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DC Comics Announces 'DC Festival of Heroes: The Asian Superhero Celebration' One-Shot
This May, grab your favorite boba, pull a chair up to the dim sum table and celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month with DC FESTIVAL OF HEROES: The Asian Superhero Celebration, DC's newest comic book anthology debuting May 11, 2021.
The 96-page one-shot issue will commemorate DC's rich roster of Asian and Asian American characters, presenting new tales by some of the most lauded storytellers in comics. Ram V - the current Catwoman series writer - will at last unveil the long-seeded mystery behind Shoes in an action-packed tale that follows the character as she becomes Catwoman's protégé, revealing her real name, secret origin, and who her mother is. Eisner Award-winning author Mariko Tamaki will continue her work on the Batman mythos and present an original Cassandra Cain story, marking the author's first time taking on DC's iconic Asian Batgirl. Joining these stories, Minh Lê - the acclaimed writer behind the smash-hit middle grade graphic novel Green Lantern: Legacy - will team with artist Trung Le Nguyen (author and artist of The Magic Fish) for an all-new story featuring Vietnamese American Tai Pham, DC's newest Green Lantern co-created by Lê and Green Lantern: Legacy artist Andie Tong. This anthology marks Nguyen's first work with DC.
For the main event, New York Times bestselling author Gene Luen Yang (Superman Smashes the Klan) and artist Bernard Chang will collaborate on a very special story fit for this celebratory month. Stay tuned for more details!
Additional stories and portraits will star iconic DC characters Katana, Lady Shiva, the Atom, and New Super-Man, among others, and will be written and drawn by fan-favorite writers and artists such as Francis Manapul, Greg Pak, Alyssa Wong, Marcio Takara, Sumit Kumar, Amy Chu, Dustin Nguyen, Cliff Chiang, Jen Bartel, Gurihiru and many more.
