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Page 1 Panel 1 Sam runs, weeping, out of the back deck of Wayne Manor Bruce: *off panel* Sam, get back here this instant! Bruce: *narrating* When my parents died, I felt my world had collapsed. Panel 2 Bruce and Alfred come onto the deck, seeing Sam fleeing to the woods. Alfred: Sir, the shock at hearing the news-- Bruce: I know, Alfred. Bruce: *narrating* Sam's world has just collapsed. His brother has been nearly killed by one of my allies-- Panel 3 Sam runs through the woods, pushing back branches Bruce: *narrating* --and Joseph, in a living will, has named me Sam's caretaker. Panel 4 Bruce starts chasing after Sam Bruce: Duk

We open with a prologue on Krypton, in Argo City, mere months before Krypton exploded. It is under attack by the robotic armies of the entity we will know as Braniac. Zor-El is working feverishly when Jor-El calls him via Zor-El's robotic assistant. Jor-El informs Zor-El that Kandor has been "collected" by Brainiac, and that Zor-El and his family should flee to the ancestral home of the El family before Argo City is too. Zor-El disagrees and launches a probe that contains information and warnings to all Kryptonian colonies and individuals about Brainiac, as well as acting as an archive of all Kryptonian knowledge. Zor-El then confirms Jor-El'

Note: This takes place during Joseph's Intro Arc and thus his relationship with the Bat Fam is mixed "Did you meet with Ronin?" asked Batman. He and Red Robin were in the Belfry. Red Robin sat in front of the Belfry's Batcomputer, pulling up data. "To 'help' with his anti-Penguin crusade? Yeah, I did; we took down a couple warehouses." Red Robin turned his chair to face his mentor. "Then I handed him the flash drive, like you told me too. Said it had more intel." "Which was the truth." "Yeah, didn't tell him about the hacking software in it. Now we can track him down and stop him before he gets himself hurt." "Good, we don't need any ama