His love interest was the bad guy? That never happens...oh, wait. Yes, it does.

Actually, both of his love interests might be acting up today. From 2009, Batman: Gotham After Midnight #11, written by Steve Niles, art by Kelley Jones.

This is the penultimate issue of this limited series, and the title has a double meaning: not just the city late at night, but the main villain of the piece is called Midnight. He wears a mask--hopefully that's a mask!--that looks like a horrible skull with long hair on the sides and bald on top, and also appears to have no nose? By this point in the story, Midnight had killed several people, including a cop Bats had been interested in; and controlled several villains to do his bidding: Man-Bat, Catwoman, Killer Croc, the Scarecrow, and Axeman. Axeman? I thought he might have been created for this series, but apparently he was from an old issue of Richard Dragon, Kung-Fu Fighter and Niles also used him in his Creeper reboot. (I'm fairly sure I have a quarter-bin copy of that, I'll have to keep an eye out.)

Midnight had juiced up the villains somehow, but Batman had figured out how to break the control and their augmentation; but they still fight him because they still hate him. Scarecrow seemed to be working closely with Midnight, having created a new toxin that causes not fear but hallucinations. For his trouble, Scarecrow seemingly gets his face caved in; and he, Man-Bat, Croc, and Axeman are captured. After pausing to try and get the toxin out of his system, Batman follows Midnight to a local landmark, the Van Tassel family windmill, dating back to 1761. Midnight wanted this fight, and still had the edge, as Batman hallucinates a vision of the late detective April. 'April' turns out to be Catwoman, there to get payback for Midnight controlling her, and she starts a fire that would burn down the windmill in minutes!

Catwoman then splits, leaving Batman forced to try and save Midnight, who catches alight--and unmasks to reveal April? Another hallucination...or is it? Midnight seems to burn more than the windmill, but refuses Batman's aid, saying all of Gotham should burn. "In the end, it's just tough love, Batman. I wonder if you have the heart for it?"

I haven't read all of this one, and I don't think it's as out there as Batman: Unseen, but Kelley Jones, man.