It’s that time again. Your weekly dose of lovely variant cover and new regular cover art has arrived. What’s in store? How about BRIGHTEST DAY #13 by David Finch? If that’s not enough, we also have DCU: LEGACIES #7 by Brian Bolland, JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #51 by Mark Bagley and ZATANNA #7 by Stephane Roux. Enjoy!
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The Martian Manhunter comes face to face with D’Kay, but what secrets does she have to share? Can Firestorm hold his own against Deathstorm and his very own Black Lantern Corps?
Click below for a quick primer and then head out to your shop, as BRIGHTEST DAY #12 – courtesy of Geoff Johns, Peter Tomasi, Patrick Gleason, Ivan Reis, Scott Clark and Joe Prado – hits today! You won’t want to miss it.
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I interrupt my usual DC Nation-ness to bring you, the DC Comics reader, a very important announcement: The comics shipping this month are freaking awesome! I know you're thinking "But Ian, the comics are awesome every month!" and you're totally right - they are - but this month features so many special items I wanted to make sure that you were perfectly clear on the degree of amazing we've got going on. Throughout October we are bringing you specials, new projects, new formats, new beginnings, and much more. I'll be dedicating this space to more specific coverage of some of these projects later on, but for now let's review some of what you can expect to see:
- Bruce Wayne - The Road Home Specials
These specials include Batman & Robin, Red Robin, Batgirl, Outsiders, Catwoman, Commissioner Gordon, Oracle and Ra's al Ghul and set the status quo for the hotly anticipated...
- Action Comics #894
Paul Cornell welcomes Death from Sandman to the DCU in monumental issue that also features the debut of the Jimmy Olsen co-feature by Nick Spencer. Mr. Cornell also delivers Knight & Squire #1 this month so be sure to say thank you when you see him, OK?
- Untold Tales of Blackest Night #1
Check out these missing scenes from Blackest Night by Geoff Johns, Peter Tomasi and JT Krul.
- Teen Titans #88
And speaking of Mr. Krul, we are pleased to welcome him and artist Nicola Scott as the new creative team behind Teen Titans. This is the start of a new era for the team, so be sure to check this out!
- DC Comics Presents
Presenting an all-new format aimed at collecting rare stories or stories never seen before. These 100-page spectaculars will be coming at you every month with material from both the DCU and Vertigo. This month you can check out volumes focusing on Brightest Day, Superman, Batman, Green Lantern and Young Justice. Trust me - you're gonna love these.
So that's some list of comic-y goodness, huh?
I haven't even had time to mention the JSA 80-Page Giant, JLA/The 99, DCU Halloween Special, Batman: Hidden Treasures or the return of the Black Lanterns in Brightest Day. Be sure to check back here and on The Source (dcublog.com) for more info all month long. Now get out there and start reading!
Be seeing you,
— Ian Sattler Senior Story Editor, DCU
Adara, the Hope Entity finds a host in the latest issue of GREEN LANTERN from writer Geoff Johns and artist Doug Mahnke. Talk about a huge responsibility. The young girl – who may be a great savior in the future – is tasked with containing one of the most powerful forces in the galaxy. But can she handle it?
Plus, Hal Jordan takes a spiritual journey and the Spectre sets his sights on the Rage Entity. Not a quiet issue, and we doubt you’d have it any other way. GREEN LANTERN #58 hits today.
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New cover images by Ivan Reis, Neal Adams and Ethan Van Sciver? Hard to say no, huh? This week, we’ve got the latest black and white version of legendary Batman artist’ Neal Adams’ BATMAN: ODYSSEY series, superstar Ivan Reis’ take on BRIGHTEST DAY #13 and an iconic shot of the Dynamic Duo courtesy of Mr. Ethan Van Sciver. Hard to beat that on a Tuesday, huh? Click below to enjoy the images in their full glory.
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Black Manta vs. Aquaman!
The return of Deathstorm!
And a double-page spread that will make your jaw drop. Twice.
All courtesy of writers Geoff Johns and Peter Tomasi and the all star artistic team of Reis, Gleason, Clark and Prado.
BRIGHTEST DAY #11 hits Wednesday.
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It’s that time again – where we peer ahead to the not-so-distant future and get a sense of some of the collected editions that’ll be hitting shelves. This time around, we’ve got an advance look at what next summer’s going to look like. Well, aside from the usual seasonal changes. Click below for a look at the list, which includes titles like BRIGHTEST DAY, THE FLASH and GREEN LANTERN.
