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All-Star Western #9

Written by JUSTIN GRAY and JIMMY PALMIOTTI

Art by MORITAT, PATRICK SCHERBERGER and DAN GREEN

Cover by LADRONN

On sale MAY 23 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T+

• A tie-in to “NIGHT OF THE OWLS!”

• Concluding JONAH HEX’S battle with THE AUGUST 7!

• Discover what the Court of Owls was up to in GOTHAM CITY circa 1880!

• NIGHTHAWK and CINNAMON hunt down killers and fall in love in this issue’s backup story.

All-Star Western #8

Written by JUSTIN GRAY and JIMMY PALMIOTTI

Art by MORITAT, PATRICK SCHERBERGER and DAN GREEN

Cover by LADRONN

On sale APRIL 25 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T+

Amadeus Arkham has been arrested in a New Orleans opium den! Jonah Hex has joined an anarchist group called the August 7! Nighthawk and Cinnamon are nowhere to be found, and they’re the ones who dragged Hex and Arkham into this conflict in the first place! But someone must have a plan, right? Right??

Plus: Being trained by a samurai in the desert might have been a strange beginning for a cowgirl vigilante, but Nighthawk and Cinnamon are in for an even stranger twist as they search for a way out of this trap!

All-Star Western #7

Written by JUSTIN GRAY and JIMMY PALMIOTTI

Art by MORITAT, PATRICK SCHERBERGER and DAN GREEN

Cover by LADRONN

On sale MARCH 28 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T+

Jonah Hex tracks the kidnapper Thurston Moody to New Orleans in pursuit of his bounty. But he and Amadeus Arkham find New Orleans under attack by the August 7, a group of anti-immigrant, steampunk terrorists. Only the renowned Nighthawk and Cinnamon stand between the terrorists and the immigrant workforce of this city. Hex consents to put the bounty aside (for the moment) to help his friends and finds himself in a battle to the death! Plus: Some of the best love stories are tempered with revenge, especially in the case of Nighthawk and Cinnamon.

All-Star Western #6

Written by JUSTIN GRAY and JIMMY PALMIOTTI

Art by MORITAT and PHIL WINSLADE

Cover by LADRONN

On sale FEBRUARY 22 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US RATED T+

Jonah Hex fights a giant bat to the death! But even with his winged foe slain, will he and Amadeus Arkham survive being trapped in a cave with the lost tribe of Miagani Indians? Hex and Arkham must enlist help – including some familiar faces and some surprising saviors – if they’re going to make it out of this death trap and bring justice to the enslaver of Gotham’s underprivileged children.

Plus: The Barbary Ghost proves that a girl can be a gang boss’s worst nightmare when she has vengeance on her mind.

All-Star Western #5

Written by JUSTIN GRAY and JIMMY PALMIOTTI

Art by MORITAT and PHIL WINSLADE

Cover by LADRONN

On sale JANUARY 25 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T+

Slippery sewer pipes make a brutal place for a fight – but that won’t stop Jonah Hex and Amadeus Arkham from facing off against a gang of kidnappers beneath Gotham City. And when the thugs get the best of them, Hex and Arkham find themselves swept away to a pitch-black cave with seemingly no way out – and lots of bats! Will they find a way to escape Gotham City’s dark underbelly before Hex’s matches are all burned out? Also: For the Barbary Ghost, death is only the beginning of her plan for revenge!

All-Star Western #4

Written by JUSTIN GRAY and JIMMY PALMIOTTI

Art by MORITAT and PHIL WINSLADE

Cover by LADRONN

On sale DECEMBER 28

The trail of a missing child from a wealthy family leads Jonah Hex and Amadeus Arkham into the watery catacombs of Gotham City’s still-under-construction sewer system – but will they survive the many dangers that lurk in those twisty depths? Also: introducing the Barbary Ghost, a fireworks wielding mistress of vengeance, stalking San Francisco’s criminal underworld.

