Batman Eternal ran as a weekly publication at DC from 2014-2015, lasting 52 issues and spanning as much Bat-continuity as the creative team could get their hands on. Scott Snyder ran the yearlong storyline as a “showrunner”, with the majority of issues handled by James Tynion IV, Kyle Higgins, John Layman, Ray Fawkes and Tim Seeley. Artists included Ian Bertram, Guillem March, and DC’s house-style favourite, Jason Fabok. The storyline sees a mysterious foe sending out cards which say “Gotham falls tonight – have some fun” to a bunch of major DC villains, who proceed to cause chaos which Batman and his allies can barely manage to contain.
Shelfdust recapped the entire event, one issue at a time, and to be honest taking a lot longer than a year to do it. Below you can find links to every single issue, as recapped by Steve, and you can witness his mind quickly rot as the series drags on. Batman Eternal isn’t bad, particularly – it’s not great – but this project really showed just how easy it is for there to be too much Batman. Enjoy!
– Batman Eternal #1: Pyg Problems
– Batman Eternal #2: Rise of the Roman Empire
– Batman Eternal #3: Spoiler Alert
– Batman Eternal #4: Zorbatos’ House
– Batman Eternal #5: Beat Journalism
– Batman Eternal #6: The Arm-oury
– Batman Eternal #7: Penguin Down
– Batman Eternal #8: Signal Failure
– Batman Eternal #9: Bollocks to Hong Kong
– Batman Eternal #10: The Funny Farm
– Batman Eternal #11: Scorpion Woman
– Batman Eternal #12: Trial of the Century
– Batman Eternal #13: Jason Bard’s Cunning Plan
– Batman Eternal #14: Perp Up A Penguin
– Batman Eternal #15: Let Bygones Have Pylons
– Batman Eternal #16: Maximum Zeus
– Batman Eternal #17: Dea-Con Artist
– Batman Eternal #18: Going Underground
– Batman Eternal #19: Requiem for Fishnet Face
– Batman Eternal #20: Lion’s Den
– Batman Eternal #21: Mother Knows Best
– Batman Eternal #22: The Fall of Andrew Trondsen
– Batman Eternal #23: Top Cat
– Batman Eternal #24: Wrench to the Face
– Batman Eternal #25: Bat-Fam Eternal
– Batman Eternal #26: Man in the Mirror
– Batman Eternal #27: The Jousting Flamingo
– Batman Eternal #28: Puppet on a String
– Batman Eternal #29: Metroid Gothic
– Batman Eternal #30: Rubble Rubble
– Batman Eternal #31: Alfred, Breaker of Banes
– Batman Eternal #32: And Now For This Story Instead
– Batman Eternal #33: Cache Problems
– Batman Eternal #34: Down the Drain
– Batman Eternal #35: Outfoxed
– Batman Eternal #36: The Bard of Jason Bard
– Batman Eternal #37: Croc’s Cheesy Grits
– Batman Eternal #38: All Hail King Croc
– Batman Eternal #39: Riddler on the Roof
– Batman Eternal #40: As Bad As It Can Be
– Batman Eternal #41: Hands Free Tetch
– Batman Eternal #42: Harper Rownage
– Batman Eternal #43: David LaFuente is Here!!
– Batman Eternal #44: Achilles’ Heel
– Batman Eternal #45: Hello Mother, Hello Father
– Batman Eternal #46: What Is Dead Will Never Shut Up
– Batman Eternal #47: Whilst The Bat’s Away
– Batman Eternal #48: Mecha Bane
– Batman Eternal #49: Penny One – Hush Zero
– Batman Eternal #50: Loose Threads
– Batman Eternal #51: Clue’s Blues
– Batman Eternal #52: Batman Concluded
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