Future State: The Next Batman #1 [Second Printing Character Design Cover]

(April 2021)

The Next Batman (Table of Contents: 1)

The Next Batman / I Am Batman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

John Ridley (credited)

Pencils

Nick Derington (credited)

Inks

Nick Derington (credited)

Colors

Tamra Bonvillain (credited)

Letters

Clayton Cowles (credited)

Editing

Dave Wielgosz (credited) (associate editor); Ben Abernathy (credited) (editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

We live in a police state.

Genre

superhero

Characters

Gotham City Police Department: Detective Adriana Chubb; Detective Whitaker (retired)
Batman [Jace Fox]; Luke Fox; Tamara Fox; Tanya Fox; Bane-Litos (gang) [Rico; Eddie (prospect); Nestor (prospect)], The Magistrate, The Eastside Rapist

Synopsis

In the future, Gotham is a police state where the law is enforced by a private security force, The Magistrate, who shoot offenders on sight, and their number one target is a new Batman. Meanwhile, Luke Fox has an angry confrontation with his brother Tim over events that involved the hospitalization of their sister Tam.

Reprints

• in Batman by John Ridley: The Deluxe Edition (DC, 2021 series) ([August] 2021)
• in Future State: The Next Batman (DC, 2021 series) ([August] 2021)
• in Batman (Panini Deutschland, 2017 series) #55 (November 2021)
• in Batman (Panini Brasil, 2017 series) #56 (novembro 2021)

Keywords

The Magistrate

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

The Outsiders / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Brandon Thomas (credited)

Pencils

Sumit Kumar (credited)

Inks

Sumit Kumar (credited); Raúl Fernández (credited)

Colors

Jordie Bellaire (credited)

Letters

Steve Wands (credited)

Editing

Ben Meares (credited) (assistant editor); Dave Wielgosz (credited) (editor); Ben Abernathy (credited) (group editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Katana a.k.a. Tatsu Yamashiro, the Woman on the Wall, the Soultaker. Current Status: Active

Genre

superhero

Characters

Outsiders: Black Lightning [Jefferson Pierce]; Katana [Tatsu Yamashiro]; The Signal [Duke Thomas]
Kaliber; The Magistrate

Synopsis

After helping Duke Thomas get his friends out of Gotham's borders, Katana investigates a Magistrate stronghold operating outside of the city, where she encounters an old "friend", Kaliber.

Reprints

• in Future State: The Next Batman (DC, 2021 series) ([August] 2021)

Keywords

The Magistrate

Indexer Notes

Story continues in issue #3.

Arkham Knights Chapter One Rise (Table of Contents: 3)

Arkham Knights / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Paul Jenkins (credited)

Pencils

Jack Herbert (credited)

Inks

Jack Herbert (credited)

Colors

Gabe Eltaeb (credited)

Letters

Rob Leigh (credited)

Editing

Ben Meares (credited) (assistant editor); Paul Kaminski (credited) (editor); Ben Abernathy (credited) (group editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The sun always rises.

Genre

superhero

Characters

Arkham Knights: Two-Face [Harvey Dent]
Arkham Knights: Anarky [Lonnie Machin]; Arkham Knight [Astrid Arkham]; Clayface [Basil Karlo]; Copperhead; Humpty Dumpty [Humphry Dumpler]; Killer Croc [Waylon Jones]; Doctor Phosphorus [Alex Sartorius]; Mister Zsasz
The Magistrate: Peacekeeper-01 [Sean Mahoney]; Peacekeeper-12

Synopsis

A group of former villains led by Astrid Arkham fight for the people against the Magistrate in Gotham City in the future.

Reprints

• in Future State: The Next Batman (DC, 2021 series) ([August] 2021)

Keywords

The Magistrate

Indexer Notes

Story continues in issue #3.

The Next Batman (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

DC Nation / in-house column / 1 page (report information)