As the sun goes down and Gotham loses power, Matt Fraction (Batman), G. Willow Wilson (Poison Ivy), Giuseppe Camuncoli (Absolute Evil), and Cliff Rathburn (The Walking Dead) deliver an unforgettable opening chapter that shows the only thing scarier than the night just might be the morning sun
Gotham City’s new mayor, Pamela Isley, deserted by her allies both political and arcane, is about to make a last-ditch power play that will leave Gotham decimated by daylight.
Having already declared war on the Bat-Family and flooded the streets with his private, paramilitarized police army, Police Commissioner Vandal Savage sees an opportunity to solve two problems at once.
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Storylines converge in Batman: Bad Seeds, a Gotham City event spanning one long, dark night in Gotham that threatens to turn the entire city into a hostile world of prehistoric plant life unlike anything on Earth for millennia, at a time when its greatest heroes are hunted and in hiding.
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One long, dark night that threatens to turn the entire city into a hostile world of prehistoric plants as the line wide Bad Seeds event continues to spread.
Eisner winner Matt Fraction and superstar artist Matteo Scalera deliver a crucial chapter of the Batman: Bad Seeds event in Batman #13 and Cassandra finds herself caught between desperate Gothamites and deadly flora in Batgirl #23
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Batman 13
Superstars Matt Fraction and Jorge Jiménez continue their triumphant run with the best character in comics, delivering an action-packed chapter of their smash-hit series that critics are calling “a blockbuster reinvention” and “a perfect comic book.”
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Eisner winner Matt Fraction and superstar artist Matteo Scalera deliver a crucial chapter of the Batman: Bad Seeds event!
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Batman #13
Somewhere in the headquarters of the Gotham City Police Department, Vandal Savage hides a chemical weapon designed to kill Poison Ivy… but if Ivy dies, there will be no ending the bad night of Bad Seeds, for Gotham City or anywhere else.
No power. No comms. A heavily-armed private militia tasked with bringing him down on orders of the worst person in Gotham. All holed up together within an impenetrable fortress.
This sounds like a job for Batman.
Creative Team:
- Writer: Matt Fraction
- Artist: Matteo Scalera
- Colorist: Tomeu Morey
- Letterer: Clayton Cowles
- Standard Cover Artist(s): Matteo Scalera
- Variant Cover Artist(s): David Aja; Dustin Nguyen; MatteoScalera; Ryan Sook; José Ladrönn; Frank Miller; Guillem March
- Group Editor: Rob Levin
- Editor: Rob Levin
- Assistant Editor: James Reid
- Associate Editor: Jessica Berbey
- Format: Ongoing Series
- Page Count/Cover Price: 40 pages/$5.99
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Batgirl #23
Cassandra was supposed to finally have one night off but finds herself caught between desperate Gothamites and deadly flora in Batgirl #23
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Batgirl #23
Batgir was supposed to finally have one night off at Bà Bao’s noodle shop, but when Gotham erupts into a nightmare of prehistoric plant life, suddenly she is the sole protector of an entire restaurant of Gotham citizens.
With a bounty on her head and a lethal jungle crawling with monsters outside, will Batgirl survive the night … or will this night off actually kill her?
Creative Team
- Writer: Tate Brombal
- Artist: Takeshi Miyazawa
- Colorist(s): Mike Spicer
- Letterer: Tom Napolitano
- Cover Artist: David Talaski
- Variant Cover Artist(s): Travis Mercer; Guillem March; Stanley “Artgerm” Lau
- Group Editor: Rob Levin
- Editor: Jessica Berbey
- Format: Ongoing Series
- Cover Price/Page Count: $3.99/ 32 pages
A crucial chapter of the Batman: Bad Seeds event in Batman #13 and Cassandra finds herself caught between desperate Gothamites and deadly flora in Batgirl #23, on shelves and digital platforms September 2, 2026, from DC Comics