Written by D.G. Chichester, Ian Edginton, Ben Raab, and various; art By Sal Buscema, Steve Pugh, William Rosado, and various; cover by Damion Scott and Robert Campanella
Luck plays tricks on the Batman family of characters in stories set before Gotham City became a "No Man's Land."
A breathtaking new 8-issue miniseries by the Pander Brothers (Grendel), Mark Paniccia (Bulletproof Monk), and Alvaro Lopez (Batgirl Year One).
Renowned architect Evan Slate wants to transform Gotham City into a "City of Light" using a mysterious glowing material that will eliminate shadows from the City's streets. Is there a place for the Dark Knight in a "Neo-Gotham?
Complete set of 8
Written by Russell Lissau, Will Pfeifer and Andersen Gabrych Art by Brad Walker, Pete Woods and others Cover by Al Barrionuevo & Bit
Discover how Batman has been affected by the loss of his partners! Batman must face Gotham City's danger alone for the first time in years, face the GCPD, and deal with Spoiler's death. Plus, profiles of Batman's former allies by Pete Woods, Phil Hester and more! ? 48 pg,
Written by Ann Nocenti Art and cover by Ethan Van Sciver
The race for the ultimate weapon is on in this 2-issue Prestige Format miniseries by Ann Nocenti (Daredevil) & Ethan Van Sciver (New X-Men)! The entire underworld is pursuing a gun that never misses. Catwoman considers the firearm to be the score of a lifetime, affirming forever her reputation as Queen of Thieves...if only she can keep it out of the hands of rival criminal factions. But she has one more competitor: the Dark Knight, who wants the weapon out of circulation for good.
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.
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!
Follow Batman on an undercover mission into Gotham's biggest powder keg! Blackgate Prison is a cauldron of seething violence and hatred that's about to blow at the command of one man--unless the Dark Knight can somehow determine who he is and stop his plans cold. But word of Batman's infiltration has reached the mastermind, leading to rising tensions and escalating uncertainties as he--and the readers--try to determine which of Blackgate's three new arrivals is in fact the Dark Knight.
Written by Chuck Dixon. Art by Joe Staton and James Hodgkins. Cover by Scott McDaniel and James Hodgkins.
The "Cataclysm" frees some of Gotham's most dangerous criminals in a stunning one-shot! When the quake hits, the lower levels of Blackgate Prison are flooded, and dozens of violent villains must be released from their cells to avoid certain death. Normally, this wouldn't pose too much of a problem, but the quake has formed a land bridge between Blackgate's island and the mainland. Can the Dark Knight keep these foes contained in the midst of the worst natural disaster in Gotham's history?
Written by Doug Moench. Art by Jim Aparo and David Roach. Cover by Brian Stelfreeze and Bill Sienkiewicz.
Written by Doug Moench. Art by Jim Aparo, Jim Blevins, Norm Breyfogle, Vince Giarrano, Tom Grummett, Mike Manley, Graham Nolan, and Joe Rubinstein. Fifty years into the future there will not be just one Batman...there will be an army of Batmen. This Elseworld tale explores the possible reality where a Brotherhood of the Bat, inspired by the Dark Knight himself, rule the night with an iron fist. Only one man dares to stand in their way. Who is he, and what is his connection to the mantle of the Bat? Softcover, 64 pages, full color.
By HOWARD CHAYKIN. Writer/artist Howard Chaykin (American Flagg, Power & Glory) spins an Elseworlds tale that immerses the Dark Knight in the steel and smoke-filled world of 1936, in which the Batman battles the forces of fascism head-on. As the flames of war ignite Europe, a lone masked vigilante fights a battle on the American homefront to keep a secret weapon from falling into enenmy hands, while sinister figures fan the fires of racism. Featuring Elseworlds incarnations of the regular Batman supporting cast, including the Joker, Two-Face and Catwoman.
Written by Steve Englehart Art and covers by Marshall Rogers & Terry Austin
BATMAN: DARK DETECTIVE is a miniseries that pits the Dark Knight against the most famous and feared members of his Rogues Gallery! In the startling debut issue, the Joker enters a gubernatorial election using the campain slogan "Vote for me or I'll kill you!" Will it persuade voters? Plus, Bruce Wayne's old love interest Silver St. Cloud returns, as do Two-Face and the Scarecrow! And the action continues in the startling second issue, as the Scarecrow manages to overcome Batman in the one location where he's most vulnerable: the Batcave! Meanwhile, the Bruce Wayne/Silver St. Cloud relationship heats up!
