Batman has gone radio silent and Gotham City has been thrust into chaos by the hero's worst foes, led by the Batman/Joker hybrid monster "The Batman Who Laughs" and his ghoulish sidekicks. And now Mr. Freeze has introduced frost giants into the nightmare-scape of horror and magic.

So it's up to Robin, Batgirl, Harley Quinn, Killer Croc, Black Canary, Green Arrow, and now Nightwing to lead a Gotham Resistance in Nightwing #29, a Dark Nights: Metal tie-in.

Published by DC Comics, and available September 20, the title is written by Tim Seeley, with art by Paul Pelletier, cover by Stjepan Sejic, and variant cover by Casey Jones. But in the SYFY WIRE exclusive preview below, you can check out a few pages from the comic. If you dig it, pick up Nightwing #29 this Wednesday -- and bonus points if you also pick up on Seeley's D&D joke.

The official word:

A Dark Nights: Metal tie-in! "Gotham Resistance" part two! One vanquished foe gives way to another, even worse threat as this crucial tie-in to DC’s Metal continues! Hopelessly lost in a kingdom of snow and ice, our heroes are set upon by Mr. Freeze and his fearsome frost giants from the Dark Multiverse! But help arrives in the form of an at once foreign and familiar Dick Grayson …