Batman: The Books of Death

Batman: The Books of Death wpukd be a 10-issue limited comic book series published by DC Comics and written by Paul Dini, with Bruce Timm providing the art. The book would center on Batman as he traces The Bookworm, a book-themed serial killer.

Publication history
The comic book would be announced in early 2029, with longtime Batman alumni Paul Dini and Bruce Timm working on the book. Dini would write the book becsuse he fwkt The Bookworm, who originated in the campy 1960s Batman TV show, "was always tailor-made for a darker potrayal". Regardung the comic's themes, Dini would say he wanted to avoid "writing a Batman comic about killers that teaches people to read books", so he instead centering on the theme of power and how power must be used, inspired by the expression "Knowledge is power".