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# 18 WHAT’S INSIDE NOVEMBER 2021 / SOLICITING COMICS ON SALE IN JANUARY 2022 BATMAN 1 Superstar writer Chip Zdarsky and acclaimed artist Carmine Di Giandomenico will take Bruce Wayne on a fraught journey, making allies and enemies, on his training to become Batman in Batman: The Knight, a 10-issue series that tells the story of how the Dark Knight began. Detective Comics celebrates its 1,050th issue with a new chapter of the “Shadows of the Bat” story line by Mariko Tamaki and Ivan Reis and multiple variant covers. Writer Tini Howard returns Catwoman to Gotham City to do what she does best…stealing crime-boss secrets for blackmail while disguised as a stripper at Gotham’s most secure underground club. JUSTICE LEAGUE VS. THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES 12 The World’s Greatest Super Heroes face off with the 31st-century super-team they inspired in Justice League vs. The Legion of Super-Heroes by legendary writer Brian Michael Bendis, featuring art by rising star Scott Godlewski. This six-issue series will impact the futures of both teams. Will every member survive the epic battle? PEACEMAKER 14 Garth Ennis, the co-creator of The Boys and Preacher, teams with artist Garry Brown to delve deep into the Peacemaker’s history of violence. The Peacemaker: Disturbing the Peace one-shot will reveal what might bring peace—or not—to the Peacemaker just in time for the debut of the new series on HBO Max starring John Cena. COLLECTED EDITIONS & ORIGINAL GRAPHIC NOVELS 16 Don’t miss the first collection of The Nice House on the Lake by James Tynion IV and Álvaro Martínez Bueno. This is the acclaimed horror series that everyone has been talking about and is perfect for fans of Tynion’s Batman, The Joker, Something Is Killing the Children, and The Department of Truth. Batman: The Imposter gets a beautiful Black Label hardcover, with a global day-and-date release strategy! Author Kami Garcia and artist Gabriel Picolo’s New York Times bestselling titles Teen Titans: Raven, Teen Titans: Beast Boy, and Teen Titans: Beast Boy Loves Raven are collected in an incredible hardcover box set! 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 18. November, 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. Printed by Transcontinental Printing Interweb Montreal, a division of Transcontinental Printing Inc., Boucherville, QC, Can- ada. 10/15/21. DC – a WarnerMedia Company.
SPOTLIGHT A TOUR DE FORCE FROM THE ARTIST OF THE BATMAN WHO LAUGHS! 17+ BATMAN: ONE DARK KNIGHT #2 Written by JOCK With the power out across Gotham, Batman must haul the not-particularly-cooperative villain Art and cover by JOCK responsible, E.M.P., across miles of chaotic city streets, filled with terrified people and opportunistic Variant cover by PAUL POPE criminals! Blackgate Prison can nullify E.M.P.’s destructive electrical powers, if Batman can survive $6.99 US | 48 pages | 2 of 3 | 8 1/2" x 10 7/8" long enough to get them there—but what happens if there are two people loose in Gotham with Prestige Plus those powers? What then? The mega-talented Jock (Batman: The Black Mirror, The Batman Who Laughs) writes and draws the blockbuster story of Batman’s worst night! ON SALE 2/1/22 1
SPOTLIGHT THE STORY OF HOW BRUCE WAYNE BECAME BATMAN... BEGINS! 1:25 VARIANT COVER VARIANT COVER BATMAN: THE KNIGHT #1 Written by CHIP ZDARSKY The origin of Batman and his never-ending fight against crime in Gotham City is modern Art and cover by CARMINE DI GIANDOMENICO mythology, but what of the story in between? How did an angry, damaged young man Variant cover by GREG CAPULLO and JONATHAN GLAPION grow into the most accomplished detective and crime-fighter the world has ever known? 1:25 variant by GERALD PAREL How did the Dark Knight…begin? 1:50 foil variant by GREG CAPULLO and JONATHAN GLAPION Superstar writer Chip Zdarsky (Daredevil) and acclaimed artist Carmine Di Giandomenico $4.99 US | 40 pages | Variant $5.99 US (All covers card stock) (The Flash) will take Bruce Wayne on a fraught journey, making allies and enemies, on his ON SALE 1/18/22 training to become Batman in this definitive new series! 2
SPOTLIGHT PREVIOUSLY SOLICITED IN DC CONNECT # 17 1:50 VARIANT COVER 1:25 VARIANT COVER VARIANT COVER NOT FINAL COVER BATMAN 119 # Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON “Abyss” part two! For years Batman used the darkness as a weapon, but now a new enemy turns that Art and cover by JORGE MOLINA darkness against him! Batman must team with Batman Inc.’s mysterious new benefactor to bring the Backup written by KARL KERSCHL deadly Abyss into the light! Backup art by KARL KERSCHL Wait…who is Batman Inc.’s new benefactor? Variant by FRANCESCO MATTINA 1:25 variant by DAN HIPP 1:50 variant by JOCK $4.99 US | 40 pages | Variant $5.99 US (Card stock) ON SALE 1/4/22 4
SPOTLIGHT THE “SHADOWS OF THE BAT” WEEKLY EVENT CONTINUES HERE! 1:25 VARIANT COVER VARIANT COVER NOT FINAL COVER DETECTIVE COMICS #1049 Written by MARIKO TAMAKI When Huntress elected to go undercover in Arkham Tower, it was to investigate a place of healing that Art by IVAN REIS and DANNY MIKI seemed too good to be true. But what happens when Helena Bertinelli really does need some healing? Backup written by MATTHEW ROSENBERG With Nightwing and Batwoman also on the inside, what began as an undercover mission has turned Backup art by FERNANDO BLANCO into a rescue operation as the mysteries of Dr. Wear’s Arkham Tower begin to unravel! Cover by DAN MORA Then, in “House of Gotham” part three, the young boy rescued by Batman has begun his course of Variant by LEE BERMEJO treatment at Arkham, so why are the only people showing him kindness those whom the law asserts 1:25 variant by JORGE FORNÉS are criminals? It’s a cycle of violence the Dark Knight has no answer for as Gotham’s most vulnerable $4.99 US | 40 pages | Variant $5.99 US (Card stock) struggle to keep their heads above water! ON SALE 1/18/22 5
SPOTLIGHT OVERSIZ ISSUE! E TEAM VARIANT COVER 1:25 VARIANT COVER VARIANT COVER NOT FINAL COVER DETECTIVE COMICS 1050 # Written by MARIKO TAMAKI It’s the landmark, oversize issue Detective Comics #1050, and some of the biggest names in comics are Art by IVAN REIS and DANNY MIKI here to celebrate the Dark Knight! First up in “The Tower” part four, the villainous force keeping Arkham Backup 1 written by MATTHEW ROSENBERG Tower’s patients sedated is at last revealed—and this villain’s return is guaranteed to catch you by Backup 1 art by FERNANDO BLANCO surprise! It’s the dramatic conclusion to act one of Mariko Tamaki’s Arkham Tower epic, brought to life Backup 2 written by MARK WAID by the legendary Ivan Reis! Then, in “House of Gotham” part four, Matthew Rosenberg and Fernando Backup 2 art by DAN MORA Cover by IRVIN RODRIGUEZ Blanco take us into the seedy underbelly of Gotham’s criminal elite through the lens of the original Robin Variant by LEE BERMEJO (Dick Grayson), and reveal what it takes for a young man to survive amongst the deadliest killers in the 4-part connecting variant by JORGE MOLINA DCU. It’s a tour de force of Gotham’s vilest villains! 1:25 variant by JORGE FORNÉS Team variant by JAY FABOK Last but not least, making his grand return to the DCU, writer Mark Waid teams with Detective Comics $5.99 US | 48 pages | Variant $6.99 US (Card stock) uber-artist Dan Mora to bring you the start of a brand-new day for Batman…and Superman? It’s the ON SALE 1/25/22 world’s finest collaboration that you’ll need to read to believe! 6
