as clayface races to confront batman at the belfry, col. jacob kane gives batwoman a weapon whose ammunition will destabilize clayface's molecular structure, killing karlo. clayface arrives at old wayne tower, doing significant damage to it. when confronted by cassandra cain, clayface shows empathy and momentarily returns to human form. the belfry's mudroom collapses, however, dousing him with hundreds of gallons psychoactive mud and driving him insane once more. batman sends red robin and orphan to monstertown to alert dr. october to get karlo's cure ready. she warns the heroes that although the cure will shock clayface's system and turn him back into basil karlo, the effect will only be temporarily due to the massive amounts of psychoactive mud now in his system.