Detective Comics (Vol. 2)

**DETECTIVE COMICS #1**

Plotted by Deku

Written by Ed Brubaker

Art by Michael Lark

Case of the Puzzler-Part 1

Gotham’s five biggest Jewellery stores have been robbed and the only clue to who has done it is a puzzle box in each crime scene. This isn’t the Riddler’s MO which means there is a new player in Gotham. Can Batman and Robin solve their Puzzles and catch them?

32 PGS./ Rated T...$2.99

**DETECTIVE COMICS #2**

Plotted by Deku

Written by Ed Brubaker

Art by Michael Lark

The Riddler has found out about the new criminal (who has been dubbed “The Puzzler”) and he is not happy about them knocking off his gimmick. It is a race as Batman and Robin need to find the Puzzler before the Riddler does.

32 PGS./ Rated T...$2.99

**DETECTIVE COMICS #3**

Plotted by Deku

Written by Ed Brubaker

Art by Michael Lark

Case of the Puzzler-Part 3

The Riddler and the Puzzler have set a competition to see which one of them is a true criminal genius. Two bodies have been set in identical buildings. The only difference between this is one is in the middle of an elaborate Puzzle and the other is in front of a Riddle. Whichever one of them is captured first loses. It is up to Batman and Robin to find and capture these criminal maniacs.

32 PGS./ Rated T...$2.99

**DETECTIVE COMICS #4**

Plot by KC

Written by Ed Brubaker

Art by Michael Lark

Undercover- Part 1

The Penguin was released from custody over a month ago for a lack of evidence. Batman and Red Hood stage an operation to infiltrate the Penguin's activities and take him down from the inside. But this will test the once dynamic duo's relationship.

32 PGS./ Rated T...$2.99

**DETECTIVE COMICS #5**

Plotted by KC

Written by Ed Brubaker

Art by Michael Lark

Undercover- Part 2

The relationship between Bruce and Jason is tested to its limits. Their cover has not been blown yet but the Penguin’s activities ramp up as he prepares for a gang war. Can Bruce and Jason get enough evidence on him before this goes too far?

32 PGS./ Rated T...$2.99

**DETECTIVE COMICS #6**

Plotted by KC

Written by Ed Brubaker

Art by Michael Lark

Undercover- Part 3

Bruce and Jason have enough evidence they need to take down the Penguin but they are trapped in the Iceberg Lounge without their costumes and gadgets. They now need to escape and bring the Penguin to justice.

32 PGS./ Rated T...$2.99

**DETECTIVE COMICS #7**

Plotted by KC

Written by Ed Brubaker

Art by Michael Lark

The Scarecrow: A True Story- Part 1

A new book about the Scarecrow has just come out, sending waves in literary circles around the world. Unfortunately, the Scarecrow himself is not too happy about the book being published and is killing off the people who made it. Batman and Black Bat team-up to find the Scarecrow and stop him.

32 PGS./ Rated T...$2.99

**DETECTIVE COMICS #8**

Plotted by KC

Written by Ed Brubaker

Art by Michael Lark

The Scarecrow: A True Story- Part 2

The Scarecrow has already killed the writer of the book about him and the publisher is next on the list. He is using a version of his fear toxin that is more powerful than ever but Batman and the Black Bat are on his tail. Will they stop his mad killing spree?

32 PGS./ Rated T...$2.99

**DETECTIVE COMICS ANNUAL #1**

Plotted by KC

Written by Ed Brubaker

Art by Michael Lark

The Scarecrow: A True Story- Part 3

Batman and Black Bat have both been infected by the Scarecrow's deadly new Fear Toxin. Can they fight it and stop the Scarecrow?

32 PGS./ Rated T...$2.99

**BATMAN CHALLENGE BEGINS**

**DETECTIVE COMICS #9**

Plotter: CaptCleghorn

Writer: Steve Englehart

Artist: Michael Kaluta

“Matches Malone, Crimefighter!?”

Wayne Enterprises’ VP in charge of International Government Relations, Mary Sue Parker, has been murdered. Obviously the Gotham City police investigate and realize that the main suspect in Bruce Wayne himself. Wayne had been critical of Parker’s disregard for many nations’ laws and more importantly Wayne has no alibi. Batman was busy at Parker’s time of death and only butler Alfred, who was publically seen elsewhere can’t provide an alibi for Wayne.

A fugitive and unable to utilize his usual connections, The Dark Knight is running out of options.. Does GC Police Commissioner Gordon know or even suspect Bruce is Batman? Who’s to say?

Instead, we see hired thug/arsonist/henchman “Matches” Malone make his way through the Criminal underground and various levels of Gotham’s elite.