THE LANDMARK 1,050TH ISSUE OF DETECTIVE COMICS IS ALSO THE PHENOMENAL FOURTH CHAPTER IN THE “SHADOWS OF THE BAT ”WEEKLY EVENT! 4-PART CONNECTING VARIANT COVERS FEATURING THE RETURN OF MARK WAID TO THE MAINSTREAM DC UNIVERSE ALONGSIDE THE WHITE-HOT TALENTS OF ARTIST DAN MORA! THIS ISSUE FEATURES A PRIMER TALE FOR WAID & MORA'S EPIC UPCOMING DCU SERIES! 7
SPOTLIGHT A TALE OF CHRISTMASES PAST! 1:25 VARIANT COVER VARIANT COVER 17+ BATMAN/CATWOMAN SPECIAL #1 Written by TOM KING and others Some great romances are destined to be. The Batman/Catwoman series shows readers the Art by JOHN PAUL LEON, TOMMY LEE EDWARDS, romance between Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle as it changed over their lives, but what about BERNARD CHANG, MITCH GERADS, and others their connections from before they became costumed adventurers? This special, meticulously Cover by JOHN PAUL LEON illustrated one-off issue by John Paul Leon (Batman: Creature of the Night) traces the life of Selina Kyle from its earliest days to her entry into the criminal underworld, and reveals that Bruce was Variants by LEE WEEKS actually a presence in her life all along. Whether fate or coincidence, this story gives even more and BILL SIENKIEWICZ reasons why Selina and Bruce’s connection is one of the most enduring love affairs in comics. $9.99 US | 80 pages | One-shot | Prestige Now expanded to celebrate the legacy of iconic artist John Paul Leon, whose untimely passing ON SALE 1/25/22 after a long battle with cancer shocked the comics world, this special will feature his work completed for the original story and tributes created in his name by some of his closest friends and admirers. 8
SPOTLIGHT NEW CREATIVE TEAM AND DIRECTION START HERE! 1:25 VARIANT COVER VARIANT COVER NOT FINAL COVER CATWOMAN #39 Written by TINI HOWARD Meow, Catwoman is bored of Alleytown and has returned to Gotham City proper for bigger fish Art by NICO LEON to fry and to go back to doing what she does best…stealing crime boss secrets for blackmail and Cover by JEFF DÉKAL looking damn sexy while doing it, of course. New ongoing series writer Tini Howard makes her DCU Variant by JENNY FRISON series debut writing the cat of the night, placing Catwoman in her first blackmail heist disguised 1:25 variant by SOZOMAIKA as a stripper at Gotham’s most secure underground club! Oh, Catwoman, hiding in plain sight in $3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (Card stock) five-inch platform heels at a gathering of Gotham’s crime elite while surrounded by all the beautiful women and other shiny things to look at…what could possibly go wrong? ON SALE 1/18/22 9
SPOTLIGHT PREVIOUSLY SOLICITED IN DC CONNECT # 17 TOM TAYLOR AND YASMINE PUTRI’S EPIC CONTINUES! 1:25 VARIANT COVER VARIANT COVER DARK KNIGHTS OF STEEL #3 Written by TOM TAYLOR War is on the horizon as a series of assassinations has rocked the lands. The Kingdom of Storms is Art and cover by YASMINE PUTRI gathering its allies with eyes on the destruction of Kal-El and his family. What secret does the Dark Variant by JOSHUA MIDDLETON Knight learn that could be the key to everything? 1:25 variant by YASMINE PUTRI $3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (Card stock) ON SALE 1/4/22 10
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SPOTLIGHT THE GOLD LANTERN SAGA, PART ONE! NOT FINAL COVER JUSTICE LEAGUE VS. THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #1 Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS One thousand years in the future, a Legion of Super-Heroes comes together to dedicate Art and cover by SCOTT GODLEWSKI their lives to recapturing the great age of heroes of the 21st century. When the heroes Variant cover by TRAVIS MOORE discover that reality is falling to a great darkness in both times simultaneously, the $3.99 US | 32 pages | 1 of 6 | Variant $4.99 US (Card stock) Justice League and the Legion of Super-Heroes must team up to stop it all. But what is the connection between the secrets of the new Gold Lanterns and the coming of the Great ON SALE 1/11/22 Darkness? A monumental DC epic event miniseries! 12
SPOTLIGHT FEATURING THE SUPER SONS REUNION OF JON KENT, DAMIAN WAYNE, AND WRITER PETER J. TOMASI! 1:25 VARIANT COVER VARIANT COVER NOT FINAL COVER SUPERMAN & ROBIN SPECIAL #1 Written by PETER J. TOMASI As the Super Sons, Jon Kent and Damian Wayne put evil to bed…past its bedtime. But a new day Art and cover by VIKTOR BOGDANOVIC has dawned, and Jon Kent is now the Superman of Metropolis—all grown up and fighting for truth, Variant by JORGE JIMENEZ justice, and the kinds of grown-up things that Superboy was only beginning to understand as a 1:25 variant by RAFA SARMENTO child. Now a ghost from Jon’s past has reared its head, and to battle this evil, he’ll need to reunite $5.99 US | 48 pages | Variant $6.99 US (Card stock) with Robin for one last mission into the heart of darkness. This time they’ll be battling not as Super Sons, but as Superman and Robin! This thrilling adventure is written by acclaimed Super Sons scribe ON SALE 1/25/22 Peter J. Tomasi! 13
SPOTLIGHT 1:50 VARIANT COVER 1:25 VARIANT COVER VARIANT COVER 17+ NOT FINAL COVER PEACEMAKER: DISTURBING THE PEACE #1 Written by GARTH ENNIS The breakout character from The Suicide Squad gets his own tale of peace ahead of the Art by GARRY BROWN upcoming HBO Max TV show! Cover by JUAN FERREYRA Long before joining the Suicide Squad, Christopher Smith, code name Peacemaker, meets with a Variant by GARRY BROWN psychiatrist—a woman dangerously obsessed with his bizarre and violent past. From his tragic childhood 1:25 variant by RYAN BROWN to his military service overseas to his multiple missions with Special Forces, Smith has more than his share 1:50 variant by AMANDA CONNER of skeletons in the closet. But who’s actually analyzing whom? And will this trip down memory lane result $6.99 US | 40 pages | One-shot | Prestige in yet more fatalities? ON SALE 1/25/22 Garth Ennis and Garry Brown delve deep into Christopher Smith’s history of violence, and reveal what might bring peace—or not—to the Peacemaker. 14
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SPOTLIGHT BATMAN: THE DETECTIVE Written by TOM TAYLOR A horrific tragedy in the United Kingdom sends a very personal and deadly message to the Dark Art by ANDY KUBERT and SANDRA HOPE Knight—one that will draw Batman out of Gotham City to investigate! From the moment he Cover by ANDY KUBERT lands in Europe, Batman will face a difficult investigation and unheard-of adversaries and gain $24.99 US | 160 pages | 6 5/8" x 10 3/16" | Hardcover the assistance of a partner once more—all in the hunt for the villain known as Equilibrium! New ISBN: 978-1-77951-418-9 villains! New allies! A thrilling overseas adventure begins for the Dark Knight! ON SALE 2/15/22 16
