October is the month for spooky stories and scary tales, as Halloween rolls around. And for the denizens of the DC Universe, what could be scarier than Darkseid, the despot dictator of the desolate planet Apokolips whose quest to master the Anti-Life Equation and rule the universe has brought him up against DC's h♓eroes dozens of times?
Well, DC doesn't seem to think much of anything could be as terrifying as all that, so they seem to be tying their annual Halloween-the♐med one-shot plans to the darkest of Jack Kirby's New Gods in an anthology titled Are You Afraid of Darkseid?
(Not to be confused with Nickelodeon's classic all-ages horror show, for fans old enough to remem൲ber𓆉 the early '90s).
"Gather 'round the fire, fellow campers, because it's time for that most terrifying of traditions - campfire stories so scary you'll🌺 never sleep without a night-light 𒆙again!" reads DC's simple solicitation text for Are You Afraid of Darkseid?, as posted on the .
, one of the early titles of legend⭕ary writer/artist , Darkseid went on to become the primary enemy of the New Gods, even spilling over into the DC Universe proper to fight Superman and the Justice League time and time again.As decades have passed, Darkseid has become one of, if not the biggest villain of the DC Universe, with adaptations into cartoons, toys, and even movies thanks to his all-too-brief appearance in 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Zack Snyder's Justice League.
Without even a cover to go on, it's hard to say how much Darkseꦡid himself will factor into the one-shot - whether the stories insi♉de will feature Darkseid himself, will be inspired by the fear he instills in the DC Universe in general, or may even be told by Darkseid remains entirely to be seen.
In other words, DC's got some tricks and treats lurking in Are You Afraid of Darkseid? when it arrives October 5. Befo💙re then, DC's slate of September 2021 releases will be outlined later this month on Newsarama in the publisher's official solicitations.
Darkseid has had his hands in some of the best 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:DC Comics stories of all time.
I've been Newsarama's resident Marvel Comics expert and general comic book historian since 2011. I've also been the on-site reporter at most major comic conventions such as Comic-Con International: San Diego, New York Comic Con, and C2E2. Outside of comic journalism, I am the artist of many weird pictures, and the guitarist of many heavy riffs.💛 (They/Them)
