Review: Batman #12

In this review of Batman #12, as Batman ponders the new entry into his life, Verity Pennyworth, five assassins slaughter freely in Gotham. Batman #12 main cover by Jorge Jiménez (DC Comics) BATMAN #12 Written by MATT FRACTION Art and Main Cover: JORGE JIMENEZ Variant Covers: DUSTIN NGUYEN, JORGE MOLINA, RYAN SOOK, JORGE JIMENEZ, MARCIO TAKARA, DAVID AJA Page Count: 40 pages Release Date: 8/5/26 This review contains spoilers As Batman #12 begins, Bruce watches Damian and Verity Pennyworth on the couch, talking to his Alfred ghost/hallucination, revealing he’s not yet read Alfred’s last wishes. Ghost Alfred reveals that the Society of the Midnight Key exists to help heroes like Bruce. Still suspicious, Bruce is surprised when Verity gets Damian to laugh deeply. In Robinson Park, an elderly assassin called Der Giftmorder (Prof. Anton Anker) murders a man with a poison-laced chess piece. In the Neapolitan hotel, a mobster in witness protection falls prey to Lord Fantome (Thomas Doinel). A wrestler called King Panther brags to Vicki Vale about defeating and exposing the murderous Sr. Sueño (Cesario de Diaz Hermanos), but falls prey to Sueno instead. At the restored Monarch Movie Theater...