Written by Arvid Nelson, art by Alex Sanchez, cover by Andy Kubert
A cast of top creators lends their talents to THE JOKER'S ASYLUM - a special month-long, weekly series of one-shots starring the greatest villains in Batman's rogues gallery. Each issue tells a special stand-alone story that gives readers an inside look into the insane lives of the Dark Knight's greatest adversaries. And all the stories are narrated by the Asylum's leading homicidal maniac - The Joker!
Written by Jason Aaron, art and cover by Jason Pearson
A cast of top creators lends their talents to THE JOKER'S ASYLUM - a special month-long, weekly series of one-shots starring the greatest villains in Batman's rogues gallery. Each issue tells a special stand-alone story that gives readers an inside look into the insane lives of the Dark Knight's greatest adversaries. And all the stories are narrated by the Asylum's leading homicidal maniac - The Joker! PENGUIN
Written by MIKE RAICHT, art by DAVID YARDIN and CLIFF RICHARDS, with RODNEY RAMOS, cover by FRANCESCO MATTINA
Top creators lend their talents to a new installment of THE JOKER'S ASYLUM - a special month-long, weekly series of one-shots starring the greatest villains in Batman's rogues gallery. Each issue is narrated by The Joker and tells a special stand-alone story that gives readers an inside look into the insane lives of The Dark Knight's greatest adversaries! This batch of tense tales spotlights The Riddler, Harley Quinn, Mad Hatter, Clayface and Killer Croc! Can you stand the madness?!
Written by PETER CALLOWAY. Art by ANDRES GUINALDO and RAUL FERNANDEZ. Cover by ETHAN VAN SCIVER.
Top creators lend their talents to a new installment of THE JOKER'S ASYLUM - a special month-long, weekly series of one-shots starring the greatest villains in Batman's rogues gallery. Each issue is narrated by The Joker and tells a special stand-alone story that gives readers an inside look into the insane lives of The Dark Knight's greatest adversaries! This batch of tense tales spotlights The Riddler, Harley Quinn, Mad Hatter, Clayface and Killer Croc! Can you stand the madness?!
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?
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.
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 and 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).
Infected with a lethal virus created by a scientist hired by the Joker, Penguin and Two-Face, the rapidly deteriorating Batman has only 24 hours left to live... precious little time to find a cure and rescue a kidnapped little girl whose life is on the same timetable.
Written and illustrated by Bob Hall.
As Underworld Unleashed engulfs the DC Universe, Neron's corrupting influence has intensified the madness and evil already concentrated within the walls of Arkham Asylum. Into this deadly mix comes a new inmate who has poisoned the Asylum's other residents, and the antidote carries a price only Batman can pay...with his soul!
Written by Alan Grant. Art by Brian Stelfreeze and Rick Burchett. FC, 48 pg.
Batman and Other Classics features a sampling of DC's best titles from, 1989. Featured in this issue: The 1948 Origin of the Batman, plus Camelot 3000, Justice League, a New Beginning and the New Teen Titans in the Judas Contract. Also in this issue: A 4-page introductory guide to collecting comics.
WRITTEN BY ALAN GRANT. ART AND COVER BY EDUARDO BARRETO.
DC's Dark Knight and Marvel's Man Without Fear team up with an unexpected partner - Daredevil's greatest enemy, the Kingpin of Crime - in Batman/Daredevil: King of New York, a gripping Prestige Format one-shot. What threat could force the Kingpin to work with his sworn foe? None other than Gotham City's master of fear: the Scarecrow!
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.
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.
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.
WRITTEN BY GEOFF JOHNS AND LEN WEIN; ART BY CARMINE INFANTINO, JOE GIELLA AND ANDY KUHN; COVER BY ADAM HUGHES.
The first of eight weekly comics that pay homage to Julius Schwartz and one of his fondest creations: the cover-driven story! The cover to BATMAN #183 inspires two different stories of a seeming "couch potato" Dark Knight: one written by Geoff Johns with art by Carmine Infantino & Joe Giella, and another written by Len Wein with art by Andy Kuhn!
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,
Battle for the Cowel tie-in - Written by Fabian Nicieza Art by various Cover by Dustin Nguyen
A city looking to kill itself. A population without its dark avenger, without answers, without hope. A cop looking to save Gotham from its own madness. A reporter looking to reclaim her career by revealing that it's no coincidence the city's top billionaire and its urban legend are missing at the same time. A doctor seeking to regain her soul by stepping back into Hell. One hero who can't quite get it right no matter how hard she tries. Harvey Bullock. Vicki Vale. Dr. Leslie Thompkins. Stephanie Brown. What do all these people have in common? Without Batman, Gotham City continues to fall apart, and these extraordinary 'ordinary' people try to mend the city's wounds, looking into a dark night for answers.
This one-shot special explores the effect a missing Batman has on the citizens of Gotham City.
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?
BATMAN: THE 12-CENT ADVENTURE Written by Devin Grayson Art by Ramon Bachs & Raul Fernandez Cover by Jason Pearson
The explosive three-month Batman event WAR GAMES kicks off here, in a special low-priced comic! Stephanie Brown has patrolled the streets of Gotham as Spoiler, and more recently as Robin. But tonight she's flying solo, and a seemingly easy mission is about to turn deadly! Meanwhile, Bruce Wayne attends a hospital dedication where an old foe lurks with an apocalyptic new mission. Before this night is over, the face of Gotham will be changed forever, as the stage is set for a bloody gang war!
