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ISSUE #14 • JULY 2021 DCCOMICS.COM SOLICITING COMICS ON SALE SEPTEMBER 2021 A New Dark Knight rises in Gotham! Written by Academy Award-winner JOHNArtRIDLEY by Olivier Coipel ™ & © DC
# 14 JULY 2021 / SOLICITING COMICS ON SALE IN SEPTEMBER WHAT’S INSIDE BATMAN: FEAR STATE 1 The epic Fear State event that runs across the Batman titles continues this month. Don’t miss the first issue of I Am Batman written by Academy Award-winner John Ridley with art by Olivier Coipel or the promotionally priced comics for Batman Day 2021 including the Batman/Fortnite: Zero Point #1 special edition timed to promote the release of the graphic novel collection. BATMAN VS. BIGBY! A WOLF IN GOTHAM #1 12 The Dark Knight faces off with Bigby Wolf in Batman vs. Bigby! A Wolf in Gotham #1. Worlds will collide in this 6-issue crossover with the world of Fables, written by Bill Willingham with art by Brian Level. Fans of the acclaimed long-running Vertigo series will not want to miss the return of one of the most popular characters from Fabletown. THE SUICIDE SQUAD 21 Interest in the Suicide Squad will be at an all-time high after the release of The Suicide Squad movie written and directed by James Gunn. Be sure to stock up on Suicide Squad: King Shark, which features the breakout character from the film, and Harley Quinn: The Animated Series—The Eat. Bang. Kill Tour, which spins out of the animated series now on HBO Max. COLLECTED EDITIONS 26 The Joker by James Tynion IV and Guillem March, The Other History of the DC Universe by John Ridley and Giuseppe Camuncoli, and Far Sector by N.K. Jemisin and Jamal Campbell will be available as collections for the first time. These critically acclaimed stories are sure to be evergreen bestsellers for years to come. The original Milestone titles from the 1990s including Static, Hardware, Icon, Blood Syndicate, Xombi, and more are collected in the Milestone Compendium featuring the work of Dwayne McDuffie, Denys Cowan, John Paul Leon, CHRISCROSS, and other legendary writers and artists. VARIANT COVERS & CONTENT CODE KEY 1v = ONECOVER VARIANT 2v = TWO VARIANT COVERS 3v = THREE VARIANT COVERS 4v = FOUR VARIANT COVERS 17+ MATURE =CONTENT DC’S RATINGS LABELS GRAPHIC NOVELS GRAPHIC NOVELS FOR KIDS FOR YOUNG ADULTS INTENDED FOR INTENDED FOR INTENDED FOR INTENDED FOR READERS AGES 8-12 READERS AGES 13+ READERS AGES 13+ READERS AGES 17+ DC: Pam Lifford President, Global Brands, Franchises, and Experiences Daniel Cherry III Senior VP – General Manager Jim Lee Publisher & Chief Creative Officer Sam Ades Senior VP & General Manager — Digital Services Joen Choe VP — Global Brand & Creative Services Briar Darden VP — Business Affairs Anne DePies Senior VP — Business Strategy, Finance & Administration Don Falletti VP — Manufacturing Operations & Workflow Management Lawrence Ganem VP — Talent Services Alison Gill Senior VP — Manufacturing & Operations Marie Javins Editor-in-Chief, DC Comics Jay Kogan Senior VP — Legal Affairs Nick J. Napolitano VP — Manufacturing Administration & Design Adam Schlagman VP — Film Nancy Spears VP — Revenue DC CONNECT 14. July, 2021. Copyright © 2021 DC. All Rights Reserved. All books, titles, logos, character names, and characters featured herein, the distinctive likenesses thereof, and related elements are trademarks of their respective owners. The stories, characters, and incidents mentioned herein are entirely fictional. DC Comics does not read or accept unsolicited submissions of ideas, stories, or artwork. For Advertising and Custom Publishing contact dccomicsadvertising@dccomics.com. For details on DC Comics Ratings, visit dccomics.com/go/ratings. DC — a WarnerMedia Company. Printed by Fry Communications, Inc., Mechanicsburg, PA, USA. 6/18/21
SPOTLIGHT The event over a year in the making has begun...FEAR STATE settles upon Gotham City and no one is safe! Overwhelmed by the dual threat of the Scarecrow and Peacekeeper-01, Batman and his allies have been one step behind since the events of Infinite Frontier #0...and with a mysterious anti-Oracle spreading misinformation and the return of Poison Ivy...Batman might have more than he can handle! 1
SPOTLIGHT 1:25 variant cover variant cover Written by Academy Award-winner JOHNArtRIDLEY by variant cover Olivier Coipel NOT FINAL COVER I AM BATMAN #1 Story by JOHN RIDLEY In the throes of Future State, the streets of Gotham City cry for justice and Jace Fox answers the call! With a new and Art by OLIVIER COIPEL improved Bat-Suit, Jace hits the streets to inspire and protect…as he follows the trail of the voice of misinformation Cover by OLIVIER COIPEL and violence—the anarchistic Anti-Oracle! Can the new Dark Knight counterbalance their plan to inspire armed $3.99 US | 32 PAGES | FC | DC rebellion in the citizens of Gotham?! Can one man inspire a city? Variants by GREG CAPULLO and FRANCESCO MATTINA 1:25 Variant by KAEL NGU Team card stock variant by GABRIELE DELL’OTTO $4.99 US ON SALE 9/14/21 2
SPOTLIGHT FEAR STATE BEGINS! 1:50 variant cover 1:25 variant cover variant cover BATMAN #112 Story by JAMES TYNION IV A story over a year in the making and set into motion with Infinite Frontier #0, Fear State begins! Batman played into the Art by JORGE JIMENEZ hands of the Scarecrow, who has unleashed a coordinated attack on Gotham City through his manipulation of Simon Saint Backup story by BRANDON THOMAS and Peacekeeper-01! But there are other forces at work with the emergence of an Anti-Oracle spreading fake news across Backup pencils and inks by MAX DUNBAR all channels and inciting terror and violence on the streets of Gotham! Cover by JORGE JIMENEZ $4.99 US | 40 PAGES | FC | DC Backup: Clownhunter has turned down help from Batman, Leslie Thompkins, the Red Hood, and everyone else who has Variant cover by JORGE MOLINA offered it to him, thinking that he can handle being a vigilante on the streets of Gotham City by himself. But when he takes 1:25 Variant cover by LUCIO PARRILLO a shot at fighting the Scarecrow one-on-one, he’ll learn very quickly how much in this city he’s not ready for yet. 1:50 Variant cover by KAEL NGU $5.99 US (Card Stock) ON SALE 9/7/21 4 PEACEKEEPER X!
