The night that Scarecrow and his army invaded Gotham was one of the darkest days in its history. It was amazing that people came back so quickly. The hardest part for me was knowing Bruce had fought so hard, yet lost so much. The world though he was dead…
"This is Vicki Vale reporting live from Wayne Manor, where a city-wide funeral is happening, honoring Bruce Wayne, now known to be Batman, died last week. Other city-known heroes, such as Batgirl, Robin, and Blüdhaven's own Nightwing, have come to honor their fallen mentor.
"Even now, other costumed heroes are arriving to pay their respects to their comrade, most notably, the founding members of The Justice League, each having modified their own costume to have the Batman's iconic chest symbol emblazoned onto their own.
But there were those who knew better. After they found out that their own respective cities were safe, the Justice League started asking Bruce whether or not they should intervene. Bruce denied them, of course but they never gave up. Just before Wayne Manor fell, The Flash came in and Alfred to safety. He couldn't find Bruce.
It would have been better if he had died, but no, Scarecrow had to pump him so full of his Fear Toxin that Bruce essentially radiates the stuff now. We didn't know until it was too late.
A family of three, a mother, a father, and a young son, walked out of the theater. They turned into the alley known as Park Row, or less formally, Crime Alley. Why they went that way eluded him, but it reminded him too much of the Wayne Family, especially when a man followed them and another stepped out from behind a dumpster, armed with a gun.
The men threw the father to the ground and tore the pearl necklace on the mothers neck as she tried to protect her son. One of the criminals turned on the man, but caught a glimpse of him. They shouted at him, saying that Batman was dead. It was time to show them that Batman never dies.
Someone had called in a sighting of Batman. The League had come down and taken him into custody up on The Watchtower. To find out what happened.
Now, the city knows there's another Bat. But I'm about to teach crime that Batman isn't just a man, it is an idea. A reason to fight.
My name is Dick Grayson. I was the first Robin. I was Blüdhaven's hero, Nightwing.
I am Batman
