After he receives in the mail the remnants of the Batman costume his father once wore and discovers its empty display case adorned with a threatening note, the Caped Crusader recalls the events that led to his becoming Batman and his earliest cases where he met James Gordon and brought the people responsible for his parents' deaths to justice.; When Robin joins Batman's search for the person who stole his father's costume he recalls his own origin and early life as both Robin and Bruce Wayne's ward. After conferring with Robin, Alfred too recalls how he came to work for Bruce Wayne and for Batman. Meanwhile, Batman begins to review his many enemies, including the Joker and Two-Face, but is nearly taken out by a booby-trapped Batmobile.