

While the superheroes put out the fire, Batman sends Mystery Inc. Crimson Cloak sets the storage on fire, but the Analysts escape the blast with Plastic Man's help. A red-cloaked figure from the old theater appears before them, calling himself Crimson Cloak and swearing revenge on Batman and Gotham for making him into a ghost. When an alarm sounds from Gotham Chemical Storage, the assembled Mystery Analysts head for the warehouse, where they find that several phials with a radioactive isotope have been stolen. is asked to take the lead in the next case for the Analysts. arrives at the Analysts' headquarters, where they additionally meet Question, Black Canary and Plastic Man, as well as Aquaman. to join the ranks of Mystery Analysts of Gotham. As Batman and his associates reveal afterwards, the Puppeteer scam was actually an initiation test for Mystery Inc.

When the Puppeteer attacks again, Fred overpowers Perpetto and his hench-puppet, and the gang unmasks them as Martian Manhunter and Detective Chimp. Batman drives a ghost which the gang is chasing away, and warns the gang to keep away from this case for their own safety.
