Fourteen-year-old J.D. discovers why he never fit in at the creepy orphanage—he's the son of Frankenstein's monster! The boy always wanted a big family. Now he's got a doozy: the donors of his jigsaw puzzle-papa! Fans of adventure and classic monster movies will gasp with delight as they follow J.D. through this diary-style thriller. Old photos, maps, artifacts, and entries from the mad scientist's own journals will plunge the reader into J.D.'s quest to track down his Frankenstein family. But will he be in time? A shadowy stalker seeks the journals—and J.D.—to build a new, more powerful monster!

Once again, BATMAN catches the PENGUIN in the act, meaning more prison time for the villain. Since the fowl felon has a bad habit of escaping his cell, the DARK KNIGHT delivers PENGUIN finds a way to gain the upper hand...and appoint himself warden! With all the thieves, thugs, and crooks under his sway, the Penguin hatches a plan to unleash his new army on Gotham City. The only shot BATMAN has at preventing the PENGUIN'S entire army from flying free is to go inside the prison and battle the bird-brained villain on his own turf...

A charity cruise filled with GOTHAM'S wealthiest citizens has been boarded by not one but two groups of hijackers! POISON IVY and MR. FREEZE fight for the right to ransom the passengers with countless citizens caught in the crossfire. Outnumbered and out of his element, BATMAN will have to find a way to play one group of crooks against the other, or they'll all go down with the ship.