Cover: Yanick Paquette

Batman #7

Nov 2016 · DC · 2.99 USD

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“Night of the Monster Men Part 1”

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Batman #7 (2016) holds a clear structural distinction in the DC Rebirth publishing era: it is the opening chapter of 'Night of the Monster Men,' the very first crossover event DC launched after the line-wide Rebirth relaunch. Acting as the bridge between Tom King's inaugural 'I Am Gotham' arc and 'I Am Suicide,' the issue pulled three ongoing Rebirth titles — Batman, Nightwing, and Detective Comics — into a shared weekly story for the first time under the new publishing initiative. The issue is also notable for uniting the broadest slice of the post-Rebirth Gotham cast — Batman, Batwoman, Nightwing, Orphan, Spoiler, Clayface, Duke Thomas, Alfred, Gordon, Bullock, and Hugo Strange — in a single chapter, establishing that Tom King's Batman run would operate within a dense, interconnected Bat-family ecosystem rather than as a purely solo book.

writer Steve Orlando · writer Tom King · artist, inker Riley Rossmo · colorist Ivan Plascencia · letterer Deron Bennett · cover Yanick Paquette

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History

When DC's Rebirth initiative launched in mid-2016, editor Mark Doyle and the Batman editorial office wanted to establish the new line's interconnectedness early. The creative solution was a short, weekly crossover event scripted primarily by Steve Orlando with plot contributions from Tom King, Tim Seeley, and James Tynion IV — the four writers steering Batman, Nightwing, and Detective Comics at the time — so that each title's ongoing continuity would remain coherent through the shared story. Riley Rossmo, known for expressive and distinctly grotesque linework, was brought onto Batman issues #7 and #8 specifically for this event rather than as the title's ongoing artist, a deliberate stylistic choice to give the horror-inflected monster story its own visual identity separate from David Finch's work on the surrounding arcs.

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Batman #7 (September 21, 2016) is Part 1 of 'Night of the Monster Men,' the first crossover event of the entire DC Rebirth publishing era.
The issue was written by Tom King and Steve Orlando, with art by Riley Rossmo, colors by Ivan Plascencia, and letters by Deron Bennett; the cover was by Yanick Paquette with a variant by Tim Sale.
The full crossover spanned six issues across three titles released weekly: Batman #7–8, Nightwing #5–6, and Detective Comics #941–942.
The villain orchestrating the Monster Men attacks is Dr. Hugo Strange, a recurring foe from Batman's Golden Age history — the crossover's title itself references the classic Batman villain's 'Monster Men,' an antagonist concept dating back to Detective Comics #71 (1943) and later revisited in Matt Wagner's Batman and the Monster Men (2005–2006).
The issue's ensemble cast includes Batman, Batwoman, Nightwing, Alfred Pennyworth, Clayface (Basil Karlo), Duke Thomas, Commissioner James Gordon, Detective Harvey Bullock, Orphan (Cassandra Cain), and Spoiler (Stephanie Brown) — reflecting how Detective Comics Rebirth had restructured the Bat-family as a team-based operation under James Tynion IV.
Riley Rossmo was not the regular Batman artist; he was brought in exclusively for the Monster Men chapters, with his expressionistic and grotesque visual style chosen to suit the horror-driven subject matter.
The complete crossover was collected in hardcover as Batman: Night of the Monster Men (ISBN 9781401270674), published in 2017.
Batman #7 sits between the 'I Am Gotham' arc (Batman #1–6) and the 'I Am Suicide' arc (Batman #9–15), making issues #7 and #8 a standalone crossover bridge not collected in either of those primary trade volumes in most editions.