If the promise of a cosmic, Japanese-inspired adventure reimagining the Dark Knight as theImmortal Legend Batmanwas already too good to be true, then the newly revealed details ofthe next DC Elseworlds seriesare truly beyond belief.
The six-issueBatmanseries co-written by Kyle Higgins, Mat Groom, Erica D’Urso and more keeps sounding better and better for comic readers. Not only will each issue deliver a full 32 pages of story (with back-ups by cover artist Dan Mora), but the premise will makeone of the most dramatic changes to Bruce Wayne ever imagined.
Gotham Becomes An Entire Planet in Immortal Legend: Batman
Immortal Legend Batmanby Kyle Higgins, Mat Groom, Erica D’Urso, Igor Monti, Becca Carey
Speaking during DC’s panel concerning all thingsBatmanatSan Diego Comic-Con 2025,Immortal Legend Batmanwriter Kyle Higgins was on hand to drop bombshells about the series launching in August. Specifically, about just how far out of the normal realm of powers, villains, and urban backdrop of Gotham City the story would be heading.Forget Gotham City. How aboutPlanet Gotham?
The official synopsis was shocking enough, revealing that this newImmortal Legend Batmanwould be powered by"the energy that binds our universe and the shadow universe, transforming [Batman] into a cosmic dark knight.“But the first preview pages shown to those in attendance went further, depicting a man crashing a spaceship while fleeing Batman.
Confirming thatImmortal Legend Batmanwould be (literally) taking to the stars, Higgins was quiet about the many different spins on classic villains on the way. But when pressed, revealed that the character of Gotham would be a big surprise to readers:
“I have to be careful because I can’t talk about villains… Gotham City is its own character.Well, our Gotham City is not a city. It’s a world. Like an actual world, it’s a planet.”
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Comic history has long shown thatin the world of Batman, the only constant is change. Even as this bold new reimagining of who or what Batman can be draws closer, the mainBatmanseries is restoring the blue-and-gray Batsuitwith its own series relaunch.
Yet even with the bold and ambitiousAbsolute Batmandropping jaws, the cosmic scale ofImmortal Legend Batmanoffers something completely unique. And from the official plot details for coming issues, a ‘Planet Gotham’ is only the beginning of the spacefaring:
What’s the one question the Immortal Legend Batman is afraid of? Learn the answer as the hero is drawn toa long-abandoned estate on a distant moon… now occupied by a devious resident. In a tense battle of wits — in which any mistake will have explosive, tragic consequences — can Batman solve the madman’s riddles? And more importantly…can you?
Hopes were high for a fun fusion of Batman and tkusatsu heroics when Kyle Higgins (Radiant Black,Power Rangers) was announced as the newest Bat-writer. And while the book may still not have launched, it’s a thrill to learn that this new Gotham City will literally take readers ‘out of this world.’
