As a teenage comic book fan coming of age as superheroes were breaking into the mainstream, I always approached any conversation about Batman with a hipster’s sense of ownership. Like any comics nerd ...

Batman: Dark Patterns promised readers an intriguing premise for DC Comics’ most recognizable character from the start. It would provide brief, three-issue mysteries set in the earliest years of ...

One year, four stories, and twelve issues later, Batman’s most haunting storyline in years has reached its end. The lauded miniseries Batman: Dark Patterns concluded with its twelfth issue, and the ...

Editor’s Note: This year, the iconic Batman: The Animated Series turns 30 years old. “Return to Gotham” is a monthly column looking back at the cartoon that remains a touchstone of the superhero genre ...

“I love the strangeness of Batman,” Watters said in a statement. “A man dressed as a huge, gothic bat, solving crimes in a hostile city of black magicians, mad scientists, and superstitious, cowardly ...

Batman: Dark Patterns is exactly what it sounds like: an incredibly dark, realistic, detective story featuring the Caped Crusader. It’s gritty, realistic, and impeccably written by Dan Watters and ...