SPOTLIGHT AND THE MADNESS CONTINUES! 1:25 variant cover variant cover BATMAN #113 Story by JAMES TYNION IV Ghost-Maker reveals a dark revelation about his past connection to Jonathan Crane while Batman puts together Art by JORGE JIMENEZ the pieces of Scarecrow’s master plan. Using the Unsanity Collective’s technology, the villain plans to detonate a Backup story by BRANDON THOMAS “Fear Bomb” in Gotham City! Backup pencils by MAX DUNBAR Cover by JORGE JIMENEZ Backup: Clownhunter has been dosed by the Scarecrow with a deadly fear toxin and is now traveling through his $4.99 US | 40 PAGES | FC | DC greatest nightmare of Gotham City. Will the Clownhunter center himself and strike back at Scarecrow? Or will he Variant cover by JORGE MOLINA succumb to all his worst fears?! $5.99 US (Card Stock) 1:25 Variant by BEN OLIVER $4.99 US (Card Stock) ON SALE 9/21/21 5
SPOTLIGHT FEAR STATE TIE-IN! variant cover BATMAN SECRET FILES: MIRACLE MOLLY Story by JAMES TYNION IV Since Miracle Molly’s explosive first appearance in the pages of Batman, people have been clamoring to know more Art by DANI about the colorful transhumanist vigilante! Now the wait is over—the history of Gotham’s latest breakout star is Cover by LITTLE THUNDER revealed! It’s a story so secret even Miracle Molly doesn’t remember it! Discover what led a regular Gothamite to reject $4.99 US | 40 PAGES | FC | DC their past, name, and humanity to embrace the promise of a blank slate—the promise of the Unsanity Collective! Variant cover by JUSTINE FRANY $5.99 US (Card Stock) Batman series writer James Tynion IV teams up with rising superstar artist Dani to bring you all the way back to the 1:25 Variant by LITTLE THUNDER beginning of Miracle Molly in this exciting and integral Fear State special. $5.99 US (Card Stock) ON SALE 9/21/21 6
SPOTLIGHT FEAR SURROUNDS ALLEYTOWN! 1:25 variant cover variant cover CATWOMAN #35 Story by RAM V The Strays disable the Magistrate’s communication around Alleytown and replace it with their own ramshackle Art by NINA VAKUEVA network. Harley Quinn believes Ivy is the key to helping the city, so she and the Gardener start heading to Alleytown Cover by YANICK PAQUETTE to track down Catwoman and retrieve Ivy. $3.99 US | 32 PAGES | FC | DC Variant cover by JENNY FRISON $4.99 US (Card Stock) 1:25 Variant cover by KAEL NGU $4.99 US (Card Stock) ON SALE 9/21/21 7
SPOTLIGHT WHO IS THE ANTI-ORACLE? 1:25 variant cover variant cover NOT FINAL COVER NIGHTWING #84 Story by TOM TAYLOR When the Bat-Family receives misleading information and incorrect directions from Oracle, ones Babs didn’t send Art by ROBBI RODRIGUEZ herself, they realize Oracle’s system has been hacked! But who is powerful enough to break into Oracle’s own super- Cover by BRUNO REDONDO secure network? And what personal information is now at risk? Not only that, this mysterious Anti-Oracle is taking $3.99 US | 32 PAGES | FC | DC advantage of Gotham City’s state of fear and has bombarded the city with falsities, spreading even more fear. With the Variant cover by JAMAL CAMPBELL Bat-Team’s comms unreliable, Nightwing heads to Gotham to find the source of Anti-Oracle’s transmissions. $4.99 US (Card Stock) 1:25 Variant cover by KAEL NGU $4.99 US (Card Stock) ON SALE 9/21/21 8
SPOTLIGHT 1:25 variant cover variant cover DETECTIVE COMICS #1043 Story by MARIKO TAMAKI Fear State grips Gotham City! When Mayor Nakano’s city hall office finds itself under siege, the only hero who Art by DAN MORA can help the embattled local official is the man Nakano pledged to rid from Gotham: Batman. The top vigilante Backup story by MATTHEW ROSENBERG in the city must protect the man who’s fought so hard to put an end to masked heroes in an action-packed car Backup art by DARICK ROBERTSON chase that culminates in a shocking ending that’ll give readers nightmares. Cover by DAN MORA Backup: Wait, how did Red Hood end up in Deb Donovan’s apartment? And what the hell gives him the right $4.99 US | 40 PAGES | FC | DC to eat all her frosted cereal? As Gotham’s troubled son and the city’s toughest reporter set out to uncover the Variant cover by LEE BERMEJO mystery of the missing A-Day corpses, they run into more answers than they bargained for culminating in a $5.99 US (Card Stock) deadly shoot out that renders Red Hood down for the count! Can Deb Donovan make it out alive to tell the tale of 1:25 Variant by KAEL NGU her harrowing adventure? And what will Red Hood's capture mean for the Bat-Family? It all leads to next month's $5.99 US (Card Stock) terrifying new chapter in Gotham history: TASK FORCE Z! ON SALE 9/28/21 9
SPOTLIGHT 1:25 variant cover variant cover HARLEY QUINN #7 Story by STEPHANIE PHILLIPS Heya, folks, Harley Quinn here! In case you all haven’t noticed…things have been a little wild lately. Hugo Strange, Pencils and inks by LAURA BRAGA out-of-control orderlies, kidnapped clowns, and a new villain named Keepsake…it’s a lot for any one former villain Cover by RILEY ROSSMO turned antihero turned real hero with impeccable fashion sense to handle. I’m talkin’ about ME if that wasn’t $3.99 US | 32 PAGES | FC | DC clear. With all the Fear State happening in Gotham, I thought it would be a good time to go on a little camping Variant cover by DERRICK CHEW trip. But, turns out, Gotham is gonna be Gotham…Keepsake’s forming a new army, Hugo’s playin’ dress-up, and 1:25 Variant cover by KAEL NGU the city is literally tearing itself apart. This looks like a job for Harley Quinn, Kevin, and...the Gardener? Oh yeah, $4.99 US (Card Stock) Bella’s in this one, too! I just love her little plant dogs! ON SALE 9/28/21 10
SPOTLIGHT FEATURING ALL FUTURE STORIES OF BATMAN AND GOTHAM CITY! 1:25 variant cover variant cover BATMAN: URBAN LEGENDS #7 Story by JACKSON LANZING, COLLIN KELLY, and others The legend of Batman only begins with Bruce Wayne! For centuries to come different people will take Pencils and inks by MAX DUNBAR and others up the mantle of Batman and defend the times they’re living in from all forms of villainy. See four of the Cover by FRANCESCO MATTINA finest Bats the future may offer! $7.99 US | 64 PAGES | PRESTIGE FORMAT • In Neo-Gotham, Bruce Wayne lies murdered in the Batcave. Terry McGinnis—Bruce Wayne’s final Variant covers by protégé—will travel into the dark heart of Neo-Gotham to find who killed the greatest hero the city HICHAM HABCHI and CHRIS BURNHAM ever knew. $7.99 US (Card Stock) • In Future State, Cassandra Cain just wants a moment to enjoy a hot meal but the Magistrate’s pursuit ON SALE 9/14/21 of her is relentless! • In a blasted future, the Dark Knight stands alone against a murderous gang threatening his ruined city…and their mysterious leader will be a shocker! • In the 853rd century, Batman One Million is a warden that must contain the galaxy’s criminals, but today there’s a breakout on Pluto. 11
SPOTLIGHT THE DARK KNIGHT FACES OFF AGAINST FABLETOWN ALPHA BIGBY WOLF! 17+ BATMAN VS. BIGBY! A WOLF IN GOTHAM 1 # Story by BILL WILLINGHAM With the blood dry at Gotham’s fourth gruesome murder scene in as many weeks, Batman is stumped. The same Pencils by BRIAN LEVEL hallmarks haunt each investigation: brute-force entries, bodies ripped to shreds and stamped with enormous bite marks, Inks by JAY LEISTEN and clumps of fur—wolf fur—scattered in the wreckage. The streets buzz with rumors of the “Werewolf of Gotham.” Cover by YANICK PAQUETTE Determined to crack this case, Batman finds no leads and a mysterious, hairy, chain-smoking figure dogging his every $3.99 US | 32 PAGES | 1 of 6 move. The Dark Knight’s dangerously close to losing his cool when a series of bombings levels the city’s libraries in the Variants by BRIAN LEVEL days leading up to the 32nd annual Gotham Literary Festival. and JAY LEISTEN As Batman narrows in on the Bookworm and his literary henchmen, he discovers that an invaluable book from another $4.99 US (Card Stock) world is at the center of the violence. Stranger still, the wolf is in on it. But what kind of monster is built from such brains ON SALE 9/21/21 and brawn—and is he an enemy or an ally? Worlds collide as a Gotham mystery kick-starts a return to the world of Fables! 12
