A deadly plague has been loosed upon Gotham City, forcing Gotham's wealthiest citizens to take refuge in a guilding ghetto of their own design, unaware that money is no protection from the virus. Now it's up to Batman and Robin to find a cure for the mysterious virus--with the help of their unlikely allies, Catwoman and Azrael. And when the virus returns in mutated form, Batman and his allies must race across the globe to find its source--and a cure. Graphic novel format.Collects CATWOMAN #33-36, SHADOW OF THE BAT #53-54, BATMAN #533-534, DETECTIVE COMICS #700-702, ROBIN #32-33, and BATMAN- BANE.Chuck Dixon's resume includes thousands of scripts for iconic characters like Batman, Superman, Green Lantern, Iron Man, the Punisher, The Simpsons, Spongebob Squarepants, GI Joe and many others. He is (along with artist Graham Nolan) the creator of the Batman villain Bane, the first permanent addition to the Dark Knight's rogues gallery in forty years and for which he won 1993's Wizard Fan Award for best new character. His graphic novel adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkein's The Hobbit is a perennial bestseller worldwide. His unprecedented 100 issue run on DC Comics Robin is considered to be a classic in the comics medium. Chuck's contributions to Marvel Comics' The Punisher are widely acknowledged as integral to that character's development.
