The BLOODLINES Summer Annual crossover continues from Green Lantern (1990 2nd Series) Annual #2. Gotham City's most gung-ho cop falls prey to one of the parasites...and is reborn as Ballistic, this Annual's infusion of New Blood into the DC Universe! But will he join Batman in the battle against the alien menace? Continues in Justice League Europe Annual (1990) #4.
Written by Doug Moench, with art by Eduardo Barreto. Cover by Christian Alamy.
Cover by Vincent Giarrano. "Fables of the Bat-Man," script by Doug Moench, art by Vincent Giarrano
In the future, set in a domed city ruled by a government that mind-controls its citizens on an unnamed planet, an old man spins tales for a group of children who are unwittingly being groomed for re-education; The fables revolve around the mythological "Bat-Man," who resided on the once-thriving planet Earth, each story coming with a special moral imparted by the old man to the children as a way of subtly warn them against their own government's sinister plans. The stories he tells include The Mad Jester, Cat-Fem, Split-Face, and The Scarecrow.
WRITTEN BY JOHN OSTRANDER; ART BY JIM APARO AND SAL BUSCEMA; COVER BY MICHAEL W. KALUTA
An explosive "Planet DC" Annual introduces the English metahuman known as the Boggart! Who or what is the Boggart? Who or what has attacked Alfred while on holiday and left him catatonic? What sinister occurences are going on at Castle Malvern? And what connection do they all have with the plucky English lass Rosemary Fields? These are all answers the Batman must discover as several lives hang in the balance in "Lost Boys". In the backup story, the Boggart solos as Rosemary's studies begin. Will her pet Boggart accept the new school and teachers or will he go "Slightly Beserk"?
The Eighth Deadly Sin: Part 1 of 2 - Written by Fabian Nicieza. Art by J. Calafiore and Mark McKenna. Cover by J. Calafiore.
A murdered priest. A desecrated grave marker. A kidnapped child. A secret key. A mystery whose solution could upset the world order. For Batman and Robin to stop the rampage of a zealot named Amon, the Sixth Sinner, they first have to halt a deadlier foe intent on making sure Amon succeeds. To end the killer's mad scheme, Batman faces Azrael, Death's Dark Knight! 'The Eighth Deadly Sin' continues in DETECTIVE COMICS ANNUAL #11 and sets the stage for this month's premiere issue of the AZRAEL ongoing series!
Gotham's inmates are running the asylum in this "Cataclysm" one-shot! When the quake strikes Gotham, Arkham Asylum closes up tight as a drum. Freed from their cells, the inmates have taken a rookie guard hostage as part of an elaborate contest: whoever tells the scariest tale "wins" the guard, to do with him as he will.
Written by Alan Grant. Pencils by Dave Taylor. Cover by Dave Taylor and Bill Sienkiewicz.
FC, 48 pg. Miraweb Format. Cover price $2.95.
Written by Derek Fridolfs, art by Mike S. Miller and cover by Dave Wilkins Spinning directly out of the hit video game BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY, this new series explores the world behind the game in stories focusing on both heroes and villains and how their roles in ARKHAM CITY. A prequel to the game created with the developer, Rocksteady, this first issue features content previously available only as a digital released and explores the Catwoman/Two-Face rivalry and how it leads them into the clutches of Hugo Strange.
Written by Derek Fridolfs, art by Mike S. Miller and cover by Dave Wilkins Spinning directly out of the hit video game BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY, this new series explores the world behind the game in stories focusing on both heroes and villains and how their roles in ARKHAM CITY. A prequel to the game created with the developer, Rocksteady, this first issue features content previously available only as a digital released and explores the Catwoman/Two-Face rivalry and how it leads them into the clutches of Hugo Strange.
