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Sneak Peek At Batman: The World, Country To Country

Published Thu, 27 May 2021 09:35:10 -0500

Batman: The World is a 160-page book from DC Comics featuring Batman stories by creative teams from across the globe, taking place in their home countries, and launching on Tuesday, the 14th of September and the complete anthology will be localized to the following international territories: North America, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, the Czech Republic, Russia, Poland, Turkey, Mexico, Brazil, China, Korea, and Japan.

The lead story will be from the USA, by Brian Azzarello and Lee Bermejo of Batman Damned and Joker in which Batman reflects on his time as protector of Gotham City and realises his fight shouldn't end at the borders of his hometown. Here's a page from that story, and three other pages from the global creative teams.

USA: writer Brian Azzarello and artist Lee Bermejo

France: writer Mathieu Gabelle and artist Thierry Martin

China: writers Xu Xiadong and Lu Xiaotong, with artists Qui Kun and Yi Nan

Russia: writers Kirill Kutuzov and Egor Prutov with artist Natalia Zaidova

The other teams are:

Japan: writer/artist Okadaya YuichiSpain: writer/artist Paco Roca
Italy: writer Alessandro Bilotta and artist Nicola Mari
Germany: writer Benjamin Von Eckartsberg and artist Thomas Von Kummant
Czech Republic: writer Stephan Kopriva and artist Michael Suchanek
Poland: writer Tomasz Kolodziejczak and artists Piotr Kowalski and Brad Simpson
Turkey: writer Ertan Ergil and artist Ethem Onur Bilgic
Mexico: writer Alberto Chimal and artist Rulo Valdes
Brazil: writer Carlos Estefan and artist Pedro Mauro
Korea: writer Inpyo Jeon and artists Jae-Kwan Park and Kim Jung Ji

Batman: The World
Stories and art by:
BRIAN AZZARELLO (writer)/ LEE BERMEJO (artist) – USA, MATHIEU GABELLA (writer)/THIERRY MARTIN (artist) – France, PACO ROCA (writer/artist) – Spain, ALESSANDRO BILOTTA (writer)/NICOLA MARI (artist) – Italy, BENJAMIN VON ECKARTSBERG (writer)/THOMAS VON KUMMANT (artist) – Germany, STEPAN KOPRIVA (writer)/MICHAL SUCHANEK (artist) – Czech Republic, TOMASZ KOLODZIEJCZAK (writer)/PIOTR KOWALSKI, BRAD SIMPSON (artists) – Poland, ERTAN ERGIL (writer)/ ETHEM ONUR BILGIC (artist) – Turkey, ALBERTO CHIMAL (writer)/RULO VALDES (artist) – Mexico, CARLOS ESTEFAN (writer)/PEDRO MAURO (artist) – Brazil, INPYO JEON (writer)/JAE-KWANG PARK , KIM JUNG JI (artists) – Korea, XU XIAODONG, LU XIAOTONG (writers)/QIU KUN, YI NAN (artists) – China, Writers: KIRILL KUTUZOV, EGOR PRUTOV (writers)/ NATALIA ZAIDOVA (artist), OKADAYA YUICHI (artist/writer) – Japan cover by LEE BERMEJO
ON SALE 9/14/21 $24.99 US | 160 PAGES | FC | DC ISBN: 978-1-77951-227-7 HARDCOVER

DC takes Batman's war on crime worldwide in a new hardcover anthology, Batman: The World. This 160-page book will feature Batman stories by creative teams from across the globe, taking place in their home countries. This original Batman project launches worldwide on Tuesday, September 14, 2021 and the complete anthology will be localized to the following international territories: North America, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, the Czech Republic, Russia, Poland, Turkey, Mexico, Brazil, China, Korea, and Japan. This global collaboration is the first of its kind for DC, so join us for this phenomenon, proving that Batman is a true pop culture icon–and that the call for justice knows no borders.

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