Complete set of 6 issues
Pin-ups by: Kelley Jones & Scott Hanna, Graham Nolan & Ray McCarthy, Kieron Dwyer & Wayne Faucher, Mike Parobeck & Bill Sienkiewicz, Gary Frank & Mark Farmer, Ray McCarthy & Barry Kitson, Scott Hanna & Graham Nolan, Phil Jimenez & Klaus Janson, Terry Austin & Walt Simonson, Dick Giordano & Jim Balent, Scott McDaniel & Klaus Janson, Dave Taylor & Kevin Nowlan, Eduardo Barreto & Rick Burchett, Jim Aparo & Ray McCarthy, Bo Hampton & Scott Hampton, Brian Apthorp & P. Craig Russell, Flint Henry & Eduardo Barreto, John Paul Leon & Klaus Janson, Bret Blevins & Mike Manley, Rick Burchett & Stan Woch, Vince Giarrano & Kelley Jones, Arthur Ranson & David Roach, Mike Wieringo & Ray McCarthy, Barry Kitson & Jim Balent, George Pratt, Tom Grummett & Ray McCarthy, Bob Smith & Jim Balent, Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez & Kieron Dwyer, Tommy Lee Edwards & John Paul Leon, Rodolfo Damaggio & John Dell, Dick Sprang & Graham Nolan, Jim Aparo & Bill Sienkiewicz. Wraparound cover design by Jim Balent. Cover pencils by Jim Balent, Kelley Jones, Barry Kitson, Graham Nolan, Dave Taylor & Mike Wieringo. Cover inks by Brian Stelfreeze.
When a Wayne Enterprises employee is killed by an antipersonnel mine in the war-torn nation of Kravia, Batman must go on a one-man rescue mission for the worker's missing daughter. In the process, the Dark Knight learns of the horrors faced by those who must live daily knowing that the slightest misstep may be their last.
Written by Dennis O'Neil, and illustrated by Joe Staton and Bill Sienkiewicz.
Batman is forced into an unholy alliance with Etrigan the Demon when a rash of ritual murders sweeps through Gotham, the work of another demon who has orchestrated these lethal black-magic slayings! Gothic terror and infernal schemes abound in a tale that takes the Dark Knight into the Abyss itself to fight for the lives of Gotham's people.
Written by Alan Grant. Art by David Roach. Cover by Roach and Brian Stelfreeze.
Elseworlds one-shot. Something is stalking the streets of Gotham. A mysterious being is brutally slaying the villains that normally prey on the city's innocents ? a supernatural, demonic creature that looks strangely like a bat. Billionaire Bruce Wayne confronts the menace of the "bat-Demon" and learns a shocking secret about himself and those closest to him in BATMAN/DEMON: A TRAGEDY, a dramatic Elseworlds one-shot in the Prestige Format written by Alan Grant (veteran writer of both characters) with lavish painted art by Jim Murray (BATMAN/JUDGE DREDD: DIE LAUGHING). Discovering that not only his beloved manservant Alfred, but even his own memories, cannot be trusted, Wayne uncovers a startling connection between himself and the Demon. When he realizes there is only one way to stop the creature's disturbing murders, will Wayne make the ultimate sacrifice to save the lives of Gotham's villains?
This project is supported with house ads. BATMAN/DEMON: A TRAGEDY is a 48-page one-shot in the Prestige Format, edited by Dennis O'Neil. Cover price $5.95.
Cover by JG Jones First Wave tie-in - Written by Brian Azzarello. Art by Phil Noto. Sketchbook material and variant cover by Rags Morales. Doc Savage returns to DC Comics...and comes face-to-fist with the Batman! Superstar scribe Brian Azzarello (100 BULLETS, JOKER) and the breathtaking art of Phil Noto combine to shine the first light on a shadowy new version of the DC Universe, where the thugs run rampant, corruption runs deep, and even heroes can't be trusted! Doc Savage, the Man of Bronze, hates what he's heard about the connections between a grisly murder and Gotham City's violent new vigilante.
WRITTEN BY ALAN GRANT; ART AND PAINTED COVER BY NORM BREYFOGLE. The sequel to the sold-out BATMAN: THE ABDUCTION finds the Dark Knight in Area 51! While looking for a murderer, Batman is captured by the rogue agent Staines. Can he survive the madman's torture?
Volume 1 - 1st printing. Written by Geoff Johns. Art by Gary Frank and Jonathon Sibal. Cover by Gary Frank. In the tradition of SUPERMAN: EARTH ONE, this spectacular original graphic novel gives new insight into BRUCE WAYNE'S transformation into BATMAN and his first year as THE DARK KNIGHT.Hardcover, 144 pages, full color.
Giant-size issue. Batgirl and Robin star in "The Invader From Hell!" Script by Elliot Maggin, art by Mike Grell. Reprint back-up stories: Alfred stars in "The Great Handcuff King!" (art by Jerry Robinson); Batman and Robin star in "Commissioner Gordon's Death-Threat!" (script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Joe Giella); Batman stars in "Challenge of the Man-Bat" (script by Frank Robbins, pencils by Neal Adams, inks by Dick Giordano). Mike Grell cover.
Giant-size issue. Cover by Gil Kane and Murphy Anderson. All reprints. Batman, Batgirl, and Robin star in "Batgirl Breaks Up the Dynamic Duo!" (script by Gardner, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Sid Greene); Batman and Robin star in "The Dynamic Trio"; Batman and Robin star in "The Cluemaster's Topsy-Turvy Crimes!" (script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Sid Greene); Batman and Robin star in "Alfred's Mystery Menu!" (script by Fox, pencils by Bob Kane, inks by Joe Giella).
