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Batman will be "Killing Time" in a new comic series from Tom King and David Marquez

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Jay Yaws

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on Batman will be "Killing Time" in a new comic series from Tom King and David Marquez

For the past several years, Tom King has been writing Batman in one way or the other, be it the main title, miniseries, or one-shots featuring Elmer Fudd that stand up as some of the finest Batman content the world has to offer, full stop.  King's presence in the Batman world will continue in 2022, as a new six-issue miniseries titled Batman: Killing Time has been announced.

And in King's own words, it has nothing to do with anything else he's done with the character.

A heist, you say?  I am so in.

Oh, and David" Let Him Draw Everything" Marquez and Alejandro "Let Him Color Everything" Sánchez are involved too?  Yeah, I'm in even more.

Seriously, this sounds like an absolute blast, so check out the details and a gallery with some early looks at the interiors and variant covers below.

Per DC:

BATMAN: KILLING TIME #1

Written by Tom King 

Art and cover by David Marquez and Alejandro Sánchez

Variant cover by Kael Ngu

1:25 variant cover by Alex Garner

1:100 variant cover by Peach Momoko

The Batman variant cover by Carlos D’Anda

$4.99 US | 40 pages | 1 of 6 | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)

ON SALE 3/1/22

Three villains, one Dark Knight, and a deadly heist gone wrong.

Catwoman, the Riddler, and the Penguin join forces to pull off the greatest robbery in the history of Gotham City. And their prize? A mysterious and priceless artifact in the secret possession of Bruce Wayne! But, as the events unfold, what fun is a heist without a bloody double cross or two?

The blockbuster team of Tom King and David Marquez bring an epic, white-knuckled, action-packed tale of a young Batman desperate to recover his most prized possession from a host of violent rogues before the clock strikes the Killing Time... 

Batman: Killing Time #1 will hit comic shops and digital retailers on March 1, 2022.

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26 comments

  1. Robin MB Avatar
    Robin MB

    With all the Batman mini series and in goings I just find it hard to care anymore sadly

  2. Hunter Zolomon Avatar
    Hunter Zolomon

    Tom King? Pass, i can bet 95% of the script will be characters repeating the same words over and over to each other. I still laugh that his award winning "masterpiece" in Heroes In Crisis has been retconned to shreds.

    1. Kaingerc Avatar
      Kaingerc

      King is not necessarily a bad writer but he has a real issue with writing superheroes.
      his idea of making them more "human" and "Flawed" is usually taking too far by taking away too much of what makes these people heroes.

      for example:

      Wally West - turned into a PTSD suffering wreck who accidentally kills a bunch of his oldest friends and tries to cover it up
      Adam Strange - turned into a PTSD suffering wreck who commits war crimes.
      Kyle Rayner - gets shanghaied into joining a terrorist group (Omega Men)

      etc...etc..

      1. Thanasis Avatar
        Thanasis

        His Batman is terrible. Always has been. Aside from Grayson, I enjoy none of his takes on superheroes. But after all the garbage he's put out I'm starting to think Tim Seeley is the reason for Grayson being good.

        1. Kaingerc Avatar
          Kaingerc

          I'm starting to think Tim Seeley is the reason for Grayson being good.

          that's most likely the case

          1. Thanasis Avatar
            Thanasis

            I can't explain it any other way. King is just too bad.

        2. Hunter Zolomon Avatar
          Hunter Zolomon

          I thought his Vision and Mister Miracle books were fantastic but once he started Batman i feel all his talent went down the drain. I'm so happy his New Gods film is never happening, the script would have been dire.

          1. Kaingerc Avatar
            Kaingerc

            you mean
            Vision - where he turned Vision's new android family into killers and killed half of them off (at least the girl survived, which is also kind of a theme in King's books)

            Mister Miracle - where he turned Scott Free and Big Barda basically into ruthless warlords. (at least they are decent enough parents I guess)

            are we sensing a theme here already?!

          2. Thanasis Avatar
            Thanasis

            You should see what he did to Adam Strange LOL.

          3. Hunter Zolomon Avatar
            Hunter Zolomon

            Don't get me wrong as adaptions of the characters they aren't but as they're own self contained things i really like them, i don't have the same level of attachment to Vision or MM and Barda like i do Batman and Wally West so its easier to swallow that stuff.

          4. Thanasis Avatar
            Thanasis

            Mister Miracle was alright but it was incredibly self contained and his weird decision didn't affect my opinion all that much. I haven't read Vision but everything else he's done is shit imo.

          5. Kaingerc Avatar
            Kaingerc

            At least with 'Rorschach' his writing fits the tone of the universe.

            though he paces the story REAL slow in order to get that series to 12 issues (the actual mystery plot could have probably been told in half that amount)

      2. Hunter Zolomon Avatar
        Hunter Zolomon

        To give King credit its thanks to his god awful HiC that we got a fantastic Wally West story in the current Jeremy Adams runs, the retcon was fantastic and allowed Salvitar to appear after many years away as well as an incredible team up and exchange between Wally and Roy and Roy and Ollie.

      3. Mingthemerviless Avatar
        Mingthemerviless

        King makes every superhero a reflection of himself...damaged goods. H3 uses public domain literature and songs instead of writing good dialogue and he piles on his edge lord crap to be like frank Miller only Miller in his prime was one thing king has never been...entertaining.

    2. Robin MB Avatar
      Robin MB

      Eh to be honest I think a lot of the blame is on Dan for that one. It was supposed to just be called Sanctuary and be all about the testimonials but editorial mandates made it the next "crisis."

  3. Thanasis Avatar
    Thanasis

    God, enough of Tom King and his dog shit take on Batman. Enough.

    1. Mingthemerviless Avatar
      Mingthemerviless

      If King is on a Batman book I don't buy it. He was thrown off the main book fir good reason...he stinks. He and Tynion kept me away from main continuity batman. Now Williamson has got me back. DC needs to cut King loose. I dont care if michaelangelo and Rembrandt are doing the art. Never buying a batman book with king anywhere near it. God cut this clown loise already DC.. enough.

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  4. Thanasis Avatar
    Thanasis

    That The Batman variant is godlike.

  5. Bruce Vader Avatar
    Bruce Vader

    Might turn out better than his Batman run.

    A new chapter in the Murphyverse has been announced.

    1. Thanasis Avatar
      Thanasis

      CAP

      1. Bruce Vader Avatar
        Bruce Vader

        The bar is pretty low.

        1. Thanasis Avatar
          Thanasis

          Yes. But Hic, Strange Adventures, Batman/Catwoman are all post Batman and they're all blah.

    2. Mingthemerviless Avatar
      Mingthemerviless

      They said the same about batman catwoman. It stinks on ice with all the usual king tropes.

  6. jrox Avatar
    jrox

    Tom King AKA worst Batman comics writer EVER.

  7. devilman013 Avatar
    devilman013

    NO. Keep this man away from Batman.

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