Bruce Wayne publicly announces that he is the financial backer of Batman & establishes a worldwide franchise of Batmen to protect the globe. This is the beginning of a stunning new direction for the worlds greatest detective that will team him with Catwoman Batwoman & Batman Inc representatives on crimefighting missions against Lord Death Man in Japan & South America. ...

Azrael brings together his Angels of Death & invades Gotham City. Its up to three members of the Batman family
- Dick Grayson Tim
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This ground-breaking synthesis of comic-book icons & modern cinematic sensibilities redefined an American myth & reshaped the face of modern graphic novels. & now a decade later its back...to inspire a new generation! This edition contains 28 pages of never-before-seen sketches art & text with a new cover designed by Chip Kidd. This is the tale of a tortured heros twilight & his efforts to save the city he had once sworn to protect from spiralling relentlessly into chaos. Batmans struggles with a new breed of criminal the training of a new Robin & his fateful final encounters with Superman Two-Face & The Joker are all woven together seamlessly to mark a warriors mythic rite of passage. ...

Written by Peter Milligan Grant Morrison Fabian Nicieza Paul Dini & Keith Champagne Art by Don Kramer Jason Pearson Tony Daniel David Lopez Freddie Williams II Ryan Benjamin & others Cover by Adam Kubert The unforgettable epic is now in trade paperback! Batmans immortal foe Ras al Ghul should be dead at last
- so how has he returned to haunt The Dark Knight? Find out in this intense tale originally presented in BATMAN ANNUAL 26 BATMAN 670-671 ROBIN 168-169 ROBIN ANNUAL 7 NIGHTWING 138-139 & DETECTIVE COMICS 838-839! Ras al Ghul is back.. .but what does his return have to do with Batmans teenaged son Damian
- whose mother is Ras al Ghuls daughter Talia? It will take the combined skills of Batman Robin & Nightwing to get to the bottom of these mysteries & stop Ras al Ghuls insidious plans. Advance-solicited; on sale May 6
- 256 pg FC $19.99 US


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Written by KEVIN SMITH
- Art by WALT FLANAGAN & ART THIBERT Cover by BILL SIENKIEWICZ As The Dark Knight stalks Gotham Citys criminals
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Written by Alan Moore & Brian Bolland Art & cover by Brian Bolland The classic Batman tale by Alan Moore & Brian Bolland returns in an all-new special edition! This edition
- celebrating the 20th anniversary of the landmark work
- features all-new coloring by Bolland &

Includes:: the story An Innocent Guy " previously featured in BATMAN: BLACK & WHITE! Advance-solicited; on sale March 19"



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Written by SCOTT SNYDER Art by JOCK & FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA Cover by JOCK Don't miss this epic Batman mystery from Scott Snyder creator of AMERICAN VAMPIRE originally published in DETECTIVE COMICS 871-877! First in The Black Mirror " a series of brutal murders pushes Batman's detective skills to the limit & forces him to confront one of Gotham City's oldest evils. Helpless & trapped in the deadly Mirror House Batman must fight for his life against one of Gotham City's oldest & most powerful evils! Then in a second story called " Hungry City " the corpse of a killer whale shows up on the floor of one of Gotham City's foremost banks. The event begins a strange & deadly mystery that will bring Batman face-to-face with the new terrifying faces of organized crime in Gotham." ...

Grant Morrisons best-selling multipart Batman epic continues with this collection of the six-issue miniseries now in trade paperback! Witness Bruce Waynes 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 & the Old West through his triumphant return to present day Gotham City! ...

Written by JEPH LOEB Art & cover by TIM SALE From the early days of Batman's crimefighting career this new edition of the classic mystery involves a killer who strikes only on holidays. Working with Harvey Dent & Lieutenant Gordon Batman races to discover who Holiday is! Collected from the original 13-issue series! ...

Written by Kevin Smith Art by Walter Flanagan & Sandra Hope Cover by Adam Kubert Renowned comics writer/film director Kevin Smith steps into Gotham City for this tale featuring the mysterious masked killer known as Onomatopoeia who sets his sights
- & sounds
- against The Caped Crusader! But how does The Joker figure into this saga? The wild ride that caught Batman between The Joker & Onomatopoeia in the 3-issue miniseries comes to a crashing halt as Batman is forced to choose between capturing Onomatopoeia & saving The Joker's life! Features an introduction from Kevin Smith & his script to the third issue! Advance-solicited; on sale September 16 o 144 pg FC $19.99 US

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