Future State: The Next Batman #1 for Sale - First Appearance of Detective Adriana Chubb - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Future State: The Next Batman (DC, 2021 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: Early March 2021
Key date: 2021-03-00
On-sale date: 2021-01-05
Indicia publisher: DC Comics
Price: $7.99
Pages: 68
Barcode: 76194137096500111
Rating: Ages 13+

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Detective Adriana Chubb - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Kaliber - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Peacekeeper-12 - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Ladrönn; inks: Ladrönn; colors: Ladrönn	Batman, Jace Fox
1	The Next Batman	comic story	22	script: John Ridley; pencils: Nick Derington; inks: Nick Derington; colors: Tamra Bonvillain; letters: Clayton Cowles; editing: Dave Wielgosz, Ben Abernathy	Batman, Detective Adriana Chubb First, Jace Fox, Luke Fox, Tamara Fox, Tanya Fox, Detective Whitaker
2	-	comic story	20	script: Brandon Thomas; pencils: Sumit Kumar; inks: Sumit Kumar, Raúl Fernández; colors: Jordie Bellaire; letters: Steve Wands; editing: Ben Meares, Dave Wielgosz, Ben Abernathy	Black Lightning, Kaliber First, Katana, Jefferson Pierce, The Signal, Duke Thomas, Tatsu Yamashiro
3	Arkham Knights Chapter One Rise	comic story	20	script: Paul Jenkins; pencils: Jack Herbert; inks: Jack Herbert; colors: Gabe Eltaeb; letters: Rob Leigh; editing: Ben Meares, Paul Kaminski, Ben Abernathy	Anarky, The Arkham Knight, Astrid Arkham, Clayface, Copperhead, Harvey Dent, Humphry Dumpler, Humpty Dumpty, Waylon Jones, Basil Karlo, Killer Croc, Lonnie Machin, Sean Mahoney, Peacekeeper-01
4	The Next Batman	in-house column	1	script: John Ridley; pencils: Nick Derington, José Ladrönn, Laura Braga; inks: Nick Derington, José Ladrönn, Laura Braga; colors: Arif Prianto, Tamra Bonvillain, José Ladrönn	Batman, Jace Fox

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Blank Cardstock Variant Cover	price 8.99 USD; barcode 76194137096500131
Olivier Coipel Cardstock Variant Cover	price 8.99 USD; barcode 76194137096500121
J. Scott Campbell Wonder Woman 1984 Cardstock Variant Cover	price 8.99 USD; barcode 76194137096500191
Second Printing Character Design Cover	barcode 76194137096500112
Exclusive Nick Derington Team Variant	barcode 76194137096500141
Exclusive Tyler Kirkham & Alejandro Sanchez Variant Cover	barcode 76194137096500171

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Future State: The Next Batman #[nn] ISBN 978-1-77951-064-8	2021	On eBay ›
Batman by John Ridley: The Deluxe Edition #[nn] ISBN 978-1-77951-126-3	2021	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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