>Wally West's return in Rebirth — and his warnings about a "darkness from somewhere" that's infecting the DCU — is just the beginning of the story. The character will share his message of 10 missing years in the DCU as he joins the Titans, a new series by Dan Abnett and Brett Booth that launches in July.
>And Newsarama has learned that DC has given Abnett a DC exclusive contract, as he's not only writing the new Titans title, but also Aquaman and Earth 2: Society.
>Because of Wally's return, Titans will be "central" to the events unfolding after the revelation that Watchmen characters have manipulated the DCU, according to Abnett.
>The monthly Titans title will spin out of the events of Rebirth while also picking up on what happened in Abnett's just-finished Titans Hunt. Wally will join with other team members from Titans Hunt, including Bumblebee, Nightwing, Donna Troy, Gnarrk, Hawk, Dove, Arsenal, Tempest, Herald, and other familiar Titans characters.
>Newsarama talked with Abnett about Wally's role on the team, about his early tease of the character's return, and why the Titans are so important for DC's new acceptance of legacy characters.
>Newsarama: Dan, you're DC exclusive now?
>Dan Abnett: Yes, I'm delighted. I didn't campaign for it or anything. I was offered it. I'd been doing stuff for DC for a while, sort of gradually, incrementally adding stuff to what I was doing — they asked me to take over Aquaman, asked me to take over Earth 2, and asked me to do Titans Hunt.
>And when the Rebirth thing happened, DC Co-Publisher Dan DiDio said, would you mind coming out to Los Angeles, to Wonder Con and everything? And I went, "Oh lovely!" You know, being part of the announcement, which I happily did. I was very happy to be part of it all.