So, I started reading Gotham City Sirens and I like what I'm reading. Anyway, I'm a little confused about the Batman: Reborn story arc. Any key points that I should be filled in on to help me understand the comic, maybe like a summarized prologue you guys can make.

I've been confused ever since the RIP story arc, and I *have* all the related titles. The whole thing's been a mess since then IMO. I still get the various batman pubs, but haven't been able to bring myself to reading them through. How sad is that? I've tried to come to terms with it by telling myself that everything starting with Batman 676 is actually Elseworlds, and DC will let the cat out of the bag following the release of "Dark Knight Rises". Yes, it's all just been a terrible nightmarish dream.

Anyway, if you insist on following through with trying to unravel the Batman: Reborn story arc, wikipedia seems to have an as-good-as-it-gets summary, here, oddly under the story arc category "Batman and Robin" title (more proof there's no hope):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_and_Robin_(comic_book)

Oh- ha, and that WP summary doesn't even mention Gotham City Sirens. More bitter laughter. But you can check out the WP entry on GCS and maybe draw some lines from both.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotham_City_Sirens