In this preview of The Bat-Man: First Knight #1, the year is 1939. The world, still reeling from the horrors of the First World War, is on the brink of tipping into an even more gruesome conflict, as fascism is on the march—and gathering strength in America’s darkest corners. Against this backdrop, a series of violent murders has begun in Gotham, and the recent emergence of the mysterious vigilante known as The Bat-Man has the power brokers of the city living in fear of institutional collapse. All of the evidence in the murder investigation defies logic: the perpetrators are all men who died in the electric chair. But when the Bat- Man comes face to face with one of these sickening anomalies, he barely escapes with his life—throwing into question his ability to survive in a world that is brutally evolving around him! Legendary writer Dan Jurgens and superstar artist Mike Perkins return to the earliest days of the Dark Knight, retelling one of his most infamous cases through an acutely modern lens, depicting a world paralyzed by anxiety and a desperate populace crying out for release!
Enjoy this preview of The Bat-Man: First Knight #1, provided by DC Comics. And check back here at The Batman Universe later this week to see our review of the issue.
The Bat-Man: First Knight #1
Written by: Dan Jurgens
Art by: Mike Perkins
Cover by: Mike Perkins
Variant covers by: Marc Aspinall, Ramón Pérez, Jacob Phillips
Page Count: 48
Release Date: 3/5/24
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