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Warning : Minor SPOILERS forBatman / Superman # 1
The untried Billy Batson may be the most pure - hearted superhero in DC ’s Universe , but Batman and Superman have just watched him turn malevolent before their middle . Which beg the question … how long until theDark Shazamsays his magic word ?
Dc buff already know that their hearts were work to be break inthe newBatman / Supermancomic series , spinning out of the currently runningBatman Who Laughscomic miniseries . There , the eponymous scoundrel would establish his master plan : infecting six unknown heroes in DC ’s reality with the evil of the Dark Multiverse . Slowly but certainly , they will be corrupt into the unsound , darkest , and most vile versions of themselves … and only Batman and Superman can be confide to find this ' Secret Six . ' Well , make that SecretFivenow thatShazamhas been revealed as the first victim . And from the looks of it … he may already be beyond saving .
The identity of the first infected target has been revealed by DC in their own preview ofBatman / Superman # 1arriving on August 14th , 2019 . The trailer does n’t unveil how The Batman Who Laughs is in the end distribute with in his own serial , but instead take both Superman and Batman into the villain ’s twisted translation of the Batcave . In the first Page of writer Josh Williamson and artist David Marquez ’s novel mystery , the two tough DC heroes reveal a tease of what ’s to make out … andan ambush .
The tidy sum of a ferine , deranged , abrupt - toothed Robin will be nothing new to DC fans who have followed The Batman Who Laughs thus far ( he ’s kept a few of them at his cad at nearly all time ) . And from the sounds of it , oblivious reader will assume that the young boy catch Batman by surprisal is one of the malefic crony already introduce . The fate of those sidekicks will be wrapped up inThe Batman Who Laughs # 7arriving in July , which writer Scott Snyder has confirm will set up the first issue ofBatman / Superman . As Snyder explained toNewsarama :
You ’re not going to get to the final stage of The Batman Who Laughs and be leave on a total cliffhanger . I would n’t do that . This series is way too important to me , and to Jock … It has a luck of closure , and I reckon fans will be slaked with it as a single book . But there is a hook at the very last that leads you into Batman / Superman . It ’s something that I think buff will get excited about - it might ball over them , scare them and all of that . But it ’ll also lead you toward what is one of Josh ’s near stories he ’s ever told .
I recall Batman / Superman is go to be one of the best record of 2019 - 2020 . I ’ve read the first four yield , and it ’s just fantastic . And David ’s artwork is just out of ascendency . It ’s so good .
The extolment for Williamson – currentlychangingThe Flash ’s history in " yr One"–is reason to get frantic . The same proceed for Snyder ’s suggestion that the mystery may be one of the best received of the year . There ’s little doubtfulness it has the potency to be acommercialsuccess , since it ’s keeping upthe well - sell movement of torturing DC ’s heroes(a tragedy fans may hate to see … but sure do love to interpret ) . David Marquez ’s use in that achiever should n’t be underestimate either , as this preview more than demonstrates what theAvengersalum is bring to the tabular array . Especially once Bruce Wayne and Clark Kent agnize the twisted Robin as a former Justice Leaguer : Billy Batson .
Once Batman sends the son fly across the Batcave , and Superman turn to benignity and hope that the boy is n’t beyond saving , the truth comes out . He confirms that he was struck by one of The Batman Who Laughs ’s poison Batarangs , and has yield to the infection – in both mind and body . And just when readers think that the first sustain member of DC ’s ' Secret Six ' might in reality be the gentle to contain , the boy lets the other , far more terrifying brake shoe drop .
While this may be a bombshell reveal that DC has efficaciously ' impair , ' the next question both Batman and Superman are going to ask is the far more important one . Can this Billy still become Shazam?A cool suggestion that Williamson really decide to resolve in person , revealing the David Marquez / Alejandro Sánchez continue fine art toBatman / Superman # 2depicting the bad possible outcome . Shazam in all his lightning - surrounded , magically mighty resplendence , clutching the ness of the fallen Dark Knight and Man of Steel in his helping hand . The ' darker ' differences in his costume explained by the evil , toothy smiling seeable beneath his hood . Take a looking :
It will seem a lurid choice for rooter of the zep , especially those brought into the fold by the hopeful and heartwarmingShazam!movie starring Zachary Levi . But it will also be a compelling question for fans of the hero , possess of the mightiness and thaumaturgy to defeat both Batman and Superman well . What if Billy Batson chose to be a bad kid?Sure , the immorality he ’s been infect with is more extreme than most teen , but fans have seldom see the worst parts of a nestling ’s mind manifested in the same way Shazam embodies the good . All things considered , DC may have fluff the first member of the Secret Six – by giving reader a tale they may have a heavy time ignoring .
Those readers who are all sold by this tease of the first villain - ized hero can mark their calendar for the full issue ’s discharge this August . For those still eager for more of a teasing of Williamson ’s writing and Marquez ’s art , be sure to agree out the rest ofDC’sBatman / Supermanpreviewon their web site , and verify to show the official patch synopsis forBatman / Supermanbelow :
Up in the sky , in the dark of the dark , swear no one — for the Secret Six walk among us ! Spinning out of the crushing outcome of DC ’s THE BATMAN WHO LAUGHS , Superman and Batman join to
To launch the new DC serial , the first arc of BATMAN / SUPERMAN will watch over the two titulary poor boy as they hunt down six infected heroes in the DCU — people disclose to be infected by the Batman Who Laughs with a deadly pathogen that violently transmute them into the evilest versions of themselves . The Dark Knight and the Man of Steel must travel into the depth of Gotham City to get a line which of their fellow heroes has been transformed into the horrifying horseman of their most severe and deranged foe ever .
Batman / Superman # 1will be usable at your local mirthful book shop on August 14th , 2019.The Batman Who Laughs # 7will be released on July 31st , 2019 .
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Source : DC Comics , Newsarama , Josh Williamson
