New Releases by Chuck Dixon

The acclaimed Batgirl: Year One and Robin: Year One writing team reunites with Nightwing penciller Scott McDaniel to tell the story of Nightwing: Year One. This 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition collects the entire saga, featuring a brand-new introduction by writer Scott Beatty, the never-before-printed outline and notes from the making of the Year One storyline, the Nightwing #104 script, an extensive behind-the-scenes sketchbook from penciller Scott McDaniel, a brand-new cover by McDaniel, and more! Collects Nightwing #101-106.

In the final volume of the Dark Knight Detective series, Batman and Robin hunt a murderer with electricity-based powers, encounter a fledgling vigilante called the Spoiler, and team up with Huntress to take down a terrorist group. Plus, appearances from Scarface and The Joker! Collects Detective Comics #644-653 and Detective Comics Annual #5, plus a corrected printing of Detective Comics Annual #4.

This new title collects the fully painted Batman graphic novel and more! It all starts with a mysterious delivery to Bruce Wayne that brings an array of villains to his doorstep, including Ra’s al Ghul, Catwoman, the Penguin, and an army of mercenaries. Their objective: to steal the ancient, seemingly unremarkable bowl now in the Dark Knight’s hands. Could this prize be the legendary Holy Grail? Plus, in Batman: The Ankh, when some of Gotham’s wealthiest citizens start vanishing without a trace along with some Egyptian artifacts, Batman traces the crimes to an immortal woman with a haunting past and a deadly agenda! This title collects the original graphic novel Batman: The Chalice and Batman: The Ankh #1 and 2.

Collects Fantastic Four (1961) #334-336; Incredible Hulk (1968) #363; Punisher (1987) #28-29; Punisher War Journal (1988) #12-13; Marc Spector: Moon Knight (1989) #8-10; Daredevil (1964) #275-276; Power Pack (1984) #53; Damage Control (1989B) #1-4; material from Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme (1988) #11-13. Loki’s schemes play out as an array of heroes face unfamiliar enemies! The Fantastic Four take on an army of foes during a congressional hearing! The gray Hulk battles the Grey Gargoyle! The Punisher takes aim at Bushwhacker and Doctor Doom — then joins Moon Knight to face Flag-Smasher and Ultimatum! Daredevil fights outside his weight class against Ultron while Power Pack grapples with Typhoid Mary! And Hobgoblin, the Enchantress and Arkon spell trouble for Doctor Strange! Luckily, Damage Control is around to pick up the pieces!

Taking place after the events of Batman: Dark Victory, this epic tale recounts the beginning of Dick Grayson''s career as Robin, the Boy Wonder. The devious Two-Face is very interested in recent reports that Batman now has a teenage sidekick. Indeed, Bruce Wayne has taken young Dick Grayson under his tutelage as Robin, the Boy Wonder! Alfred Pennyworth is unsure if the inclusion of Dick Grayson in Batman''s nightly adventures might not end up in disaster, but the butler cannot deny the positive influence the lighthearted boy has on his master. Collects Robin: Year One #1-4.

When Catwoman is captured by a secret government organization and blackmailed into committing an impossible robbery, she is caught in a no-win situation: the infamous feline burglar must steal an ancient relic from a small European country or suffer the detonation of a cyanide capsule that has been implanted in her arm! Realizing success will lead to her termination by her captors, Catwoman will have to use her ingenuity to turn the tables against the government agency and save her own life. Collects Catwoman #14-24 and #0, Annual #2 and Showcase ’95 #4.

Following the events of Batman: Knightquest: The Search, Bruce Wayne has successfully recuperated from his broken back and is ready to resume crime-fighting duties as the Batman. But Jean-Paul Valley, the man who currently patrols the dark alleyways of Gotham City, is not willing to step aside. Furthermore, Valley has become unaccountably violent and reckless. Driven to the brink of madness by inner demons, the "new Batman" seeks to destroy the "old Batman" in a battle with deadly consequences. Batman: Knightsend is the seventh installment in an expansive nine-volume series reprinting the entire Batman: Knightfall storyline. Contained in this volume are Batman #509-510, Batman: Shadow of the Bat #29-30, Detective Comics #676-677, Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #62-63, Robin #8-9, Catwoman #12-13 and Showcase ''94 #10 and includes bonus poster artwork.

Award-winning author Chuck Dixon concludes his groundbreaking run on Nightwing with a bang! In the final volume of Dixon''s Nightwing run, Dick Grayson is emotionally and physically pushed to his breaking point. Dick Grayson searches within for what it is to be a hero in the aftermath of the Joker''s latest reign of terror. Just before he can catch his breath, another shocking development threatens everything he has ever known, as Bruce Wayne is charged with murder! This volume also features appearances from the Flash, Blue Beetle and the rest of the Bat-Family. Collects Nightwing #61-70.

