An ancient evil has arisen in Gotham City. The last time it appeared, an entire colony was wiped clean from the face of the Earth, leaving only one clue: Croatoan. Whoever or whatever Croatoan is, it�ll take all of the Batman�s investigative skills and the supernatural abilities of an ex-soldier turned Hellspawn to save Gotham�s citizens from the hell that is about to be unleashed on our world. For the first time in three decades, this edition of the classic meeting between comics� caped avengers of the night reprints Batman/Spawn: War Devil #1 by legendary Batman creators Doug Moench, Chuck Dixon, Alan Grant, and Klaus Janson�plus the Spawn/Batman one-shot by Batman: The Dark Knight Returns writer Frank Miller and Spawn creator Todd McFarlane, which brings Batman to Spawn�s home turf of New York City! Two heroes with different methods in two very different tales. Capes will clash.