Batman: Battle for the Cowl

Series · 8 books · 2009

By Christopher Yost, Tony S. Daniel

Books in series

Batman

Battle for the Cowl #1

2009

With Batman gone, the battle to take on the Mantle of the Bat is on! Who has earned the right? Who thinks they deserve it? Robin? Nightwing? Jason Todd? Two-Face? Catwoman? Batgirl? Who will ultimately win the battle for the cape and cowl and become Gotham's new guardian?

Batman

Battle For the Cowl #2

2009

With the destruction of Arkham Asylum and dozens of Gotham City's most lethal villains rioting through the streets, it would seem that Nightwing, Robin and their allies have their hands full. But they hadn't counted on the return of Batman himself! Is it really The Dark Knight?

Batman

Battle For the Cowl #3

2009

From the return of the Black Mask to the destruction of Arkham to general mayhem, Gotham City is crumbling around Nightwing, Robin and the rest of the Bat Family. And when you add a deadly Jason Todd masquerading as a gun-toting Batman to the mix, things have definitely spiraled out of control! The battle for the cowl comes to an end! Who comes out victorious as the new Batman?

Gotham Gazette

Batman Alive? #1

2009

A city looking to rise up. A new Dark Knight is casting his shadow until dawn's early light. Harvey Bullock. Vicki Vale. Dr. Leslie Thompkins. Stephanie Brown. These four ordinary people living extraordinary lives look to regain their balance in a city that turns lives upside down.

Battle for the Cowl

The Network #1

2009

A wave of heroes arrive in Gotham City with hopes of helping stem the tide of chaos threatening to overwhelm...everybody. Starring Huntress, Batgirl, Misfit, Ragman, Manhunter and many others. Will these heroes succeed or will they be victims of Gotham City's madness?

#10

Battle for the Cowl

The Underground #1

2009

With Batman gone, the villains have descended on Gotham! A who's who of Bat-villains star, including Catwoman, the Riddler, Harley Quinn, Two-Face, Poison Ivy, The Penguin and Ra's Al Ghul. What kind of havoc will these villains wreak on a city that's already on the verge of implosion?

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Batman

Battle for the Cowl

2009

"Batman: R.I.P." and FINAL CRISIS saw the end of Batman. Now, months following the disappearance of her protector, Gotham City sits at a precipice and it may be too far gone for Nightwing, Robin, Commissioner Gordon and the rest of the city's heroes to save the day. Amid the fires, rioting, looting and gang warfare, one question rings out from the souls of Gotham's desperate citizens: Where is Batman? With guest-stars galore, the destruction of a sacred Gotham City institution and an ending that will have everyone talking, this event written and drawn by Tony Daniel (The Tenth) and other top creators features the battle to take on the Mantle of the Bat. Who has earned the right? Who thinks they deserve it? Robin? Nightwing? Jason Todd? Two-Face? Catwoman? Batgirl? Who will ultimately win the BATTLE FOR THE COWL? Collecting BATMAN: BATTLE FOR THE COWL #1-3, GOTHAM GAZETTE: BATMAN DEAD? #1 and GOTHAM GAZETTE: BATMAN ALIVE? #1

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Batman

Battle for the Cowl Companion

2009

This new collection features four tales of Gotham City in Batman's absence. First, a wave of heroes arrive in Gotham City with hopes of helping stem the tide of chaos threatening to overwhelm everybody! Starring Huntress, Batgirl, Misfit, Ragman, Manhunter and many others. But will these heroes succeed or become victims? Then, with Gotham City in a state of emergency, one man has stood firm against the criminal element in Gotham - Police Commissioner James Gordon. Now, Gordon and his police department must reclaim Gotham and take down Mister Freeze without the assistance of Batman. In the third story, Bat-villains including Catwoman, the Riddler, Harley Quinn, Two-Face, Poison Ivy, The Penguin and Ra's Al Ghul are on the loose. But will they work together to take down Gotham City - or destroy each other? Finally, in the heart of Arkham Asylum, will administrator Dr. Jeremiah Arkham fall prey to the madness that has plagued so many of his inmates? Or will he usher in a new era for Gotham's most haunted institution? Includes BATTLE FOR THE ARKHAM, THE NETWORK, MAN-BAT, COMMISSIONER GORDON and UNDERGROUND.

Authors

Tony Salvador Daniel is a comic book author and illustrator. He is sometimes credited with is full name as Antonio Salvador Daniel. For the science fiction writer, see Tony Daniel. Tony S. Daniel decided to become a comic book artist in the 4th grade and has never looked back. He made his professional comics debut in 1993 on Comico's The Elementals and went on to illustrate X-Force for Marvel Comics and Spawn: Bloodfeud for Image Comics as well as writing and illustrating several creator-owned titles of his own: Silke, The Tenth, Adrenalynn and F5 — the last two of which led him, for a time, into the alternate reality known as Hollywood. After being lured back into comics in 2005 to work with writer Geoff Johns on TEEN TITANS for DC Comics, Daniel landed his dream job in 2007 penciling the adventures of DC's Dark Knight Detective in BATMAN where he first collaborated with writer Grant Morrison and then went on to write and draw the book himself. In 2011 he re-launched DETECTIVE COMICS for DC’s New 52, writing and drawing most of the first year of the historic series. In 2012 Daniel moved from one icon to another when he began illustrating the adventures of Superman in ACTION COMICS.