Here is all the things that occurred throughout DC’s Jim Lee & Buddies panel at SDCC!
San Diego Comedian-Con is underway, bringing a slew of updates within the worlds of flicks, tv reveals, comics, and extra. For the third 12 months in a row, DC‘s presence on the occasion contains the Jim Lee and Buddies panel, a showcase for quite a few surprises throughout the DC model. This 12 months, that not solely included comics, however just a few teases of James Gunn and Peter Safran’s DC Studios. Here is what occurred throughout DC’s Jim Lee and Buddies panel.
Lee takes the stage and introduces three present architects of the comics: Scott Snyder, Joshua Williamson, and Tom King. Snyder previews the Absolute Universe and his Absolute Batman. He wished a gruff Batman who is not a part of the system in any respect. He is dedicated to the guide for 2 years; the Absolute line will probably be a “ticking clock” for the entire DCU. Williamson talks about his Superman run, says DC wished new tales, new heroes, and new villains within the core line in addition to Absolute. Williamson wished to discover Lois Lane, the matriarch of the SuperFam, getting powers. On the subject of the All-In flip guide: the Superman aspect may have the hopeful aspect of the DCU and the return of the Justice League, the other aspect is Darkseid and the Absolute Universe. Scott wished to name it “DC AF”, or Absolute Frontier, however that acquired vetoed.
Lee teases a “collective” imaginative and prescient for the DC Universe that represents all the editorial group and creators. He reveals that Rob Levin is the brand new Batman editor. Lee reveals his variant covers for Absolute Superman and Batman, in addition to Mark Waid and Dan Mora’s Justice League relaunch.Â
King talks Surprise Girl and Trinity — King says he each loves and hates Snyder and Williamson for being so good. He compares Snyder’s DC return to John Cena returning to WWE. He needed to up his sport, teases Surprise Girl #14 is the most important WW difficulty in a long time, greater than the marriage in Batman #50. Trinity is born, will probably be her first look in fundamental continuity, her “father” will probably be revealed as nicely.
Snyder wished the brand new initiative to be like Rebirth, a “large occasion” to have fun how nice superheroes are. They announce Absolute Inexperienced Lantern from Al Ewing and Jahnoy Lindsay, which will probably be a “first contact” story impacting a number of Lantern characters we all know like Hal, John, and Jo Mullein. “Full reimagining” of the property.
Elseworlds and Black Label get shout-outs, Lee argues Darkish Knight Returns and Watchmen would have been Black Label in the event that they had been printed at this time. Brings out Jeph Loeb, who praises the plans are “unbelievable” and “new and completely different”, and says that followers shouldn’t purchase just a few books from the opposite firm to prioritize these. Loeb talks about his first SDCC expertise with Challengers of the Unknown and his first expertise assembly Lee, which led to him assembly Tim Sale and dealing on Batman: The Lengthy Halloween collectively. Sale was engaged on Batman:Â The Final Halloween when he handed away, and the guide was shelved for a while. It was in the end determined it might be revived as a tribute to Sale, as an alternative of making an attempt to switch him. There are ten artists, who he’ll reveal and discuss extra at tomorrow’s Gotham panel. Lee did a Tim Sale tribute cowl; will probably be the primary cowl to the primary difficulty. We’ll lastly discover out who Vacation is.
DC Horror Presents: David Dastmalchian is introduced out to advertise Creature Commandos. He messaged Lee and met up with him in London and talked his ear off, pitching the thought on to him. He fell in love with the group as a child studying comics in Kansas Metropolis. He finds it “surreal” that he’s within the comedian area after amassing for thus lengthy. He loves writing and sees it as a self-discipline. Lee’s variant cowl for the primary difficulty is revealed. A New character is created for the collection: Dr. Barbara West. Everyone seems to be underneath the path of a “very imply” Wade Eiling. The collection is timeless and unrelated to the Creature Commandos animated present, the 2 tasks had been conceived individually, to the purpose the place Gunn did not even find out about it at first.
Coincidentally, by way of video message, James Gunn reveals that he’s days away from wrapping Superman and can take a one-day trip earlier than shifting to Peacemaker Season 2. He introduces the Creature Commandos trailer, saying the group was on the prime of his and Peter Safran’s listing when deciding what to adapt within the DC Universe. He calls it a style of what your complete DCU has to supply. The trailer performs.
There is a second video message from Gunn, who teases the brand new DC Studios brand. He and Safran “knew precisely what we wished it to be” once they took over DC Studios. He jokes will probably be acquainted to some DC followers — as a result of it’s the basic bullet brand. Lee admits has PTSD from the emblem as a result of it was on the highest of his first rejection letter from Dick Giordano. The brand new brand will probably be on all DC comics in October, and in all places else by January.
