In Chicago, Nightwing's roommate Michael, a reporter, has been given footage by a police detective who wants him to run a story focusing on the fact that the masked vigilante Nightwing was seen working together with the known criminal, the Prankster. Thought Michael is reluctant to cheat this way, he is not willing to give up the opportunity to become a success. Elsewhere, the Prankster has gathered himself an army of followers who are sympathetic to his cause.