Bruce Wayne is out of commission, but Batman must continue! A new era begins as a new Batman arrives in Gotham City. Bruce Wayne, battle-broken and unavailable for field duty after an epic showdown with Bane, has appointed a new Dark Knight as his temporary surrogate. Jean-Paul Valley (a.k.a. Azrael) has assumed the role of the Caped Crusader, but without his mentor’s integrity and experience, he quickly spins out of control. His undisciplined behavior is especially worrisome to both Robin and Commissioner Gordon. The fourth installment of the Batman: Knightfall saga, Batman: Knightquest: The Crusade Vol. 1 collects Detective Comics #667-670, Robin #1-2, Batman: Shadow of the Bat #19-20, Batman #501-504 and Catwoman #6-7, plus bonus material!

The super-criminal Bane is determined to claim his place as the greatest villain who has ever lived! In the dark waters off the coast of Gotham City, a mysterious crew of smugglers has made a deadly mistake-they tried to bring weapons of mass destruction into Bane’s city! After tracing the illicit arms back to their source, Bane and his henchmen uncover a criminal conspiracy that seems to span the entire globe and encompass every illegal activity under the sun. But if there really is a secret empire behind all of the world’s crime, Bane should-nay, must-be the one running it. And no one-not assassin cults, super-hackers, Catwoman or Batman himself-is going to stand in his way! Twenty-five years after bringing Bane to life in Batman: Knightfall, creators Chuck Dixon and Graham Nolan reunite to tell the most epic tale yet of one of Batman’s most dangerous foes! Collects issues #1-12.

The diabolical brute known as Bane has finally defeated Batman and is one step closer to taking control of Gotham City. Without any options left, the Dark Knight must pass his iconic cape and cowl to a worthy ally. A new Batman arrives in Gotham, and his first order of business is to do what Bruce Wayne couldn’t do himself—defeat Bane. Batman: Knightfall Vol. 2 is part of a nine-volume 25th-anniversary series that revisits Batman’s seminal clash with Bane. This volume collects Batman #498-500, Detective Comics #664-666, Showcase ’93 #7-8 and Batman: Shadow of the Bat #16-18, along with additional material from the creators.

Bane, the man destined to one day destroying the Batman has his sights set on taking over Gotham City! The event that changed Batman''s world forever kicks off with this new volume, including never before collected material in BATMAN: PRELUDE TO KNIGHTFALL. Bane has spent a lifetime on the South American island of Santa Prisca. The time he spent as the toughest inmate in their worst prison led him to develop berserk strength, savage intellect, and unparalleled megalomania. In Gotham City, Batman begins to feel he has lost his edge as he is forced to deal, in rapid succession, with the returning villain Black Mask and his gang a crazed killer called Metalhead, and a sharpshooter assassin hired by an imprisoned mobster to murder Commissioner Gordon. Part of a massive 25th anniversary re-cut of the entire BATMAN: KNIGHTFALL saga, this graphic novel, collects BATMAN: VENGEANCE OF BANE #1, BATMAN #484-491, DETECTIVE COMICS #654-658.

When the king of Atlantis dies, the citizens look to their former ruler Aquaman for leadership. But the undersea civilization that he and Dolphin return to is falling apart. The people are fleeing the capital city of Poseidonis as mysterious forces lift it ever closer to the surface. Aquaman must undo the damage or else the environmental impact of the rising city could be catastrophic—not only for Atlantis, but for the surface world as well! Plus, the much anticipated return of Mera, Aquaman’s long estranged wife. But what will she make of her husband’s new relationship with Dolphin? Peter David’s character defining run continues in these stories from Aquaman #9-20 and Annual #1! With art from Martin Egeland, J. Califiore and more, these tales also feature guest-appearances from Justice Leaguers Green Lantern, Superman and Wonder Woman!

Holiday adventures starring all of your favorite DC Universe characters! Featuring Superman and Batman in ÒWORLDÕS FINEST CHRISTMAS,Ó ÒTHE JOKERÕS TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMASÓ and more!

Chuck Dixon continues his run with the latest collection of classic Nightwing stories in NIGHTWING VOL. 7: SHRIKE. Life for Nightwing has never been this good! He’s starting a promising career as a Blüdhaven police officer, he’s dating longtime crush Barbara Gordon, a.k.a. Oracle, and he is systematically dismantling the criminal empire that infests his new hometown. But Dick Grayson has made a potentially fatal mistake, and that mistake’s name is Blockbuster. Down but not out, the kingpin of Blüdhaven has hired the ultimate assassin to kill Nightwing: the villain known only as Shrike. This costumed killer has an advantage over all the other hired goons whom Blockbuster has sent against Nightwing; Shrike knows that Nightwing is Batman’s former sidekick, Robin, and the two young martial artists trained together when they were teenagers. All this plus the Birds of Prey, an alien invasion and Dick Grayson taking on a new costumed identity! The NIGHTWING creative team of Chuck Dixon, Greg Land and Drew Geraci present NIGHTWING VOLUME 7: SHRIKE, collecting NIGHTWING #54-60, NIGHTWING: OUR WORLDS AT WAR #1 and NIGHTWING: THE TARGET #1!

