Check out these BATMAN related titles and so much more hitting stores May 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 May 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 #123

“SHADOW WAR” PART 5

Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON  

Art and cover by HOWARD PORTER

Backup written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON    

Backup art by TREVOR HAIRSINE    

Variant cover by GABRIELE DELL’OTTO 

1:25 variant cover by JAY ANACLETO

1:50 variant cover by JOCK

$4.99 US | 40 pages | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)

ON SALE 5/3/22

Batman and Robin are finally reunited! Together they will hunt for the truth behind the death of Ra’s al Ghul! But then who is left to defend the Secret Society against the League of Shadows? Deathstroke’s fight against the Demon’s Shadow ends with a shocking cliffhanger! 

Plus, what happens when you get Deathstroke infected with Joker toxin? Find out in the epic backup story!  

DEATHSTROKE INC. #9

“SHADOW WAR” PART 6

Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON

Art by PAOLO PANTALENA

Cover by JONBOY MEYERS

Variant cover by DERRICK CHEW

1:25 variant cover by JEROME OPEÑA

$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)

ON SALE 5/24/22 

A tragic death sends the Shadow War into overdrive, and Batman and Robin must solve the mystery before more blood is shed! Meanwhile, Deathstroke regroups with the Secret Society to plan an attack on Talia and the League of Shadows. If Talia wanted a war, she’s going to get a war!  

ROBIN #14

“SHADOW WAR” PART 7 

Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON

Art and cover by ROGER CRUZ and NORM RAPMUND

Variant cover by SIMONE DI MEO

1 :25 variant cover by DAN SCHOENING

AAPI variant cover by DEXTER SOY

$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)

ON SALE 5/24/22 

FIGHT! Batman Inc. versus the League of Shadows versus the Secret Society! Deathstroke versus Talia…and only one will walk away from the fight alive! Robin knows the truth behind Ra’s al Ghul’s death and races to stop the Shadow War!

SHADOW WAR: OMEGA #1

Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON

Art by STEPHEN SEGOVIA

Cover by JONBOY MEYERS

Variant cover by MIKEL JANÍN

1:25 variant cover by JAMES STOKOE

$5.99 US | 48 pages | Variant $6.99 US (card stock)

ON SALE 5/31/22

THE SHADOW WAR’S EPIC CONCLUSION! 

The shocking finale of the Shadow War! Lives have been lost. Heroes and villains have fallen in battle. And now the real mastermind behind the Shadow War has been revealed. But they are far from done! Batman and Robin are all that’s left to put a stop to their real plans. Can the father-and-son duo work together to save the day? Events in this issue lead directly into DC’s next big summer event!  

SHADOW WAR ZONE #1 

Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON, ED BRISSON,

STEPHANIE PHILLIPS, and NADIA SHAMMAS

Art by TREVOR HAIRSINE, ANN MAULINA,

MIKE BOWDEN, and others

Cover by JONBOY MEYERS

Variant and 1:25 variant covers by HOWARD PORTER

1:50 variant cover by LEIRIX

$5.99 US | 48 pages | One-shot | (All covers are card stock)

ON SALE 5/17/22 

A special issue that showcases the spread and impact of the Shadow War on the DCU! Talia al Ghul has put out a hit on anyone who has ever worked with Deathstroke—and that includes Black Canary! Where has Luke Fox been? Talia is sick of watching from the sidelines and joins the battle herself! Also featuring the new villain Angel Breaker! What is her connection to Ghost-Maker?

BATMAN: FORTRESS #1

Written by GARY WHITTA  

Art and cover by DARICK ROBERTSON

Variant cover by DOALY 

1:25 variant cover by DARICK ROBERTSON

$3.99 US | 32 pages | 1 of 8 | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)

ON SALE 5/24/22

When an unknown alien ship enters Earth’s atmosphere, disrupting global power and communications and plunging the planet into chaos, the world is left wondering…where is Superman when he is needed most? In the mysterious absence of the Last Son of Krypton, Batman must rally the rest of the Justice League to counter the alien threat…but first, he must quell a crime wave on the blacked-out streets of Gotham! 

Gary Whitta (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) and Darick Robertson (The Boys) have joined forces to tell a brutal and shocking adventure that will turn everything you think you know about Superman upside down! 

BATMAN 2022 ANNUAL #1

Written by ED BRISSON

Art by JOHN TIMMS

Cover by MIKEL JANÍN

Variant cover by CHRIS BURNHAM

$5.99 US | 48 pages | Variant $6.99 US (ccccard stock)

ON SALE 5/31/22

Following the events of the Abyss story arc, Batman has now tasked Ghost-Maker to finance and lead Batman Inc.! First order of business for the new management? Clean up a huge mess Luthor created in Chechnya…but is this new group ready to face fearsome new threat the Gray Wolf? And prepare yourself for the evolution of Clownhunter!  

