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Cassandra Cain, the fan-favorite Batgirl introduced at the turn of the millennium, shines in this collection of her early 2000s adventures and team-ups!DC Finest presents comprehensive collections of the most in-demand and celebrated periods in DC Comics history, spanning genres, characters, and eras! DC Finest: Batgirl: Nobody Dies Tonight collects key early appearances of Cassandra Cain, the fan-favorite Batgirl who first appeared in 1999! The daughter of assassins, Cassandra Cain used her unique skills and martial arts prowess to become a hero—and a vastly different Batgirl than fans had seen before. In these tales, from comics talents including writer Kelley Puckett and artist Damion Scott, Cass faces Lady Shiva in a battle to the death, steps up her training with Batman, and teams with fellow teen heroes Superboy and Supergirl! This volume collects stories from Batgirl #7-27, Superboy #85, and Supergirl #63.

Fan-favorite writer Tom King has teamed up with all-star artist Lee Weeks for a surreal noir-flavored one shot story bringing Looney Tunes’ Elmer Fudd into Gotham City! This is “Pway for Me!”The most unlikely dynamic duo in comics returns in deluxe format! In the first tale by Tom King and Lee Weeks, when Silver St. Cloud is murdered, a trail of clues leads a renowned wabbit hunter to seek vengeance on Bruce Wayne, which doesn’t sit well with Wayne’s alter ego—Batman! And, in a backup story by King and Byron Vaughns, Batman must outwit Elmer Fudd, who is dead set on claiming a trophy during rabbit…er…bat…rabbit season (stop changing the sign, Bugs!). This edition collects both stories from the Batman/Elmer Fudd Special in full color and black and white and features an introduction by King and an exclusive new cover by Weeks.

In this volume, the Batman family joins the Scooby gang to solve the wackiest mysteries! Jinkies, why is Batman so serious? Someone give him a Scooby Snack! Collecting issues 1-6 of this zany series.

A reality TV show starring a clone of Jesus Christ causes chaos across the U.S. of the near future in PUNK ROCK JESUS, a new graphic novel written and drawn by the incredible Sean Murphy.J2 causes both outrage and adulation. Religious zealots either love or hate the show, angry politicians worry about its influence on the nation, and members of the scientific community fear the implications of cloning a human being at all, let alone the Son of God.Thomas McKael is the clones's bodyguard and former IRA operative, who despite his turbulent past is hired to protect the new Jesus—a baby who captivates the world, but grows up to become an angry teenager.When falling ratings force the network to cut Jesus's mother from the series the young star runs away, renounces his religious heritage and forms a punk rock band. And what starts off as babysitting for Thomas becomes an epic battle, as Jesus goes to war against the corporate media complex that created him.

Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen, sometimes feels like he’s overshadowed by his extremely strong, flying, day-saving, super-heroic friend. Jimmy’s only a kid, after all, and taking pictures and documenting the heroics of the Justice League is great, but is it really as cool as being one of the heroes?Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen, sometimes feels like he’s overshadowed by his extremely strong, flying, day-saving, super-heroic friend. Jimmy’s only a kid, after all, and taking pictures and documenting the heroics of the Justice League is great, but is it really as cool as being one of the heroes?Well, now that he's been entrusted with the incredible Supercyclopedia (it’s a whole thing, you’ll see it in a little bit), Jimmy hopes to be more of an action hero himself…as soon as he figures out all the cool things that he can do with its powerful alien technology. But when the villainous Toy Boy and his Mischief League of the Multiverse get their hands on knock-off versions of the device, they won’t stop until they use them to devastate the fabric of space-time itself.Can Jimmy save the day? With his buddies Rip Hunter and Linda Park by his side, he’s definitely up for the challenge. They embark on a planet- and dimension-hopping adventure, encountering a who’s who of the DC Universe and discovering that not all heroes wear capes. Look out, world!

There once was a shining city on the water, a home for families, hope, and prosperity. It was Gotham and it was glorious.There once was a shining city on the water, a home for families, hope, and prosperity. It was Gotham, and it was glorious. The story of its fall from grace, the legend that would birth the Bat, has remained untold for 80 years. That’s about to change. Superstar creators Tom King and Phil Hester team up for the first time to tell the definitive origin of Gotham City: how it became the cesspool of violence and corruption it is today and how it harbored and then unleashed the sin that led to the rise of the Dark Knight. Two generations before Batman, private investigator Slam Bradley gets entangled in the kidnapping of the century as the infant Wayne heir disappears in the night…and so begins a brutal, hard-boiled, epic tale of a man living on the edge and a city about to burn. Collecting Gotham City: Year One #1-6.

