Content Changes For Batman & Robin #17 - 19

The new cover for Batman & Robin #17.

Paul Cornell, writer of the red-hot "Black Ring" storyline in Action Comics and the new Knight and Squire miniseries, teams up with veteran Batman artist Scott McDaniel for a three-part story beginning in Batman & Robin #17! (The previously solicited stories for Batman & Robin #17-20, written by Peter J. Tomasi and illustrated by Patrick Gleason, now will begin in issue #20.)

These issues will feature covers by Guillem March (Gotham City Sirens). Here's a look at what happens in each chapter:

BATMAN AND ROBIN #17
Dick and Damian head into the murky depths of Bruce Wayne's past to protect him from whoever has stolen the corpse of his old girlfriend, Una Nemo. Join them as they move from an empty grave to the flaming fingers to the Night Wedding - and meet a mad, gory new villain known as The Absence!

BATMAN AND ROBIN #18
The Absence has come for Batman and Robin, and, as they hear the tale in a burning church, our heroes start to realize the scale of the horror they're protecting Bruce Wayne from. The Absence is on a mission, and it can only end in fire and destruction.  

BATMAN AND ROBIN #19
Batman and Robin have found The Absence, but a deathtrap awaits them. How do you prove a negative? How do you escape nothing? When there's nothing at the center of a life, madness can stick its claws in!