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Jon Kent' #2. Cover by
Clayton Henry
– DC announced “Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent” will see the return of the Injustice universe, whose version of Superman will be one of the antagonists in the series. Writer Tom Taylor, who has penned several ‘Injustice’ tie-in comics, said “throwing [Jon] into that world where his father has become a dictator gives us so much to play with.” The storyline coincides with the 10th anniversary of the first Injustice game, Gods Among Us, and its eponymous tie-in series. “Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent,” now featuring the Injustice logo on its covers, will begin on March 7.
– In more video game crossovers, Marvel revealed Star Wars: Battlefront II’s Inferno Squad will make their comic book debut in next month’s “Star Wars: Bounty Hunters” #32. Written by Ethan Sacks with art by Alessandro Miracolo, the new arc will see the Imperial commando unit get tasked with hunting down Valance, Bossk, 4-LOM and Zuckuss. “Star Wars: Bounty Hunters” #32 will be released with a variant cover by Rachael Stott showcasing the game’s characters on March 8.
– Furthermore, Blizzard Entertainment announced “One-Punch Man” skins and cosmetics as part of an Overwatch 2 event running from March 7 to April 6. The collaboration with “One” and Yusuke Murata’s manga marks the first crossover for the Overwatch franchise. You can check out the character of Doomfist sporting a Saitama skin (briefly) in the game’s Season 3 trailer.
– Via Deadline, Abbott Elementary stars Quinta Brunson and Tyler James Williams will lend their voices to Harley Quinn: A Very Problematic Valentine’s Day Special, in a cameo appearance as Hawkgirl and Hawkman. Brunson commented she was pleased to work again with Harley Quinn showrunners Justin Halpern and Patrick Schumacker, who are also executive producers on Abbott Elementary. The special releases on HBO Max Thursday, May 9.
– The Boston Globe shares Sydney Padua’s webcomic “The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage” was turned into an opera by Guerilla Opera. The show premiered at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Theater Arts Building on Friday, February 3, and features music by MIT faculty composer Elena Ruehr, as well as a libretto by Royce Vavrek. “The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage” imagines a world where Victorian computing pioneers Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage used their expertise to become crime fighters, and the 70-minute show is a similarly contemporary, comedic opera. You can check out pictures from the production here.
– Finally, in an interview with CBR last week, Ho Che Anderson shared the reason last year’s Marvel miniseries “Luke Cage: City of Fire” was canceled before its release. He states, “They sat me down and said, ‘We’re canceling this book. We’re afraid that the subject matter is going to be damaging for you. We don’t want you to be attacked by right-wing nuts.'” Intended to coincide with Luke’s 50th anniversary, the series would’ve seen him investigate the murder of a Black man by a police officer. Anderson says he suspects Marvel got cold feet as a result of the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict, and that the abrupt decision “means [he will] never do work for Marvel that is about anything other than ‘The villain of the week wants to take over the world;'” he will instead repurpose the story for an original, creator-owned project.
