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Before John Layman and Jason Fabok move from the monthly Detective Comics series to the new Batman: Eternal weekly, they have one last trick up their sleeves -- transforming Batman's grim hometown into a much brighter place in a new storyline that'll continue throughout other Batman-related series. What happens when Gotham City gets a happy ending?
Launching in the special anniversary issue Detective Comics #27, the "Gothtopia" storyline remakes Gotham as "a bright, shiny, happy place where dreams come true… as long as you don't look at things too closely," according to DC Comics. Quite what's behind that transformation remains a mystery, but it'll be one that involves Batgirl, Batwing, Catwoman and the Birds of Prey, with each of those characters' own series tying into the arc throughout the month.
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The solicitations for the tie-in issues offer some clarification about what's to come. The world of "Gothtopia" isn't one where crime or evil doesn't exist -- the descriptions of both Batwing and Catwoman reveal that there are still crime fighters in Gotham, while Birds of Prey #27 will see the team attempt "to take down one of the ancient evils of the DC Universe: Ra's al Ghul."
"Gothtopia" might even turn out to be an alternate world -- Selina Kyle will apparently become "Catbird," partner of Batman -- and almost certainly won't last, not only because the subsequent Batman: Eternal is also supposed to remake Gotham City when it debuts, but also because a happy Batman is a rare thing indeed these days. But there's a proud tradition of alternate world stories revealing more about DC's superheroes for "Gothtopia" to live up to, should that turn out to be what's in store.
Detective Comics #27 -- which also features work by Frank Miller, Paul Dini and Scott Snyder, amongst many others -- will be released January 8, 2014.
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