Superman has the powers of a god, but what is he afraid of? Does Batman, who keeps scaring the bad guys, also have some great fear? And his greatest enemy, the Joker, would he have an indisposition towards something as chaotic as himself? These and other questions will be in Knight TerrorsDC Comics’ next event.
DC has always had a more mysterious and dark side, with an adult humor, and lately, it has been exploring it in its annual events – like what happened with DCeased, recently. Due to the history of recent years, the publisher has always kept a great saga of heroic level “for the whole family” in the main focus; and a smaller, more violent arc with heavier plots in the background.
The result so far has been successful, because while fans of the more “crooked” side of DC have publications such as the Black Label imprint, there is strong demand from veteran readers for this type of material that straddles the threshold between adult and adult. juvenile.
Knight Terrors: First Blood #1 by Joshua Williamson and Howard Porter, will kick off the new event, when Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman find the body of one of their first enemies inside the Hall of Justice. The investigation “takes them beyond the land of the living, beyond the land of the dead, and directly into a new villain named Insomnia, who uses her powers to envelop every hero and villain in their own dark, twisted nightmares,” reads DC’s announcement. .
Apparently, the plot should explore the mystical side of DC that is already well known in the plots of Sandman and John Constantine. This time, Deadman should be back in the spotlight, according to the previews.
And what is the Joker’s biggest nightmare?
This theme has been explored a few times in the stories, but mostly in dubious or obscure ways. But, according to the variant cover of Knight Terrors, what the Fear Clown fears most is having an ordinary everyday life, like a standard salaryman in some conventional office of the Wayne group. Check out the cover below:
It can’t be taken seriously as his “real greatest canonical fear”, but it makes sense for the Joker to really have as his big nightmare an “ordinary little life” of a standard office worker. The other variant covers also play with this concept with several other characters that are part of the plot, such as Harley Quinn being consumed by spiders.
The art, by the way, is one of the things that draw attention at the event, which should not soften in the suggestive and more terrifying images than usual — apparently, the idea is to offer a “horror blockbuster” for readers of the magazine. House.
Knight Terrors: First Blood #1 will be released on July 4th in foreign stores.
