BATMAN CITY OF MADNESS #1 (OF 3) CVR C INC 1:25 MARTIN SIMMONDS VAR (MR) (10 Oct)

VISIONARY CREATOR CHRISTIAN WARD UNLEASHES A COSMIC-HORROR EPIC¸ FEATURING THE COURT OF OWLS! Buried deep beneath Gotham City there exists another Gotham. This Gotham Below is a living nightmare¸ populated by twisted mirrors of our Gotham's denizens¸ fueled by the fear and hatred flowing down from above. For decades¸ the doorway between the cities has been sealed and heavily guarded by the Court of Owls. But now the door swings wide¸ and the twisted version of the Dark Knight has escaped...to trap and train a Robin of his own. Batman must form an uneasy alliance with the Court and its deadly allies to stop him--and to hold back the wave of twisted super-villains¸ nightmarish versions of his own nemeses¸ each one worse than the last¸ that's spilling into his streets! Visionary writer-artist Christian Ward unleashes his cosmic-horror take on Batman's world¸ in a tribute to disturbing Dark Knight classics like Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Gothic! You'll never look at Batman's villains the same way again...you simply won't have the stomach for it!