Here are some variant covers to close out your day. First up? Alex Garner ‘s cover of WONDER WOMAN #608. Then, as always, Kevin Maguire delivers a great cover to JUSTICE LEAGUE: GENERATION LOST #21. [Updated] Yildiray Cinar (not Scott Kolins) has a variant to FLASH #10 as the prelude to FLASHPOINT continues. Last and certainly not least? A stunning variant of BATMAN AND ROBIN #21 by Tony S. Daniel.

[Note: To celebrate the release of BATMAN: THE RETURN OF BRUCE WAYNE DELUXE EDITION – now available in comic shops and book stores everywhere – we’ve asked the artists on each chapter to give us a few words on what it was like to work with Grant Morrison to adapt one of the world’s greatest superheroes to different periods of history.]

Lee Garbett, artist on THE RETURN OF BRUCE WAYNE, PART VI: THE ALL-OVER:

“I remember it was back in January ’10 and actually on my Birthday that Mike Marts dropped me a line to say Grant would like me to do the final issue of Return of Bruce Wayne. As you can imagine this was like getting the greatest gift evah!

“It’s the biggest issue of my career to date and I loved getting the chance to draw these really fast paced scenes and classic characters. The JLA and Wonder Woman stepping up to Bruce was so much fun, as was the chance to echo moments from the last time I worked with Grant, on Batman: Last Rites.

“Grant’s scripts tend to have more ideas on one page than you usually get in an entire comic and this was no different, really inspiring, epic stuff with this wonderful Kirby vibe running through it. Scheduling meant I was unable to complete the whole issue, which I’m sad about but it was a real honor to be part of something so special.”

- Lee Garbett

[Note: To celebrate the release of BATMAN: THE RETURN OF BRUCE WAYNE DELUXE EDITION – now available in comic shops and book stores everywhere – we’ve asked the artists on each chapter to give us a few words on what it was like to work with Grant Morrison to adapt one of the world’s greatest superheroes to different periods of history. Keep watching The Source throughout the day for more from these spectacular artists!]

Ryan Sook, artist on THE RETURN OF BRUCE WAYNE, PART V: MASQUERADE:

“I really enjoyed adapting Bruce into this world of the pseudo 1930′s. I love the period in the first place and I really think Grant’s whole concept for this story, in my issue and the others, breaks a new ground for the Batman universe. I like the thought that if you remove Bruce from his element, even his memory, and his era, his character remains in tact. THAT is what makes him a HERO, his character. That is my favorite thing about the series and my part in it, that we get to see that it is not just the cape and gadgets that make a Batman, it’s Bruce.

“I always do a lot of research for projects and that was no different here, but for this I have stacks of stuff from the period already. Not to mention an almost photographic memory for far too many noir films of that time. Which serve little to no purpose in my memory banks until something like this comes up! Hooray for the occasional noir style story!! Which i think Grant did a great job with here, at least from an illustrators stand point. And it was a good excuse for me to ‘research’ some of my old favorite flicks, like ‘The Big Sleep’ and ‘The Killers’.

“I think this is only the second time I’ve had the chance to work with Grant on something, and while our schedules somehow always seem to go awry from our best intentions, none the less it’s a joy to work with a guy who manages, at least in the jobs I’ve done with him, to take characters who have oft been written with nothing more than an excuse to show how super they are, strip that away, and show that in spite of their frailties and weaknesses, it is their CHARACTER and not their powers that make them super. That is a good writer in my book. The fact that i always find myself truly surprised by what happens next when Grant tells a story is equally exciting. I always end up being just as surprised as the characters he writes”

- Ryan Sook

[Note: To celebrate the release of BATMAN: THE RETURN OF BRUCE WAYNE DELUXE EDITION – now available in comic shops and book stores everywhere – we’ve asked the artists on each chapter to give us a few words on what it was like to work with Grant Morrison to adapt one of the world’s greatest superheroes to different periods of history. Keep watching The Source throughout the day for more from these spectacular artists!]

Georges Jeanty, artist on THE RETURN OF BRUCE WAYNE, PART IV: DARK KNIGHT, DARK RIDER:

“Getting to work on a Batman project, any Batman project, is a dream of any artist worth his weight. I’m no different. Batman Editor  Mike Marts and I have long been friends and when he told me there was the possibility of doing some Batman work I jumped around as giddy as a school girl (in private of course, you just don’t do that sort of ting in public). I wasn’t immediately familiar with the project, but when Mike mentioned some writer named Grant Morrison was writing the series, I may have fainted (again in private). After coming too, I took to drawing my issue with no small enthusiasm, little did I know of the all the more surprises which awaited me. Not only was I drawing Batman, but it was a western and it involved Jonah Hex! In the same book! I immediately went out and played the lottery thinking that I was going to win big because I was just so lucky!(I did not win). What really did it for me was finding out that I was working on a series with a fine compliment of artists that I couldn’t have handpicked them better myself. I am humbled to be in such great company. I’m a fan of everyone on this series, and there I am nuzzled in between. Reading all this, it should come as no great surprise that the Return of Bruce Wayne series was a treat I could  never have hoped for!”

