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Detective Comics #1051

DC · Series began 2011 · April 2022

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Dates

Cover date: April 2022
On sale: February 1, 2022
In stores: February 1, 2022
Pages: 44

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Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #1051 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Irvin Rodriguez Cover

Barcode 76194134373005111
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Lee Bermejo Cardstock Variant Cover

Barcode 76194134373005121
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Jorge Fornés Cardstock Variant Cover

Barcode 76194134373005131
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Story arc: The Tower

This is part 5 of 11. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

Also part of: House of Gotham

Creators

pencils: Irvin Rodriguez, Max Raynor, Fernando Blancoinks: Irvin Rodriguez, Max Raynor, Fernando Blancocolors: Irvin Rodriguez, Luis Guerrero, Jordie Bellairescript: Mariko Tamaki, Matthew Rosenbergletters: Ariana Maher, Rob Leighediting: Dave Wielgosz, Ben Abernathy, Paul Kaminski

Stories

The Tower Part 5 · 20 pages
Oracle and the Bat-family investigate a new drug being distributed in Gotham that they believe is connected to Arkham Tower. Dr. Wear is confronted by both the Party Crashers and Penguin, each of whom were sold bad drugs by Wear. Dr. Wear calls on Psycho-Pirate to help him convince Mayor Nakano to sign over additional funds to Arkham Tower, but when Psycho-Pirate loses control of the patients, they revert to their psychotic selves.
House of Gotham Chapter Five · 10 pages
Released from Arkham, the orphan boy is taken into the Penguin's care, who gives him a job at the Iceberg Lounge and lays the groundwork of his expectations of the youth.

Publisher’s description

Psycho-Pirate! Qu'est-ce que ç'est? The mind manipulations of one of the DCU's most calamitous villains are revealed at the heart of Arkham Tower…but who's really calling the shots? As Batwoman's undercover operation takes a disastrous turn, Huntress finds her own mission inside the Tower growing more perilous by the moment! All is revealed in this explosive first chapter in act two of the "Shadows of the Bat" weekly event! Then, in "House of Gotham" part five, the Boy emerges from his Scarecrow caper with a new perspective on the world…but what's scarier: Dr. Crane's fear toxins, or Batman's control of Gotham's militarized youth?

Characters

Bruce WayneBatmanDick GraysonNightwingJokerBarbara GordonHarley QuinnHarleen QuinzelCassandra CainOswald CobblepotPenguinOracleBatgirlStephanie BrownKate KaneBatwomanBasil KarloClayfaceThe Mad HatterJervis TetchHelena WayneThe HuntressRoger HaydenPsycho-PirateChristopher NakanoSimon SaintChase MeridianKoyuki NakanoDr. Jeremiah ArkhamRoy Dowd

Reprinted in

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