When the Penguin purchases Gotham City's largest media company and a crime wave hits the heart of Gotham, Batman discovers that the two events are correlated. With the Penguin ruling the airwaves, however, Batman begins to look like a criminal and people start to fear him.
Batman and his crime-fighting partner, Robin, work together to put the evil Hugo Strange--who is turning Gotham's citizens into monsters--out of business.
Two-Face abducts Bruce Wayne in the middle of a charity ball and brings him to a factory where he plans on taking down the billionaire before he has the chance to change into Batman, and Bruce Wayne tries to figure out a way to escape without help from his partners.
Tim Drake, a junior high school student being trained by Batman, is given a final series of tasks by the Dark Knight to see if he is ready to become the next Robin, and as he undergoes the crime-fighting test, he receives assistance from Nightwing.
Bruce Wayne is asked to support a new military weapon, the ParaBomb X, and during a demonstration, a general grabs the orb and crashes through the window, but the thief turns out to be Clayface, one of Batman's strangest enemies.
Bruce Wayne runs into Joe Chill, who murdered his parents years earlier, and recalls the story of his past, and development into Batman, as he chases down the crook.
When the Joker escapes from Arkham Asylum, he tricks Batman into following him to an old warehouse that has been converted into a fun house, where the Caped Crusader must evade clown robots and deadly rides to defeat his enemy.