All Star Western #3

Written by JUSTIN GRAY and JIMMY PALMIOTTI

Art by MORITAT and JORDI BERNET

Cover by MORITAT

On Sale November 23, 2011

The Gotham City Police Department teams up with the vigilante Jonah Hex to bring a serial killer to justice, setting a dangerous precedent – but even that won’t stop the Religion of Crime from staking its claim on these streets. Will Hex ever get away from this place that makes the Wild West seem tame – and can he survive Gotham City’s first drive-by shooting? Plus: Will El Diablo’s rampage against a zombie horde be halted by the bloodthirsty White Arrow?

All Star Western #2

Written by JUSTIN GRAY and JIMMY PALMIOTTI

Art by MORITAT and JORDI BERNET

Cover by MORITAT

On Sale October 26, 2011

What happens when a psychologist and a sociopath have to work together to track down Gotham City’s first serial killer? They’ll soon find that crime in the big city runs deeper than its foundations, and it’s all mapped out in the mysterious Crime Bible – that is, if they don’t kill each other first.

Plus: No zombie is safe in the Wild West when Lazarus Lane summons the demon known as El Diablo!

All Star Western #1

Even when Gotham City was just a one-horse town, crime was rampant – and things only get worse when bounty hunter Jonah Hex comes to town. Can Amadeus Arkham, a pioneer in criminal psychology, enlist Hex’s special brand of justice to help the Gotham Police Department track down a vicious serial killer? Found out in this new series from HEX writers Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti, with lush artwork by Moritat (THE SPIRIT)!

Written by JUSTIN GRAY and JIMMY PALMIOTTI

Art and cover by MORITAT

On Sale September 28, 2011

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Miguel Sepulveda has illustrated the covers for numerous books including SUPERMAN/BATMAN and FLASHPOINT: LEGION OF DOOM. This summer, he’ll take the reigns as interior artist with WAR OF THE GREEN LANTERNS: AFTERMATH, followed by STORMWATCH this fall.

THE SOURCE: What about DC's new 52 titles excites you the most?

MIGUEL SEPULVEDA: I think the amazing risk DC is taking is going to really benefit the comic book industry.

How and why are you shaking up the series' status quo?

Starting from scratch and bringing Stormwatch to the DC Universe (as it’s always been a part of it) is a nice shake-up. Being a part of this “revolution” is an amazing opportunity for any artist, I’d say!

What new characters will debut in the series?

A lot! Adam One, Harry Tanner, The Projectionist, etc. But ... who's saying all the rest are not "new", too?

Will we see new character designs?

Oh yes, that's one of the best parts of all of this!

What secret has been the hardest to keep?

Honestly, Stormwatch is, in and on itself, A BIG SECRET. Quite probably the biggest secret in all the DC Universe. And I mean BIG in a DC Universe cornerstone kind of way.

What’s the unofficial tagline for this series, in your own words?

BRUTAL.

What were your thoughts about the day-and-date digital announcement?

Well played, DC, well played.

This week on THE SOURCE, we’ll be having a roundtable discussion with many of the writers and artists behind this fall’s books in “The Edge” and “The Dark” families. Keep checking back to THE SOURCE as we invite more and more writers and artists to divulge details about the titles they’re working on.

Kicking off this series is Paul Cornell. Coming right off of his New York Times bestselling run on ACTION COMICS, Cornell will be writing two new series come this fall: DEMON KNIGHTS and STORMWATCH.

THE SOURCE: What about DC's new 52 titles excites you the most?

PAUL CORNELL: I think giving the general public both a reason to, and the ability to, buy their first comic, at the same moment, is the single thing that will save the industry. I think DC has done a tremendous thing here, and they should be applauded tremendously for it.

How and why are you shaking up the series' status quo?

I'm giving the Demon a bunch of comrades to smash teeth with, having him rhyme only at the end of a scene (or when it's particularly cool for him to do so), giving the Shining Knight a continuing existence in Medieval times, showing how hard 'Madam Xanadu' (if that is her real name) had to be to get by, showing the moment Apollo and the Midnighter met, giving the Martian Manhunter conflicted warrior feelings about how super heroes do what they do, making Jenny Q age with the century she's the spirit of, making The Engineer obviously better qualified to lead her team that the man who actually leads it... I could go on.

