BATMAN, INCORPORATED #1

Written by GRANT MORRISON

Art and cover by CHRIS BURNHAM

1:25 Variant cover by FRANK QUITELY

1:200 B&W Variant cover by CHRIS BURNHAM

On sale MAY 23 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T

Combo pack edition: $3.99 US

• BATMAN, INCORPORATED makes its NEW 52 debut with an all-new first issue!

• The series hits the ground running as BATMAN and ROBIN face off against the assassin GOATBOY!

• LEVIATHAN’S sinister mission revealed!

This issue is also offered as a special combo pack edition with a redemption code for a digital download of this issue.

BATMAN #9

Written by SCOTT SNYDER

Backup story by SCOTT SNYDER and JAMES TYNION IV

Art by GREG CAPULLO and JONATHAN GLAPION

Backup story art by RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE

Cover by GREG CAPULLO

1:25 Variant cover by DALE KEOWN

1:200 B&W Variant cover by GREG CAPULLO

On sale MAY 9 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T

Combo pack edition: $4.99 US

• “NIGHT OF THE OWLS” continues here!

• Batman must stop the TALONS that have breeched the Batcave in order to save an innocent life…and Gotham City!

• In the backup story, learn more about the PENNYWORTH family and the secrets they’ve kept from the Wayne family!

This issue is also offered as a special combo pack edition with a redemption code for a digital download of this issue.

BATMAN ANNUAL #1

Written by SCOTT SNYDER

Art and cover by JAY FABOK

On sale MAY 30 • 48 pg, FC, $4.99 US • RATED T

• MR. FREEZE is introduced to The New 52!

• What is Mr. Freeze’s relationship to the COURT OF OWLS? Is he an ally – or do they want him dead?

• “NIGHT OF THE OWLS” continues here!

DETECTIVE COMICS #9

Written by TONY S. DANIEL

Art by TONY S. DANIEL, JOEL GOMEZ and SANDU FLOREA

Backup story art by SZYMON KUDRANSKI

Cover by TONY S. DANIEL

1:200 Variant cover by TK TK

1:25 B&W Variant cover by TONY S. DANIEL

On sale MAY 2 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T

Combo pack edition: $4.99 US

• BATMAN has been poisoned at the hands of the deadly MR. TOXIC!

• Featuring a TWO-FACE backup story written by TONY S. DANIEL with art by SZYMON KUDRANSKI

This issue is also offered as a special combo pack edition with a redemption code for a digital download of this issue.

BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT #9

Written by JUDD WINICK

Art and cover by DAVID FINCH and RICHARD FRIEND

1:25 Variant cover by DAVID FINCH and RICHARD FRIEND

On sale MAY 23 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T

• “NIGHT OF THE OWLS” continues here!

• Guest-writer JUDD WINICK joins artist DAVID FINCH for the return of RED ROBIN!

• Red Robin is back in Gotham City just in time to face off against TALON and THE COURT OF OWLS!

BATWING #9

Written by JUDD WINICK

Art by MARCOS TO and RYAN WINN

Cover by MARCOS TO

On sale MAY 2 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T

• “NIGHT OF THE OWLS” continues here!

• BATWING arrives in Gotham City just in time to fight the chaos the Court of Owls has unleashed! Outgunned and on unfamiliar turf, can Batwing survive?

BATMAN AND ROBIN #9

Written by PETER J. TOMASI

Art and cover by PATRICK GLEASON and MICK GRAY

On sale MAY 9 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T

• NIGHT OF THE OWLS continues here!

• ROBIN faces TALON alone with the skies of Gotham City at stake!

BATWOMAN #9

Written by J.H. WILLIAMS III and W. HADEN BLACKMAN

Art by AMY REEDER and ROB HUNTER

Cover by BEN OLIVER

1:25 B&W Variant cover by AMY REEDER

On sale MAY 16 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+

• The next chapter in “TO DROWN THE WORLD!”

• An unconventional spy thriller of six interweaving lives with only one thing in common: BATWOMAN!

BATGIRL #9

Written by GAIL SIMONE

Art and cover by ARDIAN SYAF and VICENTE CIFUENTES

On sale MAY 9 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T

• “NIGHT OF THE OWLS” continues here!

• BATGIRL faces off against the Court of Owls to protect the life of her father, Commissioner Gordon!

BIRDS OF PREY #9

Written by DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI

Art by TRAVEL FOREMAN and JEFF HUET

Cover by JESUS SAIZ

On sale MAY 16 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T

• “NIGHT OF THE OWLS” continues here!

• BLACK CANARY, BATGIRL, KATANA and POISON IVY risk their lives in Gotham City to battle THE TALON and The Court of Owls!

• A secret is revealed about Black Canary’s husband…Kurt Lance?!

RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS #9

Written by SCOTT LOBDELL

Art and cover by KENNETH ROCAFORT

On sale MAY 16 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T

• “NIGHT OF THE OWLS” continues here!

