Well, i’m sure you’ve heard by now that in September all DC titles will feature a zero issue. These zero issues according to Jim Lee and Dan DiDio “Will help explain the origins and effects of its rebooted characters a year after it erased decades of history and continuity to start everything from scratch.”
But joining the already established titles (even though some are being cancelled) are four new titles. And thanks to Newsarama we have a first look at them!
Written by DiDio with art by Brent Anderson, ‘The Phantom Stranger’ will spin out of the character’s recent appearances in ‘Justice League’ and DC’s Free Comic Book Day story. It promises to tell more about the mysterious origin of the character who seems to have biblical ties and his connection to the purple-hooded woman Pandora.
This new series, which DiDio described as “a new anthology book in the same vein as ‘All-Star Western’,” will launch with the return of Amethyst to the New 52. Written by Christy Marx with art by Aaron Lopresti, the comic will show how Amethyst finds out she’s the lost princess of Gemworld, and she’s being hunted by her murderous aunt. The comic will launch with a back-up story about Beowulf and Grendel, written by Tony Bedard with art by Jesus Saiz.
Set in the early days of the DC Universe, ‘Team Seven’ will show how the emergence of Superman touched off the formation of counter measures against superheroes. The comic, which is being written by relative newcomer Justin Jordan with art by Jesus Merino, will have a team composed of Amanda Waller, Dinah Lance, Steve Trevor, John Lynch, Alex Fairchild, Cole Cash and Slade Wilson.
This new comic, which is being co-plotted by ‘Batman’ writer Scott Snyder, introduces a new “anti-hero on the run” to the DCU. Calvin Rose, the only Talon to escape from the control of the Court of Owls, will be traveling all around the DCU as he is hunted by his former masters. While the story spins out of the ‘Court of Owls’ storyline that is running through the first year of Snyder’s ‘Batman’, the title character is a brand new one.
As the comic launches in September, Snyder will be working on plots with James Tynion IV, his co-writer on the ‘Batman’ back-ups. ‘Talon’ will feature art by Guillem March.
Well, after the success and praise of ‘Court Of Owls’ right now it’s no suprise that they’re going to keep that story going as long as fans are interested. The most interesting title to me here is ‘Team 7’ which was originally a Wildstorm book that had importance in Gen13. It looks like they’re going to make it a major backstory point explaining things as far as the ‘black ops’ side of the DC universe based on that line-up.