Following the debut of the first footage from the upcoming Clayface movie, DC Comics has announced Clayface: Celebrity Dirt, a six-issue miniseries from writer Jude Ellison S. Doyle and artist Fran Galán that will launch in July.
The series follows Basil Karlo after he escapes Arkham Towers to find that a doppelgänger has stolen his identity and achieved the Hollywood stardom he never could. A spreading plague is transforming ordinary people into clay-warped figures, and tracing both mysteries draws Basil deeper into the history of the Clayface legacy.
“Basil Karlo is one of the most beautifully flawed and human characters in the Batman universe,” Doyle said. “He can become anybody he wants, but he can never escape himself; he looks perfect when the cameras are on him, but he’s a disintegrating mess behind the scenes.”
Galán is joined by colorist Patricio Delpeche and letterer Tom Napolitano. You can take a look at their work in these preview pages from the first issue:
Variant covers for the first issue are by Mike Del Mundo and Dave Johnson:
Look for the first issue on July 8.