This summer the character of Metamorpho is set to make his big screen debut in the new Superman movie portrayed by actor Anthony Carrigan. Looks like DC is getting ahead of the game. Today the publisher announced a new Metamorpho: The Element Man ongoing series from writer Al Ewing and artist Steve Lieber along with colorist Lee Loughridge arriving this December.
Official press release and preview art below:
“This is 100% fun comics, delivered with total confidence, visceral joy and absolutely no winking to the camera,” said Ewing about the new series. “It’s a love letter to Bob Haney, Ramona Fradon and the spirit of superheroes at their wildest and weirdest—we’re aiming to catch the essential fab-freakiness of Metamorpho like lightning in a bottle and get groovy with it in our own special way.”
“It’s such a joy to work on this book with these collaborators,” shared Lieber. “Al Ewing’s scripts are an absolute delight, and Lee Loughridge’s color is impeccable. And as a long-time fan of Bob Haney and Ramona Fradon, I can’t believe I get to follow in their footsteps.”
To know him is to love him. He’s the one and only Rex Mason, alias Metamorpho… but can even he win out against Cy.C.L.O.P.S., the hairy eyeball of crime that gazes from the top of the pop charts to the lowest depths of evil—and even into the far-off, far-out Ra-Realm? To find out, the Element Man must survive a hand-picked assassin who can match him change for change… and that’s just the first issue!
“This is our take on classic DC comics,” continued Ewing. “Done-in-ones that’ll satisfy discerning Metamaniacs month by month as they build up to something so far out that it might just be a one-way ticket to nowheresville for a certain freak of a thousand changes! Who is the menacing Mister 3? What’s the sinister secret of Sugar Sweet? Who’s the target of Vandal Savage’s million-year revenge? All these way-out mysteries and more will be answered in the New Age of Metamorpho—it’s our Xmas gift to you!”
Metamorpho: The Element Man #1, written by Al Ewing, interior art and main cover by Steve Lieber, colors by Lee Loughridge and lettering Ferran Delgado, will publish on December 25 with variant covers by Erica Henderson, Ian Bertram and Steve Beach. Visit your local comic book shop for more details and pre ordering.