DC have just announced that the first issue of its new Batman comic book series from by Eisner Award-winning writer Matt Fraction and superstar artist Jorge Jiménez has sold over 500,000 copies—just in time to help celebrate Batman Day on September 20th!

As the announcement states, “this bold new era under Fraction and Jiménez reimagines Gotham City with a superhero-forward tone, a sleek new Batmobile, and a vivid blue-and-gray costume that signals a shift in both style and storytelling.”

Featuring colors by Tomeu Morey and lettering by Clayton Cowles, Batman # 1 Second Printing, on sale October 15th, will feature a recolored Batman logo on Jorge Jiménez’s main cover for issue #1 (see top of page), as well as a new open-to-order cardstock variant cover by Jiménez and Morey (above) and a stunning new variant cover by Dan Mora offered in both cardstock and foil editions (below).