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DC and Marvel’s team-ups roll on with digital one-shots. Supergirl and Blade battle Mojo, while Jeff and Aquaman take on a kaiju.
Supergirl, Blade, Aquaman, and uh Jeff
The main spotlight of Marvel and DC’s latest crossovers might be of the physical variety, but there are some digital comics that fans might want to check out as well. Those follow in the footsteps of Superman/Spider-Man, and follow two more unlikely teamings. For starters, there’s DC’s Supergirl/Blade crossover.
The Girl of Steel and the Daywalker are indeed set to get each other’s backs when they come up against… Mojo? Yep, the X-Men villain is a third wildcard in this one. It seems he’s kidnapped the two heroes to star in his latest twisted motion picture event.
More or less, that means they’ll have to battle their way through waves of vampires.
When Mojo kidnaps Supergirl and Blade to star in his latest over-the-top vampire romance series, the Girl of Steel and the Daywalker find themselves trapped on a soundstage where the cameras never stop rolling and the stakes are very real. Forced to battle bloodsucking foes, melodramatic tropes, and Mojo himself, the unlikely duo must team up and fight their way to freedom before the show’s final twist becomes their last.
DC press release
From writer CRC Payne and featuring the artistic talents of Mikel Janín and Hugo Petrus, Supergirl/Blade will actually present its action in vertical format. We haven’t seen that format in a while, to put it mildly. Fans can catch it right now via the DC Universe Infinite subscription service, and the DC GO! platform.
According to the company too, the book is also free-to-read for the first 30 days, “with registration”. We assume that means that those forming accounts won’t get the title added to their account, but that they can log on and read it free of charge for those first 30 days. Not too shabby, that.
While that’s DC’s portion of the latest cross-company heroics, there’s also the Marvel half to talk about. That one certainly looks to be a little lighter in tone than the above, and features Jeff the Landshark and DC’s king of Atlantis, Aquaman.
Aquatic action
It’s Jeff/Aquaman will feature the title off-the-wall pair as they go up against a monstrous threat. That would be Ken the Kaiju, as the beastly creep terrorizes New York’s Coney Island. Writer Kelly Thompson helms this titanic tale, with Andres Genolet aboard to provide the artistic accompaniment.
In IT’S JEFF/AQUAMAN, it’s no day at the beach when Ken the Kaiju terrorizes Coney Island! It’ll take the aquatic alliance you’ve only dared dream of to turn the tide, as everyone’s favorite Land Shark, Jeff, and the legendary Aquaman unite to save the day!
Marvel press release
As mentioned, and like the Supergirl/Blade crossover, It’s Jeff/Aquaman is a digital event. Though while the former book is delivered via DC GO!, his one will be found in Marvel’s online subscription service, Marvel Unlimited.
In a neat twist too, the publisher has issued a limited-time promo code. So those looking to check out It’s Jeff/Aquaman can do so sans cost. Readers can use CROSSOVER26 at Marvel.com/redeem to get in on that action.
You’ll of course need an account to make use of the code, though you don’t need to be an existing customer. And while said code was issued later last week, it’s still viable as of this writing.
Since we’re talking about Marvel’s half of this new crossover initiative too, don’t forget that Spider-Man/Superman is still coming up. DC’s Superman/Spider-Man is already out and about, but that second installment is set to land in comics shops this month, on April 22nd.
