Move aside, Harley Quinn! The Dark Knight and TheMan of Steelare taking over!BatmanandSupermanare gearing up to dominateDC Comicsthis March!DC Entertainmentis excited to announce their next variant cover theme month,Batman/Superman, with a second round of opaque black polybags concealing stunning cover artwork by the comic industry’s most talented artists! These variant covers will debut in March 2016, timed to the release ofBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
DC Entertainment’s ongoing monthly themed variant cover program will showcase variants for ten ofDC Comics' most popularBatmanandSupermantitles. All ten comics will have three black polybagged variants of equal quantity of pencils, inks and colored covers. TheseBatman/Supermanvariants are the latest in a variety of monthly themes.
DC has released two of the 10 covers below, forBatman#50, a polybagged variant cover byJim LeeandSuperman#50, a polybagged variant cover byKaare Andrews. Each of these covers feature designs similar toBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justiceposters, whereHenry Cavill’s face was obscured by theBatmanlogo, andBen Affleck’s face was blocked by theSupermancrest. It isn’t known when DC will release the cover artwork for the other comics featured in this variant theme.
The other comics receiving polybagged variant covers include Detective Comics #50 byRafael Grampa, Batgirl #50 byKevin Nowlan, Grayson #18 - Polybagged variant cover by Stephen Platt, Robin: Son ofBatman#10 byRyan Ottley,Batman/Superman#30 by Tony Moore, Action Comics #50 byMartin Ansin,Superman/Wonder Woman#27 by Charlie Adlard andWonder Woman#50 byMassimo Carnevale. It isn’t known if theWonder Womancomics will featureGal Gadotor not, so stay tuned for more details.
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justicebrings bothBatmanandSupermanto the big screen for the first time, while featuring other iconicDC Comicscharacters such asWonder Woman(Gal Gadot), Lex Luthor (Jesse Eisenberg), and Alfred Pennyworth (Jeremy Irons). This adventure is also expected to introduce the rest of theJustice League,The Flash(Ezra Miller),Aquaman(Jason Momoa) andCyborg(Ray Fisher). While we wait for more details on this big screen adventure, check out the first two variant comic book covers featuringBatmanandSuperman.
