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FUTURE STATE: DARK DETECTIVE #1

DC’S Future State event – looking at potential and possible futures of characters in its universe – is continuing apace.

This week sees yet another take on the Batman story, with the world thinking Bruce Wayne is dead, and Gotham City in the grip of sinister para-military organization the Magistrate.

In fact he’s very much alive, and must fight for the freedom of Gotham with limited resources – including a great take on a new suit, the stripped-back armour emblazoned with a spray painted bat symbol.

Dark Detective is a tale of two halves as it includes Grifters, which catches Cole Cash on a bad day.

Future State: Dark Detective #1 is out now, priced £5.40.

HAWKE EYES ROLE

ETHAN HAWKE, right, has been cast as the villain in the upcoming Disney+ series about Marc Spector’s troubled detective.

The 50-year-old will be pitted against complex vigilante Moon Knight, played by Star Wars actor, Oscar Isaac.

Hawke is the latest star to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which last week kicked off Phase 4 of its franchise with Wandavision.

HORRIFIC FUN

AFTER a superb performance in Color Out of Space, Nicholas Cage is sticking with the horror genre.

The second film to have shades of Five Nights at Freddy’s (the last one became a horror take on The Banana Splits), Willy’s Wonderland follows the fortunes of a janitor asked to clean the condemned amusement park.

But he discovers the cuddly animatronic characters Willy’s was famous for, come alive at night... and are hell bent on murder.

The trailer claims ‘he’s not trapped in here with them, they’re trapped in here with him’ – peak, Cage rage.

Willy’s Wonderland begins streaming on February 12.