Believing he's the reincarnation of Zeus, a mad shipping magnate mounts a stolen electron cannon atop his penthouse to shoot 'lightning bolts' at the 'wicked mortals' below.
When a vicious bat creature known as Man-Bat, starts terrorizing Gotham City, everyone mistakenly thinks that Batman is the culprit. Batman must find out who the mysterious Man-Bat is and clear his own name.