Check out these BATMAN related titles and so much more hitting stores August 2023 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 2023 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!
KNIGHT TERRORS #3
Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
Art by GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI, STEFANO NESI, and CASPAR WIJNGAARD
Cover by IVAN REIS and DANNY MIKI
Variant covers by FRANCESCO MATTINA and GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI
1:25 variant cover by CHRISTIAN DUCE
1:50 variant cover by GARY CHOO
1:100 variant cover by IVAN REIS
Darkest Hour variant cover by IVAN REIS ($5.99 US)
$3.99 US | 32 pages | 3 of 4 | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 8/8/23
Welcome back, ghouls and ghosts! Deadman here—Boston Brand, again! My horror adventure continues as the Sleepless Knights attack us. But now I have a new problem: Batman’s son Damian is furious and keeps trying to fight me! My only safe haven is…the House of Horror.
KNIGHT TERRORS #4
Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
Art by GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI, STEFANO NESI, and CASPAR WIJNGAARD
Cover by IVAN REIS and DANNY MIKI
Variant covers by CASPAR WIJNGAARD and GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI
1:25 variant cover by DARICK ROBERTSON
1:50 variant cover by MICO SUAYAN
1:100 variant cover by IVAN REIS
Darkest Hour variant cover by IVAN REIS ($5.99 US)
$3.99 US | 32 pages | 4 of 4 | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 8/22/23
Insomnia searches the nightmares of all the heroes for his precious Nightmare Stone and keeps on coming up empty-clawed! Wesley Dodds, Batman, and I must return to the haunted Arkham Tower to confront Insomnia, but…now I know why Insomnia hates the heroes. And I gotta be honest: I’m having a hard time not relating. Maybe Insomnia is owed his revenge.
KNIGHT TERRORS: NIGHT’S END #1
Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
Art and cover by HOWARD PORTER
Variant covers by SIMONE DI MEO and MICO SUAYAN
1:25 variant cover by DAN MORA
1:50 variant cover by KENDRICK LIM
1:100 variant cover by MICO SUAYAN
1:250 variant cover by HOWARD PORTER
Darkest Hour variant cover by HOWARD PORTER ($7.99 US)
$5.99 US | 48 pages | One-shot | Variant $6.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 8/29/23
KNIGHT TERRORS FINALE! SPECIAL OVERSIZE ISSUE! Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman, along with the DCU’s other heroes, have escaped the Nightmare Realm only to find the Nightmare League has followed them home! The entire world has become engulfed in horror, and the last person standing to take down Insomnia is Deadman. But does he want to? And don’t miss the exciting ending that continues the Dawn of DC mystery and introduces Dr. Hate! Wait…who is Dr. Hate? Knight Terrors’ thrills and chills are brought to the DC Universe by DC architect and superstar writer Joshua Williamson with horrific art by comics legend Howard Porter!
KNIGHT TERRORS: BATMAN #2
Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
Art and cover by GUILLEM MARCH
Backup by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON and TREVOR HAIRSINE
Variant covers by FRANCESCO MATTINA and FELIPE MASSAFERA
1:25 variant cover by JAMES STOKOE
1:50 variant cover by EJIKURE
$4.99 US | 40 pages | 2 of 2 | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 8/1/23
Bruce is trapped inside the Nightmare Realm, haunted by the dark shadows that he’s created. To escape, he must regain control of his body. But that means going deeper into his own mind than he’s ever gone before. Can Batman make himself scarier than he’s ever been to survive? Also, what nightmares have Arsenal and Black Canary confronted in the Nightmare Realm?
KNIGHT TERRORS: DETECTIVE COMICS #2
Written by DAN WATTERS
Art and cover by RICCARDO FEDERICI
Variant covers by BERNARD CHANG and KYLE HOTZ
1:25 variant cover by MARCO SANTUCCI
1:50 variant cover by KYLE HOTZ
$4.99 US | 40 pages | 2 of 2 | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 8/22/23
After seeing diamonds violently pour out of a woman’s mouth and the metal of his old Batman robo-suit soldered onto someone’s flesh to wear around Gotham…Jim Gordon slowly realizes that “the good people of Gotham” being represented by monstrous ideations of power, wealth, and knowledge…aren’t very good people at all. Jim’s investigation leads him to a mysterious clock, and he goes to Oracle for help to trace who or what is causing this nightmare…but whether he is able to wake up from it at all will be up to more than just himself.
