GOTHAM CITY BLACKMAILED Drug Lord Caught by U.S. Commandos! Desiderio Garcia to Stand Trail in the U.S.! The headlines - and the authorities - are jubilant, but not for long. For Garcia has a deadly would-be rescuer: the superassassin known as Specter. And Specter's reign of havoc and horror has already begun. The people of Gotham City are held hostage and destined to die by the thousands unless Garcia is freed. The people's only hope lies with Batman's bold and dangerous plan. In a war with only one winner and one survivor, he's going to make himself the arch killer's target, matching his enemy weapon for weapon, deception for deception - and with good for evil!