Batman #28 — DC Comics The New 52! Apr 2014, A Secret Glimpse into Batman Eternal — Snyder & Tynion IV (Single Issue)

Before Batman Eternal launched, Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV hid the whole premise inside a single issue of the main Batman run and dared you to find it. Batman #28 is that issue — a standalone story set in the future of Gotham that functions as a full preview of the Batman Eternal weekly series, dropping readers into a city under siege, a mystery woman running the underground, and Batman operating in a Gotham that has already lost. Published April 2014 at $3.99 US, Direct Sales, Rated T. Written by Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV, art by Dustin Nguyen, inks by Derek Fridolfs. The cover — a rusted, padlocked door with the Batman Eternal logo burning through — is one of the most restrained and effective covers of the New 52 era.

What's Included:

• 🦇 Batman #28 — DC Comics, The New 52!, April 2014 — Direct Sales Edition — Rated T
• 💲 $3.99 US — "A Secret Glimpse into Batman Eternal" — Direct Sales barcode
• 🎬 Back cover: Justice League: War — DC Universe Original Movie — Blu-ray + DVD + Digital HD — "Before There Was a League, There Was a War" — February 4

Issue Details:

• ⚡ DC Comics — Batman #28 — The New 52! — April 2014 — $3.99 US — Direct Sales — Rated T (Teen)
• 🔎 Story: Future-set Batman Eternal preview — Batman and Batgirl in a Gotham underground controlled by a mystery woman with a giant cat statue and zero patience for questions
• 🎨 Creative team: Scott Snyder & James Tynion IV (writers) — Dustin Nguyen (art) — Derek Fridolfs (inks)
• 🔥 Single issue — bagged for protection.

Why Collectors Love It:

Batman #28 is the rare mid-run issue that functions as a complete artifact on its own — a flash-forward into Batman Eternal that works whether you read the weekly series or not. Dustin Nguyen's art is doing something genuinely different from the main New 52 Batman aesthetic: looser, more atmospheric, with shadows that feel earned rather than decorative. The mystery woman reveal, the Egyptian cat statue looming over the scene, Batman visibly outmaneuvered in his own city — this is Snyder and Tynion IV at their most confident. The Justice League: War back cover — "Before There Was a League, There Was a War" — advertising a DC animated film on the back of a comic where Gotham has already fallen is the kind of unintentional poetry that makes single-issue collecting worth it.

Condition Notes:

Shows wear consistent with age and handling — expect light spine stress and corner wear as shown in photos. Interior pages bright with strong color saturation throughout Nguyen's linework. Bagged for protection.

Perfect For:

Batman Eternal run completists, New 52 Batman series collectors, Scott Snyder Batman era enthusiasts, Dustin Nguyen art hunters, DC crossover preview issue collectors, and anyone who has ever wanted to know what Gotham looks like after it loses and found the answer significantly more stylish than expected.