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The Dark Knight has some of the most minatory and noteworthy villains in all of Comics . Batman has faced off against everyone from the Joker , Bane , Scarecrow , the Penguin , and the Riddler , just to name a few . However , in 2020,Batmanwill have an all - newfangled adversary to take on : The Designer .
There ’s not much known about the Designer or his real identity , as the character has n’t seem before assumably getting introduced in the approaching run of Batman . However , the Designer seems to have deep connectedness to Gotham City and an ability to contribute some of the most dread Batman villains together .
In DC ’s solicits for March 2020 forBatman # 90andBatman # 91,written by James Tynion IV and with artwork by Jorge Jimenez , the Designer was teased as a new scoundrel quick to bring a calculation to Gotham . Described as a " mysterious original criminal , " the Designer will have unleashed his grand criminal scheme upon the city , go out Batman andCatwomanto figure out precisely what ’s die on . It wo n’t be gentle for Batman , as he will face off against the Penguin , the Riddler , a horde of assassins and the Designer all at once . The serial will also seeBatman team up up with Harley Quinn .
accord to the March solicits , Catwoman is in on the Designer ’s " greatest arcanum , " so the reference seems to have some sort of connection to Selina . Whether it ’s a character that ’s already been introduced in the previous canon is n’t known , nor is the villain ’s costume . As of flop now , the Designer is a total mystery .
Current Batman writerTom King will be pass the serial publication over to Tynion IV starting in January withBatman # 86- while the fresh Batman writer will have a small two - page overture inBatman # 85 . Tynion ’s impressive track disk admit mold onDetective Comics , Justice League Dark , andJustice League . Artist Tony S. Daniel will draw the Word of God before Jimenez call for over on issue # 90 .
It pass water sense Tynion would enter a new character of his own to make an contiguous stamp on his fresh Batman arc . King ’s running has have a wide cast of intimate Bat villains , so putting in a fresh character will allow the story to go to fresh places . It will be interesting to see what the Designer looks like and whether his costume will unveil any clues about who he is and his potential relationship with Catwoman andBatman .
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