(Batman I #672) - Bruce and Alfred watched an episode of The Scene discussing Bruce’s relationship with Jezebel Jet. They read from the tabloid Gotham Noir suggested that Bruce was going to propose to her when they were set to raise money for charity by base jumping. Alfred seemed annoyed with Bruce, who reminded him it was Alfred's idea for him to not ignore his civilian life. Alfred admitted that what he was suggesting was superficial liaisons. Bruce felt a connection to Jezebel because she’d lost her father and gave up her life to carry on his work, so like him, she knew what it was like to have your life completely changed by violence. Bruce and Jezebel went base jumping when Bruce spotted the bat-signal and told Alfred to tell Jet he’s overshot the penthouse or whatever excuse came to his mind, and promised to be back as soon as he could. Batman confronted the Bat-Devil, who blamed batman for his existence. Bat-Devil shot Batman in the chest, and although his bulletproof costume protected himself somewhat he was badly injured and had a heart attack. His backup personality as the Batman of Zur-En Arrh began to emerge.

(Batman I #675) - Bruce took Jezebel to the Alhambra Rooms for a fancy dinner, and went with the story that the injuries he received at the hands of Bat-Devil were a result of landing in a dumpster when they went base jumping. Jezebel said she was sick on not knowing where Bruce was for days at a time, and him cancelling dates with her, reminding him that her time was as precious as his was. She said she wasn’t some bimbo heiress like most of the girls Bruce dated, and she was afraid they’d never be closer than they’d already gotten. Bruce seemed willing to end their relationship, and she was hurt, saying she thought what they had meant something to Bruce. She told Bruce he was witty and charming but she sensed something dark and cruel within him. Their conversation was interrupted by the Nine-Eyed Man, who was sent to abduct Jet, saying her father’s enemies wouldn’t rest until her home country of Mtamba was ruined. Bruce didn’t bother to change into Batman, he snapped and beat the criminal to within an inch of his life, accusing him of working for the Black glove. Jet was shocked by the violence he was capable of, and he told her she should just leave him. She looked in his eyes and said everything made sense to her now, and she knew he was Batman.

(Batman I #676, 677) - Batman took a break from obsessively running down leads on the Black Glove to go on a night patrol with Robin. Afterwards he was thrilled to return to Wayne Manor and Jezebel Jet. He’d decided to not only share his identity with her, but his entire personal life. Bruce visited his parents’ grave with Jet, having told her about how he became Batman after their murder. Jet asked him if he would knew when his mission was done, when his vengeance would be fulfilled. Jet said she had to get back to her own life for a bit, but had a mystery they could investigate together. She told him about a cabal of secretive super-wealthy individuals who threw private parties. Bruce was unnerved when she handed him an invitation from the Black Glove, asking for his and Jet’s presence at their Danse Macabe party. The next day  Jet visited the Batcave for the first time. She told Batman she couldn’t dig up any information on the Black Glove, so they’d have to attend the Danse Macabre to learn more, but batman warned Jet that it was a trap and he was convinced the Black Glove wanted them both dead. Jet told Batman the Batcave was a shrine to violence and the reaction of a scared boy to his parents’ death. She told him there were other ways he could help society. Jet said she was telling Batman what no one else would because they were scared of him, and insisted that the menace he projected kept even his family in fear of telling him the truth. Bruce had a brief suspicion that the Black Glove was manipulating Jet into u8ndermining his confidence when he needed help, and he tried to show her how the Batcave aided his war on crime. Jet suggested that the black Glove was a creation of Bruce’s own mind since he craved an unbeatable enemy. Batman watched his viewscreens and saw a number of Gotham alleys with graffiti reading Zur-En-Arrh, and he went into convulsions. Le Bossu’s Gargoyles and King Kraken invaded the Batcave, setting fires, and when Alfred returned from the movies they beat him mercilessly.

