Sold-out DCeased: Dead Planet #1 will receive a second printing with a black and white version of New Justice League cover art.

DCeased: Dead Planet #1hasn't even caught its own cover date yet, butfans are already demandingseconds. This sequel to 2019's DCeased series quickly sold out, prompting DC to authorize a second printing.

Created by Tom Taylor, the original DCeasedseries sees Darkseid using Cyborg as a Trojan Horse to infect Earth with a corrupted version of the Anti-Life equation. This new version of the Anti-Life equation causes despair and homicidal impulses in everyone infected,which includes most of Earth's population and many of Earth's heroes. One by one, themany old heroes fall to the Equation,and new ones take up their mantle. Eventually, a fewsurvivors escape the planet, and the Green Lantern Corp quarantines the solar system.

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DCeased: Dead Planet #1 picks up five years later, with the new Justice League detecting a distress call from none other than Cyborg. Beheaded by an infected Wonder Woman at the end of DCeased to prevent him from revealing that a cure to the Anti-Life Equation is possible, the fallen patient-zeromanagedto keep his systems marginally functionalin the hopes of makingamends. Sitting pretty on Earth-2 (no, not Earth Two, or Earth 2 or that Earth-2, but the other Earth-2), the remaining heroes decide to risk everything to rescue their fallen comrade on the dead Earth.

DCeased: Dead Planet #1 had a cover date of September, but was released July 7th. Like the original DCeased, it was written by Tom Taylor. The artistic team included David Finch, Gigi Baldissini, Rain Beredo, Stefano Guadiano, Trevor Hairsine, and Saida Temofonte. The new printing will include a black and white version of Finch's original cover.

The DCeased story line and its spin-offs and sequels were a creative way for DC to do Marvel: Zombies without actually copying Marvel - thoughDC and Marvel copy each otherwith little hesitation. Those infected with this corrupted version of the Anti-Life equation are not truly dead; they just want to spread death as much as possible. They are single-minded, but not truly mindless. Also, the fact that it is caused by atechno-organic virus transmitted throughboth the internet and blood--rather than a purely biological virus--might make the concept more palatable escapism in a post COVID-19 world. This might account for the series' popularity.

Of course, the series is plenty appealing regardless of the mechanics of the Anti-Life plague. From Black Canary taking on the Green Lantern ring, to Superman and Batman sacrificing themselves while saving others, the series keeps DC at its usual high stakes.DCeased: Dead Planet #1 doesn't let up on these heights ascended to by its forbears;with a potential cure in balance, the potential for loss and for gain remains high.

The new printing will appear in stores August 4th,the same time asDCeased: Dead Planet #2.DCeased: Dead Planet #3 will be released September 1st.

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