The Lo-Fi, Mystery-Focused Batman Limited Series Begins in Batman: Dark Patterns #1

By Chad Burdette

 on December 6, 2024

Set during the early years of Batman’s career, the series will focus on a new cycle of crimes for the World’s Greatest Detective to crack covering four mysterious cases! Told as a series of four self-contained, street-level, evergreen Batman mysteries that explore the early days of Batman’s place within Gotham City and his healing presence within its streets.

Set early in his career as he attempts to cement his place as Gotham City’s protector while the city itself fights back against him, yhis is the Dark Knight Detective at his most stripped-down core, a man relying on his wits, his skills, and little else as he tackles some of the most twisted mysteries Gotham City and its protector have ever encountered.

Related: DC Comics Announces Batman: Dark Patterns, A New 12 Issue Series Of Lo-Fi, Mystery-Focused Batman Stories

Following the tradition of books such as Year One, The Long Halloween, and Dark Victory. Writer Dan Watters (Nightwing) teams up with the incredible Hayden Sherman (Absolute Wonder Woman) to tell a series of three-part, standalone mysteries set in the early days of Batman’s career, as the detective comes to accept and embrace his own place as a new part of the mythology of Gotham.

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Batman: Dark Patterns #1

Case 01: We Are Wounded

A series of sickeningly gruesome murders has sent shock waves through Gotham. Are these the random works of a serial killer, or is there something more sinister at play? Batman attempts to get to the bottom of the mystery before any more victims are claimed.

The new lo-fi, mystery-focused Batman stories told in a 12 Issue limited series begins in Batman: Dark Patterns #1 on shelves & digital platforms on December 11, 2024, from DC Comics