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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 event that shows the only thing scarier than the night just might be the morning sun
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Comic Watch Bad Seeds Event Reviews:
- Prologue: Poison Ivy #47: Bad Seeds Prologue
- Part 1: Batman Bad Seeds Sunset #1: A Perfect Set-Up
- Part 2: Batman #13: Bad Seeds, Decent Tie-In
- Part 3: Batgirl #23: A Quieter Bad Seeds Tie-In
- Part 4: Bad Seeds Gotham Central #1: A Grounded Police Story
- Part 5: Batwoman #7: A Dark Mission
- Part 6: Detective Comics #1113: Art-Driven Excitement
- Part 7: Catwoman #91: The View on the Street
- Part 8: Nightwing #142
- Part 9: Harley Quinn #66
- Part 10: Poison Ivy #48: Human After All
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.
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.
Week 7of the Bad Seed event unfolds in Batman #14 & Batgirl #24 with:
- The heat is on as the coldest villain in town shows up in Batman #14
- Cassandra fights the Superbloom as her Bad Seed adventure continue in Batgirl #24
Batman #14 (Core Issue)
As the night wears on and the threat of dawn looms, Batman must search for answers from the one man capable of stopping Ivy and the bloom
The heat is on as the coldest villain in town shows up…
Dan Mora Variant Cover:
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Ryan Sook Variant Cover:
Dustin Nguyen Variant Cover:
KyuYong Eom Bad Seeds Spot Foil Variant Cover:
Matteo Scalera Foil Virgin Variant Cover
Dustin Nguyen Kingdom Come 30th Anniversary Variant Cover
Dan Quintana Halloween Glow-in-the-Dark Variant Cover:
Jim Lee Clayface Variant Cover:
Jim Lee Building Bad Foil Virgin Variant Cover:
David Aja 1:25 Incentive Variant Cover
Batman #14
Fraction and Scalera turn up the heat on bad Seeds with the coldest villain in town….
As the night wears on and the threat of dawn looms, Batman must search for answers from the one man capable of stopping Ivy and the bloom.
Elsewhere, Verity Pennyworth must defend the Manor from all manner of threats—and they’re about to discover they picked the wrong house to mess with.
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; Matteo Scalera; Ryan Sook; Jim Lee; Dan Quintana; KyuYong Eom
- Group Editor: Rob Levin
- Editor: Rob Levin
- Assistant Editor: James Reid
- Associate Editor: Jessica Berbey
- Format: Ongoing Series
- Page Count/Cover Price: 40 pages/$4.99
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Batgirl #24
Cassandra fights the Superbloom as her Bad Seed adventure continue in Batgirl #24
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W. Scott Forbes Variant Cover:
KyuYong Eom Bad Seeds Spot Foil Virgin Variant Cover
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Batgirl #24
The high-stakes Batman: Bad Seeds epic continues here!
It’s lone bat and cub, as Batgirl must race across a dangerous Gotham City transformed by the superbloom to deliver a sick infant to Gotham General! Meanwhile, Tenji and Jaya are left behind to defend Bà Bao’s Noodle Shop from the plant creatures stalking the streets with a surprise cameo.
Creative Team
- Writer: Tate Brombal
- Artist: Takeshi Miyazawa
- Colorist(s): Mike Spicer
- Letterer: Tom Napolitano
- Cover Artist: David Talaski
- Variant Cover Artist(s): W. Scott Forbes; KyuYong Eom
- Group Editor: Rob Levin
- Editor: Jessica Berbey
- Format: Ongoing Series
- Cover Price/Page Count: $3.99/ 32 pages
Bad Seeds Week 7: A cold front blows into Gotham- Batman #14 & Cassandra fights The Superbloom – Batgirl #24 on shelves October 7, 2026 from DC Comics
