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A massive earthquake devastates Gotham and forces the Bat-family into rescue mode as the city's foundations—literal and civic—begin to crack.
Collects: Batman (1940) #553-554; Detective Comics (1937) #719-721; Batman: Shadow of the Bat (1992) #73-74; Nightwing (1996) #19-20; Azrael (1995) #40; Catwoman (1993) #56-57; Robin (1993) #52-53; The Batman Chronicles (1995) #12; Batman: Blackgate: Isle of Men (1998) #1; Batman: Huntress/Spoiler: Blunt Trauma (1998) #1; Batman: Arkham Asylum: Tales of Madness (1998) #1
In the quake's chaotic aftermath, political pressure and escalating crises set the dominoes that will seal Gotham off from the world.
Collects: Detective Comics (1937) #719-722, 724-729; Batman: Shadow of the Bat (1992) #73-82; Nightwing (1996) #19-20; Batman (1940) #553-562; Azrael (1995) #40; Azrael: Agent of the Bat (1995) #47-50; Catwoman (1993) #56-57; Robin (1993) #52-54; Batman: Blackgate: Isle of Men (1998) #1; The Batman Chronicles (1995) #12, 14-15; Batman: Huntress/Spoiler: Blunt Trauma (1998) #1; Batman: Arkham Asylum: Tales of Madness (1998) #1; Batman: No Man's Land Secret Files and Origins (1999) #1
The opening half of the year-long saga—territories form, uneasy truces emerge, and the stakes of reclaiming Gotham become clear.
Collects: Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (1989) #116-121; Azrael: Agent of the Bat (1995) #51-57; Batman (1940) #563-568; Batman: Shadow of the Bat (1992) #83-88; Detective Comics (1937) #730-735; Catwoman (1993) #72-74; Robin (1993) #67; The Batman Chronicles (1995) #16-17; Nightwing (1996) #35-37; Batman: No Man's Land (1999) #1; Young Justice Special #1 (1999) #1; JLA (1997) #32; Batman: Harley Quinn (1999) #1
The back half drives to resolution as rival factions collide and Gotham's fate is decided.
Collects: Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (1989) #122-126; Azrael: Agent of the Bat (1995) #58-61; Batman (1940) #569-574; Batman: Shadow of the Bat (1992) #89-94; Detective Comics (1937) #736-741; Catwoman (1993) #75-77; Robin (1993) #68-73; The Batman Chronicles (1995) #18; Nightwing (1996) #38-39; Batman: No Man's Land (1999) #0; Batman: No Man's Land Secret Files and Origins (1999) #1
Cut off from the world, Gotham redraws its borders and allegiances as survival becomes the only law.
Collects: Batman: No Man's Land (1999) #1; Batman: Shadow of the Bat (1992) #83-86; Batman (1940) #563-566; Detective Comics (1937) #730-733; Azrael: Agent of the Bat (1995) #51-55; Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (1989) #116-118; The Batman Chronicles (1995) #16
New alliances and identities take root while territory lines harden across a fractured city.
Collects: Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (1989) #119-121; Batman: Shadow of the Bat (1992) #87-88; Batman (1940) #567-568; Detective Comics (1937) #734-735; Young Justice Special #1 (1999) #1; Robin (1993) #67; Azrael: Agent of the Bat (1995) #56-57; The Batman Chronicles (1995) #17; Nightwing (1996) #35-37; Catwoman (1993) #72-74
Clashes intensify and hard choices define heroes and civilians fighting to reclaim ground.
Collects: Batman (1940) #569-571; Detective Comics (1937) #736-738; Azrael: Agent of the Bat (1995) #58; Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (1989) #122-124; Batman: Shadow of the Bat (1992) #89-92; Robin (1993) #68-72; Batman: No Man's Land Secret Files and Origins (1999) #1
A brutal endgame decides the city's future and what justice looks like in the ruins.
Collects: Batman (1940) #572-574; Detective Comics (1937) #739-741; Azrael: Agent of the Bat (1995) #59-61; Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (1989) #125-126; Batman: Shadow of the Bat (1992) #93-94; Robin (1993) #73; The Batman Chronicles (1995) #18; Catwoman (1993) #75-77; Nightwing (1996) #38-39; Batman: No Man's Land (1999) #0
Aftershock stories trace the scramble to stabilize Gotham and the first signs that abandonment may trump rebuilding.
Collects: Batman (1940) #555-559; Batman: Shadow of the Bat (1992) #75-79; Detective Comics (1937) #722, 724-726; Robin (1993) #54; The Batman Chronicles (1995) #14
As order slips away, investigations and power plays push Gotham toward a fateful federal decision.
Collects: Batman (1940) #560-562; Detective Comics (1937) #727-729; Batman: Shadow of the Bat (1992) #80-82; The Batman Chronicles (1995) #15; Azrael: Agent of the Bat (1995) #47-50; Batman: No Man's Land Secret Files and Origins (1999) #1
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