(W) Alan Moore, Brian Bolland (A/CA) Brian Bolland
The groundbreaking Batman tale is back in a new deluxe edition. Looking to prove that any man can be pushed past his breaking point to madness, The Joker attempts to drive Commissioner Gordon insane. Refusing to give up, Gordon struggles to maintain his sanity with the help of Batman in a desperate effort to best the madman. Collects BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE #1 and stories from BATMAN BLACK AND WHITE #4 and COUNTDOWN #31, plus dozens of covers, pinups and sketches.
(W) Chip Zdarsky (A/CA) Carmine Di Giandomenico
How did an angry, damaged young man grow into the most accomplished detective and crime-fighter the world has ever known? On Bruce Wayne's journey toward becoming the Dark Knight, he has many hard lessons to learn. His adventure begins in Paris, where he'll train with a world-renowned cat burglar and encounter a horrifying serial killer stalking the city's wealthy elite. Will this first test for the young Batman prove deadly? Superstar writer Chip Zdarsky and acclaimed artist Carmine Di Giandomenico will take Bruce Wayne on a fraught journey, making allies and enemies, on his training to become Batman. Collects BATMAN: THE KNIGHT #1-10.
(W) Jeph Loeb (A/CA) Tim Sale
Christmas. St. Patrick?s Day. Easter. As the calendar?s days stack up, so do the bodies littered in the streets of Gotham City. A murderer is loose, killing only on holidays. The only one who can stop this fiend? The Dark Knight. A murder mystery taking place during Batman?s early days of crime-fighting, Batman: The Long Halloween is one of the greatest Dark Knight stories ever told. With a new cover by Tim Sale, this deluxe hardcover includes the original 13-issue series, as well as more than 30 pages of behind-the-scenes sketches, interviews, and more. Classic.
(W) Jeph Loeb (A/CA) Tim Sale
On All Hallows? Eve, there?s no telling what will haunt the Dark Knight. This haunting collection contains the tales of three Halloweens?BATMAN: LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT HALLOWEEN SPECIAL #1, BATMAN: MADNESS ? A LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT HALLOWEEN SPECIAL #1, and BATMAN: GHOSTS ? A LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT HALLOWEEN SPECIAL #1.
(W) Ed Brubaker (A) Doug Mahnke, Patrick Zircher and Sean Phillips (CA) Doug Mahnke
A mysterious homicidal maniac is killing prominent citizens of Gotham City, each time leaving an unusual calling card: a ghastly rictus grin plastered on the victims? lifeless faces. Batman is on the case, and before long finds himself taking on his eventual archnemesis, The Joker! Plus, Batman teams with the original Green Lantern, Alan Scott, to untangle a murder mystery that stretches back decades. Collects Batman: The Man Who Laughs #1 in a Deluxe Edition hardcover for the first time, along with stories from Detective Comics #784-786 and Batman: Gotham Noir #1, the first team-up of the Eisner Award-winning team of writer Ed Brubaker and artist Sean Phillips.
Witness Batman's first encounter with The Joker in this volume collecting the graphic novel BATMAN: THE MAN WHO LAUGHS, by Ed Brubaker and Doug Mahnke! This collection also includes DETECTIVE COMICS #784-786, a murder mystery tale guest-starring Green Lantern Alan Scott.
Grant Morrison's best-selling multipart Batman epic continues with this collection of the six-issue miniseries, now in trade paperback! Witness Bruce Wayne's adventures across time as he is swept through the time stream, from the ancient days that predate history itself through epics set in the times of pirates and the Old West, through his triumphant return to present day Gotham City!
After an earthquake leaves Gotham City in ruins, Bruce Wayne must put aside his life as Batman and take his fight to Washington, D.C., to stop the government from cutting the city off from the rest of the nation. Collects BATMAN #560-562, DETECTIVE COMICS #727-730, BATMAN: SHADOW OF THE BAT #80-82, BATMAN CHRONICLES #15 and AZRAEL: AGENT OF THE BAT #47-50.
(W) Various (A) Various (CA) Sheldon Moldoff
The Caped Crusader is known for protecting the streets of Gotham from the villains who wish to cause harm. Follow along on some of his most adventurous tales in Batman: The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 1 collecting Batman #101-116 and Detective Comics #233-257!
