Detective Comics #821
an issue of Detective Comics by DC Comics
Issue description
Gotham’s wealthiest citizens find themselves victimized by the mysterious new
villain Facade as a story arc by new DETECTIVE COMICS creative team of writer Paul
Dini (Batman: The Animated Series, BATMAN: WAR ON CRIME), artist J.H. Williams
III (PROMETHEA, SEVEN SOLDIERS) and cover artist Simone Bianchi (SEVEN
SOLDIERS: SHINING KNIGHT) begins! Operating with a gang trained to pass as
members of the cities’ elite, the masked mastermind’s crimes baffle the police and leave
members of Gotham society fearing for their lives. It’s up to Batman to use a “facade” of
his own, that of socialite Bruce Wayne, in order to bait the villain’s underlings and
discover the true identity of their elusive leader.