Dates
- Cover date
- September 2021
- On sale
- July 13, 2021
- In stores
- July 13, 2021
- Pages
- 44
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Editions and covers (3)
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Story arc: The Neighborhood
This is part 6 of 6. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
Creators
Stories
- The Neighborhood Finale · 20 pages
Batman and Huntress try to stop Hue Vile before he continues to infect other innocents with his parasitic infection that turns people into crazed killers. However, Batman must also fend off attacks from Roland Worth who blames Bruce Wayne for his daughter's death and thinks that Batman is protecting Wayne.
- The Life & Times of Hue Vile · 10 pages
Hue Vile tells his story of how as a boy he was infected with a parasite that caused him to crave acts of violence, growing up and always hiding in the shadows while infecting others to commit violence, and ultimately enticed to come to Gotham by the violent acts committed during the Joker War.
Publisher’s description
Looks like someone brought a batarang to a bazooka fight! As the explosive battle royal between Batman and Mr. Worth roars to a climax, Huntress is on the trail of the other major threat plaguing Gotham City: violence parasite Vile! By the end of this battle, one character will be dead, one avenged, and even more holding on for dear life! Do not miss this epic issue that leads directly into the Batman Secret Files: Huntress special! PLUS: In The Vile Truth, catch a glimpse into the secret origin of Detective Comics break-out villain Vile through the lens of writer/artist Tristan Jones!
Characters
Reprinted in
Batman: Detective Comics (2022), Batman: Detective Comics (2023)