David Finch Launches Batman: The Dark Knight in November

Finch Will Be the Writer and Artist of the New Ongoing Series

Since signing an exclusive contract with DC Comics, David Finch has been drawing beautiful covers for Brightest Day, Action Comics and Batman #700, along with some interior pages.

In November, we'll finally see David Finch as the artist of an ongoing DC Series. And he'll write it! And it's a Batman book!

The story kicks off in October with the Grant Morrison written and Finch penciled Batman: The Return. The one-shot will lead into the first issue of Finch's new series, Batman: The Dark Knight, which will be inked by Scott Williams.

On DC Comics: The Source blog Finch spoke about the new book:

“I’ve made no secret of the fact that I’ve wanted to draw Batman for a very, very long time. Batman and his world embody everything that I love about Superhero comics, and I could not be happier that I’ve gotten this opportunity!

Maybe the greatest thing about Batman is his versatility as a character. He can be so many things to so many people. For me though, the Neal Adams, Denny O’Neil issues from the early 70’s are the most definitive. That work casts a very long shadow over every Batman book that has come out since, and I think its a testament to it’s strength that close to 40 years later it remains modern and vital. Batman is at his best with his hands dirty, chasing the worst of the worst with everything on the line. He’s a detective, first and foremost. But he’s also the enforcer. Nobody gets away with crime under Batman’s watch, and he makes sure they think twice before they step over the line again.

The Dark Knight takes Batman outside what he knows, into a world of demonology, dark arts, and mystery. He’s the ultimate detective, faster, stronger and smarter than any villian, but now he faces creatures to whom logic and mortality don’t apply.

I want Dark Knight to be true to Batman’s street level, crime fighter roots. He’ll face a rogues gallery that we’re all familiar with, but this book will take him on a darker path where he’ll be stretched to his physical and psychological limits.”