On March 27, Detective Comics kicks off its monumental one thousandth issue with a series of short stories that will be crammed into a 96-page celebration of the dark knight.

There’s a new threat brewing the DC Universe, only this time it isn’t a case of inconceivable power leaking through the broken Source wall or a clash of multiversal energies. One of the most dangerous criminal organisations on the planet is readying itself for a return to the prime time, and has the entire superhero community on notice.

When Doom dons the mantle of Iron Man, he’ll be doing so with some new armour, and to hell with Edna Mode’s rule about capes.

‘Scarlet’ is an ultra-violent politically-charged comic book created by writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Alex Maleev that falls under Marvel’s Icon imprint – which basically gives some of Marvel’s biggest names the freedom to tell unique stories all while keeping the rights to what they create… and safely under the Marvel banner. It’s in development for Cinemax as Bendis …