SPOTLIGHT A GRITTY, REALISTIC NEW VISION OF GOTHAM! 17+ BATMAN: THE IMPOSTER Written by MATTSON TOMLIN Bruce Wayne’s mission as the Batman has only been under way for a year or so, but he can tell he’s Art and cover by ANDREA SORRENTINO making a difference. Unfortunately, he’s made some powerful enemies. All the traditional power $29.99 US | 168 pages | 6 5/8" x 10 3/16"| Hardcover brokers of Gotham resent the disruption the Batman has brought to town…and it seems one of them ISBN: 978-1-77951-432-5 has a plan to neutralize him. There’s a second Batman haunting Gotham’s rooftops and alleys—and this one has no qualms about murdering criminals, live and on tape. With the entire might of the ON SALE 2/22/22 Gotham City Police Department and Gotham’s rich and powerful coming down on his head, Batman must find this imposter and somehow clear his name…but how can you prove your innocence from behind a mask? 17
SPOTLIGHT BLACK ADAM’S GREATEST ADVENTURES! BLACK ADAM BOX SET Written by VARIOUS Before seeing Black Adam on the big screen, rediscover classic DC comics that inspired the film! This Art by VARIOUS slipcase box set includes softcover editions of Shazam! Vol. 1, Black Adam/JSA: Black Reign, and Black Slipcase art by JIM LEE Adam: Rise and Fall of an Empire—a new collection of Black Adam’s epic journey from 52. $51.00 US | 6 5/8" x 10 3/16" | Softcover ISBN: 978-1-77951-452-3 ON SALE 7/5/2022 18
SPOTLIGHT THE NEXT GREAT DC EPIC BEGINS HERE… INFINITE FRONTIER Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON When our heroes saved the Multiverse from Perpetua in Dark Nights: Death Metal, everything was put back Art by XERMANICO, PAUL PELLETIER, where it belonged...and we do mean everything. All the damage from all the Crises was undone, and heroes and JESUS MERINO long thought gone returned from whatever exile they had been in. Cover by MITCH GERADS Most of them, at least. $39.99 | 352 pages | 6 5/8" x 10 3/16" | Hardcover Alan Scott, the Green Lantern of the Justice Society of America, has noticed some of his allies are still missing ISBN: 978-1-77951-424-0 in action, and he’s determined to find them. There are others, though, who would rather remain hidden than ON SALE 2/15/22 explain themselves, like Roy Harper, a.k.a. Arsenal, a man who should be dead but now is not. Plus, what does all this mean for the DCU’s place in the Multiverse? On opposite sides of a dimensional divide, both Barry Allen and President Superman ponder this question. Not to mention the Darkseid of it all! Or a team of Multiversal heroes called Justice Incarnate! 19
SPOTLIGHT THE IDEAL JUMPING-ON POINT FOR THE SOLD-OUT HORROR HIT! “A perfect comic.” — Comics Bookcase 17+ THE NICE HOUSE ON THE LAKE VOL. ONE Written by JAMES TYNION IV Everyone who was invited to the house knows Walter—well, they know him a little, anyway. Some Art and cover by ÁLVARO MARTÍNEZ BUENO met him in childhood; some met him months ago. And Walter’s always been a little…off. But after $19.99 US | 200 pages | 6 5/8" x 10 3/16" | Softcover the hardest year of their lives, nobody was going to turn down Walter’s invitation to an astonishingly ISBN: 978-1-77951-434-9 beautiful house in the woods, overlooking an enormous sylvan lake. It’s beautiful, it’s opulent, it’s private—so a week of putting up with Walter’s weird little schemes and nicknames in exchange for ON SALE 3/1/22 the vacation of a lifetime? Why not? All of them were at that moment in their lives when they could feel themselves pulling away from their other friends; wouldn’t a chance to reconnect be…nice? Don’t miss the first collected edition of 2021’s smash-hit horror sensation—so you can be all caught up when The Nice House on the Lake returns with issue #7! 20
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SPOTLIGHT THE ROMANTIC MEETUP WE’VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR! TEEN TITANS: BEAST BOY LOVES RAVEN Written by KAMI GARCIA It seems like years, but it’s only been a few days since Raven Roth recovered her memories; trapped her Art and cover by GABRIEL PICOLO demon father, Trigon, in her amulet; and had her heart broken for the first time. But she doesn’t have time $19.99 US | 208 pages | 6" x 9" | Hardcover to worry about the past…she has to focus on finding a way to get rid of Trigon for good. Garfield Logan still can’t ISBN: 978-1-77950-949-9 believe he has the power to transform into animals. But controlling his newfound abilities is difficult, and their unpredictable nature could have dangerous consequences. Knowing his parents kept this secret hidden from ON SALE 4/26/22 him only makes Gar feel more alone. The heroes are both seeking answers from the one person who seems to have them all figured out: Slade Wilson. When their paths cross in Nashville, Raven and Gar can’t help but feel a connection, despite the secrets they try to hide from each other. It will take a lot of trust and courage to overcome the wounds of their pasts. But can they find acceptance for the darkest parts of themselves? Or maybe even love? 22
EMBRACE THE HERO YOU WERE MEANT TO BE! TEEN TITANS: RAVEN, BEAST BOY, AND BEAST BOY LOVES RAVEN BOX SET Written by KAMI GARCIA New York Times bestselling author Kami Garcia and internationally acclaimed artist Gabriel Picolo’s fan-favorite Teen Art and cover by GABRIEL PICOLO Titans books are available in beautiful hardcover editions! These unique origin stories define what it means to have the $59.99 US | 592 pages | 6" x 9"| Hardcover strength to face and accept who you really are. ISBN: 978-1-77951-152-2 In Teen Titans: Raven, when 17-year-old Raven Roth loses her memories and has to start life over in New Orleans, strange things begin to happen. What if she’s better off not knowing her past? ON SALE 8/9/22 In Teen Titans: Beast Boy, 17-year-old Garfield Logan struggles to overcome his lack of high school popularity. Then new powers and elevated status give Gar everything he’s hoped for—but at what price? In Teen Titans: Beast Boy Loves Raven, a chance encounter in Nashville brings these teens together. It’s the meet-cute that turns into the adventure of a lifetime, as they discover that trusting a new friend can be everything, and trusting the wrong adult can be a disaster. 23
