Batman Survives (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.

Publication InfoEdit
The Joker has escaped from Arkham Asylum, along with his psychiatrist Harleen Quinzel, who he has brainwashed to be his sadistic right-hand woman. Now he is after only one thing, revenge. He means to drive the GCPD commissioner James Gorden to madness by destroying everything he cares about and driving him to his breaking point. Only Batman, alongside Robin, Batgirl, and their new ally Stephanie Brown, aka, Spoiler, can stop them. However, doing so may cost Batman everything, and he may be the one to be pushed past his breaking point. It's Batman's darkest chapter.

HeroesEdit

 * Bruce Wayne/Batman - Drawn with the likeness of Michael Keaton
 * Jason Todd/Robin - Drawn with the likeness of TBA
 * Barbara Gordon/Batgirl - Drawn with the likeness of Winona Ryder
 * Stephanie Brown/Spoiler - Drawn with the likeness of TBA

VillainsEdit

 * Jack Napier/Joker - Drawn with the likeness of Jack Nicholson
 * harleen Frances Quinzel/Harley Quinn - Drawn with the likeness of Helena Bonham Carter

SupportingEdit

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