The Tomorrow Knight

The Tomorrow Knight is an upcoming limited comic book series being written by Christopher Nolan and co-written and illustrated by Frank Miller. It begins shortly after the events of the 2008 film The Dark Knight and leads up to after the events of The Dark Knight Rises, focusing on the exploits of The Joker as an Arkham Asylum inmate, the origins of Harley Quinn, and the transformation of John Blake into a Batman-like vigilante following Bruce Wayne’s supposed death.

Characters

 * Robin John Blake / Nightwing
 * Alfred Pennyworth
 * The Joker
 * Dr. Holly Robinson / Harley Quinn
 * Oswald Cobblepot
 * Dr. Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow

Plot synopsis
Shortly after the events of The Dark Knight, The Joker, locked away within the depths of Arkham Asylum, seduces a young psychiatrist, Dr. Holly Robinson, and eventually carves a smile similar to his into her face, and she subsequently becomes Harley Quinn. She breaks him out of Arkham and the two escape Gotham.

Nearly a decade later, former police officer Robin John Blake inherits the Batcave of Bruce Wayne and gives the Batsuit a redesign. He abandons the cape, cowl, and bat theme altogether and becomes Nightwing, as he infiltrates Gotham's mob, which is ruled by fashionable mobster and pimp Oswald Cobblepot who owns the Iceberg Lounge. Meanwhile, The Joker and Harley Quinn, hearing the news of Batman's death, return to Gotham to reign terror.

Trivia

 * The series is canon to the Christopher Nolan universe (also known as the Nolanverse).
 * Oswald Cobblepot is not called The Penguin, but is called "penguin" numerous times as an insult towards his short and fat stature.
 * Harley Quinn's real name in all other forms of media featuring the character is Harleen Quinzel. Holly Robinson is the name of a completely separate character, who was reimagined as Jen (Selina Kyle's friend) in the Nolanverse.
 * Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle do not appear, but are mentioned on numerous occasions.
 * It is mentioned that Talia al Ghul had given birth to the child of Bruce Wayne sometime prior to her death and that the child was put up for adoption due to the deaths of his parents (despite Bruce not being really dead). It is later mentioned that the child was adopted by an infertile couple with the surname of Nashton who named the child Damian. This is a reference to both The Riddler, whose real name is Edward Nashton, and Damian Wayne, the son of Bruce Wayne and Talia al Ghul.
 * Miller drew all of the characters similar to their actors in the films. Harley Quinn and Oswald Cobblepot, who did not appear in the films, were modeled after Kristen Bell and Philip Seymour Hoffman, respectively.