SPOTLIGHT SUPERMAN: ACTION COMICS VOL. 1: WARWORLD RISING Written by PHILLIP KENNEDY JOHNSON A new chapter in Superman’s life begins as the challenges of Dark Nights: Death Metal are causing Art by DANIEL SAMPERE and CHRISTIAN DUCE Clark Kent to feel…a change in his powers. Is it possible the Metropolis Marvel could be losing a step? Cover by MIKEL JANIN $16.99 US | 160 pages | 6 5/8" × 10 3/16" | Softcover The Man of Steel’s struggles in taking down the creatures from the Breach would suggest as much! If he’s going to continue to protect the people of Earth, he’ll have to adapt—especially with threats like ISBN: 978-1-77951-427-1 Mongul out there waiting to launch their biggest attacks on the Earth yet. After a war-torn battleship ON SALE 2/15/22 escapes Warworld and makes the perilous journey to Earth, Superman searches for answers about the identities of its mysterious refugees and their apparent link to the planet Krypton. Could there be other Kryptonians in the universe? Meanwhile, Atlantean scientists study the wreckage of the Warworld vessel…and make a shocking discovery that could change the balance of power on Earth. 24
COMIC BOOKS ACTION COMICS #1039 AQUAMAN: THE BECOMING #5 “The Warworld Saga, Part III.” Everything has changed. After the heart-stopping events All roads lead to Xebel! Jackson Hyde’s made some daring escapes in his time on the of Action Comics #1037, Superman and the surviving members of the Authority see a side of run, but there’s no avoiding the reunions that his underwater motherland has in store Warworld they never knew existed. In the lower catacombs, Superman finds another survivor for him. Both surprise family time and a long-awaited romantic interlude leave Jackson of the lost Phaelosian race of Krypton, a scientist turned enslaved gladiator with much to teach questioning his life on the surface. And with all the problems Jackson left behind in Superman of his new home, including how to survive…and maybe, in time, how to escape. Atlantis, it’s getting harder not to ask himself—is Xebel where he really belongs? Meanwhile, Superman’s quest to turn the hordes of Warworld against their masters begins. VARIANT COVER SHOWN. NOT FINAL COVER. VARIANT 1v 1v Written by PHILLIP KENNEDY JOHNSON Written by BRANDON THOMAS and SHAWN ALDRIDGE Art by DIEGO OLORTEGUI and WADE VON GRAWBADGER Art by MIGUEL MENDONÇA Cover by DAVID TALASKI Cover by DANIEL SAMPERE Variant cover by KHARY RANDOLPH Variant cover by JULIAN TOTINO TEDESCO $3.99 US | 32 pages | 5 of 6 | $4.99 US Variant (Card stock) $4.99 US | 40 pages | $5.99 US Variant (Card stock) ON SALE 1/18/22 ON SALE 1/25/22 AQUAMAN/GREEN ARROW – DEEP TARGET #4 BATMAN VS. BIGBY! A WOLF IN GOTHAM #5 After last issue’s revelation, Aquaman and Green Arrow must double their efforts to escape The world-bending collision between Gotham City and Fabletown races toward its and thwart Scorpio’s plot to rewrite time to their own agenda! climax as two great detectives unite to unravel the Bookworm’s master plan and stop the bombings—but while their brains might be up to the task, the final act will require all their brawn as well! NOT FINAL COVER NOT FINAL COVER VARIANT 1v 1v 17+ Written by BRANDON THOMAS Written by BILL WILLINGHAM Art by RONAN CLIQUET Art by BRIAN LEVEL and JAY LEISTEN Cover by MARCO SANTUCCI Cover by YANICK PAQUETTE Variant cover by KAEL NGU Variant cover by BRIAN LEVEL and JAY LEISTEN $3.99 US | 32 pages | 4 of 7 | $4.99 US Variant (Card stock) $3.99 US | 32 pages | 5 of 6 | $4.99 US Variant (Card stock) ON SALE 1//25/22 ON SALE 1/18/22 25
COMIC BOOKS BLUE & GOLD #6 DC VS. VAMPIRES #4 Booster and Beetle are lost in space! After a disastrous first day on their new jobs as hero Batman has confirmed who in the Justice League has been turned into a vampire… business owners and operators, the duo has found themselves kidnapped and stranded but can he make his move before the Justice League is turned against him? It’s hero on an alien world. Who’s to blame? Well, the Omnizon of course! Welcome to her home versus hero in this blood-drenched chapter…with clues to who the new Vampire King planet, Br’Honn, where a battle to the death between friends is just another Tuesday! might be! NOT FINAL COVER 1v 1v VARIANT Written by DAN JURGENS Written by JAMES TYNION IV and MATTHEW ROSENBERG Art and cover by RYAN SOOK Art and cover by OTTO SCHMIDT Peacemaker variant cover by SIMONE DI MEO Variant cover by FRANCESCO MATTINA $3.99 US | 32 pages | 6 of 8 | $4.99 US Variant (Card stock) $3.99 US | 32 pages | 4 of 12 | $4.99 US Variant (Card stock) ON SALE 1/18/22 ON SALE 1/25/22 DEATHSTROKE INC. #5 GREEN LANTERN #10 Deathstroke and black canary are trapped in the ghost zone! To escape the horror, the John Stewart was a Marine, an architect, a Green Lantern. Now John is the only one Deathstroke Inc. team must confront their own ghosts...and deal with a deadly offer who can stop the Lightbringer’s plans, but in order to do so, he must choose a new path from the returning Libra! forward, one that will change his role in the DC Universe forever! Back on Oa, Jo Mullein faces the formidable Anti-Guardian! PEACEMAKER VARIANT 1:25 VARIANT NOT FINAL COVER NOT FINAL COVER VARIANT Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON 3v 1v Written by GEOFFREY THORNE Art by PAOLO PANTALENA Art by TOM RANEY and MARCO SANTUCCI Cover by HOWARD PORTER Variant cover by IVAN TAO Cover by BERNARD CHANG 1:25 variant cover by NATHAN SZERDY Variant cover by ALAN QUAH Peacemaker variant cover by LUCIO PARRILLO $4.99 US | 40 pages | $5.99 US Variant (Card stock) $3.99 US | 32 pages | 4 of 7 | $4.99 US Variant (Card stock) ON SALE 1/4/22 ON SALE 1/25/22 VARIANT 26
COMIC BOOKS HARDWARE: SEASON ONE #6 HARLEY QUINN #11 Mercenaries, police, backstabbing businessmen, and more have all tried to keep A train leaves for Gotham at eight p.m. averaging 80 miles per hour, carrying one very Curtis Metcalf down. His reputation is in tatters, his suit nearly destroyed, and his dramatic villain named Keepsake, a bomb strapped to the engine, and me…Harley Quinn! body beaten, and still nothing can stop Curtis from getting his revenge. It’s time for One track leads straight to Gotham Central Station, where hundreds of lives are at risk, but Edwin Alva to realize just how big of a mistake he made in underestimating the power the other track…that one leads to my best friend and sidekick, Kevin. Sacrifice the one to of Hardware’s rage! save the many? I hate that Philosophy 101 crap, and I’m really starting to hate trains. PEACEMAKER VARIANT 1:25 VARIANT NOT FINAL COVER NOT FINAL COVER 1v 3v Written by BRANDON THOMAS Written by STEPHANIE PHILLIPS Art by DENYS COWAN and BILL SIENKIEWICZ Art and cover by RILEY ROSSMO Cover by MATEUS MANHANINI Variant cover by DERRICK CHEW Variant cover by DENYS COWAN 1:25 variant cover by ACKY BRIGHT $3.99 US | 32 pages | 6 of 6 | $4.99 US Variant (Card stock) Peacemaker variant cover by DIMA IVANOV $3.99 US | 32 pages | $4.99 US Variant (Card stock) ON SALE 1/11/22 ON SALE 1/25/22 VARIANT HUMAN TARGET #4 JUSTICE LEAGUE #72 With eight days left to solve his own murder, Christopher Chance tracks down his next The Royal Flush Gang has hatched one of the most elaborate plans in the history of the suspect. His murderer couldn’t be Blue Beetle…could it? DC Universe, and now we know that all of it was a prelude to the crime of this and maybe even the next century. What in the Multiverse could the Royal Flush Gang be after? How does it connect to Black Adam’s trial? Find out here! NOT FINAL COVER NOT FINAL COVER VARIANT 1v 1v 17+ Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS Written by TOM KING Art and cover by GREG SMALLWOOD Art by EMANUELA LUPACCHINO Variant cover by DAVE JOHNSON Cover by YANICK PAQUETTE $4.99 US | 40 pages | 4 of 12 | (All covers card stock) Variant cover by DAVID MARQUEZ $4.99 US | 40 pages | $5.99 US Variant (Card stock) ON SALE 1/25/22 ON SALE 1/18/22 27
