DC Comics kündigt für die Monate
Januar und Februar 2021 den
"DC Future State" Event an, der sich quer durch das komplette DC Universe Heft-Programm ziehen wird.
Dabei handelt es sich um eine Kombination aus überformatigen ( = extra-fetten, umfangreicheren) Heft-Titeln (wohl teilweise im "Prestige Format"?), die sowohl monatlich wie auch 14täglich erscheinen sollen...
In diesen diversen oneshots und Mini-Serien erhalten die Fans einen Blick in die Zukunft der Helden und Schurken. Die Storyline basieren wohl auf dem Finale der derzeit noch laufenden "Dark Nights: Death Metal" Event-Serie; das DC-Multiverse wurde dort (wieder mal) vor der kompletten Vernichtung bewahrt. Dabei wurden aber das Raum-Zeit-Gefüge stark beschädigt...
(DC verarbeitet hiermit das ursprünglich vom -inzwischen geschaßten- DC Boss Dan Didio erdachte Konzept der "next generation" an DC- Helden und -Schurken.
Nicht mehr Bruce Wayne, Clark Kent & Co. stecken in den Kostümen, sondern deren "Erben" bzw. Nachfolger. Im letzten Moment machte DC aber einen Rückzieher (und ließ sogar das dazugehörige "FCBD"-Heft nicht mehr ausliefern! Nun wurde das Konzept dauerhaft veränderter und älter gewordener DC Charactere zu einer zeitlich befristeten Event-Serie umgestaltet... Ob das funktionieren wird?!)
Der Einfachheit halber folgt hier jetzt DCs offizielle "Inhalts-"-Beschreibung der Event-Serien und Oneshots, garniert mit einer Mini-Auswahl an ersten Cover-Entwürfen:
"DC is starting 2021 off with a bang, giving fans a glimpse into
futures both near and far, full of current and new characters as the
publisher announced plans today for DC Future State, a
two-month, line-wide event beginning in January. Through February 2021,
the full title lineup will feature a combination of monthly and
twice-monthly oversize anthologies, as well as a monthly schedule of
miniseries and one-shots.
DC Future State spotlights the World’s Greatest Super Heroes in fresh new roles, with all-new characters taking up their iconic mantles. DC Future State
features an incredible array of creative talent, combining
award-winning writers and artists with new voices from the worlds of TV,
movies and animation. In March 2021, the regular DC title lineup
resumes, continuing existing story lines from 2020 and introducing new
arcs for the year.
In DC Future State, the Multiverse has been saved from the
brink of destruction, but the triumph of DC’s heroes has shaken loose
the very fabric of time and space! The final chapter of Dark Nights: Death Metal (on sale January 5, 2021) brings new life to DC’s Multiverse, kicking off this glimpse into the unwritten worlds of DC’s future!
“The DC Universe has always been fertile ground for new and refreshing takes on our characters, and DC Future State
definitely contributes to this legacy,” said DC Executive Editor Marie
Javins. “When the event begins in January, some savvy readers will not
only pick up on some of the breadcrumbs that have already been tossed
out in our current titles, but they will also find new hints and clues
of what’s to come in 2021.”
A stellar array of writers and artists are on hand to deliver this
unique look at beloved DC characters, including fan favorites such as
Mariko Tamaki, Brian Michael Bendis, Gene Luen Yang, Joëlle Jones,
Joshua Williamson, Nicola Scott, Cully Hamner and John Timms, along with
new voices such as award-winning screenwriter John Ridley (12 Years A Slave), Brandon Vietti (Young Justice), Meghan Fitzmartin (Supernatural, DC Super Hero Girls), Brandon Easton (Thundercats, Transformers: War for Cybertron), Alitha Martinez (REPRESENT! It’s A Bird!), L.L. McKinney (Nubia: Real One), Paula Sevenbergen (Stargirl) and Siya Oum (Lola XOXO), among others.
Batman Family
In this future, Gotham City is controlled by the Magistrate. This
villainous regime has taken control of the city, now under constant
surveillance. All masked vigilantes have been outlawed and Batman has
been killed. But led by an all-new Batman, a new assembly of Gotham’s
guardians rise to give hope to all of those who lost it!
