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| DC Comics May 2005 Highlights |
And no, there isn’t really any rhyme or reason as to why some solicitations have the editors listed and others don’t. We guess. Anyway - onward: Didja know? There’s a Batman movie coming up? May sees the advance solicitation for the Batman Begins adaptation, written by Scott Beatty, with art by Kilian Plunkett & Serge LaPointe. The solicitation reads: Batman Begins explores the origins of the Batman legend and the Dark Knight’s emergence as a force for good in Gotham. In the wake of his parents’ murder, disillusioned industrial heir Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) travels the world seeking the means to fight injustice and turn fear against those who prey on the fearful. He returns to Gotham and unveils his alter ego: Batman, a masked crusader who uses his strength, intellect and an array of high-tech deceptions to fight the sinister forces that threaten the city. This thrilling comics adaptation of the Warner Bros. Pictures movie is brought
to you by veteran Batman writer Scott Beatty (BATGIRL: YEAR ONE) and
artists Kilian Plunkett (SUPERMAN: RED SON) & Serge LaPointe!
That sweet solicit reads: Writer Bruce Jones (Hulk) makes his DCU debut, teaming with red-hot newcomer Sean Murphy and cover artists Zach Howard & Jay Leisten for a 2-issue series delving into the background of one of the Dark Knight’s most fearsome foes! Think you know everything there is to know about the Scarecrow and his origin?
Think again!
YEAR ONE: BATMAN/SCARECROW goes back to the very beginning, to Jonathan
Crane’s birth and questionable lineage, and follows his
story up to his first appearance taking on Batman and Robin! A trail
of death and straw leads the Dynamic Duo in a race to identify and
stop Gotham’s newest serial killer, but the demons that shaped the
Scarecrow aren’t so easily revealed! And because you can’t tell the players without a scorecard, the publisher hits a Batman Villains Secret Files 2005 as well in May – 32 pages, $4.99 with art by Ed Barrows, Mike Mignola, Kevin Nowlan, and others.
One of the most popular Batman creative teams ever reunites for a twice monthly- shipping 6-issue miniseries! Writer Steve Englehart and artists Marshall Rogers & Terry Austin set a high standard with their acclaimed run on DETECTIVE COMICS in the late 1970s! Now that team is back with BATMAN: DARK DETECTIVE, a miniseries that pits the Dark Knight against the most famous and feared members of his Rogues Gallery! In the startling debut issue, the Joker enters a gubernatorial election using the campain slogan “Vote for me or I’ll kill you!” Will it persuade voters? Plus, Bruce Wayne’s old love interest Silver St. Cloud returns, as do Two-Face and the Scarecrow! And
the action continues in the startling second issue, as the Scarecrow
manages to overcome Batman in the one location where he’s most vulnerable:
the Batcave! Meanwhile, the Bruce Wayne/Silver St. Cloud relationship
heats up! May is also the kickoff of the mostly new Superman teams, as Newsarama had previously announced. Let’s run ‘em down…
Legendary artist John Byrne returns to illustrate the adventures of the Man of Steel, joined by fan-favorite writer Gail Simone (BIRDS OF PREY) and inker Nelson (TEEN TITANS)! Expect high adventure, slam-bang action and insightful character moments as Superman faces both new and familiar threats. It all kicks off in this issue as Dr. Polaris seeks Superman’s protection from a new mistress of magnetism: Repulse! On sale May 18 • 32 pg, FC, $2.50 US.
Hot off his critically acclaimed work on the MAJESTIC miniseries, artist Karl Kerschl joins the ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN writer Greg Rucka as Superman's world is shattered! The Man of Tomorrow won't know who's friend or foe, and it all begins with the shocking unmasking of Ruin! On sale May 25 • 32 pg, FC, $2.50 US
Former Smallville Supervising Producer Mark Verheiden joins with superstar artist Ed Benes (BIRDS OF PREY) to begin a new chapter in Superman's life! After the events of the past months, Superman has left Metropolis and created a new Fortress of Solitude in the Amazon jungle. Lois and Jimmy come to find him, only to meet some unexpected resistance and the emergence of a new major threat to the entire DCU! On sale May 11 • 32 pg, FC, $2.50 US And if you can’t get enough Superman goodness, DC has you set up ion June, with the advance-solicited Superman: Infinite City HC OGN SUPERMAN: INFINITE CITY HC Written
by Mike Kennedy Get ready for a unique new original hardcover written by Mike Kennedy (Star Wars: Underworld) and featuring distinctive visuals by Carlos Meglia (ACTION COMICS, ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN)! When powerful weapons ravage Metropolis, Clark Kent and Lois Lane travel to an old midwestern town to discover their roots. What they find is the abandoned town of Infinite City! After traveling through a portal, they’re transported to a place beyond their imagination, where futuristic technology and magic coexist. But not everyone is happy living there, and they want to come to our world, no matter what the price. Can
Superman defeat his doppelganger, the Warden — a being as powerful
as he? And what of the architect behind it all: Jor-El? Oh, there’s this hero…Green Lantern…his new series starts in May as well. You may have heard about it.
