Another fresh start for the Caped Crusader…
Batman #1, by Matt Fraction, Jorge Jimenez and co., launches Sept. 3, with about 1,000,006 covers in multiple sizes.
This is the fourth Batman #1 in DC history, following the “real” first issue in 1940, and relaunches in 2011 and 2016. The series promises new Batman and Robin (Tim Drake) unis, refurbished gadgets, a redesigned Gotham City, some familiar faces in surprising places, classic and fresh villains, and a retro modern logo.
The way I read it, each ish appears to be standalone but with connective tissue through the series. At least to start.
Dig this SNEAK PEEK:
Main Jimenez cover
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MORE
— BATMAN #1: DC Rolls Out Big Wave of Fab Covers for Fall’s New Series. Click here.
— Your FIRST LOOK at the New BATMAN Logo on September’s ISSUE #1. Click here.
August 30, 2025
Batman is not, nor should he be, Iron Man.
August 30, 2025
I’m surprised that I haven’t seen this comparison before. I noticed with Scott Snyder’s Nu52 run that Bruce was starting to look more like the MCU’s Iron Man: kind of cheerful, uber genius, heavily based in tech. This could be a zeitgeist of the 2010s to now. Who knows. Batman is always a little different between decades.
August 30, 2025
Batman has always been about tech and gadgets, well before Tony Stark was a glimmer in anyone’s eye.
August 30, 2025
Modern writers take the tech too far. Batman is supposed to be more on the level of Bond with gadgets, not overt sci fi.
August 30, 2025
Es verdad
August 30, 2025
I love Matt Fraction’s writing, especially his deep character work, so I’ll definitely give this a spin and see what he does with the Bat.
August 30, 2025
Thank goodness we have the impending Irv Novick DC Finest Batman coming, I just don’t care for ninety percent of the artists currently being published. I would never give any of the current books being published as a gift to nephews, nieces or the children of friends. I may sound like a grumpy old man, but the reasons I feel into comics were colorful costumes and attractive art.
August 30, 2025
Feel the same way. While I was never so much in for the artists, I was in for the stories and the concept of heroes. The problems I have with today’s comics is that I am expected to believe that the qualities of what makes a person a hero have changed. They haven’t. However the qualities within today’s writers and publishing staff are different, and what they deem acceptable to present to the reading public is what has changed comics. I too am putting my money in selected Finests and even some omnis, but I wish that those in charge and those writing today could understand some of the Finests as a master class in how the comics business should work.
August 31, 2025
Another #1?!?