Dark Horse releases preview of Batman author’s post-apocalyptic series

Dark Horse Comics has released the cover of the first issue of Batman post-apocalyptic comic series by author Scott Snyder. Originally published digitally, Duck and take cover The print edition of No. 1 will hit comic book shelves in September.

According to Dark Horse via AIPT, Jacob Phillips drew the cover for the very first print edition of Duck and take cover. Snyder, along with series artist Rafael Albuquerque (American Vampire, A Study in Emerald), has created the post-apocalyptic, manga-influenced adventure series for teenagers with a historical twist. The acclaimed series re-imagines the age of the atomic bomb. Marcelo Maiolo (Nightterra, Jean Gray) and Bernardo Brice (census, Adora and the distance) provided the colored and labeled duck and cover models. Duck and take cover #1 will also feature two covers by Albuquerque, including a foil variant and variant art by Dave Johnson and Ariela Kristantina. Dark Horse will reveal another variant cover at a later date.

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Duck and Cover No. 1

• Written by SCOTT SNYDER
• Image by RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE
• Color by MARCELO MAIOLO
• Letters from BERNARDO BRICE
• Cover by JACOB PHILIPS
• Variant cover by RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE, DAVE JOHNSON AND ARIELA KRISTANTINA

Every upcoming installment of the series that Dark Horse has compared to the video game Stand outwill contain fifty-six pages. Duck and take coverThe description states: “For generations, the threat of nuclear attack was always on their minds. Millions of elementary school students and teenagers were taught that ‘the flash means act fast. Duck and take cover!’ But what happens AFTER the explosion?”

“It’s 1955, and teenager Del Reeves dreams of trading city life for a life of cinema that goes beyond the drive-in movie theater. But as Cold War nightmares become reality, Del discovers that the film genres he grew up with are more real than he could have ever imagined. When a sudden nuclear war wipes out the United States, only the children hiding under their school desks are spared. These teenagers are now the only survivors in a strange and wild new ’50s America.”

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Why “Duck and Cover” is set in the 1950s

Shortly after the comic series debuted last year, Snyder told CBR why he and Albuquerque decided to Duck and take cover in the 1950s. “Raf and I had this idea some time ago. While we were on American Vampire we were looking for the right time to use it,” he said. “It felt like this particular moment culturally — both in Brazil and here in the States — is one where it seems like there’s a tremendous amount of paranoia. Culturally, (there’s) a tremendous amount of pressure on kids to be very conservative in their thinking and so on. It seemed like the right time to explore this idea of ​​an attack that is not what it seems to be, (and) that is getting worse.”

Duck and take cover The print edition of No. 1 will be released in comic book stores on September 24, 2024.

Source: AIPT