The Shadow Of The Bat Falls On Four Bat-Family Title Previews for April 4, 2023

This week the Bat-Family presents four titles:

• BATMAN #134 the penultimate chapter of The Bat-Man of Gotham
• Pamela Isley continues here quest to save the Earth in POISON IVY #11
• Will the Joker get the last laugh in THE JOKER: THE MAN WHO STOPPED LAUGHING #7?
• Batman & The Joker attend an unholy wedding in  BATMAN & THE JOKER: DEADLY DUO #6

BATMAN #134

Superstar writer Chip Zdarsky second story arc continues as the Bat-Man of Gotham reaches the penultimate issuein BATMAN #134.

Comic Watch Reviews of The Bat-Man Of  Gotham Story Arc:

• Batman #131: Judge Not, Lest Ye Be Judged

• Batman #132: The World Without Batman

• Batman #133: ‘I Am Thy Bruce’s Spirit’

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BATMAN #134

THE BAT-MAN OF GOTHAM, PART FOUR / THE TOY BOX, PART 4
It’s all-out war as only Batman stands between Red Mask and a Gotham City full of bodies! How much is the Dark Knight willing to sacrifice to save this city?

Creative Team

• Writer: Chip Zdarsky
• Artist: Miguel Mendonca
• Penciller: Mike Hawthorne
• Inker: Adriano Di Benedetto
• Colorists: Tomeu Morey & Roman Stevens
• Letterer: Clayton Cowles
• Standard Cover Artist(s): Jorge Jimenez
• Variant Cover Artist(s): Joe Quesada, Kevin Nowlan & Richard Isanove; Stanley Lau; Clayton Crain, Tom King; Frank Cho
• Editor(s): Ben Abernathy
• Associate Editor: Dave Wielgosz
• Format: Ongoing Series
• Page Count/Cover Price: 40 pages/$5.99

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POISON IVY #11

Pamela Isley’s journey continues as the hit DC comic book series by G. Willow Wilson, with art by Marcio Takara and covers by Jessica Fong, joined by continues her quest to undo the wrongs of man and return the Earth to the Green in POISON IVY #11.

Comic Watch Review: Poison Ivy #10: Psychedelic Spa Day from Hell

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POISON IVY #11

CHAPTER ELEVEN
It’s no secret that Ivy can be very convincing, but with her newfound powers, she now has people wrapped around her finger. Janet’s time at the spa goes south when Ivy uses her…persuasive powers…to blockade a petroleum processing plant. Things take a wild turn, though, when the employees become violent and Ivy must protect the women she initially set out to destroy. So much for a relaxing spa retreat!

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THE JOKER: THE MAN WHO STOPPED LAUGHING #7

From the twisted minds of Matthew Rosenberg (Task Force Z, What’s the Furthest Place from Here?) and Carmine Di Giandomenico (Batman: The Knight) comes a violent, mind-bending new series that picks up from the cataclysmic end of The Joker and follows the mayhem across the United States in THE JOKER: THE MAN WHO STOPPED LAUGHING #7

Comic Watch Review: The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing #1: Let the Chaos Begin!

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THE JOKER: THE MAN WHO STOPPED LAUGHING #7

Creative Team

• Writers: Matthew Rosenberg & Ryan Cady
• Artist: Francesco Francavilla; Carmine Di Giandomenico: & Will Robson
• Colorist: Hi-Fi & Romulo Fajardo Jr.
• Letterer: Tom Napolitano
• Standard Cover: Carmine Di Giandomenico
• Variant Covers:  Lee Bermejo; Francesco Mattina; Tom King; Christian Ward
• Editor: Ben Abernathy
• Associate Editor: Dave Wielgosz
• Format: Ongoing Series
• Page Count/Cover Price: 40 pages/$5.99

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BATMAN & THE JOKER: DEADLY DUO #6

The series, first teased in 2018, this series has been billed by DC as  a”meticulously crafted” take on a “horrifying and suspense-filled version of Gotham City.” The series is Silvestri’s first work for DC Comics since some of his early work in issues of House of Mystery, Weird War Tales, and the interiors for a 1996 story in issue Batman: Black & White.

Marc Silvestri and colorist Arif Prianto reach the penultimate issue of their modern classic with BATMAN & THE JOKER: DEADLY DUO #6, an issue that promises more answers, intrigue, and horror in the bowels of Gotham’s catacombs.

Comic Watch Reviews:

• Batman & The Joker: The Deadly Duo #1: The Odd Couple

• Batman & The Joker: The Deadly Duo #2: Carpooling With a Friend

• Batman & The Joker: The Deadly Duo #3: A Team Effort

• Batman & The Joker: The Deadly Duo #4: Off the Rails

• Batman & The Joker: The Deadly Duo #5: The Horror, The Horror

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BATMAN & THE JOKER: DEADLY DUO #6

CHAPTER SIX

After a bloody, brutal, and harrowing adventure across and underneath Gotham, Batman and The Joker have unearthed the true culprit behind the dark scheme against them. Now the Deadly Duo find themselves unwilling participants in a bone-chilling wedding ceremony in the catacombs beneath Gotham City.

Get ready for unholy matrimony in this horrific penultimate chapter that needs to be seen to be believed.