DC Comics Announces 'Bad Seeds' Batman Event for August 2026 with Poison Ivy as Gotham Mayor
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Rich Johnston
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Summary
DC Comics is launching a major Batman event called "Bad Seeds" in August 2026. The storyline features a radically altered Gotham City where Poison Ivy is Mayor, Vandal Savage is Police Commissioner, Barbara Gordon is imprisoned, and the Batfamily is on the run. The launch issue, Batman: Bad Seeds – Sunset #1, is written by Matt Fraction and G. Willow Wilson with art by Giuseppe Camuncoli, Cliff Rathburn, and Tomeu Morey.
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Bleeding Cool has been following the upcoming Bad Seeds Batman event. A lot.
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