Check out these BATMAN related titles and so much more hitting stores July 2022 as the New Age of DC takes shape! Additionally, if the Caped Crusader isn’t your only interest, check out the rest of the August 2022 right HERE! And, to snag any of these comics, trades, or related volumes through Amazon, simply click on the name of the highlighted/underlined series below. Enjoy and God Bless!
BATMAN #126
Written by CHIP ZDARSKY
Art and cover by JORGE JIMENEZ
Backup art by BELÉN ORTEGA
Variant covers by ALEX GARNER and GUILLEM MARCH
Swimsuit variant cover by MIKEL JANÍN
1:25 variant cover by INHYUK LEE
1:50 variant cover by JOCK
1:100 variant cover by RYAN SOOK
$4.99 US | 40 pages | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 8/2/22
Batman has battled all manner of criminals, monsters, and super-villains, but nothing could have prepared him for what’s coming with Failsafe, an unstoppable foe that can outfight and outthink the Dark Knight—but could a dark connection to Batman’s past be the answer?
In the backup, Catwoman is piecing together the lineage of one of Gotham’s most notorious criminal families…and it’s not for the faint of heart!
BATMAN – ONE BAD DAY: THE RIDDLER #1
Written by TOM KING
Art and cover by MITCH GERADS
Variant cover by JIM LEE
1:25 variant cover by DAVID MARQUEZ
1:50 variant cover by MIKEL JANÍN
1:100 variant cover by BRIAN BOLLAND
$7.99 US | 64 Pages | Prestige
ON SALE 8/16/22
The Dark Knight’s greatest villains get their greatest stories yet! The Riddler, Two-Face, the Penguin, Mr. Freeze, Catwoman, Bane, Clayface, and Ra’s al Ghul—Batman’s most iconic villains are all given 64-page Prestige format specials that show why they are the greatest villains in all of comics, spearheaded by today’s top talent. We begin with Batman – One Bad Day: The Riddler! Tom King and Mitch Gerads, the Eisner Award–winning duo behind Mister Miracle, The Sheriff of Babylon, and Strange Adventures, reunite to dive deep into the mind of Batman’s most intellectual foe…the Riddler. The Riddler has killed a man in broad daylight for seemingly no reason, but…there’s always a reason. The Riddler is always playing a game, there are always rules. Batman will reach his wits’ end trying to figure out the Riddler’s true motivation in this epic psychological thriller; this is not to be missed!
BATMAN: DEAR DETECTIVE #1
Written by LEE BERMEJO
Art and cover by LEE BERMEJO
1:25 variant cover by LEE BERMEJO
1:50 foil variant cover by LEE BERMEJO
$7.99 US | 56 pages | Prestige Plus | | 8 1/2″ x 10 7/8″| One-shot
ON SALE 9/6/22
BERMEJO AND BATMAN: AN ICON DRAWS AN ICON.
What happens when a comics art powerhouse meets one of the greatest, most exciting heroes of all time? One part prestige art book, one part compelling noir tale, this one-of-a-kind edition collects some of Lee Bermejo’s most jaw-dropping Batman covers woven together to tell a story that strikes right at the heart of the Dark Knight’s never-ending crusade.
DETECTIVE COMICS #1063
Written by RAM V
Art by RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE
Cover by EVAN CAGLE
Backup written by SIMON SPURRIER
Backup art by DANI
Variant covers by JIM LEE, SCOTT WILLIAMS, and ALEX SINCLAIR
1:25 variant cover by YOSHITAKA AMANO
1:50 foil variant cover by JIM LEE, SCOTT WILLIAMS, and ALEX SINCLAIR
$4.99 US | 40 pages | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 8/23/22
Old friends Bruce Wayne and Harvey Dent share a moment together asking: At what point does Gotham not need a Batman anymore? As Batman’s investigation around Gotham leads him to encounter more and more demonic beings, the one thing they all have in common is…they’re all people he fights to keep off the streets and behind bars. But when Two-Face appears asking Batman for help, is he friend or foe? And is whatever’s going on with Batman already too late to do anything about?…Is he the detective or the devil?
