This week in the Bat-Family side of DC:
- The future of the Bat-books starts here in BATMAN #136
- The Joker goes to war with Killer Croc in THE JOKER: THE MAN WHO STOPPED LAUGHING #9
- Pamela Isley makes her return to Harley and Gotham City in POISON IVY #13
BATMAN #136
Superstar writer Chip Zdarsky’s run on Batman continues in BATMAN #136 after the conclusion to the bestselling “The Bat-Man of Gotham.”
Comic Watch Review: Batman #135 (#900): Let’s Get Nuts
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BATMAN #136
Failsafe and Red Mask have forever changed Batman, and Gotham isn’t as welcoming as it once was. Can Batman remind them who he is? Can he remind…Catwoman? The future of the Bat-books starts here, and everyone’s world is about to explode!
CREATIVE TEAM
- Writer: Chip Zdarsky
- Artist: Jorge Corona; Belen Ortega
- Colorists: Tomeu Morey; Ivan Plascencia
- Letterer: Clayton Cowles
- Standard Cover Artist(s): Jorge Jimenez
- Variant Cover Artist(s): Lee Bermejo; Stjepan Šeji?; Stanley Lau; Joe Quesada; Gabriele Dell’Otto; Kevin Nowlan
- Editor(s): Ben Abernathy
- Associate Editor: Dave Wielgosz
- Format: Ongoing Series
- Page Count/Cover Price: 40 pages/$4.99
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THE JOKER: THE MAN WHO STOPPED LAUGHING #9
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 #9.
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THE JOKER: THE MAN WHO STOPPED LAUGHING #9
What’s big and scary and lives in the sewers? In Gotham City, a lot of things. But the Joker is going to war with the biggest scariest of them all—Killer Croc! Plus, Red Hood is being set up to take a fall at Blackgate Prison…and his only hope of survival may just be someone from his past.
CREATIVE TEAM
- Writers: Matthew Rosenberg
- Artist: Francesco Francavilla & Carmine Di Giandomenico
- Colorist: Romulo Fajardo Jr.
- Letterer: Tom Napolitano
- Standard Cover Artist(s): Carmine Di Giandomenico
- Variant Cover Artist(s): Lee Bermejo; Christian Ward; Chokoo
- Editor: Ben Abernathy
- Associate Editor: Dave Wielgosz
- Format: Ongoing Series
- Page Count/Cover Price: 40 pages/$5.99
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POISON IVY #13
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 #13.
Comic Watch Review: Poison Ivy #12: Well, Well, Well, If It Isn’t The Consequences of My Own Actions
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POISON IVY #13
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
There sure is nothing quite like a romantic night with your sweetie in the swamp to make your mouth water. It’s the dawn of a new day as Pamela Isley makes her return to Harley and Gotham City with a lovestruck Janet-from-HR in tow. The tension’s so thick you could cut it with a fan boat’s propeller!
CREATIVE TEAM
- Writer: G. Willow Wilson
- Artist(Penciller): Marcio Takara
- Colorist: Arif Prianto
- Letterer: Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
- Cover Artist: Jessica Fong
- Variant Cover Artist(s): Frank Cho; Claire Roe; Mindy Lee; Kai Carpenter; Sweeney Boo
- Editor: Arianna Turturro
- Assistant Editor: Jessica Berbey
- Group Editor: Ben Abernathy
- Editor-in-Chief: Marie Javins
- Format: Ongoing
- Page Count/Price: 32 pages/$3.99
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BATMAN #136, THE JOKER: THE MAN WHO STOPPED LAUGHING #9, POISON IVY #13, arrives in shops and digital platforms on Tuesday, June 6, 2023, from DC COMICS.