Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight

Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight is upcoming Batman animated TV show which revolves around the adventures of Batman as he deals with some of his greatest rouges as they plot against Gotham. The show will run after Superman: Last Son of Krypton and will interact with show on occasions. As of season 3 characters from the justice league will appear to help Batman with his adventures. The show will start as Batman's deal with the corruption of the Gotham politics and police to the eventual rise of villains like the Joker.

Characters
Bruce Wayne: Millionaire playboy whose parents death lead him to don the cape and cowl of the Dark Knight

Alfred: Waynes most trusted and loyal ally who raised him following his parents death.

Dick Grayson(Season 2)- Former acrobat whose murdered family leads into the care of Bruce Wayne where dons the Robin persona

James Gordon: Captain on the GCPD, later commissioner, who is Batman's greatest ally in the GCPD

Barbara Gordon (Season 3): Jim's daughter and future bat girl, supporter of Batman and Dick's girlfriend.

Mayor Grange: Mayor of Gotham

Harvey Dent: Gotham's shining DA and eventual villain Two-Face. In Season 2, Dent will appear frequently and slowly decent into madness over the course of the season.

Gillian Loeb (season 1): Corrupt commissioner who is in the pocket of the Falcone crime family.

Brandon: Corrupt head of Swat and later gun for hire in the Gotham underworld.

Villains
Falcone: Gotham's deadliest crime lord and the head of the Falcone crime family whose power is slowly dwindled over the first season.

Penguin: A oddly shaped crime boss and arms dealer who operates form the Ice Burg Lounge.

Deadshot: An assassin who never misses

Anarky: A young anti government villain and feels like he and Batman are one and the same.

Cypher: A computer hacker.

Joker: Batman's most twisted foe with a mysterious past and a special bond with the bat.

Harley Quinn: Joker's henchwoman and lover.

Catwoman: A female burglar who has some tension with batman.

Black Mask: A vile Mob Boss who takes over after Falcone and has a obsession with masks.

Tony Zucco: A former mob hit man trying to make a name for himself by holding up Haley's Circus and killing Dick Grayson's parents.

The Riddler: A former police tech obsessed with riddles.

The Scarecrow: Johnathan Crane, a former Arkham doctor, who experiments with peoples greatest fears.

Bane: A south American villain and the man who broke the bat.

Killer Croc: Waylon Jones, was born with a rare genetic condition that gives him the appearance and characteristics of a crocodile.

Captain Boomerang: A flash rouge who uses specialize boomerangs

Lex Luthor: A millionaire industrialist obsessed with destroying Superman.

Metallo: A former mercenary, John Corbin, who after an accident is refitted with a kryptonite power by Luthor.

Clock King: A time obsessed villain

Talia al Ghoul: The daughter of Ra's al Ghoul and love interest to batman.

Ra's al Ghoul: The centuries old leader of the League of Shadows and father to Talia.

Lady Shiva: Ra's most trusted assassin.

Silver Monkey: Another trusted assassin of Ra's

Mr. Freeze: A scientist who cannot live in warm temperatures and is out to save his wife Nora.

Poison Ivy: A crazed Eco terrorist who values plant life over human.

Hush: A former friend of Wayne with a hatred for both Bruce Wayne and Batman.

Clay face: A former actor, Basil Karlo, who is in an industrial accident and gains the ability to shape shift.

Victor Zzass: A serial killer who cuts tallies into his body.

Mad Hatter: A former scientist who thinks he is the Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland and has developed mind control technology.

Deacon Hellfire: A mysterious Monk who wants to make the world pure.

Solomon Grundy: An undead mobster who is cursed to walk the earth signing a children nursery rhyme.

Captain Cold: A scientist obsessed with the old and killing Flash.

Black Manta: An insane mental patient with hopes of ruling Atlantis.

Reverse Flash: A villain who is the opposite of Flash.