(Batman I #679-681) - Batman’s backup personality as the Batman of Zur-En-Arrh went all-out going against the Club of Villains. Dr. Hurt wanted to finish him at Arkham Asylum, so he kidnapped Jezebel Jet and handed her over to the Joker. Dr. Hurt invited the Black Glove to Arkham Asylum for the annual Danse Macabre, where they’d bet on the life or death of a victim chosen by Hurt. Batman was this years victims, and they watched his progress through viewscreens.  Dr. Hurt set Joker loose, and Le Bossu told Joker how much they all admired him. Joker was unimpressed, and after Le Bossu explained that his hunchback disguise represented the ugliness within him Joker took a razor to him and disfigured his face. Joker told El Sombrero his hat made hi m laugh, and hung him, breaking his neck. Batman confronted Joker, demanding to see Jet. Joker told Batman he’d learned that he’d allowed Dr. Hurt to perform isolation experiments on him in hopes of understanding Joker’s psychopathic mind, and Joker was amused that Batman thought he could ever understand him. Joker said Batman couldn’t analyze him or break him down into components like a crime scene. Joker was still furious that Batman broke their arrangement as eternal arch-enemies by shooting him in the face. Batman protested that the man that shot joker was Josef Muller, an imposter trained and set on Joker by Dr. Hurt, but Joker refused to listen. After a brief clash Batman saw Jet behind a glass case with flower petals falling on her. The petals contained powerful neurotoxins, and Dr. Hurt told Joker to let things play out. Batman broke the glass, but the petals poisoned him and further warped his mind. Jezebel Jet laughed, revealing herself as a member of the Black Glove. Dr. Hurt buried Batman alive in a shallow grave. The Black Glove held a mock funeral for Batman, and some of the members told Dr. Hurt they weren’t yet satisfied with his promise that they’d see a noble spirit completely broken. Hurt said that they’d dine, and then dig up Batman.. He only had thirty minutes of oxygen in his coffin, and when they unearthed him he would have suffered permanent brain damage. Jezebel Jet suggested they take the helpless Batman and torture and mutilate him. They returned to Arkham, and Joker said he wanted to bet on Batman’s survival. Dr. Hurt told Joker only members of the Black Glove could vote, and Joker argued he was worthy of membership because he’d burned more money than most of them had and was more infamous than any of them. He broke the neck of a Black Glove member and said he bet Batman would not only survive but make them all regret they’d ever tried to destroy him. He presented Batman’s Bat-Radia, which Jet said was a broken radio he’d found in a homeless man’s shopping cart, but realized it was sending out a signal to the Batcave, locking down Arkham. Joker said he was leaving and would collect his winnings from the Black Glove in due time. Batman, his original personality having been restored, escaped his coffin and grave to confront the Black Glove. Jet goaded him, saying there was no court, judge or jury they couldn’t buy, and no matter what they’d never be brought to justice. Batman knew that Jet and her mother were won by President Mkele during a wager with the Black Glove, and claimed he had the only thing Jet valued in life, the last note her mother sent her before being executed. Jet called Batman a liar, and said that after her he’d never be able to love or trust another woman again. Batman had always suspected something was off about Jet, and realized that what he was attracted to was the darkness he knew was inside her. Nightwing freed himself from Bossu and Scorpiana, and helped Batman fight off the Club and Dr. Hurt at Arkham Asylum. Hurt prepared to takeoff in a helicopter piloted by Bat-Devil, and claimed to be Thomas Wayne. Batman didn’t believe him, and Hurt said he’d staged photos that would paint his parents and Alfred as criminals and degenerates, threatening to release them unless Batman agreed to serve the Black Glove. Batman refused and jumped on the helicopter. Bat-Devil couldn’t control the flight and the helicopter plummeted into Gotham Harbor, exploding in a burst of flames. Nightwing dredged up Batman’s uniform, and Talia al Ghul, who came to Gotham as soon as she learned Batman was in trouble, promised to avenge the father of her child. In the coming months several members of the Black Glove turned up dead. Talia wanted personal revenge on Jezebel Jet, and sent a squad of Man-Bat Commandoes after her private plane as she was trying to return to her home country of Mtamba.