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State event is officially in the books, the web of stories within the publisher s present-day universe including those within Gotham City is proving to grow more and more complicated. Nowhere is this the case quite like in the pages of
Catwoman, which have seen Selina Kyle staking her claim on Alleytown, just as new and returning faces decide to complicate things.
Catwoman #29, which makes its debut this week, finally takes that conflict into an intriguing and incredibly complicated direction, using an incredibly familiar Batman foe at the center of its core plot.
Future State: Gotham is set in a future Gotham City ruled by the Magistrate, a private security force that s taken control of the city and essentially declared war on all masked vigilantes, particularly Batman. As the story picks up, Red Hood himself, Jason Todd, has allied with the Magistrate in the wake of a disaster. All the evidence points to Tim Fox,
Future State s Next Batman, as the man behind the calamity, and Jason sets out to bring him in, no matter what it takes.
The first six-issue story arc, Hunt The Next Batman, will focus on this particular conflict, but this is an ongoing series starring the larger Gotham cast, so a whole world of possibilities are open to the book if it s able to continue. Williamson, Culver, and Milonogiannis have a massive sandbox to play in here, and it ll be interesting to see where they take the