Batman (Stone Arch Books)

After the Penguin purchases the largest media company in Gotham city he uses it to edit security tapes and police reports to make Batman look like a criminal. At the same time a crime wave hits the city and people start to fear the Dark Knight, who has to prove his innocence.

Billionaire BRUCE WAYNE is asked to support the military's newest weapon, the ParaBomb X, a high-tech orb that emits a paralyzing light. But during the weapon's demonstration, a general grabs the orb, crashes through the window, and falls to the street below. BRUCE WAYNE is stunned. When he looks down at the street, he sees the thief turn into a gooey pile of mud and slip down a storm drain with the stolen weapon. He wasn't a general at all, he was...

"It's Valentine's Day in Gotham, but not everyone is celebrating. Victor Fries (aka Mr. Freeze) has never gotten over the death of his wife, Nora, and he's not about to let anyone enjoy this painful holiday. Only Batman can stop the cold-hearted criminal before Victor refrigerates the entire city"--Unedited summary from book.

Hero-in-training and junior high school student Tim Drake has to pass one final test before he can become Batman's full time partner.

BATMAN has been kidnapped by the RIDDLER! The crook has left behind one of his infamous riddles, addressed to ROBIN. If ROBIN can solve the puzzle, he will locate the CAPED CRUSADER. But that first riddle leads to another. Then the RIDDLER turns off all the lights in GOTHAM CITY. What, ROBIN wonders, is the point? When will the riddles end? If the BOY WONDER cannot find his partner by the next sunrise, BATMAN will be gone forever.

Many years after the death of his parents, Bruce Wayne comes face to face with their killer, Joe Chill. While chasing down the cold-blooded crook, Bruce recalls the story of his own past and how he became the world's greatest crime fighter . . . Batman.