• The Court of Owls is attacking, and the last person in the world you’d expect to answer Batman’s call to arms is the RED HOOD!

• Also featuring MR. FREEZE!

NIGHTWING #9

Written by KYLE HIGGINS

Art by EDDY BARROWS, RUY JOSE and EBER FERREIRA

Cover by EDDY BARROWS

On sale MAY 16 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T

• “NIGHT OF THE OWLS” continues here!

• NIGHTWING faces another villain claiming to be THE TALON at City Hall as the Court of Owls’ plans go into action – but will he be able to figure out what’s going on before it’s too late?

CATWOMAN #9

Written by JUDD WINICK

Art and cover by GUILLEM MARCH

On sale MAY 16 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+

• “NIGHT OF THE OWLS” continues here!

• CATWOMAN and SPARK are forced to defend THE PENGUIN against the Court of Owls!

That's a lot of Talons. Oh well.

BATMAN and ROBIN face off against the assassin GOATBOY!

Goatboy? Seriously?

This is why Morrison needs to retire. He is a shell of his writing self.

@aztek_the_lost: http://dcu.blog.dccomics.com/2012/02/13/batman-group-solicits-5/

Damn, so many Bat books...

@Morpheus_ said:

Not sure how I feel about so many variations of Talon running around (I'd rather he was unique, or at least the head of a hierarchy of assassins instead of one of many), but I'm excited about this story. And it'll be fun to see Tim and Jason integrated in the Bat family directly again.

Same here. I was hoping that Cobb could be the main Talon while all the others were his minions or something like that.

Also, Goatboy is a stupid name for an assassin. Morrison knows how much we want to read the book, so he mocks us with his character names.

lol

@aztek_the_lost: Are you thinking about April's solicits? entropy_aegis made a similar thread about those.

@aztek_the_lost: No you're right. Someone posted it yesterday.

However, I really don't see the point of Batman, Inc. Its nothing special to me. I prefer when Batman was a character who worked in the shadows and had a shadow following batfamily rather than an International Corps. Destroys the point of Batman.

Edit: http://www.comicvine.com/jason-todd/29-6849/this-is-going-to-be-good/92-653637/

@CitizenBane said:

@aztek_the_lost: Are you thinking about April's solicits? entropy_aegis made a similar thread about those.

CBR released the solicits yesterday for the Bat-group

I might drop Detective Comics if the best they can come up with is "Mr. Toxic".

Although this might be a little hypocritical coming from a guy whose favorite Bat-villain is named "Killer Croc".

aztek digging others forum history :o
BB

I like that B&R cover.

@aztek_the_lost said:

@Billy Batson said:

aztek digging others forum history :o
BB

DON'T JUDGE ME!

you get +10 creepy points
BB

Also, "Goatboy"? WTF?!?

@CitizenBane said:

I might drop Detective Comics if the best they can come up with is "Mr. Toxic".

Although this might be a little hypocritical coming from a guy whose favorite Bat-villain is named "Killer Croc".

Is Daniel's Mr. Toxic better or worse than Morrison's Goatboy?

Mr. Goat for the win

@jsphsmth said:

@CitizenBane said:

I might drop Detective Comics if the best they can come up with is "Mr. Toxic".

Although this might be a little hypocritical coming from a guy whose favorite Bat-villain is named "Killer Croc".

Is Daniel's Mr. Toxic better or worse than Morrison's Goatboy?

At least there's a story surrounding Goatboy.

I'll take Goatboy over an army of jobbers like Talon.

Never been unexcited after seeing Batsolicits.

So we get to find out some new info on Gotham and it's "sinister past" with an army of fodder dressed in owl suits getting their asses kicked by every member of the Batfamily? pass.

Dark Knight and Red Hood #9 #_# so excited !!

@entropy_aegis said:

I'll take Goatboy over an army of jobbers like Talon.

Never been unexcited after seeing Batsolicits.

So we get to find out some new info on Gotham and it's "sinister past" with an army of fodder dressed in owl suits getting their asses kicked by every member of the Batfamily? pass.

I'm still holding out hope that there's a main Talon (the one that fought Batman and is pretty cool) and a bunch of jobber-Talons that will fight the Batclan. I can live with a system like that.

@CitizenBane said:

@entropy_aegis said:

I'll take Goatboy over an army of jobbers like Talon.

Never been unexcited after seeing Batsolicits.

So we get to find out some new info on Gotham and it's "sinister past" with an army of fodder dressed in owl suits getting their asses kicked by every member of the Batfamily? pass.

I'm still holding out hope that there's a main Talon (the one that fought Batman and is pretty cool) and a bunch of jobber-Talons that will fight the Batclan. I can live with a system like that.

Hopefully,but somehow I doubt it.

Well, at least DC has put out one comic that I actually want to read (Batman Inc). One in half a year. Sigh.

Morrison is probably the only writer that can make a character named Goatboy intriguing.