DC Flagship Title Previews: Action Comics Annual 2023 & Detective Comics #1080

By Chad Burdette

on December 22, 2023

This week from DC’s Flagship Titles:

Detective Comics #1080

“BATMAN: OUTLAW,” the five-part biweekly event concludes

Batman, now under the control of an Azmer demon, is to be publicly hanged to atone for his crimes!

Check out the reality-bending, city-altering finale to “Batman: Outlaw,” and ask yourself: will Gotham ever be the same again?

Comic Watch Reviews:

Jason Shawn Alexander Variant Cover:

Sebastian Fiumara Card Stock Variant Cover:

Liam Sharp 1:25 Incentive Card Stock Variant Cover:

Evan Cagle 1:50 Incentive Card Stock Variant Cover:

Detective Comics #1080

The Batman is dead. The Reality Engine, a device capable of amplifying the Orghams’ hypnotic powers, has roared to life. The people of Gotham, having watched the Dark Knight die on the gallows, begin to forget there ever was a Batman, and the Gotham that the Orghams have been working toward since their arrival in the city emerges: a city without a Batman. A city that never had a Batman. Check out the reality-bending, city-altering finale to “Batman: Outlaw,” and ask yourself: will Gotham ever be the same again?

Creative Team

Writer: Ram V.
Artist: Jason Shawn Alexander & Mike Perkins
Colorist(s): Dave Stewart
Letterer(s): Ariana Maher
Designer: Daniel Quasar
Cover Artist: Evan Cagle
Variant Cover Artist(s): Jason Shawn Alexander; Sebastian Fiumara; Liam Sharp; Evan Cagle
Group Editor: Ben Abernathy
Editor: Jessica Chen; Ben Meares; Arianna Turturro
Associate Editor: Jessica Berbey
Format: Ongoing
Cover Price/Page Count: $4.99/40 pages

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Action Comics 2023 Annual

Three years of Action Comics storylines culminate in this pivotal, dramatic double-sized issue: Action Comics 2023 Annual.

Lucio Parrillo Card Stock Variant Cover:

Dave Wilkins Card Stock Variant Cover:

Sweeney Boo 1:25 Incentive Card Stock Variant Cover

Jon Bogdanove 1:50 Incentive Card Stock Variant Cover

Action Comics 2023 Annual

Norah Stone’s true form has been revealed, her gateway between worlds is opened, and the invasion of Earth has begun! As the Multiverse’s two most powerful families clash above Metropolis, which legacy will Otho-Ra choose?

Will the followers of Blue Earth defend their treacherous leader, or their own home? It has all led to this!

Creative Team

Writer: Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Artist: Max Raynor
Inker: Eber Ferreira
Colorist: Matt Herms
Letterer: Dave Sharpe
Cover Artists: Rafa Sandoval & Matt Herms
Variant Cover Artist: Lucio Parrillo; Dave Wilkins; Sweeney Boo; Jon Bogdanove
Editor: Paul Kaminski
Cover Price/Page Count: $5.99/48 Pages