Batman: Creature of the Night by Kurt Busiek and John Paul Leon announced

[joybeans]

http://www.dccomics.com/blog/2017/08...e-of-the-night

That’s not the case in this fall’s new Batman miniseries, BATMAN: CREATURE OF THE NIGHT, in which a young Batman fan faces a childhood that suddenly becomes unbearably similar to his hero’s. Written by Kurt Busiek (ASTRO CITY), drawn by John Paul Leon (MOTHER PANIC) and set outside of regular continuity, Creature of the Night is a four-issue, prestige format limited series set in Boston in 1968. Bruce Wainwright is a comic book-reading kid whose obsession with the Caped Crusader leads him to some very dark places which he must ultimately confront when his parents are murdered after walking in on a robbery. It’s a story about loss and confronting your inner demons in the face of that loss that takes a turn towards the unusual when a familiar-looking crimefighter begins to appear on the city streets.

Leon's artwork is very on-point. Definitely looking forward to this.

[Frontier]

I remember reading years ago about Busiek developing this as the Batman equivalent to Superman: Secret Identity, but I thought they'd completely dropped it.

[Ilan Preskovsky]

Superman: Secret Identity is one of my all-time favourite comic books and is up there with All Star Superman as the best Superman story ever (despite not technically having Superman in it) so I'm beyond thrilled that this is FINALLY dropping!

That said, something this special is something I'm going to wait for the trade/ HC for - especially with the $6 price point.

[millernumber1]

http://www.dccomics.com/blog/2017/08...e-of-the-night



Leon's artwork is very on-point. Definitely looking forward to this.

Now this is an interesting idea. I'm very curious to know how it will work without Batman's superpower of infinite money. But I adore Superman: Secret Identity, so it's pretty exciting!

[Nick Miller]

Yes. Definitely a trade purchase for me.

Newsarama has an interview with busiek from 2010 when this idea first percolated

[Kuwagaton]

John

Paul

Leon

Is book sold, game over. 48 pages is very easily worth the price.

[bat39]

Fascinating concept.

[the illustrious mr. kenway]

The idea is interesting and i'm actually curious on how Busiek would tackle WW.

[thwhtGuardian]

I've been waiting for this book for years, I'm so glad it's actually coming out!