Batman: The Dark Knight Detective #2

In "Rat Trap," Batman ventures into the Gotham sewers to confront Ratcatcher, who has trapped those he blames for his imprisonment—using his army of rats as both weapon and jailer. The story pits the Dark Knight against a foe whose rage is as deep as the city's underbelly, turning the tunnels into a deadly maze of vengeance.

In "Night People," Gotham’s streets pulse with secrets after midnight as D.J. Dark spins tales on the air, a hobo turns up dead, and Batman shadows a cocaine smuggler through the city’s underbelly. Meanwhile, police hunt Deke Mitchel, a prison escapee with a deadly mission—tracking someone named Kadaver—only to vanish into a toxic waste site that erupts in fire when lightning strikes.

In "Night People Part Two: The Corrosive Man," Mitchel, now transformed by an explosion into a being who burns through anything he touches, becomes a walking threat after a tragic accident. Batman races to stop him before more lives are lost, while Mitchel fixates on Kadaver as the source of his torment—determined to make him pay. Meanwhile, Kadaver dispatches his aide Webley to eliminate a homeless man named Dalton Walls, setting another deadly chain in motion.

In "Night People Part Three: The Burning Pit," Batman closes in on Webley after the murder of Dalton Walls, only to uncover a twisted chain of deception: Walls was a reclusive millionaire living as a hobo, and his nephew Hobart stood to inherit his fortune. With Kadaver—hired by Hobart to kill Walls—now blackmailing the heir, the stakes escalate when the Corrosive Man arrives, seeking vengeance against Kadaver. As Batman moves in, the tension crackles in a web of lies, greed, and retribution.

In "An American Batman in London," Batman follows a trail of assassinated American veterans to London, where he uncovers a plot targeting the Houses of Parliament. The story unfolds with sharp tension as the Dark Knight navigates a foreign city and a conspiracy rooted in forgotten wars.