Batman: Detective Comics
#6 - Road to Ruin
([December] 2021)
DC,
2019 Series
- Volume
- 6
- Price
- 24.99 USD; 33.99 CAD
- Pages
- 152
- On-sale Date
- 2021-10-05
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics
- Brand
-
DC [circle and serifs]
- ISBN
-
978-1-77951-270-3
- Barcode
- 9781779512703 52499
- Editing
- Paul Kaminski (credited) (editor - original series & collected edition); Dave Wielgosz (credited) (associate editor - original series)
Issue Notes
Collects Detective Comics #1028-1033.
[no title indexed]
Batman / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Brad Walker (credited) (signed as
WALKER) - Inks
- Andrew Hennessy (credited) (signed as
HENNESSY) - Colors
- Brad Anderson (credited) (signed as
ANDERSON) - Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Damian Wayne]; Hush [Thomas Elliot]; Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; Christopher Nakano; The Mirror
- Reprints
-
from Detective Comics (DC, 2011 series) #1033 (Late February 2021)
-
[no title indexed]
credits, title page / 1 page
- Pencils
- Bilquis Evely (credited)
- Inks
- Bilquis Evely (credited)
- Colors
- Mat Lopes (credited)
- Letters
- ?
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Indexer Notes
Title page, includes illustration from Detective Comics #1030.
[no title indexed]
credits, title page / 2 pages
- Pencils
- Brad Walker (credited)
- Inks
- Andrew Hennessy (credited)
- Colors
- Dave McCaig (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Signal [Duke Thomas]; Batwoman [Kate Kane]; Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; Batgirl [Cassandra Cain; Orphan]; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Red Hood [Jason Todd]; Hush [Thomas Elliot]
Indexer Notes
Title pages with creator credits, includes illustration from Detective Comics #1032.
[no title indexed]
credits, title page / 1 page
- Pencils
- Bilquis Evely (credited)
- Inks
- Bilquis Evely (credited)
- Colors
- Mat Lopes (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Indexer Notes
Indicia and publisher information, includes illustration from Detective Comics #1030.
Detective Comics #1028 Cover by Kenneth Rocafort
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Kenneth Rocafort (credited)
- Inks
- Kenneth Rocafort (credited)
- Colors
- Kenneth Rocafort (credited)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 2011 series) #1028 (December 2020)
-
Indexer Notes
Color art from issue cover with no logos, numbers, and pricing.
[no title indexed]
credits, title page / 1 page
- Pencils
- Kenneth Rocafort (credited)
- Inks
- Kenneth Rocafort (credited)
- Colors
- Kenneth Rocafort (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Indexer Notes
Credits for issue cover with illustration from the cover.
New Blood
Batman / comic story / 20 pages
- Script
- Peter J. Tomasi (credited)
- Pencils
- Nicola Scott (credited)
- Inks
- Nicola Scott (credited)
- Colors
- Trish Mulvihill (credited)
- Letters
- Rob Leigh (credited)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Detective Richard Gotis (death); Mrs. Gotis; Harvey Bullock; Officer Christopher Nakano; Koyuki Nakano; Officer Varley; Judge Hurwitz (death); Steven Holman; Jake Holman (photo); unnamed prosecutor; unnamed mayor; Cicely Dandridge
- Synopsis
- While investigating the murder of a crooked Gotham cop, Batman encounters a killer on horseback who is targeting Gotham officials who have been involved in criminal dealings.
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 2011 series) #1028 (December 2020)
-
Detective Comics #1029 Cover by Kenneth Rocafort
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Kenneth Rocafort (credited)
- Inks
- Kenneth Rocafort (credited)
- Colors
- Kenneth Rocafort (credited)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Mirror
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 2011 series) #1029 (December 2020)
-
Indexer Notes
Color art from issue cover with no logos, numbers, and pricing.
[no title indexed]
credits, title page / 1 page
- Pencils
- Kenneth Rocafort (credited)
- Inks
- Kenneth Rocafort (credited)
- Colors
- Kenneth Rocafort (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- The Mirror
Indexer Notes
Credits for issue cover with illustration from the cover.
Who Are You?
