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BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #28

Written by Christina Weir & Nunzio DiFilipis
Art and cover by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez & Kevin Nowlan

“New Dawn” Part 3 of 3! Forced to work side by side, Batman and the Riddler may end up together forever…trapped inside King Tut’s Tomb! Concluding Batman’s first comic book encounter with the cursed King Tut!

On sale April 8 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

BATMAN: SCARECROW AND TWO-FACE YEAR ONE TP

Written by Bruce Jones and Mark Sable
Art by Jesus Saiz, Sean Murphy and Jimmy Palmiotti
Cover by Zach Howard

Two of Batman’s greatest foes star in this new title collecting YEAR ONE: BATMAN/SCARECROW #1-2 and TWO-FACE YEAR ONE
#1-2.

Advance-solicited; on sale May 13 • 200 pg, FC, $19.99 US

BATMAN: THE RESURRECTION OF RA’S AL GHUL TP

Written by Peter Milligan, Grant Morrison, Fabian Nicieza, Paul Dini and Keith Champagne
Art by Don Kramer, Jason Pearson, Tony Daniel, David Lopez, Freddie Williams II, Ryan Benjamin and others
Cover by Adam Kubert

The unforgettable epic is now in trade paperback! Batman's immortal foe, Ra's al Ghul, should be dead at last — so how has he returned to haunt The Dark Knight? Find out in this intense tale originally presented in BATMAN ANNUAL #26, BATMAN #670-671, ROBIN #168-169, ROBIN ANNUAL #7, NIGHTWING #138-139 and DETECTIVE COMICS #838-839!
Ra's al Ghul is back . . . but what does his return have to do with Batman's teenaged son, Damian — whose mother is Ra's al Ghul's daughter, Talia? It will take the combined skills of Batman, Robin and Nightwing to get to the bottom of these mysteries and stop Ra's al Ghul's insidious plans.