Joe Chill: The man who killed Bruce's parents

Bizzaro: The opposite of Superman

Gorilla Grodd: A super intelligent ape bent on ape world domination.

Cheetah: A female who is part cat and very flexible.

Episodes Season 1
"Episode 1: Enter the Bat" Villain: Carmine Falcone

Description: Bruce Wayne returns years after his parents deaths and dons the identity of Batman to               take on Gotham's underworld and the extensive corruption plaguing the GCPD. Despite objections from Alfred, Bruce takes on Gotham's most deadly mob boss, Carmine Falcone and makes  contact with the only clean cop in Gotham, Captain Gordon. (Hour long premiere)

Episode 2: Bat Hunt

Villains: Loeb and Brandon

Description: After defeating Carmine, Batman finds the wrath of the GCPD who issue a  city wide manhunt for the vigilante under the watch of corrupt swat Brandon.

Episode 3: The Red Hood

Villain: The Red Hood

Description: Batman tracks down a career thief only known as the Red Hood who plans on robbing the Ace Chemicals Plant.

Episode 4: Bird of Prey

Villain: The Penguin

Description: An arms dealer known as the Penguin holds a dinner for a group of European criminals at his private club known as the Iceberg Lounge.

Episode 5: The Roman

Villain: Carmine Falcone, Loeb, Brandon

Description: After beating his criminal charges, Falcone renews his pursuit of the Batman with the help of the GCPD.

Episode 6: The White Knight

Villain: Falcone, Deadshot

Description: With the election of the squeaky clean Harvey Dent to the office of DA,  Falcone brings in Floyd Lawton, aka Deadshot, to make sure Dent doesn't  cause any trouble for his business.

Episode 7: A for Anarky

Villain: Anarky

Description: Sick of the corruption, an anti-government villain only known as Anarky  plants explosives in major areas all over Gotham to help in its cleansing.

Episode 8: The White Knight Strikes Back

Villain: Loeb, Falcone

Description: Batman has to protect Harvey Dent as he begins to bring criminal charges against the Falcone family and Loeb himself.

Episode 9: Exposed

Villains: Loeb, Brandon, Cypher

Description: With the impending case against them piling, Loeb and Brandon hire an expert computer hacker known as cypher to erase all files that can lead to their conviction.

Episode 10: The Joker Part 1

Villain: The Joker

Description: As Gotham watches the case against Loeb and the others grow, a new villain emerges and promises them to help them eliminate both their problems, Dent and the Batman.

Episode 11: The Joker Part 2

Villain: The Joker

Description: As Batman learns more about the Joker, the less he understands and he has only 48 hours to uncover what the Joker is really planning for Gotham before it's to late.

Season 2
Episode 1: Changing of the Guard

Villain: Penguin

Description: Following the events of season 1, Loeb and the rest are imprisoned while Gordon is promoted to Police Commissioner and the city try's to move on from the scandal. Meanwhile Batman tracks down the Penguin who is trying to take charge in the void left by Falcone. Also Dent's history begins to unravel.

Episode 2: Cat of any Shade

Villain: Catwoman

Description: Batman tracks down a very successful cat-burglar across the Gotham rooftops.

Episode 3: Under the Black Mask

Villain: Black Mask

Description: With Falcone gone, a new player known as the Black Mask corners Gotham's underworld for himself.

Episode 4: Robin Part 1

Villain: Tony Zucco

Description: Low level criminal Tony Zucco kills the parents of Dick Grayson and the boy is adopted by Bruce where he learns his most hidden secret.

Episode 5: Robin Part 2

Villain: Tony Zucco

Description: Batman trains Dick to be Robin and the two track Zucco down to a small front outside of Gotham where Robin must prove his worth and save Batman.

Episode 6: Fear of the Night

Villain: Scarecrow

Description: Professor Johnathon Crane is experimenting on the patients of Arkham, but is stopped by the board and seeks revenge by kidnapping them for his twisted experiments, donning the persona of the Scarecrow.

