Dynamite Entertainment Plan Crossover 'Prophecy'

If the Mayans, and John Cusack, are to be believed the world will come to an end on December 21st of this year. While the authenticity of these claims are suspect at best, Dynamite Entertainment are grabbing hold of this idea with both hands and weaving the prophecy into new seven issue crossover series, Prophecy. Dynamite are best known for adaptions of existing properties from a variety of media such as movies (Army Of Darkness, Expendables), T.V. shows (Xena, Warrior Princess, Stargate SG1) and literature (Zorro, Warlord Of Mars), and this new series will continue that trend with characters such as Dorian Gray, Vampirella, Red Sonja, Herbert West The Reanimator, Alan Quatermain, Dracula and many more, all playing a part. The series will be written by Ron Marz (Artifacts, Green Lantern) with art by Walter Geovani (Red Sonja), and will involve the various characters choosing sides in an upcoming battle to decide the fate of the world. Talking to Comic Book Resources, Dynamite President and Publisher Nick Barrucci explained the reasoning behind the project:

"We have discussed a major cross-over at Dynamite for some time, but wanted to wait till we had the best project possible with the right creative team. With the Mayan Prophecy in 2012, it felt like the perfect time to have our first major cross-over. Ron was the first writer we thought of and approached, and were ECSTATIC when he said yes. The result is months of discussions for our biggest cross-over ever!"

Marz also added that the characters involved, and the chance for some old school comic book storytelling was a big draw to him:

"There's something intrinsically comic-booky about a bunch of characters meeting for the first time. One of the attractions of Prophecy when it was offered to me was that we talked about embracing that aspect, the sensibility that a comic can still be fun, with big action moments as well as big characters moments. I'm really looking forward to getting to play with this bunch of characters."

Another big draw of this series is that it will be self contained, a welcome alternative to the multi book events that DC and Marvel put out every year. Issue one goes on sale in June.