- Georges Jeanty

[Note: To celebrate the release of BATMAN: THE RETURN OF BRUCE WAYNE DELUXE EDITION – now available in comic shops and book stores everywhere – we’ve asked the artists on each chapter to give us a few words on what it was like to work with Grant Morrison to adapt one of the world’s greatest superheroes to different periods of history. Keep watching The Source throughout the day for more from these spectacular artists!]

Frazer Irving, artist on THE RETURN OF BRUCE WAYNE, PART II: UNTIL THE END OF TIME:

“Making Bruce Wayne fit into the mould of a puritan adventurer wasn’t too difficult…the self-righteous, single-minded attributes I always saw in Batman fit in quite well with the fictionalized puritan world Grant had cooked up. I’d had some brushes with this period before, and had done a small amount of research which consisted mainly of other works of modern fiction set in the same era, which I felt would be more in keeping with the dramatic tone of the series. To me, the most important aspect of the job (aside from the deadline) was capturing the eerie flavour of a man out of time, adrift in some strange world he thinks he knows but knows he doesn’t…the colours jumped from hot to cold, panels were shrouded in dark confusing details, the outfit Wayne wore was an almost direct copy of the important men around him yet he wore unusual pouches almost like he was compelled to do at least One Thing different…”

- Frazer Irving

[Note: To celebrate the release of BATMAN: THE RETURN OF BRUCE WAYNE DELUXE EDITION – now available in comic shops and book stores everywhere – we’ve asked the artists on each chapter to give us a few words on what it was like to work with Grant Morrison to adapt one of the world’s greatest superheroes to different periods of history. Keep watching The Source throughout the day for more from these spectacular artists!]

Chris Sprouse, artist on THE RETURN OF BRUCE WAYNE, PART I: SHADOW ON STONE:

“This was one of the most unusual projects I’ve drawn. It was quite a challenge drawing a Batman story where almost everything visual about the character as we know him is missing. Therefore my main goal while drawing my chapter was to make Bruce Wayne stand and move and act like Batman even while out of his normal costume. I wanted readers to know that this was without a doubt the man under that mask and cape. When he finally dons the giant bat-hide, it had to be as creepy as possible–I wanted to play up that that Bruce was absolutely terrifying the cowardly and superstitious cavemen! I went a lot darker than I usually do, and the results pleased even me most of the time (not a common occurrence, as I’m my own harshest critic). I can only hope it all worked for Grant and the readers!”

- Chris Sprouse

Fans and critics have loved the recent Secret Six crossovers with Doom Patrol and Action Comics. Issue #30 earned a “Great” rating from IGN Comics, Comic Vine chalked it up with an excellent 4.5 / 5 stars, and G4′s Attack of the Show called the book “riveting, pulse-pounding reading.”

MTV Geek has a great Q&A with Gail Simone that you can find here, where Gail gives her take on how the Six would match up in fights against other DC teams of heroes or villains.

Which team of heroes or villains would YOU like to see the Secret Six take on?

Writer/artist Dan Jurgens will return to the character he made a fan-favorite in BOOSTER GOLD #44, which’ll serve as a lead-in to the much-anticipated Flashpoint event.

See Rip Hunter’s blackboard at the end of TIME MASTERS: VANISHING POINT #6? Then you know Booster’s got his work cut out for him! Check out the cover to Jurgens’ first issue below, chock full of Flashpoint clues.

Check out the interview with Dan Jurgens about Booster Gold and Time Masters over at Newsarama.

BOOSTER GOLD #44 is on sale in May.

From IDENTITY CRISIS and INFINITE CRISIS through BLACKEST NIGHT and BRIGHTEST DAY, DC Direct has created action figures based on the DC Universe’s biggest events.

Today, we’re unveiling FLASHPOINT action figures based on DC Comics’ superhero publishing event of the summer. DC Direct’s Jim Fletcher, Shawn Knapp, Evan Metcalf, John Santagada, Brian Walters and Bryon Webster have worked closely with FLASHPOINT writer Geoff Johns’ concepts and artist Andy Kubert’s designs to bring you four awesome figures based on characters central to the FLASHPOINT story.

Sculptors Derek Miller (Wonder Woman), Karen Palinko (Batman and Flash) and Jonathan Matthews (Cyborg) have captured the energy and excitement that drives FLASHPOINT. But you don’t have to take my word for it: here’s the exclusive first look at DC Direct’s FLASHPOINT figures.