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A young story is get a feel atBatmanto research the hero ’s place in contemporary culture . A glimpse into the new year ’s offer has revealedBatman : Dark Age , a replacement to last year’sSuperman : Space Age . Like the late story , this raw tale integrates historic outcome to create a contemplative unexampled account for a comic Good Book icon .

DC Comics has released details onBatman : Dark Age , a new six - issue miniseries by Mark Russell and Mike Allred . The script spin around out of Russell and Allred’sSuperman : Space Ageandinstead follows Batman in an beginning tarradiddle set against the background of real - earthly concern historic effect . Batman : Dark Agewon’t justfollow the Dark Knightalongside actual ethnic milestones , but many other iconic characters that have fought with him and against him . The first egress comes with a stock cover by serial publication ' artist Mike Allred , with variant coversprovided by Yanick Paquette and Frank softly .

Batman: Dark AgeExamines the Hero’s Place in History

The late seriesSuperman : Space Agewas an out - of - persistence story that followed Clark Kent from the ' 60s through the ' fourscore . The story explore Superman and his desire to economize a man that became increasingly darker and more devoid of Bob Hope . Even as Clark start finding new heroes and building the Justice League , he lived under the threat of the mystifying Pariah , who warned of the dark days that lie forrader for humanity . The period piece used legion event from genuine - reality chronicle to tell its story including the Space Race , the assassination of President Kennedy , and the Cold War , all of which shaped andinformed Clark ’s maturation and ontogeny as Superman .

Batman was a main character in theSuperman : Space Age , but this book will give him a great focus than the last series . WhileSpace Agecovered several decades of worldly concern history , there ’s plentitude of ground left to cover and no limit to the number of historical event that could regulate this particular take on Batman . Russell and Allred ’s late Eisner - nominated series was a thoughtful al-Qur’an that really dug into the Man of Steel and showcased how culture shaped him over the year . Dark Agelooks like it will do the same thing for Batman and give reader a much more unique and pensiveexamination of what makes the Dark Knight tick .

In the good C the character has been around , Batman has been the issue of legion stories that get to the core of what defines him . IfBatman : Dark Age isanything like its sister serial publication , it will also labor deep into the character while secernate a parallel story about the growth of America and public culture . Together , the story will potentially craft a poignant , if not a piece meta , thought piece that shows how a persona likeBatmangrew into the changing , but ever - present symbol he is today .

Batman : Dark eld # 1will be available from DC Comics on March 26th , 2024 .

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