Writer Matt Fraction will pick up the Batman baton this September, DC Comics announced at the annual ComicsPRO industry conference today, joining current Batman artist Jorge Jimenez for a new Batman #1 hitting shelves in September.Picking up after Jeph Loeb and Jim Lees Hush sequel, H2SH, concludes with Augusts Batman #163, the new Batman era will come with a redesigned Batman costume a fresh take on his classic blue and gray color scheme, a new Batmobile, and a new pop-influenced look for Gotham City, according to Jimenez.As for Fraction, he most recently wrote Batman in his last book for DC Comics, the rollicking comedy Supermans Pal Jimmy Olsen, but its safe to assume that the character will be a little different than his appearances there.Jorge and I have a very superhero-forward kind of take on Batman, Fraction said in DCs news release. Weve got a new Batmobile, weve got a new costume, weve got new characters, and weve got a lot of old ones too good and bad; all the stuff that makes Batman the coolest character in comics. We want to celebrate it all.Fraction and Jimenezs Batman will begin with a fresh structure, too: A series of connected stories that offer one self-contained chapter in each issue. DC didnt just come to show off Batman news, not in their own Summer of Superman initiative. The publisher also announced a new Supergirl series launching May 14, featuring her small town adventures, from writer and artist Sophie Campbell (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles): As well as a new five-issue miniseries starting June 18, Krypto: The Last Dog of Krypton, a Krypto origin story comic from artist Mike Norton (Battlepug) and writer Ryan North (Fantastic Four, Squirrel Girl, Dinosaur Comics), another noted dog lover. We dont cheat by reading his thoughts in balloons, North joked in DCs news release, noting that Nortons art does the talking for this super mans best friend.Rounding out the announcements was a new creative team and direction for Action Comics: Writer Mark Waid (Batman/Superman: Worlds Finest) and artist Skylar Patridge, a veteran of DCs anthology specials, will refocus the book on Clark Kents early years as Superboy in Smallville, starting with Junes Action Comics #1087.