Crime Syndicate confirmed as villains for DC's Forever Evil

In an interview with IGN, Geoff Johns discussed the upcoming DC Comics Universe-wide event, Forever Evil, and revealed some new information about the story, including confirming the "true" villains of the event, the Crime Syndicate, from Earth 3.

The characters in the poster above are ( on the left hand side, from top to bottom ) Black Adam, Sinestro, Black Manta, Captain Cold, Bizarro, Catwoman, Batman, Lex Luthor and ( on the right hand side ) Power Ring, Superwoman, Deathstorm, Owlman, Johnny Quick, Ultraman.

Of course, there's still a lot of mysteries to be solved for this series, such as why Batman is in the same group as the usual villains...

Johns has described this story as "Forever Evil is [his] love letter to DC supervillains" and has also teased that "as far as the world knows, the Justice Leagues are dead"

To read the whole interview, head over to IGN.

First look at Villains Month issues for Darkseid, Bizarro, Deadshot and many more...

Earlier today, DC Comics, gave a first look at the Villains Month issues for The Joker, Two-Face, Poison Ivy and the Ventriloquist. As promised, DC have released more preview art, this time for ( in order now ), Cyborg Superman, Desaad, Bizarro, The Creeper, Count Vertigo, Darkseid, Deadshot, Relic and Gorilla Grodd. Check out all of the pages below!

DC Comics release new "Forever Evil" teaser - "When the unimaginable happens"

You've probably heard about DC Comics' upcoming event, "Forever Evil" starting in September. It's supposed to be crossing over into the whole DC Universe and have a huge impact on it. Today DC have released a teaser for the event, featuring Black Adam, Bizarro, Sinestro, Catwoman, Lex Luthor, Black Manta, Captain Cold and... Batman?

Check it out below:

Forever evil teaser by David Finch

Forever Evil #1 is released in September and kicks off DC's "Villains Month".

DC Comics' "Superman" solicits for September 2013, Villains Month

Below are the Solicits for the September 2013 issues of DC Comics' "Superman" series, September is also Villains Month for DC Comics so every title in the New 52 is being taken over by one of it's villains for the month, sometimes more than once.

SUPERMAN #23.1: BIZARRO

• Written by SHOLLY FISCH
• Art by JEFF JOHNSON and ANDY SMITH
• 3-D motion cover by AARON KUDER
• On sale SEPTEMBER 4 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T
• Lex Luthors’s sinister plan to manipulate Superman’s genetic material to create a mindless soldier under his control results in the monster known as Bizarro: opposite of Superman in every way, with no compassion, no remorse and no mercy!

SUPERMAN #23.2: BRAINIAC

• Written by TONY BEDARD
• Art by PASCAL ALIXE
• 3-D motion cover by GENE HA
• On sale SEPTEMBER 11 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T
• Brainiac was the first adversary Superman fought on Earth, but where did he come from? A lineage that spans the universe holds many secrets when we ask, “Who is Brainiac?”

SUPERMAN #23.3: H’EL

• Written by SCOTT LOBDELL
• Art by DAN JURGENS and
• NORM RAPMUND
• 3-D motion cover by GENE HA
• On sale SEPTEMBER 18 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T
• After his last battle with Superman, H’el wakes up on Krypton years before it is destroyed! Can H’el manipulate the Science Counsel, soldiers and countless others including Jor-El, to save the planet? And what does it mean for the birth of Superman if he succeeds?

SUPERMAN #23.4: PARASITE

• Written by AARON KUDER
• Art by AARON KUDER
• 3-D motion cover by AARON KUDER
• On sale SEPTEMBER 25 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T
• Parasite: Noun. An organism that lives in or on another organism. Preferably Superman.

(Source: IGN)

DC Comics reveal Villains Month

We've known for a while that DC were planning something quite big for September, similar to the new #1s and Zero month, this would be something that would take over all the books in the New 52. Now, Bleeding Cool have been talking about for a while, this year's event is "Villains Month", or "Forever Evil".

Dan Didio and Jim Lee, DC's co-publishers, called this The New 52's "first major crossover", it's also the title of a new 7-issue miniseries from DC, obviously focusing on the main story of the event. It will also help launch three new series in the New 52, such as, "Forever Evil: Rogues" by Brian Buccelato Patrick Zircher, "Forever Evil: Arkham War" by Peter Tomasi and Scot Eaton and "Forever Evil: A.R.G.U.S." by Matt Kindt.

They've also released a lot of covers for the event, "3D motion" covers! They're don't do too much, but they're pretty cool.

Justice League of America/Deadshot

Superman/Bizarro

Green Arrow/ Count Vertigo

Batman: Detective Comics/Poison Ivy

Batman/Joker

The Flash/Grodd

Superman: Action Comics/Cyborg Superman

Green Lantern/Relic

Earth 2/ Desaap(?)

Batman: The Dark Knight/Ventriloquist

Justice League Dark/The Creeper

Justice League/Darkseid

Batman and Robin/Two Face

 The final one doesn't get 3D treatment but I'm assuming it's the cover to the Forever Evil miniseries' #1 by Geoff Johns and David Finch.

Forever Evil #1?