DC Comics’s currently-running Lazarus Planet one-shots have spotlighted the far corners of the DC Universe within the wake of the eruption of the volcanic Lazarus Island. Among the anthology one-shots have been tales introducing and fleshing out newly-introduced characters and ideas, and now the writer has introduced three new May-launching miniseries – Spirit World, The Vigil, and City Boy – that can spin out of the occasions of Lazarus Planet and broaden upon the year-long Dawn of DC initiative. The trio of new sequence additionally all function characters and the work of creators of Asian American & Pacific Islander descent, and their launch is timed to coincide with May’s AAPI Heritage Month.
Here’s the descriptions from DC for all three new titles, together with inventive workforce data:
Spirit World #1 (of 6) – On Sale May 9, 2023
First seen in Lazarus Planet: Dark Fate #1, Spirit World options Xanthe, a non-binary Chinese hero with the flexibility to journey in and out of the Spirit World – the realm of the lifeless, and that of the dwelling. Xanthe possesses the flexibility to burn objects folded from ceremonial joss paper and flip them into actual objects that can be utilized within the bodily world. Their tremendous energy is predicated on the East Asian customized of burning joss paper at gravesites to ship sources to ancestors within the spirit world.
In this debut situation, written by Alyssa Wong (Batman: Urban Legends, Marvel’s Deadpool) with artwork by Haining (DCeased), Xanthe kinds a reluctant alliance with DC’s dangerous boy of the mystic arts, John Constantine, to rescue Batgirl Cassandra Cain from a horde of jiangshi (Chinese hopping vampires). Haining gives each the principle and 1 in 50 ratio variant covers, extra variant covers by Dustin Nguyen and Trung Le Nguyen, plus a particular AAPI Heritage Month variant cowl by Zu Orzu.
The Vigil #1 (of 6) – On Sale May 16, 2023
This mysterious workforce of South Asian metahumans made their first look in Lazarus Planet: Next Evolution #1 and will be seen once more in points #1070 and #1071 of Detective Comics. Written by Ram V (Detective Comics, Swamp Thing), with artwork by Lalit Kumar Sharma (Truth & Justice, Marvel’s Daredevil), The Vigil is Arclight, Saya, Dodge, and Castle, a bunch of people given powers they didn’t need, decided to cease metahuman analysis and tech created for army functions at any value. Along the way in which, they’ll encounter tremendous heroes that may very well be allies or enemies, not a shock for a bunch that exists to close down state-sponsored superhumans…and clear up the mess earlier than any hero or villain arrives, as if each the crime and The Vigil had been by no means there.
Artist Sumit Kumar gives the principle cowl, with variant covers by Mukesh Singh and sequence artist Lalit Kumar Sharma and Anand RK, with Pop Mhan offering a particular AAPI Heritage Month variant.
City Boy #1 (of 6) – On Sale May 23, 2023
Both DC and WildStorm followers have already been launched to Korean tremendous hero Cameron Kim, a.ok.a. City Boy, within the WildStorm 30th Anniversary Special #1 and Lazarus Planet: Legends Reborn #1. Cameron is only a child making an attempt to make a dwelling, utilizing his powers of chatting with cities to search out misplaced and hidden items to pawn, simply making an attempt to get by. But having these powers additionally signifies that he hears all the things about these cities, all over the place and unexpectedly, together with their histories and the truths behind them. In his two present appearances he’s already made “friends” with Gotham City (together with a rat avatar created from the town’s scraps), however solely time will inform if City Boy is acquired as overtly by Metropolis, Amnesty Bay, Themyscira, or different cities within the DC Universe.
This six-issue sequence reunites author Greg Pak (Action Comics, Milestone Media’s Duo) with artists Minkyu Jung (Batgirl, Titans) and Sunny Gho (Wonder Woman, DC Festival of Heroes, Justice League), and the debut situation contains a foremost cowl and 1 in 50 ratio variant cowl by Minkyu Jung, and extra variant covers by InHyuk Lee and Michael Choi, with an AAPI Heritage Month variant cowl by Alexandre Tefenkgi.
The three new miniseries additionally all bear the “We Are Legends” banner, as half of DC’s AAPI Heritage Month celebration.
Check out inside pages from Spirit World and The Vigil under. Look for the three titles to reach in shops and digitally all through the month of May.
Spirit World #1
The Vigil #1
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