Bat Books: Preview All Eight Batman Family Books Out This Week

It’s a very busy week for Batman this week with eight – that’s right count ’em –  new titles coming out on Tuesday 12th December from DC Comics. And they’re all bangers too, with Rafael Grampá‘s Batman: Gargoyle of Gotham #2 coming out in both full colour and stripped back black, white and red variants as well as Planetary… erm, sorry… Outsiders #2 and Christian Ward‘s outstanding Batman: City of Madness #2 . That a look at previews for these two and the other four Batman books below:

Batman: Gargoyle of Gotham #2

Writer/Artist: Rafael Grampa
Colors: Matheus Lopes
Letters: John Workman

“A devil cub falls to earth and breaks its wing…” In the unmissable second installment of acclaimed storyteller Rafael Grampá’s masterpiece, the skies over Gotham grow darker still. To decide to kill your past is one thing, but actually doing it proves to be more fraught a road than Batman ever expected…especially when that very same past grows more tightly woven into his current case with every new clue he uncovers. And the closer Batman gets to the truth, the clearer it becomes that his real enemy’s power runs much deeper than just puppeteering a few costumed criminals…to the very heart of Gotham City itself!

Batman: Gargoyle of Gotham Noir Edition #2

Batman: City of Madness #2

Writer/Artist: Christian Ward
Letters: Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou

The Court of Owls summons Batman, demanding he venture deep beneath the city to fight what has been unleashed from its depths: a wave of madness infecting Gotham’s villains, driven by the monstrous creature they’re calling “the Batman Below.” But the Court has not-entirely-noble reasons for wanting this chaos stopped… Is Batman their weapon, or their bait?

Batman and Robin #4

Writer: Joshua Williamson
Artist: Simone Di Meo

Batman and Robin have been separated! Batman works with White Rabbit to track down the new femme fatale Shush while his son, Damian, hunts down the criminal mastermind who is targeting his father! But Damian won’t like who he finds! Don’t miss out on the shocking ending!

Detective Comics #1079

Writer: Ram V, Dan Watters
Artist: Jason Shawn, Alexander, Liam Sharp, Ferreyra, Stewart

The Dark Knight has been executed and the Orghams’ plan to take control of Gotham has been enacted! But with Catwoman arranging Batman’s rescue mission from the shadows, not all is as it seems! Has Gotham’s Feline Fatale figured out a way to cheat death or has Gotham City truly lost its caped crusader?

Batman & The Joker: The Deadly Duo – Unplugged #1

Writer/Artist: Marc Silvestri

Visionary writer-artist Marc Silvestri’s Batman & The Joker: The Deadly Duo has already gone down in DC Black Label history as an instant classic—now you can appreciate the spectacular linework of a modern master in this unlettered black-and-white edition of the first two issues of the megahit series! It’s a must-have for students of fine comics art!

Birds of Prey Uncovered #1

Creators: Various

The Birds of Prey get the Uncovered treatment with this epic edition showing off the best variant covers for this epic, face-breaking series!

Outsiders #2

Writer: Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly
Artist: Robert Carey

What hidden tragedies lie inside the Forever Storm of the Enlil Triangle? On January 1, 2000, a storm kicked up near the Enlil island chain in the mid-Atlantic. And it never stopped. As a West Point cadet, Kate Kane encountered something monstrous in those turbulent waves…and now, she is returning to face it alongside the Outsiders! But can she control her desire for revenge in the service of Luke Fox’s mission of understanding? What secrets will they discover deep beneath the monster-filled waves of the Enlil Triangle? And how will the Outsiders survive their encounter with the monster-hunting specialists of the DC Universe: the New Challengers of the Unknown? This new, boundary-breaking dive into the secret history of the DC Universe is just beginning!