James Tynion IV will write the Batman monthly comic book series beginning with #86 in January, DC Publisher Dan DiDio revealed at a Batman Day event at Barnes & Noble Union Square in New York City on Saturday.  Tony S. Daniel will pencil the art and provide the main covers, Danny Miki will ink, and Tomeu Morey will color the book.

Tom King is leaving the book with the end of the "City of Bane" story in #85 (see "Tom King Off ‘Batman,’ to “Batman/Catwoman’").  Daniel and Morey collaborated with King on the beginning of the “City of Bane” arc.

Tynion IV is coming off a big hit with BOOM! Studios’ Something Is Killing the Children, which is on the fourth printing of the first issue.