DC Announces Four-Issue Limited Series, ‘Bizarro: Year None’

DC Comics have just announced a brand new four-issue limited series, titled ‘Bizarro: Year None’, I am a big Bizarro fan and have always felt that he doesn’t get enough love, so this is excellent news!

This four issue limited series will be written by Kevin Smith and Eric Carrassco, with art by Nick Patarra and is set to explore the origin of Bizarro, Superman’s legendary backwards doppelgänger! DC claims that this will deliver the “definitive, indefinitive” origin of Bizarro. The series will publish monthly up until July, the first issue is 32 pages and is priced at $4.99 for the standard cover, variants are $5.99 and the foil variant will be $7.99. The creative team promise to bring a blend of humour, heart and high-concept storytelling to a character whose contradictions have made him a fan-favourite for decades. Paired with Pitarra’s bold, hyper-detailed artwork, this series is set to have a surreal tone that gives readers a version of Bizarro’s world that feels both familiar and unsettling.

Here’s a look at some of the covers by Nick Patarra, Frank Quietly and Ibrahim Moustafa:

Here’s the official synopsis from DC Comics:

“The series follows Superman’s pal Jimmy Olsen and Clark Kent’s boss Perry White as they depart the Daily Planet for a strange adventure in outer space. Their journey leads them to a dimension that mirrors Metropolis in uncanny waysand reveres its legendary newspaper as an article of faith. As they unravel the mystery of this bizarre world, they confront the being behind it all. Is he a misguided Superman fan, an agent of pure chaos, or is he no one at all?”

‘Bizarro: Year None’ is set to release on 1st April (THE PERFECT RELEASE DATE) and is available to pre-order from your local comic shop right now!