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Brian Bendis and Alex Maleev's Full Detective Comics #1000 Story – and Their Batman Story to Come

Published Sat, 16 Feb 2019 12:00:27 -0600

This weekend is the last time that retailers can up their orders on Detective Comics #1000 without paying a penalty. It's known as Final Order Cut-Off or FOC. And so DC Comics would really like people to be talking about the comic right now and retailers upping their numbers.

Which is why they gave Entertainment Weekly a full story from the comics, by Brian Bendis and Alex Maleev.

And why they probably won't object to us running it below… watermarks and all.

With an elderly Bruce Wayne. And an elderly Oswald Cobblebot… secrets and lies, identies and hidden knowledge, double bluffs an a place between sea and sky. A neutral ground to meet…

And there's more to come. Bendis tells them

"This is just the beginning for us. Even though we're not coming on to a Batman book that exists, me and Alex are working on a huge Batman-infused storyline coming to DC Comics this summer. This is kind of a palate cleanser. This is what's gonna look and feel like. This is an artistic prelude."

Here's the solicitation…

DETECTIVE COMICS #1000
(W) Peter J. Tomasi, Brian Michael Bendis, Paul Dini, Warren Ellis, Geoff Johns, Tom King, Dennis O'Neil, Christopher Priest, Kevin Smith, Scott Snyder, Others (A) Doug Mahnke, Neal Adams, Greg Capullo, Tony S. Daniel, Steve Epting, Kelley Jones, Andy Kubert, Alex Maleev, Dustin Nguyen (CA) Scott Williams (A/CA) Jim Lee
After 80 years, it's here-the 1,000th issue of DETECTIVE COMICS, the title that literally defines DC! This 96-page issue is stacked with an unbelievable lineup of talent that will take you on a journey through Batman's past, present and future…plus a sensational epilogue that features the first-ever DC Universe appearance of the deadly Arkham Knight! But who is under the mask? And why do they want Batman dead? The incredible future of Batman adventures begins here! Will have decade appropriate trade dress
In Shops: Mar 27, 2019 Final Orders Due: Feb 18, 2019 SRP: $9.99

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