DARK DAYS: THE FORGE #1 Prepares Batman for Upcoming DC Summer Event Series
I think I can speak for anyone reading the current DC REBIRTH books and say it is a huge success! I honestly can’t remember the last time I was this excited about reading a handful of ongoing DC books. Maybe the 90′s? So it comes as no surprise that whenever a big event is on the horizon, I get pretty excited. And it looks like DC is planning something very big this summer with the release of their mini-series event METAL in August.
Before METAL hit’s shelves, I think a great place to start is with DARK DAYS: THE FORGE #1. This issue serves as a prologue of sorts and sets the stage for what’s to come later this summer.
DARKNESS COMES TO THE DC UNIVERSE WITH THE MYSTERY OF THE FORGE! Aquaman, The Flash and more of DC’s pantheon of heroes suspect Batman of hiding a dark secret that could threaten the very existence of the multiverse! It’s an epic that will span generations-but how does it connect to the origins of one of DC’s most legendary heroes? The great comics event of summer 2017 is about to begin courtesy of superstar writers Scott Snyder and James Tynion III and illustrated by a master class of comics artists: Andy Kubert, Jim Lee and John Romita Jr.! You do not want to miss this one!
If that writer and artist lineup alone doesn’t have you excited, I’m not sure I can convince you with mere words. I’m telling you now folks, you NEED to read this issue and get in on this event because I have a feeling writer Scott Snyder has something huge up his sleeve. Here’s a quote from him shedding just a little light on what to expect.
“I’ve been planning METAL for as long as I’ve been writing BATMAN,” says Snyder. “But this is bigger than BATMAN. Greg (Capullo) and I started dropping clues during Court of Owls, we continued through our Joker stories and we placed our biggest hints in the run that culminated with BATMAN #50. And now we’re back to tell a story that breaks everything apart. This will be the definitive project of our careers. METAL takes us in an entirely new direction. Greg and I will dig beneath the surface of all the stories we’ve told to find a place of terror and twisted nightmares.”
Pretty bold words from someone who has been writing one epic storyline after another for Batman for years. And I’m so glad to see Snyder and artists Greg Capullo back in action together. They are like peanut butter and jelly I tell you!
In any case, get to the shop this week and nab a copy of DARK DAYS: THE FORGE #1 before they run out. And prepare for what is sure to be an amazing DC summer event. It all starts here.
Words by Jason Furie
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