Check out these BATMAN related titles and so much more hitting stores October 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 October 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 #128

Written by CHIP ZDARSKY 

Art and cover by JORGE JIMENEZ 

Backup art by LEONARDO ROMERO

Variant cover by GABRIELE DELL’OTTO and FRANCESCO MATTINA

1:25 variant cover by RYAN SOOK

1:50 foil variant cover by JOCK

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

ON SALE 10/4/22

Failsafe has taken his family, his allies, and now his city…Broken and beaten, Batman retreats to the last place on Earth he can hide…but nothing can truly hide from Failsafe! 

In the backup…Batman has prepared his mind for anything, or so he thought. We go back to his early days and a chilling case that led to…Failsafe!

 

THE RIDDLER: YEAR ONE #1

Written by PAUL DANO 

Art by STEVAN SUBIC

Covers by BILL SIENKIEWICZ

Variant covers by JIM LEE and STEVAN SUBIC

1:25 variant cover by GREG RUTH

1:50 variant cover by TULA LOTAY

1:100 variant cover by KOUTA SASAI

1:250 variant cover by JIM LEE

$4.99 US | 32 pages | 1 of 6 | (All covers card stock)

ON SALE 10/25/22

As depicted in Matt Reeves’s hit movie The Batman, the Riddler wasn’t simply an amusing eccentric with an affinity for wordplay and baffling clues, but as terrifying a villain as any in the annals of the Dark Knight. Here you can see

Edward Nashton evolve into the menace known as the Riddler. How did an unknown forensic accountant uncover the dark secrets of Gotham’s underworld and come so close to bringing down the entire city? This six-issue miniseries is an immediate prequel to The Batman—the detailed, disturbing, and at times shocking story of a man with nothing to lose.

Artist Stevan Subic makes his American comics debut, including a variant cover that is the first of six interlocking covers. This collaboration with Dano delivers a shadowy and gritty tale of a society’s forgotten man who refuses to go unnoticed any longer. Subic’s recent Conan the Cimmerian for French publisher Glénat has brought him great acclaim in Europe, and he’s about to break out globally with a Batman series unlike any you’ve seen before.

 

BATMAN – ONE BAD DAY: PENGUIN #1

Written by JOHN RIDLEY 

Art and cover by GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI

Variant cover by JIM LEE 

1:25 variant cover by DAN MORA

1:50 variant cover by JAMAL CAMPBELL

1:100 variant cover by BRIAN BOLLAND

Premium variant cover by GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI

$7.99 US | 64 pages | Prestige | (All covers card stock)

ON SALE 10/18/22

The Penguin’s criminal enterprise and the Iceberg Lounge have been stolen from underneath him by his former associate the Umbrella Man. The Umbrella Man has removed all of the rules for crime in Gotham City that the Penguin put in place, and the city is in chaos. The Penguin is a broken man, and he’ll have to travel through the burning streets of Gotham with a gun and a single bullet putting together a new crew to take back what he’s built. Will Batman help the devil he knows or face the devil he doesn’t in the form of the Umbrella Man? A crime epic from the team behind the critically acclaimed Other History of the DC Universe, John Ridley and Giuseppe Camuncoli—don’t miss it!

 

THE JOKER: THE MAN WHO STOPPED LAUGHING #1

Written by MATTHEW ROSENBERG 

Art and cover by CARMINE DI GIANDOMENICO

Backup art by FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA

Variant covers by LEE BERMEJO and DAVID NAKAYAMA

1:25 variant cover by FRANCESCO MATTINA

1:50 variant cover by BEN OLIVER

1:100 variant cover by HAINING

Madness foil Variant by DAVID NAKAYAMA 

$5.99 US | 40 pages | (All covers card stock)

ON SALE 10/4/22

The world once again holds its breath as The Joker strikes again! But how far is he willing to go this time? From the twisted minds of Matthew Rosenberg (Task Force Z, What’s the Furthest Place from Here?) and Carmine Di Giandomenico (Batman: The Knight) comes a violent, mind-bending new series that picks up from the cataclysmic end of The Joker and follows the mayhem across the United States. With the Clown Prince of Crime setting out on his most bizarre caper yet, will a fan-favorite vigilante be able to prevent certain tragedy? Or is he in on the joke? 

In the back-up—Joker’s got a hot date but he’s going to need a mirror to make sure he looks nice. Maybe Mirror Master can help.

