In Matt Reeves’s hit movie The Batman, the Riddler wasn’t simply an amusing eccentric with an affinity for wordplay and baffling clues, but as terrifying a villain as any in the annals of the Dark Knight.
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In this week’s THE RIDDLER: YEAR ONE #1 of 6, Paul Dano, fresh off his role as The Riddle in the latest film teams with artist Stevan Subic who work on Conan the Cimmerian for French publisher Glenat has brought him great acclaim in Europe, makes his American comics debut.
The six-issue miniseries is an immediate prequel to The Batman—the detailed, disturbing, and at times shocking story of a man with nothing to lose and promises to deliver a shadowy and gritty tale of a society’s forgotten man who refuses to go unnoticed any longer with a Batman series unlike any you’ve seen before.
Jim Lee Variant Cover:
Stevan Subic Variant Cover:
Greg Ruth Incentive 1:25 Variant Cover:
Tula Lotay Incentive 1:50 Variant Cover:
Kouta Sasai Incentive 1:100 Variant Cover:
Jime Lee Incentive 1:250 Variant Cover:
THE RIDDLER: YEAR ONE #1 (of 6)
Watch as Edward Nashton evolves into the menace known as the Riddler. How did an unknown forensic accountant uncover the dark secrets of Gotham’s underworld and come so close to bringing down the entire city? This six-issue miniseries is an immediate prequel to The Batman—the detailed, disturbing, and at times shocking story of a man with nothing to lose.
CREATIVE TEAM:
- Writer: Paul Dano
- Artist: Stevan Subic
- Letterer: VC’s Clayton Cowles
- Standard Cover Artist(s): Bill Sienkiewicz
- Variant Cover Artist(s): Jim Lee; Stevan Subic; Greg Ruth; Tula Lotay; Kouta Sasai;
- Format: Limited Series
- Page Count/Cover Price: 28 pages/$3.99