DC announces Lazarus Planet, its first major event of 2023

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During its "Explore the Universe Panel" at New York Comic Con on Thursday, DC announced its first 2023 event: Lazarus Planet.

DC first teased Lazarus Planet in September, when it released an ominous image of the Lazarus Volcano exploding, its green lava forming Superman's iconic symbol. The explosion will take place in Batman vs. Robin #4, the penultimate issue in the limited series written by Mark Waid and drawn by Mahmud Asrar.

On Wednesday, the publisher released the same image, with the following text added: "Heroes transformed. Secrets revealed. Powers unleashed." Newsarama also received images showing a terrifying Doomsday monster wearing Martian Manhunter's costume, and the Devil Nezha holding Monkey Prince by the neck of his suit while he seemingly laughs at the demon.

Plus, Billy Batson will apparently be released from the Rock of Eternity, where he's been trapped since the events of Titans Academy. Lazarus Planet will seemingly establish new status quos for everyone in the DC Universe, just as DC shifts into the new editorial era known as the Dawn of the DCU - which spins out of the currently ongoing event, Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths.

Waid will be the architect for Lazarus Planet, and he'll be teaming up with Riccardo Federici, Gene Luen Yang, Billy Tan, Nicole Maines, Skylar Patridge, Francis Manapul, Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Josie Campbell, Dan Watters, and more. Creative teams for the event will be announced alongside solicit text and covers for DC's January comics in its October solicitations.

What we know for sure is that Lazarus Planet will see DC's superheroes and supervillains transformed for the event, and everything spins out of the Lazarus Volcano exploding in Batman vs. Robin #4 in December. It