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Batman: The Cult #[nn]
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis deluxe hardcover collects the complete 1988 miniseries Batman: The Cult, written by Jim Starlin with art by Bernie Wrightson. The story follows Batman as he faces a charismatic cult leader named Deacon Blackfire, who has amassed an army of Gotham's homeless and brainwashed the Dark Knight into a state of submission. This edition features restored artwork and new bonus materials, presenting a dark and psychological Batman tale from the late Bronze Age of comics.
In this pivotal 2025 issue of Batman: The Cult, written by Jim Starlin and illustrated with haunting precision by Bernie Wrightson—whose cover pencils and inks match the story’s grim intensity—Batman and Robin fight to survive a Gotham overrun by Deacon Blackfire’s army of the homeless. After escaping the suffocating sewers, where Batman is visibly broken by what he’s endured, Robin’s plea snaps him back to focus just as the National Guard withdraws and the city teeters on evacuation. With barricades holding back the military and sniper fire cutting down every attempt to intervene, Batman makes a devastating decision: he tells Robin to call Alfred, and declares they’re leaving Gotham for good—Blackfire has won.
In "null," Batman endures Deacon Blackfire’s twisted experiment, refusing to break even when captured and sentenced to death. Trapped in the flooded sewers, he escapes his captors and vanishes into the dark, only to be found by Robin atop a mound of forgotten bodies—silent, resolute, and deeper in the shadows than ever.
In "null," Batman and Robin navigate the treacherous depths of Gotham’s sewers, where the Dark Knight is still reeling from a harrowing ordeal that leaves him struggling to fight. As Deacon Blackfire’s army of the homeless tightens its grip on the city and the National Guard retreats, Robin’s plea snaps Batman back to focus—just as they emerge to find Gotham on the brink. With the city in chaos and the governor urging evacuation, Batman makes a quiet, devastating decision: they’re leaving, and not coming back.
In "null," Batman confronts the core of his mission not as a vengeance-driven vigilante, but as a symbol forged from fear—his own and Gotham’s. Facing Deacon Blackfire, a cult leader who sees death as divine, Batman must reckon with the moment his resolve is tested not by violence, but by the weight of what he truly represents.
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