Welcome to Multiversity’s coverage of the first day of 2023’s San Diego Comic-Con! We’ll be updating this post with all the comics news from throughout the day, and link any and all full reports (in other words, think of this as a live substitute for the Rundown during the long weekend.) Check back often, and soon!
Comics:
– Mike Mignola and Duncan Fegredo are reteaming on “Giant Robot Hellboy” this October.
– At DC’s Gotham City panel, it was announced writers Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing, and artist Robert Carey will relaunch “Outsiders” in November. The new incarnation will see Batwoman and Luke Fox (formerly Batwing), now disillusioned with superheroics after ‘Gotham War,’ become archaeologists uncovering the history of the DC Universe. The series will co-star a new, female incarnation of the Wildstorm character the Drummer. Ram V also revealed he has signed an exclusive contract with DC.
– Additionally, DC announced “Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong,” a seven-part crossover with Legendary Pictures’ MonsterVerse. Written by Brian Buccellato, with art by Christian Duce, and coloring by Luis Guerrero, the comic will see the kaiju enter the DC Universe after a battle between the League and the Legion of Doom accidentally damages the barriers between their worlds. Issue #1 will be released on October 17, with the collection presumably dropping shortly before Warner Bros. releases the next MonsterVerse film, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, on March 15, 2024.
– Rebellion Publishing will revive the 1966-1971 anthology “Smash!,” with writer Paul Grist and artists Tom Foster and Anna Morozova at the helm this fall. The three-issue series will see vintage British comics characters like the Steel Claw, Janus Stark, and Jane Bond join forces to battle the Syndicate of Crime, and their leader the King of Crooks. Issue #1 will be released October 25.
– Sumerian Comics revealed a four-part adaptation of American Psycho, featuring Christian Bale’s likeness. Written by Massive Publishing’s co-publisher/CEO Michael Calero, with art by Piotr Kowalski, and coloring by Brad Simpson, the comic will offer a duel narrative, with one retelling the 2000 film from another character’s perspective, while the other follows a new killer, social media-obsessed drug addict Charlene “Charlie” Carruthers, in the present day. Issue #1 will be released on October 11, 2023.
– Titan revealed “The Cold Ever After,” a queer fantasy mystery by writer Jeremy Whitley and artist Megan Huang. The 176-page book follows a disgraced knight, who’s summoned by the Queen to find her daughter, who vanished the night before her wedding. “Given one week to recover the princess, Noelani is forced to confront a baffling mystery, a terrifying adversary and her own past to save the kingdom. But not everything is as it seems in Patria Lupi, and in seven days she may not have a life to get back on track.” It will be released on February 27, 2024.
– DSTLRY lifted the lid on their first series, an ongoing sci-fi fable by Jock called “Gone.” It will revolve around Abi, a young girl from a deprived planet, who stows away on a luxury space liner in search of a better life. Unfortunately, her streetwise friends prove to “not [be] who they seem, and she suddenly finds herself branded a saboteur as she desperately struggles to evade the ship’s deadly crew to stay alive!” The first, 48-page issue will be released in October.
– Rafael Grampá and Janaína de Luna will edit a Brazilian anthology, “BRABA,” for Fantagraphics. The series, created in collaboration with Brazilian publisher Mino, will launch in Fall 2024, and derives its name from the Portuguese slang word for something edgy or cutting edge.
– Dark Horse Comics will publish “Operation Sunshine,” a horror comedy by The Last Podcast on the Left podcast’s Henry Zebrowski and Marcus Parks, plus artist David Rubín, colorist K.J. Diaz, and letterer Ferran Delgado. The four-parter follows a group of young vampires (known as “bugs”), who plot to steal an artifact from their older brethren to turn themselves back into humans. “Along the way they uncover a sprawling monster underground, a top-secret plot run by the elder creatures, elite militant vampire slayers, and madness beyond imagining blocking their path to humanity.” Issue #1 releases October 11.
Continued below– Oni Press announced “The Man from Maybe,” a post-apocalyptic western by cartoonist Shaky Kane and writer Jordan Thomas (who previously collaborated on “Weird Work”). The series takes place in a world that “belongs to Oppenheimer-obsessed billionaire Harvard Denny and his corporate scavengers from Smile, Inc., who pillage the wastelands in search of atomic contraband.” When an alien ship crashes on the borders of Denny’s empire, a masked bandit known only as the Man from Maybe tries to stop him from recovering its cargo. The comic will consist of three 48-page issues, and begin in October.
TV:
– The NSFW trailer for Harley Quinn season four dropped, a week ahead of its premiere on Max next Thursday, July 27:
– Paramount revealed they’ve acquired the rights to the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon, which will be added to Nickelodeon’s digital platforms later this month, before airing globally on their channels. The show was produced by Fred Wolf Films from 1987 to 1996, well before the Turtles’ co-creator Peter Laird sold the rights to what was then Viacom in 2009.
– The Boys spin-off Gen V will premiere with three episodes on September 29. It will continue weekly on Prime Video before its season finale on November 3.
– Hulu announced the first three episodes of Secret Invasion will be made available on the platform tomorrow, July 21, until Thursday, August 17.
Video Games:
Sony released a story trailer for Spider-Man 2, revealing the game’s version of Harry Osborn, the cast’s new character models, the return of Martin Li, and Venom himself in-engine:
The game releases on the PlayStation 5 October 20th.