KNIGHT TERRORS: NIGHTWING #2
Written by BECKY CLOONAN and MICHAEL W. CONRAD
Art and cover by DANIELE DI NICUOLO
Variant covers by FRANCESCO MATTINA and JASON SHAWN ALEXANDER
1:25 variant cover by VASCO GEORGIEV
1:50 variant cover by FRANCESCO MATTINA
$4.99 US | 40 pages | 2 of 2 | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 8/15/23
Nightwing’s worst nightmare is to wake up one day realizing he murdered someone he loves and doesn’t even remember how or why he did it…and that’s exactly the Knightmareverse in which Insomnia has placed him while memories of who Nightwing killed and how he did it start flashing back vividly in his head. To make matters worse, he’ll have to work with his cellmates, Two-Face and Scarecrow, to get out of this one alive…
KNIGHT TERRORS: POISON IVY #2
Written by G. WILLOW WILSON
Art by ATAGUN ILHAN
Cover by JESSICA FONG
Variant covers by LEIRIX and JAMIE McKELVIE
1:25 variant cover by NIMIT MALAVIA
1:50 variant cover by JESSICA DALVA
$4.99 US | 32 pages | 2 of 2 | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 8/1/23
Pamela Isley and Harleen Quinzel are so absolutely, utterly in love that everything and everyone around them is just aces. Their neighbors are so happy it hurts. Why, even the sun is smiling! But when a few rotten eggs sneak into Ivy’s perfect little cul-de-sac, things start to go foul. Can the verdant villainess escape the clutches of her own spoiling dream house before it eats her and Janet-from-HR alive?!
KNIGHT TERRORS: CATWOMAN #2
Written by TINI HOWARD
Art and cover by LEILA LEIZ
Variant covers by TULA LOTAY and CORIN HOWELL
1:25 variant cover by DANI
1:50 variant cover by CORIN HOWELL
$4.99 US | 32 pages | 2 of 2 | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 8/15/23
Catwoman is stuck in a nightmare in which her sister, Maggie, parades around Gotham as its savior, Sister Zero. After rescuing Bruce from The Joker, Catwoman calls him Batman…to which he asks her how she knew that name, since he had only called himself that in his head. What year is it in this Gotham, why does The Joker have snakes for limbs, and can Sister Zero and Catwoman pray themselves out of this nightmare?
KNIGHT TERRORS: HARLEY QUINN #2
Written by TINI HOWARD
Art and cover by HAYDEN SHERMAN
Backup by LEAH WILLIAMS and BEN TEMPLESMITH
Variant covers by JENNY FRISON and TULA LOTAY
1:25 variant cover by DERRICK CHEW
1:50 variant cover by SWEENEY BOO
$4.99 US | 40 pages | 2 of 2 | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 8/22/23
What unseen horrors lurk beyond the borders of the known and the klown? A whispered secret from the elbow of a garden gnome, a parking-lot pass that was lost under the antediluvian car seat from hell, and a nihilistic grease trap that does taxes incorrectly—all of these things and more…are not in this comic. It’s Harls again! Part two of this story is just as weird and wacked-out to the max as the last one. This time we’ll reveal the one true secret origin of Harley Quinn, and I’ll go toe-to-toe-to-toe with one of Superman’s greatest foes! Plus, my best pals Leah Williams and Ben Templesmith are turning the clocks backward and forward in the conclusion of their chrono-detective cosmic mystery dream story.
KNIGHT TERRORS: THE JOKER #2
Written by MATTHEW ROSENBERG
Art and cover by STEFANO RAFFAELE
Variant covers by CHRISTIAN WARD and RYAN BROWN
1:25 variant cover by RILEY ROSSMO
1:50 variant cover by STEFANO RAFFAELE
$4.99 US | 40 pages | 2 of 2 | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 8/1/23
The Joker’s nightmares have been terrifying and horrific…but what does the Clown Prince of Crime have locked away that might be the most disturbing reveal of the year?!