Written by Derek Fridolfs, art by Mike S. Miller and cover by Dave Wilkins Spinning directly out of the hit video game BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY, this new series explores the world behind the game in stories focusing on both heroes and villains and how their roles in ARKHAM CITY. A prequel to the game created with the developer, Rocksteady, this first issue features content previously available only as a digital released and explores the Catwoman/Two-Face rivalry and how it leads them into the clutches of Hugo Strange.
This prestige format one-shot co-stars Bane, the man who broke Batman's back. Now he's back (so to speak) to wreak havoc on Gotham City, with a little help from some nuclear weapons.
Written by Chuck Dixon, with art by Rick Burchett.
Cover price $4.95.
This prestige format one-shot co-stars Bane, the man who broke Batman's back. Now he's back (so to speak) to wreak havoc on Gotham City, with a little help from some nuclear weapons.
Written by Chuck Dixon, with art by Rick Burchett.
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miniseries revealing the secrets of Bane's partnership with Ra's al Ghul. In the never-before-revealed events leading up to the tremendously popular LEGACY storyline (which included the landmark Detective Comics (1937-) #700), Bane returns to Santa Prisca, the island nation of his birth, to reclaim it as his own. But before he can embark on another chapter in his ongoing saga, he crosses paths with the only other person on the planet who can claim to be Batman's equal: Ra's al Ghul.
Written by Chuck Dixon. Art by Graham Nolan and Tom Palmer. Cover by Graham Nolan and Bill Sienkiewicz.
FC, 32 pg. Miraweb Format. Cover price $1.95.
Coinciding with Batgirl's big-screen debut in Batman & Robin, this one-shot features a beautiful Brian Stelfreeze cover that interconnects with the covers of Batman Bane (1997) #1, Batman Mr. Freeze (1997) #1 and Batman Poison Ivy (1997) #1 to form a stirring single image. In a story set early in her career, Batgirl faces the Joker for the first time and begins to learn just how serious this deadly game she plays really is.
Kelley Puckett teams with artists Matt Haley and Karl Kesel to tell this all-new story of a classic heroine's early adventures.
FC, 48 pg. Prestige Format. Cover price $4.95.
Written by Joe Harris, art by Jim Calafiore
Spinning out of the events in BATTLE FOR THE COWL, Gotham City is in chaos and the villains of Arkham Asylum are running amok. One such villain is the evil Doctor Phosphorus who seeks out another scientist in this one-shot to help him grow even more powerful. But when that scientist is Kirk Langstrom, a.k.a. Man-Bat, Doctor Phosphorus - and all of Gotham - will get much more than they bargained for!
Spectral Comics Convention Exclusive Spot Color, Negative and colorr Virgin Covers by Francesco Mattina.
Reprints Batman Beyond (1999 1st Series) #1. Story by Hillary Bader. Art by Rick Burchett and Terry Beatty.
Cover art by Brian Stelfreeze. Lightning and Rain, script by Jason Hernandez-Rosenblatt, pencils by Craig Rousseau, inks by Rob Leigh;
Batman battles Erica Electra, who throws lightning bolts. Based on the cartoon.
44 pgs. $1.99. Cover price $1.99.
Written by Hilary J. Bader; art by Craig Rousseau and Rob Leigh; cover by Bob Smith and Terry Beatty.
Inque returns to battle the future Batman in the new ongoing title based on the Kids' WB animated series! The shadowy villainess known as Inque has found a way to get Gotham's citizens to commit her crimes for her.
She hopes to use the ill-gotten gains to finance a cure for her inhuman condition, but she doesn't realize that becoming human again may cost more than just money. Can Batman capture her...and save her from a cure that is worse than the disease?
FC, 32 pg." Cover price $1.99.
WRITTEN BY PAUL STORRIE; ART BY CRAIG ROUSSEAU AND ROB LEIGH; COVER BY DARWYN COOKE.
There's a new "King" in town, and he's putting together a new Royal Flush Gang. Is Batman playing with a full deck when he asks "Ten" to help him take down this dangerous and motley crew?
FC, 32 PG. Cover price $1.99.
