Generation (comics)


Generation is an upcoming limited comic book series set to be published by DC Comics, featuring stories written by Brian Michael Bendis, Dan Jurgens, Andy Schmidt, Robert Venditti and Joshua Williamson. After initially being scheduled to release on Free Comic Book Day on May 2, 2020, the series has since been removed from DC's release schedule.

Publication history

The Generation series serves to unite all eras in the history of the DC Universe, including the events narrated in Heroes in Crisis spin-off series Flash Forward and Watchmen crossover event Doomsday Clock.
Generation Zero was originally scheduled to release during Free Comic Book Day on May 2, 2020. However, following the exit of publisher Dan DiDio from DC Entertainment in February, and effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the comics industry, the series was delayed. Writer Scott Snyder stated the plans for Generation had become more "fluid", and in June 2020, Generation Zero was not part of DC's plans for the revised Free Comic Book Day. As well, DC has yet to reschedule or announce plans for the series.

Plot

Following his incarceration for his role in the massacre on Sanctuary, Wally West is forcibly recruited by Tempus Fuginaut to restore the balance between the Light and Dark Multiverses. When Wally finds Metron's Mobius Chair, he also finds his children, Jai and Iris, being trapped. Before sitting on the Chair, he makes a deal with Tempus to save his children and return them to his wife Linda Park. Tempus agrees and Linda, Jai and Iris are reunited. Meanwhile, it is revealed that the Mobius Chair was upgraded with a big portion of Doctor Manhattan's powers, which causes Wally to become a godlike persona of himself.
With his new powers, Wally begins investigating reality and finds out time and space are out of synchronicity, despite Manhattan restoring reality. During a brief conversation with Tempus, Wally decides to complete the restoration of the timeline by mending of all realities in one. But as he attempts to do that, Wally is interrupted by The Batman Who Laughs' presence, who wants to obtain Wally's new powers.

Issues

Prelude issues