Detective Comics #1098

Dates

Cover date

August 2025

On sale

June 18, 2025

In stores

June 18, 2025

Pages

32

Editions and covers (5)

Copies of #1098 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

• Mikel Janín Cover

  Barcode 76194134373009811

  Source ↗
• Stephen Byrne DC Pride Cardstock Variant Cover

  Barcode 76194134373009851

  This edition’s page
• Chris Stevens Cardstock Variant Cover

  Barcode 76194134373009831

  This edition’s page
• Ashley Wood Cardstock Variant Cover

  Barcode 76194134373009841

  This edition’s page
• Bruno Redondo Cardstock Variant Cover

  Barcode 76194134373009821

  This edition’s page

Story arc: Elixir

This is part 2 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 Two · 22 pages

  In the country of Pokolistan, Batman and Penguin team-up to rescue Harvey Bullock, who has been abducted by Elixir.

Publisher’s description

A TEAM-UP MOST FOWL! Batman and the Penguin have found themselves unlikely allies on a mission that has taken them out of Gotham and into an entirely unexpected new location! But even with their powers combined, will they be able to unravel the sinister schemes of a (literally) bloodthirsty immortality cult?

Characters

Reprinted in

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