The struggle for the soul of Gotham is on

The Venom-fueled supervillain Bane has broken out of Arkham Asylum, and this time he's amassed an army of followers ready to overrun the city and install him as ruler of Gotham--fulfilling what Bane believes to be his destiny. To defeat him, Batman will need an army of his own, and will stand shoulder to shoulder with allies and enemies alike to fight for their city.

But Bane isn't the only threat facing the Dark Knight. While Jim Gordon runs for mayor as part of Bruce Wayne's "Gotham Reborn" city revitalization plan, Harley Quinn and the rest of the Suicide Squad are after the billionaire's head, as ordered by none other than the Penguin himself And through it all, someone new is watching from the shadows...

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In BATMAN: ARKHAM KNIGHT VOL. 2, writer Peter J. Tomasi (BATMAN AND ROBIN) and artists Victor Bogdanovic (Reality Check), Ig Guara (BLUE BEETLE), Art Thibert (Utimate Spider-Man) and Julio Ferreira (TEEN TITANS) present never-before-seen stories from the BATMAN ARKHAM universe as this official prequel to Rocksteady Studio's best-selling video game continues

Collects BATMAN: ARKHAM KNIGHT #7-12.