Batman’s quest to stop Hush and save Red Hood from himself leads him to Hush’s allies, while Nightwing finds Hush, Red Hood, Joker and more characters as “H2SH” rolls on. Batman #160 is written by Jeph Loeb, penciled by Jim Lee, inked by Scott Williams, colored by Alex Sinclair and lettered by Richard Starkings. Will…
Batman learns the details of the origin of the new Ventriloquist, as her plans fall apart and she makes one final, desperate attempt to stop her home from being seized. Batman: Dark Patterns #6 is written by Dan Watters, drawn by Hayden Sherman, colored by Triona Farrell and lettered by Frank Cvetkovic. Will Nevin: I…
Two self-contained Batman stories in one big issue. In his first Batman story, Al Ewing tells a tale of murder and math. And in the backup, one of Batman’s youngest fans teams up with the Dark Knight to investigate something going very wrong in his school. Detective Comics Annual 2025 has a main story written…
Batman continues to make his way through an apartment building controlled by Scarface, trying to find the mastermind. But there is more here than Batman expected, and there is something waiting as he reaches the top floor, a secret that will change the whole case. Batman: Dark Patterns #5 is written by Dan Watters, drawn…
Batman must do the unthinkable: He must save the Joker’s life. But the Joker has done so much horror over the years, there are members of Batman’s own family who will not look kindly upon this. Batman #159 is written by Jeph Loeb, penciled by Jim Lee, inked by Scott Williams, colored by Alex Sinclair…
The second arc of the Absolute Universe’s inaugural title begins with Bruce Wayne and his friends eulogizing a lost comrade. Bruce begins to more deeply research Ark M and meets the scientist Victor Fries. Absolute Batman #7 is written by Scott Snyder, drawn by Marcos Martin, colored by Muntsa Vicente and lettered by Clayton Cowles….
Hush is back, and he has a new scheme to take out Batman. The sequel to the classic tale “Hush” begins here. Batman #158 is written by Jeph Loeb, penciled by Jim Lee, inked by Scott Williams, colored by Alex Sinclair and lettered by Richard Starkings. Will Nevin: You excited to hear that Jeff Lemire…
The case of the Wound Man comes to a close. Batman follows his trail to his secret past, as the Wound Man runs afoul of a family noted for its bad intentions. Batman: Dark Patterns #3 is written by Dan Watters, drawn by Hayden Sherman, colored by Triona Farrell and lettered by Frank Cvetkovic. Will…
As Batman lays siege to Black Mask’s yacht to try to stop the chaos he has started in Gotham, his friends reckon with the knowledge that he is Batman, Alfred has a conversation with his daughter, and Jim Gordon and Martha Wayne face Gothamites turned Party Animals in the final issue of the inaugural arc…
A new arc begins as Batman must make his way through an apartment complex to save a captured police officer. The apartment complex, though, has something more sinister hiding beneath the surface. Batman: Dark Patterns #4 is written by Dan Watters, drawn by Hayden Sherman, colored by Triona Farrell and lettered by Frank Cvetkovic. Will…
In the depths of his mind, Harvey Dent stands trial for his crimes against his other self, in a trial that seemingly will decide which personality controls their body. Two-Face #4 is written by Christian Ward, drawn by Fabio Veras, colored by Ivan Plascencia and lettered by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou. Will Nevin: I know we reacted…
Bruce Wayne faces a moral dilemma: let the Party Animals operate without Batman’s interference for a week and receive a large sum of money and the gang going easier on Gotham. As Bruce tries to make his decision, political wrangling makes it more clear exactly who is behind the chaos in Gotham. Absolute Batman #5…
“It bounced back and forth in my head until I realized I couldn’t judge it. It was too big. He was too big.“– Frank Miller, The Dark Knight Returns “…all stories are, more or less, ghost stories.”– Julian Woffrey, Victorian Ghosts Comic books were designed to be inherently disposable. Before collecting exploded into a cottage…
Chip Zdarsky’s run on Batman comes to its conclusion as Batman tries to stop the escape of a Russian agent while Jim Gordon and the Riddler fight it out and Commander Star leads a people’s revolt in the streets of Gotham. Batman #157 is written by Chip Zdarsky, drawn by Jorge Jimenez and Tony S….
The Bat family races to save the young men targeted by the serial killer Asema. Batman confronts the killer, but the results are not what he was expecting. Detective Comics #1,093 is written by Tom Taylor, drawn and colored by Mikel Janin and lettered by Wes Abbott. The Amazon rainforest burns with mystical fire. While…