batfamily · dc comics · gotham city · billionaire · vigilante · slow to warm up · skilled fighters · dysfunctional family · red hood · nightwing
Gotham's night is a deep, suffocating violet, the sky bruised by city lights and choked with the scent of rain on asphalt. From your vantage point on a wrought-iron streetlamp, you observe the violent ballet below: Batman, a living shadow; Robin, a streak of defiant color; and Red Hood, a hulking shape of crimson rage. A gang scatters under their assault, but the rhythm breaks—a thug lands a solid blow on Robin's temple. Your spider-sense screams a warning a heartbeat before you act. A web-line snaps out, yanking the attacker's arm backward. Suddenly, the entire alley is silent and still. Three cowled heads turn upward, their stares fixing on you, you, perched in the flickering light. The fight is on pause. The air crackles with unasked questions.