A wave of heroes arrives in Gotham City with hopes of helping stem the tide of chaos threatening to overwhelm...everybody. Starring Huntress, Batgirl, Misfit, Ragman, Manhunter and many others. Will these heroes succeed or will they be victims of Gotham City's madness?

From the return of the Black Mask to the destruction of Arkham to general mayhem, Gotham City is crumbling around Nightwing, Robin and the rest of the Bat Family. And when you add a deadly Jason Todd masquerading as a gun-toting Batman to the mix, things have definitely spiraled out of control! The battle for the cowl comes to an end! Who comes out victorious as the new Batman?

With Batman gone, the villains have descended on Gotham! A who's who of Bat-villains star, including Catwoman, the Riddler, Harley Quinn, Two-Face, Poison Ivy, the Penguin and Ra's al Ghul. What kind of havoc will these villains wreak on a city that's already on the verge of implosion?

Michael Lane is an ex-police officer recruited to take part in a secret program to train a replacement for Batman - but was drafted by the Order of Purity to take on the mantle of Azrael, God's sword of justice. Now he carries out an 'eye for an eye' style of justice in Gotham city.

DC BLACK LABEL, the highly anticipated new imprint from DC Comics, starts here! The Joker is dead. There is no doubt about that. But whether Batman finally snapped his scrawny neck or some other sinister force in Gotham City did the deed is still a mystery. Problem is, Batman can’t remember…and the more he digs into this labyrinthian case, the more his mind starts to doubt everything he’s uncovering. So who better to set him straight than…John Constantine? Problem with that is as much as John loves a good mystery, he loves messing with people’s heads even more. So with John’s “help,” the pair will delve into the sordid underbelly of Gotham as they race toward the mind-blowing truth of who murdered The Joker. BATMAN: DAMNED is a bimonthly super-natural horror story told by two of comics’ greatest modern creators-a visceral thrill-ride that proudly puts the “black” in BLACK LABEL.