DC Future State - all the details and covers of the event
DC Future State - what it isa> and how it will be published
DC Future State will be composed of various mini-series, one-shot and one-shot anthology books of larger foliation that will be released in January and February 2021. Writers and illustrators known in the DC publications will participate in the event but there will also be space for writers from other media such as TV series and animated series and for designers who have worked in other areas such as the successful graphic novel line aimed at young adult audiences.Among the names involved: 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!), LL McKinney (Nubia: Real One), Paula Sevenbergen (Stargirl) and Siya Oum (Lola XOXO).
The conclusion of the Dark Nights: Death Metal event, whose latest issue will be released on January 5, 2021, will bring a profound modification of the fabric of time and space and even though the Multiverse has been saved from destruction, its future has been rewritten indeed some of its futures!
Marie Javins, Executive Editor of the DC, stated:
DC Future State will help renew the DC Universe with new ideas and approaches. Some readers will realize that they had left clues in the months leading up to the event and will be able to pick up on others about the future of the series when they resume their release in March 2021.
DC Future State - Batman
Gotham City is controlled by Magistrate, an organization led by the mysterious Peacekeeper One who, thanks to advanced technology and Cybers (cyber policemen), has transformed the city into a police state. The masked vigilantes have been outlawed and Batman (Bruce Wayne) is presumed to be dead. But a new Batman will lead a new and renewed bat-family to free the city.Future State: The Next Batman (4 fortnightly issues)
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 (4 fortnightly issues)
Dark Detective by Mariko Tamaki and Dan Mora
Grifters by Matthew Rosenberg and Carmine by Giandomenico Red Hood by Joshua Williamson and Giannis Milonogiannis
Miniseries of 2 monthly issues
Future State: Batman / Superman by Gene Luen Yang and Ben Oliver Future State: Catwoman by Ram V. and Otto Schmidt Future State: Robin Eternal by Meghan Fitzmartin and Eddy Barrows
Future State: Harley Quinn by Stephanie Phillips and Simone Di Meo
Future State: Nightwing by Andrew Constant and Nicola Scott
DC Future State - Superman
Due to an international crisis, Clark Kent was forced into exile far from Earth by finding a new home and a new mission in the liberation of MondoGuerra from Mongul fighting in its arenas as a gladiator along with other heroes. On Earth Jon Kent has become Superman with a decision that will put him in stark contrast to Supergirl: in order not to risk the same fate as Gotham, Metropolis has been bottled!In this new Metropolis, we will also follow Shilo Norman the man once known as Mister Miracle. In the Amazon forest, Yara Flor has been chosen as the new Wonder Woman by forging an unusual alliance with Superman.
Future State: Superman - Worlds of War (4 fortnightly issues)
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: Superman of Metropolis (2 monthly issues )
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: Immortal Wonder Woman (2 monthly numbers)
Immortal Wonder Woman, by Becky Cloonan, Michael W. Conrad and Jen Bartel Nubia, by LL McKinney, Alitha E. Martinez and Mark Morales
Monthly Miniseries
Future State: House of El, by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Scott Godlewski (one-shot) 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
DC Future State - Justice League
A new Justice League. None of the heroes know the identity of his companions and an old, now evolved, enemy will try to exploit this weakness in his favor. Meanwhile the members of the Justice League Dark are persecuted.The Flash, Shazam and the Teen Titans are caught up in the attack of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse that destroys the Titans Academy and severes Barry Allen's connection with the Force of the Speed. Wally West will literally be possessed while Billy Batson makes a pact with the Devil. In space John Stewart and the last members of the Green Lantern Corps try to re-access the Central Power Battery, Jackson Hyde and Andy Curry are dispersed in a dimension that connects the Great Ocean. Amanda Waller instead finds herself on Earth-3 where she puts together the definitive Suicide Squad.
At the end of time, Swamp Thing dominates unchallenged while facing small pockets of human resistance. Black Adam instead senses that the past is the key to saving the future of the Multiverse.
Future State: Justice League (2 monthly issues)
Justice League, by Joshua Williamson and Robson Rocha Justice League Dark, by Ram V. and Marcio Takara Future State: Green Lantern (2 monthly issues)
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 (2 monthly issues)
Suicide Squad, by Robbie Thompson and Javi Fernandez Black Adam, by Jeremy Adams and Fernando Pasarin Monthly mini-series
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
DC Future State - tanta Itali a!
There are 4 Italian designers involved in DC Future State. They are Carmine Di Giandomenico (Grifters), Laura Braga (The Next Batman), Emanuela Lupacchino (Gotham City Sirens) and Simone Di Meo (Harley Quinn).Read also: The animated series DC - The complete guide
DC Future State - waiting for a great relaunch
It is clear that DC Future State is an event that wants to test new narrative solutions also and above all from the point of sight of the talents involved. In March it is equally evident that we will have a profound restructuring of the editorial line as anticipated in an interview by Jim Lee himself, publisher and chief creator officer of DC.On that occasion there was talk of a reduction of the quantified editorial proposal around 20/25% of the publications.
These are all those comics that could not reach such a breakeven point [for DC this usually means that the register was unable to keep around 25,000 copies - NdA] to have any kind of margin. We need to maximize revenue and align the series with the franchise brand they represent and have developed by ensuring that every comic we have released is released with a specific motivation.
In this it is conceivable a massive reshuffling of the creative teams with the rumors that want big names excluded including Grant Morrison, Tom King and Scott Snyder and only a few confirmed including for example James Tynion IV, the currently Batman writer confirmed at the helm of the series.
Superman and Action Comics are currently without creative teams after the conclusion of the management by Brian M. Bendis as well as Aquaman with the conclusion of the management of Kelly Sue DeConnick. Justice League, Green Lantern and The Flash also need high-profile relaunches.
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