After unveiling the full slate for Creature Commandos already having titles lifted wholesale from comic books, we already knew where to start with digging into the relevant source material, but now Gunn has pointed us to exactly what we should be reading to uncover his secrets.
Gunn took to Twitter today to name the four key comic books that he stresses are the major touchstones for the new DCU. “That doesn’t mean we’re adapting all these comics,” he noted, before fans got the wrong idea, revealing that it is rather “the feel, the look, or the tone” of these classic DC stories that will act as guiding lights for Gunn and his team as the franchise takes shape.
So what are these comics? First up, we have All-Star Superman by writer Grant Morrison and artist Frank Quitely, which shouldn’t come as a surprise, as The Authority movie that was just announced.
Thirdly, Gunn highlights changed the titular character forever.
That’s a lot of pages of comics goodness Gunn has outlined there, so that should keep DC fans plenty busy while we wait for the DCU to officially kick off with Superman: Legacy on July 11, 2025.
Published: Feb 2, 2023 02:55 pm