DC Comics Universe & December 2020 Solicitations Spoilers: Batman’s Current Robin Tim Drake MIA, Former Robin Damian Wayne Gets A Costume Plus OG Robins Nightwing Dick Grayson & Red Hood Jason Todd?!

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DC Comics Universe and December 2020 Solicitations Spoilers follows.

Batman’s Current Robin Tim Drake MIA…

…Former Robin Damian Wayne Gets A Costume…

…Plus OG Robins Nightwing Dick Grayson and…

…Red Hood Jason Todd?!

Solicitations and covers below.

(1) Damian Wayne, son of Batman, and former Robin.

DETECTIVE COMICS #1032
written by PETER J. TOMASI
art and cover by BRAD WALKER and ANDREW HENNESSY
card stock variant cover by LEE BERMEJO
ON SALE 12/8/20
$3.99 US | 32 PAGES | FC | DC
CARD STOCK VARIANT COVER $4.99 US

Father vs. son round two! Batman and Damian Wayne are once again butting heads after Bruce uncovers the missing Black Casebook pages in the clutches of his estranged son. But when the notorious Hush captures the entire Bat-Family, the Dark Knight and the former Boy Wonder must put aside their differences to help Nightwing, Batgirl, Signal, Orphan, Red Hood, and Batwoman survive!

DETECTIVE COMICS #1033
written by PETER J. TOMASI
art and cover by BRAD WALKER and ANDREW HENNESSY
card stock variant cover by LEE BERMEJO
ON SALE 12/22/20
$3.99 US | 32 PAGES | FC | DC
CARD STOCK VARIANT COVER $4.99 US

On the eve of some of the biggest changes ever in Gotham City, Batman finds himself at a crossroads with the people of the city he has sworn to protect. A landslide victory for anti-vigilante mayoral candidate Christopher Nakano is bringing with it new legislation to outlaw the Bat-Family’s very way of life—and with his rogues gallery still knocking on his door, Bruce will need to make some tough decisions about the future…

(2) Tim Drake current Robin.

No explicit sign of Tim in the end-of-year solicits, but he may be in the main Batman series titles, since he was there during Joker War. He even pop up in Jinny Hex’s one-shot since they were both in Young Justice.

JINNY HEX SPECIAL #1
written by MAGDALENE VISAGGIO
art by GLEB MELNIKOV
cover by NICK DERINGTON
1:25 card stock Jinny Hex variant cover by NICK DERINGTON
ONE SHOT | ON SALE 12/29/20
$4.99 US | 48 PAGES | FC | DC
CARD STOCK VARIANT COVER $5.99 US

NEW-VILLAIN ALERT: THREE-EYED JACK!

Jinny Hex stars- in her first solo adventure—and she’s ready and raring to go! Bursting out of the pages of Young Justice, this fan-favorite gal is heading back home to take care of some unfinished business! Hoping to take some time off from Multiverse conflict, Jinny reconnects with some old friends and family. But that all goes out the window when a new foe called Three-Eyed Jack transports her town back to the Old West. Now it’s up to Jinny to face off with this super-powered gunslinger and save her town! But Jinny’s about to learn that some threats are closer to her heart than expected.

BATMAN #104
written by JAMES TYNION IV
art by CARLO PAGULAYAN and DANNY MIKI
cover by JORGE JIMENEZ
card stock variant cover by FRANCESCO MATTINA
1:25 card stock variant cover by JORGE JIMENEZ
ON SALE 12/1/20
$3.99 US | 32 PAGES | FC | DC
CARD STOCK VARIANT COVERS $4.99 US FC

Ghost-Maker is living up to his spectral name as Batman scours Gotham City for any trace of him…but this deadly new vigilante is going to prove a bloody point to the Dark Knight by murdering both Clownhunter and Harley Quinn. That is, unless they kill each other first!

BATMAN #105
written by JAMES TYNION IV
art by CARLO PAGULAYAN and DANNY MIKI
cover by JORGE JIMENEZ
card stock variant cover by FRANCESCO MATTINA
1:25 card stock variant cover by JORGE JIMENEZ
ON SALE 12/15/20
$3.99 US | 32 PAGES | FC | DC
CARD STOCK VARIANT COVERS $4.99 US FC

Batman battles Ghost-Maker in the no-holds-barred, bloody conclusion of this epic tale…winner take Gotham City! And the outcome is not what you’re expecting! The future of Gotham City and the fate of Clownhunter hang in the balance!

BATMAN ANNUAL #5
written by JAMES TYNION IV
art by JAMES STOKOE
cover by DERRICK CHEW
card stock variant cover by INHYUK LEE
ON SALE 12/29/20
$4.99 US | 48 PAGES | FC | DC
CARD STOCK VARIANT COVER $5.99 US

The riveting new vigilante known as Clownhunter was a breakout star of “The Joker War”— but what’s the tragic origin of this teenage assassin? How did his parents die at the hands of The Joker, and is there a place for him in the evolving Gotham City? Can there be redemption for the infamous Clownhunter?

This epic tale reteams writer James Tynion IV and artist James Stokoe, the storytellers behind the definitive Clownhunter tale from Batman: The Joker War Zone #1!

(3) Jason Todd, former Robin, current Red Hood.

RED HOOD #52
written by SHAWN MARTINBROUGH
art by TONY AKINS and STEFANO GAUDIANO
cover by DAN MORA
variant cover by SKAN
ON SALE 12/22/20
$3.99 US | 32 PAGES | FC | DC

After making his dramatic return to Gotham City, Jason Todd finds himself in the middle of a turf war between a violent gang aided by Killer Croc and a new group of vigilantes dedicated to protecting his old neighborhood of the Hill.

When a childhood friend is targeted for assassination by a vicious new crime lord on the rise, the Red Hood must forge an uneasy alliance with the vigilantes to save her.

(4) Dick Grayson, first and former Robin, current Nightwing.

NIGHTWING #77
written by DAN JURGENS
art by RONAN CLIQUET
cover by TRAVIS MOORE
variant cover by ALAN QUAH
ON SALE 12/15/20
$3.99 US | 32 PAGES | FC | DC

Christmas has come to Gotham City, and all across the city people have taken time out of their busy schedules to spend time with loved ones. But Dick Grayson has found himself in the midst of a dilemma: How can he take time off when crime never sleeps? And how can he spend time with loved ones when he has pushed them all away? An answer, in the form of a random encounter with a lost soul—and kindred spirit—awaits him.

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