Detective Comics # 27 Spoilers - Gothopia Part 1

Mildly surprised how hooked I got after reading part one of Detective Comics # 27' featured crossover GOTHOPIA by John Layman and Jason Fabok.

So what happens is we basically a polished, pure and clean version of Gotham City where Batman is still defending it. Instead of getting boys for sidekicks, we have Catwoman by his side. Only Catwoman goes by the name "Catbird" which is WTF right?

They're even dating on the side...

Batman and Catwoman aren't alone in this brave new world. They also have Batgirl and Batwoman who've resorted to calling themselves Bluebelle and Brightbat.

Talon (Calvin Rose) is The Gothamite, the Birds of Prey are the Wings of Truth and Luke Fox (the second Batwing) becomes the Flying Fox.

And not entirely spoilery but the Bat-family beats up Batman and sends him to this version of Arkham Asylum which is run by Jonathan Crane aka The Scarecrow.



Things are not looking good for Batman.

Detective Comics # 27 Not Available for Subscribers

DC Comics wont be making bat-fans happy BY NOT GIVING A COPY OF DETECTIVE COMICS # 27 TO SUBSCRIBERS.

Variant cover to 'Tec 27 by Greg Capullo

Yeah, you read that right, subscribers won't be getting Detective Comics # 27 and will be getting # 28. So that's basically skipping a month on an issue. Here's the letter that subscribers will be getting in the mail soon.

Here's the letter sent to a subscriber which somehow landed on the Facebook group The Reboot? wtf !! DC Comics Relaunch Group

To be fair with the publisher though, it is 96 pages of Batman done by a lot of big names in the industry including Bryan Hitch and even Frank Miller himself. It's 96 pages and costs roughly $8 so you can definitely see why they opted not to add this to the subscribed issues. But it still sucks nonetheless that the publisher wants to make more money rather moreso than keep their active subscribers happy and content. I know I won't be happy if this had happened to me. 

Subscribers will be getting Detective Comics # 28 which will feature John Layman and Aaron Lopresti with a Batman/ Catwoman cover by Jason Fabok.

The Flash Creative Team Jumps Over to Detective Comics # 28

The creative team behind DC Comics' "THE FLASH", Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato has now moved on to DETECTIVE COMICS come February 2014.

"We want to bring him closer to his roots and be more of a street-level type of hero. His superheroics will still be present, but the investigative part of Batman will be at the forefront," Manapul told USAToday.com.

There are doubts as to whether these two creators can pull off some amazing stuff like their 24 plus issues run on "The Flash" (no pun intended) but Buccellato promises that it will be different from the world they created for the scarlet speedster and Central City.

Source: Newsarama

New Covers for the Batman Books Post Damian Wayne Death

Following the heavily spoiled death of Damian Wayne in Batman Incorporated # 8 (Don't worry, he'll be back) DC Comics has released the Robin-centric covers for next month's Batman book covers.

Batman # 18

Batman # 19

More covers after the cut...