KNIGHT TERRORS: ROBIN #2
Written by KENNY PORTER
Art by MIGUEL MENDONÇA
Cover by IVAN REIS
Variant covers by JAMES STOKOE and LIAM SHARP
1:25 variant cover by SAM WOLFE CONNELLY
1:50 variant cover by JORGE CORONA
$4.99 US | 32 pages | 2 of 2 | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 8/8/23
The undynamic duo of Tim Drake and Jason Todd are on death’s door. Lost in their own personal hells with their worst nightmares around every corner and nowhere to run, the two Robins must put aside their differences and find the strength to overcome their fears and fight back.
KNIGHT TERRORS: PUNCHLINE #2
Written by DANNY LORE
Art by LUCAS MEYER
Cover by GLEB MELNIKOV
Variant covers by DUSTIN NGUYEN and EJIKURE
1:25 variant cover by LUCAS MEYER
1:50 variant cover by GLEB MELNIKOV
$3.99 US | 32 pages | 2 of 2 | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 8/15/23
It’s Punchline versus a nightmare Batgirl for the control of the hearts and minds of Gotham! Can Punchline overcome her deepest fears and anxieties to defeat this bat-cowled beast?!
THE PENGUIN #1
Written by TOM KING
Art by RAFAEL DE LATORRE
Cover by SCORPIO STEELE and STEFANO GAUDIANO
Variant cover by BRIAN BOLLAND
Variant cover by NATHAN SZERDY
Variant cover by DAVID MARQUEZ
1:25 variant cover by KAEL NGU
1:50 variant cover by NATHAN SZERDY
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 8/22/23
REVENGE IS FOR THE BIRDS. After retiring to Metropolis following his “death,” Oswald Cobblepot finds himself forced back into the unpredictable and violent Gotham City underworld as a pawn of the United States intelligence community! Gotham’s criminal element has been evolving since he was last in the city, with his bastard twin children ruling the Iceberg Lounge. And what of the man he framed for his death—Batman? Is the Penguin walking into a death sentence? From award-winning and bestselling writer Tom King (Batman, The Human Target) and artist Rafael de Latorre (Daredevil) comes a bloody, hard-boiled tale of redemption and revenge!
THE PENGUIN #0
Written by CHIP ZDARSKY
Art and cover by BELÉN ORTEGA
$3.99 US | 32 pages
ON SALE 8/15/23
Following the Penguin’s death in the landmark Batman #125, the mysterious Executor has enlisted Catwoman to carry out the departed’s last wishes and track down his next of kin. But when the Penguin’s heirs start getting murdered, Catwoman will have to find the killer and discover what truly became of Oswald Cobblepot. Collects the Batman #125-127 backup stories by the red-hot creative team of Chip Zdarsky and Belén Ortega!
BATMAN/SUPERMAN: WORLD’S FINEST #18
Written by MARK WAID
Art by TRAVIS MOORE
Cover by DAN MORA
Variant cover by DARICK ROBERTSON and DIEGO RODRIGUEZ
1:25 variant cover by ARIEL COLÓN
1:50 variant cover by MEGAN HETRICK
Blue Beetle movie variant cover by RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 8/15/23
Think you know how Superman and Batman met and became friends? Think again! Read the untold tale of how their worlds first collided—and the stunning, secret loss that nearly destroyed their partnership before it even began!
BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #4
Written by DENNIS CULVER, ED BRISSON, ROB WILLIAMS, and MEGHAN FITZMARTIN
Art by OTTO SCHMIDT, JEFF SPOKES, STEFANO LANDINI, and BELÉN ORTEGA
Cover by SIMONE DI MEO
Variant covers by KAEL NGU and OTTO SCHMIDT
1:25 variant cover by JAY ANACLETO
Blue Beetle movie variant cover by MIKE DEODATO JR.
$7.99 US | 64 pages | Prestige | (all covers are card stock)
ON SALE 8/22/23
While investigating a string of bloody gangland murders, Batman comes face-to-face with the newest member of his rogues gallery—the brutal Mr. Baseball! Dennis Culver and Otto Schmidt tell a gripping, violent tale of the Dark Knight! In a Knight Terrors tie-in, Stormwatch members Flint, Phantom-One, Core, and are trapped in a nightmarish world where their deepest fears lurk around every corner…and their fear is just the beginning, because a new enemy has emerged—the Tempest! The return of Emilia Harcourt by Rob Williams and Stefano Landini! And this issue’s Batman Black & White tale by Meghan Fitzmartin and Belén Ortega tells a powerful and brutal story about family, life and death!
