Advance Batman Solicits for May 2010

Check out the solicits below, reprinted from The Source:

 

BATMAN: THE RETURN OF BRUCE WAYNE #1-2
Issue #1 on sale MAY 12 • Issue #2 on sale MAY 26 • 48 pg (#1), 40 pg (#2) FC, $3.99 US
Written by GRANT MORRISON • Issue #1 art by CHRIS SPROUSE; Issue #2 art by FRAZER IRVING
Covers by ANDY KUBERT • Issue #1 1:25 variant cover by CHRIS SPROUSE
Issue #1 1:200 Sketch variant cover by ANDY KUBERT • Issue #2 1:25 variant cover by FRAZER IRVING
The most anticipated series of 2010 is here! Superstar writer Grant
Morrison tackles his most ambitious project to date with THE RETURN OF
BRUCE WAYNE, a special six-part series that chronicles the return of
the original man behind Batman’s cape and cowl! Each issue spans a
different era of time and features the dynamic artwork of one of
today’s artistic juggernauts, starting with Chris Sprouse (TOM STRONG)
on the extra-sized issue #1 and Frazer Irving (SEVEN SOLDIERS: KLARION)
on the 40-page issue #2!
Retailers please note: This issue will ship with multiple covers. Please see the Previews Order Form for more information.

 

 

 

BATMAN AND ROBIN #12
On sale MAY 5 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US
Written by GRANT MORRISON
Art by ANDY CLARKE & SCOTT HANNA
Cover by FRANK QUITELY
1:25 variant cover by ANDY CLARKE
All is revealed in this final installment of “Batman vs. Robin” – the
identity of the Domino Killer, the terrifying secret of the dominoes,
and the shocking truth behind El Penitente! All of this, plus the
surprising return of a fanfavorite character!
Retailers please note: This issue will ship with two covers.
Please see the Previews Order Form for more information.

 

BATMAN #699
On sale MAY 12 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US
Written by TONY DANIEL
Art by GUILLEM MARCH
Cover by TONY DANIEL
Only one month until BATMAN #700! As the anniversary issue nears, Dick
Grayson’s life as the Dark Knight inches dangerously closer to the
edge! With the Falcone crime family and The Riddler creating havoc in
Gotham City, Batman is completely occupied with no idea what shocking
surprise awaits him in the near future!

 

 

DETECTIVE COMICS #865
On sale MAY 26 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US
Written by DAVID HINE
Co-feature written by GREG RUCKA
Art by JEREMY HAUN
Co-feature art by CULLY HAMNER
Cover by CLIFF CHIANG
Batman spends the night in the bowels of Arkham Asylum attempting to
uncover its mysteries. Plus, the horrifying fate of Black Mask is at
last revealed! In the co-feature, The Question discovers the shocking
true identity of the man responsible for the human trafficking and
gunrunning.

 

 

BATMAN: STREETS OF GOTHAM #12

On sale MAY 19 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US
Written by PAUL DINI
Co-feature written by MARC ANDREYKO
Art by DUSTIN NGUYEN & DEREK FRIDOLFS
Co-feature art by JEREMY HAUN
Cover by DUSTIN NGUYEN
Batman deals with the aftermath of Zsasz’s crime wave when a new threat
walks upon Gotham City’s stage! And in the co-feature, an enemy Kate
made in both the courtroom and on the streets of Gotham has decided to
make his fight a little more personal…

 

 

GOTHAM CITY SIRENS #12

On sale MAY 26 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US
Written by PAUL DINI
Art and cover by GUILLEM MARCH
Poison Ivy’s new job as a research technician may have her working
undercover, but that doesn’t mean a new threat to Gotham City will stay
secret! Dr. Pamela Isley is spotlighted in this special issue of GOTHAM
CITY SIRENS.

 

 

AZRAEL #8
On sale MAY 19 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US
Written by FABIAN NICIEZA • Art by RAMON BACHS & JOHN STANISCI
Cover by FRANCESCO MATTINA
Azrael follows a deadly series of attacks on Order of Purity members to
Europe where he confronts members of a cult who escaped Gotham City in
the 2009 Bat-family Annuals. To learn secrets behind his cursed
uniform, will Azrael be forced to act as the host for the resurrected
Eighth Deadly Sin of Man?

 

 

BATGIRL #10

On sale MAY 12 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US
Written by BRYAN Q. MILLER • Art by LEE GARBETT & TREVOR SCOTT
Cover by STANLEY “ARTGERM” LAU
In “The Flood” part 2 of 4, the Calculator plans to exact his revenge
on Oracle by first unleashing a nanovirus upon the citizens of Gotham
City that will turn them into mindless techno-zombies! The next step in
his plan? Killing everyone close to her – including Batgirl!

 

 

OUTSIDERS #30

On sale MAY 19 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US
Written by DAN DIDIO
Art by PHILIP TAN & JONATHAN GLAPION
Cover by STANLEY “ARTGERM” LAU
Due to their alliance with New Krypton, the Outsiders are “enemies of
the world,” and with Alfred unable to help, Black Lightning and team
must turn to an unlikely source for aid in returning back into the
United States. But the dangers there may be greater than the ones they
face now.

 

 

RED ROBIN #12

On sale MAY 5 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US
Written by CHRISTOPHER YOST
Art and cover by MARCUS TO & RAY MCCARTHY
Every single moment of the last year has led to this fight between Red
Robin and Ra’s al Ghul. Who has Ra’s been talking to all this time in
the shadows? Why was Lucius Fox so desperate to find Tim Drake? And why
was Tim so certain that Bruce Wayne is alive in issue #1? All questions
are answered.

 

BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #44

On sale MAY 5 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US
Written by KEVIN VANHOOK • Art and cover by TOM MANDRAKE
“Batman vs. the Undead” begins here! When Doctor Herbert Combs escapes
from Arkham Asylum, he travels to New Orleans in an attempt to once
again raise the dead. The only ones who can stop him are Dimeter – a
vampire with a score to settle – and The Dark Knight. Can Batman join
this creature of the night in order to stop Combs’ mad plan?

 

Source: The Source

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Posted originally: 2010-02-11 11:02:51

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