Episode 7: The Last Laugh

Villain: The Joker

Description: The Joker returns after being presumed dead following season 1 and wreaks vengeance upon Gotham and the Batman.

Episode 8: Gotham Underworld

Villain: The Penguin, Black Mask

Description: Black Mask teams up with the Penguin to corner the Gotham drug trade, but Batman is captured leading to Robin having to save the day.

Episode 9: Riddle Me This

Villain: The Riddler

Description: Edward Ngyma, a former police computer tech, tries to prove himself smarter than the Bat by leaving a series of clues which will help Batman find his missing partner before Ngyma, now the Riddler, can kill him.

Episode 10: An old Friend

Villain: Brandon

Description: Brandon returns to take on Batman, but he is now working as gun for hire in the Gotham underworld.

Episode 11: A Day in the life of a Gotham DA

Villain: Black Mask

Description: Dent's history of mental illness, which has been teased all season, is revealed as Black Mask holds a secret meeting with Dent regrading how to keep this secret a secret. Note: Batman only appears briefly this episode. The timeline of this story will follow Dent as Batman takes on the villain Brandon in the previous episode.

Episode 12: Deadly Aim

Villain: Deadshot

Description: Lawton returns to Gotham and his target is the mayor.

Episode 13: The Curse of the Black Mask

Villain: Black Mask

Description: Batman and Robin try to stop Black Mask from robbing the Gotham Stock Exchange and in the process learn the villains true identity.

Episode 14: The Jokers Grand Scheme

Villain: The Joker

Description: The Joker escapes Arkham and takes the mayor hostage, but theirs more to the Joker's scheme than Batman realizes.

Episode 15: Downfall Part 1

Villain: Black Mask

Description: Batman tracks down a missing Roman Sionis, aka The Black Mask. As Black Mask awaits trial, he plans something big for Gotham's white knight Harvey Dent. Dents mental capacity is put into play as Black Mask now holds all the cards and more is revealed about the mysterious past of Dent.

Episode 16: Downfall Part 2

Villain: Black Mask, Two Face

Description: Batman and Robin seek Dent after his accident in the prior episode, but Dent has fully changed into Two-Face and seeks out Black Mask, who escaped Blackgate and is hiding somewhere in Gotham.

Season 3
Episode 1: Knightfall Part 1

Villain: Bane

Description: After Dents fall in the previous season, Batman has grown more harden and cold to the rest of his team. Gotham is in a dark period and Gordon is beginning to lose faith in the need for a Batman. Meanwhile a South American villain known as Bane comes to Gotham to break the bat and control the underworld.

Episode 2: Knightfall Part 2

Villain: Bane

Description: Bane unites the underworld and creates a massive crime wave in Gotham as Batman is forced to recover after being beat by Bane. Batman also mends bridges with Robin and Gordon as he develops a new suit to take down Bane.

Episode 3: The Fastest Man Alive

Villain: Black Mask, Captain Boomerang

Description: Flash comes to Gotham to help Batman and Robin track down Black Mask, who has teamed up with Captain Boomerang to help lure all three into a death trap.

Episode 4: The Bat girl

Villain: Penguin

Description: Gordon's daughter Barbara comes to Gotham after a two years studying overseas. Meanwhile Batman and Robin are tracking down the Penguin's gang, and get unlikely help from a new hero, Batgirl.

Episode 5: The Green Arrow

Villain: The Clock King

Description: Batman uncovers a plot by the villain Clock King to plant a bomb in Gotham, but gets unwanted help from the Green Arrow who also is in town tracking the villain.

Episode 6: Man of Steel Part 1

Villain: Lex Luthor, John Corbin

Description: Luthor comes to Gotham for a business convention, but grabs the suspicion of Batman and Robin. Meanwhile Superman tracks mercenary John Corbin, working for Luthor, to Gotham where he plans to steal secrets from Wayne Tech.

