Gotham Academy: First Year #3 Preview

 

 

Olive doesn't belong in Gotham Academy. But her roommate accepts her. Lucy doesn't even complain (too much) when Olive wakes up screaming. Her boyfriend also helps her fit in. As Olive worries about getting outed, Kyle's family gives her the support her mother can't. Grateful to be accepted at the prestigious school, Olive pays it forward by tutoring Heathcliff Ray. Will fortune keep smiling on the penniless girl with a troubled mother? Or will her hopes and dreams get crushed like Conrad in Olive's favorite novel?

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Gotham Academy: First Year #3

Writers: Brenden Fletcher, Karl Kerschl & Becky Cloonan

Artist: Marco Ferrari

Cover Artists: Karl Kerschl & Mayo “Sen” Naito

Publisher: DC Comics

Issue Length: 40 Pages

Price: 4.99 Card Stock

Release Date: December 3, 2025

 

Romeo, Romeo…

Is that Batman in the lighting grid?!

 

She’s got the lead in the school play, a cute boyfriend, and maybe even a shot at prom royalty. But just as Olive starts to feel like she belongs at Gotham Academy, the football team bullies crash her big stage debut…with pyrotechnics! Cue Batman. Suddenly, stage fright is the least of her problems.

 

Also featuring: Colton Rivera in a tux. Sort of.

 

 

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Gotham Academy: First Year #2 Preview

 

After her mom set their apartment on fire, Bruce Wayne found Olive a new place to live. Gotham Academy is a school for rich kids. It may never feel like home. And it's hard to feel okay while her mom resides in Arkham Asylum. Still, she's made a new friend in Kyle Mizoguchi. While most of the girls make Olive feel like a castoff, Kyle makes her feel special. Will that be enough to help Olive get through the school year? And how seriously should Olive take Jonathan Crane's warning that her mom's condition may be hereditary?

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Gotham Academy: First Year #2

Writers: Brenden Fletcher, Karl Kerschl & Becky Cloonan

Artist: Marco Ferrari

Cover Artists: Karl Kerschl & Haining

Publisher: DC Comics

Price: $4.99

Issue Length: 40 Pages

Release Date: November 5, 2025

 

School is about making friends…and enemies!

 

Life at school is both terrible (pissing off the football team is never a good idea) and wonderful (almost kissing a cute boy is almost perfect), but Oliver Silverlock will never truly be happy until she knows her mom is safe. Visiting her mom in Arkham is supposed to be reassuring! But when Olive meets the man behind the scarecrow’s mask, will her serenity be torn away too?

 

 

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Gotham Academy: First Year #1 Preview

 

 

Horror stories abound about the horrors young students have endured when attending a boarding school. Yet young adults leaving home for the first time can also struggle to find a sense of belonging at a University. Olive's history and demeanor set her apart from the other students at Gotham Academy. Can Olive find her place in this storied bastion of the upper class?  

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Gotham Academy: First Year #1

Writers: Brenden Fletcher, Karl Kerschl & Becky Cloonan

Artist: Marco Ferrari

Cover Artists: Karl Kerschl, Dustin Nguyen & Sweeney Boo

Publisher: DC Comics

Price: $4.99

Issue Length: 40 Pages

Release Date: October 1, 2025

 

The school has secrets. So does she. It’s going great.

 

Olive Silverlock has a problem, and it is shaped like Gotham’s favorite hero: Batman. He “saved” her when her mom lost control and got Commissioner Gordon to pawn her off on Bruce Wayne, who promptly shuffled her off to Gotham Academy. Boarding school. With a bunch of awful rich kids! As if she wasn’t traumatized enough already!

 

How will Olive navigate her trauma as a new student? Who will she share her first kiss with? And…why are the existing fans talking so much about maps?

 

Fall in love with the fan-favorite characters all over again in this revealing prequel taking readers back to Gotham Academy! Artist Marco Ferrari joins the original team as we return to the hallowed halls for even more mystery, romance, and teen drama. Guaranteed to delight fans of the original series and introduce new readers to the lovable cast; don’t miss the year it all began!

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