In this ELSEWORLDS story set in1519, a young Aztec warrior sees his village destroyed by the Spanish conqueror, Hernán Cortés. Wounded and afraid, he escapes through the jungle and is guided by a bat god to the wondrous capital city of Tenochtitlan. There, the youth swears vengeance on the European invaders, vowing to stop them at all costs by becoming... THE BATMAN.