Oversized Comics:
- Future State: The Next Batman #1-4
- The Next Batman, by John Ridley, Nick Derington and Laura Braga
- Outsiders, by Brandon Thomas and Sumit Kumar
- Arkham Knights, by Paul Jenkins and Jack Herbert
- Batgirls, by Vita Ayala and Aneke
- Gotham City Sirens, by Paula Sevenbergen and Emanuela Lupacchino
- Future State: Dark Detective #1-4
- Dark Detective, by Mariko Tamaki and Dan Mora
- Grifters, by Matthew Rosenberg and Carmine di Giandomenico
- Red Hood, by Joshua Williamson and Giannis Milonogiannis
Monthly Miniseries:
- Future State: Batman/Superman, by Gene Luen Yang and Ben Oliver
- Future State: Catwoman, by Ram V and Otto Schmidt
- Future State: Harley Quinn, by Stephanie Phillips and Simone Di Meo
- Future State: Nightwing, by Andrew Constant and Nicola Scott
- Future State: Robin Eternal, by Meghan Fitzmartin and Eddy Barrows
Superman Family
Due to his involvement in an international crisis happening in the
near future, Clark Kent has been rejected by Earth, causing him to focus
his lifesaving efforts outside his adopted home. He travels to Warworld
to rise through the ranks of gladiatorial combat in order to defeat
Mongul with the help of some unlikely heroes. Back in Metropolis,
Clark’s son Jon has taken on the mantle of Superman. After seeing the
horrors that befell Gotham, he bottles Metropolis in order to keep it
safe, putting him at odds with Supergirl.
Connecting the two oversized Future State: Superman titles, Shilo
Norman, the man known as Mister Miracle, finds himself caught between
the city he grew up in and the battle-torn planet that could be his
downfall.
Meanwhile in the Amazon rainforest, Yara Flor is chosen to be the new
Wonder Woman. Years later, the new Superman and Wonder Woman join
forces to save their cities in a new superhero team-up the likes of
which the world has never seen.
Oversized Comics:
- Future State: Superman of Metropolis #1-2
- Superman of Metropolis, by Sean Lewis and John Timms
- The Guardian, by Sean Lewis and Cully Hamner
- Mister Miracle, by Brandon Easton and Valentine De Landro
- Future State: Superman: Worlds of War #1-4
- Superman: Worlds of War, by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Mikel Janin
- Midnighter, by Becky Cloonan, Michael W. Conrad and Gleb Melnikov
- Black Racer, by Jeremy Adams and Siya Oum
- Mister Miracle, by Brandon Easton and Valentine De Landro
- Future State: Immortal Wonder Woman #1-2
- Immortal Wonder Woman, by Becky Cloonan, Michael W. Conrad and Jen Bartel
- Nubia, by L.L. McKinney, Alitha E. Martinez and Mark Morales
Monthly Miniseries and One-Shots
- Future State: House of El, by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Scott Godlewski (one-shot on sale February)
- Future State: Kara Zor-El, Superwoman, by Marguerite Bennett and Marguerite Sauvage
- Future State: Legion of Super-Heroes, by Brian Michael Bendis and Riley Rossmo
- Future State: Superman/Wonder Woman, by Dan Watters and Leila del Duca
- Future State: Superman vs. Imperious Lex, by Mark Russell and Steve Pugh (3-issue series ending March 2021)
- Future State: Wonder Woman, by Joëlle Jones
Justice League Family
A thread of great change runs through the Justice League heroes: a
new League is built upon secret identities (even from each other), but
an old and evolved enemy will use these secrets to try and overthrow the
world. For the supernatural heroes of Justice League Dark, the very
fabric of reality has shifted, and heroes are being hunted.
For Flash, Shazam, and the Teen Titans, it all begins when the four
Riders of the Apocalypse unleash hell in a battle at Titans Academy,
Barry Allen is cut off from the Speed Force, a Famine-controlled Wally
West may be beyond saving, and Billy Batson makes a deal with the devil
that will change Shazam forever. Off-world, John Stewart and the
remaining Green Lanterns are stranded in the shadow of a dead power
battery; Jackson Hyde and Andy Curry are separated across the galaxy;
and Amanda Waller executes her ultimate plan with a new but terrifyingly
familiar Suicide Squad on Earth-3.
At the end of time, Swamp Thing reveals its true intention, ruling
supreme until a remnant of humanity launches a rebellion, and Black Adam
looks to the past as the only way to save the future of the Multiverse.
Oversized Comics:
- Future State: Justice League #1-2
- Justice League, by Joshua Williamson and Robson Rocha
- Justice League Dark, by Ram V and Marcio Takara
- Future State: Green Lantern #1-2
- Last Lanterns, by Geoffrey Thorne and Tom Raney
- Tales of the Green Lantern Corps, by Josie Campbell, Ryan Cady and Ernie Altbacker, with Sami Basri and Clayton Henry
- Future State: Suicide Squad #1-2
- Suicide Squad, by Robbie Thompson and Javi Fernandez
- Black Adam, by Jeremy Adams and Fernando Pasarin
Monthly Miniseries:
- Future State: Aquaman, by Brandon Thomas and Daniel Sampere
- Future State: The Flash, by Brandon Vietti and Dale Eaglesham
- Future State: Teen Titans, by Tim Sheridan and Rafa Sandoval
- Future State: SHAZAM!, by Tim Sheridan and Eduardo Pansica
- Future State: Swamp Thing, by Ram V and Mike Perkins
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