Having been captured during the onset of the Crisis, Batman is held prisoner deep within the genetic workshops of the Command-D Bunker beneath Bludhaven. There, Mokkari and Simyan have the Dark Knight hooked up to a device that feeds directly into an expressionless monster named Lump. A telepathic parasite, Lump hides within Bruce's memories, posing as Alfred Pennyworth and walking Bruce through his recollections of the past. The data pulled from Batman's mind, along with his biological material is then stored and sorted on their database. The goal of this twisted procedure is to distill the very essence of the World's Greatest mortal hero and create an army of mindless Batmen to serve the resurrected Darkseid.