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Batman (comic book) the Family", Snyder's next arc was "". This followed up on "Batman" #0 and retold how Bruce Wayne became Batman, not done since Frank Miller's "". The "" storyline ran from October 2014 to April 2015, and concluded with the apparent deaths of both Batman and the Joker. James Gordon, having taken on the Batman mantle, became the main character of the series in June 2015. In the "Superheavy" storyline, James Gordon encounters a new super villain, Mr. Bloom, who is distributing various seed-like devices that grant its user extraordinary superpowers at the cost of their lives to select few