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Everything Seems To Tie Into Batman #139 Whether It Means To Or Not

Sometimes it's steam engine time. and a bunch of DC books seem to be feeding into each other today, consciously or not, with Batman #139.

Published Tue, 07 Nov 2023 06:22:08 -0600

by Rich Johnston

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Batman #139 connects various DC comics, featuring a naked king, Vandal Savage.
Poison Ivy in Issue #16 contemplates both Batman and a real meteor collision in Gotham.
Batman references the Three Jokers, hinting at a deeper connection across the series.
The Joker may have 'fixed' Jason Todd in 'The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing' #12.

Sometimes it's steam engine time. and a bunch of DC books seem to be feeding into each other today, consciously or not. So, today sees Icon/Hardware #5 by Reginald Hudlin, Leon Chills, Denys Cowan and Yasmin Flores Montanez sees Milestones team-up,and celebrating with a little Vandal Savage…

…even as Vandal Savage is crashlanding into Gotham, setting himself up as its new king. A king who has no clothes, in Batman #139, from Chip Zdarsky, Jorge Jimenez and Jorge Corona.

Everything Seems To Tie Into Batman #139 Whether It Means To Or Not — Batman #139

While Poison Ivy dreams of Batman in Poison Ivy #16 by G. Willow Wilson and Marcio Takara, she also considers the allegory of a meteor hitting Gotham – and her life.

While in Batman #139, Vandal Savage deals with the effects of an actual non-allegorical meteor hitting Gotham.

It all seems weirdly more connected than usual. As Batman continued to make reference to the Three Jokers, as he did last issue... you know what that's not? A coincidence.

Just as in The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing #12 by Matthew Rosenberg and Carmine Di Giandomenico, Jason Todd has a run in with the joker – or at least a Joker…

Something this new-look Batman seems to have knowledge of.

But does he know that the Joker, or at least a version of the Joker, may have fixed Jason?

And the Joker backs that up to Bruce.

It's all connected… finally. Now sort out Power Girl.

BATMAN #139 CVR A JORGE JIMENEZ
(W) Chip Zdarsky (A/CA) Jorge Jimenez
NEW STORY ARC BEGINS! BATMAN VS. THE JOKER, MORE BRUTAL THAN EVER! Following the cataclysmic events of The Gotham War, Batman finds himself completely isolated from his family, struggling to keep the rage of Zur in check. But he can't stop, because he's out there, haunting the city, taunting the Dark Knight: The Joker. And the new Batman is ready to stop him once and for all. Mindbomb begins! Retail: $4.99 In-Store Date: 11/7/2023

JOKER THE MAN WHO STOPPED LAUGHING #12 CVR A CARMINE DI GIANDOMENICO
(W) Matthew Rosenberg (A/CA) Carmine Di Giandomenico
The shocking and brutal conclusion has come…Joker versus Joker in a bloody, no-holds-barred battle for supremacy!
Retail: $5.99 In-Store Date: 11/07/2023

POISON IVY #16 CVR A JESSICA FONG
(W) G. Willow Wilson (A) Marcio Takara (CA) Jessica Fong
As Ivy recovers from her latest bout, her thoughts are strangely drawn to a person whose life she ruined. It's time to meet Chuck: an absolutely ordinary, everyday family man who is about to discover he has a higher calling in life.
Retail: $3.99 In-Store Date: 11/07/2023

ICON VS HARDWARE #5 (OF 5) CVR A RAHZZAH
(W) Reginald Hudlin – Leon Chills (A) Denys Cowan – Yasmin Flores Montanez (CA) Rahzzah
It all ends here as Icon and Hardware's battle against Brainiac sets these two titans on a surprising new course…with implications for every character in the Milestone Universe! Their world just got a lot bigger–and a lot more dangerous!
Retail: $4.99 In-Store Date: 11/07/2023