It begins with the return of the Apocalypse Plague-a deadly disease that infected Gotham City and almost killed Robin-now in an even more virulent form. Batman, Robin, Nightwing and even Catwoman must find out the origin of this ancient virus before it is released worldwide. Their travels take them from the heart of Gotham halfway around the world to Sudan, where two of their greatest enemies are revealed to be the masterminds of this wicked plot. The stakes have never been this high and the question remains: Will Batman and his allies stop a relic of the past from dooming mankind’s future? Now, for the first time ever, get the complete BATMAN: LEGACY storyline along with never-before-collected chapters that reveal the architects of the outbreak in BATMAN: LEGACY! Collects BATMAN #533, BATMAN SHADOW OF THE BAT #53, CATWOMAN #33-35, DETECTIVE COMICS #697-700 and ROBIN #31.

Cassandra Cain returns to Gotham’s streets as Batgirl. Raised to be a perfect fighting machine, Cassandra has vowed to use her unrivaled combat skills to protect the citizens of Gotham. After defeating the feared assassin Lady Shiva in a harrowing battle, Cassandra must prove that she’s more than just an incredible fighter as she trains with Batman to become a detective. Batgirl’s detective skills are soon put to the test when she must help an amnestic secret agent recover his memory in time to stop a mysterious catastrophic event threatening Gotham City! Time is quickly running out and Cassandra must fight harder than ever before, using both her wit and strength to solve the mystery. Can Batgirl save Gotham before it’s too late? Kelley Puckett (BATMAN ADVENTURES) and artists Damion Scott (ROBIN) and Robert Campanella (GREEN ARROW) bring you these classic Batgirl crime-fighting adventures. BATGIRL VOL. 3: POINT BLANK collects BATGIRL #26-37 and a story from BATGIRL SECRET CASE FILES & ORIGINS #1.

When darkness falls over Gotham City, Tim Drake becomes his alter ego, the costumed crime-fighter known as Robin. Usually he patrols the night with his partner, Batman, but with Bruce Wayne recovering from the broken back he received from the criminal known only as Bane, Tim is forced to team up with the new Batman, Jean-Paul Valley! Unfortunately for Robin, Batman’s replacement doesn’t need or want a teenage sidekick. So now the Boy Wonder is left to fly solo! Plus, Tim Drake still has to manage being an average teenager with an average glut of adolescent headaches. He can’t drive, his girlfriend feels he’s neglecting her and the school jock picks on him. Meanwhile, Robin must contend with a car-theft ring, a hardnosed sheriff and a trio of escaped super-villains, including the treacherous Cluemaster. ROBIN: SOLO collects, in chronological order, for the first time ever, ROBIN #1-5, ROBIN ANNUAL #1-2 and SHOWCASE ’93 #5-6 and #11-12, presenting Tim Drake’s adventures from his first solo series by fan-favorite comics writer Chuck Dixon (NIGHTWING) and the all-new art team of Tom Grummett (TITANS) and Scott Hanna (DETECTIVE COMICS)!

In Elseworlds, heroes are taken from their usual settings and put into strange times and places-some that have existed, or might have existed, and others that can’t, couldn’t or shouldn’t exist. The result: stories that make characters who are as familiar as yesterday seem as fresh as tomorrow. Featuring the League of Justice battling the insane sorcerer Luithorr, Diana Prince and the Justice Riders against the evil robber baron Maxwell Lord, Batman and Superman as pulp heroes, a gender reversed World’s Finest teaming up to save Lex Luthor and other tales! Now, for the first time, the Justice League’s prestige format Elseworlds tales are featured in a new graphic novel collection. Collects ELSEWORLD’S FINEST #1-2, ELSEWORLD’S FINEST: SUPERGIRL & BATGIRL, JUSTICE RIDERS, LEAGUE OF JUSTICE #1-2, TITANS: SCISSORS, PAPER, STONE, and WONDER WOMAN: AMAZONIA!

