This year is the 75th anniversary of the Dark Knight, we expect big things in 2014 and we are sure that DC Comics wont fail us in that regard. In April of this year the release of Batman: Eternal will be among us. It will be a 12 month story which will come out on a weekly basis. A host of highly regarded writers will be working together to form the story. They are Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Ray Fawkes, John Layman, and Tim Seeley.
Its also worth noting that artists Jason Fabok and Dustin Nguyen are going to be designing and drawing the first month’s worth of stories.
There is a villian based arc that is to be headed up by Layman who has already reported that he is jumping off the ship. He completed work on the first 4 comics and they will be run in their current form which was part of the original plan. To that end we unfortunately don’t have word on a possible replacement.
The first four Instalments for the series and a High Level Preview are provided below
BATMAN ETERNAL #1
Written by SCOTT SNYDER, JAMES TYNION IV, JOHN LAYMAN, RAY FAWKES and TIM SEELEY
Art and cover by JASON FABOK
1:50 Variant cover by ANDY KUBERT
On sale APRIL 9 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
Don’t dare miss the start of the Bat-story so big it’s going to take every week of the month to tell! A massive cast of Gotham City’s best (and worst) examines the relationship between Batman, his allies and his city. In this debut issue, Commissioner James Gordon is caught on the wrong side of the law!
BATMAN ETERNAL #2
Written by SCOTT SNYDER, JAMES TYNION IV, JOHN LAYMAN, RAY FAWKES and TIM SEELEY
Art and cover by JASON FABOK
On sale APRIL 16 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
A notorious Batman adversary appears for the first time in The New 52 continuity!
BATMAN ETERNAL #3
Written by SCOTT SNYDER, JAMES TYNION IV, JOHN LAYMAN, RAY FAWKES and TIM SEELEY
Art and cover by JASON FABOK
On sale APRIL 23 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
A gang war erupts in Gotham City, but the G.C.P.D. doesn’t plan to help Batman stop it. Plus: The return of a fan-favorite Batman supporting character: Stephanie Brown!
BATMAN ETERNAL #4
Written by SCOTT SNYDER, JAMES TYNION IV, JOHN LAYMAN, RAY FAWKES and TIM SEELEY
Art by DUSTIN NGUYEN
Cover by JASON FABOK
On sale APRIL 30 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
Batman battles Batgirl as Jim Gordon’s troubles take a turn for the worse!
Source: IGN
