Born on a remote island, orphaned by his scientist parents and raised by a steam-powered butler, Tom Strong is both superhero and pioneer, journeying to other dimensions to vanquish the fearsome foes that threaten the retro-futuristic Millennium City.
Thirty years have passed for Tom Strong, his alternate-world counterpart Tom Strange, and the science-heroes of Terra Obscura - do they still have what it takes? And will they be able to stop a mysterious object... hurtling on a collision course with their planet?
Gotham City is plagued with crime and corruption in places high and low, but one man has taken a stand against evil of all forms: the dark avenger known as Batman. Bruce Wayne adopts the guise of Matches Malone - the seedy identity he uses to infiltrate the Gotham underworld - but when Matches is shot, Batman has to determine what really happened.