DC promises a "brutal and stunning" conclusion to Batman 'Failsafe' arc

Batman #129 variant cover art
Batman #129 variant cover art (Image credit: DC)

Writer Chip Zdarsky began his Batman run by killing the Penguin, framing the Caped Crusader for ❀mဣurder, and introducing the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:previously-dormant robot Failsafe. Oh, and he 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:nearly killed Tim Drake-Robin, sending Bruce into an even deeper crisis. 

Now, DC has teased the winter finalܫe of the 'Failsafe' arc… and it se🎉ems like life in Gotham is about to get even darker.

Batman #129, written by Zdarsky and illustrated by series artist Jorge 🦂Jiménez, will see Batman up against the wall – and possibly going off-world in order to defeat Failsafe. The new foe has countered every move Batm🌜an and the Justice League make, so Bruce may be out of options – at least, on Earth.

The backu꧃p story in this issue, written by Zdarsky and illustrated by Leonardo Romero, will revisit Batman's early years and his first attempt at creating a backup protection s🥂ystem called Zur-En-Arrh.

If that sounds familiar, it's because of the story 'Batman RIP: Zur-En-Arrh' by Grant Morrison and Tony Daniel. When Batman is poisoned by the villain Doctor Hurt, it activates a 'backup personality' built into Bruce Wayne's mind called 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Batman of Zur-En-Arrh. Bruce created this psychological program to control his ⛄body if his actual personality was ever altered, subverted, or subdued.

Then in the final issue of the 'Failsafe' arc, Batman #🌳130, Batman has just one option left to defeat Failsafe… and he may walk away from it in what DC describes as the story's "brutal and stunning conclusion."

Batman #129 will be available November 1, with cover art by Jiménez, Gabriele Dell'Otto, Francesco Mattina, Simone Di Meo, and Jock. Batman #130 will be available December 6, with📖 cover art by Jiménez, Dell'Otto, Stjepan Sejic, David Marquez, Jock, and Laura Braga.

Here'🅰s a gallery of 8 additional variant covers for both issues:

Stay tuned for DC's full November solicitations, coming later thi𝓀s month at Newsarama.

Take a look at 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:all the new Batman comics, graphic novels, and collections from DC in 2022 (and 2023).

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