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SPOTLIGHT BATMAN: THE WORLD SPECIAL EDITION Story by BRIAN AZZARELLO Artwork by LEE BERMEJO Cover by LEE BERMEJO $.25 Net US | 32 PAGES (sold in bundles of 25 for $6.25) ON SALE 9/14/21 The Dark Knight’s war on crime goes worldwide in the new hardcover anthology, Batman: The World. This special edition features an incredible tale by the superstar team of Brian Azzarello and Lee Bermejo plus looks at some of the stories by international creative teams from across the globe: France, Spain, Italy, Germany, the Czech Republic, Russia, Poland, Turkey, Mexico, Brazil, China, Korea, and Japan. Justice knows no borders. BATMAN—KNIGHTWATCH/ BAT-TECH SPECIAL EDITION Story by J. TORRES Art by ERICH OWEN Cover by MARCELO DICHIARA US $.25 Net | 32 PAGES (sold in bundles of 25 for $6.25) ON SALE 9/14/21 After a massive break-out at Arkham Asylum, Batman and his team are on a mission to bring all the escapees back to Arkham. First on the list is Clayface! Using social media, Batgirl taps into an informal network to track Clayface throughout the city. This inspires Penny-One to create a more organized network of informants and spies called Knightwatch! NOT FINAL COVER 14
BATMAN/FORTNITE: ZERO POINT SPECIAL EDITION Story consulting and concept by DONALD MUSTARD A crack splits the sky above Gotham City and pulls the Dark Knight into a bizarre and unfamiliar Pencils by REILLY BROWN world, with no memory of who he is or where he came from. Batman has been drawn into Fortnite! Inks by NELSON DeCASTRO The World’s Greatest Detective must make sense of this strange new world and uncover the shocking Cover by MIKEL JANÍN truth about the Island and how everything is connected to the mysterious Zero Point. Every fan of $.25 Net US | 32 PAGES Batman, Fortnite, stunning art, and edge-of-your-seat excitement won’t want to miss the Caped (sold in bundles of 25 for $6.25) Crusader facing off against Fortnite champions on the Island in a desperate attempt to save not only 1:100 Variant Black and White cover himself, but other familiar faces from the DC Universe...and perhaps the Multiverse itself! 1:500 Monofoil Cover ON SALE 9/14/21 15
SPOTLIGHT DEATHSTROKE AND BLACK CANARY TEAM UP TO KICK @$% AND SAVE THE WORLD! 1:25 variant cover team variant cover variant cover variant cover DEATHSTROKE INC. #1 Story by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON After suffering too many losses, Slade Wilson decides it’s time for a change. When he’s enlisted to Pencils and inks by HOWARD PORTER work with an ages-old secret organization called T.R.U.S.T. who want to take down the heavy-hitter Cover by HOWARD PORTER villains, he’s all in. They’ll supply him with an all-new team and resources for his new mission into the $3.99 US | 32 PAGES depths of the weirdest parts of the DCU, including a new partner…Black Canary! Variant covers by FRANCESCO MATTINA and ADAM HUGHES Wait what?! Enjoy explosions, kick-ass action, and new outrageous adventures as DC’s meanest S.O.B. 1:25 Variant cover by DIMA IVANO gets tangled up in a major mystery building in the shadows of the DCU. Team variant cover by GERARDO ZAFFINO $4.99 US (Card Stock) ON SALE 9/28/21 16
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SPOTLIGHT JACKSON HYDE, A.K.A. AQUALAD, TAKES THE SPOTLIGHT! 1:25 variant cover variant cover AQUAMAN: THE BECOMING #1 Story by BRANDON THOMAS Jackson Hyde finally has it all. Mentors who support him, a community that loves him, an honest relationship Pencils by DIEGO OLORTEGUI with his mother, a cute new guy in Amnesty Bay who’s caught his eye, and access to Aquaman’s private Inks by WADE VON GRAWBADGER training facility in Atlantis. Well, he had it all—until that training facility and half of the Atlantean palace got Cover by DAVID TALASKI blown to kingdom come with Jackson in them. Now Jackson stands accused of wrecking the life he worked so $3.99 US | 32 PAGES | 1 of 6 hard to build. Aqualad’s going to need all of his skills, wit, and cunning just to prove his own innocence, let Variant cover by KHARY RANDOLPH alone graduate from sidekick to Aquaman! 1:25 Variant cover by FRANCIS MANAPUL $4.99 US (Card Stock) ON SALE 9/21/21 18
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AQUAMAN’S GREATEST FOE IN HIS FIRST MINI- SERIES! 1:25 variant cover BLACK MANTA #1 Story by CHUCK BROWN Following his appearance in the Aquaman 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular, the scourge of the seas Pencils and inks by VALENTINE DE LANDRO now gets his own series. Black Manta is chasing a rare metal with incredible powers, and he’s not the only one Cover by VALENTINE DE LANDRO who wants to get his hands on it, friend and foe alike! Torrid is a former ally who has escaped hell (literally!) $3.99 US | 32 pages | 1 of 6 to answer the call of the metal, but can Manta trust her? Hopefully so because he might need her help to fend Variant cover by SANFORD GREENE off Devil Ray, a new competitor for the role of the biggest villain underwater. 1:25 Variant cover by FRANCIS MANAPUL $4.99 US (Card Stock) Both Aquaman: The Becoming #1 and Black Manta #1 feature a connecting variant cover by superstar artist Francis Manapul! ON SALE 9/7/21 INTRODUCING NEW HERO TORRID AND VILLAIN DEVIL RAY! 20
SPOTLIGHT SPINNING OUT OF THE HIT HBO MAX SHOW! 17+ HARLEY QUINN: THE ANIMATED SERIES— THE EAT. BANG. KILL TOUR #1 Story by TEE FRANKLIN Harley and Ivy on the road trip of the century! Pencils and inks by MAX SARIN Following the wedding disaster of the decade, Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy end up on the run from Commissioner Cover by MAX SARIN Gordon and the GCPD! But as fun as all that sounds, Ivy still worries over leaving Kite Man at the altar…Luckily, $3.99 US | 32 pages | 1 of 6 Harley’s got the perfect scheme to shake her out of her wedding-day blues! Variant cover by MICHAEL CHO 1:25 Variant cover by DAVI $4.99 US (Card Stock) ON SALE 9/14/21 21
SPOTLIGHT THE DEFACER JOINS KING SHARK ON A MISSION HOME. 1:25 variant cover variant cover SUICIDE SQUAD: KING SHARK #1 Story by TIM SEELEY On leave from the Suicide Squad, King Shark and unfortunate tagalong the Defacer get swept into a mystical Pencils and inks by SCOTT KOLINS tournament for totemic animal spirits at the behest of King Shark’s father, the god of sharks! Now King Shark must Cover by TREVOR HAIRSINE battle brutal warriors like Queen Tiger, King Roach, Prince Nematode, Princess Peregrine, and the terrifying Man King $3.99 US | 32 PAGES | 1 of 6 to finally attain his destiny and make his dour dad proud! Variant by RICCARDO FEDERICI 1:25 Variant by SCOTT KOLINS $4.99 US (Card Stock) ON SALE 9/21/21 22
