DC Comics Adds 3 ‘New Golden Age’ Series

DC Comics’ The New Golden Age banner will soon boast three more series spearheaded by Geoff Johns. Alan Scott: The Green Lantern hails from Tim Sheridan and Cian Tormey, Jay Garrick: The Flash hails from Jeremy Adams and Deogo Olortegui, and Westley Dodds: The Sandman hails from Rob Venditti and Riley Rossmo. According to Johns, the three 6-issue miniseries will tie back into Justice Society of America and some other titles that DC is brewing.

Alan Scott: The Green Lantern will, through a timeline twist, revisit and recontextualize “the origins of the first Green Lantern through the lens of our modern understanding of the man. The story, which begins in the 1930s, is about an old flame – the kind that burns eternal – and the sometimes head-on, single-track collision of our personal and professional lives. This is Alan’s coming-of-age, in which he must embrace the man he is, to become the hero he’s meant to be. In the end, he’ll have gained a greater understanding of himself and his gifts – as he unlocks a new, previously unknown ability that could make him the most powerful Green Lantern in existence!” (DC Comics)

  Jay Gerrick: The Flash finds Jay reunited and trying to reconnect with his long lost daughter Judy, who is also a speedster. “They’ll need to work to find common ground when a mission that started in Jay’s early days as the Flash comes roaring to today. But will The Flash and The Boom be able to thwart a plan that’s been in the works for decades?!” (DC Comics)

Wesley Dodds: The Sandman follows the pacifist Wesley. “He has given up on the hope of a peaceful world, but he hasn’t stopped believing that people can be better to each other, if they’re only given the right tools. Possessing a scientist’s optimism and romanticism, he is convinced that humanity can invent cures for its own ills. Having learned about the battlefield horrors of World War I from his father, he sought to create a sleep gas that would allow for “humane” warfare. During his research, he recorded all of his attempts in his science journal - even those with horribly deadly consequences - swearing to never show them to the world. Now his journal has been stolen, and he must find the culprit and stop them before his deadly mis-inventions fall into the arsenals of the belligerent nations threatening to pull the United States into the next world war.” (DC Comics)

Alan Scott: The Green Lantern #1, Jay Gerrick: The Flash #1, and Wesley Dodds: The Sandman #1 go on sale in October 2023.

(Images via DC Comics - Covers of Alan Scott: The Green Lantern #1, Jay Gerrick: The Flash #1, and Wesley Dodds: The Sandman #1)

WHAT IF? SPIDER-MAN #1 

Written by Gerry Conway  Art by Diego Olortegui  Cover art by John Tyler Christopher

• What if Peter Parker wasn't the one bitten by the radioactive spider? •  What if the person who got bit was someone who didn't live by the mantra of "with great power comes great responsibility"? •  What if that person was an egotistical bully who was only interested in taking care of himself? •  What if...FLASH THOMPSON became Spider-Man? Rated T+

Available at Lobo Comics & Toys this coming Wednesday, 10/03/2018

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DC Comics Announces “Aquaman: The Becoming”

Jackson Hyde is getting a six-issue miniseries from writer Brandon Thomas and artist Diego Olortegui. According to DC Future State, Hyde is poised to become the new Aquaman and fight alongside Andy Curry / Aquawoman, but he is going to have to fight for it.

Jackson Hyde has finally "found acceptance and honesty in his relationship with his mother, made peace with the truth about his father and been embraced by Aquaman, Mera and the people of Amnesty Bay. Now, with Aquaman focused on raising his daughter, Andy, Jackson is ready to step up to become the hero the people of Atlantis and the world will need. And then it all comes crashing down on him.” (DC Comics) A new enemy named Deluge has been watching Jackson, enraged and believing that Jackson does not deserve what he has built for himself.

Aquaman: The Becoming #1 (of 6), featuring a main cover by David Talaski and variant covers by Khary Randolph and Francis Manapul, goes on sale in September 2021.

(Image via DC Comics)