Batman's Great Escapes Month, Day 31: Batman says goodbye

Panels from Batman: The Dark Knight (November 2011 New 52 series) #17 (April 2013), script by Gregg Hurwitz, pencils and inks by Ethan Van Sciver, colors by Hi-Fi, letters by Dezi Sienty
Special End-of-the-Month Bonus Links!: Check out these riffs on Batman's Great Escapes by the titanic Ty Templeton and the devilish David "Dumbing of Age" Willis!

But sadly, this feature now has to disappear into the dark (k)night. What's in store for September, you ask? Could it be a month full of...Professor X's Shiny Bald Head?!?*

*No.

Batman's Great Escapes Month, Day 30: Nobody expects Batman not being a jerk

Panels from Detective Comics #871 (January 2011), script by Scott Snyder, pencils and inks by Jock, colors by David Baron, letters by Jared K. Fletcher

Batman's Great Escapes Month, Day 29: Next panel: Batman disappears

Panels from Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #125 (January 2000), script by Greg Rucka, pencils by Rick Burchett, inks by James Hodgkins, colors by Klaus Janson, color separations by Wildstorm FX, letters by Willie Schubert

Batman's Great Escapes Month, Day 28: Gordon jumped off the roof just to get one up on Batman

Panels from Batman: The Dark Knight (November 2011 New 52 series) #10 (August 2012), script by Gregg Hurwitz, pencils by David Finch, inks by Richard Friend, colors by Sonia Oback, letters by Dezi Sienty

Batman's Great Escapes Month, Day 27: I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello

Panels from Detective Comics #666 (September 1993), script by Chuck Dixon, pencils by Graham Nolan, inks by Scott Hanna, colors by Adrienne Roy, letters by John Costanza

Batman's Great Escapes Month, Day 26: Oh, won't you stay, just a little bit longer

It's our final week of Batman's Great Escapes Month, so let's (as them kids say over on TVTropes.org, the reason that browser tabs were invented) subvert the trope!


from Batman Eternal #1 (DC, June 2014); script by Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV; contributing writers John Layman, Ray Fawkes, and Tim Seeley; pencils and inks by Jason Fabok, colors by Brad Anderson, letters by Nick J. Napolitano

Batman's Great Escapes Month, Day 25: So that's what they mean by "The Shadow of the Batman."

Panels from The Shadow (2012 Dynamite Entertainment series) #12 (April 2013), script by Victor Gischler, pencils and inks by Giovanni Timpano, colors by Ivan Nunes, letters by Rob Steen

Batman's Great Escapes Month, Day 24: That's a really good disguise, Bruce

Panels from Strange Nation #3 (December 2013), script and letters by Paul Allor; pencils, inks, and colors by Juan Romera

Batman's Great Escapes Month, Day 23: I'm glad that DC has forgotten the subplot that Barbara Gordon was afraid of black people

Panels from "The Attack of the Annihilator!" in Detective Comics #508 (November 1981), script by Cary Burkett, plot assist by Wendy Beraud, pencils by Jose Delbo, inks by Joe Giella, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by John Costanza

Batman's Great Escapes Month, Day 22: Batman's just mad he didn't get an offer to huddle under the umbrella

Panels from Batman Eternal #14 (September 2014); script by James Tynion IV; story by Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV; contributing writers John Layman, Ray Fawkes, Tim Seeley; pencils and inks by Jason Fabok, colors by Brad Anderson, letters by Carlos M. Mangual

Batman's Great Escapes Month, Day 21: No one would have believed in the last years of the twentieth century...

...that superhuman affairs were being watched from the timeless worlds of space. No-one could have dreamed that we were being scrutinized, as someone with a microscope studies creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water. Few men even considered the possibility of life on other planets. And yet, across the gulf of space, minds immeasurably superior to ours regarded this earth with envious eyes, and slowly and surely, they snuck out of Commissioner Gordon's office.



Panels from Detective Comics #715 (November 1997), script by Chuck Dixon, pencils by Graham Nolan, inks by Eduardo Barreto, colors by Gloria Vasquez, letters by John Costanza

Batman's Great Escapes Month, Day 20: Young Bruce needs more practice at this

Panels from Batman #592 (August 2001), script by Ed Brubaker, pencils by Scott McDaniel, inks by Karl Story, colors by Roberta Tewes, color separations by Wildstorm FX, letters by John Costanza

Batman's Great Escapes Month, Day 19: Batman really hates second-hand smoke

Panels from Batman: Arkham Unhinged #45 (digital comic, October 2012), script by Karen Travis, pencils and inks by Riccardo Buchielli, colors by Alejandro Sanchez, letters by Travis Lanham

Batman's Great Escapes Month, Day 18: Waddle I do when you are far away?

Panels from Batman #627 (Early July 2004), script by Judd Winick, pencils by Dustin Nguyen, inks by Richard Friend, colors by Alex Sinclair, letters by Clem Robins

Batman's Great Escapes Month, Day 17: Bullock Says: Batman Oughta Be Fun!

Panels from Detective Comics #651 (Early October 1992), script by Chuck Dixon, pencils by Graham Nolan, inks by Scott Hanna, colors by Glenn Whitmore, letters by John Costanza

Batman's Great Escapes Month, Day 16: What's black and yellow and gone when you look twice?

Panel from Batman/Riddler: The Riddle Factory one-shot (1995), script by Matt Wagner, pencils and inks by Dave Taylor, colors by Linda Medley, letters by Bill Oakley

Batman's Great Escapes Month, Day 15: He wasn't even there in the first place!

Panels from Batman #548 (November 1997), script by Doug Moench, pencils by Kelley Jones, inks by John Beatty, colors by Greg Wright, letters by Todd Klein

Batman's Great Escapes Month, Day 14: The day Gotham City was attacked by a giant black pudding

Panels from Batman #530 (May 1996), script by Doug Moench, pencils by Kelley Jones, inks by John Beatty, colors by Greg Wright, color separations by Android Images, letters by Todd Klein

Batman's Great Escapes Month, Day 13: I'm not quite certain why Gordon ever even turns away

Page from Batman and Robin (2011 series) #13 (December 2012), script by Peter J. Tomasi, pencils by Patrick Gleason, inks by Mick Gray, colors by John Kalisz, letters by Carlos M. Mangual

Batman's Great Escapes Month, Day 12: And now, a little something for the ladies

Panel from "Midnight Rustler of Gotham City!" in Detective Comics #449 (July 1975), script by Elliot S! Maggin, pencils by Ernie Chan, inks by José Luis Garcia-López