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Launching as part of DC Comics' Fear State event this autumn, I Am Batman by John Ridley, Travel Foreman, Norm Rapmund and Lokus is a new series, launching with I Am Batman #0, that tells the continuing story of Lucius Fox's son, Jace Fox, the Next Batman, as seen in the recent digital mini-series The[...]

It will launch a new ongoing series for Jace Fox, the Next Batman, as well as crossover with Harley Quinn and Catwoman. And it will crossover with the main Batman title in September, with issue #112 through issue #117 Here's a look at the variant covers for all six Batman issues by artist Jorge Molina, which[...]

In this week's Next Batman: Super Sons, we see Jace Fox, The Next Batman, getting his first killing brushed under the carpet by his mum and a big, bad cheque Imagine what Bruce Wayne's life as Batman would have been if his parents were still around? Scolding The Joker, telling Jim Gordon to pay Bruce[...]

In the previous issue of The Next Batman: Second Son, we learned about Jace Fox's first kill and maybe, just maybe, why he is less than keen to use the name Tim these days As it is a name that Lucius Fox and Tanya Fox are rather committed to preserving in today's Next Batman: Second[...]

The previous digital issue of The Next Batman: Second Son saw Tanya Fox, wife of Lucius Fox, mother of Luke Fox, Batwing, and Jace/Tim Fox – The Next Batman – approach the new Commissioner Renee Montoya with legal papers They are one of the richest families on the planet now, but how far can that[...]

His work was repurposed into the near-future-set Future State: The Next Batman for DC Future State, and he also has a digital-first series, Second Son looking at Jace Fox's rise to taking over Bruce Wayne But we also get to see other aspects of Gotham setting up the Future State. Next Batman: Second Son #1 In Future[...]

His work was repurposed into the near-future-set Future State: The Next Batman for DC Future State, and he also has a digital-first series, Second Son looking at Jace Fox's rise to taking over Bruce Wayne, set in current DC Comics continuity as laid out by James Tynion IV. Next Batman: Second Son #1 And leaving us to[...]

Yesterday, Bleeding Cool noted that former DC Comics publisher Dan DiDio had been gone for a year at DC Comics, but his influence is still writ large in Future State and how it will continue into Infinite Frontier. Dan DiDio photo by Luigi Novi. Den Of Geek, talking to John Ridley, saw him talk about the origins[...]

And as the solicitation says "reteam to dip into the world of Future State and expand the legend of the next Batman and introduce us to his new-well, she's not exactly Robin". We know that Tim/Jace Fox will continue after Future State with Batman: Second Son, telling the story of his journey to become the Next[...]

And the Peacekeepers – number 08 this time – coming to do their business. Future State: Dark Detective #3 Basically, these days we are in a battle to see who is the least fascist rather that not a fascist, right? The world turns… FUTURE STATE DARK DETECTIVE #3 (OF 4) (W) Mariko Tamaki, Matthew Rosenberg (A) Dan Mora, Carmine[...]

Though thanks to DC, Tuesday Titans too.  If any other retailers would like to report their top sellers, please contact richjohnston@bleedingcool.com. Top Ten Bleeding Cool Bestseller List of the week Bestseller List: Future State: The Next Batman #3 Batman always takes the top of the Bestseller List, Future State or not, but Star Wars places twice in the[...]

It's Future State: Next Batman #3 from DC Comics time… So how much is the Gotham of Future State a proto-version of Mega-City One? With Cybers, drones and militarised forced on the streets, with the masked Peace Keepers taking down anyone (else) with a mask, it shows the influence of another Pat Mills creation as[...]

In The Next Batman #2, we know that WayneTech, now FoxTech is meant to have developed much of this. The Next Batman #2 – art by Laura Braga And so it seems here. Dark Detective #2 artwork by Dan Mora But in The Next Batman, we have also learned that Simon Saint of Saint Industries is another such developer,[...]

Today's The Next Batman #2 goes to the near future of Gotham by also bringing back something from its past As the superhero speakeasy of Gotham, hidden from the prying eyes of The Magistrate, and run by one Slam Bradley. Next Batman #2 artwork A senior executive at DC Comics once shared with me that they had[...]

