Story: "Veritas Liberat Chapter Three: The Redeemer" (22 Pages)

Credits:

Scott Beatty (plot, script)
Charlie Adlard (pencils)
John Floyd (inks)
Clem Robins (letters)
Heroic Age (colors)
Nachie Castro and Matt Idelson (edits)

Feature Characters: Batman
Robin III
Nightwing II
Batgirl III

Guest Star:

Bane

Supporting Characters:

Alfred Pennyworth
Leslie Thompkins

Villains:

King Snake (dies?)
Minions of Kobra

Comment: Story continued from previous issue

Synopsis:

In the mountain, Batman and his allies encounter Bane, King Snake and members of the Kobra cult. Bane is gravely injured protecting Batman from King Snake - who falls to his seeming death - but is saved by the dregs of a Lazarus Pit, the immersion making him truly a new man, Bane no longer.

Second Story: "Fear is the Key" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Geoff Johns (plot, script)
Tommy Castillo (pencils)
Rodney Ramos (inks)
Clem Robins (letters)
Michael Wright (edits)

Feature Character:

Scarecrow

Synopsis:

Scarecrow considers the nature of fear and regrets that he has become immune to his own exhilerating toxins and seemingly to fear itself, other than that exquisite, thrilling fear of Batman.