SPOTLIGHT THE TEEN TITANS HUDDLE AROUND THE CAMPFIRE TO SCARE THE BAT-PANTS OFF EACH OTHER! ARE YOU AFRAID OF DARKSEID? #1 NOT FINAL COVER Story by ELLIOTT KALAN, COLLIN KELLY, JACKSON Gather ’round the fire, fellow campers, because it’s time for that most terrifying of traditions— LANZING, JEREMY HAUN, KENNY PORTER, CALVIN campfire stories so scary you’ll never sleep without a night-light again! The Teen Titans guide those KASULKE, TERRY BLAS, ED BRISSON, and more brave enough through tales of Batman and the hidden killer, Superman and Lois Lane and the killer Pencils and Inks by MAX DUNBAR, MIKE NORTON, JESÚS in their back seat, Harley Quinn and Darkseid versus a furious Bloody Mary, and four more stories HERVÁS, CHRIS MITTEN, GARRY BROWN, and more so hair-raising you’ll call your momma to come pick you up. So toast your marshmallows, pull up Cover by DAN HIPP a s’more, and answer the only question that matters this Halloween: Are you afraid of Darkseid? Variant cover by TK $9.99 US | 80 PAGESs | ONE-SHOT | PRESTIGE FORMAT ON SALE 10/5/21 23
SPOTLIGHT SOMEONE IS USING THE TITANS' POWERS AGAINST THEM! 1:25 variant cover variant cover TITANS UNITED #1 Story by CAVAN SCOTT The Titans face their greatest challenge—their own powers! Nightwing, Donna Troy, Superboy, Starfire, Raven, Pencils by JOSE LUIS Beast Boy, and Red Hood kick off a thrilling new case that will lead one of their own to question not only their Inks by JONAS TRINDADE place on the team, but their very existence. Cover by JAMAL CAMPBELL $3.99 US | 32 PAGES | 1 of 7 Variant cover by KAEL NGU 1:25 Variant cover by JUNGGEUN YOON $4.99 US (Card Stock) ON SALE 9/14/21 24
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SPOTLIGHT THE JOKER VOL. 1 Story by JAMES TYNION IV Following the events of Infinite Frontier #0 and The Joker War, The Joker gets targeted as the most wanted man in Art by GUILLEM MARCH the world! But the Clown Prince of Crime is several steps ahead of law enforcement—and he’s on the run overseas. Cover by GUILLEM MARCH James Gordon, facing retirement, realizes this is the manhunt of his life and the last piece of a storied career…but $24.99 US | 144 PAGES what mysterious and deadly forces are also in pursuit of The Joker? 6 5/8" x 10 3/16" THE JOKER VOL. 1 collects THE JOKER #1-6 HARDCOVER ISBN: 978-1-77951-201-7 ON SALE 11/2/21 26
SPOTLIGHT 17+ FAR SECTOR Story by N.K. JEMISIN Acclaimed, award-winning author N.K. Jemisin (The Fifth Season, The City We Became) makes her comic book debut Art by JAMAL CAMPBELL with bestselling artist Jamal Campbell (Naomi) as they thrust you into a stunning sci-fi murder mystery on the other Cover by JAMAL CAMPBELL side of the universe! $29.99 US | 336 PAGES ISBN: 978-1-77951-205-5 For the past six months, newly chosen Green Lantern Sojourner “Jo” Mullein has been protecting the City Enduring, a massive metropolis of 20 billion people. The city has maintained peace for over 500 years by stripping its citizens of ON SALE 10/19/21 their ability to feel. As a result, violent crime is virtually unheard of, and murder is nonexistent. But that’s all about to change in this new graphic novel that puts a unique spin on the legacy of the Green Lanterns! Far Sector collects Far Sector #1-12. 27
SPOTLIGHT 17+ THE OTHER HISTORY OF THE DC UNIVERSE Story by JOHN RIDLEY The long-awaited miniseries written by Academy Award-winning screenwriter John Ridley (12 Years a Slave, Let It Fall) Art by GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI and and beautifully illustrated by Giuseppe Camuncoli and Andrea Cucchi is now available in one volume! ANDREA CUCCHI Cover by JAMAL CAMPBELL The Other History of the DC Universe takes a look at the mythology of the DC Universe as seen through the prism of $29.99 US | 256 PAGES several generations’ worth of DC Super Heroes who come from historically disenfranchised groups. 8 1/2" x 10 7/8" HARDCOVER Extensively researched and masterfully executed, The Other History of the DC Universe promises to be an experience ISBN: 978-1-77951-197-3 unlike any other. You may think you know the history of the DC Universe...but the truth is far more complex. The Other History of the DC Universe isn't about saving the world—it's about having the strength to simply be who you are. ON SALE 11/9/21 Collects The Other History of the DC Universe #1-5. 28
SPOTLIGHT A CAN’T-MISS COLLECTION FOR ANY ’90S COMICS FAN! MILESTONE COMPENDIUM ONE Stories by DWAYNE MCDUFFIE, IVAN VELEZ JR., The iconic Milestone line returns with the debut arcs of your favorite comics from the 1990s! This brilliant JOHN ROZUM, ROBERT L. WASHINGTON III, compendium edition features tales from Dwayne McDuffie, Ivan Velez Jr., John Rozum, and Robert L. BRIAN MCDONALD, and ERICA HELENE Washington III, with stunning art from Denys Cowan, M.D. Bright, and more! Art by DENYS COWAN, M.D. BRIGHT, JOHN PAUL LEON, J.J. BIRCH, and others Milestone Compendium One collects Blood Syndicate #1-12, Hardware #1-12, Icon #1-10, Static #1-8, Xombi Cover by DENYS COWAN #0-11, and Shadow Cabinet #0—including arcs never before collected! $59.99 US | 1,320 PAGES 6 5/8" x 10 3/16" SOFTCOVER ISBN: 978-1-77951-310-6 ON SALE 10/26/21 29
COMIC BOOKS ACTION COMICS #1035 BATMAN '89 #2 BATMAN: REPTILIAN #4 Superman keeps the abandoned Warworld weapon out A showdown in Burnside leaves both Batman and the The monster—revealed! of the hands of anyone who might misuse it. But now Gotham borough reeling. As the community rallies Trailing behind the mysterious reptilian menace savaging the Justice League questions his judgment. It’s time for together behind Harvey Dent, can Bruce find a way Gotham, Batman hits the streets hard searching for answers Clark Kent to put up or shut up. In “Tales of Metropolis,” forward for both Batman and the city? but finds only more questions. The Dark Knight takes his the Guardian comes to the city. Is this another step search beneath the streets and into the sewers to seek out toward Future State? Killer Croc. But when he finds the reptilian rogue, he quickly realizes that this may be the strangest case of his career. NOT FINAL COVER NOT FINAL COVER NOT FINAL COVER 1v 1v 2v 17+ Writers: PHILLIP KENNEDY JOHNSON and SEAN LEWIS Writers: SAM HAMM Writer: GARTH ENNIS Artists: DANIEL SAMPERE and SAMI BASRI Artist: JOE QUINONES Artist: LIAM SHARP Cover: DANIEL SAMPERE Cover: JOE QUINONES Cover: LIAM SHARP Variant Cover: JULIAN TOTINO TEDESCO Variant Cover: MITCH GERADS Variant Covers: CULLY HAMNER and DECLAN SHALVEY $4.99 | 40 pages | $5.99 US Variant (Card Stock) $3.99 US | 32 PGS | 2 of 6 | $4.99 US VARIANT (Card Stock) $4.99 US (Card Stock) | 32 PGS | $4.99 US VARIANT (Card Stock) ON SALE 9/28/21 ON SALE 9/14/21 ON SALE 9/28/21 BATMAN: THE ADVENTURES BATMAN: THE DETECTIVE #5 BATMAN/SUPERMAN #22 CONTINUE SEASON TWO #4 Equilibrium unmasked! Falling further behind the villainous Equilibrium, SERIES FINALE! Mr. Mxyzptlk resurrecting Calendar Man from After a body washes ashore at the Gotham docks, Batman enlists the help of the European Alliance of the his death during A-Day is causing some reality- Batman hunts for a mysterious mercenary known Bat in hopes of turning the case around! With Squire rattling consequences. If Superman and Batman are simply as the Muscle. But can the Dark Knight protect in tow, the Dark Knight attempts to thwart a mass going to prevent a fifth-dimensional god-being from the assassin’s next target: Detective Renee Montoya? execution in Belgium in brutal, epic fashion! compartmentalizing all of existence, they’re going to need to turn to some unlikely allies. NOT FINAL COVER NOT FINAL COVER 1v 1v 1v Writers: ALAN BURNETT and PAUL DINI Writer: TOM TAYLOR Writer: GENE LUEN YANG Artist: TY TEMPLETON Artists: ANDY KUBERT and SANDRA HOPE Artist: PAUL PELLETIER Cover: ROB GUILLORY Cover: ANDY KUBERT Cover: IVAN REIS and DANNY MIKI Variant Cover: JORDAN GIBSON Variant Cover: ANDY KUBERT Variant Cover: GARY FRANK $3.99 US | 32 PGS | 4 of 7 | $4.99 US VARIANT (Card Stock) $3.99 US | 32 PGS | 5 of 6 | $4.99 US VARIANT (Card Stock) $3.99 US | 32 PGS | $4.99 US VARIANT (Card Stock) ON SALE 9/7/21 ON SALE 9/14/21 ON SALE 9/28/21 30
