Detective Comics #1047

Dates

Cover date

March 2022

On sale

January 4, 2022

In stores

January 4, 2022

Pages

44

Editions and covers (4)

Copies of #1047 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

• Irvin Rodriguez Cover

  Barcode 76194134373004711

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• Jorge Fornés Cardstock Variant Cover

  Barcode 76194134373004731

  This edition’s page
• Simone Di Meo Cardstock Variant Cover

  Barcode 76194134373004741

  This edition’s page
• Lee Bermejo Cardstock Variant Cover

  Barcode 76194134373004721

  This edition’s page

Story arc: The Tower

This is part 1 of 11. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

1. Detective Comics (2011) #1047
2. Detective Comics (2011) #1048
3. Detective Comics (2011) #1049
4. Detective Comics (2011) #1050
5. Detective Comics (2011) #1051
6. Detective Comics (2011) #1052
7. Detective Comics (2011) #1053
8. Detective Comics (2011) #1054
9. Detective Comics (2011) #1055
10. Detective Comics (2011) #1057
11. Detective Comics (2011) #1058

Also part of: House of Gotham

Creators

Stories

• The Tower Part 1 · 20 pages

  The new Arkham Tower opens and shows some early success with rehabilitating patients, however it doesn't take long before a violent situation occurs.

• House of Gotham Chapter One · 10 pages

  In the past, a young boy witnesses his parents brutally murdered by the Joker. With no surviving family, the boy is sent to Arkham Asylum for care.

Publisher’s description

The 12-part weekly Detective Comics event starts here. Arkham Asylum has fallen, and in its place, Arkham Tower has risen in the heart of the city, a pitch made by the mysterious Dr. Wear. “House of Gotham” begins! For a long time two houses have overlooked Gotham City, beckoning its broken: Wayne Manor and Arkham Asylum.

Characters

Reprinted in

Batman: Shadows of the Bat: House of Gotham (2022), Batman: Shadows of the Bat: The Tower (2022)