Title Batman: Cataclysm  Format TPB Binding TPB Date 1999 (collection), 1998 (issues) Writer(s) Chuck Dixon, Alan Grant, Devin Grayson, Doug Moench, Rick Burchett, Klaus Janson, Kelley Puckett, Chris Renaud Artist(s) Jim Aparo, Jim Balent, Eduardo Barreto, Mark Buckingham, Klaus Janson, Stewart Johnson, Scott McDaniel, Graham Nolan, Rick Burchett, Alex Maleev, Chris Renaud, Sal Buscema, Wayne Faucher, Klaus Janson, David Roach, Bill Sienkiewicz, John Stanisci, Karl Story, Stan Woch, Rick Burchett, Bob McLeod Collects Batman 553-554, Detective 719-721, Shadow of the Bat 73-74, Nightwing 19-20, Catwoman 56, Robin 53, Chronicles 12, Blackgate: Isle of Men, Huntress / Spoiler: Blunt Trauma. [bannered but not collected]: Azrael 40, Catwoman 57, Robin 52, Arkham Asylum: Tales of Madness Storyline A 7.6 earthquake shook Gotham. Wayne Manor, the Batcave, and all of the city were destroyed. Nightwing borrowed a boat and set out for his old home. There, he began rescuing survivors. Barbara Gordon rushed to police headquarters and began rallying the troops for rescue missions. Azrael was transporting the captive Bane to police when the quake hit. Bane was temporarily loosed, but Azrael captured him. Batman rescued Alfred and swam to find a way out of the cave. Huntress was on the subway when the quake hit, she began getting all the passengers to safety. Bruce surfaced in Gotham Harbor to see his city in flames. Catwoman survived the quake - she was in a department store doing recon for a future job. She got the few survivors she could find to safety. Tim Drake's plane home from Europe was diverted to Bludhaven due to the Quake. Blackgate was devastated. During the quake, a land-bridge opened between the island and Gotham itself. Close to 300 either escaped or died (trying to escape or rioting). An aftershock took the bridge down. Batman made it back to Gotham and began rescuing victims. Tim Drake's plane landed in Bludhaven; after hearing about the quake, he stole a motorcycle and headed for Gotham. Two-Face and Penguin were known to be free men. A noted seismologist was kidnapped, and a man calling himself the Quakemaster threatened Gotham with more devastation if not paid $100million. Nightwing and Robin both find Oracle, only to learn that no one has heard from Batman. Dick and Tim go to the cave. Alfred and Harold confess that they haven't seen him in possibly days. Stephanie Brown was in the mall when it hit, and she slipped quickly into her costume (the Spoiler) to try and help out. Some of the Blackgate escapees (including her father - the Cluemaster) showed up and began looting. Huntress made it out of the subway into the mall and gave her sister vigilante a hand. They took down all the mooks except for Brown, which Spoiler let escape. Catwoman was looking for looters when she came upon Poison Ivy. Ivy was trying to get some mutant seeds and massive fertilizers into Gotham's water supply, but Catwoman was able to take her down. Arkham Asylum was for the most part left unscathed. Some of the inmates drove a new guard insane, but it appeared that no one escaped. Batman began trying to track down Jolene Relazzo, only to find that she'd been abducted by the phony "Quakemaster." Robin figured out that the Quakemaster was the Ventriloquist by his phrasing and set out to find him. When he arrived, Bullock, Montoya, and Bock were already there. They took him down pretty easily. Batman, Nightwing, and Robin surveyed the former Gotham skyline.