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Keeping in with that theme, Batman, realizing that he does take an unnecessarily sick pleasure in punishing criminals, turns in his cowl to Commissioner Gordon at the end of the series. The writer of the acclaimed mature-audience series Batman: White Knight recently teased DC nerds with the title of the next installment in his non-canonical bat-universe. The text itself is committed to reversing the roles of Batman and Joker while highlighting that crime cannot be defeated so simply with violence, as Batman's brand of justice normally entails. Fans of Sean Gordon Murphy’s gritty Black Label Batman comics can rejoice.

As the imprint suggests, this is not a series set in the DC continuityit could qualify as an Elseworlds series. The series focused on a newly sane Joker entering the world of politics to expose Batman for the true villain that he's convinced the Dark Knight truly is. by Fabien DecemLaunched in 2017 with the book Batman: White Knight, The Murphyverse is a universe created by Sean Gordon Murphy ( Punk Rock Jesus, The Wake) and published under the DC Black Label imprint. The critically acclaimed limited series Batman: White Knight first hit shelves in 2017. The first issue of Batman: Beyond the White Knightis set to arrive in March. The hotly anticipated follow-up to the DC Black Label series will include new twists on fan-favorite characters Terry McGinnis and Jason Todd. Warning: contains spoilers for Batman: White KnightĪrtist and writer Sean Murphy will return to the alternate world of Batman: White Knight in 2022 with a sequel that incorporates the universe of Batman Beyond.
