@geneluenyang and @thebernardchang are developing a new 12-issue Monkey Prince comic book series for @DCComics.

The press release follows:

Media Release -- Inspired by the 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West, DC’s newest shape-shifting Super Hero, the Monkey Prince, a.k.a. Marcus Sun, is returning to headline his own series! The news broke today during DC FanDome when a cover by artist Bernard Chang ??? with colorist Sebastian Chen ???, and a variant cover by artist Stanley “Artgerm” Lau ???, debuted. The first issue of Monkey Prince will also have a special team variant cover by artist Zao Dao ??.

Continuing from May’s DC Festival of Heroes: The Asian Superhero Celebration #1 anthology comic where the character was introduced, DC’s Monkey Prince will return in February 2022 in a new twelve-issue comic book series from writer Gene Luen Yang ??? and artist Bernard Chang ???. The series will kick off on the Lunar New Year, February 1.

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For fans who can’t wait for February to read more about DC’s Monkey Prince, a new short story, “Apokolips in the Heavenly Realm,” just posted to dcuniverse.com and dccomics.com. In this new tale, available now, you’ll see the classic Journey to the West characters—Sun Wukong, King Bull Demon, Princess Iron Fan, Red Boy, and Erlang Shen—defending the heavenly realm against Darkseid and his parademons! Scroll down to jump right into the story!

“Apokolips in the Heavenly Realm” is by writer Gene Luen Yang ???, artist Bernard Chang ???, artist (for flashback scenes) Billy Tan of Tan Comics ??? of ????, colorist Sebastian Cheng ???, and letterer Janice Chiang ???. DC’s Jessica Chen ??? edits Monkey Prince.

Follow DC on Twitter, Instagram, and Tik Tok for more information about Monkey Prince. Fans can also discuss Monkey Prince on DCCommunity.

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