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The studios unveils new concept art featured on the digital release of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Alex Lu and Kyle Pinion dig into the first week of DC's Rebirth #1s to tell you which books break new ground and which stay mired in DC's troubled past.

“I look down at it and know without question: I love this world. But there’s something missing.” In the five years since DC Comics rebooted their universe through the Flashpoint event and New 52 line, the oldest major comics publisher in America has seen its fortunes fall. After being barraged with complaints about homogeneous artwork, constant […]

Geoff Johns wants to bring hope back to the DC Universe. Does he succeed?

While readers tip-toe over spoilers from the DC Universe: Rebirth #1 special launching in T-minus eight(ish) hours in New York, author and DC Entertainment Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns has offered to write checks to anyone who wasn’t satisfied with their reading experience. In an interview with ComicBook.com today, Johns urged readers who weren’t satisfied with […]

Here's the behind the scenes story of Rebirth, from spoilers to battlelines. Whose side are you on?

That thud you just heard was official confirmation of the other shoe dropping after the extremely mixed success of Batman v Superman. The last few weeks rumors have been flying about a shake-up at Warner Bros. Pictures and The Hollywood Reporter's Borys Kit has all the juicy details.

Did you enjoy Batfleck? I did and I hope you did too, because guess what? He’s contracted for a couple of more features with the studio, Sadfleck or not. In a report at THR, the outlet spoke with William Morris Endeavor’s CEO’s Ari Emanuel and Patrick Whitesell, here’s what they had to say on the […]

In his video introducing DC's Rebirth publishing plan, Geoff Johns calls it a "third rebirth" for DC. At first I thought this referred to the original DC, Silver age Flash and...something else? But he was actually referring to reimagining Green Lantern and the Flash characters with better, more motivated origins. Perhaps more accurately, from an external viewpoint, its the third rebirth of DC in the Diane Nelson era, following the New 52, DCYou and now a new line based on core characters. Or as he put it, in the video's most quoted line, "It's not just an event, it's a mission for us."

In an announcement video that will be shown at this afternoon’s ComicsPro presentation, CBR has shared a video and interview with DC Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns giving some details about the publisher’s Rebirth initiative. Additionally, in an interview with the site, Johns has announced that he will be stepping down from Justice League with […]

According to the folks at JoBlo, they’re hearing from their sources that the still not yet actually announced solo Batman film (that is reportedly co-written by Ben Affleck and Geoff Johns, with Affleck in place to direct), will center on The Red Hood: The basic plotline of Affleck’s solo Batfilm is that Jason Todd has […]

“Dogs and cats, living together!” – that’s what immediately popped into my mind yesterday when I read Tony Isabella praising DC on Facebook for how it was treating him in regard to Black Lightning.I’ve never seen the original contract between DC and Isabella in regard to Black Lightning so I have nothing to say of substance in regard to the property’s legal status, but as anyone who has followed Tony’s online writing over the years can tell you, Isabella’s statements about DC’s treatment of him and his landmark creation have not exactly been complimentary. That changed, however, yesterday, when Isabella called attention to an Amazon listing of the April 2016 release of Black Lightning, volume 1, the first of what could be a series of collections featuring DC’s first African-American superhero to star in an an eponymous book.

According to Isabella, the rapprochement is the result of outreach by Dan Didio and Geoff Johns, and Isabella is confident that DC will treat him fairly in regard to the payment of royalties. He also raised the possibility of doing more work for DC given sufficient reader demand; the prospect of Isabella working with, say, the creators of the revived Milestone line on a multi-generational crossover is particularly intriguing, given certain thematic resonances with Milestone’s nuanced reflections on creative identity.

To say that Isabella’s announcement is the most unexpected Facebook post of the year is an understatement — it’s one of the most dramatic turnarounds I’ve seen in decades of reading about comics-related disputes, and kudos to all involved for bringing about what I hope will be a truly lasting peace in our time.

In news that will surely be discussed at some length this Saturday at Warner Bros’ expected to be massive Hall H panel, it has been reported that Ben Affleck will become the first Batman actor to write and direct the feature in which he is starring.

As a long time fan of his Best Picture-winning Argo (and my co-editor, Hannah, enjoying Gone Baby Gone), this is very welcome news. When I watch an Affleck-directed feature, I’m often reminded of Robert Redford in how gracefully his films unfurl on screen, and after the heavily stylized work, yet also grounded work of Christopher Nolan, I look forward to seeing what approach Affleck will take with the project.

Joining him to co-write is DC Entertainment’s Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns, who in his current role has overseen the development of the entire slate of DC-related programming on television and now looks to be moving into the film space to a greater degree. According to Deadline, the story that Affleck and Johns have cracked together has them working “in sync” and they may have their script turned in before the end of the Summer.

I for one enjoyed Johns’ take on the Batman mythos in the “Earth One” line, at least as a fairly straight-forward early Caped Crusader tale with exceptional Gary Frank art. This film is expected to begin production after Affleck’s adaptation of Live by Night.

We’ll see if this gets confirmed come Saturday, along with hopefully a few other announcements that will win over the weekend.

149 titles!   Geoff Johns!  John Byrne!  Colleen Doran!  Geoff Johns!  Harley Quinn!  And “The End” of Fables.  (Well, until they do an annotated edition in 2017…)

I’ve highlighted the titles I found interesting.  What excites you?  Bores you?  Makes you wonder, “WTF…?”

Click on the title links for more information.  I’ve also placed a few comments below, just to reward those who scroll through the entire listing.

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Batman: Earth One Vol. 2
Geoff Johns
On Sale Date: May 12, 2015
$22.99 USD
160 pages
Hardcover
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401241858, 1401241859

Summary: Following the events of the #1 New York Times bestselling original graphic novel by Geoff Johns, comes the highly anticipated sequel BATMAN: EARTH ONE VOL. 2!
The Riddler has arrived in Gotham and he’s terrorizing the city with his own twisted brand of anarchy. But why is he attacking now, and what is his endgame? The Riddler isn’t Batman’s only problem, as Killer Croc is on the streets and his violent crimes can’t be ignored. Meanwhile, the Dark Knight has trouble reconciling the increasingly conflicting ideologies of Alfred Pennyworth and James Gordon in this gripping re-imagining of the Batman mythology.
Writer Geoff Johns and artist Gary Frank bring you Batman as you’ve never seen him before in this thrilling original graphic novel that continues their unique take on the Dark Knight.
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Batman Vol. 6 (The New 52)
Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo
On Sale Date: May 5, 2015
$24.99 USD
192 pages
Hardcover
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401252304, 1401252303

Summary: In the wake of the death of his son Damian, Batman is in danger of losing his humanity. However, the foes of this grief-ridden Dark Knight mean to strike him when he’s at his weakest. Has Batman’s worst foe become…Bruce Wayne?
Plus, three pivotal chapters from the epic ZERO YEAR storyline! From the critically acclaimed, New York Times #1 best-selling creative team of Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo comes the next genre-defining graphic novel in their monumental run.
Collects BATMAN #0, #18-20, #28 and BATMAN ANNUAL #2.
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Batman: Detective Comics Vol. 6: Icarus (The New 52)
Francis Manapul, Brian Buccellato
On Sale Date: May 26, 2015
$24.99 USD
176 pages
Hardcover
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401254421, 140125442X

Summary: A bold new direction for DETECTIVE COMICS as THE FLASH creative team of Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato take over the creative reins! Batman finds himself knee-deep in a new mystery involving a deadly new narcotic that has hit the streets of Gotham City. Can the Dark Knight stop the threat before the entire town finds itself embroiled in a deadly gang war that could burn everything—and everyone—down to the ground?
Collects issues #30-34 and DETECTIVE COMICS ANNUAL #3.
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Batman Eternal Vol. 2
Scott Snyder, Tim Seeley, Jason Fabok
On Sale Date: July 14, 2015
$39.99 USD
448 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401252311, 1401252311

Summary: The new weekly Batman series, written by the New York Times best-selling author Scott Snyder, continues here!
After Commissioner Gordon’s arrest, Batman’s world is turned upside down. New allies emerge, old allies fall and his rogues gallery of villains are not quite who they seem. With a new power structure being established in Gotham amidst rising tension and chaos, can Batman adapt to the changing status quo? Written by Snyder and a team of the industry’s best young creators including James Tynion IV, Tim Seeley, Jason Fabok and Dustin Nguyen, BATMAN: ETERNAL VOL. 2 will shift the Batman mythos forever!
Collects issues #21-40.
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Gotham Academy Vol. 1
Becky Cloonan, Brendan Fletcher, Karl Kerschel
On Sale Date: July 14, 2015
$14.99 USD
144 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401254728, 1401254721

Summary: Gotham City’s most prestigious prep school is a very weird place. It’s got a spooky campus, oddball teachers, and rich benefactors always dropping by…like that weirdo Bruce Wayne. But nothing is as strange as the students!
Like, what’s up with Olive Silverlock? Is she crazy or what? Where did she go last summer? And what’s the deal with her creepy mom? And how come that Freshman Maps is always following her around? And is she still going out with Kyle? P.S. Did you hear the rumor about the ghost in the North Hall?!
Collects Gotham Academy #1-6
GOTHAM ACADEMY is a new teen drama set in the shadow of Batman and the craziness of Gotham City, with new characters and old plus a secret tie to Gotham’s past…
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Grayson Vol. 1
Tim Seeley, Mikel Janin
On Sale Date: July 7, 2015
$16.99 USD
176 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401252342, 1401252346

Summary: Dick Grayson. Former Sidekick. Former Superhero. Former dead man. Agent of Spyral?!
A thrilling new chapter of Dick Grayson’s life begins here. A super-spy espionage thriller that will shock you and prove one thing: you might think you know Nightwing—but you don’t know Dick.
Collects GRAYSON #1-7.
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Batgirl Vol. 6
Cameron Stewart, Babs Tarr
On Sale Date: June 2, 2015
$22.99 USD
144 pages
Hardcover
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401253325, 1401253326

Summary: It’s Batgirl as you’ve never seen her before! Big changes are here for Barbara Gordon as she moves across Gotham City to begin a new chapter in her ongoing fight against crime as Batgirl!
The new creative team of Cameron Stewart (BATMAN AND ROBIN, SEAGUY, SEVEN SOLDIERS), Brenden Fletcher and Babs Tarr set Barbara Gordon off in a brand-new direction in BATGIRL VOL. 6! Collects BATGIRL #34-39.
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Harley Quinn Vol. 2 (The New 52)
Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti, Chad Hardin
On Sale Date: April 14, 2015
$24.99 USD
176 pages
Hardcover
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401254780, 1401254780

Summary: The best-selling Harley Quinn continues her bloody romp in the second volume of her own series!
The first rule of Skate Club is…you do not mess with the Mistress of Mayhem! Harley stumbles across an underground fight club where big money winds with a body count. She’s in…and she’s making Sy Borgman her agent for the fights. And wha would happen if the demented Clown Princess of Crime visited the most popular comic con out there? Find out when Harley Quinn invades Comic-Con!!
Collects Harley Quinn #9-12, Harley Quinn Annual #1, Harley Quinn Invades Comic-Con International San Diego #1
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Justice League Vol. 6: Injustice League (The New 52)
Geoff Johns, Ivan Reis, Joe Prado
On Sale Date: March 17, 2015
$22.99 USD
168 pages
Hardcover
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401252366, 1401252362

Summary: Heroes quit, villains join and the Justice League roster you’ve never seen before emerges, led by the world’s greatest hero—LEX LUTHOR!
The violent consequences of FOREVER EVIL must be dealt with as a new and deadly force sets it’s target on the Justice league. And with the appearance of the new Power Ring, who knows how her presence will affect the team.
Collects Justice League #30-34, Justice League United: Futures End #1 and Justice League Futures End #1.
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Injustice: Gods Among Us Year 2 Vol. 2
Tom Taylor, Bruno Redondo
On Sale Date: April 21, 2015
$22.99 USD
144 pages
Hardcover
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401253417, 1401253415

Summary: The sequel to the New York Times best-selling graphic novel INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US VOL. 2.
With Superman’s reign over Earth secured, the Green Lantern Corps dispatch Kyle Rayner to investigate the situation. But when he mysteriously disappears, the Guardians of the Galaxy are left with no choice but to remove Superman from his self-appointed throne. But like all the others who have stood in Superman’s way since the death of his beloved wife, the Corps has a fight on their hands that will surely shake them to the core.
Collects Injustice: Gods Among Us Year 2 #7-12.
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Batman and Robin Vol. 6: The Hunt for Robin
Peter J. Tomasi, Patrick Gleason
On Sale Date: June 30, 2015
$24.99 USD
256 pages
Hardcover
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401253349, 1401253342

Summary: After losing his son Damian—a.k.a. Robin—Batman has finally found peace with his death. Damian’s grandfather Ra’s al Ghul, however, has not. In order to resurrect Robin, he’s stolen the body and now Batman will stop at nothing to reclaim him.
Nearly two years of storylines—including threads from Grant Morrison’s BATMAN INCORPORATED and Scott Snyder and Greg Capulo’s BATMAN—conclude here in BATMAN AND ROBIN VOL. 6: THE HUNT FOR ROBIN.
Collects BATMAN AND ROBIN #29-39.
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Fables Vol. 22
Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham
On Sale Date: March 31, 2015
$14.99 USD
160 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy
9781401252335, 1401252338

Summary: The final volume of NEW YORK TIMES bestselling, Eisner Award-winning FABLES series is here!
New York Times Best-selling author Bill Willingham delivers the end to his legendary series in Fables Volume 22. The Eisner Award-winning series sees the conclusion of the beloved stories of Bigby Wolf, Rose Red, Boy Blue, Bell, Pinnochio and countless other timeless fables. The only question left to be answered is whether or not they will have a happy ending.
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Arkham Manor Vol. 1
Gerry Duggan, Shawn Crystal
On Sale Date: July 28, 2015
$14.99 USD
144 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401254582, 1401254586

Summary: When catastrophe strikes Arkham Asylum, where will Gotham City house the world’s most dangerous criminals, and when inmates are found murdered, what is Batman prepared to do in search of justice? Arkham’s madness comes home in ARKHAM MANOR! A bold new collection brought to you by Gerry Duggan (Deadpool, Nova) and Shawn Crystal (Deadpool, Wolverine and the X-Men).
Collects issues #1-6 of Arkham Manor.
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Gotham By Midnight Vol. 1
Ray Fawkes, Andrea Sorrentino
On Sale Date: August 25, 2015
$14.99 USD
144 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401254735, 140125473X

Summary: Spinning out of Batman Eternal, Detective Jim Corrigan aka The Spectre stars in his very own series Gotham By Midnight!
Normally Batman and the other caped protectors of Gotham have the streets of the city covered. But when monsters, ghosts and other supernatural beings enter the mix, even the Dark Knight needs help. Enter Detective Jim Corrigan aka the Spectre to prowl the streets of Gotham, solving the unsolvable supernatural crimes the city can muster.
Collects Gotham By Midnight #1-6.
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FBP: Federal Bureau of Physics Vol. 3
Simon Oliver, Robbi Rodriguez
On Sale Date: May 5, 2015
$14.99 USD
144 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Science Fiction
9781401254346, 1401254349

Summary: Every journey starts with a single step. Cicero’s started when he crashed into a TV repair shop and eventually landed in the FBP Academy.
Collects FBP: FEDERAL BUREAU OF PHYSICS #14-19.
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American Vampire Vol. 8
Scott Snyder, Rafael Alburquerque
On Sale Date: August 11, 2015
$22.99 USD
144 pages
Hardcover
Comics & Graphic Novels / Horror
9781401254339, 1401254330

