Chad Burdette
Fall in love with the fan-favorite characters all over again in this revealing prequel taking readers back to Gotham Academy!
Comic Watch Review: Gotham Academy: Year One #1: School Sucks!
Artist Marco Ferrari joins the original team as we return to the hallowed halls for even more mystery, romance, and teen drama. Guaranteed to delight fans of the original series and introduce new readers to the lovable cast; don’t miss the year it all began which continues as Olive visits her mom in Arkham and meets the man behind the Scarecrow’s mask in Gotham Academy: First Year #2
Haining Variant Cover
Gotham Academy: First Year #2
School is about making friends… and enemies! Life at school is both terrible (pissing off the football team is never a good idea) and wonderful (almost kissing a cute boy is almost perfect), but Olive Silverlock will never be truly happy until she knows her mom is safe.
Visiting her in Arkham is supposed to be reassuring! But when Olive meets the man behind the Scarecrow’s mask, will her serenity be torn away, too?
Creative Team
- Writer: Becky Cloonan, Brenden Fletcher & Karl Kerschl
- Artist(s): Marco Ferrari
- Letterers: Steve Wands & Karl Kerschl
- Cover Artist: Karl Kerschl
- Variant Cover Artists: Haining
- Format: Limited Series
- Cover Price/Page Count: $5.99/40 Pages
Olive visits her mom in Arkham and meets the man behind the Scarecrow’s mask in Gotham Academy: First Year #2 on shelves and digital platforms on November 5, 2025, from
