Artwork released for DC Comics' upcoming Dark Crisis event shows the Flash tangling with Clayface.
The new pages do not include any text, but show the Batman villain infiltrating the Hall of Justice disguised as a tour group leader. Along that tour, readers catch glimpses of the Hall's various displays, including the various iterations of the Justice League from over decades, the team's new memorial statues and what appears to be the battle where the team will meet its untimely end. Clayface reveals himself once he spots a Mother Box on display, but is stopped by Wally West before he can get away with it.
It is unclear why Clayface would be after a Mother Box, which is a living computer that possesses many abilities, including opening up Boom-Tube portals. One possibility is that Clayface will become one of Deathstroke Inc.'s new members by the time Dark Crisis begins, and that it is not Clayface after the Mother Box but the organization. Deathstroke Inc. formed after Slade Wilson seized control over a society of supervillains, which is teased to be involved in the upcoming summer event as well in early promotional art.
Wally West/The Flash, on the other hand, will have his own mission during the crisis. A tie-in arc to the event for The Flash ongoing series is titled "The Search for Barry Allen," Wally's mentor and the most recognizable scarlet speedster for DC Comics. Barry has been missing since the finale of 2021's Infinite Frontier miniseries, where he was seemingly killed and/or sent to a dream-like reality by Pariah.
Dark Crisis will spin out of Justice League #75, "The Death of the Justice League." As previously mentioned, the League is set to die in April, with nine major heroes among the issue's casualties. The book arrives 30 years after The Death of Superman crossover arrived from DC Comics and is set to force DC's legacy characters to handle Dark Crisis on their own. However, just what exactly heroes like Wally West, Jon Kent/Superman and Yara Flor/Wonder Girl will be up against remains to be seen.
The new art pages for Dark Crisis #0 FCBD Special Edition can be found below.
DARK CRISIS #0 FCBD SPECIAL EDITION
- Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON and more!
- Art by JIM CHEUNG, DANIEL SAMPERE, and more!
- Cover by DANIEL SAMPERE
- 32 pages
- Standard periodical
- 6 5/8" x 10 3/16"
- ON SALE 5/7/22
- Witness the rise and fall of the Justice League! The event years in the making is here with Dark Crisis! The Justice League is comics' greatest super-team—made up of DC Comics' legendary heroes, they have saved the world countless times. No crisis was too much for them to handle...until now! The Justice League has been defeated by the Great Darkness and its army of DC's most dangerous enemies—now a new generation of heroes must rise to protect not only the Multiverse…but also the legacy of the DCU!
- A prelude to DC Comics' biggest story of 2022! Includes a preview and art from Dark Crisis #1 coming, in June! Don't miss out on this Free Comic Book Day special featuring the blockbuster talents of Joshua Williamson, Jim Cheung, and Daniel Sampere! For free!
The Free Comic Book Day issue for Dark Crisis is written by Infinite Frontier scribe Joshua Williamson, who has also written Justice League Incarnate, Deathstroke Inc., Batman and Robin ahead of the event. Art for the upcoming issue is done by Jim Cheung and Daniel Sampere. The issue is set to release May 7 from DC Comics.
Source: DC Comics
