Gary Frank Confirms "Batman: Earth One" Vol. 2 For 2013

[Mr. Holmes]

Get it on Amazon.

Edit: Or what he said^^

[DarkKnghtJared]

John's has been doing a lot. I'm assuming that he'll be writing Trinity War as well, not sure if something has been confirmed on that. But yeah, this is exciting!

I remember a rumor that Johns and David Goyer were going to write a DC event book together, so I wonder if maybe that might be it...

I have to disagree with that, I think Johns' New 52 work has been great. Green Lantern is significantly better than it was before Flashpoint (the Brightest Day era), his work on Aquaman is better than what he was doing on Flash or Brightest Day, and I really like Justice League, although I can at least understand the complaints about that title.

I honestly think Johns' New 52 work is maybe his best stuff yet. He has more of a sense of fun and humor, and his pacing and presentation is just masterful. He doesn't create very challenging or intelligent comics, but he's very, very good at what he does.

Agreed--right now we're getting the good world-building and stuff that Johns was doing before, but with a lot more humor/personality that doesn't make it as dry as before.

[Relevant PuertoRican Superhero]

I'm glad the wait won't be too long (assuming there wont be any delays). I'm definitely interested to see what they do with spoilers:

The Riddler

end of spoilerswho was hinted at the end of the last volume. If there's one thing Vol. 1 did really well it was distancing itself from many other reinterpretations of the Batman mythos by putting familiar characters into unfamiliar roles and doing so in a way that made the whole thing much more interesting. I kind of wish more Elseworld stories went this extreme in their twisting of familiar storylines rather than just putting on a new coat of pain and calling the whole thing "different".

[darkesword]

Awesome that we have confirmation. This was one of my favorite comics of the year. Batman Earth One had so many unique elements, yet it still felt like classic Batman. The end was definitely set up for future stories and I look forward to seeing how they're explored. The only drawback is the waiting, but since Death of the Family has been so good I think there's plenty of quality Batman to go around in the meantime.

I agree with you. I really enjoyed this book a lot. I love the little tweaks made to the mythos, spoilers:

like Martha being an Arkham and Alfred being an ex-soldier

end of spoilers. Some really fun ideas. Glad to see we're going to get more sooner than later. The wait between the Superman volumes was too much, IMO. I realize OGNs like these take some work, but they gotta keep the momentum rolling on this universe otherwise people won't care as much.