Preview – The Riddler: Year One #1 (DC Comics)

Posted on October 21, 2022 in Previews

On sale Tuesday 25th October from DC Comics.

THE RIDDLER: YEAR ONE #1

Written by PAUL DANO

Art by STEVAN SUBIC

Covers by BILL SIENKIEWICZ

Variant covers by JIM LEE and STEVAN SUBIC

1:25 variant cover by GREG RUTH

1:50 variant cover by TULA LOTAY

1:100 variant cover by KOUTA SASAI

1:250 variant cover by JIM LEE

$4.99 US | 32 pages | 1 of 6 | (All covers card stock)

ON SALE 10/25/22

As depicted in Matt Reeves’s hit movie The Batman, the Riddler wasn’t simply an amusing eccentric with an affinity for wordplay and baffling clues, but as terrifying a villain as any in the annals of the Dark Knight. Here you can see Edward Nashton evolve into the menace known as the Riddler. How did an unknown forensic accountant uncover the dark secrets of Gotham’s underworld and come so close to bringing down the entire city? This six-issue miniseries is an immediate prequel to The Batman—the detailed, disturbing, and at times shocking story of a man with nothing to lose.

Artist Stevan Subic makes his American comics debut, including a variant cover that is the first of six interlocking covers. This collaboration with Dano delivers a shadowy and gritty tale of a society’s forgotten man who refuses to go unnoticed any longer. Subic’s recent Conan the Cimmerian for French publisher Glénat has brought him great acclaim in Europe, and he’s about to break out globally with a Batman series unlike any you’ve seen before.

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