Update: The trade paperback collection of The Wrong Earth: Night & Day is in stores now. To celebrate, Ahoy Comics has provided IGN with a lengthy new preview of this "Batman '66 Meets The Dark Knight Returns"-inspired mash-up.
Check out the slideshow gallery below to read the entire first issue of the series:
The Wrong Earth: Night & Day is available to purchase on Amazon and through various other bookstores and comic shops.
The original story is below:
Ahoy Comics' miniseries The Wrong Earth struck a chord with superhero fans on the strength of a killer premise. What if two versions of the vigilante Dragonfly traded Earths? What happens when the gritty, Dark Knight Returns-inspired Dragonfly trades places with the campy, Batman '66-style Dragonflyman? Now creators Tom Peyer and Jamal Igle are back with a sequel, and IGN has an exclusive preview.
The Wrong Earth: Night & Day takes this multiversal romp to its next logical step. This time, Dragonfly and Dragonflyman will directly face off when they're both dragged to a third Earth. Check out a preview of issue #1 below:
Here's the publisher's official description for The Wrong Earth: Night and Day:
"The vengeance-dealing Dragonfly sticks it to the man! The acrobatic sleuth Dragonflyman assists the police! These alternate-earth versions of the same masked crimefighter meet face-to-face for the first time in this new series by the original creators of the smash-hit The Wrong Earth! Will their impossible encounter result in a team-up…or an all-out war?"
The original series has received plenty of praise from other creators as well as fans. Mark Waid writes, "THE WRONG EARTH is far more than a one-note gag—Tom and Jamal have made a surprisingly deep exploration and commentary on where this medium has been, how it got to where it is, and where it can go.”
The Wrong Earth: Night & Day #1 is priced at $3.99 and is scheduled for release on January 6, 2021.
The actual Batman will have plenty of problems of his own to deal with in 2021. As part of DC's massive Future State crossover, fans will meet a brand new Dark Knight patrolling a dystopian version of Gotham City in the year 2030. That hero has been revealed to be Lucius Fox's estranged son Tim.
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