SWORD OF AZRAEL #1
Written by DAN WATTERS
Art and cover by NIKOLA ČIŽMEŠIJA
Variant cover by JOSHUA MIDDLETON
1:25 variant cover by CLAIRE ROE
1:50 variant cover by JOE QUESADA and TOMEU MOREY
$3.99 US | 32 pages | 1 of 6 | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 8/2/22
The warrior angel of St. Dumas returns! Jean-Paul Valley does not want to be Azrael ever again. All it has brought him is pain, violence, and misery. He has sequestered himself away at a monastery in Europe to find peace. But when a young woman who claims to have the same System programming that made Jean-Paul into Azrael arrives at the monastery, he won’t have a choice but to don his violent mantle of Azrael once more to protect her from the deadly assassins who wish her harm. From the rising star creative team of Dan Watters (Arkham City: The Order of the World, Lucifer) and Nikola Čižmešija (Batman: Urban Legends, Future State: Gotham) this miniseries will redefine one of the Batman world’s most iconic and fierce characters.
SWORD OF AZRAEL: DARK KNIGHT OF THE SOUL #1
Written by DAN WATTERS
Art and cover by NIKOLA ČIŽMEŠIJA
Variant cover by JUNI BA
$3.99 US | 40 pages | One-shot | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 8/2/22
The Angel of St. Dumas’s faith is challenged! This issue collects the critically acclaimed threepart story that ran in the pages of Batman: Urban Legends ahead of the August debut of the new Sword of Azrael miniseries. Azrael has returned to Gotham City after a long time away, unsure of his purpose and having his faith constantly challenged by demonic developments in the city. The arrival of the new antagonist the Poor Fellow will change Azrael’s future forever. Reprints the Azrael stories from Batman: Urban Legends #8-10 that lead into Sword of Azrael #1!
POISON IVY #3
Written by G. WILLOW WILSON
Art by MARCIO TAKARA
Cover by JESSICA FONG
Variant covers by JOSHUA MIDDLETON and STANLEY “ARTGERM” LAU
1:25 variant cover by JUSTINE FRANY
1:50 variant cover by SEB McKINNON
Swimsuit variant cover by JOELLE JONES with JORDIE BELLAIRE
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 8/2/22
Fixing the world isn’t easy work, and Ivy’s all hot and sweaty because of it! Getting her hands dirty was never an issue, but when plant assassins come after her, Ivy must be willing to play dirty as well. Featuring variants from some of comics’ most prestigious creators Stanley “Artgerm” Lau, Josh Middleton, Justine Frany, and Seb McKinnon!
DETECTIVE COMICS #27 FACSIMILE EDITION (2022) #1
Written by BILL FINGER, GARDNER FOX, JERRY SIEGEL, and others
Art by BOB KANE, JOE SHUSTER, WAYNE BORING, and others
Cover by BOB KANE
$6.99 US | 64 pages
ON SALE 8/23/22
Own a copy of Batman’s first appearance in the pages of Detective Comics with this facsimile version of Detective Comics #27, starring the Dark Knight Detective in “The Case of Chemical Syndicate.” This edition also includes re-creations of the original vintage ads plus the complete backup stories featuring Speed Saunders, Buck Marshall, the Crimson Avenger, Slam Bradley, and more!
HARLEY QUINN #18
Written by STEPHANIE PHILLIPS
Art by GEORGES DUARTE
Cover by JONBOY MEYERS
Variant cover by DERRICK CHEW
1:25 variant cover by ROSE BESCH
Homage variant cover by RYAN SOOK
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 8/2/22
One small step for the Gotham villains, one giant leap for clown-kind! That’s right…this fashionably vocal clown is headed to space. Turns out there’s some old experiment left in the JLA moon base, and Luke Fox has put together a team of former villains to help clean up the mess. Sendin’ a buncha villains to the moon…? What could go right? Join me, Killer Frost, Bronze Tiger, Solomon Grundy, and more as we learn to moonwalk and put the X in Task Force XX!
HARLEY QUINN #19
Written by STEPHANIE PHILLIPS
Art by GEORGES DUARTE
Cover by JONBOY MEYERS
Variant cover by DERRICK CHEW
1:25 variant cover by JIMBOBOX
Homage variant cover by RYAN SOOK
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 8/9/22
Clown’s log, stardate 2022. Our mission is going perfectly, as long as you ignore that missile that the U.S. military launched at our spacecraft; the mysterious, unknown creature running wild on the JLA moon base; and Solomon Grundy losing his lunch all over Bronze Tiger. So, other than all that…things are great! So, hey, this Harley Quinn event sure is rocketing forward! Space puns, dead ahead!