COMIC BOOKS JUSTICE LEAGUE INCARNATE #3 LOONEY TUNES #264 Doctor Multiverse is caught in the clutches of Darkseid! To save her, President Superman, While attending a professional wrestling event, Bugs and Daffy are handpicked by the Flashpoint Batman, and the rest of the Justice League Incarnate team up with Earth-41 audience to take part in the main match. Daffy is sure their two-on-one advantage will heroes Spore and Nimrod Squad; meanwhile, a villain from Multiversity returns to stake bring them fame and fortune…until he discovers that their opponent is none other than their claim on the crack in the Multiverse and the power that lies beyond. the heavyweight champion, the Crusher…whose previous opponents each left the ring on a stretcher! NOT FINAL COVER. NOT FINAL COVER VARIANT 3v Written by JOSH WILLIAMSON and DENNIS CULVER Written by DEREK FRIDOLFS Art by ARIEL OLIVETTI and ANDRE BRESSAN Art by WALTER CARZON and HORACIO OTTOLINI Cover by GARY FRANK Cover by DEREK FRIDOLFS Variant cover by ARIEL OLIVETTI $2.99 US | 32 pages Peacemaker variant cover by JORGE FORNÉS 1:25 variant cover by JORGE FORNÉS ON SALE 1/18/22 $4.99 US | 40 pages | 3 of 5 | $5.99 US Variant (Card stock) ON SALE 1/4/22 MAD MAGAZINE #24 NIGHTWING #88 You've been a very, very MAD dog! America’s longest-running humor magazine The blue stripes are back! Nightwing gets an updated suit starting this issue! Meanwhile, continues to skewer everything pop culture! This pet-themed issue features a wide after the distressing events of rescuing Haley from getting dognapped by bad variety of classic parodies plus vintage MAD favorites like Spy vs. Spy, “MAD Look at…” guys, Nightwing discovers there are way more hits on Dick Grayson than he realized, thanks by Sergio Aragonés, and more from the Usual Gang of Idiots. MAD will surely make the to going public about his fortune, and he needs to find a clever way to be Dick Grayson whole family howl, meow, chirp, whinny, moo, and cock-a-doodle-doo with chuckles. and Nightwing at the same time. Meanwhile, Heartless tries to buy power away from Blockbuster Go fetch your copy today! in order to take control of Blüdhaven, and both of these big bads have Nightwing in their crosshairs. 1:25 VARIANT NOT FINAL COVER NOT FINAL COVER VARIANT 2v Written by THE USUAL GANG OF IDIOTS Written by TOM TAYLOR Cover by ANOTHER USUAL IDIOT WITH SOME CRAYONS Art and cover by BRUNO REDONDO $5.99 US | 56 PGS Variant cover by JAMAL CAMPBELL ON SALE 2/15/22 1:25 variant cover by BRUNO REDONDO $3.99 US | 32 pages | $4.99 US Variant (Card Stock) ON SALE 1/18/22 28
COMIC BOOKS NUBIA & THE AMAZONS #4 ONE-STAR SQUADRON #2 Andromeda has gone from most talented to most wanted! Concerned about her sister, Meet Minute Man, the greatest hero probably never heard of! It’s not easy being Red Nubia leads the charge. What evil from Tartarus has found its way into the very soul (Tornado)! As the boss, he’s got everyone relying on him for their next paycheck. Enter of Doom’s Doorway’s latest champion? To find out, our queen will have to delve deep Minute Man, a 1990s has-been superhero looking for 15 more minutes of fame…or at least a into her haunted past for clues. Can she heal herself from old wounds in time to save way to pay for Miraclo pills. Without them, he’s a super-zero and he’s willing to do anything another from making the same mistakes? Find out in another exciting chapter of for one more chance at power. How far will he go? Meet Metropolis Comic Con’s newest Nubia’s solo adventures! special guest! VARIANT 1v Written by STEPHANIE WILLIAMS and VITA AYALA Written by MARK RUSSELL Art by ALITHA MARTINEZ and MARK MORALES Art and cover by STEVE LIEBER Cover by DARRYL BANKS $3.99 US | 32 pages | 2 of 6 Variant cover by BRITTNEY WILLIAMS $3.99 US | 32 pages | 4 of 6 | $4.99 US Variant (Card Stock) ON SALE 1/4/22 ON SALE 1/18/22 ROBIN #10 The Lazarus Tournament has ended, but Mother Soul is not going down without a fight! ROBINS #3 The Robins run face-first into a group of copycat villains decked out in high-end tech giving As Damian Wayne battles for the fate of his family line, a last-ditch effort by an unlikely them the powers and battle prowess of Batman’s greatest enemies! As the former wonders ally will lead to a major power shift in the DCU! It’s Robin versus his hyper-powerful great- face down these threats, they deduce that whoever’s behind the assault on them has hacked grandmother in a battle so gripping you’ll need an extra butterscotch candy from her little into the Batcomputer. As hard choices are made, the five ex-partners of Batman realize that dish to make it through! going their separate ways and leaving the Robin mantle behind might be their only option! 1:25 VARIANT NOT FINAL COVER NOT FINAL COVER VARIANT 1v 2v Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON Written by TIM SEELEY Art by ROGER CRUZ and NORM RAPMUND Art and cover by BALDEMAR RIVAS Cover by SIMONE DI MEO Variant cover by MARCUS TO Variant cover by FRANCIS MANAPUL $3.99 US | 32 pages | 3 of 6 | $4.99 US Variant (Card Stock) 1:25 variant cover by NIKOLA ČIŽMEŠIJA $3.99 US | 32 pages | $4.99 US Variant (Card Stock) ON SALE 1/18/22 ON SALE 1/25/22 29
COMIC BOOKS SUICIDE SQUAD #11 SUICIDE SQUAD: KING SHARK #5 RICK FLAG ATTACKS! The Suicide Squad barely manage to steal an alien technology from In the aftermath of tragedy, King Shark is on a roll, taking down fools left and right on his Oa only to find themselves cut off from their transport back to Earth and on the run from way toward victory in the Wild Games! The only thing that stands between humanity and Lanterns and Thanagarians. And no backup is coming from Earth because Amanda Waller is total shark domination is the Defacer! Can she take one for the team and stab the only friend under fire from her onetime ally, current-time enemy: Rick Flag! she has left in the back? PEACEMAKER VARIANT NOT FINAL COVER NOT FINAL COVER VARIANT VARIANT 1v 2v Written by ROBBIE THOMPSON Written by TIM SEELEY Art by EDUARDO PANSICA and JULIO FERREIRA Art by SCOTT KOLINS Cover by EDUARDO PANSICA, JULIO FERREIRA, and MARCELO MAIOLO Cover by TREVOR HAIRSINE Variant cover by KEVIN MAGUIRE Variant cover by SIYA OUM $3.99 US | 32 pages | $4.99 US Variant (Card Stock) Peacmaker variant cover by KAARE ANDREWS ON SALE 1/4/22 $3.99 US | 32 pages | 5 of 6 | $4.99 US Variant (Card Stock) ON SALE 1/18/22 SUPERMAN '78 #6 SUPERMAN: SON OF KAL-EL #7 The final battle for Metropolis is here! Superman stands against Brainiac as he tries to save Superman has recovered from the devastating attack against him. After the life- his city from being cataloged and bottled by the mechanical menace. But can Superman save changing events of issue #5, Jon Kent and his new ally Jay Nakamura are ready to strike his adoptive city and the bottled city of Kandor from Brainiac’s clutches, or will he be forced back. They are on a collision course with the type of power that is used to swatting to make the impossible choice? problems out of the way. But Superman is not so easily swatted. VARIANT COVER SHOWN. NOT FINAL COVER. NOT FINAL COVER 1v 1v Written by ROBERT VENDITTI Written by TOM TAYLOR Art by WILFREDO TORRES Art and cover by JOHN TIMMS Cover by MIKEL JANIN Variant cover by TRAVIS MOORE Variant cover by RAFA SANDOVAL $3.99 US | 32 pages | $4.99 US Variant (Card Stock) $3.99 US | 32 pages | 6 of 6 | $4.99 US Variant (Card Stock) ON SALE 1/11/22 ON SALE 1/25/22 30