What new characters will debut in the series?

DEMON KNIGHTS: Al Jabr, the medieval playboy inventor; Clytemnestra, mysteriously independent from her people on the Island of the Amazons, the greatest archer of her age, who makes her way through Europe, staying apart, able to ride but not to walk.

STORMWATCH: Adam One, who's been aging backwards since the Big Bang, the master of tactics who... forgets things and isn't that great at convincing people he knows what he's doing; the Projectionist, the voice of and god of the internet and the Eminence of Blades, the universal master of bladed weapons, who has terrible doubts.

Will we see new character designs?

Yes.

What's the first line of dialogue in the first issue?

DEMON KNIGHTS: 'The beasts have broken us! The castle has fallen! Flee, you innocents unprotected! Flee while we die!'

STORMWATCH: 'I am not a (expletive deleted) super hero!' (That's how it actually reads in the issue.)

What's the biggest surprise you've had working on this character/book?

STORMWATCH: How easy it was to just set it in the DC Universe. Stormwatch have always been there.

DEMON KNIGHTS: That everyone thinks it's going to be set in Camelot. It's not, it's hundreds of years later.

What secret has been the hardest to keep?

The Martian Manhunter. The way Stormwatch ties in to everything that's happening in the rest of the DCU. Vandal Savage being on the Demon Knights team.

What’s the unofficial tagline for this series, in your own words?

DEMON KNIGHTS: Swords and sorcery and super heroes. The Magnificent Seven in Dragon Age. Some previous sword and sorcery books always seemed a bit grey and brown to me. This one's got a team of huge characters in a proper, mapped out, fantasy setting, with a certain grim Game Of Thrones edge to it.

STORMWATCH: We are not (expletive deleted) super heroes. This one's the angry teenage sibling of the DC Universe, except in this case it does know better. Stormwatch were here first, saving the world is their job and they think super heroes are decadent gaudy amateurs. They're the ruthless stone cold professionals. Right now it looks like they might be facing the enormous threat they were created to combat, only to find themselves having a bit of a crisis of leadership.

What were your thoughts about the day-and-date digital announcement?

The best thing ever. I've been arguing for it for years with anyone in sight.

Much of the creative process involves drawing inspiration from previous art. iFANBOY caught up with MEN OF WAR writer Ivan Brandon for a list of his top five war stories. Check out the full list over at iFANBOY to learn what stories sparked Ivan’s interest and you’ll also get an exclusive look at the logo for MEN OF WAR.

Neil Sinclair was just the average soldier until he volunteered to become the military’s first line of defense against alien and monster threats as part of Project Superman. Alien DNA was grafted onto his own, transforming Neil into “Subject Zero”, giving him an entire arsenal of powers. But as his abilities continued to expand and his strength grew, Neil began to lose control. Too powerful to be controlled, he was locked away, until one fateful day in Metropolis during a meteor shower...

“The FLASHPOINT event is about good intentions gone wildly out of control. And that's true of our story in PROJECT SUPERMAN too. A few people came in thinking they could control events, but learned there was no steering wheel. It's been a wildly creative book and a completely new look at Superman. I'm glad I got to work with Scott and Lowell on this and seeing the story unwind and change, it's definitely not the book we expected going in,” artist Gene Ha told us.

“I love alternate history stories,” said plot co-creator and script writer Lowell Francis. “Hite's Law states that "All alternate histories produce zeppelins," so we have those in the background in a couple of spots. In thinking about this, I went back to reread everything I could by Howard Waldrop, the master of these kinds of tales. Ultimately, in talking with Scott, I saw how we could give insight into a slice of the FLASHPOINT history and really explore some characters. I think as readers we want Superman to be Superman - noble, solid, heroic. What happens when the world conspires to thwart that?”

FLASHPOINT: PROJECT SUPERMAN #1 comes from the creative team of Scott Snyder, Lowell Francis, Gene Ha and Art Lyon, and arrives in stores on Wednesday. To view exclusive preview pages, head over to NEWSARAMA.