Summary: Vampires in space? It’s 1965. Pearl and Skinner escaped The Gray Trader with more questions than answers, and their search for clues leads them to…NASA! You’ve never seen vampires like this before, as the second major story arc of AMERICAN VAMPIRE: SECOND CYCLE begins!
Scott Snyder and Rafael Albuquerque continue their epic Eisner-Award-winning story, as Skinner Sweet and Pearl touch more of the key moments in American history. Collects AMERICAN VAMPIRE CYCLE TWO #1-6.
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Superman Vol. 6 (The New 52)
Geoff Johns, John Romita Jr, Klaus Janson
On Sale Date: August 11, 2015
$24.99 USD
176 pages
Hardcover
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401252397, 1401252397

Summary: A new era for SUPERMAN begins as Geoff Johns takes the reigns – and he’s joined by the legendary super-talent of John Romita, Jr. in his first-ever work for DC Comics!
Enter Ulysses, the Man of Tomorrow, into the Man of Steel’s life. This strange visitor shares many of Kal-El’s experiences, including having been rocketed from a world with no future. New and exciting mysteries and adventures await. Plus, Perry White offers Clark a chance to return to The Daily Planet!
Collects Superman #32-39.
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Superman: Doomed
Greg Pak, Charles Soule, Ken Lashley
On Sale Date: March 31, 2015
$29.99 USD
336 pages
Hardcover
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401252403, 1401252400

Summary: The super-event you have been waiting for in The New 52: Superman vs. Doomsday in a way you’ve never seen before!
Doomsday’s deadly new abilities, in this battle there can be no winners. The Man of Steel must unleash insane levels of power in order to do the job, only to terrify the world he’s saving. Beating Doomsday is only the beginning of this never-ending battle!”
Collects SUPERMAN: DOOMED #1, SUPERMAN: BRAINIAC #1, ACTION COMICS #30-34, SUPERMAN/WONDER WOMAN #7-11 and SUPERMAN #30.
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The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest
Denise Mina, Andrea Mutti, Leonardo Manco
On Sale Date: June 9, 2015
$29.99 USD
228 pages
Hardcover
Comics & Graphic Novels / Media Tie-In
9781401237592, 1401237592

Summary: In this graphic novel sequel to the New York Times bestseller THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, Mikael Blomkvist, crusading publisher of the magazine Millennium, has decided to run a story that will expose an extensive sex trafficking operation. On the eve of its publication, the two reporters responsible for the article are murdered, and the fingerprints found on the murder weapon belong to his friend, the troubled genius hacker Lisbeth Salander. Blomkvist, convinced of Salander’s innocence, plunges into an investigation. Meanwhile, Salander herself is drawn into a murderous game of cat and mouse, which forces her to face her dark past.
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Bodies
Si Spencer, Tula Lotay, Phil Winslade
On Sale Date: June 2, 2015
$16.99 USD
208 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Horror
9781401252755, 1401252753

Summary: VERTIGO brings you a graphic novel with four detectives, four time periods, and four dead bodies – all set in London. Edmond Hillinghead is an 1890s overachiever who’s trying to solve a murder no one cares about while hiding his own secret. Karl Whiteman is our dashing 1940s adventurer with a shocking past. Shahara Hasan is 2014’s kickass female Detective Sergeant, who walks the line between religion and power. And Maplewood, an amnesiac from post-apocalyptic 2050, brings a haunting perspective to it all.
Si Spencer (HELLBLAZER: CITY OF DEMONS, THE VINYL UNDERGROUND) executes a centuries-spanning murder mystery like nothing you’ve ever seen before, with four sensational artists illustrating a six-page chapter in each issue: Dean Ormston, Phil Winslade, Meghan Hetrick and Tula Lotay.
Collects BODIES #1-8, the complete miniseries.
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The Names
Peter Milligan, Leandro Fernandez
On Sale Date: August 25, 2015
$16.99 USD
176 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Horror
9781401252434, 1401252435

Summary: THE NAMES is a contemporary thriller that starts off as a revenge story: A deadly heroine ticks off—and kills—each “name” that brings her closer to knowing who killed her husband. It will become much more than that…
The world of THE NAMES is Big Money. Hedge funds, leveraged buyouts, market raids, flash buys. Incredibly high end deals that ruin lives and economies, where secret cabals gamble with people’s lives and jaded billionaires find their kicks the only way they know how. The idea is to take what’s REALLY GOING in the poisonous, deadly world of high speed, high stakes finance but really TURN IT UP, push it to the edge and make it sexy, dramatic, and thoroughly deadly.
It’s about righting all the wrongs by any means necessary. It’s KILL BILL meets WOLF OF WALL ST. in a world that’s become Too Big to Fail. It’s a relentless thriller that seeks to unlock the DA VINCI CODE that lies at the center of the world’s finances as the people who really pull the strings in the world finally get what’s coming to them.
The world of high finance has a profound but mysterious effect on all of our lives, yet is understood by too few of us. PETER MILLIGAN, an incredibly talented writer who’s always been able to mine the zeitgeist for memorable stories, wants to create a compelling drama set in this world. LEO FERNANDEZ will bring a slick, sexy visual appeal and together make this another must-read book for VERTIGO.
Collects THE NAMES #1-8.
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Teen Titans Go! Vol. 1
Sholly Fisch, Lea Hernandez
On Sale Date: March 10, 2015
$12.99 USD
128 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Media Tie-In
9781401252427, 1401252427

Summary: Based on the hit TV show, feast your eyes on this all-new, all-ages comic book series! Join Robin, Starfire, Beast Boy, Cyborg and Raven as they display their unique brand of hijinks, mayhem and justice! But giant pizza monsters aren’t the only dastardly and delicious villains on the menu…so dig in, Titans!
Collects TEEN TITANS GO! #1-6.
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The New 52: Futures End Vol. 2
Jeff Lemire, Brian Azzarello, Patrick Zircher
On Sale Date: July 21, 2015
$29.99 USD
304 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401256029, 1401256023

Now one of DC Comics cornerstone writers, Jeff was prominent in the publisher’s recent New 52 line-wide relaunch as the writer of GREEN ARROW, ANIMAL MAN and FRANKENSTEIN: AGENT OF S.H.A.D.E. He has also written the monthly adventures of SUPERBOY, THE ATOM, and JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK.
In 2008 Jeff won the Schuster Award for Best Canadian Cartoonist and The Doug Wright Award for Best Emerging Talent. He also won the American Library Association’s prestigious Alex Award, recognizing books for adults with specific teen appeal. He has also been nominated for 5 Eisner awards and 5 Harvey Awards. In 2010 Essex County was named as one of the five Essential Canadian Novels of the Decade. He currently lives and works in Toronto with his wife and son.

Summary: Jeff Lemire, Brian Azzarello, Keith Giffen and Dan Jurgens co-write this epic new series starring Batman Beyond and other heroes of the New 52 as they try to avert an apocalyptic future.
The hot new series debuts, starring Batman Beyond as he tries to avert an apocalyptic future amongst a cast of the entire New 52 universe…five years in the future!
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The Unwritten Vol. 11
Mike Carey, Peter Gross
On Sale Date: May 26, 2015
$14.99 USD
144 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy
9781401253486, 1401253482

Summary: The three immortals—Wilson, Rausch and Pullman—are moving toward their respective endgames. But when was the last time they were all in the same room together? Answer: half a century ago, in Oxford, England. And the reasons for what they’re doing now can be found in what they said to each other back then…
Collects THE UNWRITTEN: APOCALYPSE #7-12.
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Wonder Woman Vol. 6: Bones
Brian Azzarello, Cliff Chiang
On Sale Date: April 7, 2015
$22.99 USD
144 pages
Hardcover
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401253509, 1401253504

Summary: It’s the beginning of the end as writer Brian Azzarello and artist Cliff Chiang kick off the astonishing finale of their epic run! Olympus must fall, and its rightful ruler must be restored. Wonder Woman is locked in a desperate battle with the First Born with the destiny of immortals at stake—and she must make a decision that will effect the lives of those she loves most.
Collects WONDER WOMAN #30-34, and SECRET ORIGINS #6.
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100 Bullets Book Two
Brian Azzarello, Eduardo Risso
On Sale Date: April 21, 2015
$24.99 USD
416 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Crime & Mystery
9781401254315, 1401254314

Summary: In the second collection of the acclaimed, award-winning 100 BULLETS, Agent Graves continues to offer immunity to everyday people to carry out their innermost desires of vengeance with the 100 bullets that he supplies. But as these self-serving manipulations take place, pieces of the mystery of the Minutemen and the organization that created them start to come together, and we discover to the research and conspiracy theories of Mr. Branch. As more is revealed about the series’ main characters, the true meaning and importance of the conflict between Graves and the Trust starts to emerge.
Then, Agent Graves presents his trademark attaché case containing a gun and 100 untraceable bullets to Milo Garret—a small-time private dick who’s just gotten out of the hospital after losing an argument with his car’s windshield. With his face covered in bandages, Milo has become an invisible man in more ways than one. As his latest case draws him into the shadowy world of the Trust, he’s forced to confront the blank space that is his past and figure out what it has to do with the attaché case he’s holding in the present…and do it before what he doesn’t know ends up finishing the job that the windshield started.
Collects 100 BULLETS #20-36.
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Absolute Green Arrow by Kevin Smith
Kevin Smith, Phil Hester
On Sale Date: March 3, 2015
$99.99 USD
400 pages
Hardcover
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401255480, 1401255485

Summary: The original Green Arrow, Oliver Queen, reemerges after years of being assumed dead. But many people, including Black Canary, his ex-lover, Arsenal, his ex-partner, Connor Hawke, his son and temporary successor and Batman, the Dark Knight Detective, want to know how Green Arrow survived the airplane explosion and where he has been. Using strong characterization and engaging dialogue, comic and screenplay writer and movie director Kevin Smith (Clerks, Dogma, BATMAN: CACOPHONY) successfully resurrects one of the world’s classic heroes.
This Absolute edition will feature bonus script pages, character sketches and a cover gallery.
Collects Green Arrow #1-15.

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Absolute Transmetropolitan Vol. 1
Warren Ellis, Darick Robertson, Rodney Ramos
On Sale Date: April 28, 2015
$125.00 USD
512 pages
Hardcover
Comics & Graphic Novels / Science Fiction
9781401254308, 1401254306

Summary: After years of self-imposed exile from a civilization rife with degradation and indecency, cynical journalist Spider Jerusalem is forced to return to a job that he hates and a city that he loathes. Working as an investigative reporter for the newspaper The Word, Spider attacks the injustices of his surreal 21st Century surroundings. Combining black humor, life-threatening situations, and moral ambiguity, this book is the first look into the mind of an outlaw journalist and the world he seeks to destroy.
Collects the first twenty-one issues of Transmetropolitan in DC’s top quality, slipcased Absolute Edition format.

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Absolute Y The Last Man Vol. 1
Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra
On Sale Date: June 23, 2015
$125.00 USD
496 pages
Hardcover
Comics & Graphic Novels / Science Fiction
9781401254292, 1401254292

Summary: Y: THE LAST MAN, winner of three Eisner Awards and one of the most critically acclaimed, best-selling comic books series of the last decade, is that rare example of a page-turner that is at once humorous, socially relevant and endlessly surprising.
Written by Brian K. Vaughan (LOST, PRIDE OF BAGHDAD, EX MACHINA) and with art by Pia Guerra, this is the saga of Yorick Brown—the only human survivor of a planet-wide plague that instantly kills every mammal possessing a Y chromosome. Accompanied by a mysterious government agent, a brilliant young geneticist and his pet monkey, Ampersand, Yorick travels the world in search of his lost love and the answer to why he’s the last man on earth.
This Absolute Edition will feature the first twenty issues of this action-packed series along with special script pages, character sketchs and cover gallery.
Collects Y: THE LAST MAN #1-20.

[Heidi, any chance of you doing a signing at San Diego?]

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Adventures of Superman Vol. 3
Max Landis, Jock
On Sale Date: March 31, 2015
$14.99 USD
168 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401253301, 140125330X

Summary: This third volume of Adventures of Superman continues to feature the best creators in comics and entertainment presenting their takes on the Man of Steel, in this collection of Superman stories written by Jim Krueger (Justice), Peter Milligan (Justice League Dark) and more!
This series is a great jumping on point for new readers interested in the Man of Steel, as each tale is stand alone, unencumbered by continuity.
Collects Adventures of Superman #11-15.

[Sugar and Spike!  A Green Lantern!  The Joker!  The Demolisher!  And a sneaky reporter tries to discover Superman's identity!]

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All Star Western Vol. 6 (The New 52)
Jimmy Palmiotti, Justin Gray, Staz Johnson
On Sale Date: March 31, 2015
$14.99 USD
144 pages
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Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401254131, 1401254136

Summary: Now back in the Old West, Hex finds readjusting to his old life a bit more difficult than he expected—especially when he finds out that there’s a new Jonah Hex. Hex sets out to settle some scores the only way he knows how: violently. The first unlucky person on Hex’s list is impostor who stole his identity while Hex was trapped in the Gotham of the future.
Collects issues #29-34.
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America Vs. The Justice Society
Roy Thomas, Jerry Ordway, Howard Bender
On Sale Date: July 28, 2015
$14.99 USD
160 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401255091, 1401255094

Summary: This epic story, originally published in the 1980s, takes place in the late 1940s. Following the end of the war, Superman discovers evidence compiled by Batman that accuses the Justice Society of America of collaborating with the Nazis during World War II. It looks like a massive cover-up, and leads to a Congressional investigation. And when some of the witnesses include foes of the JSA, it becomes clear that this is a bizarre conspiracy to disgrace America’s finest heroes.
Collects AMERICA VS. THE JUSTICE SOCIETY #1-4.
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American Vampire Vol. 7
Scott Snyder, Rafael Alburquerque
On Sale Date: August 11, 2015
$14.99 USD
144 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Horror
9781401254322, 1401254322

Summary: Writer Scott Snyder (BATMAN, SWAMP THING) and artist Rafael Albuquerque bring together even more threads to the complex tapestry that is the world of AMERICAN VAMPIRE.
When we last saw Pearl in the 1950s, she had lost her love Henry in an attack on the vampire hunting organization, V.M.S., by a coven of Hollywood vampires that nearly wiped the organization off the face of the planet. Devastated and alone, Pearl is determained to leave California and all its painful memories behind.
When we meet Pearl again, it is in 1960s Kansas, an era fraught with fear of nuclear war, angry demonstrations, and vast social change. What has changed in the years since the V.M.S. attack and where is Skinner Sweet?
Collects AMERICAN VAMPIRE CYCLE TWO #1-5.
From the Hardcover edition.
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Aquaman and the Others Vol. 2
Dan Jurgens, Lan Medina, Allen Martinez
On Sale Date: June 30, 2015
$14.99 USD
144 pages
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9781401253318, 1401253318

Summary: Aquaman and his teammates, The Others, are a mysterious group of outsiders who have put aside past vendettas and personal histories to work together. However, when the secrets of their past are used against them and threaten their lives in the present day, can they keep their tenuous union intact? In facing deadly villains like the KGBeast, the King of Atlantis and his allies may not live to ask that question!
Legendary writer Dan Jurgens (THE DEATH OF SUPERMAN) and artist Lan Medina (FABLES) team up for AQUAMAN AND THE OTHERS VOL. 2. Collects issues #6-11 of AQUAMAN AND THE OTHERS.
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Aquaman Vol. 5: Sea of Storms (The New 52)
Jeff Parker, Paul Pelletier, Sean Parsons
On Sale Date: July 7, 2015
$16.99 USD
208 pages
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9781401254407, 1401254403

Summary: The “Sea of Storms” story arc begins with the debut of new Aquaman writer Jeff Parker (BATMAN 66)!
The Earth’s crust is grinding to life, releasing deadly volcanoes and bizarre creatures…so humanity’s first instinct is to blame Atlantis! And as the plates pull apart, the pressures of ruling a kingdom under siege are weighing on Aquaman and Mera as well!
Collects Aquaman #26-31, Aquaman Annual #2 and Swamp Thing #32.
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Aquaman Vol. 6 (The New 52)
Jeff Parker, Paul Pelletier, Sean Parsons
On Sale Date: July 7, 2015
$24.99 USD
208 pages
Hardcover
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401254414, 1401254411

Summary: The ruthless Chimera—a new villain with links to Aquaman’s past—has arrived to destroy the King of the Seven Seas, and Arthur may not be powerful enough to stop him! Meanwhile, with threat after threat demanding his attention, it’s fallen to Mera to hold Atlantis together, even if most of the city wants her dead! The conspirators hiding in the shadows of the city’s darkest reaches can’t hide forever—but can Mera get to them before Atlantis comes apart?
Enemies attack from all sides in AQUMAN VOL. 6, written by Jeff Parker (BATMAN ’66) and illustrated by Paul Pelletier. Collects issues #26-32.
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Aquaman: Sub-Diego
Will Pfeifer, Patrick Gleason, Christan Alamy
On Sale Date: July 7, 2015
$16.99 USD
192 pages
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9781401255107, 1401255108

Summary: A devastating earthquake hits San Diego, leaving thousands dead. But someone survived the cataclysm…and their survival will require Aquaman to take on a new role that draws upon all his experience as a hero and leader of a nation!
Written by Will Pfeifer (TEEN TITANS) and illustrated by Patrick Gleason (BATMAN AND ROBIN), AQUAMAN: SUB DIEGO is the first ever collection of this classic story. Collects issues #15-22 of AQUAMAN.
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Astro City: Private Lives
Kurt Busiek, Brent Anderson
On Sale Date: March 17, 2015
$24.99 USD
176 pages
Hardcover
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401254599, 1401254594

Summary: When you’re the Silver Adept, one of Astro City’s newest and most powerful mystic heroes, your life is full of magic, battle, demons, apocalypses and more. When you’re the Adept’s personal assistant, though, life gets really weird. A look at the woman behind the hero.
Collects ASTRO CITY #11-16.

