Recently, a number of comic book analysts have been tracking the declining sales of Tom King's Batman run, the one title DC Comics could count on to have a top 5 finish each month in the face of Marvel's reoccurring market share.
Shortly after these reports began to circulate, word has come down that King's run on the title will be ending this year, possibly at issue #85, well short of the 100 issues King stated was the goal for his stint on Batman.
King was just in the news, stating that issue #75 would kick off his City of Bane arc and that the particular issue would change Batman for a generation. In the wake of this news, whether that event will still occur is unknown.
Under King's watch, Batman was left at the altar by Catwoman and Nightwing was shot in the head by KGBeast, leading to a bout of amnesia. It turns out that these incidents and more were all machinations of Bane, whose out to take down the Dark Knight once and for all.
Then there's also the Heroes in Crisis miniseries from King, which has angered more fans than anything he's done on Batman with its controversial treatment of Wally West.
King has yet to directly respond to the news, simply offering up the below Tweet.
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