Friday, September 13, 2019

DC Solicits for December 2019

We might have one max series finished before the end of the year.

There are a few titles aimed at younger readers with:

BATMAN TALES: ONCE UPON A CRIME
written by DEREK FRIDOLFS
art and cover by DUSTIN NGUYEN
Gotham City is filled with stories—of heroes and of villains, of police and criminals, of families both lost and found. But the enchanted short stories in Batman Tales are brought to life with a classic fairy-tale twist that will fill you with wonder. Once upon a crime in Gotham...
Damian Wayne dreams of becoming a real boy wonder—as long as he can avoid telling lies and making his nose grow.
Batman’s butler takes an unexpected trip through the looking glass and finds himself in a topsy-turvy world, for Alfred’s in Wonderland!
Gotham City Police Department detectives interrogate Gotham’s most dangerous criminals looking for the princess who stole the pea.
And Batman meets a snow queen who leads him on a dangerous quest.
Derek Fridolfs and Dustin Nguyen, the creative team behind Batman: Li’l Gotham, return to their Bat-roots—this time with a fairy-tale flair!
ON SALE 02.05.20
$9.99 US |FC |5.5” x 8”
192 PAGES


SHADOW OF THE BATGIRL which is done for young adults.
written by SARAH KUHN
art and cover by NICOLE GOUX
Cassandra Cain, teenage assassin, isn’t exactly Batgirl material...not yet, at least. But with Batgirl missing from Gotham City, can Cassandra defy her destiny and take on a heroic mantle of her very own? She’ll have to go through an identity crisis of epic proportions to find out.
After a soul-shattering moment that sends Cass reeling, she’ll attempt to answer this question the only way she knows how: learning everything she possibly can about her favorite hero—Batgirl. But Batgirl hasn’t been seen in Gotham for years, and when Cass’s father threatens the world she has grown to love, she’ll have to step out of the shadows and overcome her greatest obstacle—that voice inside her head telling her she can never be a hero.
Sarah Kuhn, author of Heroine Complex and I Love You So Mochi, takes on one of her favorite heroes for a new audience of readers. Featuring the edgy art style of Nicole Goux, Shadow of the Batgirl tells the harrowing story of a girl who overcomes the odds to find her unique identity.
ON SALE 01.29.20
$16.99 US | FC | 208 PAGES
6” x 9”
DC GRAPHIC NOVELS FOR YOUNG ADULTS


I might be tempted to get the latter just for some more Cassandra Cain stories. I'm still waiting for the Outsiders to have the first trade go on sale digitally and this might be a change of pace from the main canon.


WONDER WOMAN: DEAD EARTH #1
written by DANIEL WARREN JOHNSON
art and cover by DANIEL WARREN JOHNSON
variant cover by DANIEL WARREN JOHNSON
The celebrated creator of Murder Falcon and Extremity and artist of The Ghost Fleet, Daniel Warren Johnson brings bold sci-fi chops to his DC debut with a harrowing vision of Wonder Woman unlike anything you’ve ever seen. Princess Diana of Themyscira left paradise to save Man’s World from itself. When Wonder Woman awakens from a centuries-long sleep to discover the Earth reduced to a nuclear wasteland, she knows she failed. Trapped alone in a grim future, Diana must protect the last human city from titanic monsters while uncovering its secret of this dead Earth—and how she may be responsible for it.
PRESTIGE FORMAT | ON SALE 12.18.19
$6.99 US |1 OF 4|48 PAGES
FC | APPROX. 8.5” x 10.875” DC BLACK LABEL


This on the other hand is more adult and I'd rather read this than the Batman story Snyder did. I'll wait to check this one out.


FLASH FORWARD #4
written by SCOTT LOBDELL
art by BRETT BOOTH and NORM RAPMUND
cover by EVAN “DOC” SHANER
variant cover by INHYUK LEE
On Wally West’s journey into the depths of the Multiverse, he’s run across vampires and hellhounds and his own ghosts from the past...but nothing has prepared him for this next stop on his journey. In this issue, the mysterious world that is causing the Dark Multiverse to bleed into our own will be revealed, and you will not believe what connection it has to the Fastest Man Alive...
ON SALE 12.18.19
$3.99 US |4 OF 6|32 PAGES


I still have no idea what this series will be like but the nods to canon on the cover remind me of better times for the DCU.


DOOMSDAY CLOCK #12
written by GEOFF JOHNS
art and covers by GARY FRANK
This is it! The final showdown between Dr. Manhattan and Superman shakes up the DC Universe to its very core! But can even the Man of Steel walk out from the shadow of Manhattan?
ON SALE 12.18.19
$4.99 US |12 OF 12|32 PAGES


After a long wait we finally get to see the end of this series and how it will change the DCU! Of course the solicits for King's issues look like he's ignoring the fact Alfred is alive here.


RED HOOD: OUTLAW #41
written by SCOTT LOBDELL
art by DAVID MESSINA
cover by DAN MORA
variant cover by PHILIP TAN
It’s the shocking return of Artemis and Bizarro! But when did these old friends become foes? Red Hood’s former Outlaws are ready to kill Jason Todd, and the kids of Generation Outlaw might be the only ones who can stand in their way! Sure, they’re the super-villains of tomorrow, but for today they’re just kids trying to learn how to survive in this crazy world. Will their final lesson be not to trust Jason Todd, or will they ultimately prove to be the end of his old teammates? It’s all been leading to this showdown between the Outlaws and the New Outlaws!
ON SALE 01.01.20
$3.99 US | 32 PAGES


Does this have connection with the cover of Caden controlling the Outlaws? Regardless I'm happy their back and being reunited with Jason. Wait...why is this listed for 1/1/20?



No interest in the YOTV stuff or the inflected stories. I haven't even read an issue with the BWL yet and I'm already sick of seeing him everywhere. Bendis is toying with Clark revealing his ID to the world and I'm not sure how to feel about that yet. King is finally, FINALLY ending his Batman run (yes he will do a Catwoman/Batman max series but this is it for the main series.) All of the bat family Bruce treated like crap will be there except Dick/Ric and Jason. Which I'm fine with. 

Speaking of Ric he's going to be a Talon. At least he's doing something different.

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