Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s Dark Nights: Metal sequel Death Metal has returned to DC’s schedule.
Originally solicited for a May 13 release, the debut of the six-issue limited series is now June 16 as part of DC’s post-Diamond shutdown revised schedule. The Tuesday date represents the day-and-date digital debut along with comic shops served by distributors Lunar and UCS. Wednesday, June 17 will be the official debut date for stores serviced by Diamond.
“This is a story we’ve been building for three years – we pitched it when we pitched Dark Nights: Metal,” Snyder tells Newsarama. “It brings a lot of threads together to give what we hope will be the epic ending of one era of DC comics and the equally epic start to a new one…”
Since the COVID-19 pandemic put the entire comic industry on hiatus, DC’s (and Snyder’s) plans for Death Metal have expanded to include more tie-ins, specials, and anthology issues.
“So, for example, there’s an anthology issue coming that’s one of my favorite things that we’ve ever done that is a Death Metal guide to the Dark Knights. And it’s all the evil Batmen,” Snyder told Newsarama in April.
“And then we have a Metal guidebook that takes you all around the world of Metal and what happens to the DCU and the current state of things,” the writer added.
And while DC’s other summer event Generation is M.I.A. in DC’s revised May and June schedule, Snyder has said that Death Metal will “sort out” DC continuity.
“… The purpose of the whole story is to sort out continuity and the universe and give you something fun bright and coherent on the other side,” Snyder tweeted previously.