Veteran creator Jim Starlin, best known for his cosmic stories at Marvel, is taking over as writer of an unnamed DC Comics series beginning this spring.

"I have just completed scripting the first two issues of an on-going series for DC Comics," he posted Sunday on Facebook. "Can't say what the title is until DC wants the news out. But I imagine a lot of people will be quite surprised to see me take over the writing chores on this particular property. Been having a (surprisingly) fun time with it so far."

Starlin later added, "It's a title I have never before had anything to do with, really from out in left field. Shouldn't be too long before DC Comics makes the announcement. I believe my issues begin in April."

That second comments narrows down the possibilities somewhat, as Starlin has worked on such DC titles as Action Comics, Batman, Detective Comics, The Flash, The Legion of Super-Heroes and Superman. OK, maybe that doesn't help so much after all. However, we do know that it's an existing series.

Starlin's announcement comes just as DC confirmed that industry veteran J.M. DeMatteis will join Dan DiDio as co-writer of Phantom Stranger with March's Issue 6.