At Jim Lee’s San Diego Comic-Con panel, it was revealed “Titans” writer Tom Taylor is teaming up with artist Ivan Reis for “Titans: Beast World,” an event series launching in November. The series will see Beast Boy (Garfield Logan) become the world’s main hope of defeating the Necrostar, an alien creature similar to but more dangerous than Starro.
The full synopsis asks, “Can Garfield Logan rise to battle an ancient evil? Or is he doomed to become the greatest threat to the DC Universe? What will Amanda Waller do to take advantage of the situation as millions of people are changed into rampaging creatures? And can humanity survive all-powerful Super Heroes and Super-Villains transformed into ferocious beasts?”
Taylor says, “I’m beyond excited to bring this DC crossover event to life starting in November with our new ‘Titans: Beast World’ series, featuring art by the incomparable Ivan Reis. ‘Beast World’ will also thread the needle between the current series that I’m writing about the Titans. Friends will fall. Super Heroes will rise. And nothing will ever be the same again. Earth is about to become… Beast World.”
The event will be preceded by Andrew Constant, Ted Brandt and Ro Stein’s “Tales of the Titans” #4, out October 24. That issue will see Gar, still reeling from the events of “Dark Crisis” (where he lost an eye), struggling “to hold the shape of the large and mighty animals that define him as a Super Hero. But when a scientist with nothing to lose needs Beast Boy’s powers for terrifying ends, Gar will have to face what truly makes him special… and save his own life in the process!”
Head to the press release for more interior artwork, though be aware of spoilers from the extensive plot synopsis. In further news from Lee’s panel, a 30th anniversary ‘Return of Superman’ special was announced. The book, written by Dan Jurgens, Louise Simonson, Jerry Ordway, and Karl Kesel, with Jurgens and Brett Breeding on art, will follow Steel, Superboy, the Eradicator, and Cyborg Superman — the four characters who competed to become the Man of Steel’s successor after ‘The Death of Superman’ — in the present day. A release date was not disclosed.