 

PUNCHLINE: THE GOTHAM GAME #1

Written by TINI HOWARD and BLAKE HOWARD 

Art and cover by GLEB MELNIKOV

Variant covers by DERRICK CHEW and ROSE BESCH

1:25 variant cover by RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE

1:50 variant cover by GUILLEM MARCH

1:100 variant cover by MATEUS MANHANINI

$3.99 US | 32 pages | 1 of 6 | Variant $4.99 US (card stock) 

SALE 10/25/22

Punchline is out of jail and back on the streets of Gotham City. She’s not coming back for some of what Gotham has to offer, she’s coming back for all of it. She wants to be the queen of crime, and with the help of her Royal Flush Gang no one will stand in her way. But Punchline created a lot of angry enemies in Gotham before she was incarcerated, and they all want payback. Presenting a miniseries that will redefine the criminal landscape of Gotham City from the superstar creative team of TiniHoward (Catwoman, Knights of X), Blake Howard (Batman: Urban Legends), and Gleb Melnikov (Robin, Wonder Woman)!

 

HARLEY QUINN: THE ANIMATED SERIES: LEGION OF BATS! #1

Written by TEE FRANKLIN

Art by SHAE BEAGLE

Cover by YOSHI YOSHITANI

Variant cover by DAN HIPP

1:25 variant cover by LOGAN FAERBER

1:50 variant cover by JESS TAYLOR

$3.99 US | 32 pages | 1 of 6 | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)

ON SALE 10/18/22

When last we checked in with Harley Quinn, she ate, she banged, and she killed—but now it’s time for something a little different. Fresh out of the events of Harley Quinn: The Animated Series season 3, Harley has found herself a part of a highly unlikely team—the Bat-Family! Meanwhile, Poison Ivy has found herself prepping for her new job—leader of the Legion of Doom! But while Harley and Ivy adjust to their respective new roles, a ghost from Ivy’s past enters the fray and threatens the relationship between everyone’s favorite clown/plant couple!

 

BATMAN: GOTHAM KNIGHTS – GILDED CITY #1

Written by EVAN NARCISSE

Art by ABEL

Cover by GREG CAPULLO and JONATHAN GLAPION

Variant cover by YANICK PAQUETTE

1:25 variant cover by CHRISTOPHER MITTEN

1:50 black-and-white variant cover by JIM LEE and SCOTT WILLIAMS

Wraparound variant cover by JIM LEE and SCOTT WILLIAMS

$4.99 US | 32 pages | 1 of 6 | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)

ON SALE 10/25/22

A mysterious virus has infected Gotham City—turning its victims into rabid, yellow-irised maniacs driven to looting, theft, and bursts of anger. Batman and his Gotham Knights struggle to keep this strange virus contained while investigating its origins. But this is not the first time this unusual illness has overtaken the city. Take a trip to Gotham in the mid-1800s and meet the city’s first masked vigilante—the mysterious hero known only as the Runaway—as they, too, find themselves mired in the mystery of this infection! This thrilling and horrific tale, split between modern-day Gotham and the Gotham of 1847, leads directly into the upcoming video game Gotham Knights! 

Each issue will also offer a code for readers to redeem in the Gotham Knights game for an exclusive item. For issue 1, readers will receive a code for an exclusive skin variant for the Batcycle! Readers who redeem the codes for all 6 issues will receive a special 7th item!

 

GOTHAM CITY: YEAR ONE #1

Written by TOM KING

Art and cover by PHIL HESTER and ERIC GAPSTUR

Variant cover by RYAN SOOK 

1:25 variant cover by DAVID MARQUEZ

$4.99 US | 40 pages | 1 of 6

ON SALE 10/4/22

There once was a shining city on the water, a home for families, hope, and prosperity. It was Gotham and it was glorious. The story of its fall from grace, the legend that would birth the Bat, has remained untold for 80 years. That’s about to change. 

Superstar creators Tom King and Phil Hester team up for the first time to tell the definitive origin of Gotham City: how it became the cesspool of violence and corruption it is today, and how it harbored and then unleashed the sin that led to the rise of the Dark Knight. Two generations before Batman, private investigator Slam Bradley gets tangled in the “kidnapping of the century” as the infant Wayne heir disappears in the night…and so begins a brutal, hard-boiled, epic tale of a man living on the edge and a city about to burn.