Advance-solicited; on sale May 6 • 256 pg, FC, $19.99 US

	BATMAN: BATTLE FOR THE COWL #2 Written by Tony Daniel Art by Tony Daniel & Sandu Florea Covers by Tony Daniel With the destruction of Arkham Asylum and dozens of Gotham City’s most lethal villains rioting through the streets, it would seem that Nightwing, Robin and their allies have their hands full. But they hadn’t counted on the return of Batman himself! But is it really The Dark Knight? If so, why is he acting so strangely? And if not, is this a threat that could mean the destruction of Gotham? This 3-issue series continues to shock and surprise as the battle shifts to the next level with a face-off and ending that will have everybody talking. Who has earned the right to be Batman? Who thinks they deserve it? Robin? Nightwing? Jason Todd? Who will ultimately win the BATTLE FOR THE COWL? On sale April 8 • 2 of 3 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US
BATMAN: BATTLE FOR THE COWL – ARKHAM ASYLUM #1 Written by David Hine Art by Jeremy Haun Cover by Ladrönn Gotham City has become a place of nightmares and madness. At its poisoned heart lies Arkham Asylum. For decades the lunacy has been kept under control by Batman and contained within the walls of Arkham. But with Batman gone, what happens once the walls come tumbling down? In this one-shot, will the Asylum’s administrator Dr. Jeremiah Arkham fall prey to the madness that has plagued so many of his inmates? Or will he seize this opportunity to usher in a new era for Gotham’s most haunted institution? On sale April 22 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US
	BATMAN: BATTLE FOR THE COWL – MAN-BAT #1 Written by Joe Harris Art by Jim Calafiore Cover by Ladrönn Spinning out of the events in BATTLE FOR THE COWL, Gotham City is in chaos and the villains of Arkham Asylum are running amok. One such villain is the evil Doctor Phosphorus who seeks out another scientist in this one-shot to help him grow even more powerful. But when that scientist is Kirk Langstrom, a.k.a. Man-Bat, Doctor Phosphorus – and all of Gotham – will get much more than they bargained for! On sale April 1 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US
BATMAN: BATTLE FOR THE COWL – THE UNDERGROUND #1 Written by Chris Yost Art by Pablo Raimondi Cover by Ladrönn With Batman gone, the villains have descended on Gotham! A who's who of Bat-villains star in this one-shot including Catwoman, the Riddler, Harley Quinn, Two-Face, Poison Ivy, The Penguin and Ra's Al Ghul. What kind of havoc will these villains wreak on a city that's already on the verge of implosion? Who will oppose them? And could they all work together to take down Gotham City – or will they just destroy each other? Find out when THE UNDERGROUND rises! On sale April 29 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US
	BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #28 Written by Christina Weir & Nunzio DiFilipis Art and cover by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez & Kevin Nowlan “New Dawn” Part 3 of 3! Forced to work side by side, Batman and the Riddler may end up together forever…trapped inside King Tut’s Tomb! Concluding Batman’s first comic book encounter with the cursed King Tut! On sale April 8 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US
BATMAN: GOTHAM AFTER MIDNIGHT #12 Written by Steve Niles Art and cover by Kelley Jones Blood will run and people will scream in the final chapter of this mysterious and macabre maxiseries! The Dark Knight takes on the monstrous Midnight for the fate of Gotham City, but things do not end well for either hero or villain, and neither Batman nor Gotham will ever be the same after Midnight... On sale April 29 • 12 of 12 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US
	AZRAEL: DEATH’S DARK KNIGHT #2 Written by Fabian Nicieza Art by Frazer Irving Cover by Guillem March The Suit of Sorrows worn by Azrael grants the power of wrathful vengeance. It magnifies the wearer's sins of imperfection. It is a death sentence waiting to be exacted. So then why do so many people want it? And why does Azrael, the new soldier for the Order of Purity, refuse to give it up even when he knows it will eventually kill him? With Gotham City torn apart by BATTLE FOR THE COWL, the new Azrael seeks to fill the void left by Batman's absence and redeem his tainted legacy, but the League of Assassins wants the suit for Talia and her own heir to The Dark Knight's mantle. And through it all, someone watches, waiting to snatch the prize from the winner... On sale April 22 • 2 of 3 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US
ORACLE #2 Written by Kevin VanHook Art by Don Kramer & Jay Leisten Cover by Guillem March The Calculator will go to any lengths to save the life of his daughter Wendy – even if it means using remnants of the Anti-Life Equation to do so! But when Oracle intervenes, she soon finds out that the Calculator has been killing Internet hackers from across the globe to get his hands on the Equation, and the final name on his list is hers! On sale April 15 • 2 of 3 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US
	BATMAN: SCARECROW AND TWO-FACE YEAR ONE TP Written by Bruce Jones and Mark Sable Art by Jesus Saiz, Sean Murphy and Jimmy Palmiotti Cover by Zach Howard Two of Batman’s greatest foes star in this new title collecting YEAR ONE: BATMAN/SCARECROW #1-2 and TWO-FACE YEAR ONE #1-2. Advance-solicited; on sale May 13 • 200 pg, FC, $19.99 US
BATMAN: THE RESURRECTION OF RA’S AL GHUL TP Written by Peter Milligan, Grant Morrison, Fabian Nicieza, Paul Dini and Keith Champagne Art by Don Kramer, Jason Pearson, Tony Daniel, David Lopez, Freddie Williams II, Ryan Benjamin and others Cover by Adam Kubert The unforgettable epic is now in trade paperback! Batman's immortal foe, Ra's al Ghul, should be dead at last — so how has he returned to haunt The Dark Knight? Find out in this intense tale originally presented in BATMAN ANNUAL #26, BATMAN #670-671, ROBIN #168-169, ROBIN ANNUAL #7, NIGHTWING #138-139 and DETECTIVE COMICS #838-839! Ra's al Ghul is back . . . but what does his return have to do with Batman's teenaged son, Damian — whose mother is Ra's al Ghul's daughter, Talia? It will take the combined skills of Batman, Robin and Nightwing to get to the bottom of these mysteries and stop Ra's al Ghul's insidious plans. Advance-solicited; on sale May 6 • 256 pg, FC, $19.99 US
	ROBIN: THE TEEN WONDER TP Written by Dennis O’Neil, James Robinson, Chuck Dixon, Jim Starlin, Marv Wolfman, Bill Willingham and Geoff Johns Art by Lee Weeks, Scott McDaniel, Tony Daniel and others Cover by Alex Ross All of the teenagers who have served as Robin star in this title collecting stories from BATMAN: LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT #100, NIGHTWING #101, BATMAN #428 and 442, ROBIN #126 and 132 and TEEN TITANS #29. Advance-solicited; on sale May 27 • 160 pg, FC, $17.99 US