Scarecrow is planning a jail break in Batman – Fear State Omega # 1 preview

16 November Batman # 117 was billed as the finale of the current ‘Fear State’ crossover that went through DC’s Bat titles, but no one told the scarecrow – or if he did, he did not listen.

November 30 Batman: Fear State – Omega # 1 takes place a month after the events in ‘Fear State’, where the police in Gotham City transfer the captured scarecrow (aka Doctor Jonathan Crane) from the central police area to a more permanent prison. But when the police transfer him, the scarecrow’s backup plan emerges.

Watch this preview of Batman: Fear State – Omega # 1 by longtime Batman series writer James Tynion IV with the art team of Riccardo Federici, Christian Duce, Guillem March, Ryan Benjamin, Trevor Hairsine and Chris Sotomayor:

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Batman: Fear State – Omega # 1 preview

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Batman: Fear State – Omega # 1 becomes a bit of a meta, and is the finale of James Tynion IV’s race with Batman, which goes back surprisingly nine years. Tynion’s first published comic book was writing a story in 2012’s Batman # 18 with his writing instructor Scott Snyder, and he continued to be a trusted co-writer for Snyder during his Batman race. He followed that up by taking over Detective Comics during 2016’s ‘Rebirth’ renewal of the DC titles, and he later moved on to writing the Batman main title with 2019’s Batman # 85.

During Tynion’s run on the main Batman title, he has made major changes to Batman, including losing his fortune and creation his exit from Gotham, but at the same time he grew the Bat family with new characters like Punchline, Ghostmaker, Miracle Molly and more, and also re-established the supportive Bat family with Nightwing, Batgirl (all three), Harley Quinn and more into a new era, coming in 2022.

In fact, DC has framed Batman: Fear State – Omega # 1 as a “new day” that dawns on Gotham City without Batman, and with Bat-Family now the city’s most important heroes.

Batman: Fear State – Omega # 1’s main cover is designed by Jamal Campbell, with variations by Simone Bianchi and Jorge Jimenez (a design variation by Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn). Check them out here:

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