Written
by Geoff Johns Strap in and hang on as one of DC’s greatest icons, Hal Jordan returns to the forefront of the DCU in a new monthly series by red-hot writer Geoff Johns (TEEN TITANS, THE FLASH) and stunning art by Carlos Pacheco & Jesus Merino (SUPERMAN/BATMAN)! GREEN LANTERN challenges your imagination and leaves you breathless as you witness the adventures of one of the greatest heroes in the DCU. From the runways at Edwards Air Force Base to the darkest corner of Space Sector 2814, the Green Lantern will proudly shine his light! This special 40-page debut issue kicks off the 3-part tale “No Fear.” Spinning
out of the pages of GREEN LANTERN: REBIRTH, Hal Jordan returns
to the DCU as the Emerald Warrior, ready to reclaim his life and
the light of the Green Lantern. But the forces of darkness have
already begun to rise, looking to claim the power of the Green Lantern
for themselves!
GREEN ARROW #50 Written
by Judd Winick Get
ready for an extra-sized anniversary issue guest-starring Batman
— and the Outsiders! It’s a battle royal in Star City as Green Arrow
and his Team Green join forces with Gotham City’s Dark Knight and
the Outsiders to take on the robotic menance of the Duke of Oil,
the impossibly lethal Drakon, the brutal Brick, and the man pulling
everyone’s strings: The Riddler! Two more Identity Crisis/Countdown spinoff miniseries launch in May: The Rann/Thanagar War and Villains United:
Written
by Dave Gibbons Rocketing out of DC COUNTDOWN and the death-defying conclusion of the ADAM STRANGE miniseries, the space heroes of the DCU take center stage in a galaxy-shattering story written by Dave Gibbons (THE ORIGINALS, WATCHMEN) with art by Ivan Reis & Marc Campos (ACTION COMICS)! This star-spanning 6-issue miniseries will bring worlds to war and citizens to their knees! Adam
Strange, Green Lantern, Hawkman, Hawkgirl, and a cast of DC's greatest
space adventurers come together to face an evil forged in the depths
of Thanagar; an evil that threatens to bring down two planets and
countless civilizations!
Written
by Gail Simone Spinning
directly from the pages of DC COUNTDOWN, the villains of the DCU
are now organized and deadlier than ever as superstar talents Gail
Simone (BIRDS OF PREY), artists Dale Eaglesham & Wade von Grawbadger
(H-E-R-O) and cover artist J.G. Jones (WONDER WOMAN) expose the
new face of evil! But within the ranks of the world's vilest villains
something perhaps even more wicked is brewing, and only the mysterious
being code-named Mockingbird has all the answers. Meanwhile, April’s two miniseries continue:
Written
by Greg Rucka The gripping miniseries spinning out of DC COUNTDOWN continues! When the JLA discovers
the existence of the powerful, hero-monitoring Brother Eye satellite,
battle lines are drawn between Batman and Superman! And Checkmate
operative Sasha Bordeaux struggles with a secret act of treason
— just as her agency commands the OMAC Project to kill!
Spinning out of the events of March’s DC COUNTDOWN, a reality-bending 6-issue miniseries from writer Bill Willingham (ROBIN, FABLES) and artists Justiniano & Walden Wong (THE HUMAN RACE)! The uneasy alliance known as the Shadowpact has formed to protect the world from another unholy partnership: the Spectre and the new Eclipso, who wage a fearsome campaign to wipe out all magic! On sale May 18 • 2 of 6 • 32 pg, FC, $2.50 US And speaking of Day of Vengeance
Written
by Geoff Johns Tying into DAY OF VENGEANCE, the sequel to last year’s bestselling “Black
Reign” begins here with Part 1 of the 3-part “Black Vengeance!”
Free from the soul of Hal Jordan and evil of Parallax, the Spectre
journeys to deliver vengeance across the globe — and it begins in
the homeland of Black Adam. Captain Marvel returns to the JSA as
the team ventures once again into enemy territory to face one of
the most powerful forces in the DCU! Give a teenager a razor, and stuff like this can happen…
Written
by Geoff Johns “The Insiders,” a 4-part crossover between the TEEN TITANS and OUTSIDERS, begins here, in an issue featuring guest art by Matthew Clark & Mark Farmer! For months, Superboy has been taunted by the secrets of his DNA — that he’s a clone created from Superman and Lex Luthor. But who cloned him, and why? Meanwhile,
the Titans and the Outsiders are rocked to the core as they face
two of the most powerful villains in the DCU in an all-out war to
destroy the young teams! Alliances will change and bonds will be
broken as the teams face their greatest challenge to date. “Insiders?” you say?
