I'm g-gonna go, old man... and you c-c-can sit with the f-fact... that you were wrong about me.
Batman/Catwoman: The Gotham War: Scorched Earth #1 is a one-shot with a cover date of December, 2023. It was published on October 31, 2023.
Synopsis for the 1st Story
Appearing in the 1st Story
Featured Characters:
- Batman/Batman of Zur-En-Arrh (Bruce Wayne) (Also as an illusion)
- Catwoman (Selina Kyle)
Supporting Characters:
- Bat-Family
- Catwoman's Team
Antagonists:
- Batman Villains
- The Riddler (Edward Nygma) (Hologram)
- Vandal Savage (Apparent death)
Other Characters:
- Gotham City Police Department
- Theodore Critchley (First appearance; unnamed) (Cameo)
- United States Government (Cameo)
- Amanda Waller (Behind the scenes)
- Justice League (Disbanded) (Mentioned only)
- The Penguin (Oswald Cobblepot) (Mentioned only)
- Ra's al Ghul (Mentioned only)
- Superman (Clark Kent) (Mentioned only)
- Three Jokers (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Earth 0
- 2023 (See Notes)
- United States of America
- New Jersey
- Gotham County
- Bristol Township
- Wayne Manor
- Batcave (In ruins)
- Wayne Manor
- Gotham City
- Fort Graye
- Bruce Wayne's Brownstone
- GCPD Headquarters
- Gotham Observatory
- Lazarus Pit (Behind the scenes)
- The Nexus Point
- Arkham Tower (Mentioned only)
- Flunky's (Mentioned only)
- Fort Graye
- Bristol Township
- Gotham County
- Washington, D.C. (Mentioned only)
- New Jersey
- United States of America
- 2023 (See Notes)
Items:
- Alan Wayne's Clock (In ruins)
- Batman's Robotic Hand
- Batarangs
- Batbox (Mentioned only)
- Batcomputer
- Batman's T-Rex
- Bat-Signal
- Batsuits
- Catwoman's Whip
- Dionesium
- Firefly's Flamethrower
- Freeze Guns
- Giant Penny
- Joker Toxin/Fear Gas Mixture
- Mad Hatter's Hat
- Penguin's Umbrellas
- Scarface
- Vandal Savage's Blade
- Venom
Vehicles:
- Batmobile (Cameo)
- Batwing
- Nightwing's Motorcycle
Concepts:
Notes
- The Gotham War storyline continues from Catwoman (Volume 5) #58.
- Batman's story chronologically continues in the Act II of the Gotham Nocturne storyline, which begins in Detective Comics #1071.
- Catwoman's story chronologically continues in the Nine Lives storyline. Her appearances from Act II, Intermezzo, and Act III of the Gotham Nocturne occur during the events of this storyline.
- The epilogue of this issue directly leads into the "Be Better" story from Batman (Volume 3) #150,
- Two-Face implies that The Gotham War takes place in November 2023.