Detective Comics #1097

Dates

Cover date

July 2025

On sale

May 21, 2025

In stores

May 21, 2025

Pages

32

Editions and covers (4)

Copies of #1097 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

• Mikel Janín Cover

  Barcode 76194134373009711

  Source ↗
• Aaron Campbell Cardstock Variant Cover

  Barcode 76194134373009731

  This edition’s page
• Chris Stevens Cardstock Variant Cover

  Barcode 76194134373009721

  This edition’s page
• Ashley Wood Cardstock Variant Cover

  Barcode 76194134373009741

  This edition’s page

Story arc: Elixir

This is part 1 of 4. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

1. Detective Comics (2011) #1097
2. Detective Comics (2011) #1098
3. Batman: Detective Comics (2025) #2
4. Batman: Detective Comics (2025) #2

Creators

Stories

• Elixir Part One · 22 pages

  Batman enlists Harvey Bullock to help investigate the mysterious agency Elixir, which has a connection to Harvey's first days on the Gotham PD.

Publisher’s description

A DANGEROUS NEW DAY DAWNS IN GOTHAM!In the wake of Asema's murderous rampage, a new threat to Gotham — and the world at large — has been exposed. Still reeling from personal revelations about his past, Batman must take on a group obsessed with their own future. A group that has targeted a dear friend.

Characters

Reprinted in

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