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Astro City: Victory
Kurt Busiek, Brent Anderson
On Sale Date: March 17, 2015
$16.99 USD
176 pages
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9781401254605, 1401254608

Summary: A major new epic begins featuring Winged Victory, Samaritan, and the Confessor, three of Astro City’s most popular heroes. When criminal charges are brought against Winged Victory, the Confessor must investigate and it leads to open combat with Samaritan! Can Astro City’s three greatest heroes find a way to work together against this mystery threat? Plus, Winged Victory’s origin is revealed at last!
Collects ASTRO CITY #7-10 and ASTRO CITY VISITOR’S GUIDE #1.

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Batgirl Vol. 5: Deadline (The New 52)
Gail Simone, Fernando Pasarin
On Sale Date: June 2, 2015
$17.99 USD
232 pages
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9781401255114, 1401255116

Summary: Superstar writer Gail Simone continues the New York Times bestselling Batgirl series!
It’s a hazardous reunion between Batgirl and the former Court of Owls assassin Strix as they face off against the lethal new threat known as Silver—the man who knows the secret of Gotham City’s conspiracy of bats!
Collects Batgirl #27-34, Batgirl Annual #2 and Batgirl: Future’s End #1.
From the Hardcover edition.
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Batman ’66 Vol. 2
Jeff Parker, Richard Case
On Sale Date: April 28, 2015
$14.99 USD
168 pages
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9781401254612, 1401254616

Summary: Back to the Swingin’ ’60s as DC Comics reimagines the classic Batman TV series in comics form. These all-new stories portray The Caped Crusader, The Boy Wonder and their fiendish rogues gallery just the way viewers remember them.
In this volume, one of Batman’s deadliest foes—King Tut returns to Gotham City to assert his royal status and challenge the Dynamic Duo with his most far reaching plan yet to rule the modern Thebes known as Gotham City!
Collects issues #6-10.
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Batman ’66 Vol. 3
Jeff Parker, Richard Case
On Sale Date: April 28, 2015
$19.99 USD
168 pages
Hardcover
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401254629, 1401254624

Summary: Back to the Swingin’ 60s as DC Comics reimagines the classic Batman TV series in comics form. These all-new stories portray The Caped Crusader, The Boy Wonder and their fiendish rogues gallery just the way viewers remember them.
In this volume, the Dynamic Duo face the Joker, Penguin, the Queen of Diamonds and a Bat-Robot of their own making…that may put Batman and Robin out of a job!
Collects issues #11-15.
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Batman ’66/Green Hornet
Kevin Smith, Ralph Garman, Ty Templeton
On Sale Date: March 24, 2015
$14.99 USD
144 pages
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9781401252281, 1401252281

Summary: In 1967, television history was made when two masked crime fighters met in a historic crossover. Now, superstar filmmaker Kevin Smith and actor/comedian Ralph Garman join forces with artist Ty Templeton (BATMAN ’66) to bring these two iconic characters and their famous partners together again. Set in the continuity of that earlier team-up, Batman, The Green Hornet, Robin and Kato must go up against a very different General (formerly Colonel) Gumm. What crime could be so deadly as to force these rivals to put aside their differences and join forces again? And what surprise does Gumm have up his sticky sleeve?
Collects Batman ’66/Green Hornet #1-6
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Batman Adventures Vol. 2
Kelley Puckett, Mike Parobeck
On Sale Date: June 2, 2015
$19.99 USD
232 pages
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9781401254636, 1401254632

Summary: A special all-ages Batman collection! This graphic novel collects the serialized adventures from the classic Batman: The Animated Series, with appearances from The Joker, Batgirl, Robin, Commissioner Gordon, Man-Bat and Scarecrow.
From writer Kelley Puckett (BATMAN: NO MAN’S LAND, BATGIRL), these tales will connect with Dark Knight fans from 5 to 75! Collects Batman Adventures #11-20.

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Batman Adventures: Mad Love Deluxe Edition
Paul Dini, Bruce Timm
On Sale Date: March 24, 2015
$17.99 USD
96 pages
Hardcover
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401255121, 1401255124

Summary: Written and drawn by the masterminds behind the critically acclaimed Batman: The Animated Series, Paul Dini and Bruce Timm, this Batman one-shot reveals the origins of Harley Quinn as she proves her love to the Joker by trying to eliminate the Dark Knight on her own!
BATMAN ADVENTURES: MAD LOVE DELUXE EDITION collects the comics debut of Harley Quinn, one of the most popular—and controversial—characters in the DC Universe. Now in a deluxe format with exclusive extras and bonus material, this new collection is a must-have for Harley fans everywhere!

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Batman and Robin Vol. 5: The Big Burn (The New 52)
Peter J. Tomasi, Patrick Gleason
On Sale Date: June 30, 2015
$16.99 USD
176 pages
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9781401253332, 1401253334

Summary: The origin of Two-Face begins as Batman finds himself in the crossfire of a vengeful war between Two-Face and Erin McKillen! Both are hell bent on killing each other and anyone else who dares to step between them. And what are the mysterious connections between Harvey Dent’s life and the origin of Carrie Kelley!
Collects issues Batman and Robin issues #23.1 and #24-28.
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Batman Arkham: Riddler
Gardner Fox, Sheldon Moldoff
On Sale Date: April 14, 2015
$19.99 USD
296 pages
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9781401255138, 1401255132

Summary: The greatest hits of Batman’s most cunning, intelligent arch-nemesis are finally collected in BATMAN ARKHAM: RIDDLER! Armed with nothing besides a penchant for riddles and the mind of criminal genius, Edward Nygma has long served as the Dark Knight’s intellectual equal. BATMAN ARKHAM: RIDDLER collects some of the villain’s greatest stories by some of the industry’s greatest creators, including Scott Snyder, Gardner Fox, Paul Dini and more!
Collects DETECTIVE COMICS #140, #142, #377, #822, #837, BATMAN #171, #179, #292, #317, #362, BATMAN: THE RIDDLER #23.2, BRAVE AND THE BOLD #183, JOKERS ASYLUM II: THE RIDDLER #1 and LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT 100 PAGE SUPER SPECTACULAR #2.
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Batman Beyond: Justice Lords Beyond
Kyle Higgins, Christos Gage, Thony Silas
On Sale Date: March 17, 2015
$16.99 USD
176 pages
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9781401254643, 1401254640

Summary: Contains the epic “JUSTICE LORDS BEYOND” crossover! Wonder Woman is back, but it seems like she’s hiding something. Meanwhile, Batman’s journey through the dystopian world of the Justice Lords takes an unexpected and deadly turn as he must face Lord Superman! Can an exhausted Justice League and Terry McGinnis against this deadly foe?
Collects BATMAN BEYOND print issues #9-12.

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Batman Noir: Dark Knight Returns
Frank Miller, Lynn Varley, Klaus Janson
On Sale Date: May 5, 2015
$34.99 USD
208 pages
Hardcover
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401255145, 1401255140

Summary: It is ten years after an aging Batman has retired and Gotham City has sunk into decadence and lawlessness. Now as his city needs him most, the Dark Knight returns in a blaze of glory.
Joined by Carrie Kelly, a teenage female Robin, Batman takes to the streets to end the threat of the mutant gangs that have overrun the city. And after facing off against his two greatest enemies, the Joker and Two-Face for the final time, Batman finds himself in mortal combat with his former ally, Superman, in a battle that only one of them will survive. This collection is hailed as a comics masterpiece and was responsible for the launch of the Batman movies.
Collects THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS in black and white for the first time.

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Batman Vol. 5: Zero Year – Dark City (The New 52)
Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo
On Sale Date: May 5, 2015
$16.99 USD
240 pages
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9781401253356, 1401253350

Summary: Before the Batcave and Robin, the Joker and the Batmobile…there was ZERO YEAR.
The Riddler has plunged Gotham City into darkness. How will a young Dark Knight bring his beloved hometown from the brink of chaos and madness and back into the light? From the critically acclaimed, New York Times #1 best-selling creative team of Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo, BATMAN VOL. 5: ZERO YEAR—DARK CITY is the concluding volume to Batman’s origin story, as you’ve never seen it before.
Collects BATMAN #25-27 and 29-33.
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Batman/Superman Vol. 2: Game Over (The New 52)
Greg Pak, Brett Booth, Jae Lee
On Sale Date: May 12, 2015
$16.99 USD
224 pages
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9781401254230, 1401254233

Summary: The Dark Knight and the Man of Steel uncover a plot by the Toymaster to use a secret, potentially deadly element in his new video game, the characters created by players manifest in real life. The ultimate fighting game results—and a world-wide network of players must team up to create the most powerful, skilled Super Heroes imaginable with one goal: To kill Batman.
When Batman and Superman are corned by the Toymaster and Mongul, they are pitted against on another in a battle to the death, with their only hope being the The Worlds’ Finest.
Collects Batman/Superman #5-9, Batman/Superman Annual #1, Worlds’ Finest #20-21.
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Batman/Superman Vol. 3 (The New 52)
Greg Pak, Jae Lee
On Sale Date: May 12, 2015
$22.99 USD
160 pages
Hardcover
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401254247, 1401254241

Summary: The worlds of Batman and Superman come to an explosive clash as something terrible happens to the World’s Finest team, and a Dark Knight who is not quite himself must team up with Lois Lane to find a missing Man of Steel. Meanwhile, Selina Kyle encounters a person of amazing strength who has no idea who he is.
Writer Greg Pak (Hulk) re-teams with critically acclaimed illustrator Jae Lee (Inhumans) to launch this next epic chapter of the Dark Knight and the Man of Steel in BATMAN/SUPERMAN VOL. 3! Collects issues #10-14 and BATMAN/SUPERMAN: FUTURES END #1.
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Batman: Arkham Origins
Adam Beechen, Doug Wagner, Christian Duce
On Sale Date: July 7, 2015
$14.99 USD
160 pages
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Comics & Graphic Novels / Media Tie-In
9781401254650, 1401254659

Summary: The best-selling video game comes to comic books in BATMAN: ARKHAM ORIGINS!
In the video game Batman: Arkham Origins, Black Mask orders a hit on the Dark Knight and assassins from all across Gotham City answer the call. Batman must defeat the likes of Deathstroke, Bane, The Joker, Copperhead and others while trying to find out what Black Mask is up to.
Collects digital chapters #1-14
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Batman: The Jiro Kuwata Batmanga Vol. 2
Jiro Kuwata
On Sale Date: July 14, 2015
$12.99 USD
328 pages
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Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga / General
9781401255527, 1401255523

Summary: The second volume of the now-legendary Batman Manga adventures, first published in Japan in 1966-67, now finally available in newly restored English translations from DC Comics.
Rare Batman manga stories from Japan now available in English!

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Batman: Cataclysm (New Edition)
Chuck Dixon, Jim Aparo
On Sale Date: June 16, 2015
$29.99 USD
464 pages
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9781401255152, 1401255159

Summary: In the aftermath of a deadly plague outbreak, Gotham City is hit with a massive earthquake! With the city quickly plunging into darkness, the only thing that stands between Gotham and complete chaos is Batman, Robin and the entire Bat-Family. However, with Wayne Manor collapsing into the Batcave and the criminal residents of Blackgate Prison making a daring escape how can the Dark Knight possibly hope to restore order?
Written by legendary Bat-scribe Chuck Dixon, this classic BATMAN: CATACLYSM epic is now recollected in its entirety for the first time ever and leads directly into BATMAN: NO MAN’S LAND. Collects BATMAN #553-554, DETECTIVE COMICS #719-721, BATMAN: SHADOW OF THE BAT #73-74, NIGHTWING #19-20, AZRAEL #40, CATWOMAN #56-57, ROBIN #52-53, BATMAN CHRONICLES #12, BLACKGATE: ISLE OF MEN #1, HUNTRESS/SPOILER: BLUNT TRAUMA #1, BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM: TALES OF MADNESS #1
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Batman: Detective Comics Vol. 5: Gothopia (The New 52)
John Layman, Jason Fabok
On Sale Date: May 26, 2015
$16.99 USD
208 pages
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Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401254667, 1401254667

Summary: Gotham City is and always has been a crime-free utopia, where the heroes are celebrated through the streets of one of America’s best cities. Batman is a universally beloved vigilante clad in white. His sidekick is Selina Kyle, otherwise known as Catbird. Who—or what—has created the Dark Knight’s alternate hometown?
This twisted take on Gotham City, written by John Layman (Chew) and illustrated by Jason Fabok (BATMAN: ETERNAL), includes the monumental issue DETECTIVE COMICS #27 that celebrates the 75th anniversary of Batman.
Collects issues #25-29.
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Batman: Gothic Deluxe Edition
Grant Morrison, Klaus Janson
On Sale Date: July 28, 2015
$24.99 USD
144 pages
Hardcover
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401255169, 1401255167

Summary: Don’t miss this new edition of GOTHIC, collecting LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT #6-10 by Grant Morrison with art by Klaus Janson.
In the intensely chilling BATMAN: GOTHIC, the Dark Knight Detective must defeat an immortal killer while dealing with a terrifying horror from Bruce Wayne’s youth. While plagued by nightmares about a headmaster from his childhood, Batman investigates the murders of the major crime bosses in Gotham. Discovering the culprit is a serial child killer whom the mafia had drowned years ago, the Dark Knight Detective goes after the mysterious Mr. Whisper. But when Batman confronts the macabre killer he realizes that he is actually the headmaster who used to torment Bruce Wayne as a boy. Encumbered by adolescent fear, the Caped Crusader must find a way to stop this unkillable man from unleashing a lethal plague on Gotham.
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Batman: Harley Quinn
Paul Dini, Neil Googe
On Sale Date: July 21, 2015
$19.99 USD
200 pages
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9781401255176, 1401255175

Summary: The definitive collection of one of DC Comics’s most popular characters is here in BATMAN: HARLEY QUINN! This new graphic novel collects Harley’s greatest DC tales including her DC Universe debut story. Fresh on the heels of her bestselling New 52 series, BATMAN: HARLEY QUINN includes many stories by Paul Dini, who created the character for Batman: The Animated Series!
Don’t miss the greatest hits of the most mischevious and controversial character at DC Comics! Collects BATMAN: HARLEY QUINN #1, JOKERS ASYLUM II: HARLEY QUINN #1, BATMAN: GOTHAM KNIGHTS #14, #30, BATMAN BLACK & WHITE #1, #3, DETECTIVE COMICS #831, #837, DETECTIVE COMICS: HARLEY QUINN #23.2, LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT 100 PAGE SUPER SPECTACULAR #1.

