresses in his investigation, the more the Black Knight gathers elements on the motivations of his enemy. He then discovers a dark truth mixing the Wayne family with the troubled foundations of Gotham City.
This volume contains episodes #8-12 as well as the annual #1 of the Batman series, translated into French. The Cour des Hiboux takes its flight, and the night to come could well sign the death of Gotham City itself. Launched from the heights of the city, the Ergots, assassins of the Court, have as mission to kill the most progressive personalities of the city, leaving their masters the free field to extend their grip. The next names on their list? Lincoln March and Bruce Wayne...
Barely recovered from his trying fight against the Court of the Hiboux, Batman sees his worst nightmare, the most terrible of his opponents: the Joker! And this time, the Clown Prince of Crime is determined to destroy not only the Black Knight, but also all the associates who gravitate around, starting with Alfred Pennyworth...
Five years ago, Bruce Wayne, who had previously been missing, returned to Gotham, determined to wage a merciless war against crime. But the weight of his legacy was weighing upon him, and suddenly a new threat emerged from the shadows: Red Hood and his gang of assassins. To stop this reign of terror, the future hero will have to draw his strength from the darkness of his past and thus become something bigger, more powerful and more terrifying... The Batman!
Six years ago, shortly after his first appearance, Batman had to face the wave of looting of the Red Hood gang. But, once this fierce strategist defect, the real troubles began when Gotham was plunged into darkness following a cleverly planned blackout. The leader? A new villain named the Sphinx, determined to fold the city and its new protector.
Murdered by the loss of his son, Damian, Bruce Wayne plunges into depression and struggles to keep control of a city that is increasingly plagued by the dangers of all kinds. Criminal metamorphs, ancestral demons and serial killers travel the streets of a cursed city that needs a savior more than ever. Facing winds and tides, Batman has to resist and honour a legend that will last centuries.
As he barely recovered from the loss of his fortune, Batman reinvested a new headquarters, backed by his new aide-de-camp, Julia Pennyworth. This is the moment the League of Justice chooses to attack Gotham! The Black Knight's allies are actually manipulated by a gas attack on their minds and distorting their faces into a grim smile... The Joker thus makes his great return to the hero's life... and this time no Gotham resident will be spared!
Bruce Wayne has disappeared body and property since the vicious assault of Joker against Gotham City. The city is now without protector. The Powers International Company then decides to create a new Batman, dressed in a state-of-the-art combat armor. Their choice to endorse him is based on the Black Knight's most loyal ally: James Gordon, the former commissioner!
Commissioner Gordon has become Gotham's new Black Knight, thanks to the technology of the Powers companies, but the monstrous Mr. Bloom is determined to take control of the city. In peace with himself and in love with Julie Madison, will Bruce Wayne accept to take over the costume that led him into a lonely crusade against crime again?