Writer Matt Fraction will pick up the Batman baton this September, DC Comics announced at the annual ComicsPRO industry conference today, joining current Batman artist Jorge Jimenez for a new Batman #1 hitting shelves in September.
Picking up after Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee’s Hush sequel, H2SH, concludes with August’s Batman #163, the new Batman era will come with a redesigned Batman costume — a fresh take on his classic blue and gray color scheme, a new Batmobile, and a new pop-influenced look for Gotham City, according to Jimenez.
As for Fraction, he most recently wrote Batman in his last book for DC Comics, the rollicking comedy Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen, but it’s safe to…