Cover: Evan Cagle

Detective Comics #1074

Nov 2023 · DC · 4.99 USD

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“Gotham Nocturne: Act II: Out of Hell Part I”

Evan Cagle's cover for Detective Comics #1074 pulls Batman into something deeply unsettling — his cowled figure dwarfed and clutched by massive, monstrous hands that curl around him like a trap slowly closing. The muted crimson palette and swirling organic textures give the whole image an oppressive, suffocating dread that perfectly suits the story's subtitle, "Gotham Nocturne: Act II: Out of Hell Part I." Ram V and Dustin Nguyen continue their acclaimed run here, and if this cover is any indication, Batman's path through Gotham's dark symphony is only getting darker.

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writer Ram V · artist, inker Dustin Nguyen · colorist John Kalisz · letterer Ariana Maher · cover Evan Cagle

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Cast · 11 characters

Barbatos Batman Dick Grayson Eye of the Serpent Nightwing Philip Reardon Renée Montoya Shavhod Erhad The Ten-Eyed Man Thomas Wayne Waylon Jones

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writer Ram V

artist, inker Dustin Nguyen

colorist John Kalisz

letterer Ariana Maher

cover pencils, inks Evan Cagle

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Batman has been infected by an Azmer, and he battles through nightmare visions of his past in an attempt off the Azmer. Meanwhile, detectives Fielding and Nash are trying to track down Batman before he becomes a danger to Gotham.

Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).