DC Comics Give Us A First Look At ‘Detective Comics’ #1090 By Tom Taylor And Mikel Janín
by Olly MacNamee
Eisner Award-winning writer Tom Taylor, artist Mikel Janín and letterer Wes Abbott take on Detective Comics with issue #1090, debuting the new storyline, “Mercy of the Father”. And DC Comics has revealed a first look at the issue which promises to take Batman in a new direction. But from the synopsis below, it looks like it will be a mysterious figure from his past who will be conduit or the cause for any new direction the Dark Knight may take.
“Detective Comics #1090 reveals a mystery surrounding the origin of DC’s Caped Crusader and introduces a mysterious and terrifying new villain stalking the bloodstained streets of Gotham City. Long ago, the murders of Thomas and Martha Wayne changed Gotham forever. But there is something you never knew about the Dark Knight’s tragic origin—something that has been lying in wait to strike at Batman ever since that fateful night in Crime Alley. And now, all these years later, this ghost of Gotham’s past begins to reveal itself. The streets of Gotham will run red with blood.”
Detective Comics #1090 is out on Wednesday 23rd October and features a main cover by series artist Janín, with variant covers by Dan Panosian, Bruno Redondo, Tony Harris, and Ashley Wood, plus an “All In” foil variant cover by Daniel Sampere.
