BATMAN: BATTLE FOR THE COWL COMPANION #1

Spinning out of BATMAN: R.I.P.! With Batman gone, the forces of good and evil in Gotham City struggle for dominance in this new title collecting the five BATMAN: BATTLE FOR THE COWL Specials: ARKHAM ASYLUM, THE NETWORK, MAN-BAT, UNDERGROUND and COMMISSIONER GORDON. ---------- Batman is dead... and Gotham hangs in the balance! Gotham City lies in chaos and flames - the Batman is dead, and criminals rule the city. But even in her darkest hour, Gotham is not defenseless. As would-be successors battle for the Dark Knight's mantle, there are men and women protecting his city from the trenches. Unarmed and half-frozen, Commissioner Gordon must stop Mr. Freeze from committing icy mass-murder. Dr. Kirk Langstrom -- Man-Bat -- must overcome the monster within to discover the hero her can be. In the ruins of the asylum that bears his name, Dr. Jeremiah Arkham finds the inspiration to rebuild from his most unusual inmates. Among Gotham's underground, the reformed Riddler pieces together the puzzling new crime boss targeting Penguin and Two-Face. And throughout Gotham, Oracle's network of unlikely heroes may be all that stands between the city and its destruction. While the Battle for the Cowl rages on, the battle or Gotham is waged! Creators Fabian Nicieza (AZRAEL), Chris Yost (RED ROBIN), David Hine (THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD), Pablo Raimondi (SUPERMAN), Tom Mandrake (THE SPECTRE), Jim Calafiore (GOTHAM UNDERGROUND) and more chronicle the carnage!