Batman

Under the Black Mask

Bruce stumbles into Wayne Manor limping from his recent fight against The Legion of Doom. He recalls what Black Mask had said to him after their last encounter and dwells on those words. Could it really be Bruce's Father? While Bruce is recovering, Black Mask is revealed to have never been arrested along side the rest of the Legion and that he was using a body double. When the Bat was away, the Mask did play. His iron grip is now firmly clasped around Gotham's crime. Black Mask is back. Bruce when nursing his wounds gets updates from Barbara who has been monitoring the New Black Masks movements under the new Alias Oracle. Once Bruce feels that he is fit to fight again he goes down to the Batcave to find something sitting on his Keyboard. A red eye mask torn to shreds by an explosion, next to it is his father's pin he always wore, and finally a pearl necklace belonging to his mother. As Bruce stares in shock something strikes him from behind, Bruce still slowed is able to move out of immediate danger but still gets hit. Facing down Black Mask in his own home. A sudden detonation from above goes off shooting flames into the stairwell and Bruce is knocked unconscious. Who is the New Black Mask really? Can Bruce actually stop this menace or does he truly know all of Batmans secrets?

Story added by toughsandwich on October 19, 2025