Gotham Bay, Be My Grave! At the construction site of a new bridge across Gotham Harbor, a horribly burned man with an iron collar around his neck rises from the site and begins brutally attacking anyone in nautical garb, in spite of Batman's best efforts to stop the creature.
The series of bizarre murders also attracts the attention of Jason Blood who is informed of the situation by his friends. After they leave, he struggles with wanting to come to terms with Glenda about his feelings. However, Merlin appears, demanding the Demon to meet him at Tintagel the next day. As soon as the wizard disappears, Blood overhears Harry Matthews being attacked by the burned man. Blood transforms into the Demon and comes to his friends aid. Etrigan is surprised by the mysterious stranger's strength and tries to destroy it in demon-flame instead, but fire only feeds the scorched beast. In pursuit of the monster, the Demon is mistakenly captured by Batman, and he, Matthews, and Randu are forced to reveal the Demon's duel nature. Batman is astounded but accepts the help of the occultists to stop the monster.
At police headquarters, Randu attempts to discover more about the mysterious creature via the medium of a composite sketch of the creature. His ESP triggers a glimpse into the monster's past when he was just a man known as Jack Dobbs.
