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Detective Comics #1050

DC · Series began 2011 · March 2022

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Dates

Cover date
March 2022
On sale
January 25, 2022
In stores
January 25, 2022
Pages
52

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Editions and covers (17)

Copies of #1050 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Story arc: The Tower

This is part 4 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

pencils: Irvin Rodriguez, Ivan Reis, Fernando Blanco, Dan Morainks: Irvin Rodriguez, Danny Miki, Fernando Blanco, Dan Moracolors: Irvin Rodriguez, Brad Anderson, Jordie Bellaire, Tamra Bonvillainscript: Mariko Tamaki, Matthew Rosenberg, Mark Waidletters: Ariana Maher, Rob Leigh, Aditya Bidikarediting: Dave Wielgosz, Paul Kaminski, Ben Abernathy

Stories

  • The Tower Part 4 · 20 pages

    Nightwing grows increasingly concerned about Huntress, who has gone undercover as a patient at Arkham Tower. Helena continues to have visions as a result of being infected by the Vile parasite, and witnesses her fellow Arkham patient Ana Vulsion kill a member of the Party Crashers. As Dick goes undercover as a custodian at Arkham Tower, Dr. Wear is desperate to hide evidence of Ana's attack.

  • House of Gotham Chapter Four · 10 pages

    Scarecrow leads a group of kids from the orphanage to Wayne Manor to kill Bruce Wayne. Alfred and Robin fight against Scarecrow and his gang, and when Batman arrives, Scarecrow doses his star pupil with fear gas.

  • World's Finest · 10 pages

    Batman and Robin track Poison Ivy to Metropolis, where Superman lends a hand to stop her, until Metallo arrives and injects Superman with Red Kryptonite.

Publisher’s description

It’s the landmark, oversize issue Detective Comics #1050, and some of the biggest names in comics are here to celebrate the Dark Knight! First up in “The Tower” part four, the villainous force keeping Arkham Tower’s patients sedated is at last revealed-and this villain’s return is guaranteed to catch you by surprise! It’s the dramatic conclusion to act one of Mariko Tamaki’s Arkham Tower epic, brought to life by the legendary Ivan Reis! Then, in “House of Gotham” part four, Matthew Rosenberg and Fernando Blanco take us into the seedy underbelly of Gotham’s criminal elite through the lens of the original Robin (Dick Grayson), and reveal what it takes for a young man to survive amongst the deadliest killers in the DCU. It’s a tour de force of Gotham’s vilest villains! Last but not least, making his grand return to the DCU, writer Mark Waid teams with Detective Comics uber-artist Dan Mora to bring you the start of a brand-new day for Batman…and Superman? It’s the world’s finest collaboration that you’ll need to read to believe!

Characters

Bruce WayneBatmanClark KentSupermanDick GraysonRobinLois LaneNightwingJokerSelina KyleCatwomanBarbara GordonCommissioner James GordonJimmy OlsenAlfred PennyworthHarley QuinnHarleen QuinzelPerry WhiteBatgirlPamela IsleyPoison IvyCassandra CainOracleStephanie BrownJonathan CraneScarecrowKate KaneBatwomanHelena BertinelliThe Huntress

Reprinted in

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

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