n'ụlọ mkpọrọ, Alfred Falcone zutere Dr. Jonathan Crane, a rụrụ arụ ọkà n'akparamàgwà mmadụ onye o nyeere smuggle ọgwụ ọjọọ n'ime Gotham, na-eyi egwu ikpughe ya complicity ma ọ bụrụ na Crane adịghị ekwupụta ya n'uche na-ekwesịghị ekwesị maka ikpe. Crane na-etinye na a scarecrow nkpuchi na sprays Falcone na a egwu-inducing hallucinogen na-akpali ya ara (nke na-eme ka Falcone mgbe niile ọnụ okwu "Scarecrow"), na ka ya bufee Arkham Asylum. Mgbe na-eme "na-elekọta", Batman na-gụrụ na hallucinogen na ekpe incapacitated. Ọ na-enweta a ọgwụ ọjọọ ọgwụ site Bruce Alfred Wayne na egwu na-ekpughe ya mmekorita ma ọ bụrụ na Crane adịghị ekwu na ya nwere ike ọgwụ mgbochi ọgwụ ọjọọ na-eme ka ya na-anwụ anwụ n'oge Gotham City. Mgbe Rachel Crane na-ekwu na ọ na-azọpụta onwe ya site na mmiri, ọ na-enye ya ihe mgbochi ọgwụ ọjọọ na-eme ka ọ
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