Story: "Chapter Six: Rhyme & Reason" (22 Pages)

Credits:

Dan Slott (plot, script)
Ryan Sook (pencils)
Wade Von Grawbadger (inks)
Lee Loughridge (colors)
Mike Heisler (letters)
Valerie D'Orazio (assistant edits)
Dan Raspler (edits)

Feature Character:

Warren White

Supporting Characters:

Aaron Cash
Jeremiah Arkham

Villains:

Doodlebug (dies)
The Skarva
Poison Ivy
Magpie
Humpty Dumpty II
Jane Doe
Killer Croc
Death Rattle (dies)
Lunkhead (dies)
Ventriloquist
Cthugha (a demon; first appearance)
Scarecrow
Two-Face
Mister Freeze

Guest Appearances:

Etrigan
Batman
Harvey Bullock
Jason Blood

Other Character:

Colonel Allen Evanella (first appearance; dies)

Note: This miniseries takes place before 'No Man's Land'

Synopsis:

Death Rattle and Lunkhead are cast into the fires stoked by the Skarva, who also sacrifice the man who raised them, Doodlebug, in order to summon their master, the head of the torture lords, Cthugha. But their tongues have been ensorcelled by Jason Blood so that they cannot communicate in rhyme as they need to, while Etrigan refuses to co-operate with them. However, Warren White, freed by Humpty Dumpty and now genuinely mad himself, strikes a deal with Cthugha while Aaron Cash fights the Skarva, keeping them distracted. The Skarva are tricked into returning to hell as the torturers they once were, but only to torture one another. The whole experience is written off as the result of the Scarecrow's hallucinogens and Warren White rises to the top of the Arkham food chain.