Jace Fox takes his next steps in becoming the new Dark Knight of Gotham City in I Am Batman, a new series spinning out of the upcoming Fear State event.
CBR has an exclusive first look at I Am Batman #1 from writer John Ridley and artist Olivier Coipel. The pages show Fox's Batman racing through the Gotham streets on a motorcycle, as a red car endangers the pedestrians in its way. Fox is also sporting his own version of a Dark Knight suit, complete with a full face mask instead of a half-cowl. This is similar to the costume he wore in Future State, which took place in a possible future of the DC Universe.
Fear State is a story arc crossing through the Batman Family of titles, and features Scarecrow continuing to use fear to gripe Gotham City. Meanwhile, Mayor Christopher Nakano is going through with the Magistrate program. I Am Batman follows The Next Batman: Second Son digital miniseries that peeled back the curtain on Jace Fox and his journey to becoming the Dark Knight.
James Tynion's run on Batman has introduced new allies and foes into his corner of the DC Universe, including Ghost-Maker, Punchline, Clowhunter, Miracle Molly and the Gardener. Batman group editor Ben Abernathy teased major roles for Miracle Molly and Ghost-Maker during Fear State.
"Ghost-Maker and Miracle Molly both play pivotal roles in Fear State and will prove to be important allies to Batman," Abernathy said. "Molly is a fascinating character with a focused set of ideals and will ultimately play a real central role to Fear State. Shameless Plug #1—everyone be sure to pick up the Batman Secret Files issue featuring her!"
"And Ghost-Maker might be my favorite of all the new characters introduced and I can't WAIT to share some plans we have for him in 2022!" he continued to tease. "Shameless Plug #2—the Batman 2021 Annual, on sale November 30, will conclude the story we've been running as back-ups in Batman over the spring/summer months! It's gonna blow your MIND!"
I Am Batman #1 goes on sale Sept. 14 from DC.
I AM BATMAN #1
- Written by JOHN RIDLEY
- Pencils, inks and colors by OLIVIER COIPEL
- Main cover by OLIVIER COIPEL
- Card stock variant cover by GREG CAPULLO
- Card stock variant cover by FRANCESCO MATTINA
- 1 in 25 ratio card stock variant cover by KAEL NGU
- 32 Pages/$3.99 (Card stock variant $4.99)
- In the throes of Future State, the streets of Gotham City cry for justice and Jace Fox answers the call! With a new and improved Bat-Suit, Jace hits the streets to inspire and protect…as he follows the trail of the voice of misinformation and violence—the anarchistic Anti-Oracle! Can the new Dark Knight counterbalance their plan to inspire armed rebellion in the citizens of Gotham?! Can one man inspire a city?
Source: DC