BATMAN: ONE DARK KNIGHT #3  

Written by JOCK

Art and cover by JOCK

Variant cover by RAFAEL GRAMPÁ

$6.99 US | 48 pages | 3 of 3 | Prestige Plus

8 1/2″ x 10 7/8″ (All covers are card stock)

ON SALE 5/10/22

17+

From the sewers under Gotham to the roiling waters of the harbor, Batman’s march toward Blackgate Prison is nearing its end…but far from being a passive prisoner, E.M.P. has his own mission to fulfill—and there’s no way he’s letting the Dark Knight stop him from carrying it out!

BATGIRLS #6

Written by BECKY CLOONAN and MICHAEL W. CONRAD

Art and cover by JORGE CORONA 

Variant cover by MICHAEL CHO

1:25 variant cover by RIAN GONZALES

AAPI variant cover by AUDREY MOK

$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)

ON SALE 5/10/22  

With Babs kidnapped and tied down by Spellbinder, the Batgirls have to navigate through Tutor’s operations without an Oracle. Can Babs escape Spellbinder’s hypnosis before he’s done painting her to add to his collection of other drawings of beautiful young women? 

BATMAN BEYOND: NEO-YEAR #2

Written by COLLIN KELLY and JACKSON LANZING

Art and cover by MAX DUNBAR

Variant cover by CHRISTIAN WARD

$3.99 US | 32 pages | 2 of 6 | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)

ON SALE 5/3/22  

Neo-Gotham and its Sword have made their opening assault on Batman Beyond. With limited resources and no Bruce Wayne to come to his aid, Terry McGinnis will need to find more allies. But…all he finds is a brand-new triumvirate of villains collectively known as Gestalt. It’s three brains against one, with Batman Beyond looking worse for wear than he ever has. Will he make it to the end of Neo-Year? 

BATMAN: BEYOND THE WHITE KNIGHT #3

Written by SEAN MURPHY

Art and cover by SEAN MURPHY

Variant cover by SEAN MURPHY

$4.99 US | 32 pages | 3 of 8 (All covers card stock)

ON SALE 5/24/22

17+

The future of Gotham is coming to destroy its past! Batman…murderer? After discovering Bruce Wayne facilitated the murder of his father, Terry goes on the hunt, ready to unleash as Batman Beyond. The clock is ticking for Bruce in more ways than one after Harley Quinn’s daughter goes missing. And if she takes after her father, the fate of the city is in her hands! Can the former Batman find and stop her before the police do?

BATMAN: KILLING TIME #3

Written by TOM KING

Art and cover by  DAVID MARQUEZ

Variant cover by KAEL NGU

1:25 variant cover by GREG SMALLWOOD

$4.99 US | 40 pages | 3 of 6 | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)

ON SALE 5/3/22

A shocking heist has the mysterious and deadly figure called the Help cutting his way through Gotham City in search of Catwoman and the Riddler and their stolen artifact. Only the Dark Knight stands between this strange new villain and his prey…but can even Batman stop his bloody rampage? Tick-tock…the clock is drawing nearer to the Killing Time! 

BATMAN: THE KNIGHT #5

Written by CHIP ZDARSKY

Art and cover by CARMINE DI GIANDOMENICO

Variant cover by RICCARDO FEDERICI 

$4.99 US | 40 pages | 5 of 10 | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)

ON SALE 5/17/22

Young Bruce Wayne’s global journey to become the Dark Knight continues as he finds himself deep in the heart of Moscow searching for Avery Oblonsky, the world’s foremost expert in disguise and espionage! Finding this phantom will prove more difficult than expected, but is Bruce willing to die trying? 

BATMAN: URBAN LEGENDS #15

Written by VITA AYALA, MARK RUSSELL, CHE GRAYSON,

and JOEY ESPOSITO

Art by NIKOLA ČIŽMEŠIJA, KARL MOSTERT, SERG ACUÑA, and JASON HOWARD

Cover by NIKOLA ČIŽMEŠIJA

Variant cover by KARL MOSTERT and TRISH MULVIHILL

Variant cover by RILEY ROSSMO

$7.99 US | 64 pages | Prestige

ON SALE 5/10/22

Zatanna has to save Batman’s soul! Ace the Bat-Hound must confront the source of his trauma…The Joker! Meanwhile, the night of Batman’s auction is finally here! Katana doesn’t buy what Lady Shiva is selling for a second about the new Birds of Prey, and she’s going to let her know personally. Batman has to team up with Plastic Man to save a criminal from having his life taken by the Penguin and KGBeast! . 