Batman / comic story / 20 pages
- Script
- Peter J. Tomasi (credited)
- Pencils
- Kenneth Rocafort (credited)
- Inks
- Kenneth Rocafort (credited)
- Colors
- Dan Brown (credited as Daniel Brown)
- Letters
- Rob Leigh (credited)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; The Mirror; the Gargoyle Hunters; Alfred Pennyworth (photo); Martha Wayne (photo); Thomas Wayne (photo); unnamed bank robbers; unnamed bank manager; Paul (socialite); unnamed socialites; Christopher Nakano; unnamed yacht captain; unnamed pirates; Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; Damian Wayne
- Synopsis
- A new masked villain named The Mirror attracts followers as he promises to rid Gotham of vigilantes, at the same time that Christopher Nakano is running for mayor on a pledge of also cracking down and Batman and his allies. Meanwhile, Bruce adjusts to the loss of his fortune and starts packing up Wayne Manor.
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 2011 series) #1029 (December 2020)
-
- Keywords
- Black Casebook
Indexer Notes
Bruce Wayne lost most of his fortune during The Joker War, as seen in Batman (DC, 2016 series) #95-100.
Detective Comics #1030 by Bilquis Evely and Mat Lopes
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Bilquis Evely (credited, signed)
- Inks
- Bilquis Evely (credited, signed)
- Colors
- Mat Lopes (credited, signed)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; The Mirror
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 2011 series) #1030 (January 2021)
-
Indexer Notes
Color art from issue cover with no logos, numbers, and pricing.
[no title indexed]
credits, title page / 1 page
- Pencils
- Bilquis Evely (credited, signed)
- Inks
- Bilquis Evely (credited, signed)
- Colors
- Mat Lopes (credited, signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; The Mirror
Indexer Notes
Credits for issue cover with illustration from the cover.
Give Blood
Batman / comic story / 20 pages
- Script
- Peter J. Tomasi (credited)
- Pencils
- Bilquis Evely (credited)
- Inks
- Bilquis Evely (credited)
- Colors
- Mat Lopes (credited)
- Letters
- Rob Leigh (credited)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Christopher Nakano; Koyuki Nakano; Officer Bart (flashback); Damian Wayne [Robin]; Red Hood [Jason Todd]; Batwoman [Kate Kane]; Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; Signal [Duke Thomas]; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Batgirl [Cassandra Cain; Orphan]; The Mirror; the Gargoyle Hunters; Teen Titans [Roundhouse; Crush; Kid Flash [Wallace West] (second Wally West)] (flashback); Alfred Pennyworth (photo); Detective Catherine Podolsky (photo)
- Synopsis
- Batman and his allies are harassed by supporters of the anti-mask sentiment promoted by mayoral candidate Nakano and the Mirror. Meanwhile, Batman tries to locate Damian who has stolen the Black Casebook and is using it to investigate an unsolved case of multiple murder attempts against Bruce Wayne when he was a teenager.
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 2011 series) #1030 (January 2021)
-
- Keywords
- Black Casebook
Indexer Notes
Damian clashed with Batman and gave up the role of Robin in Teen Titans Annual (DC, 2019 series) #2
Detective Comics #1031 by Jorge Jiménez and Alejandro Sánchez
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jorge Jiménez (signed as
Jorge Jimenez) (credited as Jorge Jimenez) - Inks
- Jorge Jiménez (signed as Jorge Jimenez) (credited as Jorge Jimenez)
- Colors
- Alejandro Sánchez (credited) (signed as
Sánchez)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Damian Wayne]
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 2011 series) #1031 (January 2021)
-
Indexer Notes
Color art from issue cover with no logos, numbers, and pricing.
[no title indexed]
credits, title page / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jorge Jiménez (signed as Jorge Jimenez) (credited as Jorge Jimenez)
- Inks
- Jorge Jiménez (signed as Jorge Jimenez) (credited as Jorge Jimenez)
- Colors
- Alejandro Sánchez (credited) (signed as Sánchez)
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Damian Wayne]
Indexer Notes
Credits for issue cover with illustration from the cover.
Smash the Mirror
Batman / comic story / 20 pages
- Script
- Peter J. Tomasi (credited)
- Pencils
- Bilquis Evely (credited)
- Inks
- Bilquis Evely (credited)
- Colors
- Mat Lopes (credited)
- Letters
- Rob Leigh (credited)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Damian Wayne; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; Red Hood [Jason Todd]; Batwoman [Kate Kane]; Signal [Duke Thomas]; Batgirl [Cassandra Cain; Orphan]; Christopher Nakano; The Mirror; the Gargoyle Hunters; unnamed graphitti artists; Catherine Podolsky; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]; Two-Face [Harvey Dent]; Hush [Thomas Elliot]; Koyuki Nakano; unnamed protestors
- Synopsis
- Batman and his allies are caught in the middle of an uprising by the anti-mask protestors led by the Mirror. Meanwhile, Damian solves an old case of the attempted murder of Bruce Wayne when he was a teenager, and discovers that the culprit has a connection to one of Batman's enemies.
