What better way to fight the competition than combining two stars into one?
Well, that is exactly with DC Comics is planning on doing with Batman and Superman to combat Marvel.
DC Comics announced this week that it would be starting up a new "Batman/Superman" comic book series as part of the New 52 reboot that launched last year. The new series will focus on the first meeting between what are arguably DC's most iconic and popular characters, reported webpronews.com.
To come up with their adventures DC will call upon the talents of a first-time writer Greg Pak, who will be aided by artist Jae Lee, according to Associated Press.
Marvel fans will know Pak from his work on "Incredible Hullk" and "War Machine." Jae Lee is also a frequent Marvel artist who has worked on series like "Fantastic Four" and "Young Avengers." This will not be Lee's first time with DC, however, as he did the art for Before "Watchmen": "Ozymandias" last year, stated webpronews.com.
So what's the new series going to be about? Pak isn't saying much, but he did tell USA Today that the first meeting between the two heroes will probably not be pleasant:
"What would your reaction be if you saw a guy running around in a bat costume in the dead of night attacking people for the first time? And what would your reaction be if you met an alien who could crush steel in his bare hands for the first time? These guys are going to have very different immediate impressions of each other than we're used to seeing with these characters."
As for working with artist Jae Lee on "Batman/Superman," Pak said it was a "no brainer."
The writer added:
"That makes total sense. [But] he's doing some cool new stuff and when you put these two characters together, they've got different palettes and environments," according to USA Today.
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