COMIC BOOKS TASK FORCE Z #4 TEEN TITANS ACADEMY #11 There’s no way that Red Hood’s team of zombie villains would ever turn on him. I mean, Dane, a.k.a. Nevermore, came to the academy to become a hero, but circumstance and that’s just math. There’s no chance at all that trying to control a team that literally fate are leading him down a much darker path. To understand their future, the Titans has zombie Bane on it will work out badly. So just stop it, don’t even think that way… must look into the complicated past of their most mysterious student—and unearth and even if that were the case, there’s no way Mr. Freeze would return to kill everyone truths that may leave them with an impossible choice. either, right? PEACEMAKER VARIANT VARIANT COVER SHOWN. NOT FINAL COVER. 1:25 VARIANT 3v 1v VARIANT Written by MATTHEW ROSENBERG Written by TIM SHERIDAN Art by EDDY BARROWS and EBER FERREIRA Art by MIKE NORTON Cover by EDDY BARROWS and EBER FERREIRA Cover by RAFA SANDOVAL Variant cover by RILEY ROSSMO Variant cover by FICO OSSIO 1:25 variant cover by DAN SCHOENING $3.99 US | 32 pages | $4.99 US Variant (Card Stock) Peacemaker variant cover by DAN MORA $3.99 US | 32 pages | $4 .99 US Variant (Card Stock) ON SALE 1/25/22 ON SALE 1/25/22 VARIANT THE FLASH #778 WONDER GIRL #8 Having traveled to Gemworld by way of the second dimension, the Flash joins Justice After being separated from her tribe for years, Yara has finally found her sisters. But League Dark and the princess of Gemworld, Amethyst, in a race against time to thwart there is no time for celebration—the very rainforest they have sworn to protect is in Eclipso’s evil plans. danger! The Esquecida remained hidden from Man’s World in the past, but now they will have to reemerge to save their future! Who seeks to destroy their sacred lands and why? Find out in the next thrilling chapter of Wonder Girl! NOT FINAL COVER VARIANT VARIANT 1v 1v Written by JEREMY ADAMS Written by JOËLLE JONES Art by FERNANDO PASARIN and MATT RYAN Art by JOËLLE JONES Cover by BRANDON PETERSON Cover by W. SCOTT FORBES Variant cover by JORGE CORONA Variant cover by JEFF DEKAL $3.99 US | 32 pages | $4.99 US Variant (Card Stock) $3.99 US| 32 pages | $4.99 US Variant (Card Stock) ON SALE 1/18/22 ON SALE 1/25/22 31
COMICS WONDER WOMAN #783 As Wonder Woman soars across continents to save Steve Trevor, the evil force behind it all WONDER WOMAN: EVOLUTION #3 As the trial for all humankind begins, with Wonder Woman serving as the defendant for all emerges! The doubles of our hero were only the beginning for Image-Maker and he won’t stop of Earth, godlike cosmic accusers present an extensive list of charges against humanity. until Diana pays for what Janus has done. There are many victims of the villainess’s deadly Does the capacity for good outweigh the great evils done to one another and the entire rampage through the Multiverse and their wishes for revenge are now directed toward our planet? Diana must believe it does…or else all the people she has sworn to protect will face Amazon Princess! Will she survive paying for the sins of another selfish deity? Meanwhile, in certain extinction. From Harley Quinn writer Stephanie Phillips and acclaimed artist Mike the world of the Bana-Mighdall, their oracle has seen a startling vision of doom! What could this mean for their relationship with their sisters on Paradise Island? All will be revealed! Hawthorne (Daredevil, Deadpool) comes the next installment of Wonder Woman: Evolution. NOT FINAL COVER NOT FINAL COVER 1v 1v VARIANT Written by BECKY CLOONAN, MICHAEL W. CONRAD, Written by STEPHANIE PHILLIPS and VITA AYALA Art by MIKE HAWTHORNE and ADRIANO DI BENEDETTO Art by MARCIO TAKARA and SKYLAR PATRIDGE Cover by MIKE HAWTHORNE Cover by TERRY AND RACHEL DODSON Variant cover by JULIET NNEKA Variant cover by WILL MURAI $3.99 US | 32 pages | 3 of 8 | $4.99 US Variant (Card Stock) $4.99 US | 40 pages | $5.99 US Variant (Card Stock) ON SALE 1/18/22 ON SALE 1/11/22 WORLD OF KRYPTON #2 BATMAN: THE PENGUIN The trial of the millennium! As Jor-El and his brother investigate the mysterious mass- Offered again! Rediscover the history of the Batman and the Penguin’s greatest clashes extinction events ravaging Krypton’s natural world, a much more public event holds before they return to the big screen in The Batman. Featuring stories from industry legends the planet’s attention—a member of the House of El stands trial for aiding violent from throughout comics history, Batman: The Penguin collects Detective Comics #58, #610, revolutionaries. As all of Krypton watches, a betrayal is revealed that threatens to shatter #611, #824, Batman #155, #374, #548, #549, Batman: Penguin Triumphant #1, and Joker’s the long-standing friendship between Jor-El and General Zod. Asylum: Penguin #1. VARIANT COVER SHOWN. NOT FINAL COVER. MAIN COVER INK - WIP 1v Written by ROBERT VENDITTI Written by BILL FINGER, DOUG MOENCH, ALAN GRANT, JOHN OSTRANDER, PAUL DINI, Art by MICHAEL AVON OEMING and JASON AARON Cover by MICO SUAYAN Art by BOB KANE, DON NEWTON, NORM BREYFOGLE, JOE STATON, KELLEY JONES, Variant cover by DARICK ROBERTSON DON KRAMER, JASON PEARSON, and others $3.99 US | 32 pages | 2 of 6 | $4.99 US Variant (Card Stock) $19.99 US | 240 pages | 6 5/8" x 10 3/16" | Softcover ON SALE 1/4/22 ISBN: 978-1-77951-501-8 32 ON SALE 2/22/22
