DC Announces DC PRIDE #1 and More Plans to Celebrate Pride in 2021
DC has announced some of their plans to celebrate Pride in June. First things first, the company announced DC Pride #1 which will be an 80-page anthology featuring LGBTQIA+ characters across the DC Universe. The anthology will also feature full-page profiles for the DCTV LGBTQIA+ characters and the actors who play them. If that’s not enough, Dreamer from The CW’s Supergirl will make her first comic book appearance in a story written by her actor Nicole Maines. Marc Andreyko will share a forward in DC Pride #1 and single-page pin-ups will also be included from artists Kris Anka, Sophie Campbell, Mildred Louis, Travis Moore, Nick Robles, and Kevin Wada. Here’s the list of stories and the creative teams behind them coming in the anthology which is releasing on June 8:
Batwoman (Kate Kane) by James Tynion IV & Trung Le Nguyen
Poison Ivy & Harley Quinn by Mariko Tamaki & Amy Reeder
Midnighter by Steve Orlando & Stephen Byrne
Flash of Earth-11 (Jess Chambers) by Danny Lore & Lisa Sterle
Green Lantern (Alan Scott) & Obsidian by Sam Johns & Klaus Janson
Aqualad (Jackson Hyde) by Andrew Wheeler & Luciano Vecchio
Dreamer by Nicole Maines & Rachel Stott
Renee Montoya by Vita Ayala and Skylar Patridge
Pied Piper by Sina Grace, Ro Stein & Ted Brandt
In addition, throughout June, the following comics will feature Pride variant covers by various artists:
Batman #109 Pride variant cover by Jen Bartel
Crush & Lobo #1 Pride variant cover by Yoshi Yoshitani
DC Pride #1 Pride variant cover by Jen Bartel
Harley Quinn #4 Pride variant cover by Kris Anka
Nightwing #81 Pride variant cover by Travis G. Moore
Superman #32 Pride variant cover by David Talaski
Teen Titans Academy #4 Pride variant cover by Stephen Byrne
Wonder Girl #2 Pride variant cover by Kevin Wada
Wonder Woman #774 Pride variant cover by Paulina Ganucheau
But wait, there’s more! On June 1, Crush & Lobo #1 will launch and kick off a new 8-issue miniseries from Mariko Tamaki and Amancay Nahuelpan. The main cover comes from Anka, a Pride variant will be available from Yoshi Yoshitani, a 1:25 ratio variant will be available from Christian Ward, and there will be an exclusive Dan Hipp variant available at participating retailers.
In this new eight-issue miniseries publishing between June 2021 and January 2022, Crush, daughter of the Czarnian bounty hunter Lobo, is in full-on self-destruct mode! After rage-quitting the Teen Titans and blowing up her relationship with her girlfriend Katie, Crush decides it’s time to finally confront her father in space jail and get her baggage sorted before she wrecks everything. Like father, like daughter?
Finally, DC will also be publishing a number of books throughout the year to celebrate Pride. On April 27, Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo’s Suicide Squad: Bad Blood will hit shelves followed by Poison Ivy: Thorns by Kody Keplinger and Sara Kipin on June 1, and then the YA graphic novel I Am Not Starfire from Tamaki and Yoshitani will be available on July 27. Keep an eye and ear out as more plans will be announced as we approach June.
