THE FEAR OF WORLD WAR FEEDS THE SCARECROW! The Scarecrow emerges in Gotham City, and fear consumes the streets! And now that he has the murderous Hangman to do his bidding, the stage is set for Scarecrow’s next grand act. With terror and psychosis at a fever pitch across Gotham, the Bat-Man struggles to tame the city without destroying his personal life as Bruce Wayne...leading him to make a fateful decision about his relationship with Julie Madison...