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 either david@multiversitycomics.com or brian@multiversitycomics.com.
– I know the music business is in trouble, but I had no idea it was this bad: the Guardians of the Galaxy soundtrack is the #1 album in the United States, according to the Billboard charts. This marks the first time ever that a soundtrack comprised entirely of previously released songs has hit the top of the charts. I mean, I know the soundtrack kicks ass, but c’mon now.
– Grant Morrison talks to Wired about “The Multiversity,” and drops some new information, in the form of some alternate Batmen:
For Multiversity, Morrison has returned again to more retro Batman ephemera: a series of 1970s DC comics strips that imagined what sort of hero Bruce Wayne might have become if he’d encountered something besides a bat at that critical moment in his original story. In these hypothetical tales, when he sees a suit of armor after the death of his parents, Wayne becomes the Iron Knight; in other strips, he’s inspired to different superhero identities by scorpions, stingrays, owls, and even shooting stars.
“They’re all back now,” Morrison tells me. In Multiversity, he’s inserted each of these seven hypothetical heroes as the Batman of a different alternate universe, stretching the limits of the Batman myth in every direction to see exactly how far it can go. He pauses for a moment, and asks a question that may or may be rhetorical: “How far can you push [Batman] before it stops being Batman?”
Next week, the first issue of “The Multiversity” hits, and we couldn’t be more excited.
– Tony Bedard talks to Newsarama about the changes coming to “Supergirl” come October, and it sounds like Bedard is doing his best to both integrate the character more into the DC Universe, but also to set her apart as something more than just Clark-Lite.
– I don’t know how we missed this coming out of SDCC: professional wrestler Chavo Guerrero, best remembered for being the nephew of the late Eddie Guerrero, is starring in his own comic from Lion Forge Comics. Hooray?
– If you live near Albany, NY, you must attend the Jack Kirby birthday bash at Schmaltz Brewery. Ron Marz, Fred Van Lente and more will be on hand, plus Schmaltz is debuting a “Kirby Ale” for the occasion. Despite the 150 mile distance, I’m considering going.
– Francesco Francavilla is one of the many to pay tribute to Robin Williams in light of his tragic death on Monday.
– And, finally, Bleeding Cool has shone some light on these awesome French reprints of DC material. Why can’t we get some of that over on this side of the pond, DC?
