DC has released the official solicitaiton information for their upcoming “Bat Out of Hell” crossover, a story that ties plot threads from Dark Nights: Metal through a number of their ongoing series.
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The issues feature a batch of interconnected covers by Ethan Van Sciver, and show how the heroes of the DC Universe are dealing on an individual basis with an invasion of evil Batmen from the Dark Multiverse.
“I wanted to create something that would remind you of the kid joy you felt when you went to the comic shop and you picked up something that was your summer event, right?” Dark Nights; Metal writer Snyder said. “It’s stressful times, regardless of what side you’re on, regardless of your political beliefs, I think that right now, we are exhausted by the news every day and I wanted to make something that would be pretty earth-shaking in his consequences and have big effects and change the DCU in important ways and be in-continuity, but also felt like when you pick it up, it’s so immersive and crazy and reminds you of all the things you love about our characters, why they’reaspirational, and also introduces you to brand new concepts, brand new territories, brand new characters, all that stuff. That was the goal. So I wanted you to pick it up and be like ‘I am unleashing my inner rock god this summer and just going to the best rock-out concert I have ever gone to with the characters I love the most.”
The “Bats Out of Hell” storyline ties together The Flash, Justice League, and Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps in a story that will play out by mid-November, in order to give some “breathing room” to Doomsday Clock #1, which debuts on November 22.
Snyder also said that he did not want to force the crossover on anyone, and only writers who wanted to play in the Metal sandbox are involved in the “Bats Out of Hell” story. That said, he also told the press at Comic Con that he didn’t pitch any writers who turned him down.
At the same time, DC released the solicitation for a December Metal tie-in, Metal: Hawkman Found.
You can see the information and covers for each issue below.
THE FLASH #33
Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
Art by HOWARD PORTER
Connecting covers by Ethan Van Sciver
“Bats out of Hell” part one! After the harrowing events of DARK NIGHTS: METAL #3, the JUSTICE LEAGUE has scattered around the world to find the only artifacts that can fight back against the invasion of the Dark Multiverse.
The League thinks they know how to take back their world, but they are not prepared for who is standing in their way: The Seven Dark Knights of the Dark Multiverse. With all the brilliance of Batman, but none of the morals. Barry Allen, The Fastest Man Alive, is the first to get a taste of their plan, as THE RED DEATH takes him on at the Fortress of Solitude.
On sale OCTOBER 25 • 32 pg, FC $2.99 US • RATED T
JUSTICE LEAGUE #32
Written by BRYAN HITCH
Art by LIAM SHARP
Connecting covers by Ethan Van Sciver
A METAL tie-in! “BATS OUT OF HELL” part two! The Justice League have been separated by the dreaded Dark Knights and are forced into twisted Bat-Caves designed to kill them!
The Batman Who Laughs and the Murder Machine experiment on Cyborg, seeing how he reacts to the horrors of the Dark Multiverse! Can the Justice League survive their worst nightmares made real?!
On sale NOVEMBER 1 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
HAL JORDAN AND THE GREEN LANTERN CORPS #32
Written by ROBERT VENDITTI
Art by ETHAN VAN SCIVER
Connecting covers by Ethan Van Sciver
A METAL tie-in! “BATS OUT OF HELL” part three! The Dawnbreaker descends on Coast City, ready to suck its light away before moving on to the rest of our world. Backed up by the power of the Justice League, Hal Jordan stands ready to stop the perverted Lantern—until the Batman Who Laughs steps out of the shadows.
On sale NOVEMBER 8 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+
JUSTICE LEAGUE #33
Written by BRYAN HITCH
Art by TYLER KIRKHAM
Connecting covers by Ethan Van Sciver
A METAL tie-in! “BATS OUT OF HELL” finale! it’s the Justice League versus the Dark Knights! FIGHT! The Dark Knights have taken a fallen Justice League to the frightening castle of [REDACTED] inside the possessed Gotham City, where they will be prepared as a sacrifice! The Justice League’s only hope is Cyborg, whose return from the Dark Multiverse has changed him forever!
On sale NOVEMBER 15 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
HAWKMAN: FOUND #1
Written by JEFF LEMIRE
Art by BRYAN HITCH and KEVIN NOWLAN
Cover by BRYAN HITCH
Variant cover by JIM LEE and SCOTT WILLIAMS
One of DC’S greatest heroes is missing! No one has seen or heard from Carter Hall—a.k.a. Hawkman—in years. Reincarnated repeatedly since the dawn of humanity, Hawkman has spent his many lives uncovering history’s most fantastic mysteries, and now he has become one himself!
Take a journey into the one of the darkest corners of the DC Universe as a mysterious man tries to piece together what happened to Hawkman, and how it all connects to the events of DARK NIGHTS: METAL!
On sale DECEMBER 20 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T+
