DC Comics announced a mini-series Batman: Dark Patterns that focuses on the mysteries that a rookie Dark Knight needs to crack.
The series is a 12-issue long comic. Dan Watters and Hayden Sherman are the creative team for the book. It will highlight Batman at his most stripped-down, realistic vigilante roots. Writer Dan Watters professed that The Batman was a source of inspiration for the comic.
“I love the strangeness of Batman. A man dressed as a huge, gothic bat, solving crimes in a hostile city of black magicians, mad scientists, and superstitious, cowardly criminals. I’ve always wanted to write a series of mystery stories that would home in on that aspect of the character- a dweller in the shadows of Gotham’s towering, delipidated spires. After watching The Batman, this desire was reaffirmed. Batman: Dark Patterns explores the pulpiest part of the Dark Knight’s rich history and gives readers an entirely new perspective on the early years of DC’s Dark Detective.”
The comic will be broken up into four separate, self-contained mysteries. The first story arc is titled “We Are Wounded”. Batman needs to stop a serial killer who seemingly is murdering at random.
Batman is More Than a Vigilante
Watters teases that the series will explain how Gotham City is still full of people despite various killer clown crimes or gigantic mob wars. The key is that Batman is more than just a protector, but a source of hope for the citizens.
“Each case is born from Gotham and its people adapting to the horrors they’ve been subjected to over recent and not so recent years—from Joker poisoning the water supply to the Falcone gang war. The criminals are superstitious and cowardly… but how could the whole city not be superstitious and afraid? And Batman’s role as a wounded healer shrouded in urban myth, who seeks to give hope to the hopeless.”
Batman: Dark Patterns #1 hits comic shops on December 11th.
Source: DC.com
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