After years of seemingly tumultuous pre-production, writer/director Matt Reeve’s solo Batman film appears to be coming together. There’s just been one crucial component missing: Batman himself. Well, we seem to have a pair of leading contenders for the crown now with one potentially going from sparkling in the sunlight to skulking in the shadows, while the other could transition from genius blue-furred scientist to genius leather-bound vigilante.

An adaptation of the seminal DC classic tale, Batman: Hush centers on a shadowy new villain known only as Hush, who uses Gotham's Rogues Gallery to destroy Batman's crime-fighting career, as well as Bruce Wayne's personal life - which has already been complicated by a relationship with Selina Kyle, aka Catwoman. Coming late summer 2019.

Gotham was always running on a finite clock, with an endgame that would eventually culminate in Batman making his appearance. And ye gods, does he look bad.

Is Batman really the hero that Gotham needs? That’s the question that Sean Gordon Murphy’s Batman: White Knight asked last year, as it examined the very real cost of devastation that the dark knight’s war on crime had billed Gotham City with. This year, the reborn Joker is striking back with a deadly secret that threatens to destroy the Wayne family legacy in Batman: Curse of the White Knight.

From the streets of Gotham to the far reaches of the Multiverse, here's a lok at the best comic book covers of the week!

Batman: Arkham Knight's Batmobile is an example of genius that was and still remains, years ahead of the curve.

If you've been critical of Zack Snyder's more lethal depiction of DC Comics superheroes on screen, then the director has some strong words for you.

From the streets of Gotham to the far reaches of the Multiverse, here's a look at the very best comic book covers of the week!