Title Batman: No Man's Land Volume One Format TPB Binding TPB Date 1999 Writer(s) Bob Gale, Devin K. Grayson Artist(s) Alex Maleev, Dale Eaglesham, Wayne Faucher, Jaime Mendoza, Sean Parsons, Aaron Sowd Collects No Man's Land 1, Batman 563-564, Shadow of the Bat 83-84, Detective 730-731, Legends of the Dark Knight 116. [note I'm inserting NML 0 first here for continuity's sake] Storyline Bruce Wayne had been Bruce Wayne for too long. After disappearing during the DC hearings on Gotham, he ended up in Monaco, France, Rio, etc. He let himself get beaten up and was rescued by Talia. She reminded him of who he was, and he returned home. When there, he found that Gotham had not been without a Bat - Huntress had become Batgirl. He watched her quietly from afar. Three months into No Man's Land, Oracle continued her chronicle of the situation. It'd been three months since she, Nightwing, or Robin had seen or heard from Batman. Rival gangs (and the GCPD) marked their territory by "tagging' or spray painting their logos on walls; Oracle heard from one of her operatives that they'd seen a bat tag. Gordon got the idea to incite rival gangs to fight each other so that the GCPD could take their territory easier due to the decreased number of their enemies. The Bat's territory also began growing. GCPD (the "Blueboys") took over the territories (all the way to police headquarters) ruled by the LoBoys and Demonz after their war. Batman contacted Oracle and made his presence known. He confronted the Huntress (as Batgirl) and let her know she wasn't approved, just not disapproved. Batman took the Ventriloquist's territory and he let everyone see him in the day time so word would spread. A priest started a relief project, but allowed Scarecrow into it. Huntress had a problem with that. Gordon worried about the Ark Project. Batman stalked Black Mask's gang. Scarecrow began playing devil's advocate with Father Christian and the refugees. Father Chris' deal with Penguin backfired when Scarecrow told the Black Mask gang and the refugees that there were guns inside the mission. There was a shootout between Penguin's men and the Black Maskers, but Batman and Huntress drove them all off. The mission dumped their weaponry into the lake. Scarecrow ran away.