Big Twisted Bomb

Big Twisted Bomb is the 23rd episode of Justice League: Knights of Rao.

Featured Characters

 * Justice League
 * Batman / Bruce Wayne (flashback and main story)
 * Geo-Force / Brion Markov
 * Green Lantern / Hal Jordan
 * Star Sapphire / Carol Ferris
 * Stargirl / Courtney Whitmore
 * Supergirl / Kara Zor-El
 * Superman / Clark Kent / Kal-El
 * Wonder Woman / Diana of Themyscira
 * White Lantern / Kyle Rayner
 * Bat-Family
 * Batgirl / Barbara Gordon (flashback and main story)
 * Nightwing / Dick Grayson (flashback and main story)
 * Red Robin / Tim Drake
 * Robin / Damian Wayne

Supporting Characters

 * Alfred Pennyworth
 * Ghotam City Police Dept (flashback and main story)
 * Harvey Bullock (first appearance)
 * James "Jim" Gordon
 * Renee Montoya (first appearance)
 * Lois Lane
 * Terra / Tara Markov

Villains

 * Project Cadmus
 * Professor Achilles Milo (single appearance) (dies)
 * Professor Hugo Strange (single appearance) (dies)
 * New Brainiac (single appearance) (flashback only) (dies)
 * Victor Zsasz (single appearance) (dies)
 * White Amazo (single apperance) (destroyed in this issue)
 * Lex Luthor
 * Red Hood / Jason Todd (flashback and main story)
 * Ninjas

Summary
Project Cadmus' scientists attempt to create a new Brainiac using Lex Luthor's mind, Amazo's component and deceased Victor Zsasz's corpse in hopes of using him to rehabilitate the agency's trust in mankind, but their plan backfires when their new creation also adapts to Zsasz's mind and his immeasurable psychic powers to create an energy dome around himself in New Mexico desert, threatening the entire country. As the Justice League works to escort the citizens away from their incoming doom, Superman works his way to get close to the New Brainiac and stop him before it is too late as Luthor is closer than usual to lose everyone's trust in him. At the sametime, Batman's protégés Nightwing, Batgirl, Robin and Red Robin take on a gang of outlaw ninjas trainned by the Red Hood in Ghotam City.

Plot
It all starts with a small flashback set two weeks ago, on which Batman, Nightwing and Batgirl were chasing after homocidal psychopath Victor Zsasz, who had escaped Arkham to go for a murderous rampage. Turned out that he was abduced by Red Hood, who had broken him out of the Arkham van he can being carried on and exacted to grant Zsasz a more worthy punishment. Batman, Nightwing and Batgirl managed to track Zsasz and lead Commissioner Gordon and his men in there, but they ended up finding the psychopath dead (offscreen). Spotting red dageers in the room, Batman only muttered: "Jason" (as he was aware that Red Hood did this), to his and their protégés' disappointment.

In present day, in a Project Cadmus facility located in a desert near New Mexico, scientists Acchiles Milo and Hugo Strange find themselves the agency's only head members left after the others were exposed for their crimes and are working hard to rehabilitate Cadmus' repultation, which was damaged by the Knights of Rao after the battle with the Enchantress. They try by ordering their agents create a new powerful Brainiac clone using the original Amazo's components, Luthor's mind and the corspe of Victor Zsasz, which was collected by the Arkham Asylum staff, but latter stolen by one of Project Cadmus' spies. The experiment appears to be an success, but unfortunately, the New Brainiac also adapts to Zsasz's twisted mind and conjures an explosion which obliterates the facility and kills Mil and Strange. Meanwhile, Nightwing and Batgirl have assembled Robin and Red Robin to deal with a clan of ninjas organised by Red Hood, who is working to eliminate crime by any means necessary.

In the Watchtower, Superman watches as Batman and Wonder Woman train Terra until they are contacted by Green Lantern and Flash, who alert them off Project Cadmus robots and subjects going berserk and wreaking havoc around the world.