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Tom King Explains Why He Isn't Writing Part of the Batman/Flash Crossover

Published Tue, 20 Nov 2018 12:30:52 -0600

Yesterday, DC's February solicits revealed a new 4-part crossover between Batman and The Flash, dealing with fallout from the Heroes in Crisis super-mega-crossover event. And as we noted, Batman writer Tom King, who is smack dab in the middle of a planned hundred-issue run on Batman, is nowhere to be found, with Flash writer Joshua Williamson writing all four issues.

King to Twitter to explain that the reason he's not writing the books is to take time to work on a secret TV project.

Solicits show me not writing Batman 64, 65. What happened? A while back, I needed 2 weeks off to work on #the secret TV stuff. @Williamson_Josh and I were already planning this Bat-Flash crossover, and he kindly agreed to write the whole thing to give me this time.

— Tom King (@TomKingTK) November 20, 2018

For anyone keeping track, I've always said I'm doing 103 Batman issues cause that's 100 of my own issues. So does this push the run back to 105?

— Tom King (@TomKingTK) November 20, 2018

As to whether I'm happy about any of this, I am not. I want to write all the Batman. But the secret TV stuff was really an insane-crazy thing and I decided, after much consternation, to give it a try. We'll see how it plays out.

— Tom King (@TomKingTK) November 20, 2018

So don't worry, Tom King fans, King isn't skipping town to avoid dealing with the fallout from Heroes in Crisis. Of course, whether he might skip town to become a global entertainment superstar if the TV gig works out, well, that will remain to be seen. We definitely would. But either way, you're getting those 105 issues of Batman as promised.

BATMAN #64
written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
art by GUILLEM MARCH
cover by CHRIS BURNHAM
variant cover by SEAN MURPHY
"THE LAST COLD CASE" part one! The two greatest detectives in the DC Universe take on the one cold case that will tear them apart!
As chief architect of the Sanctuary program that cost so much for so many, especially Wally West, Batman will be held accountable…by the Flash!
A cold case from the Justice League's past has mysteriously re-opened, and Batman and the Flash—the only two heroes who stand a chance of cracking the case—are at each other's throats! Our heroes must combat a demon from the past while burying their own inner demons in the process…and neither the World's Greatest Detective nor the Fastest Man Alive will ever be the same again! But who is really pulling the strings here? And how does Gotham Girl fit into all this? Friendships will be tested and blood will be spilled in this titanic crossover event…
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THE FLASH #64
written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
art by RAFA SANDOVAL and JORDI TARRAGONA
cover by CHRIS BURNHAM
variant cover by TOM RANEY
blank variant cover available
"THE LAST COLD CASE" part two!
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BATMAN #65
written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
art by GUILLEM MARCH
cover by CHRIS BURNHAM
variant cover by JEFFREY ALAN LOVE
"THE LAST COLD CASE" part three!
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THE FLASH #65
written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
art by RAFA SANDOVAL and
JORDI TARRAGONA
cover by CHRIS BURNHAM
variant cover by MICHAEL GOLDEN
"THE LAST COLD CASE" finale!
ON SALE 02.27.19
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