More feral than ever, the mutated Kirk Langstrom has only one consuming wish--to see his estranged family again. But as a series of brutal murders committed by a winged creature terrorize Gotham's high-rises, S.W.A.T. teams mobilize throughout the city to take down Man-Bat. Gotham's skyline becomes a war zone as the night erupts in a blitzkrieg of bullets, wings and screams, bringing the tortured, increasingly less human Man-Bat into savage conflict with a horrifying new villain, the Roc.ÊBut behind the Roc's rampage lie secrets to chill even the blood of Man-BatÉsecrets that could cost Langstrom's wife, Francine, her very life.

More feral than ever, Kirk Langstrom has only one consuming wish: to see his family again. A series of brutal murders committed by a winged creature terrorize Gotham City, S.W.A.T. teams mobilize to take down Man-Bat. But behind the true killer’s rampage lie secrets to chill even the blood of Man-Bat...secrets that could cost Langstrom’s wife her very life. Collects SHOWCASE ’94 #11, MAN-BAT #1-3 (1996) and MAN-BAT #1-5 (2006).

TERROR IN THE SKY! Dr. Kirk Langstrom was a respected biologist with a specialty in the Family Chiroptera, a.k.a bats. In an attempt to cure his deafness, Langstrom devised a serum to duplicate batsÍ system of echolocation in humans. He tested it on himself, and while his deafness was cured, the serum also transformed his body into a monstrous human/bat hybrid. Each time Batman faces the Man-Bat he doesnÍt know if he is battling a crazed flying monster or a man stuck in an eternal nightmare. What makes matters even worse is that Francine Langstrom, KirkÍs wife, has also been transformed into a human/bat hybrid and now the question remains have LangstromÍs passed their curse on to their children? BATMAN ARKHAM: MAN-BAT collects some of the villain's greatest stories by some of the industry's greatest creators, including Neal Adams (GREEN LANTERN/GREEN ARROW), Steve Ditko (Spider-Man), J. G. Jones (WONDER WOMAN), Gerry Conway (JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA), Chuck Dixon (NIGHTWING), Flint Henry (DETECTIVE COMICS) and many more!

For years Kirk Langstrom has struggled with his monstrous alter ego, Man-Bat, and the serum that transformed him. But he’s finally hit rock bottom following a devastating setback, and he’s going to take his anger out on every single citizen of Gotham City. Will the combined might of Batman and the GCPD be enough to stop Langstrom once and for all? Or will this just be the start of Man-Bat’s devastation?

"Eliot Ness needs help. Ness and his squad of untouchable federal agents are losing the war with mobster Al Capone, until a mysterious, club-wielding avenger appears from nowhere: enter the Batman" --back cover.

Batman's ultimate mirror image--Man-Bat--is shown in this mind-bending collection! For years Kirk Langstrom has struggled keeping himself under control. The serum that transformed him into a monstrous alter ego...Man-Bat. But what happens when he finally hits rockbottom...after the most devastating setback he's ever experienced...will he still try to control the beast inside? When he unleashes his anger on every citizen of Gotham--will the combined might of Batman and the GCPD be enough to stop Langstrom once and for all? Or is Man-Bat's devastating reign just starting? Collects Man-Bat #1-5