{"id":418709,"date":"2026-01-17T08:33:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T08:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/418709\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T08:33:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T08:33:15","slug":"iconic-superman-villain-getting-origin-retcon-from-kevin-smith-comic-book-movies-and-superhero-movie-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/418709\/","title":{"rendered":"Iconic Superman Villain Getting Origin Retcon From Kevin Smith &#8211; Comic Book Movies and Superhero Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/dc-comics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">DC Comics<\/a> revitalizing his comic line and his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/dcu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">DC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/dcu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Universe<\/a> film, 2025 was a big year for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/superman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Superman<\/a>. The hype continues into 2026, with the publisher announcing that a classic foe of the Man of Steel will be getting a new origin story. This story will unfold in a four-issue miniseries cowritten by filmmaker and comic writer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/kevin-smith\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Kevin Smith<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The miniseries will be titled Bizarro: Year None and center around the backwards doppelganger of Superman. There have been many versions of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/bizarro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Bizarro<\/a> in the comics and in various adaptations. This has led to considerable confusion over the years.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"576\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Bizarro-Superman-by-Ed-McGuinness.jpg\" alt=\"Bizarro Superman by Ed McGuinness\" class=\"wp-image-647857\"  \/>(Image Source: DC \/ Ed McGuinness)<\/p>\n<p>Originally, Bizarro was a confused clone of the Man of Steel who tried to do good but only made a mess of things. Bizarro used the same imperfect cloning ray that made him to create a square-shaped Earth of his own called Htrae, aka Bizarro World. Later retcons reimagined Bizarro World as the alternate reality of either Earth-29 or Earth-0. There were also Bizarros who were the result of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/lex-luthor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Lex Luthor<\/a>\u2018s experiments to clone a Superman he could control. Depending on the story, Bizarro could be actively evil (being the opposite of everything Superman is) or well-meaning but easily tricked into doing bad things.<\/p>\n<p>How Bizarro: Year None will revamp the Superman villain<\/p>\n<p>Bizarro: Year None will explore the conflicted character with a new origin story that promises to be equally convoluted. It will be co-written by Kevin Smith and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/justice-league-vs-the-fatal-five\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Justice League vs the Fatal Five<\/a> screenwriter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/Eric-Carrasco\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Eric Carrasco<\/a>. The artwork and main cover will be provided by artist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/Nick-Pitarra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Nick Pitarra<\/a>. The first issue will also have variant covers by Frank Quitely and Ibrahim Moustafa.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1873\" alt=\"Bizarro Year None #1 Cover by Nick Pitarra\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-647851\" data-id=\"647851\" data-aspect-ratio=\"656 \/ 1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Bizarro-Year-None-1-Cover-by-Nick-Pitarra.jpg\"  \/>Cover by Nick Pitarra<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1791\" alt=\"Bizarro Year None #1 Cover by Frank Quitely\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-647850\" data-id=\"647850\" data-aspect-ratio=\"686 \/ 1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Bizarro-Year-None-1-Cover-by-Frank-Quitely.jpg\"  \/>Cover by Frank Quitely<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"579\" height=\"879\" alt=\"Bizarro Year None #1 Cover by Ibrahim Moustafa\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-647852\" data-id=\"647852\" data-aspect-ratio=\"579 \/ 879\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Bizarro-Year-None-1-Cover-by-Ibrahim-Moustafa.jpg\"  \/>Cover by Ibrahim Moustafa<a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"\/><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"\/><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The series will follow Superman\u2019s Pal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/jimmy-olsen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Jimmy Olsen<\/a> and Daily Planet editor Perry White as they follow a story into space. This leads them to a strange version of Metropolis, which might be another world or a new dimension. As they explore this strange new world, they meet Bizarro and try to learn the truth behind him. Is he a misguided Superman fan, an agent of chaos created by sheer chance, or just some guy?<\/p>\n<p>Bizarro: Year None #1 will arrive in comic shops everywhere on April 1, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Between DC Comics revitalizing his comic line and his DC Universe film, 2025 was a big year for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":418710,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,220678,220679,64433,6136,118795,134,220680,160312,63589,344,220681,5606],"class_list":["post-418709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bizarro","tag-bizarro-year-none","tag-comic-news","tag-dc","tag-dc-comics","tag-entertainment","tag-eric-carrasco","tag-jimmy-olsen","tag-kevin-smith","tag-movies","tag-nick-pitarra","tag-superman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418709\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/418710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}