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DC Comics has announced a new ongoing comic book series starring Metamorpho, the superhero who can change himself into any element in the human body. The new story will be led by superstar team Al Ewing and Steve Lieber.
DC revealed cover art and a preview of the interior from Metamorpho: The Element Man #1, with the solicit teasing the action the character will face. “To know him is to love him. He’s the one and only Rex Mason, alias Metamorpho… but can even he win out against Cy.C.L.O.P.S., the hairy eyeball of crime that gazes from the top of the pop charts to the lowest depths of evil — and even into the far-off, far-out Ra-Realm? To find out, the Element Man must survive a hand-picked assassin who can match him change for change… and that’s just the first issue!”
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Written by AL EWING Art by STEVE LIEBER Colors by LEE LOUGHRIDGE Letters by FERRAN DELGADO Cover Art by STEVE LIEBER Variant Cover Art by ERICA HENDERSON, IAN BERTRAM, STEVE BEACH On sale Dec. 25
Metamorpho (Rex Mason), a founding member of the Outsiders, was created in 1965 by writer Bob Haney and artist Ramona Fradon. Over the course of DC Comics history, Metamorpho has joined several incarnations of the Justice League. More recently, it has been revealed that Anthony Carrigan will portray the character in the DCU’s upcoming 2025 film, Superman.
In DC’s press release announcing the new Metamorpho series, writer Al Ewing spoke about the inspiration behind the series being rooted in classic DC stories. “This is 100% fun comics, delivered with total confidence, visceral joy and absolutely no winking to the camera,” Ewing said. “It’s a love letter to Bob Haney, Ramona Fradon and the spirit of superheroes at their wildest and weirdest — we’re aiming to catch the essential fab-freakiness of Metamorpho like lightning in a bottle and get groovy with it in our own special way.”
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“This is our take on classic DC comics,” Ewing continued. “Done-in-ones that’ll satisfy discerning Metamaniacs month by month as they build up to something so far out that it might just be a one-way ticket to nowheresville for a certain freak of a thousand changes! Who is the menacing Mister 3? What’s the sinister secret of Sugar Sweet? Who’s the target of Vandal Savage’s million-year revenge? All these way-out mysteries and more will be answered in the New Age of Metamorpho — it’s our Xmas gift to you!”
Metamorpho: The Element Man #1 goes on sale Dec. 25 from DC Comics.
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“}]] Al Ewing and Steve Lieber unite for a new ongoing series starring Metamorpho, DC’s superhero who can change himself into any element. Read More