COMIC BOOKS BLUE & GOLD #3 CHALLENGE OF THE SUPER SONS #6 CHECKMATE #4 The million-dollar debut of Buggles! The Super Sons were trapped in the past by Felix Faust Leviathan has arrived. They have followers and agents Booster Gold and Blue Beetle go...broke?! Ted Kord’s and Vandal Savage so they could unlock the secrets of all over the globe. What is the secret behind Leviathan’s secret is out: the heir to the Kord Industries fortune has the future. A young sorceress named Rora has teamed up power? The all-new…Checkmate! A collection of the been cut off and cut out of his family’s company! Now with Superboy and Robin to get them back to their own most dangerous spymasters must team up to take back the duo needs all the help they can get to fight off the time—if they can overcome their über-magical captors! the world. Who is the secret hero behind Checkmate?! Omnizon’s attack and set up their new business. Who Guest-starring Superman! can possibly save the guys from themselves? Meet the newest member of Blue & Gold...BUGGLES! NOT FINAL COVER NOT FINAL COVER NOT FINAL COVER 1v 1v Writer: DAN JURGENS Writer: PETER J. TOMASI Writer: BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS Artist: RYAN SOOK Artist: EVAN STANLEY Artist: ALEX MALEEV Cover: RYAN SOOK Cover: SIMONE DI MEO Cover: ALEX MALEEV $ 3.99 | 32 PGS | 3 of 8 Variant Cover: NICK BRADSHAW Variant Cover: MATT TAYLOR $3.99 US | 32 PGS | 6 of 7 | $4.99 US VARIANT (Card Stock) $3.99 US | 32 PGS | $4.99 US VARIANT (Card Stock) ON SALE 9/21/21 ON SALE 9/14/21 ON SALE 9/28/21 CRUSH & LOBO #4 DC HORROR PRESENTS: FUTURE STATE: GOTHAM #4 The continued cosmic adventures of teen titans breakout star CRUSH! THE CONJURING: THE LOVER #4 Peacekeeper Red vs. the Next Batman—to the death! Captured and surrounded by psychopaths, Red Hood Lobo’s out of prison and already back to wreaking havoc Kicked out of college after nearly murdering a classmate, and the Next Batman must battle each other…to the across the cosmos, and Crush gets stuck behind bars Jessica finds herself back home. Is something taking death! It’s a throwdown for the ages! And they’re only singing the jailbird blues in his place. She needs a plan control of her actions and forcing her to behave too happy to do it! Plus, the origins of the newest to prove she’s not her dad, and fast…but it’s gonna take a violently, or is the secret she’s been keeping driving her Bat-villain, Warmonger, are revealed! prison fight of galactic proportions to pull it off! mad? Plus, a terrifying tale of the haunted music box! NOT FINAL COVER 1v 1v 17+ 1v Writer: MARIKO TAMAKI Writers: DAVID LESLIE JOHNSON-McGOLDRICK, Writers: JOSHUA WILLIAMSON and DENNIS CULVER Artist: AMANCAY NAHUELPAN REX OGLE and RAY FAWKES Artist: GIANNIS MILONOGIANNIS Cover: AMY REEDER Artists: ARRY BROWN and CHRISTOPHER MITTEN Cover: SIMONE DI MEO Variant Cover: PAULINA GANUCHEAU Cover: BILL SIENKIEWICZ Variant Cover: ROSE BESCH Variant Cover: RYAN BROWN $3.99 US | 32 PGS | B&W | $4.99 US VARIANT (Card Stock) $3.99 US | 32 PGS | 4 of 8 | $4.99 US VARIANT (Card Stock) $3.99 US | 32 PGS | 4 of 5 | $4.99 US VARIANT (Card Stock) ON SALE 9/14/21 ON SALE 9/7/21 ON SALE 9/7/21 31
COMIC BOOKS GREEN LANTERN #6 HARDWARE: SEASON ONE #2 With Dakota convinced that Curtis Metcalf is to blame ICON & ROCKET: SEASON ONE #3 Far Sector’s Jo Mullein goes head-to-head with one- Everyone on Earth—and beyond—wants them dead! time Green Lantern Sinestro, now the leader of the for the Big Bang riot and the police hot on his trail, Sinestro Corps that harnesses the yellow light of fear. Icon thought he was the only extraterrestrial left on Curtis decides to change the game in a way that Edwin Earth…but unfortunately for him, and for Rocket, he But as Jo deals with Sinestro, Simon Baz finds out his former partner, Jessica Cruz, just joined the Yellow Alva won’t see coming. He just needs to find a way to was very, very wrong! A terrifying enemy he believed Lanterns as the Corps’ newest member. Then, in deep leave the country without getting caught. long dead is hot on their trail…and to make matters space, Kilowog, who’s been cut from the Corps, fights worse, his foe now works for the CIA! for his life in the Dark Sectors. But without a working ring, he may not stand much of a chance of survival. NOT FINAL COVER NOT FINAL COVER BRYAN HITCH VARIANT ARTWORK 1v 1v 1v Writer: GEOFFREY THORNE Writer: BRANDON THOMAS Writers: REGINALD HUDLIN and LEON CHILLS Artists: TOM RANEY and MARCO SANTUCCI Artists: DENYS COWAN and BILL SIENKIEWICZ Artists: DOUG BRAITHWAITE and ANDREW CURRIE Cover: BERNARD CHANG Cover: MATEUS MANHANINI Cover: TAURIN CLARKE Variant Cover: BRYAN HITCH Variant Cover: TK Variant Cover: DOUG BRAITHWAITE $4.99 US | 40 PGS | $5.99 US VARIANT (Card Stock) $3.99 US | 32 PGS | 2 of 6 | $4.99 US VARIANT (Card Stock) $3.99 US | 32 PGS | 3 of 6 | $4.99 US VARIANT (Card Stock) ON SALE 9/7/21 ON SALE 9/14/21 ON SALE 9/28/21 INFINITE FRONTIER #6 JUSTICE LEAGUE #68 JUSTICE LEAGUE INFINITY #3 One story ends and the next phase of the DC Multiverse THE TOUR! The Justice League has some new members. As the worlds continue to bleed in and out of each begins. We have one name for you: DARKSEID. And those members get a tour of the Hall of Justice from other, the Justice League looks to the cosmos to learn Our heroes knew that someone had been pulling the the legends who helped build it while they learn about how to stop the chaos that’s been wrought. Meanwhile, strings this entire time, but are they prepared for it to be the people who have dedicated their entire lives to its Superman’s journey through the Multiverse brings him the biggest bad of all? As President Superman, Alan Scott, higher calling. face to face with another Man of Steel, but is this one Roy Harper, and the rest converge for a showdown, the Merlin and his army of the aquatic dead have taken over friend or foe? secret of Omega Planet is revealed. Plus, Barry Allen is Atlantis! Can Zatanna handle him and the horror she is put on a path he may never get off! hiding within? NOT FINAL COVER NOT FINAL COVER NOT FINAL COVER 2v 1v Writer: JOSHUA WILLIAMSON Writers: BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS and RAM V Writers : J.M. DeMATTEIS and JAMES TUCKER Artist: XERMANICO Artists: SIYA OUM and SCOTT GODLEWSKI Artist: ETHEN BEAVERS Cover: MITCH GERADS Cover: DAVID MARQUEZ Cover: DAN MORA Variant Covers: BRYAN HITCH Variant Cover: ALEXANDER LOZANO $3.99 US | 32 PGS | 3 of 7 $4.99 | 40 PGS | 6 of 6 | $5.99 US VARIANT (Card Stock) $4.99 US | 40 PGS | $5.99 US VARIANT (Card Stock) ON SALE 9/7/21 ON SALE 9/21/21 ON SALE 9/7/21 32
