BATMAN: DARK PATTERNS

Stephen Jewell

▸ RELEASED OUT NOW! Publisher DC Comics ▸ Writer Dan Watters ▸ Artist Hayden Sherman ISSUES 1-4 Like Batman: Year One meets The Silence Of The Lambs, this enthralling maxiseries takes an unflinching, back to basics approach to the Dark Knight’s early years, emphasising detection over gadgets and fisticuffs. Composed of four three-part arcs, its opening trio of issues introduces the Wound Man, a particularly grisly serial killer. Inspired by the classic medieval diagram, he’s covered from head to toe in needles and, ominously – like several other characters we encounter – cannot feel pain. With no supervillains in sight, writer Dan Watters pits the Bat against some very ordinary adversaries, and shockingly he’s even brutally beaten by some extremely hostile everyday citizens. But while the Joker himself is conspicuous by his…

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SFX (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2025

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