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Joker Discovers Batman and Catwoman's Marriage in DC Nation #0

Published Thu, 01 Feb 2018 09:00:49 -0600

As revealed by Brian Bendis in Forbes today, he is to write a new Superman story to follow his Action Comics #1000 debut and before his Man Of Steel weekly series – and also before he relaunches Superman #1 and joins Action Comics #1001 as monthly titles.

That story, with the classic Superman artist, brought out of semi-retirement, José Luis García-López, will appear on May 2nd as part of an anth0logy book in the DC Rebirth Special tradition, called DC Nation #0.

And we learn that one of the other stories in DC Nation #0, by another creative team (though I reckon Tom King will be the writer) will see the Joker learning that Batman and Catwoman are engaged to be married.

The question was popped in the Batman twice-monthly series, and took the whole of the War Of Jokes And Riddles flashback storyline, to get an answer. It was yes. Since then the rest of his family have been dealing with the news, including his son Damian Wayne.

But it all looked to be going ahead… until the Joker got involved.

Expect more news about DC Nation #0 to leak out in upcoming conventions and press release events from DC Comics.

The name "DC Nation" was used as an umbrella for shows and shorts based on DC Comics that aired on Cartoon Network on Saturday mornings in 2012. However, on return from a summer break, ten hours before airing, it was cut from Cartoon Network and replaced with DreamWorks Dragons and Johnny Test on Sundays. DC Nation employees had to be informed of the change by fans…

The brand name has continued to be used for editorial pages, comic convention panels and promotional DC Comics marketing – it seems a favourite of co-publisher Dan DiDio to call out at such events.

Could it be about to get a revival as a comic book in and of itself? Or will the May one-shot have to do?