The cells, part of the Magistrate Detention Facility in the near-future Gotham as part of in the DC Future State in today's The Next Batman #2, from DC Comics today. Next Batman #2 artwork And Stephanie Brown is reading The Dispossessed by Ursula K LeGuin, seventies sci-fi story that is set in two different times, alternating chapter[...]

In The Next Batman #1, we discovered that the Fox family in the future-ish Batman have a rather complex life Lucius Fox, owner of the Wayne fortune has designed the technology behind The Magistrate, the Peacekeepers and the Cybers The technology that holds Gotham in a fascist grip, taking down any masked vigilantes with a[...]

DC Comics has started to let folk know about their April 2021 solicitations, showing how Tim Fox will become the Next Batman with the first series continuing from DC's Future State As well as Damian Wayne getting his first solo series and answering all those questions about what happened to him, after leaving the Robin[...]

The Next Batman #1 is published today, for DC Future State, with its lead feature story featuring this new Batman revisiting some very familiar tropes, courtesy of 12 Years A Slave screenwriter John Ridley, Doom Patrol artist Nick Derington, colours by Tamra Bonvillian and letters by Clayton Cowles. Credit: DC Whether that be from The Dark Knight[...]

Many folks are planning on picking up Future State: Wonder Woman #1, out from DC Comics tomorrow, for the first appearance of Yara Flor, the new Brazilian Wonder Woman, who will appear as Wonder Girl from now on into the DC Omniverse. Many folks are also excited about Future State: The Next Batman featuring the first[...]

Well, Twitter user Cobalsh has the pictures to prove it. Future State Next Batman & Harley Quinn Future State: The Next Batman #1 and Future State: Harley Quinn #1 Coming to a comic book store near you next week – or already there We won't tell if you won't. FUTURE STATE THE NEXT BATMAN #1 (OF 4) CVR[...]

Time to look at the Next Batman, Tim Fox and the rest of the Fox family, ahead of the DC Comics' Future State event, starting on Jan 6th 2021 Because DC Comics will be running a two-month event, Future State, looking at potential and possible futures for the DC Universe, their most prominent characters and[...]

Or rather, the Next Batman, as part of the two-month Future State initiative in January and February Originally planned to replace Bruce Wayne permanently, as part of Dan DiDio's 5G, it has now been reduced to a two month "What If?" Nevertheless, it has given the character's first appearance a massive boost on eBay As[...]

Not great for Batwing #19 speculation, but excellent for Batman #313 speculation, as first appearances go. Now DC Comics has confirmed that Tim Fox, the forgotten son of Lucius Fox until very recently, will be the Batman of the Next Batman mini-series Originally, this means he would have been the ongoing Batman, replacing Bruce Wayne as[...]

And with The Next Batman featuring either Luke or Tim Fox as the Batman of the near future, so the entirety of the New 52 Batwing series in which he popped up from issue 19 onwards, is collected in Omnibus form for the first time Empyre also gets an Omnibus collecting the series and all[...]

And a four-issue series, The Next Batman, for two months James Tynion IV was no longer killing off Batman – or the Joker, or Harley Quinn Instead he continued the series after #100 without a relaunch And Timothy Fox was introduced into the Batman comics, potentially offering another candidate for the Next Batman. However, we do[...]

And one of them may be the return of Timothy Fox. Today's Batman #101 comes even closer to suggesting that Timothy Fox is The Next Batman for 2021 But we'll have to see. BATMAN #101 JOKER WAR DC COMICS AUG202575 (W) James Tynion IV (A/CA) Guillem March A new day dawns in Gotham and the horrors of "The Joker War" are[...]

The Next Batman. Future State: The Next Batman #1 by John Ridley, Nick Derington and Laura Braga In this future, Gotham City is controlled by the Magistrate This villainous regime has taken control of the city, now under constant surveillance All masked vigilantes have been outlawed and Batman has been killed But led by an all-new Batman,[...]