Batman crouches spookily in a mossy archway, his cape obscuring his silhouette, against a sickly green background. He’s following a very hairy and monstrous werewolf with red eyes. Image: Rodney Barnes, Stevan Subic/DC Comics

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Batman’s new werewolf fighting book is just dripping with atmosphere

‘Batman: Full Moon’ will hit just in time for spooky season

By Susana Polo
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Susana Polo is a senior entertainment writer at Polygon, specializing in pop culture and genre fare, with a primary expertise in comic books. Previously, she founded The Mary Sue.

Batman: Full Moon is DC Comics’ latest Black Label miniseries, and artist Stevan Subic (The Riddler: Year One) has really produced some Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark vibes for it.

DC’s news release promises “an ancient and supernatural force” stalking the streets of Gotham, “a werewolf so powerful it’ll defy Batman’s most trusted resources: his brilliant mind and extensive gadgetry.” But the four pages of Subic’s work revealed in it promise sickly colors, a truly monstrous monster, and a shadowy spooky Batman.

A werewolf escapes containment and attacks a group of helpless guys in lab coats in a page from Batman: Full Moon. Image: Rodney Barnes, Stevan Subic/DC Comics
Batman throws down a smoke grenade and a flashbang as he fights some armed people. Image: Rodney Barnes, Stevan Subic/DC Comics
Some men fire guns at an unscathed werewolf and then flee in a page from Batman: Blood Moon Image: Rodney Barnes, Stevan Subic/DC Comics
Batman follows a werewolf through a forested area, and down a large, dark storm drain. Image: Rodney Barnes, Stevan Subic/DC Comics

Subic is teamed with Rodney Barnes (writer behind the Eisner-nominated urban vampire series Killadelphia) for the 4-issue miniseries, which will be printed with glow-in-the-dark main covers. And if that screams “Halloween” to you, well, Batman: Full Moon #1 will hit shelves just in time for the holiday on Oct. 9. (That’s not a full moon, so you should be safe from werewolves as you venture out to pick up a copy.)

For a look at the main cover by Subic, and variant covers by Francesco Francavilla and Mike Perkins, look below!

A werewolf snarls as Batman swoops down over him on the cover to Batman: Full Moon. Image: Stevan Subic/DC Comics
A werewolf reaches for an unaware Batman, both their shadows thrown on a brick wall behind them in a variant cover for Batman: Full Moon. Image: Francesco Francavilla/DC Comics
Batman battles a werewolf in the rain on a variant cover for Batman: Full Moon. Image: Mike Perkins/DC Comics
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