Marcel updates us by letter of his friend and lover Alphonse and his return to Paris at the turn of the 20th century, after being gone for three years.
In the future police-state Gotham City, both Batman and Bruce Wayne are believed to be dead, and Bruce hides in the shadows and adopts a new costumed identity to go after the...
Hiding out under an assumed name, Bruce recalls the events that led to his death at the hands of the Magistrate, and begins an investigation into Magistrate operations.