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 2011 series) #1031 (January 2021)
-
Detective Comics #1032 by Brad Walker, Andrew Hennessy, and Brad Anderson
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Brad Walker (credited, signed)
- Inks
- Andrew Hennessy (credited, signed)
- Colors
- Brad Anderson (credited, signed)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Damian Wayne]; Hush [Thomas Elliot]
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 2011 series) #1032 (Early February 2021)
-
Indexer Notes
Color art from issue cover with no logos, numbers, and pricing.
[no title indexed]
credits, title page / 1 page
- Pencils
- Brad Walker (credited, signed)
- Inks
- Andrew Hennessy (credited, signed)
- Colors
- Brad Anderson (credited, signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Damian Wayne]; Hush [Thomas Elliot]
Indexer Notes
Credits for issue cover with illustration from the cover.
Head Wounds
Batman / comic story / 20 pages
- Script
- Peter J. Tomasi (credited)
- Pencils
- Brad Walker (credited)
- Inks
- Andrew Hennessy (credited)
- Colors
- Dave McCaig (credited)
- Letters
- Rob Leigh (credited)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Signal [Duke Thomas]; Batwoman [Kate Kane]; Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; Batgirl [Cassandra Cain; Orphan]; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Red Hood [Jason Todd]; Damian Wayne; Hush [Thomas Elliot]; Alfred Pennyworth (photos); Christopher Nakano; Koyuki Nakano; Dr. Leigh
- Synopsis
- Batman tracks down Damian who is not happy at being found, leading to a conflict between the two. Meanwhile, Hush has captured the other members of the Bat family, and is planning to harvest and sell their organs.
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 2011 series) #1032 (Early February 2021)
-
- Keywords
- Black Casebook
Detective Comics #1033 by Brad Walker, Andrew Hennessy, and Brad Anderson
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Brad Walker (credited, signed)
- Inks
- Andrew Hennessy (credited, signed)
- Colors
- Brad Anderson (credited, signed)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Damian Wayne]; Hush [Thomas Elliot]; Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; Christopher Nakano; The Mirror
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 2011 series) #1033 (Late February 2021)
-
Indexer Notes
Color art from issue cover with no logos, numbers, and pricing.
[no title indexed]
credits, title page / 1 page
- Pencils
- Brad Walker (credited, signed)
- Inks
- Andrew Hennessy (credited, signed)
- Colors
- Brad Anderson (credited, signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Damian Wayne]; Hush [Thomas Elliot]; Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; Christopher Nakano; The Mirror
Indexer Notes
Credits for issue cover with illustration from the cover.
Shut Out the Light
Batman / comic story / 20 pages
- Script
- Peter J. Tomasi (credited)
- Pencils
- Brad Walker (credited)
- Inks
- Andrew Hennessy (credited)
- Colors
- Dave McCaig (credited)
- Letters
- Rob Leigh (credited)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Damian Wayne; Hush [Thomas Elliot]; Red Hood [Jason Todd]; Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; Signal [Duke Thomas]; Batgirl [Cassandra Cain; Orphan]; Batwoman [Kate Kane]; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Martha Wayne (flashback); Thomas Wayne (flashback); Thomas Elliot's father (flashback); Thomas Elliot's mother (flashback); Christopher Nakano; Koyuki Nakano; Alfred Pennyworth (photo); Ace; Titus; Bat-Cow
- Synopsis
- Batman and Damian team up to battle Hush to save the lives of the Bat Family. After the battle, Batman tries to get Damian to come home, but Damian feels he must continue to be on his own. Mayoral candidate Nakano learns the results of the election.
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 2011 series) #1033 (Late February 2021)
-
Variant Cover Gallery
Batman / illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Lee Bermejo (credited)
- Inks
- Lee Bermejo (credited)
- Colors
- Lee Bermejo (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Indexer Notes
Introduction to variant cover gallery with illustration from the variant cover of Detective Comics #1030.
