it sounds like the bat and the cat are at loggerheads once more dc has unveiled the next chapter in its ongoing dawn of dc event and batman and catwomans often turbulent relationship is set to take a drastic turn for the worse batmancatwoman the gotham war sees selina kyle take on the mantle of crime boss leading the sometimes alliessometimes lovers to go to war against each otherthe event which is written by chip zdarsky and tini howard and pencilled by mike hawthorne and adriano di benedetto will open with a special oneshot before continuing into the main batman and catwoman solo books as well as a pair of twoissue miniseries the gotham war red hood and the gotham war scorched earth this new dawn of dc event follows hot on the heels of july and augusts linewide knight terrors saga and will pick up directly after knight terrors batman 2 by joshua williamson and trevor hairsineheres a gallery of the covers for the opening chapter batmancatwoman the gotham war battle lines 1image 1 of 5image credit dc comicsimage credit dc comicsimage credit dc comicsimage credit dc comicsimage credit dc comicsdcs press release reveals that a coordinated effort in gotham city has led to a reduction in violent crime but at what cost villains scatter as their lives begin to crumble under a new regime and as batman recovers from his epic battle through the multiverse and the horrors of knight terrors one name runs through his mind one name at the heart of this new safer gotham catwomanheres a complete list of the titles that will be taking part in the gotham war as well as covers for batman 137 and catwoman 57 which make up the second and third part of the story respectivelybatmancatwoman the gotham war battle lines 1batman 137 and 138catwoman 57 and 58batmancatwoman the gotham war red hood 1 and 2batmancatwoman the gotham war scorched earth 1image 1 of 7image credit dc comicsimage credit dc comicsimage credit dc comicsimage credit dc comicsimage credit dc comicsimage credit dc comicsimage credit dc comicschip zdarsky and tini howard are the current writers of dcs core batman and catwoman titles respectively this crossover gave the pair the chance to work together on shifting the status quo in gotham cityfrom the moment tini and i started working on these titles we realized we had a huge opportunity to build toward something that would shake up the power structure of gotham city zdarsky said in a statement the gotham war is just that relationships explode relationships are formed and it all leads to massive changes being able to take these kinds of big swings together has been extremely excitinghe also teased i dont want to spoil anything but with selinas recent breakout from jail and bruces struggles with zurenarrh things are going to get intense in gothamimage credit dc comicscomics thrive on teamups added tini howard whether its a team of creators or a heroic partnership