Artist Ivan Reis and writer Goff Johns are old hands at working together. The creative team famously collaborated on DC Comics’s now classic event Blackest Night, a mix of horror and DC superhero shenanigans. So it only makes sense now that Johns and Reis are reunited on Ghost Machine‘s upcoming horror series Hyde Street, that Reis would pencil a variant cover for Hyde Street #1 paying tribute to Blackest Night.
“With this Hyde Street variant cover we wanted to pay tribute not only to a collaboration in our past, but also to our readers and loyal fans who made Blackest Night such a standout success at the time,” said Reis via a press release provided to Comic Book Club.
Added Johns, “When we began talking about the concept of Hyde Street, our minds naturally went to Blackest Night for its dark horror atmosphere, a sandbox that Ivan and I were excited about playing in again. Like all of Ivan’s work this variant cover is brilliant, and we can’t wait for fans to join us as we discover Hyde Street together.”
The Hyde Street #1 Blackest Night tribute cover will be a 1:100 copy incentive, penciled by Reis with inks by Danny Miki and colors by Brad Anderson, who also collaborate on the interiors of the issue.
You can check out the cover below, as well as an official synopsis for Hyde Street:
In every city and town, off every country road and metropolis avenue, if you make a wrong turn in your soul… you might find yourself on Hyde Street. But be careful who you talk to and what you do because the consequences make death itself seem like the easy way out. Introducing Mr. X-Ray, Pranky the World’s Most Dangerous Scout, Miss Goodbody, and many more… Out to delight, fright and say good night. What is their secret and that of Hyde Street? Only they know. For now.