Detective Comics #1028 Variant Cover by Lee Bermejo
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Lee Bermejo (credited)
- Inks
- Lee Bermejo (credited)
- Colors
- Lee Bermejo (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 2011 series) #1028 [Lee Bermejo Cardstock Variant Cover] (December 2020)
-
Indexer Notes
Color art from issue variant cover with no logos, numbers, and pricing.
Detective Comics #1029 Variant Cover by Lee Bermejo
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Lee Bermejo (credited)
- Inks
- Lee Bermejo (credited)
- Colors
- Lee Bermejo (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 2011 series) #1029 [Lee Bermejo Cardstock Variant Cover] (December 2020)
-
Indexer Notes
Color art from issue variant cover with no logos, numbers, and pricing.
Detective Comics #1030 Variant Cover by Lee Bermejo
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Lee Bermejo (credited)
- Inks
- Lee Bermejo (credited)
- Colors
- Lee Bermejo (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 2011 series) #1030 [Lee Bermejo Cardstock Variant Cover] (January 2021)
-
- Keywords
- Batcave; Batmobile
Indexer Notes
Color art from issue variant cover with no logos, numbers, and pricing.
Detective Comics #1031 Variant Cover by Lee Bermejo
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Lee Bermejo (credited)
- Inks
- Lee Bermejo (credited)
- Colors
- Lee Bermejo (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 2011 series) #1031 [Lee Bermejo Cardstock Variant Cover] (January 2021)
-
Indexer Notes
Color art from issue variant cover with no logos, numbers, and pricing.
Detective Comics #1032 Variant Cover by Lee Bermejo
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Lee Bermejo (credited)
- Inks
- Lee Bermejo (credited)
- Colors
- Lee Bermejo (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 2011 series) #1032 [Lee Bermejo Cardstock Variant Cover] (Early February 2021)
-
Indexer Notes
Color art from issue variant cover with no logos, numbers, and pricing.
Detective Comics #1033 Variant Cover by Lee Bermejo
Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Lee Bermejo (credited)
- Inks
- Lee Bermejo (credited)
- Colors
- Lee Bermejo (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
- Reprints
- from Detective Comics (DC, 2011 series) #1033 [Lee Bermejo Cardstock Variant Cover] (Late February 2021)
-
Indexer Notes
Color art from issue variant cover with no logos, numbers, and pricing.
Cover Sketches
illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Kenneth Rocafort (credited); Bilquis Evely (credited); Brad Walker (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Cover sketches for Detective Comics #1029, 1030, 1032, and 1033.
A Crossroads in the Life of Batman
illustration / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bilquis Evely (credited)
- Inks
- Bilquis Evely (credited)
- Colors
- Mat Lopes (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Indexer Notes
Back cover with text on contents of collection, includes illustration from Detective Comics #1030.
Editing
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Batman -
1.
[no title indexed]
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2.
[no title indexed]
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3.
[no title indexed]
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4.
Detective Comics #1028 Cover by Kenneth Rocafort
Batman -
5.
[no title indexed]
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6.
New Blood
Batman -
7.
Detective Comics #1029 Cover by Kenneth Rocafort
Batman -
8.
[no title indexed]
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9.
Who Are You?
Batman -
10.
Detective Comics #1030 by Bilquis Evely and Mat Lopes
Batman -
11.
[no title indexed]
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12.
Give Blood
Batman -
13.
Detective Comics #1031 by Jorge Jiménez and Alejandro Sánchez
Batman -
14.
[no title indexed]
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15.
Smash the Mirror
Batman -
16.
Detective Comics #1032 by Brad Walker, Andrew Hennessy, and Brad Anderson
Batman -
17.
[no title indexed]
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18.
Head Wounds
Batman -
19.
Detective Comics #1033 by Brad Walker, Andrew Hennessy, and Brad Anderson
Batman -
20.
[no title indexed]
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21.
Shut Out the Light
Batman -
22.
Variant Cover Gallery
Batman -
23.
Detective Comics #1028 Variant Cover by Lee Bermejo
Batman -
24.
Detective Comics #1029 Variant Cover by Lee Bermejo
Batman -
25.
Detective Comics #1030 Variant Cover by Lee Bermejo
Batman -
26.
Detective Comics #1031 Variant Cover by Lee Bermejo
Batman -
27.
Detective Comics #1032 Variant Cover by Lee Bermejo
Batman -
28.
Detective Comics #1033 Variant Cover by Lee Bermejo
Batman -
29.
Cover Sketches
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30.
A Crossroads in the Life of Batman
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