Well over two years after it was originally announced, The Other History of the DC Universe finally has a release date. This dramatic, politically charged comic from 12 Years a Slave screenwriter John Ridley will debut on November 24, 2020.
The Other History of the DC Universe will center around various minority heroes in the DCU. The main cast will include Black Lightning and his daughter Thunder, Herald, Bumblebee, Katana and Renee Montoya. Ridley’s story will reexamine key events in DC lore from the perspective of these characters and chronicle their respective struggles to embrace their true selves.
DC has also revealed the full creative team for the long-gestating series. Ridley (whose past DC work includes The American Way and The Authority: Human on the Inside) will be joined by artists Giuseppe Camuncoli and Andrea Cucchi and colorist José Villarrubia. Camuncoli and Jamal Campbell will provide cover art.
“Following the American Way sequel, I was eager to tell a different story in the DC Universe, one that spotlights heroes who operate outside the prevailing culture,” said Ridley in DC’s press release. “Considering the events of the last few months, I don’t think there has been a more urgent need to see the world through a variety of lenses and perspectives. I am deeply appreciative of DC, Cammo, and Andrea, and to all the artisans who have literally put years of work into these stories. I am so enthusiastic for the opportunity to share this series with both the longtime fans of the DCU and a new generation of readers who I hope will feel invited and encouraged to join in.”
The Other History of the DC Universe will be published under DC’s mature readers Black Label imprint. The series will span five issues and will ship bimonthly beginning in November.
In other mature readers DC news, the publisher announced the return of Jeff Lemire’s post-apocalyptic series Sweet Tooth. Appropriately dubbed Sweet Tooth: The Return, the new series isn’t a continuation of the original Vertigo book, but what DC describes as “a re-imagining.” Here’s the official description:
Sweet Tooth: The Return is no re-hash of the original series, but rather a bold re-imagining of the Sweet Tooth mythology; taking elements of the original series and remixing them into something familiar, but totally new. A divided world. A planet long ago past the point of devastation. And at the center of it all, a child who didn’t ask to be born into any of this, but who has no choice but to try and forge some life for himself. His visions and dreams may not be real at all…they may just be fiction. But they are hope. And sometimes hope is enough.
Sweet Tooth: The Return is a six-issue limited series written and drawn by Lemire, with colors by Villarrubia and covers by Lemire and Jim Lee. The first issue is scheduled for release on November 3.
Earlier this year we learned Sweet Tooth is being developed as a series at Netflix, produced by Robert Downey, Jr.’s production company Team Downey.
Netflix has also greenlit a Sandman series, based on Neil Gaiman’s beloved fantasy comic. According to Gaimain, the series was close to beginning production before being delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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