Grant Morrison’s epic adventure across the DC Comics Multiverse is speeding to an end with the penultimate chapter this week but the publisher will release a massive collection of the stories by Morrison with his all-star team of collaborators.
“There’s something always appealing about a Russian Superman and a vampire Batman,” Morrison told Heat Vision when the project was announced. “It’s a different way of looking at the archetypes that we’re familiar with. And I wanted to a really massive story that would be my Lord of the Rings and it would be the best thing I’ve ever done. Whether it is, I don’t know. But I’ve certainly spent a long time on it.”
“If you’re having a war across multiple parallel realities, one way they can contact each other is to publish comic books that others can read and know what’s going on,” says Morrison. “So in each parallel reality you’ll see one of them is reading the comic that you just read the month before and finding out what happened to the good guys, giving them a chance to defeat the bad guys in the next one. They are kind of passing on, in a chain, their own adventures.”
Here’s the official announcement about this fall’s collection:
“One of the most talked about limited series published by DC Comics is now being collected for the first time in a gorgeous hardcover.
Visionary writer Grant Morrison, tackles a cast of unforgettable characters from 52 alternative Earths of the known DC Multiverse in one epic story. Illustrated by many of today’s most talented artists including Ivan Reis and Joe Prado, Chris Sprouse, Ben Oliver, Frank Quitely, Cameron Stewart, Jim Lee, Doug Mahnke, Marcus To, Paulo Siqueira and others, THE MULTIVERSITY DELUXE EDITION will include bonus material and will be available everywhere books are sold October 27th.
Comprising six complete adventures – each set in a different parallel universe – plus a two-part framing story and a comprehensive guidebook to the many worlds of the Multiverse, THE MULTIVERSITY DELUXE EDITION is more than just a collection of a multipart comic-book series. It’s a cosmos spanning, soul-shaking experience that puts YOU on the frontline in the Battle for All Creation against the demonic destroyers known as the Gentry!
Prepare to meet the Vampire League of Earth-43, the Justice Riders of Earth-18, Superdemon, Doc Fate, the super-sons of Superman and Batman, the rampaging Retaliators of Earth-8, the Atomic Knights of Justice, Dino-Cop, Sister Miracle, Lady Quark, the legion of Sivanas, the Nazi New Reichsmen of Earth-10 and the latest, greatest Super Hero of Earth-Prime: YOU!
But even with a multitude of alternate worlds to choose from, where every variation is possible, can anyone hope to prevail against the onslaught of ultimate evil and undying hatred – in the unstoppable form of a one-time cosmic defender with unimaginable powers?!”
THE MULTIVERSITY: ULTRA COMICS #1 arrives this Wednesday.
The finale issue, THE MULTIVERSITY #2 hits Wednesday, April 29 following the debut of CONVERGENCE #1.
By Editor