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If there’s one place where Batman wouldn’t feel comfortable, it’s San Diego — a city that’s sunny, warm, and welcoming, and not exactly the kind of locale a Dark Knight would find himself without good reason. Knowing that, it’s no difficult to guess why Saturday’s DC’s Gotham panel at San Diego Comic-Con exists: sure, we can pretend it’s so that DC can share information about what’s coming up in the comic book adventures of Batman and family, but it’s really just an excuse to re-create the Caped Crusader’s home city in miniature, even just for an hour.

It’s a great time to hold a panel talking about the future of the Batbooks, though: with new creative teams on Detective Comics, Batman and Robin, and Nightwing this October, and new storylines across the line as a result of the https://www.thepopverse.com/comics-dc-all-in-line-up-action-detective-superman-batman-wonder-woman-green-arrow-2024 upcoming DC All In initiative, there’s not been a better time to become a Batfan in years — and this panel is prepared to make that happen, no matter what. (Within reason, of course.)

If you want to visit Gotham for yourself but can’t make it, don’t worry, we have the next best thing: our live play-by-play of the entire panel, coming straight from Room 6DE of the San Diego Convention Center. Bookmark this page and come back at 1:45pm Pacific (4:45pm East Coast) for all the details as they happen, or return after 2:45pm Pacific (5:45pm Eastern) to catch up with everything after it’s finished.

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