HARLEY QUINN #20
Written by STEPHANIE PHILLIPS
Art by GEORGES DUARTE
Cover by JONBOY MEYERS
Variant cover by DERRICK CHEW
1:25 variant cover by JAY ANACLETO
Homage variant cover by RYAN SOOK
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 8/16/22
I went to the moon to eat cheese and fight aliens…and I’m all outta cheese. Actually, there wasn’t any cheese. I think that’s a myth…but aliens, hooo boy, do we have aliens! Horace Reginald Giger would be proud! What? No…I’m positive that’s what “H.R.” stands for. Anyway, this alien-monster-thing might not get a chance to devour Task Force XX, because we’re probably gonna kill each other first. What’d you expect, sendin’ a buncha angry villains to space without any cheese? I warned ya! The Harley Quinn and Task Force XX space event you’ve always needed continues here. Cheese not included.
HARLEY QUINN #21
Written by STEPHANIE PHILLIPS
Art by SIMONE BUONFANTINO
Cover by JONBOY MEYERS
Variant cover by DERRICK CHEW
1:25 variant cover by ZU ORZU
Swimsuit variant cover by MEGAN HUANG
Homage variant cover by RYAN SOOK
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 8/23/22
Nuke it from orbit…is what we shoulda done to this whole entire moon. Who needs a moon anyway? I blame Luke Fox for sending a team of villains into space to fight a horrific alien monster in the first place. Obviously, that was just never going to work out well. Has Luke ever seen a sci-fi movie? And now you’re expectin’ me to save Earth with just my super-awesome-mallet-ofalien- skull-crashing-madness™? Okay, you asked for it…
HARLEY QUINN 2022 ANNUAL #1
Written by STEPHANIE PHILLIPS
Art by SIMONE BUONFANTINO and others
Cover by JONBOY MEYERS
Variant cover by NATHAN SZERDY
1:25 variant cover by CARMINE DI GIANDOMENICO
Homage variant cover by RYAN SOOK
$5.99 US | 48 pages | Variant $6.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 8/30/22
Do you know what ol’ Grandma Quinzel used to say? “Live long and fight alien monsters to save Earth!” She was full of wisdom like that. And only Task Force XX can save our little blue marble from suffering a full-scale alien takeover! Not all of us are going to survive, but at least we’ll look really good dying thanks to Luke Fox providin’ some new gear. Tune in for the final installment of Harley Quinn’s Task Force XX Space Extravaganza, plus the start of a new status quo for Harley Quinn!
HARLEY QUINN: THE ANIMATED SERIES – THE REAL SIDEKICKS OF NEW GOTHAM SPECIAL #1
Written by TEE FRANKLIN, ALEXIS QUASARANO, CONNER SHIN,
JIMMY MOSQUEDA, and JAMIESEN BORAK
Art by MAX SARIN, ONEILLJONES, ERICA HENDERSON,
LOGAN FAERBER, PJ HOLDEN, and more!
Cover by MAX SARIN
Variant cover by DAN HIPP
1:25 variant cover by SERGIO ACUNA
$9.99 US | 80 pages | Prestige
ON SALE 8/30/22
What happens when writers from Harley Quinn the TV show and Harley Quinn: The Animated Series: The Eat. Bang! Kill. Tour the comic book get together and swap stories from New Gotham? Absolute mayhem, that’s what! Follow what happened to some of your favorite Gotham sidekicks on Tawny Young’s new trash-tastic daytime talk show and watch the chairs fly as they spill the tea! Guest-starring Clayface, Batgirl, Frank the Plant, and Harley Quinn’s worst sidekick…The Joker!
BATGIRLS #9
Written by BECKY CLOONAN and MICHAEL W. CONRAD
Art by JONATHAN CASE
Cover by JORGE CORONA
Variant cover by SWEENEY BOO
1:25 variant cover by RIAN GONZALES
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 8/9/22
After what happened with Seer, there’s no time to waste for the Batgirls as they go Batgirling back into detective mode! And this new murder hits even closer to home— literally! As Steph, Cass, and Babs are racing to put the clues together about who might be the Hill Ripper, they get an unexpected visit. Who doesn’t love a killer fight scene? Yet with all this murder going on, Steph still manages to get her flirt on!