 

BATMAN INCORPORATED #1

Written by ED BRISSON

Art and cover by JOHN TIMMS

Variant cover by JORGE MOLINA

1:25 variant cover by DERRICK CHEW

1:50 variant cover by JEFF SPOKES

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

ON SALE 10/11/22

From the pages of Batman comes an all-new, all-exciting adventure for Ghost-Maker and his Batman Incorporated team! The team’s trust issues and detective skills are immediately put to the test when someone from Ghost-Maker and Batman’s recent past is brutally murdered…Is this an isolated event, sending a message to the two? Or is this the start of something darker and more sinister? (Hint—it’s sinister and dark!) 

The all-star creative team of Ed Brisson and John Timms chart a new future for Batman Incorporated in this exciting new ongoing series, loaded with adventure, excitement, and amazing new members and villains!

 

GCPD: THE BLUE WALL #1

Written by JOHN RIDLEY 

Art by STEFANO RAFFAELE

Cover by REIKO MURAKAMI

Variant cover by FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA

1:25 variant cover by JORGE FORNES

1:50 case file variant cover

$3.99 US | 32 pages | 1 of 6 | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)

ON SALE 10/18/22

Still relatively early in her tenure as GCPD commissioner, Renee Montoya sets out to rebuild her department and restore public faith in the historically troubled PD during some of the worst conditions it’s ever seen. But Renee can’t do it alone—in order for her plan to work, everyone from the topmost officials all the way down to the most fresh-faced new officers must contend with the harsh realities of being a symbol of law and order in a city of super-powered saviors and superhuman lawlessness. DC is proud to present GCPD: The Blue Wall by the stellar team of Academy Award-winning writer John Ridley and artist Stefano Raffaele. This six-part miniseries is a thought-provoking and riveting story of everyday people trying to do good in the midst of a flawed system. No one said protecting a city like Gotham would be easy.

BATMAN VS. ROBIN #2

Written by MARK WAID 

Art and cover by MAHMUD ASRAR

Variant cover by GREG CAPULLO and FRANCIS MANAPUL

1:25 variant cover by RAFAEL SARMENTO

1:50 variant cover by CLAYTON HENRY

$5.99 US | 48 pages | 2 of 5 | Variant $6.99 US (card stock) 

ON SALE 10/11/22

HOUSE OF SECRETS…HOUSE OF DEATH.

In the wake of Damian Wayne’s devastating attack on the Batcave, Bruce and Alfred are on the run and running out of time! Magic users across the planet are experiencing dangerous and deadly power flares, and Batman must solve this mystery before his friends and allies are turned to ash. To crack this case, the Dark Knight is going to need the help of one of the greatest masters of the magic arts on the planet…Zatanna! What awaits our ragtag group of heroes in the House of Secrets? Can Damian break free of Nezha’s possession spell before he murders his own father? All this and more in the explosive second chapter of Batman vs. Robin!

 

THE BATMAN & SCOOBY-DOO MYSTERIES #1

Written by SHOLLY FISCH

Art and cover by DARIO BRIZUELA

$2.99 US | 32 pages 

ON SALE 10/11/22

THE TEAM-UP SERIES YOU DEMANDED IS BACK!

A strange mystery pulls Batman, Robin, the Batmen of All Nations, Scooby, and the gang into a jet-setting race to some of the most haunted places on Earth. Even scarier, the trail leads straight to Ra’s al Ghul and his League of Assassins!

BATGIRLS #11

Written by BECKY CLOONAN and MICHAEL W. CONRAD

Art by NEIL GOOGE

Cover by JORGE CORONA

Variant cover by AUDREY MOK

1:25 variant cover by RIAN GONZALES

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

ON SALE 10/11/22

The Batgirls get help from none other than Gotham Academy’s very own Maps Mizoguchi and her brother Kyle to help decipher a clue they found that could help reveal who the killer behind all the Hill murders is, which leads them straight into…the city zoo…

 

BATMAN – KNIGHTWATCH #2

Written by J. TORRES

Art and cover by MARCELO DI CHIARA

$2.99 US | 32 pages | 2 of 5

ON SALE 10/4/22

When Penguin saves people from a mugging, Batman is certain he’s up to no good.

