An unexpected member of the Batman family has sparked DC’s next mystical war

Gotham City’s Batwing has just found himself in the middle of DC Comics’ next mystical war – and he’s the one who started it.

After making it all the way to a deserted corner of the Yucatán jungle, Lucas Fox and his teammates are ambushed by a group of locals who are not happy about the sudden appearance of intruders. Shortly after his capture, Lucas is approached by none other than one of Nabu’s gilded warriors, who offers him the chance to help set things right in their universe. As seen in the pages of outsider #9, Lucas is well aware that the supposed order Nabu offers would come at the expense of the rest of the multiverse, and so he has no choice but to side with chaos instead.

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outsider #9

• Written by JACKSON LANZING & COLLIN KELLY
• Image by ROBERT CAREY
• Colors by VALENTINA TADDEO
• Letters from TOM NAPOLITANO
• Main cover by ROGER CRUZ & ADRIANO LUCAS
• Variant cover art by STEVE BEACH

Lucas Fox, the son of longtime Batman ally Lucius Fox, made his DC Comics debut in 2013 in Bat wings #19 from writers Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti and artist Eduardo Pansica. A true genius in the fields of engineering and applied science, Lucas had hoped to follow in the footsteps of the Dark Knight rather than someone who might be closer to him. Finally, Lucas got the chance when Batman recruited him to become the world’s next Batwing.

The original Batwing, David Zavimbe, was introduced in 2011 Batman Incorporated #5 by writer Grant Morrison and artist Yanick Paquette. Originally chosen as the new figurehead of the Mtamba family following the disappearance of Jezebel Jet, David was put on Batman’s radar, who offered him a high-tech Batsuit and the chance to become the next member of Batman Incorporated, taking on the role of Batwing.

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The supernatural events of outsider have spanned multiple locations, entangling both Lucas Fox’s Batwing and Kate Kane’s Batwoman in their own occult mysteries. As for the stories and main characters at hand, Lanzing himself said that Lucas and Kate have “become sort of outsider characters in the Bat-series.” Lanzing also commented on the introduction of Jakita Wagner’s drummer into the mix, saying, “(Batwoman and Batwing) already have a dynamic, Luke and Kate, that in Detective comicsand we thought it was really smart to introduce a third character that would allow for further development.”

outsider #9 is now available from DC Comics.

Source: DC Comics

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