A man named Flowers is having a conversation with a group of
gangsters. Since the earthquake that turned Gotham into "No Man's Land,"
these gangsters have been running a system to get people out...for a price. Flowers offers the gangsters an entire box of jewels and money if they can get him out of No Man's Land. The lead gangster takes the money and has his henchmen lead
Flowers to the forgotten railroad door. Flowers thanks the gangster and
they open the door for him. The henchmen throw Flowers into the door
where he immediately finds a skeleton on the ground. Flowers looks up
and finds tens of starving people. They are so hungry and dazed from
their time in the trap, they prepare to eat Flowers. Back in the gangster's quarters, the lead gangster is introduced
as "Shank." He is talking to his girlfriend and partner-in-crime,
Delphine. Shank is looking through all the valuables that are now
worthless in No Man's Land. Shank finds a pearl necklace that he offers
to Delphine. The woman reaches for the pearls when Shank throws them
into his pile of loot. He says, when someone finally comes to rescue
Gotham, Shank will be rich. He kisses her, and Delphine looks at the
loot the entire kiss. In the city, Batman
is interrogating a man about Flowers. The man says that Flowers
escaped, but Batman doesn't believe him. Escape is impossible in No
Man's Land. On a nearby rooftop, a sniper is targetting Batman when Batgirl swings in and beats him up. Batman and Batgirl rendez-vous with each other. The man Batman
was interrogating has given up the information about Shank and the
Fantoms. Batman and Batgirl leave their "friend" tied up and notify
Harvey Bullock. In Shank's hideout, he's making deals with local gothamites. An
old woman offers Shank a twenty thousand dollar ring for escape, but he
only offers her a jar of peanut butter. She has no option but to accept
his offer. Suddenly, a mysterious man going by the named of Matches Malone
appears and asks for a ticket out of No Man's Land. Malone hands Shank a
stack of cash and his custom pistol. Shank says that Malone can go to
first class, if he wants, with the pistol. Shank's henchmen grab Matches
Malone and take him to the "exit." Malone thanks them for their service
and they throw him in the hole to fend for himself against the starving
people. In the hole, Matches Malone finds Danny Flower's hat next to his
boney remains. The starving people approach Malone with a craving for
meat. Malone tries to talk to the people, but they don't listen and
charge him. Malone fights them all off and makes a run for it. Back with Shank, he and Delphine are admiring their garden. It is
an orange garden that takes up a square block of space. They are
forcing multiple civilians into slave labor picking all the fruit. In the hole, Malone runs from the cannibals until he falls down a
cliff. The cannibals look as their prey has vanished. Suddenly, Matches
Malone returns to the top of the cliff as the Batman! The people run in
fear, but the Dark Knight swears he is trying to help. Back in the Fantom's hideout, Delphine is stealing gold from
Shank's stash when the door to the Hole bursts open. It's Batman and the
cannibals making their escape! Batman attacks Shank and his henchmen and the cannibals begin to
file out of the hole. They all burst into tears. Batman pauses his
fighting to remind the cannibals that they aren't allowed to kill
anymore, just like they promised. Later, the cops arrive at the Fantom's hideout. Delphine makes
her escape in time, but Shank and his goons aren't so lucky. Harvey
Bullock rounds them up and takes them away. Elsewhere, Delphine is on the streets begging for food, offerring
the loot she stole from Shank earlier. No one gives her anything.