Preview: BATMAN EUROPA #1

BATMAN EUROPA #1

(W) Matteo Casali, Brian Azzarello (A) Giuseppe Camuncoli, Jim Lee (CA) Jim Lee

Superstar artist Jim Lee returns to the Dark Knight with this premiere issue! The impossible has happened and Batman is on the verge of being taken down by an enemy he cannot defeat: a virus for which there is no cure! And the only hope for his salvation is The Joker! Who infected Batman, what does the Clown Prince of Crime know, and how will the Dark Knight get that information? Together, the enemies crisscross Europe, desperate to find answers before time runs out.

Co-conceived by Matteo Casali and Brian Azzarello, this 4-issue miniseries event will feature art by top talents over layouts by the incomparable Giuseppe Camuncoli (HELLBLAZER, Dark Wolverine), with the first issue pencilled and inked by none other than Jim Lee!

Item Code: SEP150190 In Shops: 11/18/2015 SRP: $4.99

This all feels like we have read this before.

@starbrand1: hush?

ANOTHER BATMAN BOOK SHOCKING!

Is this even canon?

Looks amazing. Wouldn't expect anything less from Brian Azerallo and Jim Lee.

This looks good, but I'm beginning to get increasingly annoyed by the inconsistencies with which white eyes are drawn. Come on Bermejo...

I'm not sure if it's just me, but the panel placement feels weird...

@starbrand1:

Yeah. I love Azzarello and Lee and I don't mean to be a bitch but wasn't this how Hush started? Lol

And I'm pretty sure this is the third Joker virus Batman had in the past few years.

I agree.

He has his Pre 52 outfit, so not really.

second cover looks like the one from Batman:Noel

Because of jim lee

@staticdwanyemcduffie said:

Batman sells better than anything.

The art is glorious.

Sorry but that top cover appears to have Jokers left hand grabbing Batmans crotch.........

This probably isn't canon anymore considering it was supposed to come out like 4 years ago and then got stuck in limbo before someone at DC decided to revive it.

This feels and looks so great.

Without continuity there is no saying if ANYTHING is canon.

I love the art. How many continuities are there in the world of Batman right now?

So this is how Jim Lee's pencils looks like without the usual inks...

We dont need Batman and his villiains in Europe. We need more European heroes and villiains specially non stereotyped characthers.

Looks Good

No this a self contain story and not canon to the new 52 mythos

LOL. Does the "cure" to this virus have anything to do with the placement of Joker's left hand on the cover? Sounds hot.

I really want to get back into Batman books but I don't know where to start and all these Bat books make it that much more difficult. Besides, didn't Bruce break Joker's neck not too long ago?

Just bought my copy. BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK! Batman looks awesome! Trunks and all.

Don't like the art style... I prefer regular Jim Lee style.. or Greg Capullo...

Poor Killer Croc. You are forced to be the punching bag for DC. You even get beaten by weakened people now.

The art looks really nice.