With a plan to be a part of the main Batman run originally before being shifted into its own book under the Black Label imprint, DC Comics has now made the formal solicitation for the Batman/Catwoman series. The project is written by Tom King with art by Clay Mann along with colors by Tomeu Morey and letters by Clayton Cowles. It’ll debut on December 1st, 2020 as part of DC’s 17+ Black Label imprint where it’ll have a twelve-issue monthly run thatwill take a break in June 2021 for a Batman/Catwoman special and wrap up at the end of 2021.
The cover for the first issue will be by Mann and Morey with variants by Travis Charest and another by Jim Lee, Scott Williams, and Alex Sinclair.
Plot Concept: There’s the past, when The Bat and The Cat first fell in love. Did they meet on the street? Or was it on a boat? Rooftops, ramparts and gargoyles, and over 80 years of fans that have read their comics, are their only witnesses.
There’s the distant future, where after a long and happy marriage Bruce Wayne has passed away. Selina Kyle decides to settle an old score without having to worry about the Batman objecting. Catwoman is serving a very cold dish: Revenge.
And in the present, Bruce and Selina’s union is threatened by the arrival of one of Batman’s past flings, Andrea Beaumont, a.k.a. Phantasm. Beaumont’s return calls into question how each character chooses to operate in their costumed, and personal, lives, and any move by Phantasm could change the fate of Bruce and Selina’s future.
The only other person besides Bruce and Selina to have been along for the whole ride has been the Joker, and what he did in the past is going to have direct consequences on today and tomorrow. Batman’s greatest foe will intervene any time Batman and Catwoman try to take steps towards peace—he already robbed fans of a Bat/Cat wedding celebration! Any change in the Caped Crusader’s life will be matched with the chaos of the Clown Prince of Crime…
…and the Joker’s not leaving any witnesses. Not even a gargoyle. Will Selina make good on her final kill?
