Given the truth that the DC Universe is simply getting off of the bottom, I’m generally overwhelmed by the variety of thrilling upcoming initiatives they’ve on the slate. Step one into James Gunn and Peter Safran’s DCU – the animated collection Creature Commandos – hadn’t even delivered its season finale earlier than phrase was shared that Creature Commandos Season 2 was greenlit. The Web was buzzing close to the top of 2024 after Gunn delivered the primary official trailer for his pending Superman film, arriving in theaters on July 11. And we already know that Lanterns and Supergirl are in numerous types of manufacturing. Given the truth that the latter has start filming, DC Comics icon Tom King took to social media to rejoice within the coolest approach doable.
Tom King printed the eight-issue restricted collection Supergirl: Lady of Tomorrow in 2021, and it’s his work on which the brand new film – starring Milly Alcock within the title function of Kara Zor-El – shall be based mostly. To commemorate the launch of filming, King went on Instagram and shared a textless model of the quilt of Supergirl: Lady of Tomorrow #1. And if it is a clear indication that the film will observe the supply materials, we’re about to witness one thing in contrast to something we’ve seen from a serious superhero blockbuster. Right here’s the picture that Tom King shared:
Take an extended have a look at that picture, and you’ll begin to perceive why James Gunn and his Supergirl director Craig Gillespie wished Milly Alcock to transfer from Home of the Dragon to DC. Kara Zor-El wields a mighty sword within the art work from Tom King’s guide, and seems able to cost into battle. There aren’t any dragons on this story… however there would possibly as nicely be.
You understand who’s on that guide cowl? A sure super-powered canine who we met within the Superman trailer. That’s proper, Krypto performs a major half in Tom King’s story, and he higher present up in Craig Gillespie’s film, in any other case, what the heck are all of us doing right here?
The remainder of the story for Supergirl: Lady of Tomorrow is heavy science-fiction, with Kara (Milly Alcock) accompanying a younger alien throughout the galaxy on a vengeance mission in opposition to Krem of the Yellow Hills (Matthias Schoenaerts). Which immediately proves that it is a story we haven’t seen instructed on display earlier than, in several iterations. There’s familiarity with Superman, in that it consists of Lex Luthor (Nicholas Hoult), Lois Lane (Rachel Brosnahan) and the staples of that mythology. However by adapting Tom King’s work, Gillespie proves he’s making an attempt to indicate one thing fully completely different.
And for DC Comics followers, that’s very thrilling.
Supergirl: Lady of Tomorrow is down for a launch date of June 26, 2026, so count on to listen to much more of it as this yr rolls alongside.