E4: Fear is Power

Fear is Power is the fourth episode of Batman: Shadow War's season one. It introduces the fear-inducing villain, Scarecrow.

Plot
Bruce Wayne visits Arkham Asylum and meets Jonathan Crane, Crane requests donations for his "experiments" in an attempt to "help" the patients. Bruce requests to see with Crane refusing to do so which causes Bruce to "think about it" and leaves Arkham Asylum. Crane is angered by Bruce's denial and gets a Scarecrow costume, vowing revenge on Bruce as well as gaining funding for himself.

The next night, Scarecrow and some of his hired help are robbing one of Gotham City's Banks. Scarecrow uses a prototype version of his Fear Toxin on one of the security guards trying to stop them. The criminals are confused and Scarecrow explains they don't want to get infected by it. Batman arrives to help while Scarecrow and his heist team are in the vault after Scarecrow used Fear Toxin on the bank manager who hallucinated of her abusive boyfriend and tried to escape him, opening the vault and cried in a corner until she found a guard's gun, shooting herself and committing suicide to Scarecrow's glee. The criminals were shocked but still loaded their money, until Batman attacked one of them and then fought the rest while Scarecrow stole the money however had a criminal light the vault on fire with Batman who was knocked down with a crowbar. Scarecrow then used his Fear Toxin on him, and the crew escaped.

Batman hallucinates his parents being dissapointed in him in the fires and as the SWAT Team arrive, they help Batman out of the fire but failed to catch Scarecrow. Batman however managed to escape the cops to Captain James Gordons' dissapointment as he actually wants to catch Batman. Batman then returns to the Batcave and then upon entering, he relives the events of his parents' deaths due to the effects of Fear Toxin. Alfred Pennyworth however comforts and helps the Caped Crusader to fight crime another day.

Batman, now ready to face Scarecrow, after hearing a broadcast of Scarecrow threatening to flood Gotham City's streets with Fear Toxin to make Gotham a "City of Fear". On the rooftop, one of the criminals working for Scarecrow when he is giving out cuts of the heist money actually questions his motives and plans to back out, causing Scarecrow to fire off his Fear Toxin-filled gun at him, causing the criminal to fall off the rooftop but Batman rescues and cuffs him onto the next rooftop. Scarecrow orders his henchmen to spread out and hunt down Batman but the Dark Knight manages to take out each thug stealthly and disarm the Fear Toxin bombs.

Scarecrow, fearing of the Dark Knight's presence, loads his gun only to be attacked by Batman out of the darkness. Scarecrow uses his injections to inject Batman with Fear Toxin, causing him to come under the influence of Fear Toxin once again. However due to Alfred's words and help, he fights through the fear, attacking Scarecrow once again and drops him off the edge, leaving him hanging and tied up for the police with a letter on him explaining the locations of the cuffed criminals and the Fear Toxin bombs.

Characters

 * Bruce Wayne/Batman as 
 * Alfred Pennyworth as 
 * James Gordon as 
 * Harvey Bullock as 
 * Vicki Vale as 
 * Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow as 
 * Quincy Sharp as 
 * Howard Branden as 

Objects Used

 * Batarang 
 * Grapnel Gun 
 * Smoke Pellet 
 * Line Launcher 
 * Bat-Cuffs
 * Fear Toxin 

Deaths

 * 1) Unnamed Bank Manager: Shot herself in the head.