Batman: City of Madness

Illustrated by Christian Ward
Hardcover
$29.99 US
On sale Sep 03, 2024 | 176 Pages | 9781779527028
Buried deep beneath Gotham City there exists another Gotham.

Multi-Eisner award winner Christian Ward unleashes this cosmic-horror epic of the twisted Gotham Below.


Buried deep beneath Gotham City there exists another Gotham. This Gotham Below is a living nightmare, populated by twisted mirrors of our Gotham’s denizens, fueled by the fear and hatred flowing down from above. For decades, the doorway between the cities has been sealed and heavily guarded by the Court of Owls. But now the door swings wide, and the twisted version of the Dark Knight has escaped…to trap and train a Robin of his own.

Batman must form an uneasy alliance with the Court and its deadly allies to stop him—and to hold back the wave of twisted super-villains, nightmarish versions of his own nemeses, each one worse than the last, that’s spilling into his streets!

Visionary writer-artist Christian Ward unleashes a cosmic-horror take on Batman’s world, and readers will never look at Batman's villains the same way again.
Christian Ward is a UK-based illustrator, comic artist and writer. 

Some of his clients include Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Dark Horse Comics, EPIC Games and The Guardian amongst others. 

After 10 years of encouraging London teenagers to draw anything other than comics, Christian Ward is now a multi-Eisner winning comic book artist and writer. He is best known for his cosmic space operas ODY-C co-created with Matt Fraction and the Einser winning Invisible Kingdom co-created with G Willow Wilson. He was also the artist on the Acclaimed Marvel comics series Black Bolt (with Saladin Ahmed ), as well contributing to both Thor ( with Jason Arron ) and Batman ( with James Tynion ). In 2019 he released his first book as a writer, Machine Gun Wizards co-created with Sami Kivelä and this year sees the release of BLOOD STAINED TEETH co-created with Patric Reynolds.

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Buried deep beneath Gotham City there exists another Gotham.

Multi-Eisner award winner Christian Ward unleashes this cosmic-horror epic of the twisted Gotham Below.


Buried deep beneath Gotham City there exists another Gotham. This Gotham Below is a living nightmare, populated by twisted mirrors of our Gotham’s denizens, fueled by the fear and hatred flowing down from above. For decades, the doorway between the cities has been sealed and heavily guarded by the Court of Owls. But now the door swings wide, and the twisted version of the Dark Knight has escaped…to trap and train a Robin of his own.

Batman must form an uneasy alliance with the Court and its deadly allies to stop him—and to hold back the wave of twisted super-villains, nightmarish versions of his own nemeses, each one worse than the last, that’s spilling into his streets!

Visionary writer-artist Christian Ward unleashes a cosmic-horror take on Batman’s world, and readers will never look at Batman's villains the same way again.

Author

Christian Ward is a UK-based illustrator, comic artist and writer. 

Some of his clients include Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Dark Horse Comics, EPIC Games and The Guardian amongst others. 

After 10 years of encouraging London teenagers to draw anything other than comics, Christian Ward is now a multi-Eisner winning comic book artist and writer. He is best known for his cosmic space operas ODY-C co-created with Matt Fraction and the Einser winning Invisible Kingdom co-created with G Willow Wilson. He was also the artist on the Acclaimed Marvel comics series Black Bolt (with Saladin Ahmed ), as well contributing to both Thor ( with Jason Arron ) and Batman ( with James Tynion ). In 2019 he released his first book as a writer, Machine Gun Wizards co-created with Sami Kivelä and this year sees the release of BLOOD STAINED TEETH co-created with Patric Reynolds.

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