WRITTEN BY HILARY J. BADER; ART BY CRAIG ROUSSEAU AND ROB LEIGH; COVER BY BOB SMITH AND TERRY BEATTY.
It's the return of the Terrific Trio (last seen on the Kids' WB! animated series)! 2-D Man and Magma, the two surviving members of Gotham City's super-hero team of the future, are in custody after going berserk. But strange messages from Freon, their dead teammate, lead them to break out and initiate experiments to reassamble her...using Batman as the energy source!
FC, 32 PG." Cover price $1.99.
WRITTEN BY HILARY J. BADER; ART BY CRAIG ROUSSEAU AND ROB LEIGH; COVER BY BOB SMITH AND TERRY BEATTY.
When Terry McGinnis and his friends try to go on a quiet camping trip to a river island near Gotham, they enter a lost world of genetically altered creatures kept prisoner there for the amusement of the world's most dangerous gamehunter: Stalker! It's up to Batman to keep himself and his friends alive, if he can outrun, outwit and outfight the half-dinosaur/half-jungle animals populating the island!
FC, 32 PG." Cover price $1.99.
WRITTEN BY HILARY J. BADER; ART BY MIN S. KU AND SEAN PARSONS; COVER BY BOB SMITH AND TERRY BEATTY.
Batman takes on the Jokerz gang to save the life of...Terry McGinnis? Nothing is what it seems as Terry learns the secret connection between Batman and his brother, Matt, forcing him to doubt everything he believes in. But who's really behind these "revelations"? The answer will surprise you!
FC, 32 PG. Cover price $1.99.
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WRITTEN BY HILARY J. BADER; ART BY CRAIG ROUSSEAU AND ROB LEIGH; COVER BY BOB SMITH AND TERRY BEATTY
It's the battle fans have demanded as classic Batman faces future Batman in the debut of a new ongoing title based on the hit Kids' WB animated series! Something seems to have gone horribly wrong with Terry McGinnis and now, as Batman, he's gone on a spree of terror, wreaking havoc on Gotham City. Bruce Wayne determines that the only way to stop him is to once again don the garb of the Dark Knight and bring down the new Batman. But there's much more here than meets the eye when the reader learns who's behind the terror and which Batman is being controlled! .
FC, 32 PG." Cover price $1.99.
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Cover by DUSTIN NGUYEN Written by ADAM BEECHEN Art by RYAN BENJAMIN
Terry McGinnis - the Batman of the future - and an elderly Bruce Wayne - the original Batman - are the sworn protectors of Neo-Gotham. But when someone targets The Dark Knight's old foes, the new Batman must begin a case that reaches back into Bruce Wayne's past and puts Terry's future directly in danger! Don't miss the long-awaited return of the popular Batman Beyond franchise in this 6-issue adventure from Emmy Award-nominated animation writer Adam Beechen (Batman: The Brave and the Bold) and artist Ryan Benjamin (BATMAN & THE OUTSIDERS). And be sure to check out the SUPERMAN/BATMAN ANNUAL #4 from writer Paul Levitz and artist Renato Guedes starring the Batman Beyond characters!
Cover price $2.99.
Written by Dan Jurgens. Art by Bernard Chang. Cover by Philip Tan.
Captured by the Splicers, Batman is set to become the latest guinea pig in their DNA experiments! His only hope may be the very thing that got him into this mess, as Matt's investigations into history's greatest heroes-long thought dead in the war with Brother Eye-finally bears fruit: enter the Justice League Beyond!
32 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $2.99.
Written by Dan Jurgens. Art by Bernard Chang. Cover by Philip Tan.
Let the doctor make you strong, Let him give you the tools to survive… While the world flocks to Neo-Gotham, Batman tracks Terry's brother, Matt, to the former City of Tomorrow: Metropolis! But they both get more than they bargained for when they meet the new muscle in town. Check out the DC Universe debut of the Splicers, previously seen in the Batman Beyond animated TV series!
32 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $2.99.