CATWOMAN: UNCOVERED
Written by JESSICA CHEN
Art by JENNY FRISON, SOZOMAIKA, TULA LOTAY, JEFF DÉKAL, JOSHUA “SWAY” SWABY, JOËLLE JONES, and more!
Cover by JAMIE McKELVIE
Variant covers by FRANK CHO and OLIVIER COIPEL
Special foil variant cover by STANLEY “ARTGERM” LAU ($7.99 US)
1:25 variant cover by BABS TARR
1:50 variant cover by JEFF DÉKAL
$5.99 US | 40 pages | One-shot | (all covers are card stock)
ON SALE 8/29/23
The cover art on Catwoman’s celebrated series has been quite the cat’s meow since it began on Catwoman #1, and we’re here to show you everyone’s favorite cat burglar’s best-of-the-best cover art over the years.
POISON IVY: UNCOVERED
Written by JESSICA BERBEY
Art by JENNY FRISON, JOSHUA MIDDLETON, WARREN LAOW, FRANK CHO, SOZOMAIKA, and others
Cover by GUILLEM MARCH
Variant cover by CHRISTIAN WARD
Variant cover by DAN MORA
Special foil variant cover by LEIRIX ($7.99 US)
1:25 variant cover by EJIKURE
1:50 variant cover by MORA
$5.99 US | 40 pages | One-shot | (all covers are card stock)
ON SALE 7/25/23
This gallery of Poison Ivy’s greatest variant covers celebrates the first year of the verdant villainess’s acclaimed, GLAAD Award-winning ongoing series.
BATMAN BEYOND: NEO-GOTHIC #2
Written by COLLIN KELLY and JACKSON LANZING
Art and cover by MAX DUNBAR
Variant cover by CHRISTIAN WARD
1:25 variant cover by HAYDEN SHERMAN
$4.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 8/22/23
In every city of light, there’s a place of near-total darkness where creatures of the night linger in the sewers beneath. Surrounded by bones of the hunted, this is the Beyond. Terry McGinnis comes face-to-face with Killer Croc, but what happens when all Croc sees is his next meal? He’s hungry, and angry, and Batman’s looking delicious. In a battle of epic proportions, Batman must enlist the help of Kyle the Catboi and his magic abilities, but will this be enough to get him out alive?
HARLEY QUINN: BLACK + WHITE + REDDER #2
Written by KELLY THOMPSON, BRANDT & STEIN, and RYAN PARROTT
Art by ANNIE WU, BRANDT & STEIN, and LUANA VECCHIO
Cover by CHRIS SAMNEE
Variant cover by JOËLLE JONES
1:25 variant cover by ANNIE WU
$4.99 US | 40 pages | 2 of 6 | (all covers are card stock)
ON SALE 8/15/23
In this issue, Kelly Thompson makes her DC debut, collaborating with superstar Annie Wu on a tale of Harley’s attempts to escape her own origin story—with some begrudging magical help from Zatanna! Fan favorites Ro Stein & Ted Brandt throw Harley and her Legion of Doominals into the high-stakes Gotham Pet Show to go paw-to-paw with the beloved League of Super-Pets! And ROGUE SUN writer Ryan Parrott joins with Russ Manning Award-Winner Luana Vecchio to serve up a story of Jim Gordon and Harley sharing a diner booth, but what brought these two here is more complicated than you’d think!
THE RIDDLER: YEAR ONE #6
Written by PAUL DANO
Art by STEVAN SUBIC
Cover by BILL SIENKIEWICZ
Variant cover by STEVAN SUBIC
Variant cover by JOCK
1:25 variant cover by MARTIN SIMMONDS
$4.99 US | 32 pages | 6 of 6 | (all covers are card stock)
ON SALE 8/22/23
The time has come. Edward Nashton’s long, painful psychological journey and downward spiral have finally brought him to the point where he is ready to take direct action against the corrupt of Gotham. Embittered and abandoned and believing the world is aligned against him, he’s reached the time to lash out. His extensive research and clandestine operations have left him with a deeper knowledge of the city’s web of criminality than anyone in Gotham. And now he knows exactly which targets to strike and when. As Edward finally dons the mask of the Riddler, the series ends right before the start of his first murderous attack, shown in the opening scene of Matt Reeves’s film The Batman. Actor Paul Dano brought this character to life onscreen, and now he completes Edward’s arc with this groundbreaking prequel. Together with renowned European artist Stevan Subic, Dano has crafted a disturbing and emotional tale, filling out the backstory of one of the most unique and terrifying villains faced by any version of the Dark Knight.
