PUNCHLINE VS. NIGHTMARE BATGIRL! It's Punchline versus a nightmare Batgirl for the control of the hearts and minds of Gotham! Can Punchline overcome her deepest fears and anxieties to defeat this bat-cowled beast?!
A COMIC SO SCARY EVEN THE JOKER IS AFRAID! The Joker's nightmares have been terrifying and horrific...but what does the Clown Prince of Crime have locked away that might be the most disturbing reveal of the year?!
Imagine a world--beyond both the waking world and that of dreams. A world where your every choice creates a series of infinitely rippling profane reverberations. Where donuts and soda cans can do the cancan and I actually am goin' steady with yer mom. Our story takes place there, in the realm beyond the limits of the liminal. A place we call...the Harley Quinn Zone. I'm your host, Dr. Ryleha Q. Niun, attorney of drawers--Just kiddin'. It's still me, Harley! But hey, this one is real freaky--and my life is already pretty dang bananas! Hold on to your buns, 'cause this one is gonna give you some interdimensional chafing for sure! Plus, Leah Williams and Ben Templesmith help me crack a cosmic-mystery night terror! This case goes so many layers deep it's practically a true turductective story, if you will...
DEADMAN VS. DAMIAN! Welcome back, ghouls and ghosts! Deadman here--Boston Brand, again! My horror adventure continues as the Sleepless Knights attack us. But now I have a new problem: Batman's son Damian is furious and keeps trying to fight me! My only safe haven is...the House of Horror.
THE DEBUT OF INSOMNIA'S ARMY, THE SLEEPLESS KNIGHTS! Oh dang--I gotta do another one of these this month? Batman and I are joined by...Wesley Dodds, the Sandman?! What the heck? I thought I was the only dead person allowed in this story. I guess not! We uncover one of Wesley's oldest cases, which haunted him until the day he died--and it points us in the direction of the Nightmare Stone. But Insomnia has unleashed his own army to hunt us down...the Sleepless Knights. And this issue is their first appearance, kids! Get scared!
HARLEY'S SURREAL SLUMBER! What unseen horrors lurk beyond the borders of the known and the klown? A whispered secret from the elbow of a garden gnome, a parking-lot pass that was lost under the antediluvian car seat from hell, and a nihilistic grease trap that does taxes incorrectly--all of these things and more...are not in this comic. It's Harls again! Part two of this story is just as weird and wacked-out to the max as the last one. This time we'll reveal the one true secret origin of Harley Quinn, and I'll go toe-to-toe-to-toe with one of Superman's greatest foes! Plus, my best pals Leah Williams and Ben Templesmith are turning the clocks backward and forward in the conclusion of their chrono-detective cosmic mystery dream story.
LEARN WHY INSOMNIA HATES OUR HEROES! Insomnia searches the nightmares of all the heroes for his precious Nightmare Stone and keeps on coming up empty-clawed! Wesley Dodds, Batman, and I must return to the haunted Arkham Tower to confront Insomnia, but...now I know why Insomnia hates the heroes. And I gotta be honest: I'm having a hard time not relating. Maybe Insomnia is owed his revenge.
BEWARE THE BATMAN! With his family in danger, Bruce Wayne will stop at nothing to save Jackie and Bryce as The Joker's sins from the past come to destroy the future of Gotham. Can the Dark Knight triumph once more? Or is this the end in more ways than one?!
Batman: Outlaw, the five-part biweekly Detective Comics event, starts here! Batman, now under the control of an Azmer demon, is to be publicly hanged to atone for his crimes! With both the city and the Dark Knight under the Orghams' spell, it's a lawless land, and with the Bat-Family out of the picture after the events of The Gotham War, who will help him? It's up to the ragtag group of Batman's greatest allies, and enemies, to steal him from the gallows before it's too late!
Damian Wayne has made his move against a familiar threat from Bruce Wayne s past so why has the former Boy Wonder targeted none other than Tommy Elliot a.k.a. Hush? It may have something to do with the Black Casebook that Bruce liberated from The Joker s territory in the monumental Detective Comics #1027...but how far will Damian go to avenge this grudge from his father s past?
JASON TODD PREPARES FOR BATTLE! Batman's plan for Jason Todd backfires...but in a good way? The Red Hood prepares for the final battle of the Gotham War...but what will he have left when the dust settles?!
THE GOTHAM WAR ENDS HERE! The final chapter of this epic crossover is here, and Batman and his family must find a way to overcome the endgame of an ancient enemy! Can the Bat and the Cat set their differences aside? Is this the end of the Bat-Family? Lives change forever in this action-packed conclusion!