Six years ago, the legend of Batman emerged amid the greatest catastrophe Gotham had ever endured. A maniac calling himself The Riddler shut down all electric power mere days before a terrifying superstorm. But the Dark Knight isn't the only hero to surface during this moment in time known only as the Zero Year! Journey back to the Zero Year to see the early tales of heroes and heroines such as Nightwing, Green Arrow, Batgirl, Superman, Birds of Prey, Catwoman and more!

"Batman created by Bob Kane." "Nightwing created by Marv Wolfman and George Perez." "Superman created by Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster, by special arrangement with the Jerry Siegel family." "Collects Batman #24-25 all twelve Zero Year tie-in issues from across the DC Universe!"

Dark city /Scott Snyder, writer ; Greg Capullo -- Stormbreaker / story, Greg Pak ; art, Aaron Kuder -- Homestead / Marguerite Bennett, writer ; Fernando Pasarin, pencils -- Keep your enemies closer / writers: Justin Gray & Jimmy Palmiotti ; artists: Eduardo Pansica & Julio Ferreira -- ...Or high water / Marc Andreyko, writer ; Trevor McCarthy, Andrea Mutti, Pat Olliffe and Jim Fern, artists -- Sunrise / writer: Christy Max ; pencils: Romano Molenaar with Daniel Sampere and Travis Moore -- Before the claws come out / writer: John Layman ; penciller: Aaron Lopresti -- Whistleblower's blues / written by John Layman ; art by Jason Fabok -- Starting line / story by Francis Manapul & Brian Buccellato ; pencils by Chris Sprouse and Francis Manapul -- The prodigal / Jeff Lemire, writer ; Andrea Sorrentino, artist -- New tricks / Jeff Lemire, writer ; Denys Cowan, penciller -- Powers that be / script: Van Jensen ; co-plot: Robert Venditti ; pencillers, main sequence: Victor Drujiniu and Ivan Fernandez -- One dark city night / Kyle Higgins, writer ; Will Conrad & Cliff Richards, art -- The beckoning dark / written by James Tynion IV ; art by Jeremy Haun -- Zero year, dark city / Scott Snyder, writer ; Greg Capullo, penciller.