BATMAN and THE FLASH Investigate The WATCHMEN Beginning This Week!
About a year ago, DC Comics launched their “DC REBIRTH” initiative rebooting pretty much every title they’ve got. The rebranding launched with DC REBIRTH #1, a one-shot double-sized issue that set up the new universe and the main players. It also had a surprising reference to the WATCHMEN universe showing us Batman discovering that famous smiley face with blood on it. Is WATCHMEN now a part of the main DC superhero universe? Would we soon see the likes of Batman teaming up with Nite Owl? Will the DC heroes universe-jump like we see them do between all of DC’s worlds? Ahhhh, so many questions with very few answers!
After a year, we still don’t know what in the blazes this all means. Until now that is with the first issue of a 4-part crossover event that will hopefully answer some of these questions.
The event kicks off this week within the pages of BATMAN #21.
“THE BUTTON” part one! The cataclysmic events of DC UNIVERSE: REBIRTH #1 continue here! The Dark Knight and The Fastest Man Alive, the two greatest detectives on any world, unite to explore the mystery behind a certain blood-stained smiley button embedded in the Batcave wall. What starts as a simple investigation turns deadly when the secrets of the button prove irresistible to an unwelcome third party-and it’s not who anyone suspects! It’s a mystery woven through time, and the ticking clock starts here!
From here, the story will continue in THE FLASH #21 and conclude in BATMAN #22 and THE FLASH #22. DC has been pretty good about not spoiling anything or revealing too much. I’m curious why something potentially this epic would be told via a 4-part crossover instead of a full-blown mini-series event. Either way, I’m just glad we may get some answers and see where DC is heading with all this.
Words by Jason Furie
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