The events of Underworld Unleashed have created a permanent shift in the DC Universe's balance of power. Thus unusual one-shot tells of one woman's attempt to understand this "new world order." Oracle has begun to assemble a database that details the villains' new profiles and the redoubled threat each represents. Featuring pages constructed in much the same fashion as DC's now-classic Who's Who, Patterns of Fear is also the story of Neron's offer to the wheelchair-bound Barbara Gordon, and includes information about Neron unavailable anywhere else!
