DC's Batman and Ghost Machine's Geiger to Cross Over Through New Variant Covers

DC Comics and Geoff Johns' Ghost Machine imprint person announced a caller crossover that volition spot the 2 companies trading artists for a brace of precise chill variant covers. It's efficaciously the archetypal crossover betwixt the DCU and Ghost Machine's Unnamed Universe.

This statement volition spot Geiger creator Gary Frank lend a screen to the upcoming Batman #163, the last portion of the Hush 2 storyline. Meanwhile, existent Batman creator (and DC Publisher, President, and Chief Creative Officer) Jim Lee volition hop implicit to Ghost Machine to gully a screen for Geiger #19. This volition people Lee's archetypal clip drafting for an Image Comics-published publication since 2011's Spawn #200.

IGN tin exclusively uncover some covers. First, cheque retired Frank's Batman #163 screen below:

Art by Gary Frank. (Image Credit: DC)

Next, spot Lee's Geiger #19 screen below:

Art by Jim Lee. (Image Credit: Ghost Machine/Image Comics)

As you tin see, some covers stock a akin composition, meaning they should look bully erstwhile displayed unneurotic arsenic a pair.

“Jim’s a large person and inspirational artist,” said Frank successful a statement. “When we archetypal began talking astir doing covers for each other’s projects, it instantly became a infinitesimal wherever you recognize wherefore you got into comics. The community, the friendships, the emotion of the mean and the appreciation of each other’s enactment is thing unsocial to comics and its creators.”

“When Jim delivered his Geiger screen featuring The Glowing Woman, Ashley Arden, it was a peculiar infinitesimal for each of america astatine Ghost Machine,” continued Frank. “It was besides amusive for maine to dip backmost into the satellite of DC with a Batman representation featuring the Dark Knight and immoderate of his top villains."

“I’m thrilled to beryllium capable to collaborate with the massively talented Gary Frank who I’ve had the bully luck to telephone a existent person since the aboriginal 1990’s,” said Lee. “Gary is simply a consummate professional, a Bonafide artist’s artist, a maestro of capturing airy and form, and he’s drawn immoderate of my favourite comics ever.”

“We hatched this thought to bash a ‘crossover’ adjacent if it is genuinely lone compositionally,” continued Lee, “and I’m truthful honored to person a Gray Frank Batman Hush portion grace our ‘who’s who’ database of variant virtuoso screen artists!”

Batman #163 volition beryllium released successful August 2025, portion Geiger #19 volition beryllium released successful October 2025.

As antecedently announced, Batman #163 besides serves arsenic the bid finale for the existent volume. It'll beryllium replaced by a caller Batman bid successful September, arsenic Hawkeye writer Matt Fraction teams with Batman seasoned Jorge Jiménez to footwear disconnected a caller epoch for the Dark Knight.

Will we ever spot Batman really transverse implicit into the Unnamed Universe? Time volition tell, but for now, cheque retired our picks for the apical 10 Batman crossovers of each time.

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