Jonah Hex arrives in Gotham and almost immediately, he is regarded with suspicion and derision from the citizens, though he can hold his own against the crooks of Bandit's Roost. Across town, Dr. Amadeus Arkham answers a summons from Detective Lofton of the Gotham City Police Department, to provide psychological consultation with regard to a recent string of murders. Unfortunately, Police Chief Cromwell is on the scene as well, and takes less kindly to Arkham's early theories on psychology than the detective.