Batman Vol 1 400

Ra's al Ghul has let loose the criminals of Gotham and is offering ten million dollars to the person that kills The Batman.

Featured Characters:

 * Batman (Earth-One)

Supporting Characters:

 * Alfred Pennyworth
 * Catwoman
 * Harvey Bullock
 * James Gordon
 * Julia Pennyworth
 * Robin (Jason Todd)
 * Talia al Ghul
 * Vicki Vale

Villains:

 * Black Mask
 * Black Spider
 * Calendar Man
 * Captain Stingaree
 * Catman
 * Catwoman
 * Cavalier
 * Clayface
 * Cluemaster
 * Crazy-Quilt
 * Dagger
 * Deadshot
 * Doctor Double X
 * Doctor Phosphorus
 * Joker
 * Killer Croc
 * Killer Moth
 * Mad Hatter
 * Mirage
 * Mr. Freeze
 * Night-Slayer
 * Penguin
 * Poison Ivy
 * Ra's al Ghul
 * Riddler
 * Scarecrow
 * Tweedledee
 * Tweedledum
 * Two-Face

Other Characters:

 * Stick Shuvalo

Loactaions:

 * Arkham Asylum
 * Batcave
 * Exotica Emporium
 * Belly of the Whale
 * Gotham City Police Headquarters
 * Gotham State Penitentiary
 * Wayne Manor

Items:

 * Batarangs
 * Batrope
 * Bat-Signal
 * Lazarus Pit

Vehicles:

 * Batplane
 * Batmobile
 * Joker's Helicopter

Synopsis
Ra's al Ghul is again conspiring against the Batman and has come up with one of the most devilish schemes yet. Ra's let's free all of the patients and prisoners of both Arkham Asylum and the Gotham State Penitentiary. He then arms them each with armour, uniforms, weaponry, and very specific instructions. Whoever is to kill the Batman is to be rewarded a sum of ten million dollars.

Meanwhile, Batmans finds a note taped to a computer in the Batcave that reads, "Know your foes!" Ra's then enters the Batcave to tell Batman what he has done. He offers a chance for Batman to join the League of Assassins, and in return, Ra's would permanently eliminate Batman's foes. Batman, of course, refuses, and Ra's leaves him be.

Ra's al Ghul soon discovers that the criminals have kidnapped four people with strong conections to Batman, including Alfred Pennyworth and his daughter Julia, Vicki Vale, James Gordon, and Harvey Bullock. As well, The Joker and The Penguin have trapped the Gotham City Police Headquarters inside of a giant net of steel, thereby imprisoning the police. The Joker forces Commisioner Gordon to contact Batman and tell him that he has three hours to rescue them before the hostages are all killed.

Batman and Robin search for aid, and finds it with Catwoman, and Talia al Ghul (the daughter of Ra's). The four split into two teams, Robin and Talia go for a group of villains, while Batman and Catwoman try to tackle the probem of the GCPH. Eventually both parties prove successful and go out to find Ra's. The four find him in an old, unsound windmill where Ra's is keeping one of his Lazarus Pits. For the first time recorded, Ra's immerses himself when he is unill or dying, but while he is perfectly well. This then grants Ra's the strength of ten men. Batman, Robin, Catwoman, and Talia all approach the windmill. Batman uses explosives to blast away at the foundation. Batman and Ra's then fight each other, where Batman flips Ra's over his head into the Lazarus Pit once more. Because of Batman's use with the explosives, the windmill is about to collapse on itself, so Batman and his allies leave, and the windmill crashes upon Ra's. It is thought that Ra's died in the chaos.

Extra
The story was written into a series of four chapters; This was the last story to feature the pre-crisis Earth-One Batman.
 * Part I: Trading Darkness
 * Part II: The Master Below
 * Part II: First Steps
 * Part IV: The Tempting
 * Part V: Pinocchio's and Jonah's Too!
 * Part VI: Barred
 * Part VII: A Small Itch
 * Part VIII: The Big Sticking
 * Part IX: Branches Like Bones
 * Part X: The Dark Trade
 * Part XI: Under the Wind
 * Part XII: Fated Fete