Dates
- Cover date
- Late March 2021
- On sale
- January 19, 2021
- In stores
- January 19, 2021
- Pages
- 68
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Editions and covers (6)
Copies of #2 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- 2nd printing
Second Printing Character Design Cover
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
Barcode 76194137096500212
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Creators
Stories
- The Next Batman Chapter 2 · 22 pages
Batman tracks two killers who committed a vicious murder while trying to keep away from the Magistrate soldiers who are hot on his trail.
- Batgirls · 20 pages
Cassandra Cain, a member of the Gotham Resistance, is imprisoned in a Magistrate Detention Facility with other heroes and villains. But Cassandra has allowed herself to be captured as part of her mission, and she must get help from a former ally turned enemy, Stephanie Brown.
- Ladies' Night Out Part One · 20 pages
Catwoman and Poison Ivy target the head of a tech company that is supplying cyber androids to the Magistrate, and they enlist the help of one of his creations.
Publisher’s description
In this second Future State: Batman chapter, wearing a mask in Gotham City is now a crime-and when it’s compounded with murder, it can be a shoot-on-sight offense! Batman is on the trail of a murderous couple but quickly finds that all is not as it seems...and finds himself in the firing line of the Magistrate and their Peacekeepers! The gritty, street-level adventures of the new Dark Knight continue! Also in this issue, Batgirls Cassandra Cain and Stephanie Brown find themselves in a prison where the Magistrate throws heroes and villains alike! What no one knows, though, is that Cassandra was sent there with a mission… And in a story of the Gotham City Sirens, some girls just want to have fun-so what do you do when you find Gotham City in turmoil and overrun by Cybers? You go shopping, of course! Join Catwoman, Poison Ivy, and a new Siren on a gal’s night out. They’re on the town, looking for trouble…and finding it!
Characters
Reprinted in
Future State: The Next Batman (2021), Batman by John Ridley: The Deluxe Edition (2021)