TOM KING Explains Why BATMAN/CATWOMAN Pushed Back on DC’s Schedule

Batman/Catwoman writer Tom King has offered an explaination why the series was pushed off its originally-announced January 2020 launch.

“While working on the initial issues of Bat/Cat, Clay Mann and I started to realize we might have something good here, a Mister Miracle or a Vision in the world of Batman, an attempt to do what [Frank Miller] did with [Dark Knight Returns], a defining of the character,” King tweeted. “But to accomplish something that ambitious requires a minimizing of compromises. DKR did not have fill-in artists. So Clay offered to do the whole thing, at 22 pages, but he’d of course need time. When the best artist in comics says ‘let’s do it right,’ you don’t say no.”

King didn’t state directly if the original plans for Bat/Cat were for fill-in artists, but when originally announced it Mann was listed as the sole artist.

“But all that means that Bat/Cat is pushed back a bit, which is why it’s not in the January solicits,” King added. “The first scripts are in; Clay’s drawing them now; they look gorgeous; I, hopefully like you, can’t wait for this one to be out. Thank you all for your patience.”