The publisher previewed the cover for the book, which features six linked short stories that span nearly 2000 years of DC Universe history, on The Source.
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"The cover for The Judas Coin was designed and drawn with inspiration provided in part by movie posters from the '60s and '70s," said Simonson.
"In particular, I was thinking of the posters of Bob Peak, who did such beautiful work back then with montage. Peak was a master at creating a strong central image and surrounding it with smaller, often fairly loose images derived from various scenes in the movie.
"I make no claims to Peak's draughtsmanship, but for a work like The Judas Coin, comprised as it is of six separate but related stories, I wanted a cover that would provide both a strong visual image at its core and a series of small drawings that would reflect the structure of the book's interior.
"Batman and Two-Face, eternal enemies, provided a good focal point. The vignettes around them echo the individual stories within the book."
Simonson is due to join Brian Michael Bendis on a six-issue run on Avengers in April, which ties into the 'Avengers vs. X-Men' event.
The Judas Coin will be released on September 18.