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Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight Vol. 4
Charles Soule, Shane Davis, Dennis Calero
On Sale Date: June 2, 2015
$16.99 USD
200 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401254674, 1401254675

Summary: In “I Hate When He Does That,” Bruce wonders if his youthful tour of Thailand with Alfred might be coming back to haunt him. Then, in “Riddler in the Dark,” can the Dark Knight solve a trail of E. Nigma’s riddles before it’s too late? Finally, Frank Hannah contributes a trio of stories of how a trauma in Bruce Wayne’s past impacts his present and the future of Gotham City’s criminal set, illustrated by some of comics’ hottest artists. In “The Beautiful Ugly,” when Batman arrives on the scene to discover the final verdict in the case Two-Face argued against local gangs, will anyone go home happy? Then, when Clayface gives Batman the slip in “Break the Mold,” the Dark Knight Detective is hot on his trail. And Batman and Robin face an old foe at the Gotham Science Museum and ponder “Elements of Crime.” Plus, in “The Echo of Pearls,” young Bruce Wayne discovers a cave that sets echoes reverberating throughout his life.
Collects LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT 100 PAGE SUPER SPECTACULAR #2-3.
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Batman: The New Adventures
Max Allan Collins, Dave Cockrum
On Sale Date: July 21, 2015
$19.99 USD
272 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401255183, 1401255183

Summary: After an encounter with Gotham City street criminals, Dick Grayson, a.k.a. Robin, is injured. When Batman goes into action on his own, he meets a young hoodlum called Jason Todd. Determined to guide Jason away from a life of crime, Batman takes him under his wing. These 1988 stories take Batman into police procedural territory, and set the stage for the bestselling BATMAN: A DEATH IN THE FAMILY. Written by acclaimed mystery novelist Max Allan Collins, best known for his graphic novel THE ROAD TO PERDITION, which was made into a Academy Award winning movie starring Tom Hanks, Paul Newman and Jude Law.
Collects BATMAN #402-403, 408-416 and BATMAN ANNUAL #11.

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Batwing Vol. 5: Into the Dark (The New 52)
Jimmy Palmiotti, Justin Gray, Eduardo Pansica
On Sale Date: March 3, 2015
$16.99 USD
208 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401250812, 1401250815

Summary: When Gotham City is invaded by an army of criminals sent from the Gotham Underground, Batwing must defend his home from them and his most dangerous foe yet: Menace! The Gotham Underground is about to boil over with anarchy, and no matter which tribe rises up from below Gotham City, Batwing will be the first target. He must travel straight into the madness that is The Gotham Underground to put an end to those behind The Uprising! Will Batman, Incorporated be in the market for a new Batwing? Or is our hero ready to prove himself once and for all?
Collects Batwing #27-34 and Batwing: Futures End #1.
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Batwoman Vol. 6 (The New 52)
Marc Andreyko, Jeremy Haun
On Sale Date: July 28, 2015
$14.99 USD
144 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401254681, 1401254683

Summary: The new storyline “Batwoman and the Unknowns” starts with new artist Georges Jeanty (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)! Batwoman is neck-deep in danger with her new allies Ragman, The Demon, Clayface and Red Alice! What is going on and how did Batwoman end up here?
Collects BATWOMAN #35-40.
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Black Canary and Zatanna: Bloodspell
Paul Dini, Joe Quinones
On Sale Date: June 23, 2015
$14.99 USD
144 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401255497, 1401255493

Summary: Black Canary. Zatanna Zatara. Two of the DC Universe’s brightest stars join forces to combat a deadly new threat-a chilling supernatural foe that preys on their weaknesses and unleashes their awesome powers against each other.
A year ago, Black Canary infiltrated a gang of female criminals set to pull a dangerous heist at a Las Vegas casino. Its leader was skilled in hand-to-hand combat and with more than a passing interest in the occult, specifically black magic, one nasty customer. Rather than be taken by Canary or the law, she went to her death, vowing she would get revenge on Canary and her own former gang members. Now, a year to the day later, death stalks those gang members, and Canary must turn to her friend Zatanna to help investigate.
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Catwoman Vol. 6 (The New 52)
Genevieve Valentine
On Sale Date: August 4, 2015
$14.99 USD
144 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401254698, 1401254691

Summary: Meet Selina Kyle—Crime Boss of Gotham City! Spinning out of the events in BATMAN ETERNAL Selina has accepted the family mantle and embraced her true criminal side, but is Gotham City ready for her reign? And with the Cat away, who’s the stranger haunting the empty rooftops of the city? Don’t miss the start of a bold new direction for Selina Kyle by the new creative team of novelist Genevieve Valentine and Garry Brown (Five Ghosts, Iron Patriot).
Collects CATWOMAN #35-40.
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CMYK
Fabio Moon, Jock, Shaun Simon, Tony Akins
On Sale Date: July 28, 2015
$19.99 USD
296 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy
9781401253363, 1401253369

Summary: The four colors that are the basis of comics coloring serve as the jumping-off point for creators to push the boundaries of short graphic fiction in the new VERTIGO QUARTERLY: CMYK series. Starting with stunningly simple, bold covers, CMYK will defy all conventions of traditional comics anthologies. The unifying color could suggest a mood, a plot point, a coloring technique – limited only by the imagination of the fantastic creators we’ve lined up. These tales are written and illustrated by some of the best talents in comics, including Fabio Moon, Jock, James Tynion IV, Tony Akins, Peter Milligan, Nathan Fox, Gerard Way and many others.
Collects VERTIGO QUARTERLY: CYAN #1, VERTIGO QUARTERLY: MAGENTA #1, VERTIGO QUARTERLY: YELLOW #1 and VERTIGO QUARTERLY: BLACK #1.

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Constantine Vol. 4 (The New 52)
Ray Fawkes, Edgar Salazar
On Sale Date: August 25, 2015
$14.99 USD
144 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401254704, 1401254705

Summary: Trapped on a dying world, John will have to pull off the most daring escape of his life if he’s going to survive! Don’t miss the debut of new series artist Jeremy Haun (BATWOMAN).
Collects CONSTANTINE #18-23.
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DC Comics: Zero Year (The New 52)
Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo
On Sale Date: April 7, 2015
$24.99 USD
448 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401253370, 1401253377

Summary: Six years ago, the legend of Batman emerged amid the greatest catastrophe Gotham had ever endured. A maniac calling himself The Riddler shut down all electric power mere days before a terrifying superstorm. But the Dark Knight isn’t the only hero to surface during this moment in time known only as the ZERO YEAR!
Journey back to the Zero Year to see the early tales of heroes and heroines such as Nightwing, Green Arrow, Batgirl, Superman, Birds of Prey, Catwoman and more!
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Deadshot: Bulletproof
Christos N. Gage, Steve Cummings
On Sale Date: April 21, 2015
$14.99 USD
144 pages
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Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401255190, 1401255191

Summary: What happens when a man with a death wish finds something to live for?
Deadshot, an expert marksman and cold, efficient killer, believes he has no reason to live-until he learns he has a daughter! When he discovers she’s living in a neighborhood plagued by violence, he decides to clean up the area, by any means necessary! Part film noir and part classic Western, DEADSHOT tells the story of a violent man who must take on local mobs, corrupt cops, and even a former Suicide Squad member to give his daughter a life of peace and security!
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Deathstroke; The Terminator Vol. 1: Assassins
Marv Wolfman, Steve Erwin, Will Blyberg
On Sale Date: April 14, 2015
$19.99 USD
264 pages
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9781401254285, 1401254284

Summary: Deathstroke, the break-out villain from the 1980s sensation THE NEW TEEN TITANS and current star of the hit TV series “Arrow,” stars in his own graphic novel series! First, Deathstroke begins his hunt for the man who tried to kill his ex-wife – the man called the Ravager. It’s all-out action as these two super-powered soldiers go toe to toe! Then, someone is knocking off the crime bosses of Gotham City. It’s up to Deathstroke to eliminate the competition – but Batman doesn’t take kindly to him on his turf. And things get even crazier when the masked killer known as the Vigilante enters the fray.
Collects DEATHSTROKE THE TERMINATOR #1-9 and THE NEW TITANS #70.
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Deathstroke Vol. 1
Tony Daniel
On Sale Date: April 14, 2015
$14.99 USD
144 pages
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9781401254711, 1401254713

Summary: The DCU’s deadliest assassin stars in his own ongoing series by writer/artist Tony S. Daniel! See him as never before in this explosive new series, with one surprise after another as we see Slade Wilson in the fight of his life!
Collects issues #1-6 of DEATHSTROKE.
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Dial H Deluxe Edition (The New 52)
China Mieville, Alberto Ponticelli, Mateus Santolo…
On Sale Date: May 12, 2015
$34.99 USD
368 pages
Hardcover
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401255206, 1401255205

Summary: Award-winning China Mieville’s entry in the highly publicized DC Comics—The New 52, DIAL H, is now collected in this deluxe edition.
There exists dials in the world, that hold unbelievable power— the ability to turn you into a super hero! Once Nelson accidentally discovers one such dials, his life will never be the same as he travels the world in search of a relic that could explain their Dial H powers. But new and diseptively dangerous villians have surfaced who are awaiting their return home! Collects Dial H #0-15.

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DMZ Deluxe Edition Book Four
Brian Wood, Ricardo Burchielli
On Sale Date: July 7, 2015
$29.99 USD
384 pages
Hardcover
Comics & Graphic Novels / Science Fiction
9781401254117, 140125411X

Summary: In the near future, America’s worst nightmare has come true. With military adventurism overseas bogging down the Army and National Guard, the U.S. government mistakenly neglects the very real threat of anti-establishment militias scattered across the 50 states. Like a sleeping giant, Middle America rises up and violently pushes its way to the shining seas, coming to a standstill at the line in the sand—Manhattan or, as the world now knows it, the DMZ.
In this volume, journalist Matty Roth redefines his role in the DMZ, rolling with a private security force and self-defined mandate to heal the city. But is this the start of a brand-new day – or will this “Rise of Matty” end with the fall of just another petty warlord? Then, Matty retreats into self-exile forces to take a good, hard look at himself and his conduct since he entered the DMZ, and he doesn’t like what he sees.
Collects DMZ #45-59.
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Earth 2 Vol. 4: The Dark Age (The New 52)
Tom Taylor, Nicola Scott, Trevor Scott
On Sale Date: April 21, 2015
$14.99 USD
144 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401254179, 1401254179

Summary: Once thought dead, Superman now returns to Earth to do the destructive bidding of Darkseid!
The Wonders of Earth 2 have struggled to keep the forces of Brutal and Darkseid at bay. But now with the return of Superman, they can no longer stand up to the wake of destruction he brings. But now, with the emergence of a new and mysterious Batman, comes the hope that he may know how to defeat the rogue Man of Steel before Earth 2 is destroyed completely.
Collects Earth 2 #17-20, Earth 2 Annual #2
From the Hardcover edition.
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Earth 2 Vol. 5: The Kryptonian (The New 52)
Tom Taylor, Nicola Scott, Trevor Scott
On Sale Date: April 21, 2015
$24.99 USD
176 pages
Hardcover
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401254186, 1401254187

Summary: Superman is the most powerful being in the universe. And for once, that’s not a good thing.
The Last Son of Krypton is now an enforcer of Darkseid, the evil despot who will stop at nothing to take over Earth 2. However, there is one man who can stop them and that’s…Superman?
A new Superman—named Val-Zod—has appeared and the heroes of Earth 2 must convince him to help them in their darkest hour in one last desperate attempt to stop Kal-El. Can they band together in time to prepare for Apokolips and the forces of Darkseid? And can Val-Zod become the hero they need him to be?
Writer Tom Taylor (INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US) and artist Nicola Scott (SUPERMAN) continue their New York Times best-selling run with EARTH 2 VOL. 5: THE KRYPTONIAN. Collects EARTH 2#21-26 and EARTH 2: FUTURES END #1.
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Earth 2: World’s End Vol. 1
Daniel H. Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, Eddy Barrows
On Sale Date: May 19, 2015
$29.99 USD
360 pages
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9781401256036, 1401256031

Summary: .
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Ex Machina Book Five
Brian K. Vaughan, Tony Harris
On Sale Date: May 26, 2015
$19.99 USD
320 pages
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Comics & Graphic Novels / Science Fiction
9781401254223, 1401254225

Summary: In this last deluxe EX MACHINA hardcover, Mayor Mitchell Hundred descends into the NYC sewers to learn why he was given the strange powers that helped him become the heroic Great Machine while a powerful new foe reveals a terrifying plan that’s been in the works since the series began
Then, in the very last EX MACHINA adventure, will Mitchell Hundred’s new archenemy, a dogged reporter with powers far beyond those of the Great Machine, finally bring down his administration? Will the tragedies that Mayor Hundred warned about from the beginning finally come to pass?
Collects EX MACHINA #41-50 and EX MACHINA SPECIAL #4.
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Fables: Deluxe Edition Book Ten
Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, Craig Hamilton
On Sale Date: May 19, 2015
$29.99 USD
368 pages
Hardcover
Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy
9781401255213, 1401255213

Summary: The exiled Jack of Fables reappears as the entire Fables world is threatened by the Literals – beings who could wipe out any Fable with a single penstroke. In a story that sweeps across FABLES, the spin-off series JACK OF FABLES, and the miniseries THE LITERALS, the very existence of the Fables is threatened by The Literals, who just don’t like their messy, mythical lives. Plus, in the original graphic novel FABLES: WEREWOLVES OF THE HEARTLAND, Bigby Wolf goes on a quest to find a new location for Fabletown, only to find a village populated by werewolves—but do they see Bigby as a hero or a threat?
Bill Willingham’s Eisner Award-winning, New York times best-selling series comes to the deluxe hardcover format here in FABLES: THE DELUXE EDITION BOOK TEN in one of the most epic storylines in the series’ long history.
This deluxe edition collects FABLES #77-82, backup stories from FABLES #83-85, THE LITERALS #1-3, JACK OF FABLES #33-35, and the original graphic novel FABLES: WEREWOLVES OF THE HEARTLAND.
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Fairest Vol. 5
Mark Buckingham, Russ Braun
On Sale Date: August 25, 2015
$14.99 USD
144 pages
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9781401254261, 1401254268

Summary: In this new epic, refugees from Fabletown have returned to New York’s Castle Dark, and Reynard, now able to shapeshift from fox to man, travels the mundane world to regale the animals with tales of his exploits, rubbing the other Fables’ noses in his good fortune. Frustration at their restriction to the Farm threatens to become a issue once more! Can the animals find a way out of their situation?
Long-time FABLES artist Mark Buckingham takes over writing duties in this concluding volume to the New York Times best-selling series FAIREST. Collects issues #27-32.
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Forever Evil
Geoff Johns, David Finch, Richard Friend
On Sale Date: May 19, 2015
$19.99 USD
240 pages
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9781401253387, 1401253385

Summary: The Justice League is DEAD! And the villains shall INHERIT the Earth! In a flash of light, the world’s most powerful heroes vanish as the Crime Syndicate arrives from Earth-3! As this evil version of the Justice League takes over the DC Universe, no one stands in the way of them and complete domination…no one except for Lex Luthor.
By New York Times #1 best-selling creators Geoff Johns and David Finch, FOREVER EVIL is the first universe-wide crossover of The New 52. This hardcover graphic novel collects the FOREVER EVIL #1-7.
Collects FOREVER EVIL #1-7.
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The Girl Who Played with Fire
Denise Mina, Leonardo Manco
On Sale Date: May 12, 2015
$19.99 USD
288 pages
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9781401255503, 1401255507

Summary: In this graphic novel adaptation of Stieg Larrson’s THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE, Mikael Blomkvist, crusading publisher of the magazine Millennium, has decided to run a story that will expose an extensive sex trafficking operation. On the eve of its publication, the two reporters responsible for the article are murdered, and the fingerprints found on the murder weapon belong to his friend, the troubled genius hacker Lisbeth Salander. Blomkvist, convinced of Salander’s innocence, plunges into an investigation. Meanwhile, Salander herself is drawn into a murderous game of cat and mouse, which forces her to face her dark past.
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Gotham City Sirens Book Two
Peter Calloway, Andres Guinaldo
On Sale Date: May 5, 2015
$24.99 USD
300 pages
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9781401254124, 1401254128

Summary: Catwoman deals with the aftermath of battling her sister in this new title, setting her against Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy in a brutal display of their villainous roots. And don’t miss guest appearances by Zatanna and Talia al Ghul. Then, The Joker is back in Arkham Asylum and Harley Quinn breaks back in with him – but is she there to stand by him or destroy him? Either way, Poison Ivy and Catwoman must put aside their tumultuous past to help their wayward friend. Guest-starring Clayface and Batman!
Collects GOTHAM CITY SIRENS #14-26.

