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[Name]

'This' being Leviathan Strikes? And when?

[MoustachePants]

(09-20-2011 08:49 AM)Name Wrote:  'This' being Leviathan Strikes? And when?

Yeah, sorry.

Full Solicit via Newsarama

BATMAN INCORPORATED: LEVIATHAN STRIKES #1
Written by GRANT MORRISON
Art by CHRIS BURNHAM and CAMERON STEWART
Cover by CHRIS BURNHAM
One-Shot • On sale DECEMBER 21 • 80 pg, FC, $6.99 US • RATED T
In this sensational, giant-sized one-shot spinning out of BATMAN INCORPORATED, Batman realizes to his horror that he’s been outwitted as the true identity of Leviathan continues to elude him. Is his deadly adversary an old foe with a grudge to settle, a new face of evil...or something completely different? Only one thing is certain: You won’t soon forget the shocking ending!

According to the publisher, the one-shot rounds out "season 1" and is also the prologue to 2012’s Batman: Leviathan – the "epic, tragic, final act of a story six years long."

"Gotham’s greatest detective will learn that there’s more to his deadly foe than meets the eye" says DC in their announcement. "So what is the Leviathan’s shocking secret? We’re not saying..."

“The long-awaited conclusion to season 1 of Batman Incorporated is here at last!” says Morrison in the announcement. “For months, Batman and his allies have fought a shadow campaign against the deadly legions of the mysterious Leviathan, but now it’s time for all-out war – a war which Batman may not be able to win.

"Schoolgirl assassins! Bat-robots! Nazi masterminds with Alzheimer’s! Guest stars galore! Batman and Spoiler team to face the School of Night while Batman Incorporated travels to a sinister Cold War interrogation facility to face the mind-bending menace of Doctor Dedalus for the last time while the true identity of Leviathan is finally revealed, with shocking consequences for the Dark Knight."

[winnr]

I got the impression Steph was still going to be Batgirl in this one shot, which MAKES SENSE. But that solicit makes it look like she's been redrawn? I really can't see them doing that though, that would be ridiculous.

And how pathetic is that, tacking on an extra dollar after we've already put up with months of delays. Either way, I'm super excited, like I have been all year. I just wish these issues could have come out properly, last month.

[Danny Djeljosevic]

Yep, according to The Source and Morrison, it's Batman teaming up with Spoiler, which just makes me imagine Chris Burnham and Cameron Stewart redrawing Stephanie Brown and grumbling all the way...

[winnr]

Yeah, I asked Burnham on twitter and he said they replaced her as Spoiler. Also he's got an extra 12 pages now; the original #9 and #10 had 20 pages of story each, this one-shot has 52 in total, 20 from Stewart, 32 from Burnham.

[Rurik]

$6.99 is way too much. Has anyone noticed that DC no longer has the "Hold the line at $2.99" thing on their covers?

[Mxy]

I was in the shower this morning, thinking about Batman, when this dialogue started forming in my head and I just had to write it down (not in the shower though, that's crazy): http://www.mightygeek.com/comics/from-ba...ttachment/

[Name]

Not to mention majorly impractical, due to the absorptive nature of paper.