DC Comics Rebirth Spoilers: Road To Watchmen Rebirth Hits High Gear With 4-Part Cross-Over Featuring Batman & The Flash, But No Geoff Johns Yet?!

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DC Comics Rebirth Spoilers follow for a Watchmen Rebirth event 2017!

Remember this from DC Universe Rebirth #1?

There has been follow-up on the button in the pages of the Flash Rebirth #1.

Readers know that is the Watchmen Comedian’s blood stained button.

Well DC Comics begin exploring that mystery over that button in April 2017.

Official release:


      THE DARK KNIGHT AND THE FASTEST MAN ALIVE DIVE DEEPER INTO THE MYSTERY OF DC UNIVERSE: REBIRTH THIS APRIL!

      Batman and The Flash Team Up For the Four-Part Mystery “The Button”

      All Four Issues to Also Feature Special Lenticular Covers

      If you’ve been wondering about how the mystery behind Geoff Johns’ DC UNIVERSE: REBIRTH #1 continues, you’ll find out more beginning this April in “The Button,” a four part story arc in issues #21 and #22 of BATMAN and THE FLASH.

      Courtesy of the Batman team of writer Tom King and artist Jason Fabok, along with The Flash writer Joshua Williamson and artist Howard Porter, the two greatest detectives in the DC Universe unite to unravel the mystery behind a certain blood stained smiley face button stuck in the Batcave wall. However, what begins as a simple investigation soon turns deadly when the secrets of the button prove irresistible to an unwelcome third party – and it’s not who anyone suspects! This is a mystery woven throughout time, and the countdown starts here!

      In addition to the standard $2.99 covers on Batman and The Flash in late April and early May, each of the four issues will feature a special $3.99 lenticular cover, all drawn by Jason Fabok. Don’t miss the chance to find out more about the mysteries behind REBIRTH when these issues hit your local comics retailer beginning April 19!


This follows earlier teases that later in 2017 writer Geoff Johns is working on the DC Rebirth related Watchmen event mini-series.

So, while no Geoff Johns writing “The Button”, it looks like fun nonetheless.

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