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Future State

"Future State"is a comic book storyline published byDC Comicsin January and February 2021,[a]consisting of multiplelimited seriesreleased in place of DC's regularongoing seriesduring those months.[1][2]The event is set in the aftermath of the "Dark Nights: Death Metal"storyline, and takes place in a" possible future "of theDC Universe.[3]The conclusion of the event leads into DC'sInfinite Frontierrelaunch.[4]

"Future State"
The cover ofFuture State: Justice League#1 (January 2021, DC Comics), featuring new characters introduced during the storyline.
Art by Dan Mora.
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
FormatMultiple limited series
Genre
Publication dateJanuary– March 2021
Creative team
Written byMultiple
Artist(s)Multiple

Publication history

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DC Comicsoriginally announcedGenerationsas the event that would unite all eras in the history of theDC Universe,starting withGeneration Zero: Gods Among Us,which was scheduled to release duringFree Comic Book Dayon May 2, 2020. However, following the firing of publisherDan DiDiofrom DC Entertainment in February[5][6]and the effects of theCOVID-19 pandemicon the comics industry, the series was delayed. WriterScott Snyderstated the plans forGenerationshad become more "fluid", and in June,Generation Zerowas not part of DC's plans for the revised Free Comic Book Day.[7]As well, DC Comics publisher and chief creative officerJim Leestated that the 5G initiative, which would have occurred at the end of the original plan forGenerationswas no longer happening: "We had a lot of great ideas that we were floating around. And rather than dumping it all in one month and renumbering the line and going for that really short term spike in sales, we just naturally gravitated to the story ideas and concepts we love and building them into the mythology, the ongoing mythology, in a very organic way".[8]

In September, DC announced "Future State" to be scheduled for January and February 2021.[9]In October, Snyder has also assured the ending ofDark Nights: Death Metalwill be tied directly to the event. He responded that "it's hooked into everything. We're building the DCU plan together with editors and other writers and artists. I'm really excited about it.Death Metalends in January, and then January and February is "Future State", which is going to give glimpses of possible DC futures. That was built while we were doingDeath Metalto lead into some stuff which isn’t happening anymore, but those plans have taken a new shape, which is exciting.Death Metalis very tied into and hooks into everything happening on the other side—the whole DCU is working together, plus we have some surprises lined up later in the year ".[10]

Titles

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Batman family

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Superman family

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Justice League family

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Aftermath

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Critical reception

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At the review aggregator website Comic Book Roundup, the storyline garnered an average score of 7.8 out of 10, based on 809 reviews.[15]

Collected editions

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Title Material collected Publication date ISBN
Future State: Dark Detective Future State: Dark Detective#1-4 (main story),Future State: Catwoman#1-2,Future State: Harley Quinn#1-2,Future State: Robin Eternal#1-2,Future State: Batman/Superman#1-2 July 6, 2021 978-1779510716
Future State: Justice League Future State: Justice League#1-2,Future State: Justice League Dark#1-2,Future State: Aquaman#1-2,Future State: Green Lantern#1-2,Future State: The Flash#1-2 June 22, 2021 978-1779510655
Future State: Superman Future State: Superman of Metropolis#1-2,Future State: Superman vs. Imperious Lex#1-3,Future State: Superman: Worlds at War#1-2,Future State: House of El#1,Future State: Kara Zor-El, Superwoman#1-2,Future State: Legion of Super-Heroes#1-2 June 29, 2021 978-1779510686
Future State: The Next Batman Future State: The Next Batman#1-4,Future State: Nightwing#1-2 and material fromFuture State: Dark Detective#1,3 June 15, 2021 978-1779510648
Future State: Wonder Woman Future State: Wonder Woman#1-2,Future State: Immortal Wonder Woman#1-2,Future State: Superman/Wonder Woman#1-2 July 20, 2021 978-1779510747
Future State: Suicide Squad Future State: Suicide Squad#1-2,Future State: Teen Titans#1-2,Future State: Shazam!#1-2,Future State: Swamp Thing#1-2 July 13, 2021 978-1779510723
Future State: Gotham Vol. 1 Future State: Gotham#1-7 and material fromFuture State: Dark Detective#2-4 April 12, 2022 978-1779514363
Future State: Gotham Vol. 2 Future State: Gotham#8-12 September 27, 2022 978-1779516800
Future State: Gotham Vol. 3: Batmen at War Future State: Gotham#13-18 April 11, 2023 978-1779520005

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^One series,Future State: Superman vs. Imperious Lex,concluded publication in March 2021.

References

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  1. ^Dodge, John (2020-12-29)."Future State: When Does DC's New Era Begin?".CBR.Retrieved2021-01-12.
  2. ^McMillan, Graeme (2020-12-04)."DC Sets New 'Swamp Thing' Comic Book Series".The Hollywood Reporter.Retrieved2021-01-12.
  3. ^Chiu-Tabet, Christopher (2020-10-15)."DC Unveils 'Future State'".Multiversity Comics.Retrieved2021-01-12.
  4. ^Zachary, Brandon (2020-12-24)."Infinite Frontier Proves DC's Future State Generation Is Here to Stay".CBR.Retrieved2021-01-13.
  5. ^Rich Johnston(February 21, 2020)."Dan DiDio No Longer Publisher of DC Comics, As Of Today".Bleeding Cool.Archived fromthe originalon February 22, 2020.RetrievedFebruary 21,2020.
  6. ^Ryan Faughnder (February 21, 2020)."DC Entertainment shakeup continues with the exit of co-publisher Dan DiDio".Los Angeles Times.Archived fromthe originalon February 22, 2020.RetrievedFebruary 21,2020.
  7. ^Arrant, Chris (June 19, 2020)."DC's revised Free Comic Book Day plans no longer includes Generation Zero: Gods Among Us".Games Radar.RetrievedJune 19,2020.
  8. ^Arrant, Chris (September 12, 2020)."DC shoots down '5G' or reboot speculation -" not going to happen "".Newsarama.RetrievedSeptember 13,2020.
  9. ^Arrant, Chris (18 September 2020)."DC Future State teased for 2021, part of Generations event".Newsarama.RetrievedOctober 15,2020.
  10. ^Doran, Michael; Calamia, Kat (9 October 2020)."Scott Snyder affirms Death Metal - DC Future State connection".Newsarama.RetrievedOctober 15,2020.
  11. ^February 2021, Chris Arrant 05 (5 February 2021)."Former Robin Jason Todd hunts Batman & friends in new Red Hood ongoing series".Newsarama.Retrieved2021-02-05.{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  12. ^abDecember 2020, Michael Doran 07 (7 December 2020)."New Teen Titans Academy and Green Lantern titles launch post-Future State along with Justice League Dark return".Newsarama.Retrieved2021-02-05.{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  13. ^"The Next Batman Will Continue Beyond DC's Future State".ScreenRant.2021-01-14.Retrieved2021-01-19.
  14. ^February 2021, George Marston 03 (3 February 2021)."DC's new Wonder Girl gets her own series in May".Newsarama.Retrieved2021-02-05.{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  15. ^"Future State (2021) Reviews".Comic Book Roundup.January 2021.RetrievedMay 19,2021.
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