THE GREEN TEAM #1

Written by ART BALTAZAR and FRANCO

Art by IG GUARA

Cover by AMANDA CONNER

1:25 Variant cover by CLIFF CHIANG

On sale MAY 22 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T

INVENTORS! EXPLORERS! ADVENTURERS! Do you need money to finance an important project? Then you should set up a meeting with THE GREEN TEAM!

• Nature of world-changing idea: _____

• Amount requested: _____

• Does your project have the potential to:

Fracture space-time? __

Replace the combustion engine? __

Attract extraterrestrial attention? __

Prove/disprove existence of deities? __

Piss off The Justice League? __

Render the human body obsolete? __

If any of the above are checked, please fill out liability release form GT2013-05. Send any 82 drawings, plans, models, or photos with request.

THE MOVEMENT #1

Written by GAIL SIMONE

Art by FREDDIE WILLIAMS II

Cover by AMANDA CONNER

1:25 Variant cover by CLIFF CHIANG

On sale MAY 1 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+

We are faceless. We are limitless. We see all. And we do not forgive.

Who defends the powerless against the GREEDY and the CORRUPT? Who protects the homeless and poverty-stricken from those who would PREY upon them in the DARK OF NIGHT?

When those who are sworn to protect us abuse their power, when toxic government calls down super-human lackeys to force order upon the populace...finally, there is a force, a citizen’s army, to push order BACK.

Let those who abuse the system know this as well: We have our OWN super humans now. They are not afraid of your badges or Leagues. And they will not be SILENCED.

We are your neighbors. We are your co-workers. And we are your children.

TEAM 7 #8

Written by JUSTIN JORDAN

Art by PASCAL ALIXE and JESUS MERINO

Cover by GARY FRANK and CAM SMITH

On sale MAY 8 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T • FINAL ISSUE

Revealed: What broke Team 7 apart—and set Black Canary, Amanda Waller, Deathstroke and Majestic on the rocky road they travel today?

DEATHSTROKE #20

Written by JUSTIN JORDAN

Art by EDGAR SALAZAR and SCOTT HANNA

Cover by AARON KUDER

On sale MAY 8 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+ • FINAL ISSUE

The most accomplished cape-killer in the world gets the chance to add to his legacy when Deathstroke comes face to face with his daughter Rose and The Ravagers!

THRESHOLD #5

Written by KEITH GIFFEN

Art by TOM RANEY

Backup story art by SCOTT KOLINS

Cover by HOWARD PORTER

On sale MAY 8 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T

Beware the Hunted’s power as Jediah regains something very important to the team’s survival! And in the backup story, Larfleeze is still greedily pursuing his stuff through the depths of space!

STORMWATCH #20

Written by JIM STARLIN

Art by YVEL GUICHET and JONAS TRINDADE

Cover by JIM STARLIN and ROB HUNTER

On sale MAY 1 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+

Don’t say we didn’t warn you! The new StormWatch is even more bloodthirsty than the previous team! On their first off-planet mission, the new StormWatch has to prove itself—while Lobo is seduced by aliens!

ALL-STAR WESTERN #20

Written by JUSTIN GRAY and JIMMY PALMIOTTI

Art by MORITAT

Backup story art by STAZ JOHNSON

Cover by HOWARD PORTER

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

The future collides with the past in this issue as [REDACTED] causes problems for Jonah Hex. And in the backup story, a never before seen Stormwatch team takes the spotlight!

SUICIDE SQUAD #20

Written by ALES KOT

Art by TIMOTHY GREEN II

Cover by JASON PEARSON

On sale MAY 8 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+

New team members, new direction, new creative team! After the shocking events of issue #19, the team returns to Belle Reve to lick their wounds and bury their dead—but when they find out what’s waiting for them at the prison, they’ll wish they were back out in the field! Plus: Who are the two killers Amanda Waller has recruited to shake things up, and what are their true motives for joining the team?

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TEAM 7 #6

Written by JUSTIN JORDAN

Art by PASCAL ALIXE

Cover by GARY FRANK and CAM SMITH

On sale MARCH 13 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T

• In the tale from the recent past, Team 7 is on a mission to rescue Caitlin Fairchild when a team member dies!

• And in the present day, Deathstroke hunts down his former Team 7 partners! But why?

THRESHOLD #3

Written by KEITH GIFFEN

Art by TOM RANEY

Backup story art by SCOTT KOLINS

Cover by HOWARD PORTER

1:25 B&W Variant cover by HOWARD PORTER

On sale MARCH 13 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T

• Former Green Lantern Jediah Caul leads an assault on the powers behind the game...a very ill advised assault.

• Introducing CAPTAIN K’ROT!

• In the backup feature, the hunt for Larfleeze’s stuff turns up evidence that the theft was an inside job!

