DC’s found (but dysfunctional) family title is getting an All In reboot next year, as writer Nicole Maines and artist Stephen Segovia resurrect Secret Six. The six-issue miniseries will continue the story of Jon Kent, his boyfriend Jay Nakamura and their ally Dreamer, as they search for a missing Amanda Waller.
Fans of the original Secret Six will note that the trio will recruit some additional allies in their search, namely Catman, Deadshot and Black Alice.
“Getting to be part of DC All In and to tell a new story involving Jon Kent, Jay Nakamura, and Dreamer means the world to me,” Maines said. “They’re all at a crossroads right now, at the start of their potential villain origin stories, so having them team up with these Secret Six veterans, all former villains, feels like a mirror into their futures.”
More details from DC:
In the wake of Absolute Power, the Justice League has returned, the war criminal Amanda Waller is in prison, and things are finally getting back to normal—until Dreamer, Jon Kent, and Jay Nakamura discover that Waller has somehow vanished into thin air from her cell. With no leads and nothing but questions, the three are forced into an uneasy alliance with some of DC’s most ruthless super-villains—Catman, Deadshot, and Black Alice—to find Waller and reclaim the infinite trove of secrets locked in her head. At the same time, they will need to uncover their roles in a larger chess game, without letting their own individual secrets tear them apart from the inside.
The first issue will feature variant covers by Sweeney Boo, Leirix, Ariel Olivetti and Brad Walker:
Secret Six has a long history at DC, starting in the 1960s with a short-lived series about team of covert operatives who answered to the mysterious Mockingbird. That character’s identity wasn’t revealed until the concept was resurrected in the 1980s. The more modern take on the Secret Six spun out of 2005’s Infinite Crisis event, as they were introduced in the crossover title Villains United. They had their own Mockingbird calling the shots, who turned out to be Lex Luthor. Gail Simone wrote a miniseries that spun out of the event, and it proved popular enough for DC to launch an ongoing series, with Catman, Deadshot, Scandal Savage, Ragdoll, Bane and other characters of dubious moral character playing a role in the “found family” storyline. The book was eventually relaunched as part of the New 52, again written by Simone, and this time featuring Catman, Black Alice and several new additions. Riddler turned out to be in the Mockingbird role in that series.
The first issue of the new Secret Six series arrives in stores March 5.