To figure out what is wrong with the Great Darkness in Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths, Nightwing, Superman Jon Kent and other DC heroes hold the very first "super-seance."
In Dark Crisis, the villain Pariah has fallen under the influence of the Great Darkness -- a primordial force representing all that is dark within the Multiverse -- and has enslaved Deathstroke and other villains for his mission of bringing back the infinite Multiverse that existed prior to the Crisis on Infinite Earths series by writer Marv Wolfman and artist George Pérez. In a preview for Dark Crisis: The Deadly Green #1 written by Ram V., Alex Paknadel and Dan Watters with art from various artists, Doctor Fate reveals that something has corrupted the Great Darkness somehow. To figure out what, the heroes come up with a plan to hold the "super-seance" -- a name coined by John Constantine -- and try to understand their foe.
While Nightwing, Wonder Girl Yara Flor, Fate and Jade are present for the task, the mission involves Jon, Swamp Things Alec Holland and Levi Kamei, Raven and Constantine traveling into Alan Scott's Green Lantern ring mixed with darkness provided by Obsidian. It is explained in the preview that the magical fire from the ring and Obsidian's darkness will allow the heroes to get close to the Great Darkness and investigate it, with each hero being chosen for a specific reason once they are inside the construct reality.
DARK CRISIS: THE DEADLY GREEN #1
- Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON, DAN WATTERS, RAM V, and others
- Art by DANIEL BAYLISS and others
- Cover by GOÑI MONTES
- Variant cover by FELIPE MASSAFERA
- 1:25 foil variant cover by STEVE BEACH
- $5.99 | 48 pages | One-shot
- ON SALE 10/4/22
- SUPERMAN AND SWAMP THING UNCOVER THE SECRETS OF THE GREAT DARKNESS!
- During the original Crisis on Infinite Earths, Swamp Thing encountered and formed a truce with the Great Darkness, but this ancient force has been awakened by Pariah and now its influence is felt across the Multiverse. Now the Avatar of the Green must work together with new allies to investigate how far it’s spread and why it would work with Pariah. If they want to stop the Great Darkness from swallowing the Green, they need some extra help…ENTER: SUPER SWAMP THING.
Superman and Swamp Thing's Shared One-Shot Was Not Originally Listed for Dark Crisis
Dark Crisis: The Deadly Green is an additional Dark Crisis one-shot announced at San Diego Comic-Con 2022 alongside Dark Crisis: The Dark Army, neither issue listed previously as a part of the original reading checklist for Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths (simply called Dark Crisis when the checklist was revealed). Another one-shot tie-in for Dark Crisis was exclusively revealed by CBR weeks after SDCC -- Dark Crisis: Big Bang. Written by Mark Waid and drawn by Dan Jurgens and others, the issue will explore the new Multiverse and include worlds from other DC titles, like the medieval Dark Knights of Steel, the prehistoric Jurassic League and more.
What Other Issues Will Dark Crisis Release?
The rest of Dark Crisis will run through Dec. 2022. Dark Crisis: The Deadly Green #1 releases alongside Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths #5, with two more main issues and other tie-ins set to release until the event's finale.
Along with Ram V., Paknadel and Watters writing, Dark Crisis: The Deadly Green #1 is illustrated by Daniel Bayliss, Tom Derenick, George Kambadais and Brent Peeples, colored by Matt Herms and lettered by Troy Peteri. Main cover art for the issue is by Goñi Montes, with variant cover artwork contributed to by Steve Beach and Felipe Massafera. The issue goes on sale Oct. 4 from DC Comics.
Source: DC Comics