Bat Books: Previewing This Week’s ‘Batman’ Releases

It’s quite a crowded week for Batman and his family, with four Batman related titles out this Tuesday 22nd August from DC Comics. All previewed below for your reading pleasure and convenience:

The Penguin #1

Writer: Tom King
Artist: Rafael de Latorre
Colours: Marcelo Maiolo
Letters: Clayton Cowles

REVENGE IS FOR THE BIRDS.

After retiring to Metropolis following his “death,” Oswald Cobblepot finds himself forced back into the unpredictable and violent Gotham City underworld as a pawn for the United States intelligence community! Gotham’s criminal element has been evolving since he was last in the city, with his bastard twin children ruling the Iceberg Lounge. And what of the man he framed for his death—Batman? Is the Penguin walking into a death sentence?

From award-winning and bestselling writer Tom King (Batman, The Human Target) and artist Rafael De Latorre (Daredevil) comes a bloody, hard-boiled tale of redemption and revenge!

Batman: The Adventures Continue Season Three #7

Writer: Alan Burnett & Paul Dini
Artist: Ty Templeton with Norm Rapmund & Jacob Edgar

The Court of Owls are back, and they’ve conscripted Man-Bat to join their fight against Batman! And while Batman faces off against the attacks of the Court, Bruce Wayne continues to be roped into Ra’s al Ghul’s mysterious scheme. Batman is besieged on all sides in this penultimate chapter!

Batman Beyond: Neo-Gothic #2

Writer: Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly
Artist: Max Dunbar
Colours: Sebastian Cheng
Letters: Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou

In every city of light, there’s a place of near-total darkness where creatures of the night linger in the sewers beneath. Surrounded by bones of the hunted, this is the Beyond. Terry McGinnis comes face-to-face with Killer Croc, but what happens when all Croc sees is his next meal? He’s hungry, and angry, and Batman’s looking delicious. In a battle of epic proportions, Batman must enlist the help of Kyle the Catboi and his magic abilities, but will this be enough to get him out alive?

Batman: The Brave and the Bold #4

Creators: Various

While investigating a string of bloody gangland murders, Batman comes face-to-face with the newest member of his rogues gallery—the brutal Mr. Baseball! Dennis Culver and Otto Schmidt tell a gripping, violent tale of the Dark Knight!

In a Knight Terrors tie-in, Stormwatch members Flint, Phantom-One, Core, and are trapped in a nightmarish world where their deepest fears lurk around every corner…and their fear is just the beginning, because a new enemy has emerged—the Tempest!

The return of Emilia Harcourt by Rob Williams and Stefano Landini! And this issue’s Batman Black & White tale by Meghan Fitzmartin and Belén Ortega tells a powerful and brutal story about family, life and death!