Detective Comics Vol 1 1081

"Gotham Nocturne: Act III - An Elegy of Sand, Part 1": The synopsis for this issue has not yet been written.

"Gotham Nocturne: Act III - An Elegy of Sand, Part 1"
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Detective Comics Vol 1 #1081
March, 2024
Rated T for Teen (12+)
Executive Editor	Marie Javins
Cover Artists	Evan Cagle
Gotham Nocturne: Act III - An Elegy of Sand, Part 1
Writers	Ram V
Pencilers	Riccardo Federici Stefano Raffaele
Inkers	Riccardo Federici Stefano Raffaele
Colorists	Lee Loughridge
Letterers	Tom Napolitano
Editors	Ben Meares Jessica Berbey Ben Abernathy
Gotham, Forget Me Not Part 1
Writers	Ram V
Pencilers	Riccardo Federici Stefano Raffaele
Inkers	Riccardo Federici Stefano Raffaele
Colorists	Lee Loughridge
Letterers	Tom Napolitano
Editors	Ben Meares Jessica Berbey Ben Abernathy
His Name Was Dr. Hurt: Part One
Writers	Dan Watters
Pencilers	Hayden Sherman
Inkers	Hayden Sherman
Colorists	Triona Farrell
Letterers	Steve Wands
Editors	Ben Meares Jessica Berbey
Previous Issue	Detective Comics # 1080
Next Issue	Detective Comics # 1082

Who are you, really?

— Doctor Hurt

Detective Comics #1081 is an issue of the series Detective Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of March, 2024. It was published on January 23, 2024.

Appearing in "Gotham Nocturne: Act III - An Elegy of Sand, Part 1"

Featured Characters:

• Batman (Bruce Wayne) (Also as a corpse) (Also as a spirit) (Also as an illusion)

Supporting Characters:

• Farhad I Parethes (First full appearance)
• Talia al Ghul
• "Three Ladies" (Single appearance)

Antagonists

• The Azmer (As an illusion only)
• Barbatos (Dark Multiverse) (As an illusion only)
• Doctor Hurt (Simon Hurt)
  • Aras' Shamans (First appearance; unnamed)

Other Characters:

• Spirits
• The Gods (Mentioned only)
• Orgham Family (Mentioned only)
• Italo Calvino (Mentioned only)
• Richard Wagner (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Aras/"Gigunnga"/"Serhat"/Daxtahrann"/"Sirzura" (First appearance)
  • "The Gotham that Batman saved" (As an illusion only)
  • "The Tree at the Edge of the World" (First appearance; unnamed)
• Bruce Wayne's Mindscape
• Earth 0
  • Middle East
    • "The River of Life and Death" (First appearance; unnamed)

Items:

• Batsuit
• The Compass (First appearance)
• "The Tea" (Single appearance)
• Thelemus Engine (Mentioned only)

Vehicles:

• Boat

Concepts:

• Magic
  

Appearing in "Gotham, Forget Me Not Part 1"

Featured Characters:

• The Question (Renee Montoya)

Supporting Characters:

• Gotham City Police Department
  • Henry Fielding (Appears only as a corpse) (Cameo)

Antagonists

• Orgham Family (Behind the scenes)
• Unnamed criminal (Single appearance)

Other Characters:

• Alan Nash (Appears only as a corpse) (Cameo)
• Alan Nash's brother (Single appearance) (Unnamed) (In a photograph only) (Cameo)
• Mrs. Nash (Single appearance) (Unnamed)

Locations:

• Earth 0
  • United States of America
    • Gotham City
      • Englehart Ave
        • Nash's Apartment (Single appearance)
      • Gotham Cemetery
      • Renee Montoya's Apartment (Cameo)

Items:

• Bat-Signal (Cameo)
• Question's Mask
• Thelemus Engine (Behind the scenes)

Concepts:

• Magic (Behind the scenes)
  

Appearing in "His Name Was Dr. Hurt: Part One"

Featured Characters:

• Simon Hurt's victims (First appearance) (Flashback and main story)
  • Annie (First appearance) (Flashback and main story)
  • James (First appearance; unnamed) (Flashback and main story)
  • Raoul (First appearance; unnamed) (Flashback and main story)
  • Selma (First appearance; unnamed) (Cameo)

Supporting Characters:

• 
  

Antagonists

• Doctor Hurt/Master Hurt (Simon Hurt) (Flashback only)

Other Characters:

• Batman (Bruce Wayne) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• Demons (Mentioned only)
• The Devil (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Earth 0
  • United States of America
    • Gotham City (Flashback and main story)

Items:

• 
  

Concepts:

• Exorcism (Mentioned only)
• Magic

Notes

• Act III of the Gotham Nocturne storyline should take place just after Act II.
• The first story reveals that Talia al Ghul's birth name is "Tal-yahe".

Trivia

• The Three Ladies of Aras are very reminiscent of The Three Witches/The Kindly Ones.
• In the first story, Simon Hurt mentions "Calvino's traveler" which is a referenco to his novel, "If on a winter's night a traveler".

See Also

• Cover gallery for the Detective Comics series

Recommended Reading

• Batman Recommended Reading

Links and References

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