Bruce Wayne gets a new Batman Begins style origin in Batman: The Knight - ferrellmoderithe

Robert I Wayne gets a new Batman Begins dash origin in Batman: The Dub

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Despite Warner Bros. prepping a new onscreen interlingual rendition of the Caped Crusader in The Batman, DC is harkening back to 2005's Batman Begins movie for a new 10-issue series titled Batman: The Knight from writer Knap Zdarsky and artist Ruby Di Giandomenico.

Batman's origins are scarcely new territory for D.C. in amusing books. Batman: Year One, Batman: Zero Class, and other high-visibility stories have explored varied aspects of Batman's earliest adventures, from his path to decorous Batman to his first cases in Gotham City. But Batman: The Knight takes things one step further, showcasing the time 'tween when Bruce Wayne left Gotham as a boyfriend, and when he returned to the city of his birth to become a crimefighter.

For those familiar Batman Begins (and WHO isn't, at this point?), the story premise and accompanying imagery will strike a note right sour the bat (no punning intended).

And for those many experient in Batman's comic reserve history, IT seems the aim of Batman: The Knight is to offer a concise picture of how Bruce Wayne trained to become Batman, taking in the various aspects of the tale that have antecedently been told in comics, and putting them through a familiar lens.

And lest anyone think we're dig too deep on the concept Hera, DC is to the full leaning into the Batman Begins movie comparability in its advance solicitation text for Batman: The Knight #1, which coyly asks "How did the Stygian Knight…begin?"

Here's a gallery of unlettered interior pages from Batman: The Dub #1, along with all three covers:

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variant cover to Batman: The Knight #1 — (Image credit: D.C.)

DC promises Batman: The Knight will offer a "definitive" take on Bruce Wayne's preparation as Batman.

At the Same time, Detective Comics is prepping a blown-up story from writer Mark Waid and artist Dan Mora which reunites the 'World's Finest' friends Batman and Superman - meaning classical Batman nostalgia leave be all over DC starting in January.

Batman: The Knight #1 is receivable out January 18 and will feature variant covers by Greg Capullo and Jonathan Glapion and by Gerald Parel.

Stay tuned for D.C.'s full January 2022 solicitations, forthcoming later this week on Newsarama.

You don't need to be a detective to keep track of all the untested Batman stories coming ascending - you just need our all over listing of all the new Batman comics planned for 2021 and beyond.

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