Batman: Reign of Assassins Throws Jace Fox and Bruce Wayne Together as Two Very Different Batmen

DC is reteaming writer John Ridley and artist Olivier Coipel — the pair behind I Am Batman — for a new five-issue limited series, Batman: Reign of Assassins, landing February 17, 2027. The series catches up with Jace Fox several years into his run as Gotham's other Batman, a mantle he picked up in the fallout of The Next Batman: Second Son and the Magistrate's crackdown on Alleytown.

The story kicks off when old threats from Jace's past resurface and collide with his present, sending him first to Katana and then, more reluctantly, to Bruce Wayne for backup. Ridley and Coipel are billing it as a globe-spanning mission that forces two very different versions of Batman to find common ground against a shared enemy — with the built-in friction of two active Dark Knights working the same case doing a lot of the heavy lifting.

Coipel and colorist Mat Lopes handle the main cover, with variants on the way from Dan Mora, KyuYong Eom, and Travis Charest. AndWorld Design letters. The 32-page first issue carries a $4.99 cover price and should be up for preorder at local comic shops now ahead of the February release.