With so many stories, a new reader might not want to read through a thousand pages of backstory to be caught up. So, for the convenience of those readers, here are summaries of issues that have come before. Needless to say, LOTS AND LOTS OF SPOILERS lie ahead. You have been warned.
BATMAN STORIES
This storyline is loosely set in the pre-Flashpoint era, but after Zero Hour and Final Night (the era of comics I’m fondest of, and the one that was current when this story started). There are some departures, of course – I use characterizations from the then-current Nolan films, for example. But the story starts soon after Batman