Joss Whedon's Next Project Is "Victorian Female Batman" Comic, TWIST

Joss Whedon's Next Project Is "Victorian Female Batman" Comic, TWIST

Fans have wondered what the director would be turning his attention to next, and now we know. It was announced at SDCC that Whedon will write a 6-issue miniseries for Dark Horse, about a character that's described as a female Batman for the Victorian era...

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By MarkCassidy - Jul 13, 2015 08:07 AM EST
Filed Under: Comics
Source: Via EW
Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon's new Dark Horse comic series sounds like it'll be a perfect fit. Over the weekend at SDCC, the Avengers director announced that he'll be penning a 6-issue miniseries called Twist, about a character who's being likened to a "Victorian, female Batman." “It’s a Victorian thriller about a meek chambermaid who is fed to a dark horror — but instead of dying, she returns, with knowledge, power, and rage she can neither deny nor control,” he told EW.


Twist does't have a release date or an artist (the cover above is from Julian Totino Tedesco but he isn’t expected to draw the series) yet, but more details are sure to be forthcoming so keep an eye out for updates.
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Fatbastic
Fatbastic - 7/13/2015, 8:22 AM
gee, I wonder if there will be quirky jokes and sarcasm throughout...
CAPTAINPINKEYE
CAPTAINPINKEYE - 7/13/2015, 8:22 AM
can't wait!
SuperiorMrGod
SuperiorMrGod - 7/13/2015, 8:23 AM
Woman empowerment, woo! Looks good though.
SuperiorMrGod
SuperiorMrGod - 7/13/2015, 8:24 AM
@MattMan

Do you even have to ask?
itzayaboy
itzayaboy - 7/13/2015, 8:25 AM
Stupid. Moving on.
TheEpicJuicebox
TheEpicJuicebox - 7/13/2015, 8:27 AM
Can't wait for him to introduce a character AND KILL THEM OFF AN HOUR LATER THAT SERVED NO PLOT PURPOSE
web3d
web3d - 7/13/2015, 8:29 AM
Sounds more like Ghost than Batman
GhostDog
GhostDog - 7/13/2015, 8:31 AM
Whedon writing a comic series??? I'm all in. His xmen run was amazing work.
neuromonitor
neuromonitor - 7/13/2015, 8:33 AM
Whedon, you're such a douche.... I am in no way anti woman regarding anything, but I find weird that you care so much for something that has already been achieved.... What's next? Gonna try and tear down some monuments?
neuromonitor
neuromonitor - 7/13/2015, 8:34 AM
You'd have been better off just doing the comics and never mentioning a thing.. As it is, you just look like an idiot
DrKinsolving
DrKinsolving - 7/13/2015, 8:35 AM
@TheEpicJuicebox

Can't wait for him to introduce a character AND KILL THEM OFF AN HOUR LATER THAT SERVED NO PLOT PURPOSE

Yes. Whedon is great, really talented, I give him respect and he gave us some good movies but the Quicksilver death was really annoying.

The Quicksilver death was horseshit, it actually turned me off from the MCU a little, I won't lie

I'm happy the Russo's are taking over
MercwithMouth
MercwithMouth - 7/13/2015, 8:35 AM
Whedon writing comics is always a win.
webheaded
webheaded - 7/13/2015, 8:39 AM
@Mattman Is quirkiness and sarcasm a bad thing? Judging from his previous projects, it seems to be welcomed pretty well..
TheEpicJuicebox
TheEpicJuicebox - 7/13/2015, 8:39 AM
@DrKinsolving his death was probably the weakest point of the film for me mainly because QS is one of my favorite mutant characters and his death really had no impact and I actually liked how he was portrayed and was looking forward to seeing him in civil war
patrat18
patrat18 - 7/13/2015, 8:40 AM
In Joss we trust.
webheaded
webheaded - 7/13/2015, 8:40 AM
With that being said, I don't really find this all that interesting looking to me, and I probably won't pick it up haha
sKeemAn
sKeemAn - 7/13/2015, 8:42 AM
This sounds a little interesting. Whedon, with ihis female empowerment.
ThedamnBatman
ThedamnBatman - 7/13/2015, 8:42 AM
I'm on board, his comic runs always impresses me
GetsugaTensho22
GetsugaTensho22 - 7/13/2015, 8:43 AM
I'm convinced that Joss Whedon is clinically depressed. Watch the panel where he announced this series...he's clearly not normal.
DrKinsolving
DrKinsolving - 7/13/2015, 8:47 AM
@TheEpicJuicebox

Exactly, same here, and his progression in the movie had me so hyped

When he's like, so, this is SHIELD? I was like yes, finally, Quicksilver in the MCU!

Then, I was like what the [frick], they better bring him back, I want to see Quicksilver and the Inhumans, and Crystal, such bullshit
NoPhucksGiven
NoPhucksGiven - 7/13/2015, 8:49 AM
why not a black batman? but yea who am I kidding. Minority superheros get the back of the bus treatment.
PantherKing
PantherKing - 7/13/2015, 8:50 AM
I am mad at Whedon because he killed quicksilver
LEVITIKUZ
LEVITIKUZ - 7/13/2015, 8:53 AM
Who gives a [frick] about Whedon.

Dark Horse won the comics part of SDCC by announcing Paolo Rivera as the new Hellboy & The BPRD artist. Wanted that dude to be the new Spidey artist so bad with Lemire writing Peter but Marvel [frick]ed that up.

One of my favorite artist writing one of my favorite characters.
Maximoff
Maximoff - 7/13/2015, 8:53 AM
Why all the sudden hate for Whedon?
Just one movie (which was Epic) and suddenly everyone hates all his work?
Just because some of you didn't like Age Of Ultron doesn't mean you should hate Whedon from now on, but I guess that's how people's brains work.
BTW Whedon gave us the TRUE Quicksilver,I'm bummed out about his death too but I found it gave weight to the finale and is going to further Wanda's character.
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