BATMAN ARKHAM: KILLER CROC collects some of the villain''s greatest stories by some of the industry''s greatest creators, including Gerry Conway (JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA), Chuck Dixon (NIGHTWING), Doug Moench (THE SPECTRE), Kelley Jones (DEADMAN), Norm Breyfogle (DETECTIVE COMICS), Dan Jurgens (SUPERMAN) and many more! Waylon Jones was born with a rare medical condition that caused his skin to become scaly and his appearance to develop progressively into that of a crocodile. Forced to wrestle alligators in a carnival, Waylon decided that if society declared him a freak, he would succumb to his savage nature and become Killer Croc. Known for his brutal strength and fearsome rage, Killer Croc has been one of Batman’s most physically formidable foes. When facing Croc, the Dark Knight isn’t just dealing with madness: he’s fighting a creature who is more beast than man. But Killer Croc will stop at nothing to defeat (or consume) his prey! Collects DETECTIVE COMICS #525, #660 and #808-810; BATMAN #358, #359, #471, #489, #512, #521 and #522; BATMAN AND ROBIN #23.4; JOKER’S ASYLUM KILLER CROC #1; and BATMAN CHRONICLES #3.

Presenting Tim Drake’s first adventures as the Dark Knight’s partner by legendary comic creators CHUCK DIXON (NIGHTWING), TOM LYLE (STARMAN) and BOB SMITH (CATWOMAN)! Tim Drake is the latest teenager to take up the mantle of Robin, and now he makes his debut as the Caped Crusader’s crime-fighting partner on the streets of Gotham City! He must confront the return of his first major adversary, King Snake, who is trying to build a drug empire in Gotham. Luckily, he has both Batman and the mysterious Huntress to aid him. But the Boy Wonder will have to face his greatest challenge alone, when the Joker escapes from Arkham Asylum and the Dark Knight is nowhere to be found. The Clown Prince of Crime will be Tim’s baptism by fire-will it end in tragedy or triumph? ROBIN: TRIUMPHANT collects in chronological order for the first time ever BATMAN #465, 467-469, ROBIN II #1-4, and ROBIN III #1-6.

The complete BATMAN: CONTAGION storyline is available for the first time ever, along with chapters that lead into the thrilling confrontation with the mastermind behind the outbreak in BATMAN: LEGACY. A mysterious and lethal virus is unleashed on the unknowing inhabitants of Gotham City, causing excruciating pain-and ultimately death-within 48 hours of contact. Batman, Robin and Nightwing must race to contain the chaos while finding a cure-with the help of unlikely allies Azrael, Huntress, Catwoman and Poison Ivy. But can the Dark Knight and his team of vigilantes stop an invisible enemy? And what happens when one of them is infected? Collects AZRAEL #15-16, BATMAN #529, BATMAN CHRONICLES #4, BATMAN: SHADOW OF THE BAT #48-49, CATWOMAN# 31-35, DETECTIVE COMICS #695-696 and ROBIN #27-30.

The continued adventures of the loveliest and deadliest crime-fighters in the DCU from the critically acclaimed superstar team of Chuck Dixon, Greg Land and Drew Geraci. The Birds of Prey have become a tight-knit partnership, even though Black Canary has never seen Oracle face to face. But their friendship and their lives could be cut short when Black Canary finds herself in the middle of a deadly hunt led by the ruthless cult leader Kobra for a long-forgotten piece of Russian technology. And as Black Canary fights for her life, Oracle has her own troubles when the U.S. Army begins tracking down the person hacking into their systems. All of this, plus guest stars Batman, Nightwing and-Guy Gardner? Collected for the first time in chronological order: BIRDS OF PREY #1-11 and BIRDS OF PREY: RAVENS #1.

Enjoy this great comic from DC’s digital archive!

Enjoy this great comic from DC’s digital archive!

Enjoy this great comic from DC’s digital archive!

Enjoy this great comic from DC’s digital archive!

Enjoy this great comic from DC’s digital archive!

So it has been with Batman and his partner in crime, Robin for seventy-five years. The Boy Wonder’s spunk and color balance against the Caped Crusader’s seriousness and gloom to create a perfect partnership, a Dynamic Duo. Though Batman has always needed a Robin, it hasn’t always been the same Robin. Many different crimefighters have taken up the name and costume, from jovial Dick Grayson to calculating Tim Drake to violent Damian Wayne. Each left his or her mark on the character, and today the Boy Wonder almost as recognizable and beloved as the Dark Knight himself. Collecting stories from Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Carrie Kelley, Tim Drake, Stephanie Brown, Damian Wayne and more, ROBIN THE BOY WONDER: A CELEBRATION OF 75 YEARS compiles the best moments from seven decades of the Dynamic Duo. It includes Robin’s first appearance by Bill Finger and Bob Kane, as well as tales from industry legends Jim Mooney, Sheldon Moldoff, Frank Miller, Chuck Dixon, Jeph Loeb, Marv Wolfman, George Pérez, Jim Aparo, Grant Morrison, Andy Kubert and more.

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