Episode 7: Man of Steel Part 2

Villain: Lex Luthor, Metallo

Description: After his accident in Wayne Tech, Corbin is reformed by Luthor into the Kryptonite powered villain Metallo and its up to Batman to save the Man of Steel.

Episode 8: Batgirl Returns

Villain: Anarky

Description: Anarky kidnaps Batman and Robin and straps them to bomb somewhere in Gotham, leaving Batgirl to save the day.

Episode 9: The Cat's Back

Villain: Catwoman, Black Mask

Description: Catwoman needs Batman's help after robbing a small fortune from the Black Mask.

Episode 10: The League of Shadows

Villain: Talia al Ghoul

Description: Batman encounters the mysterious Talia al Ghoul and her specially trained assassins while on patrol in Gotham.

Episode 11: The last Laugh

Villain: The Joker

Description: Dick begins dating Barbara Gordon, but their date is interrupted when the Joker escapes Arkham and goes on a rampage through Gotham.

Episode 12: Two Sided Justice

Villain: Two Face

Description: Two Face returns to get revenge on Batman and James Gordon.

Episode 13: The Return of the Green Arrow

Villain: Anarky

Description: Batman teams up with Green Arrow when he suspects Anarky will try something at the presidents speech in Gotham.

Episode 14: The Lady in Black

Villain: Lady Shiva

Description: Batman thwarts the assassination of an ambassador by Lady Shiva who warns of the coming of the demon to Gotham.

Episode 15: The Coming

Villain: Silver Monkey

Description: Another member of the League of Shadows puts Batman's skills to the limit when he terrorizes Gotham.

Episode 16: The Cold Heart

Villain: Mr. Freeze

Description: At the Man of the Year awards, Mr. Freeze strikes against Ferris Boyle and Batman uncovers a cover up involving his former friend.

Episode 17: The Head of the Demon Part 1

Villain: Ra's al Ghoul, Talia al Ghoul

Description: Batman meets Ra's al Ghoul ,a centuries old terrorist leader who plans on cleansing the world and making Batman his heir and his daughter's husband.

Episode 18: The Head of the Demon Part 2

Villain: Ra's al Ghoul, Talia al Ghoul

Description: With Batman missing, Batgirl, Robin and Green Arrow use an old contact of Alfred's to locate the overseas base of the League of Shadows

Episode 19: The Head of the Demon Part 3

Villain: Ra's al Ghoul, Talia al Ghoul

Description: After escaping the compound, Batman and his team, consisting of Robin, Batgirl and Green Arrow, lead an all out assault on the league. Meanwhile Talia debates her feelings for Batman and her duty to the league.

Episode 20: Return to Normalcy

Villain: The Joker, The Black Mask

Description: After defeating Ra's overseas, Batman returns to face Joker and Black Mask who are fighting for control over Gotham.

Season 4
Episode 1: Heart of Clay Part 1

Villain: Anarky

Description: Months' after the battle with Ra's, Anarky strikes against a film crew at Ace Chemicals and severely injures actor Basil Karlo.

Episode 2: Heart of Clay Part 2

Villain: Clayface

Description: Karlo, now Clayface, plans revenge on Batman for causing his change.

Episode 3: Whispers in the Night

Villain: Hush

Description: Batman encounters a mysterious villain out for blood against Bruce Wayne, and it is on the same night Bruce's friend Thomas Elliot comes back to Gotham.

Episode 4: Batman in Wonderland

Villain: Mad Hatter

Description: Batman investigates the disappearance of Alice Carrol, a Gotham socialite, leading him to Jervis Tetch, a mad men who believes he is the Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland. Now it is up to Robin and Batgirl to get Batman out of Tetch's twisted Wonderland.

Episode 5: That Special Mark

Villain: Victor Zzass

Description: Serial Killer Victor Zzass unleashes a killing spree in Gotham and Batman needs clues to find his whereabouts.