(W) Various (A) Various (CA) Lee Bermejo
BRIAN AZZARELLO (writer)/ LEE BERMEJO (artist) - USA MATHIEU GABELLA (writer)/THIERRY MARTIN (artist) ? France PACO ROCA (writer/artist) ? Spain ALESSANDRO BILOTTA (writer)/ NICOLA MARI (artist) ? Italy BENJAMIN VON ECKARTSBERG (writer)/THOMAS VON KUMMANT (artist)- Germany STEPAN KOPRIVA (writer)/MICHAL SUCHANEK (artist) ? Czech Republic TOMASZ KOLODZIEJCZAK (writer)/PIOTR KOWALSKI, BRAD SIMPSON (artists) ? Poland ERTAN ERGIL (writer)/ ETHEM ONUR BILGIC (artist) ? Turkey ALBERTO CHIMAL (writer)/RULO VALDES (artist) ? Mexico CARLOS ESTEFAN (writer)/PEDRO MAURO (artist) ? Brazil INPYO JEON (writer)/ JAE-KWANG PARK , KIM JUNG JI (artists) ? Korea, XU XIAODONG, LU XIAOTONG (writers)/QIU KUN, YI NAN (artists) ? China Writers: KIRILL KUTUZOV , EGOR PRUTOV (writers)/ NATALIA ZAIDOVA (artist) OKADAYA YUICHI (artist/writer) - Japan
DC takes Batman?s war on crime worldwide in a new hardcover anthology, Batman: The World. This 160-page book will feature Batman stories by creative teams from across the globe, taking place in their home countries. This o
(W) Geoff Johns (A/CA) Jason Fabok
Thirty years after Batman: The Killing Joke changed comics forever, Batman: Three Jokers reexamines the myth of who, or what, is the Joker and what is at the heart of his ongoing battle with Batman? New York Times bestselling writer Geoff Johns and artist Jason Fabok, the team that waged the ?Darkseid War? in the pages of Justice League, reunite to tell the ultimate story of Batman and The Joker! In this highly anticipated epic, learn why there are three Jokers, and what that means for the decades-long battle between the Dark Knight and the Clown Prince of Crime. In this powerful, emotional story, Batman, Batgirl, and Red Hood?all past victims of The Joker?work together to solve a mystery unlike anything they?ve ever faced before!
(W) Geoff Johns (A/CA) Jason Fabok
Thirty years after Batman: The Killing Joke changed comics forever, superstars Geoff Johns and Jason Fabok reexamine the myth of who, or what, is The Joker! Batman, Batgirl, and Red Hood--all past victims of The Joker--work together to solve the mystery of why not one but three different Jokers (each seemingly the genuine article) are terrorizing Gotham! Collects BATMAN: THREE JOKERS #1-3.
(W) Tom King, Scott Snyder (A/CA) David Finch
The Caped Crusader has never been stopped. Not by the Joker. Not by Two-Face. Not even by the Justice League. But now, in the wake of DC UNIVERSE: REBIRTH, Batman faces his most challenging foe ever-the idealistic hero known as Gotham, who wants to save the city from Batman himself! Collects the pages of BATMAN: REBIRTH #1 and issues #1-6 of the new, hit BATMAN series! This collection features a new cover by superstar artist David Finch!
Batman has always been crazy? but this? This is suicide! In order to retrieve Psycho-Pirate and save Gotham Girl, Batman must recruit a team from Amanda Waller to break into the most impenetrable prison in the world and steal from one of the Dark Knight's greatest foes? Bane. The next great Batman story begins here! Collects BATMAN #9-15.
In this new trade paperback collecting BATMAN #8-12 and ANNUAL #1, Bruce Wayne has learned that the Court of Owls is real-and a deadly threat to Gotham City! As Batman struggles to stop the Court of Owls before they claim the city for their own, he uncovers dark secrets about the Wayne family and the city he's sworn to protect!
In this new trade paperback collecting BATMAN #8-12 and ANNUAL #1, Bruce Wayne has learned that the Court of Owls is real-and a deadly threat to Gotham City! As Batman struggles to stop the Court of Owls before they claim the city for their own, he uncovers dark secrets about the Wayne family and the city he's sworn to protect!
After having his face sliced off, The Joker makes his horrifying return to Gotham City in this epic from issues #13-17 that shook Batman to his core! But even for a man who's committed a lifetime of murder, he's more dangerous than ever before. How can Batman protect his city and those he's closest to?