 

BATMAN/SUPERMAN: WORLD’S FINEST #8

Written by MARK WAID

Art and cover by DAN MORA

Variant cover by TAURIN CLARKE

1:25 variant cover by TRAVIS MERCER

1:50 variant cover by CLAYTON HENRY

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

ON SALE 10/18/22

“RECKLESS YOUTH” continues as Superman and Batman struggle to mentor the new Boy Thunder! The Key has drawn the World’s Finest team into an impossible dilemma unlike any they’ve ever faced when the entire city of Metropolis goes into a deadly lockdown!

 

BATMAN: BEYOND THE WHITE KNIGHT #6

Written by SEAN MURPHY

Art and cover by SEAN MURPHY

Variant cover by FIONA STAPLES

1:25 variant cover by SEAN MURPHY

$4.99 US | 32 pages | 6 of 8 | (All covers card stock)

ON SALE 10/25/22

After years of rivalry, it’s the showdown you’ve been waiting for…Jason Todd versus Dick Grayson! Who’s the best Robin? Find out this issue! Plus, with the help of an unexpected new ally, Bruce Wayne aims to take Derek Powers down for good. But will the malevolent millionaire’s newfound powers prove to be too much for the former Batman?

 

BATMAN: FORTRESS #6

Written by GARY WHITTA

Art and cover by DARICK ROBERTSON

Variant cover by JORGE MOLINA

$3.99 US | 32 pages | 6 of 8 | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)

ON SALE 10/25/22

Having finally located the Fortress of Solitude, Batman and his hastily assembled allies quickly discover that it is as deadly as it is awe-inspiring. With an alien force holding the world hostage while the heroes hunt for Superman, can the Dark Knight find a weapon to repel the invaders? Or will his ragtag team succumb to dysfunction and betrayal before they can save the world?

 

BATMAN: THE AUDIO ADVENTURES #2

Written by DENNIS McNICHOLAS

Art by ANTHONY MARQUES and J. BONE

Cover by DAVE JOHNSON

Variant cover by MICHAEL ALLRED

$3.99 US | 32 pages | 2 of 7 | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)

ON SALE 10/25/22

Batman comes face-to-face with the ninjas who have been tearing through the Gotham underworld. As the Dark Knight stares down the menacing assailants, he learns more about their mission as well as the name of the one they serve: the Demon’s Head, Ra’s al Ghul. Meanwhile, something prowls the sewers of Gotham City, a being whose mind has been warped by The Joker’s dark purple dawn!

 

BATMAN: THE KNIGHT #10

Written by CHIP ZDARSKY

Art and cover by CARMINE DI GIANDOMENICO

Variant cover by RICCARDO FEDERICI

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

ON SALE 10/18/22

Bruce Wayne’s worldwide journey has reached its conclusion—is he ready for the brutal final exam? The acclaimed series comes to a shocking, climactic end as this young Dark Knight will face the ultimate test!

 

BATMAN: URBAN LEGENDS #20

Written by JIM ZUB, JOEY ESPOSITO, CHRIS BURNHAM, and NADIA SHAMMAS

Art by MAX DUNBAR, SERGIO ACUNA, CHRIS BURNHAM, and JAHNOY LINDSAY

Cover by MAX DUNBAR

Variant covers by JORGE CORONA and EDWIN GALMON

$7.99 US | 64 pages | Prestige

ON SALE 10/11/22

Jim Zub and Max Dunbar take us to the world of Batman, monster hunter! What is the Murder Club and how are they going to rock Batman’s world forever in the start of a four–part epic by Joey Esposito and Sergio Acuña? Chris Burnham’s epic Alfred saga draws to a close! And Nadia Shammas and Jahnoy Lindsay craft a deadly parenting short story starring Batman and Talia al Ghul battling for the soul of their son, Damian.

CATWOMAN #48

Written by TINI HOWARD

Art and cover by NICO LEON

Cover by JEFF DÉKAL

Variant cover by SOZOMAIKA

1:25 variant cover by TULA LOTAY

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

ON SALE 10/18/22

Don’t you just hate it when your current and former lovers meet accidentally? That’s definitely the case here for Catwoman, as Valmont and Batman cross paths! Is Batman jealous or just concerned that Selina is dating an international criminal who is also a murderer? There are some lines you just don’t cross, Cat, and not all attention is good attention.

