And it was about FRIGGIN’ time DC!!!
Yes, it was a nice day in 2004 when I saw the announcement in my PREVIEWS catalog of a new Jim Lee/ Lee Bermejo/ Camuncoli project involving Joker…and then it got cancelled.
I had attended comic book conventions (SDCC and NYCC as well as Orlando MEGACON) and try to inquire about the project…nobody knew what I was talking about or those that knew said it was in indefinite hiatus…so I waited. And waited. And waited.
And today I was ecstatic when I read on COMIC BOOK RESOURCES that FINALLY the series is going to see print. YES! The First issue of the series is scheduled to be released on NOVEMBER 2015 and will include (as of today) alternate covers by Jim Lee (1:100 sketch Cover), and Lee Bermejo. The original layouts of the series are done by Giuseppe Camumcoli and top comic book artists will work in each of the 4 issues of the miniseries. The first issue is made by JIM LEE! Here is the premise:
The impossible has happened and Batman is on the verge of being taken down by an enemy he cannot defeat: a virus for which there is no cure! And the only hope for his salvation is The Joker! Who infected Batman, what does the Clown Prince of Crime know, and how will the Dark Knight get that information? Together, the enemies crisscross Europe, desperate to find answers before time runs out.
And here are the covers:
(Original art from DC Comics. Original report by COMIC BOOK RESOURCES HERE)
