Dates
- Cover date
- May 2023
- On sale
- March 28, 2023
- In stores
- March 28, 2023
- Pages
- 44
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Editions and covers (6)
Copies of #1070 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Travis Moore Shazam! Fury of the Gods Movie Cardstock Variant Cover
Barcode 76194134373007061
This edition’s page
Story arc: Gotham Nocturne: Act I
This is part 5 of 5. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
- Detective Comics (2011) #1066
- Detective Comics (2011) #1067
- Detective Comics (2011) #1068
- Detective Comics (2011) #1069
- Detective Comics (2011) #1070
Also part of: Absolute
Creators
Stories
- Gotham Nocturne: Act I: Grand Design Part II · 22 pages
Solomon Grundy helps Chesire Cat to escape captivity from the Orghams beneath Gotham. Prince Orgham has another encounter with Bruce Wayne, raising Batman's suspicions. Talia relates to Batman a story of the Orghans' history and their past connection to Ra's Al Ghul. Oracle continues to investigate the Orghams, but she is interrupted by the sudden arrival of a new group with unknown intentions.
- Absolute 2/3 · 8 pages
Mister Freeze continues to conduct experiments on Dr. Mead leading to her apparent death, but she is rescued by Sorrow, although not without being changed by the experiments.
Publisher’s description
The gothic opera crashes into a crescendo as Batman goes head-to-head with an Azmer demon…unaware that it is is someone in Bruce Wayne’s life. Meanwhile, a mysterious team called the Vigil arrives to investigate the Azmer sightings—but who are the Vigil, and are they on Batman’s side? Then, in the backup: With Mrs. Freeze only a pale image of the woman Victor Fries fell in love with—what is he to do now to save her?
Characters
Reprinted in
Batman: Detective Comics (2023), Batman: Detective Comics (2024)