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Batman/Dylan Dog by Werther Dell'Edera Now Published In English

Six years after it was announced, Batman/Dylan Dog by Werther Dell'Edera is to be published In English by DC Comics in March 2024

Published Fri, 15 Dec 2023 10:28:07 -0600

by Rich Johnston

Last updated Fri, 15 Dec 2023 10:52:14 -0600

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Batman/Dylan Dog crossover by Werther Dell'Edera to debut in English.
The series includes villains like Xabaras and The Joker, enhancing the plot.
Dylan Dog, a best-seller in Italy, now merges with Gotham's Dark Knight.
Expect iconic character team-ups and three issues leading to a collected edition.

In 2018, DC Comics and Sergio Bonelli Editore announced a series of upcoming crossover projects between the American and Italian comic book publishers. In 2019, they published a preview of the first one, Dylan Dog & Batman, which would also feature villains Xabaras and Il Joker. Dylan Dog & Batman #0: Dangerous Relationships, was written by Roberto Recchioni and drawn by Gigi Cavenago and Werther Dell'Edera.

Dylan Dog is a paranormal investigator created by Tiziano Sclavi set mainly in London. Dark Horse Comics had published the English language version of Dylan Dog in the United States, followed by new English editions from Epicenter Comics. The series is the second most widely sold comic book in Italy after Tex, also published by Sergio Bonelli Editore. The film Cemetery Man from 1994 starring Rupert Everett, was loosely based on the comics A non-sequel Dylan Dog: Dead of Night, starring Brandon Routh, was released in 2011. Sergio Bonelli publishes even more Dylan Dog Comics than DC publishes Batman. Since the announcement, the artist Werther Dell'Edera has become better known for Something Is Killing The Children published by Boom Studios in the US.

Now, after six years of wait, and after its full publication in Italian earlier this year. March 2024 will see the English publication of the comic, in the DC Comics 2024 solicits and solicitation posted exclusively earlier today by Bleeding Cool

BATMAN/DYLAN DOG #1
Written by ROBERTO RECCHIONI
Art by GIGI CAVENAGO and WERTHER DELL'EDERA
Cover by GIGI CAVENAGO
Variant cover by GIGI CAVENAGO
1:25 variant cover by GIGI CAVENAGO
$4.99 US 88 pages Variant $5.99 US (card stock) ON SALE 3/12/24
See how the fates of Batman and Dylan Dog intertwined in the past through their lethal nemeses: The Joker, the Clown Prince of Crime of Gotham City, and Professor Xabaras, a mad genius with a taste for bringing the dead back to life! Joker is in London to seal a hellish pact with Dylan Dog's nemesis, the Mephistophelian Xabaras! The doorbell of Craven Road No. 7 screams, and beyond the doorway Bruce Wayne appears. For the Nightmare Investigator, an incredible adventure begins side by side with the Dark Knight. They'll have to forge an uneasy alliance, putting aside their differences in order to successfully confront and defeat an evil that comes from the past…

The Shadow Of The Bat is set in London, with the Joker and Killer Cros hanging out by Piccadilly Circus, Dylan Dog's accomplice and Groucho Marx lookalike Groucho is also part of the story… or at least they were in the Italian edition.

This will be the first of three issues, published monthly and then collected in time for Lucca.

The Bat-Signal lights up in the night to call the Nightmare Investigator into action. The trails of Batman and Dylan Dog finally connect!
Here we are. The fatal hour has struck: the Bat-signal lights up in the night to call the Nightmare Investigator into action and the tracks of Batman and Dylan Dog finally join!

The Joker is in London to sign an infernal pact with Dylan Dog's nemesis, the Mephistophelean Xabaras! The bell of number seven on Craven Road screams and Bruce Wayne appears on the other side of the door. An incredible adventure side by side with the Dark Knight begins for the Investigator of Nightmares: they will have to forge an uneasy alliance, putting aside their differences in order to be able to face and defeat an evil that comes from the past…

We are to expect conflicts and team-ups between Groucho and Alfred Pennyworth, Jim Gordon and Bloch, Xabaras and The Joker alongside Killer Croc, Madame Trelkovski, Catwoman , Etrigan and, since we are in London, to look out for John Constantine.

Might we see the Nathan Never/Justice League: Double Universe volume or Zigor/The Flash: The Ax And The Thunderbolt crossovers to come?

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