Plotter: CaptCleghorn

Writer/Artist: Gene Luen Yang

Crimson Avenger, starring Wing in:

“Soldiers Eight and Nine, part one”

It’s 1946 and the heroic team the Seven Solders of Victory are missing. When Wing, partner and sidekick to the Crimson Avenger, discovers a plot by perennial team foe the Hand steps must be taken to thwart the villain. But the Soldiers are missing, possibly due to the Hand’s plot. Wing has no choice but to go through the Crimson’s files and find allies. All he can find is a sometime partner of another Soldier, the teenage Stuff, known as the Chinatown kid. Can two sidekicks stop a criminal mastermind when their seven partners couldn’t? The story starts here and continues in Action Comics #9 (now on sale).

40 PGS./ Rated T for Teen Readers...$3.99

**DETECTIVE COMICS #10**

Plotter: Marvell2100

Writer: Jeff Lemire

Artist: Andrea Sorretino

Matches Malone: Defender of Gotham?

Bruce Wayne. Businessman. Philanthropist. Playboy. Murderer? With Wayne on the run out to prove his innocence, it's up to the unlikeliest person in Gotham to take on the criminal underworld. But in a world without Batman, can Matches Malone prove that he's capable of taking on Gotham's worst? He'll face his first test against one of Gotham's worst crimelords, Black Mask!

Elsewhere, with Bruce Wayne wanted by authorities, he's about to have another major problem. A one million dollar bounty has been placed on his head and every bounty hunter in the world is looking to collect!

32 PGS./Rated T...$3.99

**DETECTIVE COMICS #11**

Plot by NX01A

Writing & Art by MILO MANARA

'AC/DC' Part 2 'Variable Speed'

•The citizens of Gotham, unlike those of Metropolis, all remember their defender. Unfortunately, they all remember the dark knight dying in battle against suave sociopath BRUCE WAYNE! Wayne remains on the run while Batman's remains remain somewhere in Gotham Harbour. Who remains to save Gotham?

•With BIZARRA and WOMAN-BAT defeated and 2021 in Metropolis nearly ruined before it barely began, the new Dynamic Duo of CATMAN and SUPERWOMAN race to Gotham to catch bad girls who have all the ladies buzzing!

•The TOY MISTRESS, WHITE RABBIT, and LIVEWIRE have Gotham's social butterflies trembling with their exclusive electrostim X-mas gifts, and the devices have taken control of their users' bodies and minds!

•Can Catman's feline herding talents and Superwoman's shibari skills restrain the raunchy debutantes' debauchery long enough to destroy the master device wirelessly controlling their every lecherous move? Will commandos dressed as rubber rabbits hurling fragmentation eggs and leather-clad henchwomen firing hails of bullets stand between the Trembling Trio and vigorous punishment at the firm hands of the new Dynamic Duo?

•If Superwoman incorporates this villainous vibratory innovation into her experimental portal back to Earth-2, will Catman come with her when she finishes?

32 PGS./Rated M...$3.99

**DETECTIVE COMICS #12**

Plot by EXCITER

Written by ED BRUBAKER

Art by TODD MCFARLANE

“EVIL TWINNING”

Bruised and half-drowned, Batman finally pulls himself out of Gotham Harbor. He was left there to die after being nearly killed... by Bruce Wayne? Someone is impersonating his alter ego, but it’s not Clayface or any normal shapeshifter he’s faced in the past. There’s something more malevolent about this fiend. Something sinister about this... Doppelgänger.

It all must somehow connect to the Doppelgänger’s first victim, Mary Sue Parker. Why did the imposter kill the Wayne Enterprises executive? And who put a million dollar bounty on Parker’s killer? What was Parker involved in?

A search of her apartment, more thorough than the GCPD’s, reveals a hidden fixation with the occult. Of specific interest, there are earmarked passages from the Egyptian Book of the Dead regarding “ka,” malevolent spirit doubles. A ka of Helen was famously said to have mislead Paris and caused him to lose the Trojan War. Could Parker have summoned a ka intended to cause Bruce to lose Wayne Enterprises? Why?

Batman decides to consult his own occult-expert, Jason Blood. Unfortunately, the Doppelgänger had the same idea and got there first! Can even the Demon, Etrigan, survive the wrath of an evil entity designed to replicate Bruce Wayne?

Meanwhile, since Bruce is now a wanted fugitive, his assets have been seized. With a search warrant issued for Wayne Manor, can Alfred Pennyworth stop the police from finding the Batcave?

Fear not, though, for the well-intentioned Vanderveer "Van" Wayne arrives to help clear his cousin Bruce’s name! The only problem: Van is a total idiot!

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99