BATMAN: WHITE KNIGHT PRESENTS: GENERATION JOKER #4
Story by SEAN MURPHY
Written by KATANA COLLINS and CLAY McCORMACK
Art by MIRKA ANDOLFO
Cover by SEAN MURPHY
Variant cover by MIRKA ANDOLFO
1:25 variant cover by WALTER SIMONSON
$4.99 US | 32 pages | 4 of 6 | (all covers are card stock)
ON SALE 8/15/23
Revenge is a dish best served cold! With the FBI hot on their tail and nowhere to go, Bryce and Jackie return to where it all began…Arkham Asylum. There, with the help of a reformed Victor Fries, they hope to save their fading father. Will science prevail or will Mr. Freeze take the opportunity to end The Joker’s reign in Gotham for good?
BATMAN INCORPORATED #11
Written by ED BRISSON
Art and cover by JOHN TIMMS
Variant cover by MICHELE BANDINI
1:25 variant cover by SALVADOR LARROCA
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 8/8/23
Ghost-Maker and Batman Incorporated continue to battle among themselves while trying to take down the global threat of Joker Incorporated. Raven Red faces off against Dusty Bronco, the man who shot his father. How far is he willing to go for revenge? Bat-Man of China makes a surprising about-face in order to protect his sister, Alpaca, from the wrath of Ghost-Maker. Gray Wolf and Knight may hold the key to stopping Joker Incorporated…or have they just played right into Joker’s sinister plans?
BATMAN: THE ADVENTURES CONTINUE SEASON THREE #8
Written by ALAN BURNETT and PAUL DINI
Art and cover by TY TEMPLETON
Variant cover by KERON GRANT
Variant cover by GUSTAVO DUARTE
1:25 variant cover by HAYDEN SHERMAN
$3.99 US | 32 pages | 8 of 8 | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 8/8/23
Over the last three seasons, the minds behind the version of Gotham that defined a generation have brought you a continuation of their masterwork—and now that continuation comes to an end. Ra’s al Ghul’s mysterious plot has now been fully revealed, but will Batman be able to stop it in time? Or has the Dark Knight’s luck finally run out? Find out in this series finale over 30 years in the making!
MULTIVERSITY: HARLEY SCREWS UP THE DCU #6
Written by FRANK TIERI
Art by LOGAN FAERBER
Cover by AMANDA CONNER
Variant cover by GUILLEM MARCH
1:25 Variant cover by DAN PANOSIAN
$4.99 US | 32 pages | One-shot | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 8/8/23
She’s traversed time and space, fixing everything she messed up, but one (pretty dang big) question remains: Just who the heck gave Harley Quinn a time machine in the first place? The answer needs to be seen to be believed! Harley’s time-hopping, universe-screw-upping adventure comes to a close in this Starro-studded finale!
THE BATMAN & SCOOBY-DOO MYSTERIES #11
Written by SHOLLY FISCH
Art and cover by ERICH OWEN
$2.99 US | 32 pages
ON SALE 8/8/23
With Batgirl transforming herself into the online hero Oracle, the Bat-Family has gained a valuable new ally in the battle against crime. But who or what is behind the villainous presence that’s taken over the internet? Batman, Scooby, and the gang will have to plunge into a world of virtual reality to solve the mystery of…the Ghost in the Machine!
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 2023 Solicits, click HERE. Or, if you missed the July 2023 Solicits, click HERE so we can get you all caught up! And, if you’re a MARVEL COMICS fan, click HERE for the August 2023 Solicits as well!
Moreover, if you’re interested in DC Comics, check out the most recent ongoing DARK CRISIS event by clicking HERE and follow through to the FLASHPOINT: BEYOND event 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: July 2023 DC Comic Solicitations and continued support. Stay safe and stay healthy.