Written
by Judd Winick Part
2 of the 4-part “The Insiders” crossover with TEEN TITANS! Secrets are revealed
and Indigo's origin is explored as the Outsiders join the Titans
for an all-out battle against two of DC's most powerful villains! Seven Soldiers continues as well, but no new series are launching in May.
Written
by Grant Morrison Grant Morrison and artist Simone Bianchi continue the exciting bimonthly tale of the Shining Knight lost in the 21st century! Justin
— the Shining Knight — is now without his trusty steed Victory!
After escaping from a police car on Sunset Boulevard, Justin is
left to wander the toxic, sun-drenched backstreets of Los Angeles.
Delirious and confused, it seems to Justin that the Sheeda won,
creating a world of poison air and synthetic life! Now, with magical
broadsword in hand, the Knight’s crusade begins anew!
Written
by Grant Morrison Grant
Morrison’s towering SEVEN SOLDIERS saga continues in a bimonthly
miniseries with stunning art by Cameron Stewart (SEAGUY)! The Guardian's
encounter with the rival subway pirates NoBeard and AllBeard turns
into a wild race through a labyrinth of secret Masonic subway tunnels
underneath New York City. Their goal? To find a radioactive gem
known as the Foundation Stone of Manhattan, an object that the dreaded
Sheeda wish to possess and use for their own nefarious ways! And, after this, you will believe that even an Angel can die.
Written
by Peter David The conclusion of the “Sacred Cows” arc! The Fallen Angel goes toe-to-toe with
Sachs and Violens for her life. Meanwhile, the power players of
Bête Noire are about to turn on each other, and very few will be
left when the explosions stop and the smoke clears! Final issue. Remember waaaay back when, just after CrossGen imploded, Butch Guice was spirited away by Humanoids to work on Olympus, written by Geoff Johns?
Written
by Geoff Johns & Kris
Grimminger HUMANOIDS. Acclaimed writers Geoff Johns (GREEN LANTERN: REBIRTH, TEEN TITANS) & Kris Grimminger (THE POSSESSED) join artist Butch Guice (Ruse) for an action-packed tale of Greek gods as epic in scope as the legends from which it springs! This spectacular new story is available in English for the first time in this amazing edition! Chaos ensues as a group of brash archaeology students and a team of ruthless mercenaries are trapped together on the legendary Mount Olympus — a mountain populated by the deadliest monsters known to Greek legend! Managing a tenuous pact with the mercenaries, the students must combine their knowledge of mythology with the mercenaries’ combat skills as they fight for their lives against the monsters of Olympus! On sale May 18 • 7.375" x 10.1875" • 112 pg, FC, $14.99 US • MATURE READERS Over in Wildstorm – Warren Ellis’ latest kicks off… Written
by Warren Ellis Get ready for DESOLATION JONES, the new bimonthly ongoing series that’s the unique product of the imagination of Warren Ellis (PLANETARY, OCEAN) and the eye-popping visual imagery of J.H. Williams III (PROMETHEA!) Desolation Jones — the lone survivor of a horrific experiment called the Desolation Test — just lived through a full year of constant, sleepless agony. A former British intelligence operative, the retired Jones is making ends meet in the private sector as a detective-for-hire to the covert community of ex-spooks who are living whatever life they can in L.A. It's a dirty, ugly job, but someone has to do it — and that man is Desolation Jones. On sale May 11 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS Edited by Scott Dunbier Remember when you first heard about Matador by Devin Grayson and Brian Stelfreeze? Yes, that was a mastodon outside your window. Okay, it was 2002…but finally:
Written
by Devin Grayson Writer
Devin Grayson (NIGHTWING) is joined by illustrator extraordinaire Brian Stelfreeze
(BATMAN: LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT) for an explosive miniseries pitting Lt. Isabel Cardona
against a deadly serial killer! Dismissed as a quota minority hire
by her work peers, Cuban-born and Florida-bred Detective Isabel
Cardona makes no friends on the Miami force by insisting that a
series of seemingly unrelated murder cases lead to an urban-legend
killer known only as “The Matador.” Proving his existence
soon becomes her only way to prove her sanity — but how close to
the dangerous Matador will Cardona have to get to make that happen? And – sweetness.
Written
by Alan Moore The Eisner Award-winning team that brought you TOP TEN — writer Alan Moore (WATCHMEN, THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN) and artist Gene Ha (TOP TEN) — reunites for an original hardcover graphic novel that delves into the past, revealing the origins of Neopolis and the first officers of Top Ten! Neopolis is the city of the future, but it’s also full of the roughest and toughest heroes and villains the world has ever known. You've met the cast of TOP TEN — Smax, King Peacock, Toybox, Joe Pi and more. Now meet their forebears, who blazed the trail and made Neopolis the city it is today! On
sale May 25 • 112 pg., FC, $24.99 US Edited
by Scott Dunbier
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