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Graphic Ink: The DC Comics Art of Ivan Reis
Ivan Reis, Geoff Johns
On Sale Date: August 18, 2015
$39.99 USD
296 pages
Hardcover
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401255220, 1401255221

Summary: Collecting such works as Blackest Night, Justice League, Green Lantern and more, GRAPHIC INK: THE DC COMICS ART OF IVAN REIS is a collection of some of the very best DC Comics art there is! Ican has collaborated on some of DC Comics’ New York Times Best-selling titles such as The New 52’s Aquaman and Justice League, as well as perinial Green Lantern greats such as Sinestro Corps War and Blackest Night.

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Green Arrow Vol. 3: The Trial of Oliver Queen
Mike Grell, Dan Jurgens, Ed Hannigan
On Sale Date: June 9, 2015
$16.99 USD
208 pages
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9781401255237, 140125523X

Summary: In these cult favorite stories from the 1980s, Green Arrow relocates to Portland to be with his girlfriend, fellow Justice League member Black Canary. But after helping out a local resident, he finds himself the target of an assassin who wants to bring his own brand of deadly vigilante justice to the city. And when Green Arrow tries to stop him, he realizes that there’s more to this would-be hero than meets the eye.
Collects the 1988 GREEN ARROW #13-18.
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Green Arrow Vol. 6 (The New 52)
Jeff Lemire, Andrea Sorrentino
On Sale Date: May 5, 2015
$14.99 USD
128 pages
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9781401254742, 1401254748

Summary: Welcome new series writers straight from the hit TV show Arrow! Ollie is trying to put his life together after the grueling events of “Broken,” and finds himself back in Seattle on a mission from a mystery woman. Who is she—and what’s next for Green Arrow?
Collects GREEN ARROW #32-34, GREEN ARROW FUTURES END #1, SECRET ORIGINS #6.
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Green Arrow: Archer’s Quest Deluxe Edition
Brad Meltzer, Phil Hester, Ande Parks
On Sale Date: August 18, 2015
$24.99 USD
176 pages
Hardcover
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401255251, 1401255256

Summary: New York Times #1 Best-selling author of Identity Crisis Brad Meltzer, launches an epic adventure in the life of Oliver Queen aka Green Arrow in this new Deluxe Edition!
Green Arrow died. Then he came back to life. But in the meantime, the Shade dropped the ball on a job Green Arrow had asked him to take care of in the event of his death: gathering various artifacts to protect Green Arrow’s identity. The reborn superhero and his old sidekick, Speedy, now known as Arsenal, embark on “The Archer’s Quest,” gathering those artifacts and taking several trips down memory lane. Collects Green Arrow #16-21
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Green Lantern Corps Vol. 6 (The New 52)
Van Jensen, Bernard Chang
On Sale Date: July 21, 2015
$14.99 USD
144 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401254759, 1401254756

Summary: The New Gods are on the march, and the war against the ring-wielders has begun. John Steward summons a strike team of Green Lanterns to go into battle against the fiercest of the New Gods, Uggha and his deadly warriors. But what good is the most powerful weapon in the universe when the Lanterns face the gods of the entire multiverse?!
Collects GREEN LANTERN CORPS #35-40.
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Green Lantern by Geoff Johns Omnibus Vol. 2
Geoff Johns, Ivan Reis, Doug Mahnke
On Sale Date: August 4, 2015
$99.99 USD
1040 pages
Hardcover
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401255268, 1401255264
Summary: Best-selling writer and Chief Creative Officer of DC Comics, Geoff Johns revitalized the Green Lantern franchise in his decade long run beginning with GREEN LANTERN: REBIRTH and culminating with WRATH OF THE FIRST LANTERN.
Blackest Night is here as the dead rise across the cosmos! Hal Jordan and the battle worn Green Lanterns must unite the new and different colored Corps if they have any chance at defeating the seemingly endless and unstoppable army of the dead.
Collects Green Lantern #26-52, Blackest Night #0-7, DC Universe #0, Untold Tales of Blackest Night #1-2, Blackest Night Tales of the Corps #1-2.
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Green Lantern Vol. 5: Test of Wills (The New 52)
Robert Venditti, Billy Tan
On Sale Date: May 19, 2015
$17.99 USD
256 pages
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9781401254162, 1401254160

Summary: Hal Jordan, the greatest Green Lantern in the history of the Corps, has lost everything. Friends have died, Oa has been destroyed, and now he must say goodbye to Earth! As war threatens to dismantle the Green Lantern Corps, Hal does the unthinkable: He asks for help. Can he and a team of handpicked Lanterns remove a deadly weapon from the enemy’s arsenal, or will they be dealt their first defeat?
Collects Green Lantern #27-34 and Green Lantern Corps #31-33.
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Green Lantern Vol. 6 (The New 52)
Robert Venditti, Billy Tan
On Sale Date: May 19, 2015
$24.99 USD
176 pages
Hardcover
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401254766, 1401254764

Summary: That shudder you felt was the New Gods declaring their intentions against all ring-wielders! Having staked their claim to the emotional spectrum, the New Gods se about redefining the universe in their image, starting with Metron, who’s determined to steal the secrets of the Corps’ Citadel. But Hal and the Corps have something to sa about that. Good luck trying to make yourself heard when you’re talking to a god!
Collects GREEN LANTERN #35-40, GREEN LANTERN ANNUAL #3.
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Green Lantern: New Guardians Vol. 6 (The New 52)
Justin Jordan, Brad Walker
On Sale Date: August 25, 2015
$14.99 USD
144 pages
Trade Paperback
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9781401254773, 1401254772

Summary: Kyle Rayner’s experience beyond the Source Wall has left him slowly losing his grip on reality, and the Guardians are gravely concerned. When help arrives in the form of Highfather, the Guardians know the All-Father is not to be trusted, but desperation can lead to bad decisions. Kyle is walking into a trap, and he has more to lose than he can imagine!
Collects GREEN LANTERN NEW GUARDIANS #35-40.
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Harley Quinn Vol. 1: Hot in the City (The New 52)
Jimmy Palmiotti, Amanda Conner, Chad Hardin
On Sale Date: April 14, 2015
$16.99 USD
224 pages
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Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401254155, 1401254152

Summary: Fresh from BATMAN: DEATH OF THE FAMILY and SUICIDE SQUAD, Harley Quinn returns to her first solo series in the New 52! The writing team of Jimmy Palmiotti (ALL STAR WESTERN) and Amanda Conner (BEFORE WATCHMEN: SILK SPECTRE) unleashed Harley on an unsuspecting DC Universe, as she encounters various heroes and villains…and leaves no one unscathed in her wake! With art by Chad Hardin and a slew of comics’ best artists including Darwyn Cooke, Sam Kieth, Tony S. Daniel, Paul Pope, Walter Simonson and Art Baltazar!
Collects HARLEY QUINN #0-8.

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He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Vol. 4: What Lies Within
Dan Abnett, Michael O’Hare, Rafael Kayanan
On Sale Date: March 3, 2015
$14.99 USD
144 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Media Tie-In
9781401250690, 1401250696

Summary: A new adventure begins here! With Eternia still occupied by the Horde, He-Man and King Randor lead a small group of Masters on a quest to find the one object that might free Eternia! Join new writer Dan Abnett as he takes He-Man and the Masters of the Universe into their next great chapter!
Collects HE-MAN AND THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE #7-12.
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He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Vol. 5
Dan Abnett, Pop Mhan
On Sale Date: June 23, 2015
$14.99 USD
144 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Media Tie-In
9781401253394, 1401253393

Summary: Randor’s desperate quest to bring back The Sorceress continues. Deep within Subternia, the Masters of the Universe face unimaginable horrors. The harrowing nightmares of the Ring of Dreams threaten to overwhelm He-Man and Randor. Meanwhile, on the Ring of Earth, Moss Man is dying and the final gamble of the King may prove to be fatal.
This volume collects He-Man and the Masters of the Universe #13-18
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Hinterkind Vol. 3
Ian Edginton, Francesco Trifogli
On Sale Date: June 30, 2015
$14.99 USD
144 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy
9781401254353, 1401254357

Summary: The second volume of the sweeping epic of a post-apocalyptic world in which humans have been pushed to the edge of extinction by the creatures of fantasy and fable.
Times were much different before the blight ended mankind’s rule over the world. Travel back to a time before there were trolls, vampires, fairies and other monsters of myth made their triumphant return to witness the origins of Prosper, Jon, Starla and many more.
Collects Hinterkind #13-18.
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Infinite Crisis: Fight for the Multiverse
Dan Abnett, Tom Raney
On Sale Date: August 11, 2015
$14.99 USD
160 pages
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9781401254797, 1401254799

Summary: Based on the hit videogame INFINITE CRISIS, the cosmos spanning series is now available in print!
In an alternate earth, Atomic Two-Face has stolen the Eternal Key, an artifact that could give him the power to level a universe! The heroes of every Earth in the universe must band together to stop him Arcane Green Lantern, Gaslight Catwoman, Atomic Wonder Woman and Nightmare Robin are only a few of the millions of alternate versions of our heroes and villains that will play a part in this universe spanning adventure.
Collects Infinite Crisis digital chapters #1-14
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Infinity Man and the Forever People Vol. 1
Keith Giffen, Dan DiDio
On Sale Date: March 10, 2015
$16.99 USD
200 pages
Trade Paperback
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9781401254803, 1401254802

Summary: Four of the best students from New Genesis arrive on Earth to study and aid in the advancement of humanity – but they soon discover a darker purpose to their mission: a threat so great that it may bring the multiverse itself to its knees! The only thing that stands between them and total destruction is the mysterious entity known as the Infinity Man!
Don’t miss the start of this new series by Dan DiDio and Keith Giffen, the team that brought you the over-the-top adventures of O.M.A.C.! Collects issues #1-9.
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Injustice: Gods Among Us Year 2 Vol. 1
Tom Taylor, Bruno Redondo
On Sale Date: April 21, 2015
$14.99 USD
144 pages
Trade Paperback
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9781401253400, 1401253407

Summary: The best-selling prequel to the hit videogame picks up right where it left off! Year one is over—now, year two begins. The death of one of their own has divided Earth’s protectors as hero turns against hero. As Superman’s iron grip on the world tightens, at the edge of the galaxy, anothe grave threat approaches…
INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US YEAR 2 continues the story from the New York Times best-selling graphic novel with rising star writer Tom Taylor (EARTH 2) and a team of artists including Mike S. Miller, Bruno Redondo and Tom Derenick.
Collects INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US YEAR 2 #1-5.
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The Invisibles Book Four Deluxe Edition
Grant Morrison, Chris Weston
On Sale Date: July 21, 2015
$39.99 USD
496 pages
Hardcover
Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy
9781401254216, 1401254217

Summary: Written by Grant Morrison; Art by Phil Jimenez and John Stokes In a world where paranoia is a survival skill, the only hope for humankind is a group of unconventional occultist freedom fighters called the Invisibles. In this collection, the team launches an assault on an underground New Mexico lab to free the cure for the AIDS virus from the alleged inventors of the disease: the U.S. government.
Collects The Invisibles Vol. 2 #14-22, The Invisibles Vol. 3 #1-12.
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JLA Vol. 7
Joe Kelly, Doug Mahnke
On Sale Date: May 26, 2015
$24.99 USD
416 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401255282, 1401255280

Summary: Writer Joe Kelly and artist Doug Mahnke continue to stretch the boundaries of super-hero comics with their run with JLA volume 7.
Now the JLA must make the gut-wrenching decision: to maintain neutrality in a galactic conflict or to interfere in foreign politics by conducting a preemptive strike of its own. Collects JLA #77-83.
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John Constantine, Hellblazer Vol. 11: Last Man Standing
Paul Jenkins, Sean Phillips
On Sale Date: August 18, 2015
$19.99 USD
256 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Horror
9781401255299, 1401255299

Summary: In this new Hellblazer collection, John Constantine, while scouting for blackmail victims at an orgy, John finds himself accidentally summoning up sinister beings known as the Mendw, with terrible consequences for an anorexic girl and her abusive father. Plus, cattle mutiliations in Yorkshire hold no interest for Constantine until a nosy tabloid reporter chases him out of London. Once in the country, John discovers that one of the villagers is transforming into a werewolf, but this strange case of lycanthropy is only a portent of worse things to come…
Collects HELLBLAZER #108-117
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JSA Omnibus Vol. 3
Geoff Johns, Alex Ross, George Perez
On Sale Date: June 30, 2015
$125.00 USD
1280 pages
Hardcover
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401255305, 1401255302

Summary: Known for his groundbreaking work on Green Lantern over a decade ago, Geoff Johns brought the Justice Society of America characters once rooted in the Golden Age of comics back to the forefront of graphic storytelling. Mixing younger, edgier characters with the elder statesmen of superheroes, Johns brought the JSA back to the forefront of the comics in what became the industry’s best-selling comic series. Collected here is the second and concluding volume on Johns’ now-legendary run on the original JSA.
Collected here are JSA #76-87, Justice Society of America #1-28, Justice League of America #8-10, Justice Society of America Annual #1, JSA Kingdom Come Special:Superman #1, JSA Kingdom Come Special: Magog #1, JSA Kingdom Come Special: The Kingdom #1.
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Justice Society of America: A Celebration of 75 Years
Roy Thomas, Geoff Johns, Jerry Ordway
On Sale Date: May 26, 2015
$39.99 USD
400 pages
Hardcover
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401255312, 1401255310

