| Batman: Gotham Knights – Gilded City | |
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Cover page ofBatman: Gotham Knights – Gilded City #1 (October 2022). | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Limited series |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Publication date | October 25, 2022 |
| No. of issues | 6 |
| Main character(s) | Batgirl Batman Nightwing Red Hood Robin |
| Creative team | |
| Written by | Evan Narcisse |
| Artist | ABEL |
Batman: Gotham Knights – Gilded City is anAmerican comic book published by the publishing companyDC Comics. The six-issuelimited series—written byEvan Narcisse and illustrated by ABEL—is a tie-in prequel to the video gameGotham Knights (2022), the premise revolving aroundBatman's final case before his death. It began publishing on October 25, 2022.
A mysterious virus has infectedGotham City, turning its citizens into rabid, yellow-irised maniacs driven to looting, theft, and bursts of anger. AsBatman and his Gotham Knights—consisting of his protégésNightwing,Batgirl,Robin, andRed Hood—try to contain and stop the outbreak, their search for more information about the virus leads them to uncover the story of the Runaway, an early Gotham vigilante who dealt with a similar outbreak in the 1800s.[1]
The six-issue comic booklimited seriesBatman: Gotham Knights – Gilded City was written byEvan Narcisse and illustrated by ABEL.[2] The comic was officially announced atSan Diego Comic-Con in July 2022.[3] It is a tie-in prequel to the video gameGotham Knights (2022).[4]Batman: Gotham Knights – Gilded City began publishing byDC Comics on October 25 the same year, four days after the game was released.[5] In addition to the United States,Batman: Gotham Knights – Gilded City was published simultaneously in the following territories: Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico and Spain. The comic book series was distributed as both individual issues and a hardcovercollected edition, the latter which was released in all aforementioned territories on July 25, 2023, while a collected edition was available in Poland at the same time.[6] Each issue of the limited series came with a code for aGotham Knightsin-game item, as well as a seventh item given to those who purchase all six issues of the comic book.[4]
| Issue | Publication date | Ref. |
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| No. 1 | October 25, 2022 | [7] |