In Justice League: Street to Dark Crisis #1, Nightwing tells Superman Jon Kent a narrative about his father and loss of life in DC Comics.
The upcoming subject is likely one of the closing preludes earlier than author Joshua Williamson and artist Daniel Sampere’s 2022 DC occasion, Dark Crisis. The occasion takes place after Justice League #75, “The Loss of life of the Justice League,” which killed off Batman, Superman Clark Kent and extra main heroes. A preview for Street to Dark Crisis permits followers to learn your entire “Crew-Up” story written by Williamson with pencils by Dan Jurgens. Within the story, Dick Grayson comforts Jon whereas explaining how each of their mentors have died and are available again to life earlier than.
JUSTICE LEAGUE: ROAD TO DARK CRISIS #1
- Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON, JEREMY ADAMS, BRANDON THOMAS, CHUCK BROWN, STEPHANIE PHILLIPS, and
- PHILLIP KENNEDY JOHNSON
- Artwork by CLAYTON HENRY, FICO OSSIO, EMANUELA LUPACCHINO, LEILA DEL DUCA, and extra!
- Cowl by DANIEL SAMPERE
- Variant cowl by CHRIS BURNHAM
- 1:25 variant cowl by RAFAEL SARMENTO
- $5.99 US | 48 pages | One-shot | Variant $6.99 US (card inventory)
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- The Justice League has tragically fallen in battle, and now we see the aftermath.
- How does the world react to the Justice League being gone? Which heroes stand up…and which villains attempt to take benefit? And what darkish forces are mendacity in wait to assault?
- An all-star roster of DC expertise showcases a world with no Justice League and units the stage for subsequent month’s Dark Crisis occasion!
Dick references each “The Loss of life of Superman” storyline and DC’s Remaining Crisis occasion, which killed Superman and Batman, respectively (although Batman was really blasted into the previous). He factors out to the younger Man of Metal that each of the fallen heroes returned afterward, additionally mentioning that Flash Barry Allen as soon as got here again to life. As a consequence of these resurrections that he witnessed earlier than, Nightwing insists that the Justice League will ultimately return and there’s no want to carry a vigil for the League or type a brand new one.
Nevertheless, Jon factors out to Dick that “folks do not at all times come again,” prompting him to think about his mother and father — John and Mary Grayson — and Alfred Pennyworth. Dick was left an orphan after the loss of life of his mother and father, which set him on the trail to turning into Robin, whereas the beloved member of the Bat Household was killed by Bane in the course of the “Metropolis of Bane” arc in Batman and has but to return from the grave as of writing. After their dialog and an interruption by Child Amazo, the 2 go well with up as Nightwing and Superman to cease the villain and Dick agrees to talk on the vigil, which is able to happen in Dark Crisis #1.
Dark Crisis will discover how the legacy heroes of the DC Universe can deal with a crisis-level occasion of their very own, which is able to contain villains like Deathstroke, his Secret Society of Tremendous-Villains, Pariah and the Nice Darkness. The primary subject of Dark Crisis is about to launch in June, and your entire occasion will run throughout the principle restricted sequence and several other tie-in tales and one-shots via Dec. 2022. “Crew-Up” is written by Williamson with pencils by Jurgens, inks by Norm Rapmund and colours by Hello-Fi.
Street to Dark Crisis shall be an anthology e-book that includes different tales as nicely. “Lifetime of Function” shall be written by The Flash author Jeremy Adams with artwork by Rosi Kämpe and colours by Matt Herms. “Survivors” shall be written by Aquamen author Chuck Brown with artwork by Fico Ossio and colours by Sebastian Cheng. “The Pariah” shall be written by Motion Comics scribe Philip Kennedy Johnson with artwork by Leila Del Duca and colours by Jordie Bellaire. The ultimate “As a result of the Evening” story shall be written by Harley Quinn author Stephanie Phillips with artwork by Clayton Henry and colours by Marcelo Maiolo. Letters for Street to Dark Crisis are by Josh Reed, with major cowl artwork by Sampere and Alejandro Sánchez.
Justice League: Street to Dark Crisis #1 goes on sale Might 31 from DC Comics.
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