Summary: In the winter of 1940, All Star Comics #3, written by comics legend Gardner Fox, introduced the world to the Justice Society of America. Featuring Hour-Man, Doctor Fate, The Spectre, The Sandman, The Atom, The Flash, The Green Lantern and Hawkman, the Justice Society of America would become a mainstay in superhero comics for the next seventy-five years!
This anthology collects stories from the industry’s legendary talents, including Gardner Fox, John Broome, Robert Kanigher and Geoff Johns.
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Justice League 3000 Vol. 2 (The New 52)
Keith Giffen, J.M. Dematteis, Howard Porter
On Sale Date: April 28, 2015
$16.99 USD
176 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401254148, 1401254144

Summary: In the far flung future in the year 3000, Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, and Green Lantern are still defending the Earth as the Justice League. From the classic Justice League writing team of Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMatteis with legendary artist Howard Porter (JLA), comes volume 2 of this series starring the heroes of today—tomorrow!
Collects JUSTICE LEAGUE 3000 #8-15.
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Justice League Dark Vol. 5 (The New 52)
JM DeMatteis, Mikel Janin
On Sale Date: March 3, 2015
$14.99 USD
144 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401250072, 1401250076

Summary: The fallout from the Justice League Dark’s battles with Blight and the Trinity of Sin, during the DC crossover event Forever Evil, has left the team in tatters. Zatanna assumes leadership of the team and prepares to rebuild. With team members angry and confused by Johns Constantine’s methods during the fight with Blight and the Trinity of Sin, how will John Constantine fit into this new team, if at all?
JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK VOL. 5 pits the team against the greatest evil in the DC Universe—and against one another! Collects issues #30-35.
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Justice League of America Vol. 2: Survivors of Evil (The New 52)
Matt Kindt, Eddy Barrows, Doug Mahnke
On Sale Date: March 10, 2015
$16.99 USD
160 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401250478, 1401250475

Summary: As the smoke clears from the Trinity War, one thing looks disturbingly clear­, the members of the Justice League of America are dead, betrayed by one of their own.
But as with the Trinity War, all is not what it seems. Martian Manhunter and Star Girl have lived to fight another day and find themselves trapped on an alien world that is under the control of a group of super-villains. The key to their survival may lie in the hands of the super-villain Despero, but will these heros be able to find it within themselves to trust soemone who is supposed to be their mortal enemy?
This volume collects issues #8-14.
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Justice League United Vol. 1: Justice League Canada
Jeff Lemire, Mike McKone
On Sale Date: March 10, 2015
$24.99 USD
192 pages
Hardcover
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401252359, 1401252354

Summary: Top comics writer Jeff Lemire teams with superstar artist Mike McKone for the all-new monthly series JUSTICE LEAGUE UNITED, starring the new team of powerful heroes Earth calls Justice League Canada!
In the aftermath of FOREVER EVIL, Adam Strange is caught up in an adventure across the far reaches of the cosmos that will unite an unexpected team of heroes including Supergirl, Hawkman, Green Arrow, Stargirl, Martian Manhunter and Animal Man – but if they’re on the team, who exactly is Canadian? Plus: Don’t miss the debut of a new Canadian hero who will have a huge effect on the group!
Collects Justice League United 0-4, Justice League United: Futures End #1 and Justice League: Futures End #1.
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Justice League Vol. 5: Forever Heroes (The New 52)
Geoff Johns, Ivan Reis, Doug Mahnke
On Sale Date: March 17, 2015
$14.99 USD
168 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401254193, 1401254195

Summary: As the Crime Syndicate hunts down the few heroes left foolish enough to challenge them—including Batman’s protege, Dick Grayson. But Owlman has other plans for Nightwing…and Owlman’s teammate: the most deadly being on the planet: Ultraman! Also, Cyborg is one of the lone Justice League members left to fight against the villains that have taken over. How can he possibly find a way to defeat them? Who can he turn to? Two words: Metal Men!
New York Times best-selling writer Geoff Johns (GREEN LANTERN, BATMAN: EARTH ONE) continues the Forever Evil event, as the Justice League must find a way to defeat their deadly mirror images—the Crime Syndicate!
Collects JUSTICE LEAGUE #24-29
From the Hardcover edition.
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Klarion Vol. 1
Ann Nocenti, Trevor Mccarthy
On Sale Date: August 4, 2015
$14.99 USD
144 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401254827, 1401254829

Summary: Writer Ann Nocenti introduces Jack Kirby’s classic character Klarion The Witch Boy to a whole new generation.
Klarion moves to Gotham City to master his magical skills. On his way to mastering his skills, Klarion encounters other young witches and wizards with deep secrets like himself. Together, these teenagers work to not only master magic, but to deal with the everyday issues of being a teenager in the chaotic climate of Gotham.
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Lobo Vol. 1
Cullen Bunn, Jack Herbert
On Sale Date: August 18, 2015
$14.99 USD
144 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401254834, 1401254837

Summary: The intergalactic bounty hunter Lobo returns to the DC Universe and is bringing his well known brand of ultraviolence with him.
Charged with protecting a valuable client from six highly trained assasins, Lobo cuts a path of destruction through the DC Universe as he attempts to protect his client, but also must find those responsible for the contract on his client’s life. In the midst of all the chaos, Lobo must also track down the individual who has stolen his identity and serve him with Lobo’s own brand of justice!
Collects issues #1-6 of this exciting new series!
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Neal Adams Omnibus
Denny O’Neil, Neal Adams
On Sale Date: June 2, 2015
$75.00 USD
640 pages
Hardcover
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401255510, 1401255515

Summary: Neal Adams is considered one of the greatest Batman artists of all-time, and one of comics’ most influential illustrators.
Now, DC Comics has collected all three volumes of the Batman: Illustrated by Neal Adams series together with Adams’ critically acclaimed series Batman: Odyssey in one hardcover omnibus.
This massive volume collects material from Batman #200, 203 and 210; The Brave and The Bold #75-76 and 79-85; Dectective Comics #370, 372, 385, 389, 391, and 392; and World’s Finest Comics #174-176, 178-180, 182-183, 185, 186; Batman #217, 220-222, 224-227, 229-231, The Brave and The Bold #86, 88-90, 93, 95, Detective Comics #394-403, 405-311, World’s Finest Comics #199, 200, 202; Batman #232, 234-241, 243-246, 251, 255; Batman Annual #14; Batman Black & White #4; Brave and the Bold #99, Detective Comics #412-422, 439, 600; Heroes Against Hunger; Limited Collectors Edition C-25, C-51, C-59; Robin #1; Saga of Ra’s Al Ghul #4; World’s Finest #211, 244-246, 258; Batman: Odyssey Vol. 1 issues #1-6 and Vol. 2 issues #1-7.

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New Suicide Squad Vol. 1 (The New 52)
Sean Ryan
On Sale Date: April 28, 2015
$16.99 USD
176 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401252380, 1401252389

Summary: Once a secret to even the highest government officials, the Suicide Squad has emerged from FOREVER EVIL as one of its most popular programs. Its mission: to send incarcerated super villains to carry out impossible missions on foreign soil in exchange for a commuted prison sentence. If they are caught or killed, no government could link these operatives back to the U.S. government. At least, that’s the theory.
This new series begins with a mission in Russia that features two red-hot Batman villains: Harley Quinn and Joker’s Daughter, plus Deadshot, Deathstroke the Terminator, Black Manta and more.
Collects NEW SUICIDE SQUAD #1-7.
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Teen Titans Vol. 1 (The New 52)
Will Pfeifer, Kenneth Rocafort
On Sale Date: August 11, 2015
$24.99 USD
176 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401252373, 1401252370

Summary: Red Robin, Wonder Girl, Raven, Bunker and Beast Boy step out of the shadows of the adult heroes of the DC Universe to offer bold, exciting and sometime dangerous ideas on how to protect a world full of superpowered teenagers—any one of whom could be the next heroic figure or major villain!
This exciting new chapter in the teen heroes’ mythos starts here in TEEN TITANS VOL. 1, written by Will Pfeifer (CATWOMAN) and illustrated by Kenneth Rocafort (SUPERMAN, RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS).
Collects TEEN TITANS #1-7.
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New Teen Titans Vol. 2
Marv Wolfman, George Perez, Romeo Tanghal
On Sale Date: April 7, 2015
$19.99 USD
224 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401255329, 1401255329

Summary: When the series launched, writer Marv Wolfman (CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS) and artist George Perez (FINAL CRISIS: LEGION OF THREE WORLDS, Avengers) crafted a timeless story starring Robin, Kid Flash, Wonder Girl, Cyborg, Changling, Raven and Starfire—a group of young individuals with great powers and strong personalities who learned their way in the world through the strength of their friendship and the adventures they shared.
Collects NEW TEEN TITANS #9-16.
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Nightwing Vol. 2: Rough Justice
Chuck Dixon, Scott McDaniel, Karl Story
On Sale Date: June 16, 2015
$19.99 USD
296 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401255336, 1401255337

Summary: Attempting to create his own life and forge his own destiny, Nightwing has begun anew in the city of Bludhaven. Leaving behind his adolescent days as Robin, the vigilante confronts his own rogues gallery as he faces off against the deadly threats of underworld kingpin Blockbuster, the half-creature, half-human Man-Bat, and the lethal assassin Deathstroke. But even distance and time will not allow him to escape his past, as Nightwing finds himself once again battling the fear-inducing Scarecrow and working side-by-side Batman, when his mentor pays him an unwelcome visit to check up on him.
Collects issues #9-18 of the original series.
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Ocean/Orbiter Deluxe Edition
Warren Ellis, Chris Sprouse, Colleen Doran
On Sale Date: March 24, 2015
$29.99 USD
264 pages
Hardcover
Comics & Graphic Novels / Science Fiction
9781401255343, 1401255345

Summary: Two of Warren Ellis’ acclaimed science fiction stories are collected here in Deluxe format with additional sketch and script pages!
Lying beneath Europa’s (Jupiter’s moon) half-mile-thick mantle of shear ice is the only ocean in the solar system besides those on Earth. And within those cold waters could rest the key to life on Earth—and quite possibly its extinction!
It’s the job of U.N. weapons inspector Nathan Kane to learn what sort of beings lie under the icy dome. But he’s about to encounter resistance of the violent kind from the staff manning Earth’s outpost on Europa—and he’ll like what happens even less when the long-slumbering aliens begin to awaken!
In Orbiter, a space shuttle crash lands on Earth after being missing for a decade, it unlocks a mystery that will unfold deep in outer space. Can a team of three specialists cheated out of their dream of spaceflight discover the nature of this bizarre space-borne anomaly?

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Orion by Walter Simonson Omnibus
Walter Simonson
On Sale Date: March 31, 2015
$75.00 USD
688 pages
Hardcover
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401255350, 1401255353

Summary: In 2000, legendary writer/artist Walter Simonson, best known for his work on DC’s Manhunter and Marvels’ Thor, treated comics fans to his vision of Jack Kirby’s Fourth World mythology. At the center of the series was the conflict between Orion, born on the violent world of Apokolips but raised on peaceful New Genesis, and his father, Darkseid, ruler of Apokolips. Focusing on the clash between father and son, the series features most of the Fourth World heroes and villains created by Jack Kirby, as Darkseid seeks the deadly anti-life equation – and Orion battles to stop him from eradicating life as we know it!
This title also includes short stories written by Simonson and illustrated by Frank Miller, Dave Gibbons, Howard Chaykin, Jim Lee and others.
Collects ORION #1-25 and stories from JACK KIRBY’S FOURTH WORLD #9-11 and 13.

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The Question: Falling in Place
Rick Veitch, Tommy Lee Edwards
On Sale Date: June 16, 2015
$14.99 USD
144 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401255466, 1401255469

Summary: Collects the entire miniseries of THE QUESTION: FALLING IN PLACE #1-6. Vic Sage—a.k.a. The Question—battles back in a mind-bending 6-issue miniseries written by Rick Veitch (SWAMP THING) with art by Tommy Lee Edwards (BATMAN: GOLDEN STREETS OF GOTHAM)! Vic Sage is a TV journalist with an uncanny ability to break difficult stories, thanks in large part to his relentless crime-fighting campaign as the Question! But has the faceless vigilante’s particular brand of harsh justice finally sent him off the deep end? Prowling the meanest streets of his native Chicago, the trench-coated Question thinks he also walks in another world—a strange shamanic space full of shadowy dangers. When Sage hears the voice of Superman’s home city of Metropolis, he answers the call. Is he crazy? That’s the question.
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Red Hood and the Outlaws Vol. 6
Scott Lobdell, Rafa Sandoval
On Sale Date: June 23, 2015
$14.99 USD
144 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401253424, 1401253423

Summary: Part of the DC Comics – The New 52, this volume collects the sixth action-packed arc of New York Times best selling author Scott Lobdell. Batman’s former sidekick Jason Todd, now known as the Red Hood, and The Outlaws deal with the fallout from Kori’s past and learn that a top-secret villain has returned to make things much, much worse for them!
Collects RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS #34-39.
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Red Lanterns Vol. 6 (The New 52)
Charles Soule, J. Califore
On Sale Date: August 4, 2015
$14.99 USD
160 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401254841, 1401254845

Summary: Following the war with Atrocitus and his renegade Red Lanters, Guy Gardner finds himself in a Corps of one as he is one of the only remaining Red Lanterns. With no direction, Guy returns home to Earth to deliver his own brand of justice. But a new and almost unstoppable threat arrives as it’s Sinestro, Green Lanterns and Guy Gardner vs the New Gods! Collects Action Comics #30-34, Action Comics Annual #3.
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Robin The Boy Wonder: A Celebration of 75 Years
Bill Finger, Bob Kane
On Sale Date: April 7, 2015
$39.99 USD
400 pages
Hardcover
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401255367, 1401255361

Contributor Bio:
William Finger was born on February 8, 1914. He met cartoonist Bob Kane at a party in 1938, and soon after they were collaborating on several adventure strips. Within a year, Batman appeared. Finger’s fondness for pulp fiction and movies influenced his plots and writing style for comic books. He worked on many other DC characters and titles, scripted some of the 1940s daily and Sunday Batman and Robin newspaper strip continuities, and wrote for Quality, Fawcett and Timely.
Finger’s television credits include 77 Sunset Strip, The Roaring Twenties and Hawaiian Eye during the late 1950s and early 1960s. His efforts in the super-hero genre also appeared on TV in the 1960s, including material for the animated New Adventures of Superman plus a two-part Clock King episode of the 1966 Batman series. Finger died in New York City on January 24, 1974. He was posthumously inducted into the Eisner Awards Hall of Fame in 1999.

Summary: 2015 marks the 75th anniversary of Robin, the Boy Wonder! DC Comics is proud to present this new hardcover anthology collecting some of Robin’s greatest stories.

[Hey, DC, I know you can't give him credit on Batman, but how about "Robin"?]

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The Sandman: Overture Deluxe Edition
Neil Gaiman, JH Williams III
On Sale Date: July 14, 2015
$24.99 USD
224 pages
Hardcover
Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy
9781401248963, 1401248969

Summary: Twenty-five years since THE SANDMAN first changed the landscape of modern comics, Neil Gaiman’s legendary series is back in a deluxe hardcover edition!
THE SANDMAN: OVERTURE heralds New York Times best-selling writer Neil Gaiman’s return to the art form that made him famous, ably abetted by artistic luminary JH Williams III (BATWOMAN, PROMETHEA), whose lush, widescreen images provide an epic scope to The Sandman’s origin story. From the birth of a galaxy to the moment that Morpheus is captured, THE SANDMAN: OVERTURE will feature cameo appearances by fan-favorite characters such as The Corinthian, Merv Pumpkinhead and, of course, the Dream King’s siblings: Death, Desire, Despair, Delirium, Destruction and Destiny.

