DC’sFuture Stateinitiative introduced readers to a blade - newBatmanand now its prequel follow - upI Am Batmanhas reveal a terrific novel lawsuit for the hero . The   serial explores a possible time to come of the DC cosmos where younger grinder take on the drape of iconic Cuban sandwich , including Tim " Jace "   Fox as the Dark Knight . As the new Caped Crusader , Jace   has had a lot of interesting growth , progress to his own legacy in the Batman mythos .

I Am Batmanis written by John Ridley with artwork by Stephen Segovia and follows Jace ’s journeying from a unseasoned man who wants to revolt , to a vigilante who stomach as a symbol for gyration as well as resistance . The series serves as a prequel that could perchance lead to the event ofFuture country : The Next Batman . Jace is the son oflongtime Batman colleague Lucius Fox ,   who was sent aside to military academy by his well-situated category and   after receive some training from Katana . After returning to Gotham and see the news of Bruce Wayne ’s evident expiry , Jace decided to take Justice Department into his own hands and become the next Batman .

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Comic book art: Batman faces the four Robins: Nightwing Dick Grayson, Red Hood Jason Todd, Red Robin Tim Drake, and Robin Damian Wayne.

The latest variant cover revealed forI Am Batman # 5drawn by Francesco Mattina shows an interesting look at Jace ’s Bat - suit . The cover charge depicts   a demonic - looking Batman asterisk into the oculus the reader with an almost callous flavour . The courtship has a very coloured and technical smell compare to what is examine in Segovia ’s regular art for the series , along with some grotesque red glow eyes . This issue promises a encounter between Batman anda new strain of Peacekeeper , augmented with engineering science from the Fox family . It seem   the only mortal who might be capable to aid Batman and save his life might be the mankind behind the tech , his father Lucius .

Jace has already proven himself in his fight against the Magistrate ,   a futurist   police force dedicated to carry down Gotham ’s vigilantes . Jace has shown his aptitude   for heroic meter with his telling scrap acquisition , Bruce Wayne - same intelligence , and specialised forward-looking technology from his house . However , now that his struggle is in the present , he ’s fight a much larger fight , starting with Gotham ’s systematic issues and corruptive nature . His programme for revolutionagainst these construct prove to be a hard job , but his efforts are show up that he ’s more than capable .

Jace Fox is already pave his own unequaled course as the protector of Gotham ’s citizen in both the present and potentialFuture Stateof the DC universe . His powerful farseeing - terminus goals for the metropolis show his mission is evenly as crucial as Bruce ’s . As his journeying continues , it seems like Jace will have no issue fitting into his novel role as the nextBatman .   DC’sI Am Batman # 5by John Ridley with art by Stephen Segovia will go   on sales event January 11 .

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