DC is bringing the all-star inventive staff of author Matt Fraction and artist Jorge Jiménez collectively for a contemporary Batman relaunch. A brand new Batman #1 is coming this September with a throwback blue and grey costume, a brand new Batmobile, and “all of the stuff that makes Batman the good character in comics.”
Fraction and Jiménez are joined by colorist Tomeu Morey and letterer Clayton Cowles for the sequence relaunch which, in a press launch, DC says will inform “linked however self-contained tales.” The precise particulars of these tales stay underneath wraps from now, however you may check out a couple of unlettered inside pages by Jiménez and Morey in addition to Jiménez’s cowl artwork and character design ideas within the gallery beneath.
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Maybe probably the most hanging a part of the artwork is Batman’s new costume, which throws again to the Caped Crusader’s traditional blue and grey shade scheme. The artwork additionally exhibits a little bit of what DC is teasing as “a brand new search for Gotham Metropolis.” We’re additionally going to see a brand new Batmobile, however we’ll have to attend for our first take a look at that.
“I wouldn’t be right here if it wasn’t for Batman. It was the primary comedian I ever learn,” Fraction says within the press launch. “Jorge and I’ve a really superhero-forward sort of tackle Batman. We have a brand new Batmobile, we have got a brand new costume, we have got new characters, and we have got a whole lot of previous ones too – good and unhealthy; all of the stuff that makes Batman the good character in comics. We wish to have fun all of it.”
“For this new chapter, we’re crafting a revamped aesthetic, bringing again Batman’s blue swimsuit in a definitive method,” Jiménez provides. “It is a small shift meant to really feel each traditional and contemporary, subtly evolving whereas staying true to the unique design we’ve used lately. On the identical time, I’m engaged on Gotham Metropolis’s visible identification, giving it a contemporary method that units it other than my earlier takes. I am aiming for a slight pop affect, one thing that subtly nods to traditional tales whereas conserving the darkish and ominous really feel of latest Batman.”
Batman #1 launches this September. The present Batman sequence continues in problem #158 on March 26, which can see inventive staff Jeph Loeb, Jim Lee, Scott Williams, Alex Sinclair and Richard Starkings take over for a sequel to one of many best Batman tales ever advised.
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