What if one of the darkest hours in Batman's crime-fighting career never happened?In 1988, the pop culture world was rocked when comics readers were given the opportunity todecide the outcome of one of the medium’s most controversial quandaries: Should the Boy Wonder die? While history has taught us one answer to that question, a second answer is now told—What if Robin lived?Jason Todd, the second teenager to wear the mask of Robin, survived a brutal beating at the hands of maniacal Joker, but his wounds run deeper than flesh. The already volatile Jason is haunted by what happened to him and is unwilling to confront his demons, so Bruce Wayne brings in a psychiatrist to talk to him. Can Jason recover from his ordeal? Is the Batman ultimately to blame? And then there is the question on everyone’s mind: who killed the Joker?Writer J.M. DeMatteis (Justice League International) and artist Rick Leonardi (Nightwing) spin the story of what would have happened if the fans had chosen differently. From the DC Vault: Death in the Family: Robin Lives! collects the entire four-issue miniseries along with Batman #426, #427, and #429 and the faux-simile issue Batman #428: Robin Lives! that lead up to this momentous elseworld.

Decades before he had his own break-out TV show starring John Cena, Peacemaker got his start in the pages of comic books! Experience the earliest days of Christopher Smith, a man who loves peace so much he’s willing to kill for it in this brand-new collection!DC Finest continues, a major publishing initiative presenting comprehensive collections of the most in-demand and celebrated periods in DC Comics history, spanning genres, characters, and eras!Christopher Smith is a peace envoy and diplomat whose entire life is dedicated to the elimination of war between men. In fact, he loves peace so much that he is willing to do anything to preserve it…including fighting for it. Christopher Smith is the Peacemaker! Discover the comics origin of the character from the hit show on Max in his very own DC Finest volume, collecting Peacemaker’s never-before-reprinted comics debut from The Fightin’ 5 #40-41, the five-issue miniseries from 1967, Peacemaker #1-4, and his cameos from the pages of Checkmate #16-26, #28, and #32-33, Suicide Squad #27-30, Vigilante #37-38 and #41-43, and Eclipso #11-13.

A threat from beyond the stars has marched into Gotham!Batman, new to the crime-fighting lifestyle, must face off against this interstellar threat. During this battle Batman thinks “what other threats could be looming in the deep reaches of space”? This question sends the Dark Knight on a quest through the deep reaches of space, facing off against cosmic villains. Throughout this crusade he’ll team up with deadly mercenaries and truly learn what it means to be a hero of the universe in a unique and brutal tale.Collecting BATMAN: OFF-WORLD #1-6.

A mysterious meteor has crashed into the idyllic plains of the American Midwest, setting in motion a chain of events that will echo across history! How will Batman content with the immergence of super beings beyond anything the 19th century has seen? And how will the rest of this lamp-lit incarnation of Gotham handle these cataclysmic events?Return to Elseworlds! Over 30 years ago, the DC Universe was rocked by the introduction of Elseworlds, a line of comics that reimagined familiar DC heroes in incredible new ways. The very first to blaze the trail was Gotham By Gaslight, which envisioned the Dark Knight hunting down Jack the Ripper in the year 1889. Now, fans have an opportunity to return to the Victorian-era Gotham with a brand-new chapter! Gotham By Gaslight: The Kryptonian Age continues the steampunk epic with writer Andy Diggle (The Losers, Green Arrow: Year One) and artist Leandro Fern ndez (The Old Guard)!A mysterious meteor has crashed into the idyllic plains of the American Midwest, setting in motion a chain of events that will echo across history! How will Batman contend with the emergence of super beings beyond anything the 19th century has seen? And how will the rest of this lamp-lit incarnation of Gotham handle these cataclysmic events?

Dick Grayson’s life is crumbling around him thanks to Heartless, a villain who seems to want nothing more than to sabotage Nightwing’s existence! Forced out of his home to try and pick up the pieces, Dick must re-learn exactly what makes him who he is if he wishes to return to his city in time.The final arc of Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo’s celebrated run, collected! Dick Grayson’s life is falling apart thanks to the machinations of Heartless. No longer able to leap, Dick must venture to the furthest corners of his own soul to discover what it is that makes Nightwing who he is, all while dealing with the complicated and messy realities of his personal and family life – being a scion of the Batman legacy is anything but easy, after all! Old flames, new enemies, and seemingly insurmountable odds await.

Dick Grayson’s life is crumbling around him thanks to Heartless, a villain who seems to want nothing more than to sabotage Nightwing’s existence! Forced out of his home to try and pick up the pieces, Dick must re-learn exactly what makes him who he is if he wishes to return to his city in time.The final arc of Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo’s celebrated run, collected! Dick Grayson’s life is falling apart thanks to the machinations of Heartless. No longer able to leap, Dick must venture to the furthest corners of his own soul to discover what it is that makes Nightwing who he is, all while dealing with the complicated and messy realities of his personal and family life – being a scion of the Batman legacy is anything but easy, after all! Old flames, new enemies, and seemingly insurmountable odds await.