DC Comics have added two new series to September’s ‘Dawn of DC’ line-up, both spinning out of May’s “Power Girl Special”: a “Power Girl” solo series, written by Leah Williams with art by Eduardo Pansica (“Suicide Squad”), and “Fire & Ice: Welcome to Smallville,” by writer Joanne Starer (“The Gimmick,” “Sirens of the City”), artist Natacha Bustos (“Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur”), colorist Tamra Bonvillain (“Wonder Woman”), and letterer Ariana Maher (“X-Men Red”). It was not stated how long the series will run for.
“Power Girl” will pick up from this summer’s crossover event ‘Knight Terrors,’ where “a long dormant Kryptonian threat has returned to take down Superman and his family. Who could possibly stop it? Well, according to Superman, it’s Power Girl. You won’t want to miss this roadtrip race against time as Paige reconnects with her roots and strives to save her newfound family.” The book marks Paige (formerly Karen Starr)’s first self-titled series since her 2009-2011 comic, initially helmed by Jimmy Palmiotti, Justin Gray, and Amanda Conner. Williams previously wrote the Power Girl story in this year’s “Action Comics” #1051-53 (featuring art by Marguerite Sauvage), where the character received her new secret identity.
“Fire & Ice: Welcome to Smallville,” meanwhile, will see Superman order Beatriz da Costa (Fire) and Tora Olafsdotter (Ice) to lay low in his hometown after a disastrous mission in Baltimore – but unfortunately, Clark Kent has “doomed them to a fate worse than death: irrelevance. Ice finds herself drawn to the quiet life and dreams of planting roots. But Fire… well, Fire will do just about anything to get the hell outta dodge and back on the Super Hero circuit — including challenging the DC Universe’s biggest villains to a knock-down, drag-out, live-streamed brawl in the streets of Smallville!”
The series marks the first time Fire and Ice have starred in their own comic book. Beatriz/Fire was created by E. Nelson Bridwell and Ramona Fradon, and first appeared in 1979’s “Super Friends” #25 under the name Green Fury, before becoming Green Flame, and eventually just Fire. Tora/Ice, on the other hand, was created by Keith Giffen, J.M. DeMatteis, and Kevin Maguire, and first appeared in 1988’s “Justice League International” #12 under the name Ice Maiden.
Both series will begin on September 5. In the meantime, “Power Girl Special,” written by Williams with art by Marguerite Sauvage, and featuring a ten-page prelude to “Fire & Ice” by Starer, Bustos, Bonvillain and Maher, will be released on May 30.
