Release Date: April 1, 1998
Cover Price: $2.95 U.S. / $4.25 Canada
Cover Art: Ty Templeton

"With A Price On His Head!"

Writer: Ty Templeton
Penciller: Rick Burchett
Inker: Terry Beatty
Colorist: Lee Loughridge
Letterer: Tim Harkins
Editor: Darren Vincenzo
Pages: 38

Original Solicitation

BATMAN: GOTHAM ADVENTURES #1
Written by Ty Templeton; art by Rick Burchett and Terry Beatty; cover by Templeton

On sale April 1. A new ongoing animated-style series debuts with an extra-sized issue as Batman must protect... the Joker? There's a bounty out on the Clown Prince of Crime, and there's no shortage of people trying to claim it. The only place Batman can keep his nemesis safe is... the Batcave. But even that haven may not be safe enough when the Riddler comes calling.
48 pages, $2.95

Feature Article

GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER? THE JOKER!

Spinning out of THE BATMAN ADVENTURES: THE LOST YEARS miniseries, a new era of the Dark Knight's animated-style adventures begins in the pages of the new ongoing monthly title BATMAN: GOTHAM ADVENTURES. Incorporating the new look and exciting changes seen on the hit Kids' WB! series THE NEW BATMAN/SUPERMAN ADVENTURES, GOTHAM ADVENTURES starts with an extra-size issue featuring Batman, Robin, Batgirl, Nightwing, the Joker, and a host of surprises!

Written by Ty Templeton (BATMAN AND ROBIN ADVENTURES), who also provides the covers, with art by Rick Burchett (SUPERMAN ADVENTURES) and Terry Beatty (THE BATMAN ADVENTURES: THE LOST YEARS), GOTHAM ADVENTURES hits the ground running. The father of one of the Joker's victims puts a $50 million bounty on the head of the Clown Prince of Crime. As a result, everyone and their brother is after the Joker: cops, crooks, super-villains, school kids, grandmothers, etc. And the only way for Batman to protect his nemesis is to lock him up...in the Batcave. Things get steadily worse as several villains — including the Riddler — hatch their own schemes to get the Joker, and they don't care who gets in the way.

Timed to coincide with the release of BATMAN: GOTHAM ADVENTURES #1, DC is pleased to offer two retitled, long out-of-print trade paperbacks: THE BATMAN ADVENTURES and BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT ADVENTURES. Originally titled BATMAN: THE COLLECTED ADVENTURES Volumes 1 and 2, these inexpensive paperbacks reprint THE BATMAN ADVENTURES #1-12, written by Kelley Puckett and Martin Pasko, with art by Ty Templeton, Mike Parobeck, Brad Rader, and Rick Burchett.

In addition, readers who write letters to the editor will get a chance to win a free copy of the "Batman and Robin Activity Center" CD-ROM from Knowledge Adventure. Each month for a year, the editors of BATMAN: GOTHAM ADVENTURES will pick the best letter of the month, and the lucky letter writers will receive the CD-ROM as a prize. A similar contest will run in SUPERMAN ADVENTURES, beginning with this month's issue #20. Official rules will run on the letters page of BATMAN: GOTHAM ADVENTURES #1.

BATMAN: GOTHAM ADVENTURES is an ongoing series in the Standard Format, edited by Darren Vincenzo. Issue #1 is 48 pages, and arrives in comic-book stores April 1 with a cover price of $2.95 U.S.

THE BATMAN ADVENTURES is a 144-page trade paperback, arriving in comic-book stores April 8 with a cover price of $7.95 U.S. BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT ADVENTURES is a 144-page trade paperback, arriving in comic-book stores April 15 with a cover price of $7.95 U.S.