COLLECTED EDITIONS BATWING: LUKE FOX CATWOMAN OF EAST END OMNIBUS Son of Wayne Enterprises tech guru Lucius Fox, young Luke Fox is brilliant, brave, and Catwoman is dead! (Or at least that’s what she wants you to think.) Presumed deceased and rebellious—and now, he’s the newest member of Batman, Inc.! When the original Batwing low on funds, Selina Kyle returns to her roots, taking up residence in Gotham’s down-and- walks away from crime-fighting, the Dark Knight recruits Luke to take up the mantle as a out East End. She intends to lie low and figure out her next moves, but when a serial killer global representative in the war on crime. His assignments as the Batman’s newest agent begins racking up bodies in her old haunts, Selina has no choice but to return to the prowl in will take him from Africa to Italy to a side of Gotham City that he’s never imagined. this twisting noir mystery that collects stories from Detective Comics #759-762, Catwoman: Selina’s Big Score, Catwoman #1-37, and Catwoman Secret Files #1. Written by JIMMY PALMIOTTI and JUSTIN GRAY Written by ED BRUBAKER and DARWYN COOKE Art by EDUARDO PANSICA, JULIO FERREIRA, and others Art by DARWYN COOKE, CAMERON STEWART, JAVIER PULIDO, and others Cover by MIKE McKONE Cover by DARWYN COOKE $29.99 US | 384 pages | 6 5/8" x 10 3/16" | Softcover $100.00 US | 1,064 pages | 7 1/16" x 10 7/8" | Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-77951-420-2 ISBN: 978-1-77951-503-2 ON SALE 2/15/22 ON SALE 3/29/22 DC COMICS: GENERATIONS DC POSTER PORTFOLIO: JENNY FRISON In these tales, a threat of cosmic proportions to DC's newest (and oldest) universe compels DC Comics presents the artwork of superstar cover artist Jenny Frison, featuring 20 of one of the most unusual groups of heroes ever assembled to take on the most mysterious her most stunning pieces starring some of the greatest superheroes and super-villains in foe they have ever encountered. Join the original Batman, Kamandi, Starfire, Sinestro, comics history. From Wonder Woman to Catwoman and Poison Ivy, the art collected in this Booster Gold, Dr. Light, Steel, and Sinestro in their quest to save the universe before time poster book showcase is perfect for framing and display. runs out. Collects Generations Shattered #1, Generations Forged #1, and the story "Generations Fractured" from Detective Comics #1027. Written by DAN JURGENS, ANDY SCHMIDT, and ROBERT VENDITTI Art and cover by JENNY FRISON Art by IVAN REIS, BRYAN HITCH, YANICK PAQUETTE, JOHN ROMITA JR., KEVIN NOWLAN, $24.99 US | 42 pages | 12" x 16" | Softcover DOUG BRAITHWAITE, RAGS MORALES, EMANUELA LUPACCHINO, and others ISBN: 978-1-77951-494-3 Cover by IVAN REIS and JOE PRADO $19.99 US | 184 pages | Softcover ON SALE 6/28/22 ISBN: 978-1-77951-500-1 ON SALE 2/22/22 33
COLLECTED EDITIONS DC POSTER PORTFOLIO: J.H. WILLIAMS III DCEASED: HOPE AT WORLD'S END DC Comics presents the artwork of superstar artist J.H. Williams III, presented in 20 The Anti-Life Equation has infected over a billion people on Earth. Heroes and villains removable oversize poster pages suitable for framing and display. Featuring art from have fallen, as have entire nations. In the immediate aftermath of the destruction of The Sandman: Overture, Batwoman, Hellblazer: Rise and Fall, Promethea, and more! Metropolis, Superman and Wonder Woman spearhead a plan to try to stem the tide of infection and protect survivors. The Anti-Life Army is on the march, however, corrupting and destroying everything in its path. The Anti-Life War has only just begun! NOT FINAL COVER Art and cover by J.H. WILLIAMS III Written by TOM TAYLOR $24.99 US | 42 pages | 12" x 16" | Softcover Art by MARCO FAILLA, DUSTIN NGUYEN, and others ISBN: 978-1-77951-548-3 Cover by FRANCESCO MATTINA ON SALE 7/12/22 $17.99 US | 176 pages | 6 5/8" x 10 3/16" | Softcover ISBN: 978-1-77951-499-8 ON SALE 2/22/22 SUPERMAN: THE MAN OF STEEL VOL. 4 Y: THE LAST MAN COMPENDIUM TWO This final volume of John Byrne’s classic reinvention of Superman chronicles more When a mysterious plague wipes out every male mammal on Earth, the world’s women are left to pick up the pieces and try to keep civilization from collapsing. But for of the Man of Steel’s greatest adventures, featuring favorites like Wonder Woman, some unknown reason, one young man still lives. Overnight, Yorick Brown goes from Batman, Supergirl, and the Doom Patrol! Collects Doom Patrol #10, Superman #16-22, anonymous 20-something to the most important person on the planet. This second Adventures of Superman #439-444, Action Comics #598-600, and Superman Annual #2. and final compendium collects issues #32-60 of the critically acclaimed series from the writer of Saga. NOT FINAL COVER 17+ Written by JOHN BYRNE, JERRY ORDWAY, PAUL KUPPERBERG, ROGER STERN, and others Written by BRIAN K. VAUGHAN Art by JOHN BYRNE, JERRY ORDWAY, KARL KESEL, JOHN BEATTY, and others Art by PIA GUERRA, GORAN SUDŽUKA, and JOSÉ MARZÁN JR. Cover by JOHN BYRNE and GEORGE PÉREZ Cover by MASSIMO CARNEVALE $49.99 US | 520 pages | 6 5/8" x 10 3/16" | Hardcover $59.99 US | 704 pages | 6 5/8" x 10 3/16"| Softcover ISBN: 978-1-77951-321-2 ISBN: 978-1-77951-608-4 ON SALE 3/1/22 ON SALE 3/1/22 34
RELISTED COMICS THE FOURTH WORLD BY JACK KIRBY BOX SET ARKHAM CITY: THE ORDER OF THE WORLD #4 In the 1970s, legendary creator Jack Kirby revolutionized the comic book medium with a Dr. Joy is now face to face with the ghost of Amadeus Arkham—the ghost that she had monumental multi-series saga that introduced impossible new worlds, iconic new characters, and assured all her patients did not exist. Now faced with overwhelming evidence that sweeping new mythologies. He called it the Fourth World, and its debut elicited unprecedented the Ten-Eyed Man’s “delusions” were anything but, she has found herself questioning levels of excitement from comics readers everywhere. The epic ran across four monthly titles—The everything. Meanwhile, Dr. Phosphorus and Nocturna attempt to live a “normal” life in New Gods, The Forever People, Mister Miracle, and Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen—collected in full here Gotham, but the good doctor’s radioactive body may be having unforeseen side effects on in one slipcase box set! their unsuspecting neighbors. VARIANT Written by JACK KIRBY Written by DAN WATTERS 1v Art and cover by JACK KIRBY Art by DANI $120 .00 US | 6 5/8" x 10 3/16" | Softcover Cover by SAM WOLFE CONNELLY ISBN: 978-1-77951-485-1 Variant cover by JEN BARTEL $3.99 US | 32 pages | 4 of 6 | $4.99 US Variant (Card Stock) ON SALE 7/12/22 ON SALE 1/4/22 BATMAN ’89 #6 BATMAN: URBAN LEGENDS #11 It’s a battle between former friends for the heart of Gotham as Batman faces down Harvey BATMAN & ZATANNA: Vita Ayala and Nikola Čižmešija join forces to tell a story that will change Dent. Can Bruce save his friend before he goes too far, and what does this mean for the Batman and Zatanna’s relationship forever. Every year the two have to come together to defeat future of Gotham City? an evil curse. This year they fail, and the world is in peril because of it. HOUNDED: Ace the Bat-Hound, the goodest boy in the DCU, has his day in an epic story featuring many DC Super Pets, brought to you by Mark Russell and Karl Mostert. WIGHT WITCH: Catwoman tie-in/“Fear State” aftermath! The mysterious relationship between Ghost-Maker and Wight Witch is revealed in all its horrifying glory here. VARIANT NOT FINAL COVER 1v VARIANT VARIANT 2v Written by SAM HAMM Written by VITA AYALA, MARK RUSSELL, RAM V, Art and cover by JOE QUINONES and MOHALE MASHIGO Variant cover by JULIAN TOTINO TEDESCO Art by NIKOLA ČIŽMEŠIJA, KARL MOSTERT, ANAND RADHAKRISHNAN, $3.99 US | 32 pages | 6 of 6 | $4.99 US Variant (Card Stock) TREVOR SCOTT, ARIST DEYN, and others ON SALE 1/11/22 Cover by JORGE MOLINA Variant covers by KARL MOSTERT and ARIST DEYN $7.99 US | 64 pages | Prestige | Variant (Card Stock) ON SALE 1/11/22 35
