ContagionLegacy   Someone should mention the Contagion and Legacy arcs in the article as theyre the storylines where Ras al Ghul really ascends to supervillain status They happened around  Ras released a virus that wiped out about three quarters of the worlds population Batman would proceed to protect the cities that still contained humans Gotham Calcutta Edinburgh etc against Ras further terrorist attacks Azrael and the Cult of St Dumas also play a large part in the beginning of the arc