THE BAT-MAN: FIRST KNIGHT by Dan Jurgens and Mike Perkins

[MajorHoy]

From the February 2024 solicitations:

THE BAT-MAN: FIRST KNIGHT #1
Written by DAN JURGENS
Art by MIKE PERKINS
Cover by MIKE PERKINS
Pulp novel variant cover by MARC ASPINALL
Variant cover by RAMON PEREZ
1:25 variant cover by JACOB PHILLIPS
$6.99 | 48 pages | 1 of 3 | Prestige Plus | 8 1/2″ x 10 7/8″
(all covers are card stock)
ON SALE 3/5/24

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!

https://comicbookdispatch.com/batman...solicitations/

[thwhtGuardian]

From the February 2024 solicitations:https://comicbookdispatch.com/batman...solicitations/

That's an immediate sale from me, looks awesome!

[Frontier]

This reminds me of the idea behind 5G Batman.

[Gaius]

Wow, an actually interesting BL book with Batman.

That's rarer than Bigfoot and Nessie.

[bat39]

Wow! It's practically like DC read my mind (or maybe they do actually read the threads on this forum ).

Totally here for this. It seems like it checks every box I had for my dream Golden Age Batman story.

I'm a bit curious though - is this a totally original story, or an adaptation of one of the early Kane/Finger stories? Doesn't sound like it, and yet they're calling this a "retelling of one of his most infamous cases".

Also, is that Wayne Manor in that image? Interesting if that's the case, given that Wayne Manor didn't really exist back in the 1939 comics (though we never did get a good look at where Bruce actually lived in those early stories). I do hope they try to stay as true as possible to the actual 1939-40 stories without backporting too much later stuff. Definitely don't want to see Alfred here.

[Frontier]

Wow! It's practically like DC read my mind (or maybe they do actually read the threads on this forum ).

Totally here for this. It seems like it checks every box I had for my dream Golden Age Batman story.

I'm a bit curious though - is this a totally original story, or an adaptation of one of the early Kane/Finger stories? Doesn't sound like it, and yet they're calling this a "retelling of one of his most infamous cases".

Also, is that Wayne Manor in that image? Interesting if that's the case, given that Wayne Manor didn't really exist back in the 1939 comics (though we never did get a good look at where Bruce actually lived in those early stories). I do hope they try to stay as true as possible to the actual 1939-40 stories without backporting too much later stuff. Definitely don't want to see Alfred here.

Jim Gordon better be an old dude who indulges his rich buddy Bruce Wayne too much .

Maybe they should bring back that fat detective due who always had it out for Batman...he was like a proto-Harvey Bullock.

[the illustrious mr. kenway]

I'm curious about what Batman's adventures in the 1930s would be like so this might fill that desire. I'm cutting back on Marvel and DC next year so I might trade wait it.

[MajorHoy]

Maybe they should bring back that fat detective due who always had it out for Batman...he was like a proto-Harvey Bullock.

You mean this guy?

Back during the Golden Age, Detective McGonigle played a role in two stories from Batman #3 (Fall 1940).





But I don't know if he was ever used again after that.

[Frontier]

Good old McGonigle .

[Hurricane Billy]

Oh I am all in for this. But then, I'm always a sucker for when contemporary writers/artists whip up a new Batman comic that reimagines the old Golden Age material.

[exile001]

I'll definitely give this a go but I haven't been really excited by anything Jurgens has done since his return to DC. It'll likely be fine and solid enough but nothing more, so hopefully the art will carry it.

[MajorHoy]

I'll definitely give this a go but I haven't been really excited by anything Jurgens has done since his return to DC. It'll likely be fine and solid enough but nothing more, so hopefully the art will carry it.

These days, "fine and solid" are hard for me to find at DC.

[exile001]

These days, "fine and solid" are hard for me to find at DC.

I'm more a "new and/or interesting" guy myself. Also a little tough to find.

[bat39]

Jim Gordon better be an old dude who indulges his rich buddy Bruce Wayne too much .

Maybe they should bring back that fat detective due who always had it out for Batman...he was like a proto-Harvey Bullock.

LOL, yeah!

I don't mind if they keep the retcon from Secret Origins # 6 that Gordon was a friend of Bruce's Uncle Phillip.

But yeah, definitely want to see Bruce chilling with Gordon. And maybe Julie Madison should get some love as well.

[DanMad1977]

The first Batman book I would buy in years. I hope its successful enough to make it an ongoing.