While Batman is the most iconic superhero to defend Gotham City, the Caped Crusader is far from the only crimefighter defending the bustling metropolis, with Grant Morrison and Chris Burnham introducing a new vigilante in Detective Comics #1027.
DC released a sneak peek at Morrison and Burnham's short story from the oversized anniversary special issue, titled "Detective 26." The story is set in a 1930s vision of Gotham, where a new gun-toting hero known as the Silver Ghost, inspired by the first wave of pulp heroes, decides to step up and defend his city. The preview, written by Morrison, drawn by Burnham, colored by Nathan Fairbairn and lettered by Steve Wands, is below.
DETECTIVE COMICS #1027
- written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS, KELLY SUE DeCONNICK, MATT FRACTION, TOM KING, GRANT MORRISON, GREG RUCKA, SCOTT SNYDER, MARIKO TAMAKI, PETER J. TOMASI, JAMES TYNION IV, MARV WOLFMAN, and others
- art by CHRIS BURNHAM, JAMAL CAMPBELL, JOSÉ LUIS GARCÍA-LÓPEZ, EMANUELA LUPACCHINO, DAVID MARQUEZ, DAN MORA, IVAN REIS, EDUARDO RISSO, JOHN ROMITA JR., RILEY ROSSMO, BILL SIENKIEWICZ, WALTER SIMONSON, BRAD WALKER, CHIP ZDARSKY, and others
- wraparound cover by ANDY KUBERT
- BATMAN FRIENDS AND FOES VARIANT COVERS
- Batman and Nightwing variant cover by LEE BERMEJO
- Batman and Batgirl variant cover by J. SCOTT CAMPBELL
- Batman and Batwoman variant cover by STANLEY "ARTGERM" LAU
- Batman and Robin variant cover by JIM LEE and SCOTT WILLIAMS
- Batman and Superman variant cover by TBD
- Batman and Bane variant cover by JIM CHEUNG
- Batman and Harley Quinn variant cover by OLIVIER COIPEL
- Batman and Scarecrow variant cover by GABRIELE DELL'OTTO
- Batman and Catwoman variant cover by ADAM HUGHES
- Batman and The Joker variant cover by MARC SILVESTRI
- blank variant cover
- ON SALE 09/15/20
- $9.99 US | 144 PAGES | FC | DC
- Light the Bat-Signal, because Detective Comics #1027 is here! In honor of Batman’s first appearance in Detective Comics #27, this special, book-size celebration brings you the biggest names in comics as they chronicle the most epic Batman adventures Gotham City and the DC Universe have ever seen! The World’s Greatest Detective has a mountain of cases to crack: Who murdered Gotham’s most corrupt police officer? What does The Joker’s annual visit mean for Bruce Wayne? And most importantly, what WayneTech mystery will sow the seeds of the next epic Batman event? All this and more await you within the pages of the biggest Batman issue of them all!
Morrison and Burnham's short story is just one of the all-star creative teams celebrating one thousand issues of Detective Comics since Batman's debut in 1939's Detective Comics #27 by Bob Kane and Bill Finger. Since then, the Dark Knight has become a flagship character for DC and the hero most commonly associated with the long-running series.
Written and illustrated by a whole host of superstar comic book creators, Detective Comics #1027 goes on sale Sept. 15 from DC.