The second arc of BATMAN: ZERO YEAR is collected as the New 52 origin of The Dark Knight delves into Bruce Wayne's past with the Red Hood Gang and his run-ins with aspiring District Attorney Harvey Dent! You won't want to miss the moment that Bruce becomes Batman! This new hardcover collects BATMAN #21-24.
(W) Scott Snyder (A) Greg Capullo, Danny Miki (CA) Greg Capullo
Before the Batcave and Robin, The Joker and the Batmobile, there was ZERO YEAR. The Riddler has plunged Gotham City into darkness. How will a young Dark Knight bring his beloved hometown from the brink of chaos and madness back into the light? This final ZERO YEAR volume collects BATMAN #25-27 and 29-33.
(W) Scott Snyder & Various (A) Greg Capullo & Various (CA) Greg Capullo
In these tales from BATMAN #0, 18-20, 28 and 34, plus BATMAN ANNUAL #2, look back to the early days of the Dark Knight, then see the impact of the death of his son, Damian! Plus, has Batman's worst foe become...Bruce Wayne? This title also includes three pivotal chapters from the epic ZERO YEAR storyline, and a chapter that ties into BATMAN ETERNAL!
(W) Scott Snyder (A/CA) Greg Capullo, Danny Miki
The Joker is back in these stories from BATMAN #35-40! For years, The Joker has regarded Batman with a sick, twisted love. But now, he's out to kill Batman! The Joker returns to Gotham City with a deadlier agenda than ever before, using every tool at his disposal to finally kill the Dark Knight. That includes turning Batman's allies against him in the bloodiest brawl that he's ever had to survive.
(W) Scott Snyder (A) Greg Capullo & Various (CA) Greg Capullo, Danny Miki
After his deadliest battle to date, Batman is bruised, battered and scarred. And forever changed. Now, a figure in an 8-foot mechanized suit of armor roams the streets of Gotham City. More powerful than ever before, Batman's pursuit of justice has never been more swift or efficient. But who is the new Dark Knight? And why is he...or she here? Plus, learn the secret origin of the strange new villain known as Mr. Bloom! Collects BATMAN #41-45 and a story from DC COMICS DIVERGENCE #1.
(W) Scott Snyder (A) Greg Capullo & Various (CA) Greg Capullo
As the new Batman, former police commissioner Jim Gordon is in for the fight of his life against the bizarre threat of Mr. Bloom, who controls the underworld in Gotham City! At the same time, an amnesiac Bruce Wayne has discovered the truth of his past as the Dark Knight-and now he must descend into the Batcave and reclaim that painful legacy. Don't miss the latest helping of Dark Knight tales from issues #46-50 and a story from DETECTIVE COMICS #27.
(W) Tom King (A) Mikel Janin & Various (CA) Mikel Janin
The Dark Knight waddles into a turf war with the Penguin! Still reeling from the attacks on his Bat-Family and reputation, the Caped Crusader looks to track down the mysterious operator lurking behind the scenes in Gotham City-the Penguin! But the Penguin is on Batman's side for once, and the crime boss sees dangerous things on the horizon. How can he convince the Caped Crusader he's on the level? Plus, appearances by Professor Pyg, John Constantine and the boy who wanted to be Bruce Wayne! Collects Batman #58-63.
(W) Judd Winick (A) Various (CA) Jock
Art by Doug Mahnke, Shane Davis, Jeremy Haun, Eric Battle, and others For the first time ever, Under the Red Hood and The Lost Days are collected together to tell the complete story of Red Hood's origin. Celebrate the 40th anniversary of Jason Todd with this brand-new oversize hardcover featuring his infamous return to Gotham City as Red Hood and his long journey back from death. Collecting Batman #635-641, Batman #645-650, Batman Annual #25, Red Hood: The Lost Days #1-6, and pages from Batman #617-618, along with a brand-new introduction by Judd Winick and never-before-seen behind-the-scenes material.
For the first time, DC Comics collects the entire, original Red Hood saga from BATMAN #635-641 and 645-650 and BATMAN ANNUAL #25, in one massive trade paperback. Batman is confronted with a hidden face from the past - it's the return of the vigilante Red Hood, who appears to be Batman's one-time partner, Jason Todd, the same Jason Todd who died many years ago. But the Red Hood's violent ways pit him against the Dark Knight in his hunt for the very person responsible for his death: The Joker. On sale AUGUST 17 ? 384 pg, FC, $29.99 US
(W) Chip Zdarsky, Matthew Rosenberg (A) Eddy Barrows, Ryan Benjamin (CA) Hicham Habchi
Two top comics writers, Matthew Rosenberg and Chip Zdarsky, enter the world of Gotham City with new tales of Batman, Red Hood, and Grifter in the first volume collecting stories from the thrilling new anthology series Batman: Urban Legends.
