A series of explosions rocks Gotham. Batman finds himself in the middle of a turf war between rival crime bosses Rupert Thorne and the Penguin. Meanwhile, Commissioner Gordon and his daughter Barbara look for ways to fix Gotham's corrupt Criminal Justice System from the inside.

Bruce's year one begins as he must make ally with GCPD officer James Gordon and must face the first bad guy from his rogues gallery. Scarface and The Ventriloquist.