Exclusive Sneak Peek: BATMAN: DETECTIVE COMICS VOL 3: EMPEROR PENGUIN

DC has collected John Layman's Emperor Penguin arc from DETECTIVE COMICS. The third hardcover goes on sale this week and besides the story from issues #13-18, you'll also find some really cool character and cover sketches by Jason Fabok.

Check out some of what you can expect to find.

BATMAN: DETECTIVE COMICS VOL. 3: EMPEROR PENGUIN

The Dark Knight faces deadly foes including Poison Ivy, Clayface and the Penguin in these stories from DETECTIVE COMICS #13-18. This volume also includes chapters from the epic “Death of the Family” and “Requiem” sagas.

Written by: John Layman

Art by: Jason Fabok/Andy Clarke

Cover by: Jason Fabok

Color/B&W: Color

Page Count: 192

U.S. Price: 24.99

On Sale Date: Nov 20 2013

Trim Size: Comic

Looks good. :)

Very Nice

I thought the Emperor Penguin story was pretty darn good. I look forward to seeing Emperor Blackgate in future adventures of the Bat-family.

Okay, so apparently detective comics are good, but is "batman dark knight" any good?

@2cool4fun: Detective Comics is pretty good right now. The Emperor Penguin arc and the Wraith arc were enjoyable. Jason Fabok's art alone might make it worth the read.

And I mean no disrespect to the writer, but no one should be reading Dark Knight. It's bad.

Think I bought all those first few issues with Layman and Fabok.

Who in the world's the chick with the pistols? I don't remember her from the Emperor Penguin storyline.

I think it would be cool if the girl with the pistols is Helena Bertinelli.......but its most likely not.

Who the hell is the girl with pistols, I have all detective comics and I didnt see her

Cool.

I'm enjoyed this more than Snyders run.

Almost bought this earlier at Books A Million but I picked up vol 1 of Injustice instead.

Not so fast. The recent Clayface-centered issues were pretty good. #24 actually got a 4-star review on CBR.

@zeeguy91 said:

I've found the handful of issues I've read since Hurwitz took over to be more mediocre than bad. It's disappointing that it isn't better because the Penguin mini-series that he wrote was so good.

this looks amazing, I love that cover and all the sketches!