DC Comics Has a New Batman

Meet Tim Fox . He ’s your new Dark Knight .

After twit that theupcoming Future State eventwould bring somebold , wholesale changesto a novel propagation of its bequest heroes , DC has confirmedthe identity of the event ’s Batman : Tim Fox , the alienated son of longtime Batman ally Lucius Fox , and brother ofBatwing himself , Luke .

Tim has had a long , if relatively quiet , history out of the hood in DC ’s Batfamily books , first appearing back in 1979 during a terse dinnertable discussion between him and Lucius over his college grades in the varlet of Batman # 313 . More recently , talking of what he ’s been up to has been meander in and out of the Joker War electric arc in the pages of the Batman ongoing . Meanwhile , the Fox family line had been fetch “ in - house ” to serve Bruce Wayne through FoxTech — with Lucius deciding that now is the meter to attempt to reconnect with his distant Logos .

A Dark Knight rises.

A Dark Knight rises.Image: Doug Braithwaite and Diego Rodriguez/DC Comics

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That reconnection will , it seems , introduce Tim into the Bat - world in a major way , deliberate when the era of Future State rolls around , he ’ll have wear the Mickey Mantle after Bruce as Gotham ’s later defender . So , where will you be capable to prepare about him ? Tim ’s Bat - chronicle will toy out in the pages ofJohn Ridley , Nick Derington , and Laura Braga ’s Future State : The Next Batman , a four - issue miniseries that will see Batman engagement a new rule power in the dystopian Gotham ’s future : the Magistrate , which has declare loose season on the city ’s vigilantes .

Each outsized issue of The Next Batman will also feature backup stories condition in on other Gotham vigilance man , includingthe Outsiders , the Gotham City Sirens , and more . In February 2021 , Tim ’s Batman will also appear in a story Ridley worked on with artist Olivier Coipel , as part of the new Batman : Black and White anthology series , which will give Tim a presently unrevealed female brother ( who reckon a batch like Tim and Luke ’s youngest sister Tiffany , just saying ) , who you may see swinging into action alongside him in this trailer of Batman : Black and White # 3 :

Image: Doug Braithwaite and Diego Rodriguez/DC Comics

Image: Doug Braithwaite and Diego Rodriguez/DC Comics

Given how DC and Warner have alreadymade it clearthey have some long - term plans for Future State characters outside of the comics , do n’t be surprised if we see Tim ’s Batman show up in other places once his miniseries is over .

next State : The Next Batman kicks off its bi - weekly running game on January 5 , 2021 .

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Image: Olivier Coipel/DC Comics