{"id":3479,"date":"2010-05-24T06:45:53","date_gmt":"2010-05-24T10:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=3479"},"modified":"2010-05-22T16:29:51","modified_gmt":"2010-05-22T20:29:51","slug":"fringes-alternate-universe-dc-comics-covers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/05\/24\/fringes-alternate-universe-dc-comics-covers\/","title":{"rendered":"Fringe&#8217;s Alternate Universe DC Comics Covers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you watched NBC&#8217;s <em>Fringe<\/em> season finale on Friday, you may have spotted these bizarre DC comics covers.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t worry, you didn&#8217;t imagine them.\u00a0 They were all reminiscent of famous DC covers, but with some alterations.\u00a0 The <em>Fringe<\/em> episode dipped into an alternate universe where even the smallest details were somewhat off.\u00a0 Geoff Johns, DC Chief Creative Officer, worked with Akiva Goldsman, <em>Fringe<\/em> writer\/producer\/director, to make this happen.\u00a0 For the full story, check out the <a title=\"DC Universe: The Source blog\" href=\"http:\/\/dcu.blog.dccomics.com\/2010\/05\/21\/geoff-johns-and-hank-kanalz-on-last-night%E2%80%99s-fringe-alternate-universe-covers\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">DC Universe: The Source blog<\/a>.\u00a0 Now here are those awesome covers.\u00a0 Click each cover to enlarge.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/mock-red-lantern-red-arrow.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Red Lantern\/Red Arrow #76 - Fringe DC Comics crossover\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/mock-red-lantern-red-arrow.jpg\" alt=\"Red Lantern\/Red Arrow #76 - Fringe DC Comics crossover\" width=\"520\" height=\"763\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/mock-justice-league.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Justice League #1 - Fringe DC Comics crossover\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/mock-justice-league.jpg\" alt=\"Justice League #1 - Fringe DC Comics crossover\" width=\"520\" height=\"763\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/mock-crisis.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Crisis on Infinite Earths #7 - Fringe DC Comics Crossover\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/mock-crisis.jpg\" alt=\"Crisis on Infinite Earths #7 - Fringe DC Comics Crossover\" width=\"520\" height=\"763\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/mock-superman-mosr.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Superman: The Man of Steel Returns - Fringe DC Comics crossover\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/mock-superman-mosr.jpg\" alt=\"Superman: The Man of Steel Returns - Fringe DC Comics crossover\" width=\"520\" height=\"763\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/mock-death-of-batman.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Batman #75 The Death of Batman - Fringe DC Comics crossover\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/mock-death-of-batman.jpg\" alt=\"Batman #75 The Death of Batman - Fringe DC Comics crossover\" width=\"520\" height=\"763\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I tell ya, I&#8217;d love to read those Red Lantern\/Red Arrow, Justice League, and Superman: The Man of Steel Returns comics for real!<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Tell 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