Written by Howard Victor Chaykin and John Francis Moore, with art by Mark Chiarello.
Gotham City experiences a harsh winter in 1907. The dangerous poverty-stricken neighborhood known as "Devil's Workshop" is hit particularly hard. There is a series of child kidnappings perpetrated by a strange laughing man. Harry Houdini has recently arrived in Gotham on tour. Victoria Vale takes photos of him performing stunts for the press, but he is unhappy with his pageantry. Houdini is aware of the kidnappings, and wishes he could use his abilities to help innocents.
* Prestige format, one-shot.