Bat Books: Looking At This Week’s ‘Batman’ Previews

by Olly MacNamee

As ever, DC Comics have a few Batman related books out this week with Batman #139 being one of the most anticipated. As a fan, I’m really enjoying Chip Zdarsky’s take on the Drak Knight and this issue looks to be another great example of his stewardship of DC’s flagship hero. Check out that preview plus previews for Poison Ivy #16 and The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing #12 below:

Batman #139

Writer: Chip Zdarsky
Artist: Jorge Jimenez
Colours: Tomeu Morey
Letters: Clayton Cowles

NEW STORY ARC BEGINS! BATMAN VS. THE JOKER, MORE BRUTAL THAN EVER!

Following the cataclysmic events of “The Gotham War,” Batman finds himself completely isolated from his family, struggling to keep the rage of Zur in check. But he can’t stop, because he’s out there, haunting the city, taunting the Dark Knight: The Joker. And the new Batman is ready to stop him once and for all. “Mindbomb” begins!

Poison Ivy #16

Writer: G. Willow Wilson
Artist: Marcio Takara
Letters: Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou

IVY’S LATEST ADVERSARY IS…CHUCK?!

As Ivy recovers from her latest bout, her thoughts are strangely drawn to a person whose life she ruined. It’s time to meet Chuck: an absolutely ordinary, everyday family man who is about to discover he has a higher calling in life.