Das Erste Opfer

A creature of the Modern Age, Das Erste Opfer emerged in 2017 from the pages of a Panini Deutschland celebration edition, brought into being by the creative team of James Tynion IV, Álvaro Martínez Bueno, and Ralph Kruhm. With only five catalog appearances concentrated in the Batman – Detective Comics family of titles, this is a rare, shadowy presence — the kind of figure that makes dedicated collectors sit up straight. Sharing those dark Gotham pages with the likes of Basil Karlo, Cassandra Cain, Stephanie Brown, Luke Fox, and Mute is striking company indeed, and it speaks to the weight this character carries despite their brief footprint. If you love hunting the overlooked corners of Batman's world, Das Erste Opfer is exactly the kind of discovery that rewards the thorough reader.