Creative Teams and Stories For Detective Comics #1000 Revealed

Superheroes couldn’t be any popular right now in films and television shows, yet the medium where they came from comics seems to be declining in sales. This is why last years DC Comics’ Action Comics #1000 is such a milestone because there won’t be very many comics to ever reach that milestone. This year there is one book that will reach that same milestone and that is Detective Comics, which will debut this March.

We know that like Action Comics, Detective Comics #1000 will be a over-sized 96 page book that celebrates the Dark Knight. The book will contain a series of seven to nine page standalone short stories from a variety of all-star writers and artists like Tom King, Tony Daniel, Joelle Jones, Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo, Peter J. Tomasi, Doug Mahnke, Brian Michael Bendis, Alex Maleev, Warren Ellis, Becky Cloonan and so many more.

This past Friday via DC Comics, we got the creative teams, titles and summaries for the stories that we are going to get in this special issue, check them out below!

“Medieval,” by Peter J. Tomasi and Doug Mahnke
Appearing in DC’s comic book continuity for the very first time, a new and mysterious version of the Arkham Knight will be debuting in a story that looks at Batman’s encounters with his villains throughout his career through the Arkham Knight’s eyes—but the Knight’s scheme remains to be seen.

“Batman’s Longest Case,” by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo
One of the most popular talent teams in the history of the Dark Knight delivers a tale in which Batman follows clues around the world, leading him back to his home in Gotham City and to a secret organization that has been keeping tabs on him for years.

“Manufacture for Use,” by Kevin Smith and Jim Lee
The fan-favorite director of Clerks and one of Batman’s most visionary artists present a story that cuts between Batman fighting his greatest villains and his attempts to track down the gun that killed his parents.

“The Legend of Knute Brody” by Paul Dini, Dustin Nguyen, Derek Fridolfs and John Kalisz
The villains of Gotham speak, documentary-style, about that one henchman they each hired who was the absolute WORST at his job, constantly screwing up their plans.

“The Batman’s Design” by Warren Ellis and Becky Cloonan
Warren Ellis pens “The Batman’s Design” with Becky Cloonan, the first woman to draw Batman in the main comic series, in a story of Batman pursuing a pack of technologically enhanced mercenaries into a warehouse, where they think they’ve trapped him.

“Return to Crime Alley” by Denny O’Neil and Steve Epting
A direct sequel to O’Neil’s classic “There Is No Hope in Crime Alley,” from DETECTIVE COMICS #457, in which Leslie Thompkins takes Batman to task for his addiction to violence, which, in her mind, perpetuates the horror that birthed him.

“Heretic” by Christopher Priest and Neal Adams
Two of the biggest powerhouse writers and artists in the comic book industry work together on a story featuring Batman helping a young man escape from Ra’s al Ghul’s League of Assassins— who then turned up in Gotham, dead. Batman travels to Tibet with a message for the League.

“I Know” by Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev
The creative team behind SCARLET takes a unique future look at Batman and the Penguin. The Penguin comes to an elderly, wheelchair-bound Batman to tell him of the time that he learned Batman was Bruce Wayne—and to explain why he never did anything with that information. This story is available to read in its entirety on DCComics.com.

“The Last Crime in Gotham” by Geoff Johns and Kelley Jones
Superstar writer Geoff Johns and famed artist Kelley Jones tell a future story where the future family of Batman and Catwoman face off in a battle with the family of The Joker and Harley Quinn.

“The Precedent” by James Tynion IV and Alvaro Martinez
The team of James Tynion IV and Alvaro Martinez return to DETECTIVE COMICS after their highly successful Rebirth run, in a story of the night Bruce Wayne made the decision to bring Dick Grayson into his dark world, ending with the classic candlelight oath.

“Batman’s Greatest Case” by Tom King, Tony Daniel and Joëlle Jones
Groundbreaking BATMAN writer Tom King is joined by Tony Daniel and Joëlle Jones, who share artistic duties on the story. Presented using parallel story threads, Bruce Wayne visits his parents’ grave while Batman assembles his entire coalition of allies around him.

Along with these great short stories, Detective Comics #1000 is going to feature additional artwork from Mikel Janin and Amanda Conner as well as a two page spread from my long time favorite comic book artist Jason Fabok that will depict the current state of the Batman universe and it’s heroes and villains. You can check out that image above! DC Comics has also announced an extensive variant cover program. We had posted some of those covers in an earlier post, which you can check out below!

FIRST LOOK AT THE ARKHAM KNIGHT AND COVERS FOR DETECTIVE COMICS #1000

Which of these stories are you looking forward to the most? Let us know in the comment section below!

DC Comics’ 96 page over-sized collectors edition of Detective Comics #1000 will be available at comic shops and digitally on March 27th, 2019 for $9.99. Check in with your local comic book shops for special mid-night releases!

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Source: DC Comics

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