Hey y’all. We have such exciting news today! Nothing out of
the ordinary, but it hit me midway through writing this post how excited I am
about the goings-on at DC Comics. I haven’t been this interested in what they
are doing since 2016, maybe longer. That’s not to say I haven’t been excited
about individual comics, but the overall direction of the line has been
middling at best. As a DC GuyTM, this has me basically vibrating
with joy. 2021 seems like it will be a good year there. Maybe even as good
Marvel seems like they will have.
Anyway, let’s take a look at the news!
Lars Mikkelsen Returns as Thrawn
(Former?) Grand Admiral Thrawn is coming to Ahsoka. Thankfully,
it seems he will not be played by Robert Downey Jr., as Twitter really seemed
to want for some reason. Instead, Lars Mikkelsen appears to be all but
confirmed to be reprising his Star Wars: Rebels role. I will wait to go into
my full thoughts until it is official, but I think Mikkelsen did a phenomenal
job on Rebels.
The Next Batman is continuing post-Future State
The Next Batman: Second Son is a digital first miniseries
telling the origin of Tim Fox as Batman. John Ridley is returning to write with
Travel Foreman, Tony Akins, Mark Morales on art. This is cool. While I have yet to read any
Future State comics, I love possible (alternate?) futures and think the idea of
Tim Fox as Batman is interesting.
Maybe more interesting than the story itself, this is the
first high profile digital first series DC has announced since Marie Javins became
Editor-in-Chief and it had been heavily implied big digital first series
would become an important part of DC’s publishing model going forward. If they
are all going to be this big a deal, I am undoubtedly going to get extremely invested.
There Is A New Robin Series
I thought it was strange Joshua Williamson was not working
on any DC comic coming out of Infinite Frontier #0. He did have a two-part
backup in Batman and Detective comics starring Damien Wayne.
Guess we know where that story leads. Williamson will be joined by Gleb Melnikov
on art. I have experience with Melnikov’s art, but the preview art certainly
looks quality. That art combined with a writer I like has me enthusiastic.
Batman The Dark Knight Returns
Tom Taylor is practically taking over the Batcorner of the
DC Universe. Between Nightwing and this team up with Andy Kubert and Brad
Anderson, he is quite busy over there. This is only a miniseries, but that
creative team working on a Batman story where he gallivants across Europe has
my attention. I will certainly check it out when it releases in April.
Green Lantern Is Back And Stars John Stewart
And Jo Mullein! And Keli Quintela! All the best Green
Lanterns (except Kyle Rayner) are here! Continuing from his Future State title,
Geoffrey Thorne is joined by Dexter Soy to explore the balance of power between
the United Planets and Green Lantern Corps. I wish either Jessica Cruz or Simon
Baz was going to be one of the stars, as I feel those characters are
interesting but have not had enough of a presence since Green Lanterns concluded.
Simon is on the cover to issue #1 so he may have a part to play though. Either
way, I plan to pick this one up.
DC Universe Infinite Arrives Tomorrow
Finally, we arrive at arguably the most important news of
this roundup. DC Universe is evolving into what it probably should have been two
and a half years ago. With the removal of the movie and TV portions of the service,
it is becoming comics focused. In fact, one might even compare it to Marvel
Unlimited. DC certainly would not, but I feel comfortable in that assertion. With
the rebranding also comes a lot of new comic being added, including Vertigo
titles for the first time.
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