(W) Vita Ayala, Mark Russell (A) Nikola Cizmesija, Karl Mostert (CA) Jorge Molina
The third volume in the bestselling and critically acclaimed Batman anthology title is here, collecting the feature stories that originally ran in issues #11-16 of BATMAN: URBAN LEGENDS. Batman & Zatanna: Batman & Zatanna have to contain a curse that they helped release. But in order to reverse its effects, they?re going to have to fix their frayed relationship. Hounded: (Bat)man?s best friend Ace the Bat-Hound breaks out of an animal testing facility with his new super-fur-friends in order to sniff out where Batman?s been kidnapped for auction to his rogues gallery!
(W) Various (A) Various (CA) Jim Cheung
Written by Ram V, Mohale Mashigo, Che Grayson, Ryan Cady, Joey Esposito, Alex Paknadel, and others Art by Anand RK, Arist Deyn, Serg Acuna, Gleb Melnikov, Amancay Nahuelpan, and others FEAR THE FUTURE, FIND ALLIES IN THE PRESENT! The fourth volume of Batman: Urban Legends is full of serialized stories from the best talents working in comics today. Ram V and Anandrk unravel the mystery of the Wight Witch. Mohale Mashigo and Arist Deyn bring Eternity to Gotham. Che Grayson and Serg Acuna create a brand-new Birds of Prey for a new era. All of that in addition to Batman teaming up with Aquaman, Plastic Man, the Flash, the Question, Black Adam, and...Alfred Pennyworth?
(W) Various (A) Various (CA) Dike Ruan
Written by Joey Esposito, Brandon Thomas, Chris Burnham, and Dennis Culver Art by Vasco Georgiev, Alberto Albuquerque Jimenez, Chris Burnham, and Hayden Sherman Four epic Gotham sagas rage on! The Signal, a.k.a. Duke Thomas, assembles Batman and the Outsiders to find his missing mother. Years before his passing, we follow Alfred Pennyworth on the mystery of a lifetime. In another story from Gotham's recent past, Thomas and Martha Wayne have arrived at Wayne Manor, and Batman goes on a hunt to find out who is responsible and if he?s being lied to. And a bold new piece of the Gotham City universe gets introduced from the wreckage of Arkham Asylum...the children and proteges of some of Gotham's most wicked villains are assembled in the inaugural class of Arkham Academy! Don?t miss this incredible volume of Batman: Urban Legends!
(W/A/CA) Neal Adams
Ra's al Ghul has begun his campaign to take over Gotham. His private security force is aiding the GCPD, his nuclear power plant is supporting the city's electric grid, his good friend Bruce Wayne is backing his every move...but Wayne's proteges don't trust him. Could there be more to al Ghul's plans that he hasn't revealed? The Court of Owls, the evil genius known as Simulacrum, and the dimension-hopping Chiaroscuro are all working for him...and he's influencing the Batman trials underway to determine the best man to take over the hero's mantle! Batman vs. Ra's al Ghul collects the complete miniseries, the culmination of Neal Adams's contributions to Gotham.
(W) Mark Waid (A/CA) Mahmud Asrar - Scott Godlewski
Spinning out of the events of both Batman/Superman: World's Finest and Shadow War, father and son will do battle in one of the most Earth-shattering tales ever told! Deep in the heart of Lazarus Island, the demonic legacy of the al Ghul family line has at last been freed, and the Devil Nezha is out for blood. To reclaim his total domination over planet Earth, Nezha has supercharged all magic?anyone who dares use it is overcome by a demonic evil that boosts their abilities to dangerous, unpredictable, and in some cases deadly levels! With Damian in Nezha's clutches and Bruce haunted by the return of an old friend, the Dark Knight and the Boy Wonder are pitted against one another in the battle of the century! Legendary writer Mark Waid helms the next epic saga in Batman history, while superstar artist Mahmud Asrar makes his triumphant return to DC!
