Batman has been teaming with or squaring off in opposition to iconic characters for many of his 84-year historical past, however this winter he’ll meet a brand new twist on one of many world’s most beloved figures: Santa Claus. Batman – Santa Claus: Silent Knight is a four-issue miniseries written by Jeff Parker and illustrated by Michele Bandini. The collection, which launches the primary week of December, finds a grizzled Santa investigating a horrible crime with the assistance of the Dark Knight.
Here’s how DC describes Batman – Santa Claus: Silent Knight:
SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN!
The four-part crossover occasion of a era begins when a not-so-jolly St. Nick hits Gotham City to analyze a brutal crime in the times main as much as Christmas…What method of man or beast may have dedicated such atrocities?! With the assistance of his former pupil, Batman, Santa will staff up with the heroes of the DC Universe to proper this mistaken—or the world wakes as much as coal in their stockings! A brutal, two-fisted vacation story of hope, surprise, and monster looking is the right deal with to ring in the vacations—it’s Claus in canon!
Batman – Santa Claus: Silent Knight will characteristic a predominant cowl by Dan Mora, who designed DC’s official Santa Claus and has beforehand illustrated the adventures of St. Nick in the pages of BOOM! Studios’s Klaus with author Grant Morrison. Variant covers for the difficulty will come from Derrick Chew (open-to-order), Otto Schmidt (open-to-order), Tony Shasteen (1:25 incentive), and Mora (1:50 incentive). Ben Oliver will even present a ‘Rub-and-Smell’ variant cowl for the difficulty, which can presumably scent of chestnuts roasting on an open hearth.
The new miniseries is a return to Batman for Jeff Parker, who beforehand shepherded the Batman ’66 ongoing collection, although it doesn’t sound like this new ebook shall be tonally just like the campy adventures of that TV Batman. It’s the most recent DC work for Michele Bandini, whose earlier credit for the writer embrace Batman, Incorporated and Dark Knights of Steel.
Check out the variant covers for the primary difficulty of the miniseries under. Batman – Santa Claus: Silent Knight #1 (of 4) is due out in shops and digitally on Tuesday, December fifth.
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