DC Comics & October 2021 Spoilers & Review: Fear State Sees Azrael, Batwoman, Batgirls, Gotham City Sirens & More Return Across 10 Titles!

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DC Comics and October 2021 Spoilers and Review follows.

Fear State Sees Azrael, Batwoman, Batgirls, Gotham City Sirens and More Return Across 10 Titles!

Solicitations and covers below.

BATMAN #114
Written by JAMES TYNION IV
Pencils and inks by JORGE JIMÉNEZ
Back-up written by BRANDON THOMAS
Back-up pencils and inks by JASON HOWARD
Cover by JORGE JIMÉNEZ
$4.99 US | 40 PAGES
Variant by JORGE MOLINA
1:25 Ratio Variant by DYLAN TEAGUE
US $5.99 (Both Covers Card Stock)
ON SALE 10/5/21

Batman is racing against time to stop Gotham City from tearing itself apart as the Scarecrow’s long game is revealed. The Dark Knight has bigger problems though, as an insane Peacekeeper-01 is on a murderous rampage through the streets of Gotham! Can Peackeeper-X stop him?!

Back-Up: Clownhunter has been doused with Fear Toxin at the hands of the Scarecrow, and he is living out every anxiety, moment of pain, and heartbreak he’s ever had. Will he find his way out and resume his goal of being Gotham’s protector from clowns? Or will he succumb to Scarecrow’s greatest mind game yet?! See the end of this epic story that will change Clownhunter’s trajectory in Gotham City forever!

BATMAN #115
Written by JAMES TYNION IV
Pencils and inks by JORGE JIMÉNEZ
Back-up written by BECKY CLOONAN
and MICHAEL W. CONRAD
Back-up pencils and inks by JORGE CORONA
Cover by JORGE JIMÉNEZ
$4.99 US | 40 PAGES
Variant by JORGE MOLINA
1:25 Ratio Variant by ARIST DEYN
US $5.99 (Both Covers Card Stock)
ON SALE 10/19/21

Batman and Miracle Molly are all that stands between Gotham City and absolute insanity! But an unhinged Simon Saint brings all the resources of the Magistrate to bear on the Dark Knight…is victory at hand for the Scarecrow?

Back-Up: Batgirls Cassandra Cain and Stephanie Brown have each other’s backs no matter what—even if it means punching some Magistrate soldier butt, and putting an even bigger target on their backs. Meanwhile, a mysterious Anti-Oracle character finally makes contact directly with Babs and has a few things to say about the unethical nature of Oracle’s powers, and what they think should be done about it.

DETECTIVE COMICS #1044
Written by MARIKO TAMAKI
Pencils and inks by DAN MORA
Back-up story written by
STEPHANIE PHILLIPS
Back-up story art by DAVID LAPHAM
Cover by DAN MORA
$4.99 US | 40 PAGES
Variant by LEE BERMEJO
US $5.99 (Card Stock)
ON SALE 10/26/21

When the terrorist organization known as THE RED CROWN took control of Mayor Nakano’s personal security detail, only the Batman could protect Gotham’s highest-ranking city official from certain death! But when the pair is thrust into the sewers below, a much more sinister threat lurks in the darkness. Better look sharp, Batman, because a hundred thousand eggs with a hundred thousand little monsters inside are about to hatch…and they look HUNGRY…

Back-up: Arkham Asylum may have been decimated during A-DAY, but its legacy lives on. Now, Mayor Nakano has given the green light for a brand-new ARKHAM TOWER to be erected in the heart of Gotham City, and some strange and horrific things are going down at the construction site. Don’t miss this epic kick-off to a story arc that will shape the Batman universe for years to come!

ARKHAM CITY: THE ORDER OF THE WORLD #1
Story by DAN WATTERS
Pencils by DANI
Inks by DAVE STEWART
Cover by SAM WOLFE CONNELLY
$3.99 US | 32 PAGES | 1 of 6
Variant by FRANCESCO MATTINA
1:25 B&W Ratio Variant by STEVE BEACH
US $4.99 (Both Covers Card Stock)
ON SALE 10/5/21

The Joker’s attack on Arkham Asylum left the long-standing Gotham establishment in ruin, most of the patients killed or missing, and only a handful of surviving staff—a few nurses, a gravely injured security guard, and one doctor. In the chaos of the assault, it is believed that several of the asylum’s patients escaped and scurried off into the dark nooks and crannies of Gotham City. Now, these Arkhamites walk among us, and it’s up to the Asylum’s one remaining doctor, Jocasta Joy, to round up her former patients.

Meet these Arkhamites: a woman with no face, a pyggy in search of perfection, a man who feels nothing and burns everything, a woman who must devour life to save herself, a man unfit for the waking world who looks instead for Wonderland, a body with more than one soul, a being unbound from time who lives in the present and the past, a boy who seeks the comfort of vermin, and the twisted man who sees them all for who they are.

And witness the avenging angel who stalks them.

This fall, join writer Dan Watters and artist Dani on an odyssey through the deepest depths and darkest shadows of Gotham City and find all-new reasons to fear the night.

