Announced over at Zap2it, it looks like today is Morrison day for DC.
First, the long anticipated Wonder Woman graphic novel from Morrison has been announced in the form of an “Earth One” graphic novel, akin to the Batman and Superman books that are set in an alternate and continuity-free universe. Running 120 pages, the book will focus on Wonder Woman’s ascension into hero-dom in a similar fashion to the other three books of the line.
There’s also new information on Morrison’s upcoming “Multiversity” — no, not us, the website DC is probably going to force into a name change, but the book itself. Two more new concepts are revealed (I believe — I haven’t googled to double check), one featuring the children of Batman and Superman in an issue akin to The Hills (hey, isn’t there a Mark Millar/Frank Quitely book with the same concept out right now?) and another starring retired heroes “taking place in battle reenactments.”
There’s also the following new statement from Morrison about a previously announced Nazi-Superman issue of the series:
That’s not to say there aren’t more serious tones, though. One issue deals with what Superman would have been like, had his spaceship landed in Nazi-occupied territory during World War II. “Imagine you’re Superman and for the first 25 of your life you were working for Hitler,” Morrison says, “And then you realize, ‘Oh my god, it’s Hitler!'” Morrison further explains, “Not only is he a Nazi Superman, he’s a Nazi Superman that knows his entire society, though it looks utopian, was built on the bones of the dead. Ultimately it’s wrong and it must be destroyed.” The issue will see the caped hero going up against enemies he knows are right, as he comes to terms with the fact that the principles he was raised with are wrong.
While we’ve seen Quietly pages from one of the books, DC is now showing off images from the Captain Marvel issue titled “Thunderworld,” illustrated by Cameron Stewart. It’s described as an all-ages Pixar type story, and if you like the above image you’ll love the following Instagram pictures that Stewart had been teasing for the last week or so:
So, all of this is exciting, isn’t it? It looks like “Multiversity” is truly, finally happening.
We’ll start thinking of a new site title, I suppose.
