If DC Comics fans thought the originalDark Nights : Metalevent was as wild or outlandish as the Justice League could get , they could n’t be more wrong . That ’s not an hyperbole , either . Because as shocking asThe Batman Who Laughsmay have been , there is only no comparison to whatDark Nights : Death Metalhas in store for its newest Dark Multiverse Batman … a Tyrannosaurus rex . That ’s correct , the result will serve the head nobody inquire : would the Dark Knight be more or less deadly if he was a carnivorous dinosaur ?

By now fanss really should have expected this level of lunacy from Scott Snyder , Greg Capullo , Jonathan Glapion , and FCO Plascencia . Even away from the Leslie Townes Hope expressed by Snyder and Capullo about the ' Metalsequel ' they hop-skip to unleash , the debut ofWonder Woman wielding her Chainsaw of Truthset the tone . One that was soon reenforce by aGrim Reaper biker Batmanand adeath metal Superman . And while story details are being kept for the miniseries itself , the latest prevue confirm Wonder Woman will be meeting even more variation of Batman from across DC ’s multiverse . admit a T - rex . Which , unusual as it may seem , has actually been alluded to by Snyder in the past .

With the new preview pages offered by DC direct , buff everywhere are able-bodied to work on the reveal together . When Snyder toldCBRthat a automatonlike dinosaur had been debate as part of theDark Nightssequel , most took it as an idea deemedtoo strangeto make the cut . But after realize the pageboy , that expectation may need to be adjusted . Here ’s Snyder ’s full quote regarding new , malefic Batman doppelganger , so reader know what they ’re in for :

Comic book art: Batman faces the four Robins: Nightwing Dick Grayson, Red Hood Jason Todd, Red Robin Tim Drake, and Robin Damian Wayne.

I said to Greg , I want a large monstrous one and I have a few option . One we were thinking of was perhaps an evil monster truck Batmobile that eventually became sentient and then drink down everybody and became Batman of his world , or , I was like , what about dinosaur if it was the robot dinosaur in the Batcave and Batman was about to buy the farm and he uploaded his consciousness into the mechanical dinosaur , and then that kind of gets out of restraint and becomes an malign Batman on its earth . Those are the kind of things that we talk about . "

Will this plot turn out to be the explanation behind the new Bat - Dinosaur ? Only metre will say . Until then , savour in the prehistoric glory :

Dark Nights : Death Metalis a six - yield monthly serial publication with the first three egress unblock in May , June , and July . After a abbreviated break in August ( for reasons not yet disclose ) the final three outcome will be surrender in September , October , and November . And as sports fan ofDark night : Metalalready have it off , but DC is sure to promise , the total event will bring with it a whole host of tie - ins and particular issuing to show how the DC Universe is transformed by thisDeath Metalnightmare .

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Dark Nights : Death Metal # 1will arrive in your local comic ledger shop on May 13th , 2020 .

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