Mister Freeze attacked a park in Gotham City. He froze several people, including a family attending a barbecue, but was soon apprehended by Batman and Robin.[8]
After two and a half days without any word from his mentor, Robin has to be reassured by Alfred that he will come up with a solution for the sidekicks' plan to form a team.[9]
Paula Crock returned home after her she served her sentence. Her daughter Artemis was the only one waiting for her. After she was confronted by her father's dismissive opinion of Paula's desire to give up her former life, Artemis decided to use her skills for good and become a vigilante.[10]
The Team were tracking Clayface in the sewers. They split up, and in the ensuing hours, they were taken out one by one until only Aqualad was left.[3]
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Aqualad fought Clayface in a warehouse. He was beaten too, forcing Batman to step in. Batman ordered the Team to take some downtime. He and Robin returned to Wayne Manor, while Artemis returned to her mother's apartment.[6]
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Paula Crock gave Artemis a letter from the Gotham Academy, stating she had been accepted with a Wayne Foundation scholarship.[6]
Mammoth and other Kobra cultists abducted Jason Burr from the observatory. On their way out, they were encountered by Batman and Robin, but Mammoth prevailed. He got away with Dr. Burr, but several of the other cultists were left behind, and used a special pill to silence themselves.[5]
With the world split up in an adult and a child dimension, Gotham was in state of disarray. While the children handled it well by creating a shelter for the youngest at the Gotham Academy, the adults were enraged. Egged on by Crusher Crock, they wanted to storm STAR Labs. In the confusion, Riddler stole a case with echinoderm tentacle.[14]
With her most recent mission a failure, Artemis did not want to talk to her mother. She stormed to her room, where her father was waiting for her. He urged her to change sides.[18]
The Team traced the kidnapped Helena Sandsmark to Gotham City, and Nightwing led a squad to find her. They battled many of Luthor's robots and Riddler's henchmen in the city's docks, and eventually found her at Haly's Circus. They defeared Riddler and retrieved what they thought was a third Babylonian artifact.[20]
Batman and Robin were in Two-Face's lair,[21] an apartment split between comfortable modern living room and medieval torture chamber, when they received an update on the Metropolis emergency from Red Tornado.[16]