Bruce Wayne is dead, long live the Batman, in new DC Black Label series Gargoyle of Gotham
The latest release from DC's Black Label imprint is a dark and daring new take on the Caped Crusader, as celebrated writer/artist Rafael Grampá launches Batman: Gargoyle of Gotham.
The four-issue miniseries launches on Batman Day (that's Saturday September 16, in case you were wondering) and will be published bimonthly. According to DC, the new book focuses on a version of Batman who willingly lets go of his life as Bruce Wayne in favor of full-time crime-fighting. This comes at a terrifying cost, however, that we imagine has something to do with that old quote about gazing into the abyss.
We've got a first look at Grampá's striking art for the series, with colors by Mat Lopes, in the gallery below.
DC's official synopsis for the new book reads:
"In a Gotham City where every day feels darker and more irredeemable than the last, Batman makes a definitive choice - to kill off the Bruce Wayne identity for good and embrace the cape and cowl full-time. But though he knows the streets of Gotham, Batman will soon come to find that he hardly knows himself. A serial killer is on the loose, and while the murder victims seem random at first, every clue draws Batman closer to the terrifying truth - that they are all connected, not just to each other, but to him as well. When an all-new rogues gallery of utterly depraved villains begins to emerge from the depths of the city, Batman will have to contend with the very nature of evil - including that which lurks in the darkest corners of his own heart - to face what is coming for the city he has sworn to protect."
Grampá says that the book was inspired by a small detail from 1940's Batman #1.
"Bruce Wayne swore revenge by the spirits of his murdered parents and - driven by his belief
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