BATGIRL #1 written by Gail Simone and drawn by Ardian Syaf and Vicente Cifuentes with covers by Adam Hughes
The cover to
Batgirl #1 by Adam Hughes depicts what certainly appears to be Barbara Gordon behind the cowl, although DC has yet to confirm the identity of the heroine. The original Batgirl, Gordon has been confined to a wheelchair since the events of 1988's
Batman: The Killing Joke, in which she was shot in the spine by the Joker. Since that time, Gordon has operated as Oracle, a super-hacker and team leader of the Birds of Prey, and is considered a role model and positive media image for the disabled. The creative team of
Batgirl includes outgoing
Birds of Prey writer and
ComicsAlliance columnist Gail Simone, who has been the writer most associated with Barbara Gordon as Oracle for the last few years.
BIRDS OF PREY #1 written by Duane Swierczynski with art by Jesus Saiz
According to IGN, the new Birds of Prey is a group billed as "Gotham City's covert ops team, taking down the villains other heroes can't touch." The team will now include Katana and Poison Ivy as well as a new character we don't recognize. Any ideas?
CATWOMAN #1 written by Judd Winick with art by Guillem March
An apparent image gallery error on
IGN's part revealed a thumbnail for what appeared to be a new
Catwoman #1. The larger version was obtained by prodigious fans who located the image file on DC's
The Source Web server and distributed it to DC Women Kicking Ass, among other Tumblr blogs. The series has since been confirmed by Mike Marts to IGN, and will be written by Judd Winick with art by Guillem March.
March contributes the cover for
Catwoman #1, depicting Selina Kyle in a typically tantalizing pose (although why she would hide diamonds in a condom begs some explanation). Her costume remains unchanged from the one introduced by Darwyn Cooke early in the last decade. Does the emergence of a new
Catwoman series mean the end for
Gotham City Sirens?
BATMAN #1 written by Scott Snyder and drawn by Greg Capullo
It has been rumored for months that longtime
Spawn artist Greg Capullo, recently of Image's
Haunt, would be working on a Batman title in some capacity. This cover to
Batman #1 featuring the Dark Knight in his new costume confirms that rumor. The series will be written by outgoing
Detective Comics scribe Scott Snyder, whose work on that title has been
praised by ComicsAlliance. The Capullo artwork above features what seem to be redesigned versions of The Riddler, Scarecrow and Killer Croc, as well as a traditional-looking figure of Two-Face.
DETECTIVE COMICS #1 written and drawn by Tony Daniel
Presently the writer/artist behind
Batman, Tony Daniel will move to writing and drawing
Detective Comics, the series from which DC Comics took its name and the longest continuously published comic book in the United States.
Detective Comics will be relaunched with issue #1 in September.
BATMAN AND ROBIN written by Peter Tomasi and drawn by Patrick Gleason
The current creative team of
Batman and Robin will remain with the title, but Bruce Wayne will star alongside Damian Wayne in a father-and-son twist on the concept.
Batman and Robin was launched in 2009 as a vehicle for the new Batman, then Dick Grayson, to train Damian in the ways of heroism.
BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT written and drawn by David Finch
While only two issues have shipped since its launch in November of last year, David Finch's
Batman: The Dark Knight title will return with yet another #1.
IGN quotes DC promotional material as saying the book is "a twisted adventure that pulls Bruce Wayne deep into the halls of the famed Arkham Asylum, a jail for Gotham City's most dangerous and criminally deranged." Whether Finch's current
The Dark Knight storyline will ever be completed remains unknown.
BATWOMAN #1 cover by JH Williams III
The cover artwork for
Batwoman #1 has been circulated for quite some time, but this version with a logo was found on the DC server along with the other new #1s, which if nothing else confirms that the long-awaited series' September premiere should go on as planned.
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