Batman Descends (comics)

Batman Descends is an upcoming DC Comics limited series. It is a follow up to Batman Strikes, serving as a continuation of the Tim Burton Batman movies, carrying the gothic tone, and narrative style. It primarily takes it's plot elements from the 1988 Frank Miller Graphic Novel, Batman: The Killing Joke. It is followed by Batman Survives.

 Publication Info
Jason Todd is dead, and Barbara Gordon has been crippled, leaving Batman in a very dark place, choosing to work alone, leaving Alfred worried that he may end up crossing the line. To make things worse, Batman must face off against this strongest oppenent yet, Bane, an inhumanly strong yet very intelligent terrorist who intends to lay waste to Gotham. Can Batman overcome this new enemy, or will Bane be the one to finally break the bat? Meanwhile, Arnold Weskler, heir to a powerful mafia family with dissociative identity disorder, who ruthlessness he acts through his ventriloquist dummy, Scarface, consolidated power over Gotham. Though Batman is working alone, he still recieves help from Catwoman, Batwoman, and a new ally, Batwing.

Heroes

 * Bruce Wayne/Batman - Drawn with the likeness of Michael Keaton
 * Katherine "Kathey Kane - Drawn with the likeness of TBA
 * Selina Kyle/Catwoman - Drawn with the likeness of Michelle Pfieffer
 * Luke Fox/Batwing - Drawn with the likeness of TBA

Villains

 * Bane - Drawn with the likeness of TBA
 * Arnold Weskler/Ventriloquist - Drawn with the likeness of TBA

Supporting

 * Alfred Pennysworth - Drawn with the likeness of Michael Gough
 * Commissioner James Gordon - Drawn with the likeness of Pat Hingle
 * Lucious Fox - Drawn with the likeness of TBA