It's not long now until Spawn makes his dramatic return to the DC Universe for another high-stakes confrontation with Batman. But before then, the hero is dropping in for an amazing series of variant covers with some iconic DC characters.
The dark vigilante Spawn in no stranger to adventures with Batman, having previously crossed over with the hero in Spawn/Batman and Batman/Spawn: War Devil. It's been some time since the two heroes have encountered one another, but the two are set to reunite in the upcoming Batman/Spawn crossover. The Court of Owls is attempting to get rid of Batman once and for all, and hire Spawn to eliminate their longtime adversary. What will happen once the two heroes come into conflict with one another remains to be seen. But DC has been hyping up the crossover with trailers and a slew of variant covers for the one-shot crossover.
And it seems that Spawn isn't stopping at crossing over with Batman. In honor of Todd McFarlane's creation's new bout with the Dark Knight, DC is releasing several Spawn-themed variant covers for several of its series. Announced exclusively at CBR, DC revealed several covers for Wonder Woman, Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, and Catwoman, all of which feature their title character posing with the one and only Spawn. Wonder Woman #794 by Jim Cheung and Jay Ramos shows Princess Diana fighting side-by-side with Spawn. Harley and Spawn make sure to strike a cool pose in the variant for Harley Quinn #25 by Kael Ngu. Poison Ivy and Spawn are battle ready on Poison Ivy #7's cover by David Nakayama. And Selina Kyle stands in the darkness with Spawn in the alternate cover for Catwoman #50 from artist David Marquez.
Spawn Is Taking Over The DC Universe This December
DC no doubt wants to bring as much attention to Batman’s crossover with Spawn as possible. Not only are these four titles getting Spawn-themed variants, but the one-shot itself is getting alternate covers from artists such as Sean Murphy, J. Scott Campbell, Jason Fabok, Jorge Jiménez, and Spawn creator Todd McFarlane. Not only that, DC is re-releasing one of the duo’s first crossovers, Batman/Spawn: War Devil, to help fans prepare for their next meeting. Clearly, DC is hoping to end the year on a bang and wants every part of its universe involved.
Fans went nuts when DC announced its latest and extremely ambitious crossover. The publisher is well aware of the popularity of Batman and Spawn, so it makes sense that it would want to strike while the iron is hot. Adding a series of variants featuring Spawn is a smart way on capitalizing on the event, and shows the confidence that DC has in the crossover. Batman/Spawn is likely to be the comic crossover of the season and the entire DC Universe is coming together to celebrate it this December with extremely killer variant covers.
Source: CBR