I AM BATMAN #2
Written by JOHN RIDLEY
Pencils and inks by STEPHEN SEGOVIA
Cover by OLIVIER COIPEL
$3.99 US | 32 PAGES
Variant by FRANCESCO MATTINA
$4.99 US (Card Stock)
ON SALE 10/12/21

Jace Fox is on the streets as Batman, fighting the misinformation and violence flooding Gotham City during Fear State. What mysterious connection exists between the Magistrate and The Next Batman: Second Son villain Arkadine? And what Gotham vigilante pays the ultimate price when a misguided young man shoots him down in cold blood?

BATMAN: URBAN LEGENDS #8
Written by ALYSSA WONG, BRANDON THOMAS, DAN WATTERS, and CHRISTIAN WARD
Art by VASCO GEORGIEV, CIAN TORMEY, NIKOLA ČIŽMEŠIJA, and CHRISTIAN WARD
Cover by COLLEEN DORAN
$7.99 US | 64 PAGES
PRESTIGE FORMAT
Variants by KHARY RANDOLPH
and RICCARDO FEDERICI
ON SALE 10/12/21

Batwoman: FEAR STATE TIE-IN! Someone has hacked into the Oracle Network and has started spreading information around Gotham—Batman is dead, Cassandra Cain Batgirl is a killer, Fear Toxin is in the air. Which is true and which is false? Batwoman will find out with the help of Commissioner Renee Montoya and…Kate’s sister Beth, AKA Red Alice?!

Outsiders: FEAR STATE TIE-IN! Scarecrow has stirred Gotham City into a panic, and it’s awakened one of his first students he experimented on, a man turned into a monster known as THE FEARFUL! The Outsiders will have to reunite with the Signal in order to stop the Fearful and keep the city at peace. But a message from the world of FUTURE STATE reaches the Signal and changes everything.

Azrael: Azrael, the last acolyte of the Order of St. Dumas, has returned to the streets of Gotham City after serving with the Justice League in the stars. He’s convinced he’s strayed too far from his purpose, too far from his teachings, and needs to reassert himself. But he’ll be met with a city that’s changed forever, a city that will shake his faith.

Professor Pyg: Just in time for Halloween, a tale of Super Hero horror from fan-favorite creator Christian Ward, writing and drawing a story of Batman hunting down Professor Pyg in order to find the victim of a kidnapping. Batman will dig back into his memories of youth to track down Pyg and save a child’s life.

BATMAN SECRET FILES: PEACEKEEPER-01
Story by JAMES TYNION IV and ED BRISSON
Pencils and inks by JOSHUA HIXSON
Cover by RAFAEL SARMENTO
$4.99 US | 40 PAGES
Variant cover by TYLER KIRKHAM
1:25 Variant by RAFAEL SARMENTO
$5.99 US (Both Covers Card Stock)
ON SALE 10/19/21

Picking up after the events of Fear State: Alpha, follow Sean Mahoney, a.k.a. Peacekeeper-01, in the wake of his exposure to highly potent Fear Toxin at the hands of the Scarecrow! Now, dosed with terror and facing a lifetime of fear and insecurity, Mahoney has found himself frantically reflecting on his past as a GCPD officer, and then as a prison guard at Arkham Asylum—all while desperately attempting to keep his mind from fracturing. Will Peacekeeper-01 give into fear…or become terror incarnate?

CATWOMAN #36
Written by RAM V
Art by NINA VAKUEVA
Cover by YANICK PAQUETTE
$3.99 US | 32 PAGES
Variant by JENNY FRISON
US $4.99 (Card Stock)
ON SALE 10/19/21

The Gotham City Sirens reunion no one saw coming! As Ivy senses Queen Ivy’s presence and her behavior becomes increasingly erratic, Catwoman decides that she is too vulnerable to keep in Alleytown and a plan is hatched to get her out of Gotham. But to do it, she’s going to need the help of The Riddler—but even after Selina saved him from certain doom, can he be trusted? Meanwhile, the flickering assassin known as the Wight Witch, flanked by Magistrate soldiers, has arrived to return Ivy to Simon Saint! Harley Quinn and The Gardener join the fight against Wight Witch and the Magistrate! Also featuring…Ghost-Maker!

HARLEY QUINN #8
Written by STEPHANIE PHILLIPS
Pencils and inks by RILEY ROSSMO
Cover by RILEY ROSSMO
$3.99 US | 32 PAGES
Variant by DERRICK CHEW
$4.99 US (Card Stock)
ON SALE 10/26/21

Sorry, Harley’s not here right now, but this is her trusted sidekick Kevin, and I’m happy to be keeping watch over the streets of Gotham. The city’s gone a little crazy with the Magistrate’s forces cracking down. I just hope that Harley’s mission to Alley Town with Catwoman and the Gardener is successful in finding the missing piece of Poison Ivy that could be the very key to saving Gotham. In the meantime, I’ll help put fires out around Gotham…literally…and I might get some unexpected help in the process! Fear State part two continues here!

NIGHTWING #85
Written by TOM TAYLOR
Pencils and inks by ROBBI RODRIGUEZ
Cover by BRUNO REDONDO
$3.99 US | 32 PAGES
Variant by JAMAL CAMPBELL
$4.99 US (Card Stock)
ON SALE 10/19/21

Babs takes the Anti-Oracle attack on her Oracle Network personally, and she suits up as Batgirl, accompanying Nightwing and Tim Drake to track down who is responsible. But with fear consuming the streets of Gotham, Batgirl and Nightwing accidentally get hit with something that reveals their deepest fears…and it involves each other.

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