RELISTED COMICS BLACK MANTA #5 CRUSH & LOBO #8 Black Manta finds himself at the crossroads of good and evil as Devil Ray’s secret origin SERIES FINALE! Like father, like daughter? Okay, fine, maybe a little. Crush and Lobo are and Black Manta’s own past collide and erupt! Will Black Manta finally accept his legacy of back in prison, but this time they’re stuck together and no one’s happy about it. Well, villainy…and maybe even make the choice to overcome it? Or will Devil Ray’s plans quite except maybe the gleefully scheming warden, who’s now got two Czarnians for the price literally rip apart not just the seven seas, but the whole world? of one. Is escaping space prison worth putting aside a couple little differences like “tried to kill each other multiple times?” Crush and Lobo make no promises in the thrilling conclusion to their series! NOT FINAL COVER VARIANT VARIANT 1v 1v Written by CHUCK BROWN Written by MARIKO TAMAKI Art by VALENTINE DE LANDRO Art and cover by AMANCAY NAHUELPAN Cover by JORGE FORNÉS Variant cover by JEN BARTEL Variant cover by SANFORD GREENE $3.99 US | 32 pages | 8 of 8 | $4.99 US Variant (Card Stock) $3.99 US | 32 pages | 5 of 6 | $4.99 US Variant (Card Stock) ON SALE 1/4/22 ON SALE 1/11/22 DC HORROR PRESENTS: SOUL PLUMBER #4 DETECTIVE COMICS #1047 Things get weirder, grosser, and more biblical as Edgar and Elk follow Blorp’s trail of “The Tower” begins! The 12-part weekly Detective Comics event starts here. Arkham carnage across the city. But is this visitor from another dimension truly as dangerous Asylum has fallen, and in its place, Arkham Tower has risen in the heart of the city, a pitch as it seems, or is there something innocent about it? Perhaps even something divine? made by the mysterious Dr. Wear. Edgar’s time in seminary couldn’t possibly prepare him for what’s in store! Backup: “House of Gotham” begins! For a long time two houses have overlooked Gotham City, beckoning its broken: Wayne Manor and Arkham Asylum. PEACEMAKER VARIANT 1:25 VARIANT NOT FINAL COVER NOT FINAL COVER VARIANT 1v 17+ 3v Written by MARCUS PARKS, HENRY ZEBROWSKI, Written by MARIKO TAMAKI and MATTHEW ROSENBERG and BEN KISSEL Art by IVAN REIS, DANNY MIKI, and FERNANDO BLANCO Art and cover by JOHN McCREA Cover by IRVIN RODRIGUEZ Variant cover by YANICK PAQUETTE Variant cover by LEE BERMEJO $3.99 US | 32 pages | 4 of 6 | $4.99 US Variant (Card Stock) 1:25 variant cover by JORGE FORNÉS 1:50 variant by SIMONE DI MEO ON SALE 1/4/22 $4.99 US | 40 pages | Variant $5.99 US (Card stock) 36 ON SALE 1/4/22 VARIANT
RELISTED COMICS DETECTIVE COMICS #1048 FUTURE STATE: GOTHAM #9 “The Tower” part two! The Bat-Family tries to figure out the best way to infiltrate Arkham Peacekeeper Red teams up with Hunter Panic to learn the origins of the Next Joker Tower, but someone may have gotten the drop on them…someone not unfamiliar with psychiatric from the only person who seems to have answers: Punchline! Can Jason Todd convince facilities…one Dr. Harleen Quinzel, better known to you dear readers as Harley Quinn! her to help in time to stop this deadly new Joker from killing his latest victim? And what Backup: “House of Gotham” part two! A boy’s parents were killed by The Joker, and he fell through will he have to give her to get her to do it? the cracks of the system. Instead of being sent to a facility that could care for him and his trauma, he was sent to Arkham Asylum! 1:25 VARIANT NOT FINAL COVER NOT FINAL COVER VARIANT VARIANT 2v 1v Written by MARIKO TAMAKI and MATTHEW ROSENBERG Written by DENNIS CULVER Art by IVAN REIS, DANNY MIKI, and FERNANDO BLANCO Art by GIANNIS MILONOGIANNIS Cover by IRVIN RODRIGUEZ Cover by SIMONE DI MEO Variant cover by LEE BERMEJO Variant cover by MIKE BOWDEN 1:25 variant cover by JORGE FORNÉS $3.99 US | 32 pages | $4.99 US Variant (Card Stock) $4.99 US | 40 pages | $5.99 US Variant (Card stock) ON SALE 1/11/22 ON SALE 1/11/22 HARLEY QUINN: THE ANIMATED SERIES: I AM BATMAN #5 THE EAT. BANG! KILL. TOUR #5 Batman fights for his life against a new breed of Peacekeeper, augmented with his family’s own technology! The only person who might be able to save his life is…Lucius While Ivy starts reflecting on what’s been happening these last few months after leaving Fox?! Kite Man at the altar and joining Harley Quinn for a de facto, impromptu honeymoon across the DCU, new villain Mephitic makes himself known to Harley and Ivy at the Black Cat Lounge. 1:25 VARIANT NOT FINAL COVER VARIANT 1v 17+ 2v Written by TEE FRANKLIN Written by JOHN RIDLEY Art and cover by MAX SARIN Art by STEPHEN SEGOVIA Variant cover by MIKE HAWTHORNE Cover by KEN LASHLEY $3.99 US | 32 pages | 5 of 6 | $4.99 US Variant (Card Stock) Variant cover by FRANCESCO MATTINA 1:25 variant cover by NIKOLA CIZMESIJA ON SALE 1/11/22 $3.99 US | 32 pages | $4.99 US Variant (Card Stock) ON SALE 1/11/22 37
RELISTED COMICS JUSTICE LEAGUE INFINITY #7 The entity released from the Mirrored Room has accomplished its goal and is erasing PENNYWORTH #6 The pre-Batman years of Alfred Pennyworth are chronicled in this smash-hit series. the Multiverse and all of existence once and for all. In a last-ditch effort, using all Now finding himself in a wasteland of a very different kind, Alfred has to show that his willpower, John Stewart saves what friends he can. Trapped in a construct bubble, he hasn’t lost a step when it comes to neutralizing bad guys…but it all might be for the team works to formulate a plan of action, but is it too late? Is this the end of the nothing when he comes face to face with one of Batman’s most dangerous foes! Justice League? NOT FINAL COVER NOT FINAL COVER Written by J.M. DeMATTEIS and JAMES TUCKER Written by SCOTT BRYAN WILSON Art by ETHEN BEAVERS Art by JUAN GEDEON Cover by RILEY ROSSMO Cover by JORGE FORNÉS $3.99 US | 32 pages | 7 of 7 $3.99 US | 32 pages | 6 of 7 ON SALE 1/4/22 ON SALE 1/11/22 ROBIN & BATMAN #3 SUPERGIRL: WOMAN OF TOMORROW #7 To reconcile his trauma and move toward an optimistic future, Dick Grayson must first It’s the moment you’ve been waiting for…the capture of Krem! With the fugitive in custody, confront his tragic past. Unfortunately, that step includes a confrontation with an Supergirl must now deal with his allies, the ungodly Brigands! To stop them once and for all, enraged Killer Croc, who is out for Grayson blood! This action-packed issue concludes the she must leave Ruthye behind with the man who killed her beloved father. Can she trust the epic tale of a young man learning to live and love in a nightmarish world. young girl to let the villain of our story live long enough to stand trial? Or is this the tragic end of his story and ours? VARIANT VARIANT 1v Written by JEFF LEMIRE Written by TOM KING Art and cover by DUSTIN NGUYEN Art and cover by BILQUIS EVELY Variant cover by RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE Variant cover by NICOLA SCOTT $5.99 US | 40 pages | 3 of 3 | Prestige $4.99 US | 32 pages | 7 of 8 ON SALE 1/11/22 ON SALE 1/18/22 38
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