Batman: Gargoyle of Gotham #4
Book Four · Cover D · Jamie Hewlett Card Stock Variant · original June 2026 release · final issue · DC Black Label · Collect Forever Soft Slab
10 June 2026
Final issue of Rafael Grampá's four-part DC Black Label Batman: Gargoyle of Gotham, preserved here in the open-order Cover D card-stock variant by Jamie Hewlett. Released 10 June 2026 after a long gap following Book Three, the issue closes Grampá's auteur-led reinterpretation of Gotham.
Read the catalogue note →- Issue
- #4 · Book Four of Four
- Publisher
- DC Comics / DC Black Label
- State
- Collect Forever Soft Slab · uncirculated · not numerically graded
- Condition
- Near Mint appearance, provisional and ungraded, assessed through the Collect Forever Soft Slab.
- Completeness
- Complete under the standing TMR accession rule. No missing issued component is reported or visible; the comic remains enclosed in its Collect Forever Soft Slab, so the interior has not been independently page-counted.
- Rarity
- Open-order card-stock variant; no scarcity demonstrated; no later printing of #4 confirmed in research as of 25 August 2026
Catalogue note
Final issue of Rafael Grampá's four-part DC Black Label Batman: Gargoyle of Gotham, preserved here in the open-order Cover D card-stock variant by Jamie Hewlett. Released 10 June 2026 after a long gap following Book Three, the issue closes Grampá's auteur-led reinterpretation of Gotham. Hewlett's cover is particularly relevant to TMR because it extends the archive's existing record of his work from Tank Girl into Batman, linking alternative British comics and music-adjacent visual culture with a major contemporary DC publication. This is the original June 2026 release state; no later printing of issue #4 was confirmed in the research undertaken for this accession.
Writer: Rafael Grampá
Artist: Rafael Grampá; Mat Lopes (colour); John Workman (letters)
Cover: Jamie Hewlett
Edition: Cover D · Jamie Hewlett Card Stock Variant · original June 2026 release
Why this object matters
Hewlett’s Batman cover creates a concrete link to TMR’s Tank Girl and related visual-culture holdings. That collection relationship warrants a modest advantage within the finale-cover group, while a contemporary guest cover does not inherit the foundational importance of Deadline-era work.
Evidence limits: Complete under the standing TMR accession rule. No missing issued component is reported or visible; the comic remains enclosed in its Collect Forever Soft Slab, so the interior has not been independently page-counted.
Score and assessment method
Archive Importance: 8.2 / 10.
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Recorded contributions · 3
- Rafael GrampáWritingCatalogue credit
Writing credit: Rafael Grampá Original catalogue credit
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Artwork credit: Rafael Grampá; Mat Lopes (colour); John Workman (letters) Original catalogue credit
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Cover artwork credit: Jamie Hewlett Original catalogue credit
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