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Batman: Miniseries
The Bat-Man: Second Knight
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Expected 5 May 26152 pages, Hardcover
Expected publication May 5, 2026
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Mike Perkins
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Mike Perkins began drawing at a very early age. After attending the Bournville College of Art, Birmingham, England he set himself up as a self-employed artist and pursued work in comics.
As well as illustrating children's books and educational literature, Perkin's career has encompassed computer game design, album covers and business-centered graphic design, although it is probably for his comic book work that he is more widely known.
Perkins' early professional work included work for the British anthology 2000 AD, Marvel UK, Ginn Publishing, Dorling Kindersley and Oxford University Press.
This led to further work in the American market with both DC Comics and Caliber Comics; where he worked on Kilroy is Here, Black Mist, Amongst The Stars, Negative Burn, St. Germaine, Brian Lumley's Necroscope and an adaptation of Doctor Faustus. The latter being a collaboration with Mike Carey, with whom he has worked with throughout his career – most notably on the co-created Carver Hale for 2000 AD and Spellbinders for Marvel Comics.
His first sole inking job, over the pencils of Phil Winslade, led to other inking opportunities at DC and Dark Horse Comics which in turn opened the doors to being asked to join the then new Florida-based comic company CrossGen.
While there, he primarily inked the series Ruse, and worked alongside Mark Waid, Butch Guice and Laura Martin. He also pencilled and inked Archard's Agents and co-created Kiss Kiss Bang Bang with Tony Bedard. He subsequently signed exclusively with Marvel Comics, where he has continued to work until the present time.[citation needed]
At Marvel he has worked on books such as Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, X-Men, Spellbinders, Annihilation Conquest, House of M: Avengers and Union Jack,[1] but has most notably been part of the artistic team (alongside Steve Epting) on Ed Brubaker run of Captain America.
Mike Perkins began drawing at a very early age. After attending the Bournville College of Art, Birmingham, England he set himself up as a self-employed artist and pursued work in comics.
As well as illustrating children's books and educational literature, Perkin's career has encompassed computer game design, album covers and business-centered graphic design, although it is probably for his comic book work that he is more widely known.
Perkins' early professional work included work for the British anthology 2000 AD, Marvel UK, Ginn Publishing, Dorling Kindersley and Oxford University Press.
This led to further work in the American market with both DC Comics and Caliber Comics; where he worked on Kilroy is Here, Black Mist, Amongst The Stars, Negative Burn, St. Germaine, Brian Lumley's Necroscope and an adaptation of Doctor Faustus. The latter being a collaboration with Mike Carey, with whom he has worked with throughout his career – most notably on the co-created Carver Hale for 2000 AD and Spellbinders for Marvel Comics.
His first sole inking job, over the pencils of Phil Winslade, led to other inking opportunities at DC and Dark Horse Comics which in turn opened the doors to being asked to join the then new Florida-based comic company CrossGen.
While there, he primarily inked the series Ruse, and worked alongside Mark Waid, Butch Guice and Laura Martin. He also pencilled and inked Archard's Agents and co-created Kiss Kiss Bang Bang with Tony Bedard. He subsequently signed exclusively with Marvel Comics, where he has continued to work until the present time.[citation needed]
At Marvel he has worked on books such as Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, X-Men, Spellbinders, Annihilation Conquest, House of M: Avengers and Union Jack,[1] but has most notably been part of the artistic team (alongside Steve Epting) on Ed Brubaker run of Captain America.
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March 16, 2026A friend lent me the first two (of three) parts/issues of this comics series, the premise of which is to take us back to 1939-40, WWII, the war against Hitler, Nazis, and fascism, with an eye to today, where endless war continues and the threat of worldwide war threatens. Then: A Time of fear. Today: A time of fear, but in particular in Gotham (in this first two thirds) there is a killer loose who leaves a hangman's noose. The Scarecrow. Re-enacting the early days of DC in Gotham, with Lois Lane and Superman easing into the fray with Batman as the vigilante crime-fighter. Retro forties style illustration.
I completed the third issue, so have technically read this volume, where Batman and Superman continue to assert themselves into tthe Gotham crime scene. We have yet to get to Europe/WWII and its direct link to fascism, though, so we will have be having a Third Knight. This Second-Knight will be published as a complete volume May 2026, so I can officially post my review then.
I completed the third issue, so have technically read this volume, where Batman and Superman continue to assert themselves into tthe Gotham crime scene. We have yet to get to Europe/WWII and its direct link to fascism, though, so we will have be having a Third Knight. This Second-Knight will be published as a complete volume May 2026, so I can officially post my review then.
September 26, 2025
This is a very stylish book but I’m just not into the art style. That is purely personal taste and I can appreciate what it’s doing. The story was fine but not outstanding. It was a good book but didn’t quite hit in the way I was hoping.
Review of advance copy
As good as the first, hoping for a third.
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