Potential spoilers for Batman/Superman World's Finest #9 by DC Comics
In a hilarious new DC Comics cover that embraces the '90s overuse of massive, unrealistically stylized capes, Superman and Batman show what would happen if real physics were applied to them. In the best variant cover art from Mario Foccillo and Prasad Rao, The Dark Knight and Man of Steel's capes get a great joke image where their oversized costume features wrap them up.
DC Comics is releasing a series of new variant cover art that embrace the bombastic nature of '90s comics, with many homages giving heroes and villains more extreme and edgy looks homaging the era. From Wonder Woman rocking a jean jacket that's a cosplayer's dream to Batman's partner Ghost-Maker getting an all-new costume that gives him a '90s makeover with a fitting amount of pouches, DC isn't holding back. However, one of the best variant covers from the batch is a joke cover starring Batman and Superman, which highlights the insanity of the cape physics used during the period.
In variant cover art that will appear on November's Batman/Superman: World's Finest #9 from Mark Waid and Dan Mora, Batman and Superman get surprisingly realistic cape physics. For those familiar with Todd McFarlane and other popular artists' uses of exaggerated and unrealistically sized capes during the '90s, the joke variant cover art shows what the heroes might look like actually using the huge capes. The Mario Foccillo and Prasad Rao cover art features Batman and Superman wrapped up in their capes, as their faces aren't visible. The cover art is one of the best of the batch of '90s homages and is wonderfully executed.
Batman/Superman: World's Finest #9 from DC Comics has had some great variant covers so far, and the new joke variant from Foccillo and Rao might be the best one yet. The issue will feature Batman and Superman dealing with the new hero Boy Thunder as the Joker will be returning with a sidekick of his own. Check out the solicit for the issue below.
- Batman/Superman: World's Finest #9 by DC Comics
- Written by MARK WAID
- Art and cover by DAN MORA
- Variant cover by PAOLO RIVERA
- '90s Cover Month variant cover by MARIO "FOX" FOCCILLO and PRASAD RAO (PRESSY)
- 1:25 variant cover by STEVE BEACH
- 1:50 variant cover by AFUA RICHARDSON
- $3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
- ON SALE 11/15/22
- Batman and Superman are on a quest to train the mysterious new hero Boy Thunder... but what's that in the dark? A faint noise...sounds like a laugh? Uh-oh. The Joker is here and he's got his own plans for a super-powered sidekick! Someone hide all the crowbars, quick!
It would have been a missed opportunity to homage to the '90s without showing the exaggerated capes of its heroes like Batman and Superman. The joke variant cover art from Foccillo and Rao perfectly captures the silliness of the era's capes, showing that even the best heroes in the DC Universe would struggle with them getting in their way. Readers can pick up the new variant cover art when Batman/Superman: World's Finest #9 by DC Comics arrives in comic book stores on November 15th, 2022.