THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #12

The ongoing anthology collection Batman: The Brave and the Bold has been spotlighting off-beat takes on The Dark Knight and his mythos with new entries into the Batman: Black & White canon. April’s subject of the collection will deliver the artist of one other iconic black-and-white comedian to Gotham, as The Walking Dead artist Charlie Adlard will staff with author Herik Hanna for an eight-page story that includes a reformed small-time felony’s run-in with Batman.

Charlie Adlard’s variant cowl for Batman: The Brave and the Bold #12

Here’s how DC describes the story:

Adlard and Hanna deliver their trademark tense storytelling type to “Henchman,” an 8-page black-and-white story exploring what it means for Batman to confront Barney Peterson, an ex-Gotham City goon-for-hire who’s misplaced every thing as a result of his lifetime of crime. Does the Dark Knight consider that redemption is feasible, or does he stand by the “once a criminal, always a criminal” philosophy? Adlard additionally supplies the variant cowl for this subject, depicting Peterson’s haunting confrontation with the Dark Knight.

Simone Di Meo’s foremost cowl to the difficulty

Along with the Batman: Black & White entry, Batman: The Brave and the Bold #12 may even embrace the conclusion of a Batman/Maps Mizoguchi team-up story by Gotham Acadamy co-creator Karl Kerschl; an Artemis story by Delilah S. Dawson and Serg Acuña; and a Lois Lane story by Torunn Grønbekk and Fernando Pasarin; all underneath a foremost cowl by Batman and Robin artist Simone Di Meo.

The Brave and the Bold has featured an all-star lineup of inventive expertise throughout its first 12 months, together with Tom King, Christopher Cantwell, Javier Rodriguez, Ed Brisson, Mitch Gerads, and plenty of others, together with new Batman: Black & White tales from creators like Dan Mora, Joëlle Jones, Meghan Fitzmartin, Belén Ortega, Jorge Fornés, and extra.

For Adlard, “Henchman” marks his first sequential work on Batman in practically 20 years, and solely the second time he’s drawn a narrative that includes the character. Adlard illustrated a Mister Freeze-centric story in 2004’s Batman: Gotham Knights #59, one other collection that included Batman: Black & White tales usually for its first 49 points.

Check out extra pages of Adlard’s artwork from “Henchman” beneath. Batman: The Brave and the Bold #12 is due out in shops and digitally on Tuesday, April twenty third.