Frank Carlson Library

Meet the vile villains trying to take over Gotham City.

Gotham City faces two monstrous criminal menaces: the bizarre, sinister Penguin and the slinky, mysterious Catwoman. Can Batman battle two formidable foes at once?

When threads from Batman's past begin to unravel, the race is on for the Dark Knight to crack Hush's deadly game.

Two years of stalking the streets as the Batman, striking fear into the hearts of criminals, has led Bruce Wayne deep into the shadows of Gotham City.€€With only a few trusted allies, Alfred Pennyworth, Lt. James Gordon, amongst the city's corrupt network of officials and high-profile figures, the lone vigilante has established himself as the sole embodiment of vengeance amongst his fellow citizens. When a killer targets Gotham's elite with a...

A millionaire's son witnesses his parents' murder and grows up fighting the emotional trauma of that fateful night. To compensate, he develops a dual personality. During the day he's a playboy philanthropist, but at night, he become's the dark persona Batman, a masked crusader for justice. While fighting crime in Gotham, he eventually has to face an arch-criminal known as The Joker.

R�a's al Gh�ul has stolen the Scroll of Osiris and plans to use it to find and use a new Lazarus Pit, granting him immortality, and it is up to Batman, Nightwing, and Batwoman to stop him.

"Look inside to explore the real-world science and engineering tha has inspired the gadgets on the Dark Knight's utility belt."--Page 4 of cover.

When people all over Gotham City start turning into trees, Batman must battle the villain behind it, Poison Ivy, or fall victim to her plot himself.

"Bruce Wayne, a wealthy American philanthropist and business owner, and Batman, his crime-fighting alter ego, have been entertaining audiences since 1939. The character was so popular after appearing in Detective Comics that DC Comics decided to give Batman a comic book of his own. In doing so, they created one of the company's most successful franchises. Author Michael Burgan details the history of Batman--from his tragic origin story and his infamous...