DC Start Here!: Batman: Dark Patterns #1 | Comic | New

A brand-new Batman horror story from DC's Start Here! line: Dan Watters and Hayden Sherman's Batman: Dark Patterns #1.

A killer known as the Wound Man is leaving bodies across Gotham, each one arranged like grim art — and Batman's investigation pulls him into the city's oldest, ugliest secrets. Dan Watters and artist Hayden Sherman open a tense, atmospheric new Bat-story with "We Are the Wounded, Part 1".

Writer: Dan Watters. Penciller/Inker: Hayden Sherman. Colourist: Triona Farrell. Letterer: Frank Cvetkovic. Cover Artist: Hayden Sherman. Publisher: DC Comics. On-sale: November 2026. Issue #1 of DC's Start Here! line, reprinting Batman: Dark Patterns #1. Rated T for Teen (13+).

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