ALL-STAR WESTERN #18

Written by JUSTIN GRAY and JIMMY PALMIOTTI

Art by MORITAT

Backup story art by STAZ JOHNSON

Cover by GLENN FABRY

On sale MARCH 27 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T+

• When Catherine Wayne is kidnapped in Gotham City, Alan Wayne turns to Jonah Hex for help!

• Faced with the machinations of Vandal Savage, can Hex and Mrs. Wayne make their escape?

• In the backup feature, John Leather travels to Mexico where he faces werewolves and…The Shade!

STORMWATCH #18

Written by PETER MILLIGAN

Art by WILL CONRAD

Cover by KEN LASHLEY

On sale MARCH 6 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+

• The team battles one of their own for their very survival!

• The relationship of Midnighter and Apollo hits a rough patch when the Amazon-like Zealot joins the team!

DEATHSTROKE #18

Written by JUSTIN JORDAN

Art by EDGAR SALAZAR and SCOTT HANNA

Cover by EDUARDO PANSICA and EBER FERREIRA

On sale MARCH 13 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+

• Finally! Deathstroke vs. The Teen Titans!

• You want more? You got more, as The Ravagers join the fight!

SUICIDE SQUAD #18

Written by ADAM GLASS

Art by HENRIK JONSSON and SANDU FLOREA

Cover by KEN LASHLEY

On sale MARCH 13 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+

• It’s rematch time as Basilisk faces off against the Suicide Squad!

• What—or who—is so important that Amanda Waller would risk stepping into the field herself?

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(The cover for SUICIDE SQUAD #18 by Ken Lashley)

On November 14, TEAM 7 #2 will land in stores.

Below, take an exclusive first look at Ken Lashley's cover for the issue!

In September, Zero Month introduced you to four all-new ongoing series: THE PHANTOM STRANGER, SWORD OF SORCERY, TALON and TEAM 7. With these #0 issues, you got a taste of the new characters and stories that will be impacting the ever-growing DC Universe.

This month, each of these four series will launch their #1 issue. To celebrate these releases, we’ll be putting a spotlight on each of these new titles every day this week on THE SOURCE. First up is TEAM 7 #1. From writer Justin Jordan and artist Jesus Merino, TEAM 7 #1 hits stores on October 10. We asked Jordan and Merino to tell us a little bit about their creative processes and to tease what readers can expect from issue #1.

How did you use issue #0 to help you launch issue #1? How were your creative approaches to these two issues different?

JUSTIN JORDAN: Well, issue zero established the team, so I was able to dive right into their first mission with issue one, which was nice. I’m still trying to layer in as much character defining interaction as I can, but there’s a lot of pipe already laid. In terms of approach, the zero issue was basically a series of small vignettes, which is a pretty different beast than writing the entire team doing their whole thing for the issue.

JESUS MERINO: I see the first issue of any comic like a shaking the hand of the reader. It's love/hate at the first sight, so it's very important to me to establish the characters and the tone of the book. This way the reader knows what to expect in the rest of issues. As soon as I read the script from Justin, and in the pre-production, when I was looking for a voice to the book and doing all the designs, I found out that the characters fit perfectly in a western movie, so I moved in that direction. Issue #0 was easy: they were "The Magnificent Seven Samurais", the first half of the movie (any of them), when the characters were reunited. Issue #1 was more "Fort Apache", sort of.

What’s been the most fun aspect of writing/drawing and launching the new series so far?

JUSTIN JORDAN: Getting to play with the new toys. I mean, writing Grifter and Deathstroke and Dinah and Amanda is great fun, and it’d be great to get to write any one of those characters, but getting to write them all and bounce them off of each other? That’s great fun.

JESUS MERINO: To me it’s always the time before the first issue is released, when the page is blank and you have lots of things to say. As I said, I thought that the book could work visually in a western tone. Even in the designs, I called Grifter "a mix between the Lone Ranger, Billy the Kid and Han Solo". Then Slade was crystal clear that he had to be a Lee Van Cleef wannabe. Alex Fairchild was Donald Sutherland in "Kelly's Heroes"...and so on. I confess that I was having a good time (I always do) recreating the characters ...

Do you have a ritual (music you listen to or something you eat or do to get you prepped) before approaching the writing/drawing for the series? If so, what is it?

JUSTIN JORDAN: I shut off the Internet. No, really. I have way too short of an attention span to get the work done otherwise. So basically I just make sure it’s me and the computer and not much else and pound out my five or so pages for the day.

JESUS MERINO: Actually I have tons of rituals that I do before I begin a new book. The first and most important is that I have to clean and put in order my drawing board and by extension, my whole studio! Then I put some music on (preferably old style rock) ... and the party begins.

Below, take a first look at TEAM 7 #1 by taking an exclusive look at some of the issue’s interior art by Merino.