BATMAN BEYOND: NEO-YEAR #5
Written by COLLIN KELLY and JACKSON LANZING
Art and cover by MAX DUNBAR
Variant cover by CHRISTIAN WARD
$3.99 US | 32 pages | 5 of 6 | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 8/2/22
You can never go home again! Neo-Gotham and its Sword have compromised and gravely injured officer Beam Boonma. To save her life, Terry McGinnis will bring her to what remains of the Batcave, begging one of his newest foes, Gestalt, to help him. Terry has one last chance to save Neo-Gotham from itself. He’ll have to take everything he’s learned in this year without Bruce and redefine the legend of Batman once and for all.
BATMAN/SUPERMAN: WORLD’S FINEST #6
Written by MARK WAID
Art by TRAVIS MOORE
Cover by DAN MORA
Variant cover by TERRY DODSON
1:25 variant cover by TREVOR HAIRSINE
1:50 variant cover by NICK BRADSHAW
Swimsuit variant cover by RAFA SANDOVAL
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 8/16/22
THE FLYING GRAYSON FLIES THROUGH TIME! The Dark Knight and the Man of Steel might have been victorious in their battle against the dreaded Devil Nezha (but were they, though? More on that to come, kids…) but there’s one thing they forgot in all the madness…Dick! Robin the Boy Wonder is lost in time like some kind of chrono-Home Alone…and to find him, Batman and Superman will need to get creative!
BATMAN: FORTRESS #4
Written by GARY WHITTA
Art and cover by DARICK ROBERTSON
Variant cover by DARICK ROBERTSON
$3.99 US | 32 pages | 4 of 8 | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 8/23/22
With the fate of Earth on the line, desperate times call for desperate measures…and the team-up of Batman and Lex Luthor is the definition of desperate! With the world hanging in the balance, can this bizarre dynamic duo locate the Fortress of Solitude before the alien invaders do?
BATMAN: KILLING TIME #6
Written by TOM KING
Art and cover by DAVID MARQUEZ
Variant cover by KAEL NGU
1:25 variant cover by BEN OLIVER
$4.99 US | 40 pages | 6 of 6 | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 8/2/22
All hell breaks lose as a gang war in Gotham erupts over the mysterious artifact stolen by Catwoman and the Riddler! Blood will be shed, lives be lost, and a shocking ending will leave your head spinning!
BATMAN: THE KNIGHT #8
Written by CHIP ZDARSKY
Art and cover by CARMINE DI GIANDOMENICO
Variant cover by RICCARDO FEDERICI
$4.99 US | 40 pages | 8 of 10 | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 8/16/22
Bruce Wayne’s journey to become the Dark Knight has taken him around the globe several times, but his training is nearly complete. His trials, however, haven’t gone unnoticed: someone has been watching him…hunting him! The final test of the Batman begins!
BATMAN: URBAN LEGENDS #18
Written by TINI HOWARD, BLAKE HOWARD,
BRANDON THOMAS, CHRIS BURNHAM,
HENRY BARAJA, and GREG HAHN
Art by ROSI KAMPE, ALBERTO JIMENEZ
ALBURQUERQUE, CHRIS BURNHAM, and SERGIO ACUNA
Cover by LIAM SHARP
Variant covers by DIKE RUAN and GERARDO ZAFFINO
$7.99 US | 64 pages | Prestige
ON SALE 8/9/22
A string of new sagas begins! Tini Howard and Blake Howard pen an epic Batman story! Batman and the Outsiders have to save the Signal from burning out! A new mystery begins, starring Alfred Pennyworth before his passing, from all-star creator Chris Burnham! And in a story from Batman’s past, the Dark Knight must team up with Etrigan the Demon to stop the Reincarnators!
BATMAN: WHITE KNIGHT PRESENTS: RED HOOD #2
Written by SEAN MURPHY and
CLAY McCORMACK
Art by SIMONE DI MEO
Cover by SEAN MURPHY
Variant cover by JIM CHEUNG
1:25 variant cover by SIMONE DI MEO
$4.99 US | 32 pages | 2 of 2
ON SALE 8/23/22
After being reluctantly recruited to bring justice to the East Backport neighborhood of Gotham, Jason Todd is back in the hero business! With an all-too-eager sidekick, Gan, by his side, he’s on the road to becoming one of the good guys again. And after all the damage Bruce Wayne did to his childhood, he’s hell-bent on creating the ultimate Robin, no matter the cost. But when the new dynamic duo’s first challenger comes calling, will they be up to the task? Shriek is ready to turn up the stereo and blow our heroes away!
