SDCC 2017 & DC Comics Rebirth Spoilers: Duke Thomas Headlines New Post Dark Nights Metal Ongoing Series Batman: The Signal! Plus Dark Days: The Casting #1 Set-Up Spoilers!

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SDCC 2017 and DC Comics Rebirth Spoilers for Duke Thomas follows.

At the end of Friday’s Dark Nights Metal / Dark Matter panel from DC Comics Rebirth at San Diego Comic Con 2017 (SDCC 2017) we learned what the plan is for Duke Thomas.

Duke Thomas will headline his own ongoing series called Batman: The Signal. It will be co-written by Scott Snyder and new writer Tony Patrick from DC’s writers workshops. An art team has yet to be announced or a rollout date.

It appears The Signal will fit a niche in Batman lore. He will be a daytime hero of Gotham City while Batman and the rest are effectively nighttime heroes.

Stay tuned for more details.

We did learn in last week’s Dark Days: The Casting #1 of…

…Duke Thomas new meta powers and of his nom du guerre of the Signal! Here are those scenes.

DC Comics Rebirth and Dark Days: The Casting #1 Spoilers follow.

Duke Thomas has a bright future figuratively and literally.

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