DC Comics Officially Announces "Villains Month"

After months of speculation and rumors, DC Comics officially announced that September will indeed be "Villains Month." This will be the first major crossover event in the New 52.

In addition to the bad guys taking over the books, the publisher will debut FOREVER EVIL; a seven issue miniseries by writer Geoff Johns and artist David Finch. USA Today reports that there will also be three five-issue tie-ins: FOREVER EVIL: ROGUES, FOREVER EVIL: ARKHAM WAR, and FOREVER EVIL: A.R.G.U.S.

The main books will be numbered with a .1 (sound familiar?) and will feature 3-D motion covers.

"When we launched the New 52 in September of 2011, we decided to do something different and daring each September to draw attention to our line and really focus on what our goals are for the year," Co-publisher Dan DiDio told Buzzfeed. "What we did back in 2011 was relaunch our entire line. In 2012, we went back and looked at all our heroes with Zero Month and told some early stories and origins. This September we wanted to try something a little different and really explore our villain base, and show the challenges our heroes face with every story and every issue, because of the strength of the characters taking over their books in that month."