Clayface: Celebrity Dirt #2 Preview

 

 

Basil Karlo had it all. Then he indulged in a banned substance. He has sought treatment. His face still adorns cinema marquees. Yet as he contemplates playing the starring role in a Batman biopic, another Basil Karlo escapes captivity in Arkham Towers. The psychiatrist claimed he was Todd Russell. But is he the movie star, and someone else is impersonating him? And why did Lorna have a meltdown in her dressing room?

Here's all the info from DC Connect:

 

Clayface: Celebrity Dirt #2 Preview

Writer: Jude Ellison S. Doyle

Artist: Fran Galán

Cover Artist: Dan Mora

Variant Cover Artists: Mike Del Mundo & Hayden Sherman

Publisher: DC Comics

Issue Length: 32 Pages

Price: $3.99 US/Variant $4.99 US (Card Stock)

Release Date: August 12, 2026

 

 

Basil Karlo Makes His 

Triumphant Return To Hollywood—

And Big-Screen Body Horror!

 

 

Basil Karlo tracks the man who stole his identity to the set of Hollywood’s hottest new film production, but getting close to “Basil Karlo” means sneaking onto the studio lot via forgotten underground tunnels and discovering the nightmare waiting underneath. Meanwhile, a new supplement is causing grotesque transformations across Los Angeles.

 

Clayface’s comeback is about to become a horror show as acclaimed writer Jude Ellison S. Doyle and rising-star artist Fran Galán continue bending genres and bodies.

 

 

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Thanks to DC Comics for sharing this preview with us.

For how this series began, see my Clayface: Celebrity Dirt #1 Preview.

For more recent series involving Clayface, 

See my review of DC K.O. Knightfight #1,

My preview of Harley and Ivy: Life and Crimes #1 & 

My review of Batman and Robin: Year One #1.