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Superman'78 coming to DC comics


along with Bat'89
https://www.dccomics.com/blog/2021/02/16/the-movie-worlds-of-superman-78-and-batman-89-are-heading-to-comics-in-two-all-new

The Movie Worlds of Superman ’78 and Batman ’89 Are Heading to Comics in Two All-New DC Digital First Series!

The gothic mentality of Tim Burton’s Batman lurks around every corner in Batman ’89 by Screenwriter Sam Hamm and Artist Joe Quinones!

You’ll believe a man can fly in Superman ’78 by Writer Rob Venditti and Artist Wilfredo Torres!

Beginning in July 2021, decades after both Richard Donner’s Superman: The Movie and Tim Burton’s Batman introduced generations of fans to silver screen versions of DC’s Man of Steel and the World’s Greatest Detective, DC is returning to these beloved properties to tell new stories set within these worlds with the publication of a series of Superman ’78 and Batman ’89 comic books. Writer Rob Venditti and artist Wilfredo Torres will capture imaginations in Superman ’78 while screenwriter Sam Hamm and artist Joe Quinones will immerse readers into Batman ’89.

Continuing the twisted adventures of DC’s Dark Knight from Tim Burton's seminal classic Batman movies, Batman ’89 brings in screenwriter Sam Hamm (Batman, Batman Returns) and artist Joe Quinones (Dial H for Hero) to pull on a number of threads left dangling by the prolific director. The gothic mentality behind the world, while still rooted in a sense of realism, helped inform many of DC’s global fans’ first impressions on the Dark Knight's Gotham. In the new Batman ’89 comic, Hamm and Quinones will help usher in the return of Selina Kyle/Catwoman and will debut a new Robin! Plus, Quinones has a vision for Harvey Dent/Two-Face that is as close to movie magic as a comic can get!

And in the vein of DC’s plans for Batman ’89, Rob Venditti (Hawkman) and Wilfredo Torres (Batman ’66) will collaborate on Superman ’78 to tell stories set within the world Richard Donner and Christopher Reeves created in Superman: The Movie. In Superman ’78, bystanders are surprised and delighted by Superman’s abilities, and Lois Lane doesn’t (yet!) know that Clark Kent is secretly Superman. The sheer thrill of seeing a man fly, leap, or stop a bullet will be reflected in this environment where Superman has just been introduced! Inspired by Donner’s classic, timeless style of superhero storytelling, in Superman ’78 Venditti and Torres will show fans that a man can truly fly.

Superman ’78 and Batman ’89 will debut with six digital chapters of each new series on July 27, followed by new chapters of each comic book for the six weeks that immediately follow. The twelve chapters of each new series will also publish as six printed comics between August and October and as hardcover collections in October (Batman ’89) and November (Superman ’78).

Stay tuned for more news about the Metropolis of Superman ’78 and the Gotham of Batman ’89 in the coming months!

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Cool. I guess all they need to do is 90's Flash.

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They wrapped up 90s Flash in the current Flash series

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got it in the post along with Bat89 #1

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The World's Greatest Detective? I thought that was Holmes, or Poirot. Never heard it applied to Batman.

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Idk to continue buying the issues or just wait a few months for the tpb . If you get the seperate comics you can read the story as it goes along each month not get spoiled etc, but if you wait it out you can get the cool graphic novel .. I can never decide what to do, always happens when there's a new comic series I'm wanting to read!

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finally read the graphic novel. i kept trying to figure out if it was set after Superman I or II .. i guess after II as in II he still consults with holograms and at the end of this apparently Jor El and Lara are safe and well in Kandor.. Therefore making it like an alternate Superman III or Superman II.5

notice some 'beats' felt as if they were seemingly taken from Superman Returns and MoS.. Superman surrendering to Brainaic and being taken aboard the ship (similar to MoS), Superman in Krypton garb/Brainiacs plan of lifting metropolis/superman lifting huge city (similar to end of Superman Returns). and we see Keaton Batman in a newspaper therefore showing Reeve Superman/Keaton Batman exist in their own universe (at least in comics)

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