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Detective Comics #1096

DC · Series began 2011 · June 2025

Dates

Cover date
June 2025
On sale
April 16, 2025
In stores
April 16, 2025
Pages
32

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Editions and covers (4)

Copies of #1096 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Story arc: Mercy of the Father

This is part 6 of 6. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

  1. Detective Comics (2011) #1091
  2. Detective Comics (2011) #1092
  3. Detective Comics (2011) #1093
  4. Detective Comics (2011) #1094
  5. Detective Comics (2011) #1095
  6. Detective Comics (2011) #1096

Creators

pencils: Mikel Janíninks: Mikel Janín, Norm Rapmundcolors: Mikel Janínscript: Tom Taylorletters: Wes Abbott

Stories

  • Mercy of the Father Finale · 22 pages

    Batman learns the true identity of Asema, and finds himself in the unusual position of trying to save Joe Chill from Asema's vengeance. Meanwhile, Batgirl leads the Bat-Family to shut down the corrupt juvenile detention center that is exploiting youths for profit.

Publisher’s description

TOO CLOSE TO HOME! Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. Batman has never particularly abided by that adage — at least, he didn’t think he did. But now, as his latest case veers closer and closer into deeply personal territory for Bruce Wayne, he fears that he may have been unwittingly keeping an enemy very, very close.Tom Taylor and Mikel Janín’s smash-hit run continues in this can’t-miss issue!

Characters

Bruce WayneBatmanBarbara GordonTim DrakeBatgirlDamian WayneRobinOracleJason ToddStephanie BrownThomas WayneRed RobinRed HoodDuke ThomasJoe ChillThe SignalAsemaEvelyn Chill

Reprinted in

Batman: Detective Comics (2025), Batman: Detective Comics (2025)

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