To put it lightly, Dark Matter - the followup to Scott Snyder's Dark Nights: Metal - looks and sounds magnificent.
Look, they have a team called The Terrifics. And it's made up of Mr. Terrific, Metamorpho, Plastic Man, and Phantom Girl. They're like the Fantastic Four, except y'know, they actually exist at this current moment in time.
It's a very cheeky move on DC's behalf, but one that no less illustrates their awareness of the industry zeitgeist. While December may feel like a long time off, we do have the aforementioned Snyder Metal series to keep us occupied which, if you're a metal fan, you're absolutely going to love; there's even a pun-laden spin-off called Justice League: Bats out of Hell.
All in all DC have a lot on their plate right now, with Dark Matter seemingly encapsulating the company's commitment to bringing some of the universe's lesser known characters to the forefront of their release schedule.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