BATMAN/SUPERMAN: WORLD’S FINEST #3

Written by MARK WAID

Art and cover by DAN MORA

Variant cover by LUCIO PARRILLO 

1:25 variant cover by RAPHAEL SARMENTO

1:50 chibi variant cover by JORGE CORONA

$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)

ON SALE 5/17/22

Great Scott! It’s a twisted time-travel tale of titanic tenure! In an attempt to get to the bottom of the mystery of the “demon,” Robin the Boy Wonder and the Supergirl of Krypton venture back in time to China circa 1600 B.C.—running headfirst into the ancient superheroes known as the House of Ji! Meanwhile, Superman and Batman are losing a race against time to save their fellow superheroes from the schemes of a new villain…one simply known as the Devil Nezha.  

CATWOMAN #43

Written by TINI HOWARD

Art by BENGAL

Cover by JEFF DÉKAL

Variant cover by JENNY FRISON

1:25 variant cover by SOZOMAIKA

AAPI variant cover by TAKESHI MIYAZAWA 

$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)

ON SALE 5/17/22 

VROOM VROOM! We all have that friend we call when we want a wild girls’ night out—and for Catwoman, that friend is Harley Quinn. It’s a night of hip whips and hot laps at the roller derby, complete with a little road-trip crime. It might even be the type of girls’ night that gets sealed with a kiss, if Catwoman’s allies back in Gotham can hold down the fort while the Cat’s away…

DETECTIVE COMICS #1060

Written by MARIKO TAMAKI and NADIA SHAMMAS

Art and cover by IVAN REIS and DANNY MIKI

Backup written by SINA GRACE

Backup art by DAVID LAPHAM

Variant cover by LEE BERMEJO

1:25 variant cover by ERIN McDERMOTT 

$4.99 US | 40 pages | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)

ON SALE 5/24/22

Batman has deployed one of his most powerful weapons in the hunt for the mysterious bomber plaguing Gotham City…but it’s not the Batmobile, the Batwing, or even the batarangs. It’s Bruce Wayne! As Bruce investigates the courtroom bombing that nearly left Deb Donovan’s daughter a splatter on the wall, could there be…love in the air?

FUTURE STATE: GOTHAM #13

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 5/10/22

“Batmen at War” part one! The rumors regarding Bruce’s death have been greatly exaggerated! Now, despite the best efforts of the impostor, Hush, the real deal has returned with the help of Talia al Ghul. Together they must travel the world to find their son, Damian Wayne, before it’s too late! The return of Batman and Robin to Future State Gotham can’t be far behind, unless…something terrible happens first!

HARLEY QUINN #15

Written by STEPHANIE PHILLIPS

Art and cover by RILEY ROSSMO

Variant cover by DERRICK CHEW

1:25 variant cover by KAMOME SHIRAHAMA

$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)

ON SALE 5/24/22

They really tried to throw me in prison for somethin’ I didn’t do! I mean, this time I didn’t do anything. In the past, I did things. Lots of things…But that’s not the point. The point is, I’m innocent! It’s a frame job, I tell ya! The only way out of this is to catch the real culprit, and for that I need Batwoman. Seriously, who doesn’t need Batwoman? Skintight suit, mucho muscles, and that hair! Anyways, Batwoman’s in this one, and we might finally reveal Verdict’s true identity! Will the mystery be solved in time to save my good name? DUN DUN DUN!   

I AM BATMAN #9

Written by JOHN RIDLEY

Art by CHRISTIAN DUCE

Cover by STEPHEN SEGOVIA

Variant cover by GERARDO ZAFFINO

1:25 variant cover by MATEUS MANHANINI

$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)

ON SALE 5/10/22  

As the mysterious serial killer’s motivation becomes more and more clear—as the entire city of New York finds itself divided over the repercussions of his actions—Jace begins to question more and more whether his role as Batman is helping to inspire good…or pure evil. 

NIGHTWING #92

Written by TOM TAYLOR

Art and cover by  BRUNO REDONDO 

Variant cover by JAMAL CAMPBELL

1:25 variant cover by DAVID TALASKI

AAPI variant cover by JEN BARTEL

$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)

ON SALE 5/17/22  

Blüdhaven mayor Melinda Zucco is in trouble—pretending to work for Blockbuster while secretly trying to take him and his gang of criminals down, while also working alongside Dick Grayson to uplift the city. But as his half sister sharing the last name of the man who killed his parents, it’s…a lot to juggle, and enough for one to accidentally let slip a secret or two in the wrong company if she’s not careful…Meanwhile, Nightwing and Oracle cuddle up and decide to finally define their relationship.

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 March 2022 Solicits, click HERE. Or, if you missed the April 2022 Solicits, click HERE so we can get you all caught up! And, if you’re a MARVEL COMICS fan, click HERE for the May 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: May 2022 DC Comic Solicitations and continued support. Stay safe and stay healthy.