A novelization of the animated television series follows the Caped Crusader as he pursues the thug who is torching Gotham City's brownstones to make way for a sleazy new development and who has kidnapped well-connected Leslie Thompkins. Original.

All across Gotham City, mobsters are dying-murdered. At the scene of each killing, witnesses see a mysterious masked figure in a long dark cloak. The word spreads though the city like wildfire...Batman has crossed the line, become a criminal in the name of fighting crime. And suddenly the Dark Knight is hunted by the very lawmen he once risked his life to assist. While Batman searches for the masked murderer of Gotham's crime lords, an old flame unexpectedly reenters his life. She is the first woman Bruce Wayne ever loved - and the only person who could make him consider giving up his life as a crime fighter. Now, as the mysterious figure dubbed the Phantasm spreads terror through Gotham City, Batman must decide whether his rediscovered love is worth fighting for - even if it means hanging up his cape and cowl for good.

District Attorney Harvey Dent was a good man dedicated to ridding Gotham City of crime. Then an explosion left him horribly disfigured, one half of his face perfectly normal, the other a grinning, leering mask of pure evil. Using the name Two-Face, he has vowed vengeance on the crime lord who destroyed his life...even if he has to start his own reign of terror to achieve his nefarious ends...even if he must kill Batman and Robin. The Dark Knight must track down his old friend and comrade-in-arms before it's too late. But it won't be easy. Police Commissioner Gordan has been falsely accused and thrown in jail for bribery and corruption. And this time the dynamic duo have competition: and acrobatic redhead in mask and cape prowling the Gotham night and calling herself Batgirl...