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DETECTIVE COMICS #1090

Cover Date: December 2024
Cover Price: $4.99
Publication Date: 2024-10-23

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Cover Credits:
Art: Mikel Janín (signed)

Variant Covers: Cover B (Card Stock Variant) Art: Bruno Redondo (signed) Cover C (Card Stock Variant) Art: Dan Panosian (signed) Cover D (1:25 Card Stock Variant) Art: Ashley Wood (signed) + (Click for more variants)

Story: "Mercy of the Father, Part One" (22 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Tom Taylor
Art	Mikel Janín
Colors	Mikel Janín
Lettering	Wes Abbott
Associate editing	Jessica Berbey
Editing	Ben Meares
Group editing	Rob Levin

Feature Character(s):

Batman (last in ???; also in flashforward to three weeks from now, appearance same as issue #1096, page 14, panel 2 through page 15, panel 2; also in flashback to childhood)

Supporting Character(s):

Oracle (last in ???)

Thomas Wayne (in flashback)

Martha Wayne (in flashback)

Alfred Pennyworth (in flashback)

Scarlett Martha Scott (first appearance; last in flashback in issue #1093; also in flashback to birth preceding flashback in issue #1093)

Villain(s):

Asema (first appearance; last in flashback in issue #1093; also in flashback preceding flashback in issue #1093; also in flashforward to three weeks from now, appearance same as issue #1096, page 14, panel 2 through page 15, panel 2)

Joe Chill (in flashback; also in flashforward to three weeks from now, appearance same as issue #1096, page 14, panel 2 through page 15, panel 2)

Sam Kristof (first appearance; a seventeen-year old kid; dies)

Other Character(s):

Daniel O'Malley (first appearance; a Gotham billionaire)

Gina O'Malley (first appearance; a Gotham billionaire)

Location(s):

Earth

United States of America

Gotham City

Clocktower

Gotham St. Matthew Hospital

Wayne Manor

Comment(s):

Story continues in the next issue.

Pages 1-3 is a flashforward to three weeks later, in a scene that is repeated in issue #1096, page 14, panel 2 through page 15, panel 2.

Solicitation:

Long ago, the murders of Thomas and Martha Wayne changed Gotham forever. But there is something you never knew about the Dark Knight's tragic origin, which has been lying in wait to strike at Batman ever since that fateful night in Crime Alley. And now, all these years later, this ghost of Gotham's past begins to reveal itself. Superstars Tom Taylor and Mikel Jan n team up to bring you a Batman tale that will rattle the very foundations of the Dark Knight. Things may never be the same again.

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Additional Variant Covers

Cover E (All In Foil Variant) Art: Daniel Sampere Colors: Alejandro Sánchez

Cover F (Card Stock Variant) Art: Tony Harris (signed) Colors: Jeremy Clark (signed)