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The Rundown: May 18, 2020

By | May 18th, 2020
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Welcome back to The Rundown, our daily breakdown on comic news stories we missed from the previous day. Have a link to share? Email our team at rundown@multiversitycomics.com.

In case you missed it, Oni Press announced “Dead Dudes”; Mad Cave Studios unveiled their next four titles and talent search; Marvel Comics revealed “Fantastic Four: Antithesis”; and BOOM! Studios announced “Power Rangers: Drakkon New Dawn.” We also interviewed Joshua Williamson and Mike Henderson about “Nailbiter Returns,” and Curt Pires about the first issue of “Youth.”

Cover by Howard Porter

– Joshua Williamson announced the next four-part arc of “The Flash,” ‘Finish Line,’ will be his last. Williamson has been writing the series since its ‘Rebirth’ relaunch in 2016. The solicitations for the first part, issue #759, teases Barry Allen’s “last race,” with him trapped in the Speed Force, while his body is “taken over by the Reverse-Flash!” You can see the full solicitations for issues #759 and #760, as well as Howard Porter’s covers for each part of ‘Finish Line’ over at CBR. ‘Finish Line’ will start in “The Flash” #759 on August 11.

– Via Twitter, Sam Humphries announced that “Harley Quinn” would be ending with issue #75, alongside Guillem March’s cover for the issue. Humphries detailed that the series hasn’t been cancelled but that the milestone issue has been the planned end point for “almost a year.” The artists involved with the issue are Sami Basri, Nicola Scott, Emanuela Lupacchino, Ramon Villalobos, Ngozi Ukazu, Joe Quinones, and Riley Rossmo. Details regarding Humphries’s future projects, as well as the next iteration of Harley’s stories, were kept under wraps. “Harley Quinn” #75 will be released on August 5.

– DC Comics revealed that the final issues of “The Terrifics” will be released on digital platforms before being printed in a trade paperback at a later date. The final print issue will be #27, which is set for release on May 26, with issues #28, #29, and #30 scheduled for July 7, August 4, and September 1, respectively. Likewise, the final two issues of “Supergirl” are now set to be released digitally and then printed as part of the series’ next trade paperback edition. “Supergirl” #41 and #42 are set for digital releases on May 26 and June 30, respectively.

– To celebrate the digital release of SCOOB! on May 15, DC teamed with Warner Bros. and made 250 Scooby-Doo comics available for free on DC Universe, comiXology, Kindle, and more. The selection includes comics such as “Scooby-Doo” (1997-2010) #33-84 and “Scooby-Doo Team Up” (2013-) #1-99. The comics will remain freely available until September 7.

– Marvel Comics revealed a cover for the upcoming ‘X of Swords’ comic, “Creation,” by Jonathan Hickman, Tini Howard, and Pepe Larraz, along with a September release date. The event will consist of 15 parts and involve all of the ‘Dawn of X’ series as “ten mutants… rise up to defend their home… with legendary blades both new and familiar” against “powerful forces from the unknown.” ‘X of Swords’ was originally scheduled to start in July.

– Humble Bundle launched their latest comics bundle which includes the entirety of “Locke & Key” and a host of series writer Joe Hill’s other IDW Publishing comics, such as “Dying is Easy,” “Tales from the Darkside,” and “Shadow Show: Stories In Celebration of Ray Bradbury.” The bundle is available here in aid of Book Industry Charitable Foundation and educational support charity, Donors Choose.

– CBS All Access announced a new Star Trek series called Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, which will star Anson Mount as Captain Christopher Pike, Rebecca Romijn as Number One, and Ethan Peck as Science Officer Spock. The series will be set in the decade before James T. Kirk captained the U.S.S. Enterprise, and follow them as they explore new worlds around the galaxy. The cast were introduced to audiences as the characters in the second season of Star Trek: Discovery. The series will tell a story by Akiva Goldsman, Alex Kurtzman and Jenny Lumet, who will also serve as producers alongside Henry Alonso Myers, Heather Kadin, Rod Roddenberry and Trevor Roth. According to Goldsman, the show will aim “to be optimistic, and to be more episodic” than Discovery and Star Trek: Picard.

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THR announced that Timothy Olyphant (Santa Clarita Diet) has joined the second season of The Mandalorian in an as-yet unknown role. Olyphant is the latest in a string of casting reveals for the series, with Katee Sackhoff set to reprise her previously voice-only role of Bo-Katan Kryze, and Temuera Morrison as Boba Fett. The Mandalorian season 2 is set to premiere on Disney+ in October.

– French publisher Microids and the IMPS company announced that they had signed a publishing deal for developer OSome Studio to create a Smurfs video game. Currently there are plans for a 3D action-adventure game with a brand-new story. According to the announcement, the game will be faithful to the source material, so players can “expect tons of humor, thrills, friendship, suspense and of course, a lot of action.” The Smurfs IP started as the focus of Belgian artist Peyo’s comic strip in the late 1950s, before becoming a phenomenon on TV and movie screens. A name, platform or release date for the video game have not been stated at this point.

– Finally, Daytime Emmy Award-winning actor Fred Willard died on Friday, May 15, at the age of 86 from “natural causes.” A comedic actor best known for his roles in Anchorman, This Is Spinal Tap, Best in Show, A Mighty Wind, The Bold and the Beautiful, Everybody Loves Raymond, Modern Family and WALL-E, Willard also appeared in Lois & Clark and Sabrina the Teenage Witch, and had voiceover roles on The Batman, The Boondocks, Transformers Animated, and G.I. Joe: Renegades. He is survived by his daughter, Hope Mulbarger.


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