Night of the Owls Tie-in - (W) Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV. (A/CA) Jason Fabok. MR. FREEZE is introduced to The New 52!
What is Mr. Freeze's relationship to the COURT OF OWLS? Is he an ally - or do they want him dead? 'NIGHT OF THE OWLS' continues here!
Cover by Denys Cowan and Dick Giordano.
"Down to the Bone." Story by Doug Moench. Pencils by Denys Cowan. Inks by Alfredo Alcala. Hugo Strange has tried many things to beat Batman. This time he uses a very novel approach as he utilizes financial and legal means to cause Bruce Waynes world to crumble around him. Will Batman navigate the maze of red tape set up in time to thwart Strange? 48 pages. Full color.
Painted cover by Scott Hampton. "The Last Batman Story," script by Alan Grant, pencils by Jim Fern, inks by Steve Leialoha
Armageddon 2001 crossover; Waverider looks into a possible timeline for Batman; This one shows him going to prison for the murder of many of his major villains; Did he do it, does he become the Monarch?; Or are there other forces behind the killings? Guest starring the Joker, Catwoman and Robin. Brief Penguin appearance. Cameos by Superman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, and the Flash. 68 pgs., full color.
ECLIPSO: THE DARKNESS WITHIN Annuals Crossover Event continues. When the Joker falls into possession of a black diamond and becomes 'eclipsed,' Batman is forced to become an Eclipso himself in order to confront his nemesis.
Written by Alan Grant and John Wagner, with art by Vince Giarrano. Cover by Sam Kieth.
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!
Written by David Hine Art by Jeremy Haun Cover by Ladrönn
Gotham City has become a place of nightmares and madness. At its poisoned heart lies Arkham Asylum. For decades the lunacy has been kept under control by Batman and contained within the walls of Arkham. But with Batman gone, what happens once the walls come tumbling down? In this one-shot, will the Asylum's administrator Dr. Jeremiah Arkham fall prey to the madness that has plagued so many of his inmates? Or will he seize this opportunity to usher in a new era for Gotham's most haunted institution?
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.
