Absolute Batman #9

AN ALL NEW ARK (M) STARTS HERE! The latest development in saving the derelict and despondent of our society is a facility known as Ark M — a fully operational institution that has played a rather sizeable part, on purpose or not, in the creation of evil. And it's active. So when Bruce tries infiltrate it and distill its secrets, a new villain from Gotham City arrives to deal with the problem... an old adversary of Alfred's... a man known only as Bane.

Characters: Bane (Earth Alpha), Barbara Gordon (Earth Alpha), Batman (Earth Alpha), Catwoman (Earth Alpha), Edward Nygma (Earth Alpha), Harvey Dent (Earth Alpha), James Gordon, Joker (Earth Alpha), Killer Croc (Earth Alpha), Martha Wayne, Oswald Cobblepot (Earth Alpha), Ra's al Ghul, Riddler, Slade Wilson (Earth Alpha)