Detective Comics #982 — DC Comics 2018, Variant Cover — Moreci, Fiumara & Stewart (Single Issue)

Batman is already in the air and the thugs below haven't figured it out yet. Detective Comics #982 Variant Cover is a painted masterpiece — Batman diving from a moonlit Gotham skyline, cape spread wide, two armed men below with a hostage who absolutely knows what's coming. Moreci writing, Fiumara on interior art, Stewart on colors, 2018. The variant cover artist signed it bottom-right in Japanese. This one belongs framed as much as it belongs bagged.

What's Included:

• 📚 Detective Comics #982 — DC Comics, 2018 — Variant Cover Edition — $2.99 US — Rated T Teen
• 📌 Back cover: Teen Titans Go! To the Movies — "The super hero movie to end all super hero movies. Hopefully." — Robin, Beast Boy, Starfire, Cyborg, Raven — Only in Theaters July 27 — the tonal whiplash between Fiumara's dark interior and this back cover is genuinely one of the great comic book contrasts of 2018

Issue Details:

• ⚡ DC Comics — Detective Comics #982 — 2018 — $2.99 US — Variant Cover
• 🧟 Moreci (writer), Fiumara (art), Stewart (colors) — villain in robes with flaming staff, Batman confrontation, rich amber and shadow palette
• 🔥 Single issue — bagged for protection

Why Collectors Love It:

Variant covers live and die by their art, and this one lives — the painted composition is cinematic, hyper-detailed, and signed by the artist in Japanese, which makes it feel like a print as much as a comic. Fiumara's interior work matches the cover's intensity with dense shadow work and a villain design that earns every panel. The Titans #23 house ad inside — Nightwing, Donna Troy, Beast Boy, Miss Martian — is a bonus snapshot of where DC's team books were in mid-2018.

Condition Notes:

Normal wear consistent with age and storage — expect minor spine stress and light edge wear as shown in photos. Interior pages bright with strong color retention. Bagged for protection.

Perfect For:

Variant cover collectors, Fiumara art hunters, modern DC Batman run completists, painted cover enthusiasts, and anyone who appreciates a Teen Titans Go! back cover existing in the same physical object as a genuinely menacing Batman story.