[Um... no Absolute edition?  Seriously?  Sell that first, for $75.  Then the Deluxe edition.  Then the paperback.  No.  Wait.  First do an "artist edition" of JH Williams' actual artwork!  I've seen his pages for Batwoman, he does it all, right there on the board! ]

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Secret Origins Vol. 2
Brian Azzarello, Cliff Chiang
On Sale Date: August 18, 2015
$14.99 USD
168 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401253431, 1401253431

Summary: At last, the SECRET ORIGINS of the World’s Greatest Heroes in The New 52 can be revealed! The beginnings of the most popular characters in the DC Universe are finally told here, in stories that fans have been clamoring for since September 2011. The latest explosive origins from DC Comics – The New 52 include Wonder Woman by Brian Azzarello, Cyborg by Marv Wolfman, Red Hood by Scott Lobdell, and others.
Collects SECRET ORIGINS #5-8.
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Secret Six Vol. 2
Gail Simone, Nicola Scott
On Sale Date: June 9, 2015
$19.99 USD
336 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401255374, 140125537X

[YES!  Back in print!  HBO, can you fasttrack this into production?  Why?  Well, it's awesome in its dark humour and near-Vertigo craziness, but really, I just want to see more Rag Doll cosplay.]

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Sensation Comics Featuring Wonder Woman Vol. 1
Gail Simone, Ethan Van Sciver
On Sale Date: March 24, 2015
$14.99 USD
168 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401253448, 140125344X

Summary: Wonder Woman stars in her first digital-first anthology series!
Gail Simone and Ethan Van Sciver kick things off when Oracle calls for help after the entire Bat-Family gets sidelined. But when Wonder Woman steps into the breach, Gotham City’s criminals get the surprise of their lives! Then, Amanda Deibert and Cat Staggs take Diana to school, where she meets her biggest fan! Collects Sensation Comics featuring Wonder Woman #1-5.

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Shazam!: A Celebration of 75 Years
Bill Parker, C.C. Beck
On Sale Date: March 10, 2015
$39.99 USD
400 pages
Hardcover
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401255381, 1401255388

Summary: 2015 marks the 75th anniversary of Shazam! DC Comics is proud to present this new hardcover anthology collecting some of Shazam’s greatest stories.

[I sure hope they include "Sivana's Nobel" in this collection!]

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Showcase Presents: Blue Devil Vol. 1
Gary Cohn, Dan Mishkin, Paris Cullins
On Sale Date: September 1, 2015
$19.99 USD
456 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401255398, 1401255396

Summary: One of the most fondly remembered super-hero comics of the 1980s, BLUE DEVIL stars movie stuntman Dan Cassidy, who became trapped in a devil-like action suit when a real demon appeared on his movie set. As Blue Devil, Cassidy alternated between battling evil and trying to find a way out of the super-powered suit.
Collects BLUE DEVIL #1-18 and THE FURY OF FIRESTORM #24.

[Yes, DC is still publishing their pulp paperback collections!  (Take THAT, Marvel!)  Now, can we please have a "Legends" collection?]

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Showcase Presents: The Flash Vol. 5
Robert Kanigher, Irv Novick
On Sale Date: June 23, 2015
$19.99 USD
528 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401255404, 140125540X

Summary: Over 500 pages of classic super hero adventure are collected in this value-priced volume!
The Fastest Man Alive is back in this new collection of tales from the 1960s. In this fifth volume, The Flash faces foes from his Rogues Gallery including Captain Cold, and faces difficulties include amnesia, his girlfriend, Iris Allen, being granted invulnerability, and much more.
Collects THE FLASH #185-208.
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Sinestro Vol. 2 (The New 52)
Cullen Bunn, Dale Eaglesham
On Sale Date: July 14, 2015
$14.99 USD
144 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401254865, 1401254861

Summary: The Green Lantern Corps is on it’s last legs – which means it’s Sinestro and the Sinestro Corps to the rescue. But is bringing their sworn enemies to the heart of their stronghold a good move? Sinestro’s actions and motivations are often two different things, and not all is as it seems.
Collects Sinestro #6-11.
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Smallville Season 11 Vol. 6: Titans
Bryan Q. Miller, Cat Staggs, Ben Lobel
On Sale Date: May 12, 2015
$16.99 USD
176 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Media Tie-In
9781401253455, 1401253458

Summary: A grisly murder in Gotham City sends Martian Manhunter on a quest to confront his past, newly digitized Tess Mercer is faced with the ultimate question, a mysterious foe, determined to take down Jay Garrick’s new Titans team, and John Constantine sticks his nose into Zatanna’s business. Smallville Season 11 hasn’t ever been more exciting!
Collects Smallville Season 11 Special #1, 3-5
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Supergirl Vol. 6 (The New 52)
Tony Bedard, Emanuela Lupacchino
On Sale Date: July 21, 2015
$16.99 USD
176 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401255411, 1401255418

Summary: Kara must deal with the fall-out of the green Kryptonite skies over a dead Earth, and the horrors still to come! This volume features a SUPERMAN: DOOMED tie-in and FUTURES END: SUPERGIRL #1!
Collects SUPERGIRL #34-40, and FUTURES END: SUPERGIRL #1.
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Superman – Action Comics Vol. 5: What Lies Beneath (The New 52)
Greg Pak, Aaron Kuder
On Sale Date: June 16, 2015
$14.99 USD
160 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401254889, 1401254888

Summary: This BATMAN: ZERO YEAR tie-in features the reintroduction of a major character as a cocky young Superman battles the forces of nature to save Gotham City. Superman must also figure out who or what is the Ghost Soldier, and what mysterious ties does he have to The Man of Steel? Will he side with Superman as he is caught in the middle of the military’s battle with subterranean monsters?
Collects Action Comics #25-29 and Secret Origins #1.
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Superman – Action Comics Vol. 6 (The New 52)
Greg Pak, Aaron Kuder
On Sale Date: June 16, 2015
$24.99 USD
176 pages
Hardcover
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401254896, 1401254896

Summary: The Superman Doomed Crossover is here!
The fabled villain returns from the Phantom Zone with his crosshairs set on the Man of Steel. Where ever Doomsday goes, death follows and Superman is forced to do the unthinkable; kill Doomsday. But when the creature explodes into a plume of vapor which Superman inhales, the true battle begins!
Collects Action Comics #30-34, Action Comics Annual #3.
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Superman Vol. 5: Under Fire (The New 52)
Scott Lobdell, Ken Lashley, Brett Booth
On Sale Date: August 11, 2015
$16.99 USD
176 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401255428, 1401255426

Summary: In the wake of the Psi War, Lois Lane lies in a deep coma, unable to speak, but her new found powers allow her to astral project in times of need. It is just this power that brings the power hungry creature Parasite to Metropolis in search of Lois.
Is there anything The Man of Steel can do, or will he lose his best friend?
The Man of Steel faces villains attacking Metropolis from all sides in SUPERMAN VOL. 5.
Collects SUPERMAN #25-31.
From the Hardcover edition.
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Superman Vs. Darkseid
John Byrne, Mike McKone
On Sale Date: April 28, 2015
$16.99 USD
176 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401255435, 1401255434

Summary: It’s Superman vs. Darkseid in this action packed collection by John Byrne!
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Superman/Wonder Woman Vol. 1: Power Couple
Charles Soule, Tony S. Daniel, Paulo Siqueira
On Sale Date: March 24, 2015
$16.99 USD
200 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401253462, 1401253466

Summary: Beginning a bold new series that details the relationship between The Man of Steel and the Warrior Princess as writer Charles Soule (Swamp Thing) is joined by artist Tony S. Daniel (Batman) to tell the tale of a romance that will shake the stars themselves. These two super-beings love each other, but not everyone shares their joy. Some fear it, some test it—and some will try to kill for it. Some say love is a battlefield, but where Superman and Wonder Woman are concerned it spells Doomsday!
Collects Issues #1-6 of Superman/Wonder Woman.
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Superman/Wonder Woman Vol. 2
Charles Soule, Tony S. Daniel, Ed Benes
On Sale Date: March 24, 2015
$22.99 USD
144 pages
Hardcover
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401253479, 1401253474

Summary: To stop Doomsday from destroying his adopted planet, Superman fought him to the bitter end. But with one threat gone, a new one surfaces in the very body of the Last Son of Krypton. Superman must fight a battle within his own mind, body and heart with the help of the woman he loves. With their combined might, it still may not be enough to save the doomed Superman.
This volume collects Superman/Wonder Woman #8-11, Superman/Wonder Woman Annual #1.
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Superman: Krypton Returns (The New 52)
Scott Lobdell, Kenneth Rocafort
On Sale Date: August 18, 2015
$16.99 USD
208 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401255442, 1401255442

Summary: Crossing over between SUPERMAN, SUPERGIRL, SUPERBOY, and ACTION COMICS, this Super-family team up brings all the fan-favorite heroes together to take on H’el! The Super team must travel through time and Krypton’s history to prevent H’el from dooming the entire universe. Written by Scott Lobdell, writer of TEEN TITANS and formerly Marvel’s X-Men franchise.
This edition collects Superboy #0, 25, Supergirl #0, 25, Superman #0, 23.3: H’el, 25 and Action Comics Annual #2.
From the Hardcover edition.
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Swamp Thing Vol. 6 (The New 52)
Charles Soule, Jesus Saiz
On Sale Date: June 9, 2015
$14.99 USD
160 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401254902, 140125490X

Summary: Enter the Sureen: an avatar of the Green worshipping group, whose soul purpose is to serve Swamp Thing. And they offer a gift that could turn Alec human for a time.
While he contemplates the Sureen’s offer to turn him human one can only wonder what happens to his almost all-powerful body? He and his warrior companion Capucine must travel to India to find the answers…and to get there, they’ll need help from Vandal Savage!
Collects SWAMP THING #28-34.
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Swamp Thing: The Root of All Evil
Grant Morrison, Mark Miller, Phil Hester
On Sale Date: August 4, 2015
$24.99 USD
304 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Horror
9781401252410, 1401252419

Summary: A lost Swamp Thing epic written by Grant Morrison and Mark Millar is collected at last. The rug is pulled out from under Alec Holland as he awakens from a coma in a South African hospital. But are the nightmares of a shambling swamp creature the result of a powerful hallucinogen he ingested during his experiments on plants? If so, what is the secret behind the Swamp Thing that’s pursuing Abigail Arcane through the Louisiana Bayou, intent on murder?
Collects SWAMP THING #140-150.
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The Filth Deluxe Edition
Grant Morrison, Chris Weston, Gary Erskine
On Sale Date: April 14, 2015
$29.99 USD
320 pages
Hardcover
Comics & Graphic Novels / Science Fiction
9781401255459, 1401255450

Summary: This imaginative series by award-winning creator Grant Morrison brings readers heady brew of big ideas, exotic locales, and bizarre action, featuring prosthetically outfitted dolphins in scuba gear and a hard-smoking chimpanzee in Kremlin garb. This all new deluxe edition collectsthe entire series in a beautiful hardcover edition.
Collects THE FILTH #1-13.
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The Flash Vol. 6 (The New 52)
Robert Venditti, Van Jensen, Brett Booth
On Sale Date: June 23, 2015
$16.99 USD
176 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401254278, 1401254276

Summary: The start of a new era for the Fastest Man Alive! In the future, The Flash is a broken man. His powers have failed him time and again at great cost to him and the city he has sworn to protect. Now he’s coming back to the current time to stop the one event that destroyed his life. Meanwhile, in the present, Barry Allen must contend with thieves trying to capitalize on the devastation of FOREVER EVIL. It’s a tale of two timelines that ushers in one of The New 52’s most anticipated character debuts!
THE FLASH VOL. 6 begins a brand new era for the Scarlet Speedster, from writer Robert Venditti (GREEN LANTERN), Van Jensen (GREEN LANTERN CORPS) and artist Brett Booth (NIGHTWING, TEEN TITANS). Collects THE FLASH #30-34 and THE FLASH ANNUAL #3.
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The Wake
Scott Snyder, Sean Murphy
On Sale Date: June 16, 2015
$17.99 USD
256 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Science Fiction
9781401254919, 1401254918

Summary: Winner of the 2014 Eisner Award for Best Limited Series
New York Times bestselling author, Scott Snyder (American Vampire, Batman, Swamp Thing) and artist Sean Murphy (Punk Rock Jesus, Joe The Barbarian), the incredible team behind the miniseries American Vampire: Survival of the Fittest, are reuniting for the powerful miniseries: THE WAKE.
When Marine Biologist Lee Archer is approached by the Department of Homeland Security for help with a new threat, she declines, but quickly realizes they won’t take no for an answer. Soon she is plunging to the depths of the Arctic Circle to a secret, underwater oilrig filled with roughnecks and scientists on the brink of an incredible discovery. But when things go horribly wrong, this scientific safe haven will turn into a house of horrors at the bottom of the ocean!
Collects THE WAKE #1-10.
From the Hardcover edition.

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Tiny Titans: Return to the Treehouse
Art Baltazar, Franco
On Sale Date: March 17, 2015
$12.99 USD
128 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401254926, 1401254926

Summary: The Eisner Award-winning series is back for an all-new six-issue miniseries!
Superboy and Supergirl return to the treehouse to discover…IT’S MISSING! Or is it just…really small? Who could have done such a thing?! Find out as all your favorite Tiny Titans search for answers!
Collects Tiny Titans: Return to the Treehouse #1-6.
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Top 10
Alan Moore, Gene Ha, Zander Cannon
On Sale Date: April 7, 2015
$24.99 USD
352 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401254933, 1401254934

Summary: The massive, multilayered city of Neopolis, built shortly after World War II, was designed as a home for the expanding population of science-heroes, heroines and villains that had ballooned into existance in the previous decade. Bringing these powered beings together solved some problems but created others – turning Neopolis into a pressure cooker that normal policing methods could never contain.
Join rookie cop Robyn Singer, alter ego “Toybox,” as she hits the streets for the first time along with a colorful crew of fellow officers, each having the required training to deal with science-villains and super-crimes. You’ll never look at powers, or police work, the same way again!
Written by Alan Moore (WATCHMEN, V FOR VENDETTA) and drawn by the team of Gene Ha and Zander Cannon, TOP 10 combines superheroics and cop drama like no series before or after it. Collects issues #1-12.

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Trinity of Sin Vol. 1
J.M. Dematteis
On Sale Date: July 28, 2015
$14.99 USD
144 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401254940, 1401254942

Summary: Pandora, The Phantom Stranger and The Question have hated each other for centuries…and nothing has changed! Now the Trinity of Sin are forced to work together to save humanity and uncover the darkest secrets of the universe in this new collection.
Collects Trinity of Sin #1-6.
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Wonder Woman by George Perez Omnibus
George Perez
On Sale Date: August 25, 2015
$75.00 USD
640 pages
Hardcover
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401255473, 1401255477

Summary: One of the most popular artists working in comics over the last 30 years, George Pérez’s resume contains a who’s-who of the most popular characters in comics. From his co-creation, with Marv Wolfman, of THE NEW TEEN TITANS in the 80s and his work on CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS and WONDER WOMAN to his mega-successful JLA/AVENGERS, George’s work has thrilled comics fans for over 3 decades.
This omnibus collects the first two years of George Perez’s revolutionary run on WONDER WOMAN in premium format, containing WONDER WOMAN #1-24 and WONDER WOMAN ANNUAL #1.

