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Batman / Catwoman: The Gotham War: Battle Lines #1
Dates
- Cover date
- October 2023
- On sale
- August 29, 2023
- In stores
- August 29, 2023
- Pages
- 52
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Editions and covers (8)
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- Joe Quesada & Kevin Nowlan Black and White Cardstock Variant Cover
Barcode 76194138135000161
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Story arc: The Gotham War
This is part 1 of 8. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
- Batman / Catwoman: The Gotham War - Battle Lines #1
- Batman #137
- Catwoman #57
- Batman / Catwoman: The Gotham War - Red Hood #1
- Batman #138
- Catwoman #58
- Batman / Catwoman: The Gotham War - Red Hood #2
- Batman / Catwoman: The Gotham War – Scorched Earth #1
Creators
Stories
- The Gotham War [Chapter 1]: Battle Lines · 40 pages
After being worn down from his recent battles with Failsafe, Red Mask, and Insomnia, Batman awakens from a 8-week long sleep. He finds that in his absence crime has gone down, with the major villains not being able to hire enough henchmen to pull off their crimes. He soon learns that Catwoman is responsible for hiring away the underlings and planning profitable non-violent crimes for them. She makes a proposal to the Bat-family to let her continue her operations that have resulted in making the city safer, but Batman refuses to consider her offer, placing them at odds.
Publisher’s description
THE BAT/CAT WAR STARTS HERE! Crime is down in Gotham City… Could that be a bad thing? A coordinated effort in Gotham has led to a reduction in violent crime, but at what cost? Villains scatter as their lives begin to crumble under a new regime. And as Batman recovers from his epic battle through the Multiverse and the horrors of Knight Terrors, one name runs through his mind. One name at the heart of this new, safer Gotham…Catwoman. A conflict that's been brewing for well over a year finally hits the streets, and it will fracture the Bat-Family as war erupts! From bestselling writers Chip Zdarsky and Tini Howard and artists Mike Hawthorne and Adriano Di Benedetto comes the opening shot in the Gotham War!
Reprinted in
Batman / Catwoman: The Gotham War (2024)