COMIC BOOKS JUSTICE LEAGUE: LAST RIDE #5 LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT #5 LOONEY TUNES #262 APOKOLIPS—NOT AS SAFE A PLACE TO HIDE A WAR The Calendar Man’s new obsession lies with the With print publications on the way out and information CRIMINAL AS YOU’D THINK! Martian calendar. He’s committing horrific new going online, newspaper reporter Cluck Trent is out of The Justice League has been tasked with bringing the crimes to appease a Martian death god and take on a job. But at least he has his heroic identity of Stupor master of war crimes, your one and only Lobo, to trial its power. For Batman to solve these crimes and bring Duck to fall back on. Or does he? “Up there in the sky! in order to account for a life of treachery. But while down Calendar Man, he’ll need to call in the Martian It’s a bird! It’s a plane! Uh…what is that? Who cares?” the League thought Apokolips would be the safest Manhunter for help. place to store a wanted murderer, there are others out on the hunt for Lobo… NOT FINAL COVER NOT FINAL COVER 1v 2v Writer: CHIP ZDARSKY Writer: BRANDON THOMAS Writer: DEREK FRIDOLFS Artist: MIGUEL MENDONÇA Artist: GIANNIS MILONOGIANNIS Artists: WALTER CARZON and HORACIO OTTOLINI Cover: DARICK ROBERTSON Cover: GIANNIS MILONOGIANNIS Cover: DEREK FRIDOLFS Variant Cover: DIKE RUAN Variant Covers: RILEY ROSSMO and JORGE FORNÉS $2.99 US | 32 PGS $3.99 US | 32 PGS | 5 of 7 | $4.99 US VARIANT (Card Stock) $3.99 US | 32 PGS | $4.99 US VARIANT (Card Stock) ON SALE 9/14/21 ON SALE 9/21/21 ON SALE 9/21/21 MAD MAGAZINE #22 MISTER MIRACLE: PENNYWORTH #2 We sold our souls to dig deep into the far corners of the purgatory pit of the MAD archives to summon up THE SOURCE OF FREEDOM #5 As N’Vir and the Core seek to conquer New Genesis, More MI6 adventures for the star of TV’s Pennyworth! While investigating the possibility of nuclear weapons the most devilishly good dissertations for MAD #22. in a Soviet military base near the arctic circle on Sacrifice your funny bone with classic parodies like “The Shilo and Oberon cross the galaxy to stop N’Vir’s plans. behalf of MI6, Alfred and Shirley find the real danger Outnumbered and outgunned, Shilo meets another is something they never expected: a human science Ecchorcist,” “The Omenous,” and “The Calamityville unexpected ally who can fill in the final pieces of the Horror.” Sergio Aragonés takes “A MAD Look at puzzle of what it means to be Mister Miracle. But a experiment gone terrifyingly wrong! Meanwhile, in the “Nightmare on Elm Street.” And say “close sesame” on tragic secret from the far future could be an obstacle present, Alfred tries to figure out just who of his many a freaky new Fold-In by writer/artist Johnny Sampson. that not even the New Gods can overcome. enemies has it out for him this time… NOT FINAL COVER NOT FINAL COVER 1v Writers & Artists: THE USUAL GANG OF IDIOTS Writer: BRANDON EASTON Writer: SCOTT BRYAN WILSON Cover: JASON EDMISTON Artist: FICO OSSIO Artist: JUAN GEDEON $5.99 US | 56 PAGES | FC | DC Cover: YANICK PAQUETTE Cover: JORGE FORNÉS Variant Cover: VALENTINE DE LANDRO ON SALE 10/5/21 $3.99 US | 32 PGS | $4.99 US VARIANT (Card Stock) $3.99 US | 32 PGS | 2 of 7 ON SALE 9/28/21 ON SALE 9/14/21 33
COMIC BOOKS ROBIN #6 Ding ding ding! Let the tournament begin! The most RORSCHACH #12 The end to the mystery is here! RWBY/JUSTICE LEAGUE #6 Team RWBY’s assault on the creature begins! As ruthless fighters in the DCU compete for the ultimate It’s been a long road to get here, and there have been they enact their plan, the group quickly learns they prize: eternal life. To win his first round, Damian Wayne a lot of dead bodies along the way, but the detective is underestimated the monster’s resources and power as faces two times the danger and two times the trouble: very near closing the case. All the disparate threads lead he wages a war with all of Remnant! Can the girls defeat it’s Ravager and Flatline versus Robin! back to the crime itself, to the assassination attempt that Team JNPR and break them out of their trance, or will claimed the lives of the would-be assassins. Find out how they fall under the spell of the beast below? it all went wrong for the comic book artist who put on a mask and declared himself Rorschach. NOT FINAL COVER NOT FINAL COVER 1v 1v 17+ 1v Writer: JOSHUA WILLIAMSON Writer: TOM KING Writer: MARGUERITE BENNETT Artist: GLEB MELNIKOV Artist: JORGE FORNÉS Artists: EMANUELA LUPACCHINO and Cover: GLEB MELNIKOV Cover: JORGE FORNÉS WADE VON GRAWBADGER Variant Cover: FRANCIS MANAPUL Variant Cover: BEN OLIVER Cover: MIRKA ANDOLFO $4.99 US | 32 PGS | $4.99 US VARIANT (Card Stock) Variant Cover: SIMONE DI MEO $3.99 US | 32 PGS | $4.99 US VARIANT (Card Stock) $3.99 US | 32 PGS | 6 of 7 | $4.99 US VARIANT (Card Stock) ON SALE 9/28/21 ON SALE 9/14/21 ON SALE 9/28/21 SENSATIONAL WONDER WOMAN #7 SHAZAM! #3 STATIC: SEASON ONE #4 FINAL ISSUE! Neron returns to test Billy Batson’s resolve! The Dakota crackdown comes for Static’s friends! Drawn into investigating the apparent kidnapping of Now confronted with the truth about fellow Titans As the government cracks down on the super-powered a famous socialite and her infant son, Wonder Woman Academy student Dane’s lineage, Billy Batson must decide dives deeper into Natalia Close’s twisted past and she whether he can trust the person who brought him to hell teenage Bang Babies, Dakota’s schools are getting begins to question what’s really going on. Can the as they searched for the missing Rock of Eternity. But as emptier and emptier…and with someone he loves in the Amazon hero convince the troubled Natalia to choose the duo grows closer to the Rock and the power of Shazam, sights of the roundup, Static must put his own life and her real life over her villainous new persona…or was a new threat that Billy knows all too well emerges—Neron, family at risk to protect them! that life just a mask all along? the demonic lord of the underworld. NOT FINAL COVER NOT FINAL COVER NOT FINAL COVER 1v 1v 1v Writer: SANYA ANWAR Writer: TIM SHERIDAN Writer: VITA AYALA Artist: SANYA ANWAR Artist: CLAYTON HENRY Artists: CHRISCROSS and NIKOLAS DRAPER-IVEY Cover: NICOLA SCOTT and ANNETTE KWOK Cover: CLAYTON HENRY Cover: KHARY RANDOLPH Variant Cover: TULA LOTAY Variant Cover: FICO OSSIO Variant Cover: NIKOLAS DRAPER-IVEY $3.99 US | 32 PGS | $4.99 US VARIANT (Card Stock) $3.99 US | 32 PGS | 3 of 4 | $4.99 US VARIANT (Card Stock) $3.99 US | 32 PGS | 4 of 6 | $4.99 US VARIANT (Card Stock) ON SALE 9/7/21 ON SALE 9/21/21 ON SALE 9/21/21 34
COMIC BOOKS STRANGE ADVENTURES #12 SUICIDE SQUAD #7 SUICIDE SQUAD: GET JOKER! #3 Mister Terrific hasn't just dug into the past, he's jackhammered Amanda Waller pulls in her newest recruit to Task Force FINAL ISSUE! it to pieces, exposing Adam Strange's deepest, darkest secrets. X: the unstoppable and outstanding Ambush Bug! With The startling conclusion of this Black Label epic If Adam did commit war crimes, he needs to be punished, but a mission that literally takes the Squad to hell and rockets to its surprising, yet inevitable, confrontation how do you pull a hero off the field of battle when he's staving back, the sometimes fourth-wall-breaking hero may between The Joker and the Suicide Squad. With Red off an alien invasion that supposedly only he can stop? Is the be the team’s only chance at survival. Embarking on a Hood wondering who he can trust as he’s forced to truth worth it? And what if Terrific is wrong? The only one who quest to gain access to the Rock of Eternity, the Squad team up with Harley Quinn and other rogues against may know for sure: Alanna Strange. Find out in this final issue must also face the threat of Rick Flag, who’s on the hunt the Clown Prince of Crime, one last betrayal changes of one of the year's most exciting comic book miniseries! for Waller’s head. everything before the final page. NOT FINAL COVER 1v 17+ 1v 1v 17+ Writer: TOM KING Writer: ROBBIE THOMPSON Writer: BRIAN AZZARELLO Artists: MITCH GERADS and EVAN “DOC” SHANER Artists: EDUARDO PANSICA and JULIO FERREIRA Artist: ALEX MALEEV Cover: MITCH GERADS Cover: EDUARDO PANSICA Cover: ALEX MALEEV Variant Cover: JORGE FORNES Variant Cover: EVAN “DOC” SHANER Variant Cover: KEVIN MAGUIRE $6.99 US | 48 PGS | 3 of 3 | $6.99 US VARIANT (Card Stock) $4.99 US | 40 PGS | $4.99 US VARIANT (Card Stock) $3.99 US | 32 PGS | $4.99 US VARIANT (Card Stock) Prestige Plus Format | 8 1/2" x 10 