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Wonder Woman Vol. 5: Flesh (The New 52)
Brian Azzarello, Cliff Chiang, Goran Sudzuka
On Sale Date: April 7, 2015
$16.99 USD
176 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401253493, 1401253490

Summary: Wonder Woman’s life is changed forever when she is called on to take the place of War on Olympus! An epic new era of WONDER WOMAN begins here, as Diana must decide if the path set out for her is one she wants to take. But there’s no time for Wonder Woman to fully comprehend the fallout as her family gathers to prepare for an assault on Olympus!
The last time the First Born came for Olympus, it took the death of the God of War to stop him. With Wonder Woman as the new God of War and the First Born more determined than ever to claim his birthright, things are about to get violent indeed!
Collects WONDER WOMAN #24-29, and WONDER WOMAN #23.2 FIRST BORN.
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Worlds’ Finest Vol. 5 (The New 52)
Paul Levitz, RB Silva
On Sale Date: June 9, 2015
$14.99 USD
144 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
9781401254209, 1401254209

Summary: Following their team-up with Batman and Superman, Power Girl and Huntress have some difficult choices ahead. When the duo discovers their home world still exists, the heroines decide to return to the ruins of Earth 2. Upon seeing the state of their home world, Power Girl and Huntress realize they’ve arrived just when they were needed most!
Collects WORLDS’ FINEST #22-26 and WORLDS’ FINEST: FUTURES END #1.
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Y The Last Man Book Two
Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra
On Sale Date: March 10, 2015
$19.99 USD
320 pages
Trade Paperback
Comics & Graphic Novels / Science Fiction
9781401254391, 140125439X

Summary: Y: THE LAST MAN is the gripping saga of Yorick Brown, an unemployed and unmotivated slacker who discovers that he is the only male left in the world after a plague of unknown origin instantly kills every mammal with a Y chromosome. Accompanied by his mischievous monkey and the mysterious Agent 355, York embarks on a transcontinental journey to find his girlfriend and discover why he is the last man on Earth.
Now, the entire critically acclaimed Y: THE LAST MAN saga written by Brian K. Vaughan, one of the writers of LOST, is collected into a new edition. In this second volume, a Russian space from the International Space Station is returning to earth carrying three passengers: one woman and two men. Could this be the end of Yorick’s tenure as last living male? Plus, the group runs up against a roadblock in Arizona where the female remains of the Sons of Arizona militia have cut the interstate to keep out any vestiges of the U.S. government.
This volume collects Y: The Last Man #11-23
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Keeping up with comics is ridiculously expensive if you want to keep up with a number of titles that come out every month. Not everyone can do that–I definitely can’t. So welcome to One and Done, a weekly column where I go to a comics shop and try to find one good book that’s worth the exorbitant price. It’s not easy.

I really didn’t want to spend four dollars on a comic book this time. June has been an expensive month for me, and I didn’t have a lot of leeway this week. Which is a shame, because Simon Spurrier and Jeff Stokely’s Six-Gun Gorilla finally came out in trade paperback, and as someone who loved Spurrier’s work on X-Men: Legacy I would love to be reading and writing about that right now. But I could only spend four dollars at the shop, not twenty.

Instead, I bought Superman #32. I almost didn’t. Money’s tight, and I know how the vast majority of cape comics work: a dash of plot, a load of action, and a cliffhanger for dessert. Not to mention the fact that publishers are absolutely trigger happy with “events” and “crossovers,” which is pretty coercive and stupid but also has worked for literally ten straight years so of course they’re not going to stop.

Anyway, I should tell you why I bought Superman #32, instead of, say, Trees #2 (which is worth getting, Trees #1 might still be free when you read this. If it isn’t, let me know. I will tweet you a very entertaining plot summary) or Flash Gordon #3 (which I hear is Very Fun Comics). Some of you probably know why, because if you pay even the slightest attention to mainstream comics online, it’s painfully obvious why Superman #32 is A Big Deal. But bear with me for a paragraph or two while I address The Casuals.

On the Hype Scale, Superman #32 lies somewhere between “New J.K. Rowling Book (Non-Harry Potter Division)” and “Apple Releases New iPhone.” This is because Superman–despite bearing the name of and being about the oldest, most famous superhero in the whole world–has not been a very good book for about three years straight. And this week’s issue #32 marks the introduction of an Acclaimed New Creative Team, which makes it the Perfect Jumping On Point. The hope, then, is that this book will stop sucking.

But that’s a very general explanation for the hype. There’s an equally specific one, and its name is John Romita Jr.

Superman #32 is Romita’s first DC Comics work, after a legendary 30-year career of working almost exclusively for Marvel. That’s like Derek Jeter leaving the Yankees to play some games for the Red Sox, to use a sports analogy. He’s joined by writer Geoff Johns, who had an acclaimed tenure telling Superman stories in Action Comics a while back, and has spent much of the last decade remaking the DC Universe in his own image.

He’s a smaller part of the hype, but only because LOOK AT THE TALENT WE POACHED is a much better headline than GUY WHO DID GREAT STUFF HERE ONCE RETURNS TO HOPEFULLY DO GREAT STUFF AGAIN.

They’re joined by Klaus Janson, an inker who a good enough artist in his own right to get people excited about him drawing a book by himself, and Laura Martin, an award-winning colorist. So, the reasons to buy this book are stacked up right there in the credits.

So is it any good? No. Not if you paid four dollars for it.

That qualification is important, and should be adjusted based on how you feel about the reason we’re all here: John Romita Jr.’s art.

I, for one, really enjoy JRJR. He has a distinctive, blocky style that often feels refreshingly blue collar. Sure, his faces tend to all look similar and he can get really weird with anatomy–Superman’s head completely disappears in the fourth figure of that cover illustration up top–but there’s a lot to love about how he portrays things like physique. His Superman–and Clark Kent–is built like a truck, but not bulging with muscles made of marble. This Kal-El is less Greek god, more caped linebacker. It really helps to convey a sense of might, not just strength.

But man, the story on this thing. Let’s start with this. Here is the solicit (that’s comic speak for ad, I suppose) for Superman #32:

““THE MEN OF TOMORROW” chapter 1! A NEW ERA for SUPERMAN begins as Geoff Johns takes the reigns – and he’s joined by the legendary super-talent of John Romita, Jr. in his first-ever work for DC Comics as they introduce Ulysses, the Man of Tomorrow, into the Man of Steel’s life. This strange visitor shares many of Kal-El’s experiences, including having been rocketed from a world with no future. Prepare yourself for a run full of new heroes, new villains and new mysteries! Plus, Perry White offers Clark a chance to return to The Daily Planet!”

There are two plot points mentioned in that solicit. They are the only two things that happen in the book. There is nothing I could spoil for you if I wanted to. There’s some stuff in there about Clark not having much of a personal life and Jimmy Olsen not knowing what to do with his fortune, but they literally don’t go anywhere, as they’re most likely B-story stuff to check in on throughout the run whenever we need a break from Superman punching giant robot gorillas.

Oh, and Superman also punches a giant robot gorilla, but there’s no reason for it other than giving JRJR something dope to draw. That’s something I take issue with. I mean, if you’ve got it, use it, but use it in a justified way. If you want to have a giant robot gorilla fight (and there’s nothing wrong with that, those are awesome), then make it amazing, make it happen for a reason, make the script earn the art it asks for. Don’t waste an artist’s talent or a reader’s time.

One of the things I don’t really understand about how comics are critiqued and received are the standards that we hold creator-owned books like Saga or Fatale or Mind Mgmt to, and the ones that we judge mainstream superhero comics by. Cape comics get a pass on a lot of things: bad dialogue, barely any plot, and a near-sociopathic insistence on buying multiple titles to get a “full story,” as if they still cost ten cents a pop.

You’re going to read a lot of reviews saying how great Superman #32 is. A lot of those reviews will likely be written by people who also adored books like The Wicked + The Divine #1, a book absolutely full of great ideas and hidden meanings and lots of potential energy. Superman #32 has none of these things. So why would we call it good?

Superman #32 is a bad comic book. But ‘The Men of Tomorrow,’ the larger story of which Superman #32 is the first part, could be absolutely fantastic whenever it’s done. Everyone working on it is top notch.

But there are ways to make a good comic book, to tell a good serialized story twenty-two pages at a time. The stands are full of good examples, and we read them every week.

This is not one of them.

As always, support your local comic shop if you can, patronize your local library if you have one, and say hi on Twitter if you like.

Be back in a week.

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Geoff Johns’ final storyline as Green Lantern Chief is ‘Wrath of the First Lantern’, a storyline which will conclude with issue #20 of the main book. The event has brought in, as is always the case, the other three Lantern titles as a crossover, and tells the story of a new/old threat to the Lantern Corps. And while it’s a solid storyline, it’s also a very strange one for Johns to bring to the table at this point…

Wrath of the First Lantern sees the very first Green Lantern ever, Volthoom (get used to hearing some very silly names, guys), escape a prison he was put in and subsequently go on a rampage around the Universe. He moves from one lantern to another at a time, therefore creating the crossover, and goes on the offensive. The strange thing about the storyline is that each time he catches up to one –  be it John Stewart, Atrocitus, Kyle Rayner, or whoever – he effectively recaps their origin to them, making this one of the best stories to jump onto in a while.

Yes – the very last storyline from Geoff Johns is also essentially a series of origin stories for every single one of the main characters in the Green Lantern franchise. It’s rather strange. Volthoom’s power appears to be that he can rewrite timestreams, going backwards and forwards in time to change the lives of other people. So he can create a world where Hal Jordan’s father doesn’t die, or he can maintain the status quo and keep Poppa Jordan dead. For the last few weeks, Volthoom has gone over to a series of different characters, shown them alternate lives they could’ve lived, and then refused to change them – every week that’s happened. Readers get a potted history of whomever Volthoom has caught now, and by the end of the issue Volthoom has refused to change the origin, and also captured the hero.

This does allow Johns access to a reset button should he choose to take it. The last ten years have been one of change for the franchise, with grand sweeping gestures and smaller character-focused moments all built up on each other for a series of pretty successful storylines. Some of the stories have been better than others, but for the most part the Geoff Johns era of Green Lantern has been a pretty amazing success, creatively. Not only does Green Lantern now support four titles simultaneously, but it also tells stories which change the sweep of the DC Universe – from Sinestro Corps War to Blackest Night. There’s a clear vision for the characters, who have all been developed fairly well for ten consecutive years.

That can all be reset and cleared away if Geoff Johns wants to, via Volthoom. I’m hoping he doesn’t choose to take this route, because Volthoom hasn’t really worked as a villain so far. As a character, the villain has mainly existed as a fountain of exposition, narrating the lives of Guy Gardner or Carol Ferris like some kind of malevolent David Attenborough. He hasn’t had a particularly visible goal as a villain, and his progress has been very repetitive indeed. The saving grace has been that his powers offer artists a chance to try out some fantastically experimental page layouts, as they pull apart the lives of characters and arrange the important moments into spider-webs, and tapestries.

The story has served to underline the strength of the main characters. There are now around 20 characters in the Green Lantern franchise who could be used as the lead for one of the books, which speaks to how well the writers have managed to pick out underused, well-conceived characters already floating around in the DC Universe. There are several characters who had fallen into obscurity over the years, and writers like Peter Tomasi have done brilliant work in repurposing them. If nothing else, Wrath of the First Lantern has proven to be an excellent showcase for the franchise itself, and the directions new writers and artists could choose to take it in. Hopefully they won’t choose to, y’know, murder half of them.

Wrath of the Green Lanterns isn’t finished yet – Green Lantern #20 is the finale for the storyline, and for Geoff Johns’ run as a whole. It’s been very strange to take this moment in the run and start retelling everybody’s origin storyline – but it’s been a nice little showcase for the characters, and given the various creative teams a chance to experiment a bit with their storytelling. Fun, if a little unnecessary.

TweetAfter ten years working on the character, and reigniting one of DC’s struggling titles into one of their most popular franchises, Geoff Johns has announced that he will be leaving the world of Green Lantern with the giant-sized issue #20 in May. Johns’ posted a farewell note on DC’ Source blog today, to confirm the [...]

TweetThis week saw the release of Green Lantern #16 by Geoff Johns and Doug Mahnke, as well as Green Lantern Corps #16, by Peter Tomasi and Fernando Pasarin. The Green Lantern books are some of DC’s most popular, but recently seem to have fallen out of the spotlight, off doing their own thing while the [...]

Aside from having 52 variant covers for state seal lovers, we haven't talked much about the new JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA book by Geoff Johns and David Finch and how it differs from JUSTICE LEGAUE by Johns and other people. Will it be set in America? Will there be spiders? Is Airwave in the team?

Hiya out their in Blog-o-Land. It's the "Strange Ninja Librarian With No Name." formerly known as "Ninja Librarian Bill" and soon to be.......  Well here is some more review stuff. Enjoy!!!!!

Oops these events came in the emailbox a bit late but still deserve some attention:

Richard Feynman’s Birthday at AIP
May 11, 2012, starting at 6:30pm
Center for History of Physics,
One Physics Ellipse,
College Park MD 20740
In celebration of Richard Feynman’s birthday — and because we were looking for an excuse — the Center for History of Physics at the American Institute of Physics is happy to host a talk, discussion, reception, and book-signing with Jim Ottaviani and Leland Myrick, the writer/artist team behind the smash graphic novel biography FEYNMAN (New York: First Second, 2011). You are invited for an evening of history of science fun, here at the American Center for Physics. Admittance is free!

Johns and Lee Signing at Midtown Comics

WHO: Geoff Johns, DC Entertainment Chief Creative Officer, is one of the most prolific and popular contemporary comic book writers in the world. He is the author of the New York Times bestselling graphic novels BLACKEST NIGHT, GREEN LANTERN: RAGE OF THE RED LANTERNS, GREEN LANTERN: SINESTRO CORPS WAR, JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA: THY KINGDOM COME, SUPERMAN: BRAINIAC and the upcoming BATMAN: EARTH ONE.

Jim Lee, Co-Publisher DC Entertainment, the artist for many of DC Comics’ bestselling comic books and graphic novels, including ALL STAR BATMAN AND ROBIN, THE BOY WONDER, BATMAN: HUSH, and SUPERMAN: FOR TOMORROW. He also serves as the Executive Creative Director for the DC Universe Online (DCUO) massively multiplayer action game from Sony Online Entertainment (SOE).
 
WHAT: DC Comics made history and set the world on fire when it introduced DC Comics-The New 52 less than a year ago. The new #1 issues introduced readers to a more modern, diverse DC Universe, with some character variations in appearance, origin and age. The launch of Justice League paired Johns and Lee together for the first time to work on some of the most iconic characters in the world including Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman. Now, the release of one of the first collections of the DC Comics-The New 52 series — Justice League Volume One: Origin — gives audiences a great opportunity to jump in at the beginning and explore this new universe.
 
 
WHEN: May 11th, 6 pm – 8 pm

WHERE: Midtown Comics
64 Fulton Street
New York, NY 10038Oops these events came in the emailbox a bit late but still deserve some attention. Wonder if anyone will show up to that Midtown signing?

In honor of the debut of FLASHPOINT, CNN had a story on Geoff Johns which made it all the way to the front page. The story speaks with various sources who discuss the fact that Johns is The Man of Comics 2011:

Taking decades of mythology in new directions might seem like a daunting task. But Bob Bretall, Mayo’s co-host on the Comic Book Page podcast, said it’s a balancing act that Johns performs well.

“He can retool a character or his/her history to make it more relevant to current readers without throwing away or disrespecting the work of previous creators.”

If you’re not familiar with Allen’s back story, Johns said, you don’t need to worry about playing catch-up before diving into the new series.

“You get all you need to know about The Flash in ‘Flashpoint 1,’ and then you’re exploring a whole new universe together. So you’re seeing it through Flash’s eyes for the very first time.”