CATWOMAN #46
Written by TINI HOWARD
Art and cover by SAMI BASRI
Cover by JEFF DÉKAL
Variant cover by SOZOMAIKA
1:25 variant cover by TULA LOTAY
Swimsuit variant cover by JEFF DÉKAL
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 8/16/22
Lines are blurred as Eiko Hasigawa and Catwoman start playing too nice with one another and each lets their guard down—and in a ruthless city like Gotham, you can’t trust anyone but yourself to watch your back. And Catwoman should know better than to let an old flame get into her head again…that’s her job.
CATWOMAN: LONELY CITY #4
Written by CLIFF CHIANG
Art and cover by CLIFF CHIANG
Variant cover by CLIFF CHIANG
1:25 variant cover by JOSÉ LUIS GARCÍA-LÓPEZ
$6.99 US | 48 pages | 4 of 4 | Prestige Plus | 8 1/2″ x 10 7/8″
ON SALE 8/16/22
One of the most acclaimed Black Label series ever reaches its conclusion! All of the sacrifice—all of the broken bodies and shattered relationships—was leading up to this: Selina Kyle standing in front of the Batcave, desperate to know the secrets inside it, secrets once thought to have died with Batman. But you should never open doors you can’t close—if opening them means swinging wide the gates of Hell!
FUTURE STATE: GOTHAM #16
Written by DENNIS CULVER
Art by GEOFFO
Cover by SIMONE DI MEO
Variant cover by MIKE BOWDEN
3.99 US | 32 pages | Black and White | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 8/9/22
Batmen at War part four! Jason Todd and Hunter Panic must help Jace, the Next Batman, against the original Batman and…his son Batman 666?! And while all hell breaks loose in Gotham the rest of the Bat-Family have an intervention with Nightwing about his addiction and claiming the mantle of Batman for his own! And if Damian is with his father, then who is the Batman with Talia?!
I AM BATMAN #12
Written by JOHN RIDLEY
Art and cover by CHRISTIAN DUCE
Variant cover by DAVID BALDEON
1:25 variant cover by JORGE MOLINA
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 8/9/22
DC’s most inscrutable hero arrives in New York City to task Jace Fox’s Batman with helping them solve a mystery of the past. At the same time, Tiffany Fox continues on her path to see who could be New York—and DC’s—hero of the future.
NIGHTWING #95
Written by TOM TAYLOR
Art and cover by BRUNO REDONDO
Variant cover by JAMAL CAMPBELL
1:25 variant cover by DAVID TALASKI
Swimsuit variant cover by NICOLA SCOTT
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 8/16/22
Heartless has an extra-giant jar that has Blockbuster’s name on it, but as a man of refined taste, Heartless doesn’t just collect any type of heart…he waits for someone to experience a specific emotion in particular before taking it all away from them and adding it into his collection. Does Nightwing have what it takes to save the life of the very man who’s been trying to take everything away from Dick Grayson, including his life?
ROBIN #17
Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
Art and cover by ROGER CRUZ and NORM RAPMUND
Variant cover by SIMONE DI MEO
1:25 connecting variant cover by CLAYTON HENRY
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 8/23/22
Heartbreak! Lord Death Man reveals the truth about Flatline! Can Robin forgive her?! Since leaving Gotham, Damian has grown and trained to be a hero, but now that story comes to an end as he’s pulled into a shocking new story line that will test his role as Robin and his place in the DCU!
Dig into our other Comic Book Dispatch Reviews HERE. Or, if you’re curious as to what’s arriving in comic shops each week, check out our Previews right HERE. Furthermore, if you missed the June 2022 Solicits, click HERE. Or, if you missed the July 2022 Solicits, click HERE so we can get you all caught up! And, if you’re a MARVEL COMICS fan, click HERE for the August 2022 Solicits as well!
Moreover, if you’re interested in DC Comics, check out the most recent DARK NIGHTS: DEATH METAL event by clicking HERE and follow through to the INFINITE FRONTIER by clicking HERE! And finally, if you’re looking for something else to read, check out my Amazon Online Comic Shop by clicking HERE. Thank you all for checking out the Batman: August 2022 DC Comic Solicitations and continued support. Stay safe and stay healthy.
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