BRIGHTEST DAY VOL. 2 HC
Writers: Fabian Nicieza and David Hine
Artists: Ramon Bachs, Jeremy Haun and John Stanisci
Collects: AZRAEL #7-13
$29.99 US, 240 pages
Scheduled for release in May
THE FLASH BY GEOFF JOHNS OMNIBUS VOL. 1 HC
Writer: Geoff Johns
Artists: Angel Unzueta, Scott Kolins, Ethan Van Sciver, Doug Hazlewood, Jose Marzan Jr. and others
Collects: THE FLASH #164-176, THE FLASH: OUR WORLDS AT WAR #1, THE FLASH: IRON HEIGHTS #1 and THE FLASH SECRET FILES #3
$75.00 US, 448 pages
Scheduled for release in May
GREEN LANTERN: SECRET ORIGIN NEW EDITION TP
Writer: Geoff Johns
Artists: Ivan Reis and Oclair Albert
Collects: GREEN LANTERN #29-35
$16.99 US, 192 pages
Scheduled for release in May
BATMAN: KNIGHT AND SQUIRE HC
Writer: Paul Cornell
Artist: Jimmy Broxton
Collects: KNIGHT AND SQUIRE #1-6
$19.99 US, 160 pages
Scheduled for release in June
BATMAN & ROBIN VOL. 3: THE RETURN OF BATMAN DELUXE EDITION HC
Writer: Grant Morrison
Artists: Cameron Stewart, Frazer Irving, David Finch and others
Collects: BATMAN & ROBIN #13-16 and BATMAN: THE RETURN #1
$24.99 US, 168 pages
Scheduled for release in June
WONDER WOMAN: ODYSSEY VOL. 1 HC
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
Artists: Don Kramer and Michael Babinski
Collects: WONDER WOMAN #600-606
$19.99 US, 168 pages
Scheduled for release in June
BATMAN: BRUCE WAYNE – THE ROAD HOME HC
Writers: Fabian Nicieza, Bryan Q. Miller, Mike W. Barr, Adam Beechen, Derek Fridolfs and Marc Andreyko
Artists: Cliff Richards, Ramon Bachs, John Lucas, Pere Perez, Peter Nguyen, Szyman Kudranski, Agustin Padilla and others
Collects: BRUCE WAYNE: THE ROAD HOME – BATMAN & ROBIN #1, BRUCE WAYNE: THE ROAD HOME – RED ROBIN #1, BRUCE WAYNE: THE ROAD HOME – BATGIRL #1, BRUCE WAYNE: THE ROAD HOME – OUTSIDERS #1, BRUCE WAYNE: THE ROAD HOME – CATWOMAN #1, BRUCE WAYNE: THE ROAD HOME – ORACLE #1, BRUCE WAYNE: THE ROAD HOME – COMMISSIONER GORDON #1 and BRUCE WAYNE: THE ROAD HOME – RA’S AL GHUL #1
$24.99 US, 200 pages
Scheduled for release in July
GREEN ARROW VOL. 1: INTO THE WOODS HC
Writer: J.T. Krul
Artists: Diogenes Neves and Vicente Cifuentes
Collects: GREEN ARROW #1-6
$19.99 US, 160 pages
Scheduled for release in July
GREEN LANTERN: EMERALD WARRIORS VOL. 1 HC
Writer: Peter J. Tomasi
Artists: Fernando Pasarin and Cam Smith
Collects: GREEN LANTERN: EMERALD WARRIORS #1-7
$24.99 US, 176 pages
Scheduled for release in August
SUPERMAN: GROUNDED VOL. 1 HC
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
Artists: Eddy Barrows and J.P. Mayer
Collects: SUPERMAN #700-703 and 705-707
$19.99 US, 168 pages
Scheduled for release in August
We’ve got an especially awesome collection of variants for you this week, so make sure you’ve got the time to change your desktop pattern before you leave today. Where to begin? Well, how about BRIGHTEST DAY #12, by superstar artist Ivan Reis? If that’s not enough, we’ve got two JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #50 variants, one by our very own Co-Publisher Jim Lee and another by artist Mark Bagley. Not enough? How about George Perez’s two DC UNIVERSE: LEGACIES covers, for #5 and #6 as one image? And rounding out the whole batch is a lovely piece of P. Craig Russell artwork, which will serve as the variant to ACTION COMICS #894. Enjoy.
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The Flash and his Rogues throw down on the streets of Central City as the mystery surrounding the Flash foes from the future deepens. Is Barry Allen a murderer? Will he survive long enough to find out?
Swing by your shop today and grab a copy of THE FLASH #5, by the all-star creative team of writer Geoff Johns and artist Francis Manapul.
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Starting next month, the team of penciler Tyler Kirkham and inker BATT will take over the regular art duties on GREEN LANTERN CORPS, joining regular writer Tony Bedard. But why wait until then? We swung by GLC Editor Adam Schlagman’s office and snatched up a few shots of what’s to come from the series. But before we unveil these images, what does Adam think about the new artistic duo?
“Tyler Kirkham and BATT are an incredible art team that are going to blow fans away! Check out a small preview of what they have in store...And that’s just the beginning. Wait until you see Tyler’s Sinestro!
Writer Tony Bedard introduces us to the Weaponer of Qward -- the man who forged Sinestro’s original yellow ring. The Green Lantern Corps is in for a load of trouble!"
Sinestro? Sold. Until then, though, here are those images we promised.
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