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DC Black Label Label Launches Daniel Warren Johnson's Past-Apocalyptic Wonder Woman: Dead Earth in December

Published Fri, 13 Sep 2019 13:40:20 -0500

Last updated Fri, 13 Sep 2019 13:47:44 -0500

Branching out from their typical strategy of only publishing grim and gritty books starring Batman, The Joker, or Harley Quinn, DC Black Label will publish a grim and gritty Wonder Woman comic this December. Daniel Warren Johnson will write and draw Wonder Woman: Dead Earth, which sees the titular Wonder Woman awakening in a post-apocalyptic future with altered powers. Compliant DC media partner io9 scored the EX-X-XCLUSIVE opportunity to publish DC's press release for them, with a quote from the creator:

I like the audacity of an immortal hero saying to a human, "I do this because I love you." That line is in the first issue, actually. I was thinking, what better way to explore how much a character loves a maybe undeserving humanity than to really test the limits of where that love goes, when confronted with the harsh reality of what humanity is capable of? Within this world, humans are doing their best to survive, and when humans are trying to survive, a lot of times the worst parts of ourselves come out. So that's on full display here in Wonder Woman: Dead Earth.

Because her changed powers are limiting her ability, it allows for more of a down and dirty feel. In the first issue, she has a bar fight—she kicks a table into a bunch of warlords. I'm really excited about that concept of this very elegant figure getting down in the dirt. Getting to draw that is really fun, and it's a way to reexamine the character.

They also had a cover and some interior artwork. Wonder Woman: Dead Earth will feature colors by Mike Spicer. Look for the first issue in stores in December.