An epic celebration for Batman’s 80th Anniversary. DC Comics revealed a superstar roster of creators for DETECTIVE COMICS #1000. The milestone issue of the book that launched the Dark Knight will feature a new story arc, a new version of a super villain and the return of living legends to the Batcave.
As part of the Dark Knight’s 80th anniversary, DC will publish the 1,000th issue of DETECTIVE COMICS – the book that introduced Batman on March 27, 2019. The landmark issue features a wraparound cover by Jim Lee, Scott Williams and Alex Sinclair and features a new story by Peter J. Tomasi and Doug Mahnke that launches a new arc and introduces a new version of the Arkham Knight to the DC Comics canon.
Here’s the all-star roster of creative teams:
Kevin Smith and Jim Lee
Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev
Warren Ellis and Becky Cloonan
Paul Dini and Dustin Nguyen
Denny O’Neil and Steve Epting
Christopher Priest and Neal Adams
Geoff Johns and Kelley Jones
Tom King, Tony Daniel and Joelle Jones
Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo
James Tynion IV and Alvaro Martinez
DETECTIVE COMICS #1000 features a two-page spread the current state of the Batman universe by Jason Fabok. The milestone issue will have variant covers by Steve Rude, Michael Cho, Jim Steranko, Bernie Wrightson, Frank Miller, Tim Sale, Jock and Greg Capullo. Bruce Timm will pay homage to Jerry Robinson’s cover of DETECTIVE COMICS $69 from 1952.
The 96-page giant March 27, 2019.
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