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DC FanDome '20: 'Legacy of the Bat' Panel reveals details on John Ridley's Batman
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DC FanDome ’20: ‘Legacy of the Bat’ Panel reveals details on John Ridley’s Batman

Ridley said there is a ‘Better than a 47% chance this Batman is a Person of Color.’

The Legacy of the Bat panel took place today with a variety of creators and talent talking about Batman, Batwoman, and more. Joining Jim Lee, was Academy Award winning writer John Ridley who will be taking over a 4-issue Batman series in 2021, revealed there is a “Better than a 47% chance this Batman is a Person of Color.” The series will be drawn by Nick Derington with covers by Ladrönn.

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Ridley also revealed the story will focus on the family of Lucious Fox. A largely unexplored element of Lucious Fox is his family, which is a family Ridley said, “has secrets, has kept secrets from one another.” Ridley went on to say this is a different dynamic than the Batman we’ve seen before.

The yet to be named Batman comic does not have a release date, but Ridley has a story in the upcoming Batman: The Joker War Zone #1.

Check out our coverage of some of the biggest DC FanDome panels of the day including the Wonder Woman 1984 panel, the panel on new videogame Gotham Knights, The Suicide Squad panel and the Sandman universe panel.

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