Help me out with the new Detective Comics preview

[House of J]

I've been enjoying Batman RIP, although the last issue was somewhat less satisfying and I worry that the ending won't live up to the rest of the run. Endings are hard, and Morrison seems all over the place these days.

BUT, I am having trouble understanding how the tie-ins relate. (There may be another thread on this, but I couldn't find it and just transferred over here from Deadorama.)

The new Detective preview is confusing to me--that is the Joker in the cell next to Crane, right? He doesn't look or act anything like the Joker in RIP from the preview. I don't get it? If it's a RIP tie-in (sort of), what's the timeline here?

I'm having the same trouble as a new reader on Nightwing--is this before or after DJ Grayson is going to be lobotomized in RIP? Great issue, though, I never thought I'd consider paying cover price for Nightwing but I plan on picking up the next couple issues.

How is Detective, anyway? I've picked up a Dini issue here or there, but never cared to keep going even with cliffhangers and stuff.

[Ari Gold]

I started picking up Morrison's run in trade so I'm not up to date in RIP, but I have been reading Detective monthly for a while now.

I believe it takes place before the action with Joker in RIP, at least I think I've read that elsewhere.

Anyhoo, I've enjoyed Dini's run. Some issues are stronger than others, and most of them are one-shots, which is unique for me.

[House of J]

That was some pretty severe torture stuff Bats was doing there!

[Joe Acro]

I'm having the same trouble as a new reader on Nightwing--is this before or after DJ Grayson is going to be lobotomized in RIP? Great issue, though, I never thought I'd consider paying cover price for Nightwing but I plan on picking up the next couple issues.
In Nightwing #148, Two-Face references Dick's stay in Arkham. So, the Nighwing issues that loosely tie into R.I.P. supposedly take place after the events in Batman.

[House of J]

Thanks, 149 was the first issue for me in ages.

Does that mean, then, that DJ can be excluded from the list of potential replacements? I never figured him for the job, anyway, he has his own identity and book. I'm not even sure Bruce is going to be replaced at all.

[Captain Jim]

According to Morrison, RIP precedes Final Crisis and Bruce is still Batman at the beginning of FC. Supposedly the big change happens later on in FC.

[Mat001]

I've been enjoying Batman RIP, although the last issue was somewhat less satisfying and I worry that the ending won't live up to the rest of the run. Endings are hard, and Morrison seems all over the place these days.

BUT, I am having trouble understanding how the tie-ins relate. (There may be another thread on this, but I couldn't find it and just transferred over here from Deadorama.)

The new Detective preview is confusing to me--that is the Joker in the cell next to Crane, right? He doesn't look or act anything like the Joker in RIP from the preview. I don't get it? If it's a RIP tie-in (sort of), what's the timeline here?

I'm having the same trouble as a new reader on Nightwing--is this before or after DJ Grayson is going to be lobotomized in RIP? Great issue, though, I never thought I'd consider paying cover price for Nightwing but I plan on picking up the next couple issues.


It goes Batman #676, Detective Comics #846-850, Batman #677-678, Robin #175-176, Batman #679-680, Nightwing #147-150 and Batman & The Outsiders #11-13.