January Detective Comics Event: Shadows of the Bat

[Hypo]

Newsarama has an article with the below title that doesn't actually go anywhere:



https://www.gamesradar.com/batman-qu...ws-of-the-bat/

It's also mentioned in the Detective Comics 2021 Annual solicit:

DETECTIVE COMICS 2021 ANNUAL #1
Written by MARIKO TAMAKI and MATTHEW ROSENBERG
Art by DAVID LAPHAM
Cover by VIKTOR BOGDANOVIC
$5.99 US | 48 PAGES
Variant by JASON FABOK
$6.99 US (Card stock)
ON SALE 11/30/21

“We don’t choose who we save, Bruce. You treat the patient who needs your help.”—Thomas Wayne

“Shadows of the Bat” begins here! In the prelude to January’s epic new Detective Comics event, Mayor Nakano has signed off on the construction of a new Arkham Tower in the heart of Gotham City, and the Bat-Family is torn. Batman has long seen Arkham as a necessary, if flawed, cog in the gears of Gotham City—a temporary solution to larger problems that in many ways mirrors his approach as Batman. Nightwing, however, who grew up watching Arkham mutate into a villain factory, believes a different approach is needed. But Bruce and Dick will need to see eye to eye on more than just Arkham Tower, as a new villain known as THE MAEGER MAN wreaks havoc in the streets and becomes the embodiment of Gotham’s broken system!

[Dark_Tzitzimine]

https://www.gamesradar.com/batman-qu...ws-of-the-bat/

Here's the correct link

Personally, I'm sick of the stories where Bruce stops being Batman/is otherwise absent from Gotham and other has to fill up his place. Seems like we have stories like that every other year.

[Morgoth]

So, as far as I understand, for some reason Bruce is leaving Gotham and this is how Jace being Batman is justified, lol, because he and Bat-Family will stay to protect the city. Doesn't it remind you of something?
And another event, really?
I guess, Magistrate is done after Fear State.

[Bromor]

They use it so much, word "event" is starting to lose is meaning. Seriusly we're in the middle of one and there's another one in a couple of months?

[Frontier]

I don't really buy Bruce leaving Gotham for any reason, and certainly not now (City of Bane, anyone?) but I guess this is how they justify Jace getting the spotlight.

[G-Man27]

The story is gone again, the link leads to a 404 page

[Hypo]

The story is gone again, the link leads to a 404 page

Works for me?

[JBatmanFan05]

Personally, I'm sick of the stories where Bruce stops being Batman/is otherwise absent from Gotham and other has to fill up his place. Seems like we have stories like that every other year.

It's really getting beyond ridiculous right now. I'm not reading this crossover. I may be done with the Batbooks for a bit when Tynion's last issue hits.

[Morgoth]

It's all because they want Jace to be Batman for a while, another excuse for them to have him wearing the suit, while Bruce is gone. Just like Jon being Superman, while Clark is fighting Mongul in space, and judging by solicits, Diana also will be sidelined. It's clearly what they want, even despite the fact, that Jace is not selling well.
So, the sooner this nonsense starts, the sooner it ends, probably when Reeves's Batman premieres.

[Drako]

Yeah, Jace'll 100% be the Batman while Bruce is gone, but will he keep starring in I Am Batman or they will place him in the main Batman book?

[Katana500]

Are we sure the main Batman book won't just have Bruce globetrotting?

Jace remaining in I am Batman makes alot more sense!

[InfamousBG]

Yeah, Jace'll 100% be the Batman while Bruce is gone, but will he keep starring in I Am Batman or they will place him in the main Batman book?

Now that is a great question...

I picked up I Am Batman #0 thinking I was not going to care for it and I actually liked it a lot.

[Jely4me]

https://www.gamesradar.com/batman-qu...ws-of-the-bat/

Here's the correct link

Personally, I'm sick of the stories where Bruce stops being Batman/is otherwise absent from Gotham and other has to fill up his place. Seems like we have stories like that every other year.

One of the main reasons I gave up on Captain America is Steve Rogers is a guest star in his own solo title. Disappointing