Former Nightwing writer Kyle Higgins has joined the writing team of the DC weekly series Batman: Eternal. Higgins departed Nightwing as of Issue #29 (which hasn't come out yet, but you know how these things go), leaving James Tynion IV to write the series finale in Issue #30.

Batman: Eternal is a year-long story by writers Scott Snyder, Tynion, Ray Fawkes, Tim Seeley, and formerly John Layman. After completing work on the first month’s worth of issues, Layman left the project to focus on Chew and his other creator owned work, which has allowed Higgins to join in.A lot is happening for Higgins this year. He also announced a new series with Alec Siegel and Rod Reis at Image Comics called C.O.W.L. This creator-owned comic features the world's first organized superhero labor union and is set in the 1960s.Are you excited to see Higgins stay in the Bat-family and be a writer on Batman: Eternal? Let us know in the comments!Via Newsarama

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