DETECTIVE COMICS #1065

Written by RAM V

Art by RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE

Cover by EVAN CAGLE

Backup written by SI SPURRIER

Backup art by HAYDEN SHERMAN

Variant cover by JIM LEE, SCOTT WILLIAMS, and ALEX SINCLAIR

1:25 variant cover by MARTIN SIMMONDS

1:50 pencil variant cover by JIM LEE

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

ON SALE 10/25/22

The Orgham family has dramatically arrived after traumatic events at the docks in Gotham, and they are ready to reclaim the land that belongs under their name…an English surname you may better know as Arkham. As Bruce Wayne and the young Orgham prince Arzen discuss how they both want to change Gotham for the better, it seems Batman and the Orghams might have different ways to go about doing so…

FUTURE STATE: GOTHAM #18

Written by DENNIS CULVER

Art by GEOFFO

Cover by SIMONE DI MEO

Variant cover by CARLOS D’ANDA

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

ON SALE 10/11/22

FINAL ISSUE! It’s the last Batman standing versus Gotham’s greatest threat! Who will ultimately win the war of the Batmen? And what will be left of the city when it’s all said and done? It doesn’t look good for anyone.

 

HARLEY QUINN #23

Written by STEPHANIE PHILLIPS

Art and cover by MATTEO LOLLI

Variant cover by LEIRIX

1:25 variant cover by RACHTA LIN

1:50 variant cover by MEGAN HUTCHINSON-CATES

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

ON SALE 10/25/22

Y’know, bein’ dead is just like ridin’ a bike. There’s a big white light, and then Prince shows up and offers you a chance to host a house party in the clouds with Marilyn Monroe and Abraham Lincoln. Then suddenly you’re brought back to life in a pit of goopy green snot, and you have to find the person who was rude enough to shoot and kill you. To make things even better…turns out that comin’ back to life could have some serious unintended consequences!

 

I Am Batman #14

Written by JOHN RIDLEY

Art and cover by CHRISTIAN DUCE

Variant cover by HOWARD PORTER

1:25 variant cover by CAANAN WHITE

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

ON SALE 10/11/22

The mystery of a pair of brutal murders is solved, a hero is born, and a mantle is passed. The conclusion of the intense “She Got Next” saga will reverberate from New York all the way back to Gotham City as it sets up the next chapters for both Jace Fox and Renee Montoya.

NIGHTWING #97

Written by TOM TAYLOR

Art and cover by BRUNO REDONDO

Variant cover by JAMAL CAMPBELL

1:25 variant cover by SERGIO ACUÑA

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

ON SALE 10/18/22

…Batgirl gives Nightwing her answer. And they have a long talk with each other about what that means.

 

POISON IVY #5

Written by G. WILLOW WILSON

Art by MARCIO TAKARA

Cover by JESSICA FONG

Variant covers by STJEPAN ŠEJIĆ and DAVID TALASKI

1:25 variant cover by TULA LOTAY

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

ON SALE 10/4/22

Hello, sweetie, you’re absolutely pathetic. You know that, right? Luckily for you, Daddy’s home and he’s here to make all the bad feelings go away. As Ivy prepares to go international with her mission to save the Earth, there’s only one thing standing in her way—the brave man whom Ivy stole her powers from.

SWORD OF AZRAEL #3

Written by DAN WATTERS

Art and cover by NIKOLA ČIŽMEŠIJA

Variant cover by STEVE BEACH

1:25 variant cover by JORGE CORONA

$3.99 US | 32 pages | 3 of 6 | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)

ON SALE 10/4/22

Jean-Paul Valley’s path to righteousness continues as he uncovers the antediluvian crucible that gave shape to the first Azrael centuries ago. Buried deep within the heart of an active volcano, its halls hold the secrets of the Order of St. Dumas…and the great beast who lived through it all.

TIM DRAKE: ROBIN #2

Written by MEGHAN FITZMARTIN

Art by RILEY ROSSMO

Cover by RICARDO LÓPEZ ORTIZ

Variant cover by DAN MORA

1:25 variant cover by RILEY ROSSMO

1:50 variant cover by JORGE CORONA

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

ON SALE 10/25/22

To catch a criminal mastermind, Tim will have to…steal a diamond? Oh no, what’s gotten into you, Tim? It’s Tim Drake like you’ve never seen him! Plus: a murder most foul at the library, the Gotham Marina is in danger, and Bernard isn’t answering Tim’s calls!

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