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DC has a new maestro of craziness when it comes to " What If?"-style stories : writerTom Taylor . With the newDungeons & Dragons - inspired limited seriesDark Knights of Steelon the horizon , Taylor has been quietly pretend a name for himself not only in mainstream series , but also in craft alternative universes ( a recording label so grand at this point it might as well be called a music genre of its own ) . Taylor comes to this new modified serial with two of the most intriguing and popular incubus fever dreams to descend out ofDCin recent years under his belt : theInjustice Universe , based on theNetherRealm Studios video game franchiseof the same name , andDCeased , a zombie apocalypse with many a hearty twist and turn . There ’s no reason to strike he ’s slowing down as he get this New speculation .
Since as betimes as the 1940s , DC Comics has always published stories that fall outside of the main continuity of their common fare , first be intimate as “ Imaginary Stories ” and later rebranded as “ Elseworlds . ” tale of dark futures and divergent worlds proved to be quite utile when discussing the fine gunpoint of particular franchise philosophies or presenting enthralling and new perspectives on classic characters . As time went on , these stories ended up allow some of DC ’s most celebrate form of address including Mark Waid and Alex Ross’Kingdom Comeand Frank Miller’sThe Dark Knight Returns . Taylor ’s most famous alternate universe story,2013’sInjustice : deity Among Us(the late installment of which released before this year ) , received critical eclat for its focussed , grapheme - drive storytelling and heartfelt emotionality .
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What set Taylor up as perhaps the premiere alterniverse prestidigitator is a twofold approach in his writing , perhaps best demonstrated in his demonically savage horror - action thrillerDCeased(released in 2019 ) . The story image the heroCyborgaccidentally circulate a zombie - like antilife equation - computer virus onto Earth , make an experimental extinction level disaster that take the lives of most of theJustice League . First , Taylor ’s sense of type development is always a very personal and immediate action , while at the same clock time esteem the great world at expectant he is building . Secondly , Taylor’suse of the fantastical settingsand powers inherent in the superhero world is always incredibly bright ( if not terrific ) , and provides fitting equilibrium to the oft - psychologically - intensive journeys of his characters .
Together , these two attributes of his composition stylus allow him to take full advantage of the speculative nature of the alternative universe level he excels at , being able-bodied to get out upon not only the extremely imaginative superhero human beings they ’re based upon , but also the tally wrinkles of create new versions of these worlds as distort reflection of the original . Anchored bya fundamental sense of humanitywithin these characters , include a brilliant and benevolent rendering ofSuperman’sturn to hyperbolic villainy inInjustice , Taylor ’s additional creative use of music genre furnishing grant him stretch versatility as well when postulate with the unusual and alien populace his alternative universes explore .
While only time will tell if the phantasy - epicDark Knights of Steelwill maintain his stripe , Tom Taylorseems to have the whole twisted , post - revelatory " What If ? " storytelling - style down pat . Dark Knights of Steel(with prowess by Yasmine Putri ) goes on sale November , wherever laughable Christian Bible are sold .
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