The DC Universe Will Flash Forward in September

It's become customary for DC to celebrate the anniversary of the New 52 every September with a month-long marketing push. In 2012, Zero Month saw every series deliver a flashback tale or origin story set in the early days of the New 52. In 2013, it was Villains Month, where DC's numerous villains took the spotlight as Forever Evil kicked off. That was also the month DC introduced their new 3D motion covers, which inspired a collector frenzy not seen since the early '90s.

What is the Future of the New 52?

This year's September celebration will take a page from both of these past events. This time, all of DC's New 52 books will flash forward five years rather than back. These issues are designed to tie into the weekly comic The New 52: Future's End, which explores the near future of the DCU and features characters like Batman Beyond, Firestorm, Frankenstein, and the Brother Eye satellite. Presumably, each tie-in issue will showcase the fate of its respective hero five years into the future. We also assume every book will return to the present-day in October, though it might be interesting if some don't.

And like last year's September books, DC will be offering these issues with 3D motion covers. DC announced the return of these covers at the ComicsPro Retailer Summit in Atlanta today, claiming that the covers "are returning in an even bigger and better way." We're not sure what that means, but hopefully this time the covers won't be as under-printed and heavily allocated as they were before.

The New 52: Future's End launches in May 2014. We'll bring you more information about that series and these September tie-ins as it becomes available.

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