Batman Universe #2 hits stores next week from DC Comics, by "The Great One Brian Bendis" and Nick Derington. And over the next few days, DC Comics will provide EX-X-XCLUSIVE previews of Batman Universe and all their other comics to compliant media partner websites. Bleeding Cool, unfortunately, is neither compliant nor a partner. Some might argue we're hardly even media.

But we do have 3 pages from Batman Universe #2 ahead of its EX-X-XCLUSIVE debut, courtesy of a Mysterious Benefactor, in which we find a bloody-faced Riddler who, frankly, Batman feels is not living up to his usual standards…

But Riddler reveals that he's having trouble concentrating because he's triggered by Batman…

And that's fair enough because if we were a thematic criminal in a city where a guy in a batsuit stalks the night and beats up the mentally ill, we'd be pretty triggered upon seeing him ourselves.

Batman Universe #2 hits stores next Wednesday.

BATMAN UNIVERSE #2 (OF 6)

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(W) Brian Michael Bendis (A/CA) Nick Derington

Available to comics shops for the first time! The quest for the secret of the stolen Fabergé egg and its buyer continues as Batman teams up with Green Arrow against the Riddler, then travels to Gorilla City. But is the egg's strange energy adversely affecting the Dark Knight's mind? These stories were originally published in BATMAN GIANT #5 and 6.

In Shops: Aug 14, 2019

SRP: $4.99