Episode 6: Baneful Comeback

Villain: Bane, Bird

Description: Bane returns to Gotham with mercenary Bird to sell Venom on the streets.

Episode 7: Silence into Darkness

Villain: Hush

Description: Batman and team uncover a serial killer who is stealing the faces of Gotham' homeless, leading them back to Hush and Elliot.

Episode 8: No Mans Land Part 1

Villain: Black Mask

Description: While pursuing the Black Mask, Batman and Gotham are rocked by a massive earthquake, causing the U.S government to declare Gotham a No Man's Land.

Episode 9: No Man's Land Part 2

Villain: The Joker

Description: As Gotham descends into chaos, the Joker kidnaps Gordon's wife Sarah and newborn babies from the Hospital, and it is up to Batman to maintain peace and find Joker.

Episode 10: No Man's Land Part 3

Villain: Anarky, Bane

Description: Gordon makes a uneasy alliance with Anarky, who has plans of his own, when Bane takes control of a large portion of Gotham and turns it into a demilitarized zone. Meanwhile the U.S government begins to send aid to Gotham.

Episode 11: Cataclysm

Villain: Lex Luthor

Description: With Gotham getting aid, Luthor plans to hinder the efforts in hopes of increasing profits to Lex Corp by dismantling the Wayne Trust in Gotham. Superman comes to aid and prevent Luthor's plan.

Episode 12: Aftermath

Villain: Hush

Description: After beginning to rebuild Gotham, Batman again encounters Hush who now resembles Bruce Wayne.

Episode 13: Be Afraid

Villain: Scarecrow

Description: With Gotham in disrepair, Scarecrow returns to bring terror to the city.

Episode 14: Ms. Ivy

Villain: Poison Ivy, Clock King

Description: After Pamela Isely dons the persona of poison ivy and injects herself with a unique chloroform which turns into a plant human hybrid, she teams up with the Clock King to reverse time back and give the Earth to the plants. Batman needs help from Green Arrow and Flash to prevent her plans.

Episode 15: Clay Gordon

Villain: Clayface

Description: Clayface returns to perform his greatest act ever, as James Gordon.

Episode 16: The Riddler Baffles

Villain: The Riddler

Description: The Riddler returns to baffle Batman as he plans to rob all the gold bullion held in Gotham.

Episode 17: One last time

Villain: Hush

Description: While on a run with Green Arrow, Batman encounters Hus holding up the Gotham Stock Exchange, namely the Wayne Trust.

Episode 18: Battle for the Cowl Part 1

Villain: Hush, Joker, Two Face, Riddler, Scarecrow, Penguin

Description: Hush unites Batman's greatest enemies for one common goal, to kill the Batman.

Episode 19: Battle for the Cowl Part 2

Villain: Hush, Joker, Two Face, Riddler, Scarecrow, Penguin

Description: Batman takes on the villains throughout the night as Hush slowly moves in to replace Bruce Wayne.

Episode 20: Battle for the Cowl Part 3

Villain: Hush

Description: Hush infiltrates the Bat cave and learns Bruce' secret and plans for the final duel with his old friend Bruce.

Season 5( Finale Season)
Episode 1: The Return of Bruce Wayne Part 1

Villain: Deacon Hellfire

Description: Bruce Wayne awakes miles away from Gotham in a monastery with no memory and under the watch of Deacon Hellfire and his order of Monks.

Episode 2: The Return of Bruce Wayne Part 2

Villain: Deacon Hellfire

Description: Wayne recovers his lost memory and uncovers a plot by Hellfire to unleash a series of bombing strikes against the major cities of the world.

Episode 3: The Tale of Two Waynes

Villain: Hush

Description: Bruce returns to Gotham only to find that Hush has assumed his identity and his life.

Episode 4: The Return of Batman

Villain: Penguin

Description: After apparently killing Hush in a explosion, Bruce resumes his double life with Robin and Batgirl and his first target is The Penguin.