(W) Various (A) Various (CA) Jorge Jimenez, Alejandro Sanchez
Written by Joshua Williamson, Peter J. Tomasi and Robbie Thompson Art by Brad Walker, Gleb Melnikov, Javier Fernandez and more A storm is coming?and a battle years in the making between Bruce Wayne and Damian Wayne is on the horizon. A major turning point in the lives of Batman and Robin brought to you by writers Robbie Thompson (Suicide Squad, Teen Titans), Peter J. Tomasi (Batman & Robin, Detective Comics), and Joshua Williamson (The Flash, Dark Crisis), featuring stunning artwork by Eduardo Pansica (Suicide Squad), Gleb Melnikov (Jinny Hex, Robin), and more! Collects Teen Titans #43-44, Teen Titans Annual #2, Detective Comics #1032-1033, and a two-part backup feature that sets the stage for a new chapter in the life of Damian Wayne, originally presented in Batman #106 and Detective Comics #1034.
(W) Mark Waid (A) Mahmud Asrar, Scott Godlewski (CA) Mahmud Asrar
Deep in the heart of Lazarus Island, the demonic legacy of the al Ghul family line has at last been freed, and the Devil Nezha is out for blood. To reclaim his total domination over planet Earth, Nezha has supercharged all magic--anyone who dares use it is overcome by a demonic evil that boosts their abilities to dangerous, unpredictable, and, in some cases, deadly levels! With Damian in Nezha's clutches and Bruce haunted by the return of an old friend, the Dark Knight and the Boy Wonder are pitted against one another in the battle of the century! Collects Batman vs. Robin #1-5.
(W) CRC Payne (A) StarBite (CA) TBA
The dynamics of the Bat-Family have always been a topic of interest?but being a parent can't be harder than being Batman...right?! Continuing the exciting Webtoons tale! Batman needs a break. But with new vigilante Duke Thomas living in Wayne Manor and an endless supply of adopted, fostered, and biological superhero children to manage, Bruce Wayne has his hands full.
(W) Crc Payne (A) Starbite (CA) Vasco Georgiev
Season two of the smash-hit WEBTOON series starts here! When your superhero life is just as busy as your personal life, there's never a dull moment in the Bat-Family. Bruce Wayne's young heroes are still learning to fight and live side by side, but they always have each other's backs. Collecting episodes 52-72 of the massively popular WEBTOON series, optimized for a brand-new reading experience in print!
(W) CRC Payne (A) Starbite (CA) Vasco Georgiev
Season two of the smash-hit WEBTOON series continues here! When your superhero life is just as busy as your personal life, there's never a dull moment in the Bat-Family. Bruce Wayne's young heroes are still learning to fight and live side by side, but they always have each other's backs. Collecting episodes 71-116 of the massively popular WEBTOON series, optimized for a brand-new reading experience in print!
(W) CRC Payne (A) Starbite (CA) Vasco Georgiev
Collecting the finale of season two of the smash-hit WEBTOON series! When your superhero life is just as busy as your personal life, there's never a dull moment in the Bat-Family. Bruce Wayne's young heroes are still learning to fight and live side by side, but they always have each other's backs. Whether it's teaming up to fight a massive villain or a massive head cold, Nightwing, Robin, Oracle, Spoiler, the Signal, and the rest know what it takes to smash that problem in the face! Collecting episodes 98-116 of the massively popular WEBTOON series, optimized for a brand-new reading experience in print!
(W) Neil Gaiman (A) Andy Kubert - Various (CA) Andy Kubert
New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman joins a murderer?s row of superstar artists to lend his unique touch to the Batman mythos! Spotlighting the story ?Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?? from Batman #686 and Detective Comics #853, in which Gaiman joins artist Andy Kubert and inker Scott Williams for a story that shines a new light on the Dark Knight, this title also collects stories from Secret Origins #36, Secret Origins Special #1 and Batman Black and White #2.
(W/A/CA) Sean Murphy
Collecting the Eisner Award-nominated series in Deluxe Edition format! Batman: White Knight follows the transformation of The Joker into a sane citizen of Gotham City known as Jack Napier. After reconciling with his long-suffering partner, Harley Quinn, he sets in motion a carefully plotted campaign to discredit the one person whom he views as Gotham City's true enemy: Batman. Napier's crusade exposes a decades-long history of corruption within the Gotham City Police Department and transforms him into a city councilman and civic hero. But when the sins of his past return to threaten everything that he has accomplished, the distinctions between savior and destroyer begin to break down for both The Joker and Batman alike-and with them, any hope for Gotham's future. Collecting the acclaimed eight-issue miniseries, plus extras including sketches, designs, and Sean Murphy's original inked pages, and a brand-new cover by Murphy!