A new Batman series from DC Comics will surely catch horror fans’ eyes. The series titled Batman: City of Madness will introduce us to a twisted version of Gotham full of nightmares and cosmic horror. This comic is DC Black Label and will consist of 3 issues comprised of 48 pages each. It comes out just in time for Halloween with the first issue dropping on October 10th of this year. Check out more about it below.

Coming from the mind of Christian Ward (Aquaman: Andromeda) is a new storyline for horror and Batman fans alike. He describes the series as his love letter to Arkham Asylum: Serious House on a Serious Earth. He then went on to say that this is a tribute to the classic comics titled Batman: Arkham Asylum by Grant Morrison and Batman: Gothic by Grant Morrison.

The comic description states “Buried deep beneath Gotham City there exists another Gotham. This Gotham Below is a living nightmare, populated by twisted mirrors of our Gotham’s denizens, fueled by the fear and hatred flowing down from above. For decades, the doorway between the cities has been sealed and heavily guarded by the Court of Owls. But now the door swings wide, and the twisted version of the Dark Knight has escaped…to trap and train a Robin of his own. Batman must form an uneasy alliance with the Court and its deadly allies to stop him—and to hold back the wave of twisted supervillains, nightmarish versions of his own nemeses, each one worse than the last, that’s spilling into his streets!”

This isn’t the first time that Batman has crossed over into the horror genre. Several comic series have been published such as Batman: The Long Halloween, Batman: Damned, Batman & Dracula, Batman: A Serious House on a Serious Earth, and several more. Most recently, DC released an animated film titled Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham that adapts the comic series of the same name. It is based in the Elseworld universe and follows the story of a 1920s Gotham as Batman battles monsters and demons in this cosmic horror tale.  The cover of the first issue of the comic book can be seen below:

This is a comic series that will help fuel both the Batman and Halloween spirit this October.