| "Milk Wars" | |||
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 Cover art ofJLA/Doom Patrol Special #1 (March 2018), depicting Milkman Man, an alternate version ofSuperman, byFrank Quitely. | |||
| Publisher | DC Comics | ||
| Publication date | March – April2018 | ||
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| Main character(s) | Doom Patrol Justice League Mother Panic Cave Carson Swamp Thing Shade, the Changing Girl | ||
| Creative team | |||
| Writer(s) | Steve Orlando Gerard Way Jody Houser Cecil Castellucci John Rivera | ||
| Artist(s) | Frank Quitely ACO Sonny Liew Ty Templeton Mirka Andolfo Langdon Foss Dale Eaglesham | ||
"Milk Wars" is a 2018American comic bookcrossover published byDC Comics. It features the publisher's core characters—such asBatman,Superman, andWonder Woman—crossing over with the characters of theirimprintYoung Animal.[1]
According to Young Animal curatorGerard Way, the idea for a crossover between the mainDC Comics line and Young Animal was proposed to him by DC. Way approved of the idea, saying he saw it as "a fun challenge, a way to reach mainstream readers, and hopefully a way to infect them with [Young Animal's] weirdness".[2] Way, who considers Young Animal "a big experiment", was interested in reinventing DC's icons in ways that were fun.[2] The inspiration for the series was howmilk's wholesomeness could sometimes be a bad thing.[2]
The creative teams for each issue were balanced between some individuals known for their work in Young Animal, and others known for their work in DC's main line.[2] Each issue also features a backup story about the new character Eternity Girl byMagdalene Visaggio andSonny Liew.Frank Quitely illustrated each issue's cover.[3][4]JLA/Doom Patrol Special's cover referencesGrant Morrison's seriesAll-Star Superman, which Quitely previously contributed to.[2]
| Title | Writer(s) | Artist(s) | Synopsis | Date |
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| JLA/Doom Patrol Special | Steve Orlando,Gerard Way,Magdalene Visaggio | ACO, Tamra Bonvillain,Sonny Liew | Retconn, an omnipotent corporation that steals stories and reconfigures them for new markets, meets with its latest client,Manga Khan. TheDoom Patrol arrives in the 1950s-style utopiaHappy Harbor, where they are shocked to discover thatSuperman has been twisted into Milkman Man and theJustice League of America has been twisted into the Community League ofRhode Island. | March 2018 |
| Mother Panic/Batman Special | Jody Houser, Magdalene Visaggio | Ty Templeton, Keiran Smith, Sonny Liew | Mother Panic discovers that Gather House, the place that caused her to become a vigilante, has been restored. She goes in and discovers it is filled with boys wearingRobin costumes. To her shock, the boys are under the supervision ofBatman, who Retconn has made a priest. Batman eventually reverts to his normal self and findsCave Carson's eye, which contains a distress message. | April 2018 |
| Shade, the Changing Girl/Wonder Woman Special | Cecil Castellucci, Magdalene Visaggio | Mirka Andolfo, Marissa Louise, Sonny Liew | Wonder Woman has been twisted into Wonder Wife; she believes she is the hero of housewives, and only does things forSteve Trevor. She is only able to feel one emotion at a time and her emotions are represented by several versions ofShade, who does not know what has happened. The Shade representing happiness finds Cave Carson's eye and through it sees what Wonder Woman should be like. She breaks through a wall in the "Hall of Moms", merging with the other emotions to become a singular Shade. Wonder Woman also comes to her senses and the two set out. | April 2018 |
| Cave Carson Has A Cybernetic Eye/Swamp Thing Special | Jon Rivera, Magdalene Visaggio | Langdon Foss, Nick Filardi, Sonny Liew | Cave Carson goes out to lunch with his daughter Chloe and security chiefWild Dog. During lunch, Carson begins eating all the salad he can find before vomiting upSwamp Thing, who has discovered what Retconn is doing to the environment. Wild Dog and Swamp Thing fight drones while Carson and Chloe discover Retconn's plan to take all the heroes of theDC Universe and twist them into their puppets. | April 2018 |
| Doom Patrol/JLA Special | Steve Orlando, Gerard Way | Dale Eaglesham, Nick Derington, Tamra Bonvillain, Marissa Louise | As Retconn attempts to sell the DC Universe to Manga Khan, the heroes attack. Khan's boss, Mr. Nebula, decides against the deal and Retconn attempts to trigger the Final Refresh Button, which will wipe out thecontinuity.Flex Mentallo uses his powers to stop Retconn and save reality, but causes some changes: Mother Panic is teleported to an alternate reality in which vigilantes have been outlawed, Cave Carson ventures into space, and Shade is reborn as an adult woman. | April 2018 |
The series holds an average rating of 8.0 by 86 professional critics on thereview aggregation website Comic Book Roundup.[5]
| Title | Material collected | Published date | ISBN |
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| DC/Young Animal: Milk Wars | JLA/Doom Patrol Special #1,Mother Panic/Batman Special #1,Shade, the Changing Girl/Wonder Woman Special #1,Cave Carson Has A Cybernetic Eye/Swamp Thing Special #1,Doom Patrol/JLA Special #1 | June 2018 | 978-1401277338 |