Does Batman Wear Socks? A New DC Comic Has the Answer

As a superb idiosyncratic with an astir limitless slope account, Bruce Wayne tin spend the champion of the champion erstwhile it comes to his Batsuit. But there's 1 question DC has ne'er answered earlier now. Does Batman deterioration socks underneath those fancy boots? That's yet changed acknowledgment to the caller Batman #1.

The uncover comes arsenic DC announces that Batman #1 has sold implicit 500,000 copies, apt making it the best-selling azygous contented of 2025 (though we'll spot what the numbers for Deadpool/Batman #1 and Batman/Deadpool #1 extremity up being). The steadfast volition beryllium issuing a 2nd printing of the publication successful October, featuring a brace of caller covers by artists Jorge Jiménez and Dan Mora. And Jiménez's screen addresses the all-important socks question astatine agelong last:

Art by Jorge Jiménez. (Image Credit: DC)

As you tin see, Bruce is rocking immoderate precise mean achromatic socks. Evidently, adjacent with each his Bat-resources, there's inactive nary substitute for the classics.

Batman #1 kicks disconnected a caller bid written by Hawkeye's Matt Fraction and illustrated by Jiménez (who was a mainstay connected the erstwhile measurement of the bid for the past respective years). The caller bid introduces some a caller Batmobile and a redesigned bluish and grey Batsuit, portion exploring a presumption quo wherever Batman is operating retired of Pennyworth Manor and butting heads with the GCPD and their caller comissioner, Vandal Savage.

At 500,000 copies sold, Batman #1 eclipses some Skybound's Battle Beast #1 and Batman #158 (the archetypal contented of the Hush 2 storyline), some of which were reported to person sold astir 400,000 copies. Both Batman #1 and Battle Beast #1 featured unsighted container variant covers, a selling strategy that volition nary uncertainty beryllium sticking astir for the foreseeable future.

Batman #1 is disposable successful stores now, though you whitethorn person occupation tracking down a people transcript astatine this point. You tin find your section comic store to hunt down the contented oregon reserve a transcript of the 2nd printing earlier its October 15 release.

For much Bat-fun, spot however the caller Batsuit compares to the 10 top Batman costumes of each time.

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