A decade-by-decade celebration…
One of the coolest parts of DC’s Action Comics #1000 celebration was the issue’s decade-by-decade variant covers by some of the industry’s top talents.
Naturally, Detective Comics #1000 — due in March — is following suit.
Check these out:
Main cover by Jim Lee
1930s, by Steve Rude
1940s, by Bruce Timm
1950s, by Michael Cho
1960s, by Jim Steranko
1970s, by the late Bernie Wrightson
1980s, by Frank Miller
1990s, by Tim Sale
2000s, by Jock
2010s, by Greg Capullo
Some terrific work there, though the 1960s one looks nothing like the 1960s, which is too bad.
Other than that, it’s a solid selection.
DC also announced the creative teams for the various stories in the issue, including:
— Kevin Smith and Jim Lee
— Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev
— Warren Ellis and Becky Cloonan
— Paul Dini and Dustin Nguyen
— Denny O’Neil and Steve Epting (a sequel to O’Neil’s 1976 classic There’s No Hope in Crime Alley!)
— Christopher Priest and Neal Adams
— Geoff Johns and Kelley Jones
— Tom King, Tony Daniel and Joëlle Jones
— Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo
— James Tynion IV and Alvaro Martinez
As previously noted, the issue will also feature the in-continuity debut of the video-game character Arkham Knight, for those who are into such things.
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MORE
— DC Formally Announces Plans for DETECTIVE COMICS #1000. Click here.
— Dig the Awesome Final Versions of the ACTION #1000 Variants. Click here.
December 18, 2018
Why is it O’Neil & Adams can never do a story together anymore? This would have been the perfect time to churn out 6 to 12 pages…
December 18, 2018
I’m taking Bernie Wrightson and Sir Jim Steranko covers
December 18, 2018
I like the covers by Jim Lee, Steve Rude, and Bruce Timm the most.
December 18, 2018
Rude, Cho and Timm are the best. All of them are pretty good, except for those by the ailing Frank Miller and Jim Lee. It’s disappointing that they are using Lee’s stale work for the “main” cover art. He really seems to phone-in a lot of his DC work.
I’ll be shocked if we don’t see a Neal Adams variant as well as a typical homage to the #27 cover pose. Seeing as they dug something up by the late Bernie Wrightson, it would have made sense to include at least one of Kane’s ghosts, maybe Robinson or Sprang.
December 18, 2018
My faves:
1st…Cho
2nd..Miller
3rd(tie)…Timm, Wrightson
December 18, 2018
They couldn’t muster a Breyfogle?!?!?