Episode 5: The King of the Sea

Villain: Black Manta

Description: A villain known as Black Manta escapes Arkham and seeks out Atlantis by kidnapping bartender Arther Curry, who is the rightful heir to the throne of Atlantis.

Episode 6: Green Lantern's Light

Villain: Solomon Grundy

Description: Batman takes on the undead Solomon Grundy, but gets a little help from the Green Lantern who is in Gotham.

Episode 7: The Killing Joke

Villain: Joker

Description: The Joker delves into his past as he unleashes a plot to drive Gordon mad.

Episode 8: Hush Little Bat

Villain: Hush

Description: Hush returns, horribly disfugred, and with a grudge against Batman and Wayne which he intends to pull off by kidnapping Alfred and Robin.

Episode 9: A Running Gag

Villain: Joker

Description: Gordon returns to work after his daughter's death at the hands of the Joker, who has escaped again, leading Gordon to pursue him without end.

Episode 10: The Clay Bat

Villain: Clayface

Description: Clayface commits crimes disguised as Batman and leads Gordon to pursue Batman until he can clear his name.

Episode 11: The Final Tale of the Black Mask

Villain: Black Mask

Description: Black Mask, diagnosed with a incurable disease, plots one final scheme to kill Batman.

Episode 12: The Riddler Makes a Comeback

Villain: The Riddler

Description: The Riddler kidnaps Green Arrow and Robin in an attempt to finally outsmart Batman.

Episode 13: The Fear that runs Gotham

Villain: The Scarecrow

Description: The Scarecrow poisons the Gotham Man of the Year awards with a new toxin and Batman has 24 hours to find Crane and the cure.

Episode 14: In a Flash

Villain: Riddler, Captain Cold, Reverse Flash

Description: The Riddler aids Captain Cold and the Reverse Flash in their plot to kill the Flash.

Episode 15: The Fear Beast

Villain: Scarecrow, Penguin

Description: Penguin gets Crane to develop a new strain of fear toxin that can be dispersed over vast areas and has no possibility to be cured to be sold on the black market.

Episode 16: The Chill of the Night

Villain: Mr. Freeze

Description: Mr. Freeze returns to Gotham and plans to freeze the city cold out of vengeance for the lose of his wife and his will to live.

Episode 17: Batman's Past

Villain: Joe Chill, Penguin

Description: Batman encounters Joe Chill, the man who murdered his parents, who is currently out of prison. Chill plans to work for the Penguin and become a prominent criminal in Gotham once more.

Episode 18: The House of the Bat

Villain: The Joker

Description: Batman begins to question the point of Batman when Joker escapes with the hope of reigning terror on Gotham.

Episode 19: A Justice League

Villain: Captain Boomerang, Bizarro, Anarky

Description: When three of their greatest rouges unite with the common goal of defeating the heroes, Bat,man, Superman and Flash need to team up to defeat the villains.

Episode 20: Heroes Unite Part 1

Villains: Lex Luthor, The Joker, Penguin,  Black Manta, Grundy, Captain Cold, Scarecrow, Riddler, Metallo, Bizzaro, Cheetah, Gorilla Grodd, Clock King

Description: Luthor sets up a Legion of Doom to defeat the heroes of the world. Meanwhile outsiders Princess Diana and Jon Jones step out of the shadows in aiding the world in the battle against the villains.

Episode 21: Heroes Unite Part 2

Villain: Lex Luthor, Joker, Penguin, Black Manta, Grundy, Captain Cold, Scarecrow, Riddler, Metallo, Bizzaro, Cheetah, Gorilla Grodd, Clock King

Description: With the heroes captured, the new Legion set their sights on global conquest, but the Joker has own plans. Meanwhile Batman and Robin escape capture and free the heroes for the final fight against the legion as a new Justice League. Note: This is the last episode of the show and a lead in to a Justice League spinoff