7/8" | Black Label ON SALE 9/28/21 ON SALE 9/7/21 ON SALE 10/5/21 SUPERGIRL: SUPERMAN '78 #2 SUPERMAN AND WOMAN OF TOMORROW #4 Beware the Brigands! After a battle with a rampaging robot, Superman enlists an unlikely ally to crack the code behind who sent it. He THE AUTHORITY #4 Is the team ready for what’s next? Supergirl sets her sights on the Brigands, a group needs an intelligent technological genius, and that can Will the Man of Steel’s new super-group fall apart before of dastardly nomads hell-bent on slaughtering all only mean one person: Lex Luthor! they even begin? The Ultra-Humanite has put together his they come across. Nowshe must follow their path of own team of rogues designed to match the Authority fist destruction to find the fugitive they've been hiding who for fist. This series comes to an explosive conclusion that set her on this intergalactic journey in the first place! will threaten to split the Man of Steel in half! NOT FINAL COVER NOT FINAL COVER 1v 1v 1v Writer: TOM KING Writer: ROBERT VENDITTI Writer: GRANT MORRISON Artist: BILQUIS EVELY Artist: WILFREDO TORRES Artist: MIKEL JANÍN Cover: BILQUIS EVELY Cover: BEN OLIVER Cover: MIKEL JANÍN Variant Cover: ROSE BESCH Variant Cover: BRYAN HITCH Variant Cover: GENE HA $4.99 US | 32 PGS | $4.99 US VARIANT (Card Stock) $3.99 US | 32 PGS | 2 of 6 | $4.99 US VARIANT (Card Stock) $4.99 US | 40 PGS | 4 of 4 | $4.99 US VARIANT (Card Stock) ON SALE 9/21/21 ON SALE 9/28/21 ON SALE 9/7/21 35
COMIC BOOKS SUPERMAN: SON OF KAL-EL #3 TEEN TITANS ACADEMY #7 THE BATMAN & SCOOBY-DOO Jonathan Kent hasn’t been Superman for long, but he’s upset some powerful people with his heroism. And the Gorilla Grodd vs. Gorilla Gregg! A fun, light outing to upstate New York for the students MYSTERIES #6 underground news source known as the Truth is helping The untold eerie mystery that brought about the first Jon open his eyes to evils in the world that could be more of Titans Academy becomes a nightmare when an entire historic meeting between...a young Batman and a pup powerful than the new Man of Steel. town turns on them. But as Gorilla City expat Gorilla named Scooby-Doo! Continuing the brand-new saga of Superman from Tom Gregg fights to save his friends, the young primate Taylor, the writer of Nightwing, and John Timms, artist on discovers, the threat leads him to his own uncle—Gorilla Future State: Superman of Metropolis. Grodd. NOT FINAL COVER NOT FINAL COVER NOT FINAL COVER 1v 1v Writer: TOM TAYLOR Writer: TIM SHERIDAN Writer: SHOLLY FISCH Artist: JOHN TIMMS Artist: RAFA SANDOVAL Artist: SCOTT JERALDS Cover: JOHN TIMMS Cover: RAFA SANDOVAL Cover: SCOTT JERALDS Variant Cover: INHYUK LEE Variant Cover: STEVE LIEBER $2.99 US | 32 PGS | 6 of 12 $3.99 US | 32 PGS | $4.99 US VARIANT (Card Stock) $3.99 US | 32 PGS | $4.99 US VARIANT (Card Stock) ON SALE 9/28/21 ON SALE 9/14/21 ON SALE 9/14/21 THE FLASH #774 THE JOKER #7 THE JOKER PRESENTS: Introducing Dr. Nightmare! Bad dreams come to life and lead to chaos on the streets Très bien—the Joker visits Paris! Gordon must get to Joker ahead of the Sampsons, but A PUZZLEBOX #2 has the Clown Prince set an ambush for his pursuers? The mystery grows! With The Joker still in police custody of Central City on the same night the Fastest Man Alive Plus, Barbara fights for her life after her introduction for a murder he didn’t commit, it’s the perfect time for attends a daddy/daughter dance. Side-by-side with to the new Talon! him to continue his tales of the twisted treasure hunt his super-powered daughter, Wally must not slow Punchline backup: The search for Kelly Ness— with Black Mask’s sojourn to the Siberian Sea and Harley down, or they risk falling victim to the man named Dr. Punchline’s former friend who is also in Blackgate Quinn bringing her over-the-top adventure underground. Nightmare. Penitentiary—begins. 1v 3v 1v Writer: JEREMY ADAMS Writers: JAMES TYNION IV and SAM JOHNS Writer: MATTHEW ROSENBERG Artist: CHRISTIAN DUCE Artists: GUILLEM MARCH and SWEENEY BOO Artists: JESUS MERINO, KERON GRANT, and DANI Cover: BRYAN HITCH Cover: GUILLEM MARCH Cover: CHIP ZDARSKY Variant Cover: JORGE CORONA Variant Covers: BEN OLIVER, SIMONE BIANCHI, Variant Cover: SHAWN CRYSTAL $3.99 US | 32 PGS | $4.99 US VARIANT (Card Stock) and JAMES STOKOE (1:25 ratio) $5.99 US | 40 PGS | 2 of 7 | $5.99 US VARIANT (Card Stock) $5.99 US | 40 PGS | $6.99 US VARIANT (Card Stock) ON SALE 9/21/21 ON SALE 9/14/21 ON SALE 9/7/21 36
COMIC BOOKS & COLLECTED EDITIONS THE NICE HOUSE ON THE LAKE #4 THE SWAMP THING #7 Broken and untethered from the Green, the Swamp Thing WONDER GIRL #5 A terrifying truth about the house is revealed! Yara stands alone as her world is torn apart! is on the run and being hunted by the Suicide Squad, David wants nothing more than to make his fellow deep in the forests of Kaziranga. Having learned about After an unexpected betrayal that shakes Yara to her residents of the House laugh. He’s the Comedian, right? the true nature of the Green, Levi Kamei knows that if very core, she ventures out and finds the lost tribe of That’s what he does. But if no one’s in the mood to he is to make it out alive and regain his powers, he must the Amazons…the Esquecida! Will a reunion with her laugh, then perhaps it’s time for him to perform the choose to embrace the memory of the events that made lost sisters finally give Yara the answers she’s been him the new avatar of the Green—no matter how painful. looking for? Or is she now more lost than ever, as she other function of comedy: to tell his audience an But time is running out, and Levi must make his choice, unbelievable truth… ventures out to find those who wish to never be found? as an old nightmare now stalks his steps. NOT FINAL COVER 1v 17+ 1v 1v Writer: JAMES TYNION IV Writer: RAM V Writer: JOËLLE JONES Artist: ÁLVARO MARTÍNEZ BUENO Artist: MIKE PERKINS Artist: ADRIANA MELO Cover: ÁLVARO MARTÍNEZ BUENO Cover: MIKE PERKINS Cover: DAN MORA Variant Cover: TIFFANY TURRILL Variant Cover: FRANCESCO MATTINA Variant Cover: JENNY FRISON $3.99 US | 32 PGS | 4 of 12 | $4.99 US VARIANT (Card Stock) $3.99 US | 32 PGS | 7 of 10 | $4.99 US VARIANT (Card Stock) $3.99 US | 32 PGS | $4.99 US VARIANT (Card Stock) ON SALE 9/7/21 ON SALE 9/7/21 ON SALE 9/28/21 WONDER WOMAN #779 WONDER WOMAN BLACK & GOLD #4 WONDER WOMAN All good things must end! Janus’s murderous rampage through the Multiverse BY GEORGE PERÉZ VOL. 6 Mod myths of might and mystery! This month’s stories are literally out of this world! You won’t leads Diana and her allies to a place in between worlds want to miss Diana traveling to deep space, going toe-to- FINAL VOLUME! In 1987, writer and artist George Pérez where Wonder Woman will come face to face with her reinvented Wonder Woman from the ground up, toe with a feathered friend from her past, and heading back darkest fear…a future without her in it! helping to shape the pop culture icon as fans know to the ’60s for an unexpected mod-era tale. All this and her today. This collection includes the final stories Plus, in our tale set years ago, Princess Diana's quest more in an issue jam-packed with tales trimmed in Wonder of Pérez’s five-year Wonder Woman run from Wonder for truth comes to a thrilling conclusion! Woman’s signature gold! Woman #58-62 and War of the Gods #1-4. NOT FINAL COVER 1v 2v Writers: BECKY CLOONAN, MICHAEL W. CONRAD, Writers: ANDREW CONSTANT, PAUL AZACETA, SINA GRACE, Writer: GEORGE PÉREZ and JORDIE BELLAIRE ANDREW MacLEAN, and NNEDI OKORAFOR Artists: GEORGE PÉREZ, JILL THOMPSON, and CYNTHIA MARTIN Artists: TRAVIS MOORE and PAULINA GANUCHEAU Artists: NICOLA SCOTT, PAUL AZACETA, LEO ROMERO, ANDREW MacLEAN, and JACK T. COLE $29.99 US | 304 pages | 6 5/8" x 10 3/16" | Softcover Cover: TRAVIS MOORE and PAULINA GANUCHEAU Cover: TULA LOTAY ISBN: 978-1-77951-030-3 Variant Cover: BECKY CLOONAN $4.99 US | 40 PGS | $5.99 US VARIANT (Card Stock) Variant Covers: JOSHUA MIDDLETON and MATÍAS BERGARA ON SALE 10/12/21 $5.99 US | 40 PGS | 4 of 6 ON SALE 9/14/21 ON SALE 9/28/21 37
COLLECTED EDITIONS AMERICAN VAMPIRE 1976 BATGIRL OF BURNSIDE OMNIBUS BATMAN BY SCOTT SNYDER & Paranoia reigns supreme. It’s 1976, and this is the final chapter of the Eisner Award-winning American Vampire! Collected in one volume for the first time! Cameron Stewart, Brenden Fletcher, and Babs Tarr GREG CAPULLO OMNIBUS VOL. 2 At a seedy motorcycle rally in the desert where Skinner The bestselling Batman epic from the team behind reinvent Barbara Gordon from the boots up in this Dark Nights: Metal continues here! This second and final Sweet is closer than ever to his death wish, Pearl Jones omnibus that collects Batgirl #35-52, Batgirl Annual #3, and a shocking partner track him down for one last, omnibus collection includes Batman #34-52; Batman DC Sneak Peek: Batgirl #1, Batgirl: Endgame #1, and a story Annual #3-4, Batman: Futures End #1, DC Sneak Peek: desperate mission as the series that launched the careers from Secret Origins #10. of superstars Scott Snyder and Rafael Albuquerque Batman #1, Batman: Last Knight on Earth #1-3, and stories concludes! Collects American Vampire 1976 #1-10. from Detective Comics #27 and #1000. 17+ Writer: SCOTT SNYDER Writers: CAMERON STEWART and BRENDEN FLETCHER Writer: SCOTT SNYDER Artist: RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE and others Artists: BABS TARR and CAMERON STEWART Artists: GREG CAPULLO AND DANNY MIKI Cover: RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE Cover: CAMERON STEWART Cover: GREG CAPULLO $29.99 US | 256 PAGES $99.99 US | 552 pages | 7 1/16" x 10 7/8" | Hardcover $125.00 US | 928 PGS | 7 1/16" x 10 7/8" | Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-77951-267-3 ISBN: 978-1-77951-329-8 ISBN: 978-1-77951-326-7 ON SALE 11/2/21 ON SALE 11/23/21 ON SALE 11/16/21 BATMAN/SUPERMAN VOL. 2: BATMAN: LAST KNIGHT ON EARTH BATMAN VOL. 1: WORLD’S DEADLIEST In the aftermath of a deadly duel with the Batman Who Laughs, The Batman and The Joker at the end of the world! THEIR DARK DESIGNS Powerhouse creative team Scott Snyder and Greg James Tynion IV’s smash-hit Batman run begins here! trouble abounds for the Man of Steel and the Dark Knight. From the zombie resurrection of the Bottle City of Kandor, to battling the Capullo (Batman: The Court of Owls, Dark Nights: Metal) This start of a bold new chapter in the Batman saga combined might of General Zod and Ra’s al Ghul, to being turned continue a decade-long partnership in this acclaimed collects stories from Batman #85-94 and Batman: Secret into living bombs by the Ultra-Humanite, Batman and Superman futuristic miniseries, now in softcover! are in over their heads and need help in their battle against Files #3, featuring the debut of breakout character evil. Batman/Superman Vol. 2: World's Deadliest collects Batman/ Punchline and setting the stage for Batman: The Joker War! Superman #7-15 and Batman/Superman Annual #1. NOT FINAL COVER 17+ Writer: JOSHUA WILLIAMSON Writer: SCOTT SNYDER Writer: JAMES TYNION IV Artists: NICK DERINGTON, CLAYTON HENRY, MAX RAYNOR, Artists: GREG CAPULLO, JONATHAN GLAPION, and othera Artists: GUILLEM MARCH, TONY S. DANIEL, GLEB MELNIKOV, DALE EAGLESHAM, and ANDREI BRESSAN Cover: GREG CAPULLO CARLO PAGULAYAN, and JORGE JIMENEZ Cover: DAVID MARQUEZ $19.99 US | 272 PGS | 6 5/8" x 10 3/16" | Softcover $24.99 US | 184 PGS | 6 5/8" x 10 3/16" | Softcover Cover: JORGE JIMENEZ ISBN: 978-1-77950-920-8 ISBN: 978-1-77951-318-2 $24.99 US | 264 pages | 6 5/8" x 10 3/16" | Softcover ON SALE 10/26/21 ON SALE 10/19/21 ISBN: 978-1-77950-801-0 ON SALE 10/19/21 38
COLLECTED EDITIONS GREEN ARROW: THE LONGBOW INFERIOR FIVE MAN-BAT HUNTERS SAGA OMNIBUS VOL. 2 The citizens of Dangerfield, Arizona, are beset by strange goings-on after the "Invasion" that rocked the Kirk Langstrom has struggled with his monstrous alter ego, Man-Bat for years. He’s going to take out his anger Mike Grell introduced the world to an aging Oliver Queen stripped of his gimmicks and trick arrows. DC Universe, but only five misfit kids seem to notice on Gotham City. It’s all a part of a master plan by the them. Can they uncover what's happening before some Scarecrow. To stop Crane’s plot, Man-Bat must battle This final omnibus collects Green Arrow #51-80, Green sinister force collects them all? Also, the Peacemaker is Harley Quinn, the Suicide Squad, and Batman himself! Arrow: The Wonder Year #1-4, and the never-before- on a Top-secret mission from Checkmate and Amanda collected Shado: Song of the Dragon #1-4, The Brave and Man-Bat collects Man-Bat #1-5. the Bold #1-5, Green Arrow Annual #4 and #6, and more. Waller to find a mysterious weapon before the Russians can. NOT FINAL COVER NOT FINAL COVER 17+ Writer: MIKE GRELL Writesr: KEITH GIFFEN and JEFF LEMIRE Writer: DAVE WIELGOSZ Artists: RICK HOBERG, JOHN NYBERG, MIKE GRELL, Artists: KEITH GIFFEN, JEFF LEMIRE, SCOTT KOBLISH, Artist: SUMIT KUMAR MICHAEL DAVIS LAWRENCE, GRAY MORROW, AND OTHERS and SCOTT KOLINS Cover: KEITH GIFFEN Cover: KYLE HOTZ Cover: MIKE GRELL $16.99 US | 152 PGS | 6 5/8" x 10 3/16" | Softcover $16.99 US | 128 PGS | 6 5/8" x 10 3/16" | Softcover $150.00 US | 1,480 PGS | 7 1/16" x 10 7/8" | Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-77951-347-2 ISBN: 978-1-77950-659-7 ISBN: 978-1-77951-308-3 ON SALE 11/9/21 ON SALE 10/12/21 ON SALE 11/2/21 SUPERMAN: THE MAN OF STEEL THE FLASH VOL. 15: FINISH LINE THE SANDMAN: THE DELUXE VOL. 4 Forming a Legion of Zoom—including Captain Cold, the Turtle, Gorilla Grodd, and the Trickster—the Reverse-Flash EDITION BOOK FOUR One of the most popular and critically acclaimed A bold new reimagining of the life and times of the Man sets out to not only beat Barry Allen, but also assume his life! of Steel, crafted by legendary comics writer and artist Can the Fastest Man Alive keep up with the attacks around graphic novels of all time, Neil Gaiman’s award- John Byrne! This final volume collects Doom Patrol #10, Central City, when everyone and everything he loves is in winning masterpiece The Sandman set the standard Superman #16-22, The Adventures of Superman #439-444, danger? With his greatest enemy calling on Barry’s children for mature, lyrical fantasy in the modern comics era. Action Comics #598-600, and Superman Annual #2. from the future, the Tornado Twins, the Flash Family steps This penultimate volume collects The Sandman #51-69 up to help the hero as he faces his biggest battle ever. and a story from Vertigo Jam #1. NOT FINAL COVER 17+ Writers: JOHN BYRNE, JERRY ORDWAY, Writer: JOSHUA WILLIAMSON Writer: NEIL GAIMAN PAUL KUPPERBERG, and ROGER STERN Artists: HOWARD PORTER, RAFA SANDOVAL, Artists: MARC HEMPEL, BRYAN TALBOT, MARK BUCKINGHAM, Artists: JOHN BYRNE, JERRY ORDWAY, KARL KESEL, CHRISTIAN DUCE, and SCOTT KOLINS D’ISRAELI, RICHARD CASE, AND OTHERS JOHN BEATTY, and OTHERS Cover: HOWARD PORTER Cover: MICHAEL WM. KALUTA $49.99 US | 520 PGS | 6 5/8" x 10 3/16" | Hardcover $16.99 | 160 PGS | 6 5/8" x 10 3/16" | Softcover $49.99 US | 528 PGS | 7 1/16" x 10 7/8" | Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-77951-321-2 ISBN: 978-1-77951-316-8 ISBN: 978-1-77951-328-1 ON SALE 10/19/21 ON SALE 10/12/21 ON SALE 11/16/21 39
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