Superman Comic Books
Superman-related August 2018 Solicitations
All of DC's Superman-related offerings available in August.
COMIC BOOKS
ADVENTURES OF THE SUPER SONS #1written by PETER J. TOMASI
art by CARLO BARBERI and ART THIBERT
cover by DAN MORA
variant cover by JORGE JIMENEZ
The Super Sons are back in an all-new 12-issue miniseries written by Peter J. Tomasi! Check out the lost and secret adventures of Damian Wayne (Robin) and Jon Kent (Superboy) in this flashback miniseries that takes a deep dive into the bombastic bromance between the sons of the DC Universe's greatest heroes. It's an epic dual storyline that transcends current events, as Superboy and Robin find themselves targets of an interstellar team of young badasses called the Gang.
ON SALE 08.01.18
$3.99 US | 32 PAGES
FC | 1 of 12 | RATED T
This issue will ship with two covers.
Please see the order form for details.
Includes a code for a free digital download of this issue.
SUPERGIRL #21written by MARC ANDREYKO
art by KEVIN MAGUIRE
cover by TERRY DODSON and RACHEL DODSON
variant cover by AMANDA CONNER
blank variant cover available
Mourning the loss of the Kryptonians wiped out by Rogol Zaar, Supergirl decides to play detective and sets off into deep space to learn more about the would-be usurper. Using whatever tech she can scrounge, Supergirl builds a star cruiser, and after intel from Green Lantern, she blasts off into the cosmos with Rogol Zaar's deadly axe to solve the mystery-along with a traveling companion you won't believe!
ON SALE 08.08.18
$3.99 US | 32 PAGES
FC | RATED T
This issue will ship with three covers.
Please see the order form for details.
LEX LUTHOR/ PORKY PIG SPECIAL #1written by MARK RUSSELL
art by BRAD WALKER and ANDREW HENNESSY
backup story written by JIM FANNING
backup story art by JOHN LOTER
cover by BEN OLIVER
variant cover by MAC REY
Facing financial and personal ruin, a desperate Porky Pig applies for and gets and entry-level position with LexCorp. Grateful to his new benefactor, Porky becomes Luthor's most loyal employee and defender. But when a major scandal breaks in the news and Lex is called before a Congressional Committee, guess who is about to be offered up as the sacrificial pig?
ONE-SHOT
ON SALE 08.29.18
$4.99 US | 48 PAGES
FC | RATED T
This issue will ship with two covers.
Please see the order form for details.
ACTION COMICS #1002written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
art and cover by PATRICK GLEASON
variant cover by FRANCIS MANAPUL
variant cover by DAVID MACK
A bold new era of the adventures of the Man of Steel continues as bodies fall from the sky and buildings burn around the City of Tomorrow. Even Superman must wonder how well he knows the city he protects as an unknown criminal element begins to rise throughout Metropolis.
ON SALE 08.22.18
$3.99 US | 32 PAGES
FC | RATED T
This issue will ship with three covers.
Please see the order form for details.
Includes a code for a free digital download of this issue.
INJUSTICE 2 #31written by TOM TAYLOR
art and cover by DANIEL SAMPERE
The Red Lanterns, backed by the power of Starro, wage an all-out assault on Oa and the source of the Green Lanterns' power. But help is on the way in the form of the Titans, Blue Beetle, Booster Gold and...Lobo? Get ready for a rumble like you've never seen before!
ON SALE 08.01.18
$2.99 US | 32 PAGES
FC | RATED T+
DIGITAL FIRST
INJUSTICE 2 #32
written by TOM TAYLOR
art and cover by BRUNO REDONDO
Then, the fate of the world hangs in the balance as Starro and the Red Lanterns head toward Earth bent on destruction. Beetle, Booster and the Titans are in hot pursuit. Following close behind is Lobo, armed with a weapon that may ultimately do more harm than good.
ON SALE 08.15.18
$2.99 US | 32 PAGES
FC | RATED T+
DIGITAL FIRST
INJUSTICE VS. THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE #2
written by TIM SEELEY
art and cover by FREDDIE E. WILLIAMS II
He-Man has come to his mother's home-world to save it from a despotic ruler: Superman! As Batman plans an invasion of the Oracle to stop their suicide squads from terrorizing the populace, He-Man wanders an Earth city (in disguise) hoping to understand more of the difficulty they'll face. Meanwhile, back on Eternia, Zatanna and Swamp Thing are horrified to discover that someone else from their universe has crossed over!
ON SALE 08.15.18
$3.99 US | 32 PAGES
FC | 2 of 6 | RATED T
JUSTICE LEAGUE #5written by JAMES TYNION IV
art and cover by DOUG MAHNKE and JAIME MENDOZA
variant cover by JIM LEE and SCOTT WILLIAMS
Lex Luthor's back in the present just trying to live his best life after seeing what the future could have held for him. Luthor's new mantra? "Embrace Your Doom!" So now he's rounding up a new Legion of Doom to go on a cosmic wilding and establish himself as the biggest baddie in the DCU. In full recruiting mode, Luthor approaches both Sinestro and Gorilla Grodd to join his new team, and he doesn't exactly have to twist any arms. (They've got a matching 401K plan and great bennies, after all!)
ON SALE 08.01.18
$3.99 US | 32 PAGES
FC | RATED T+
This issue will ship with two covers.
Please see the order form for details.
JUSTICE LEAGUE #6
written by SCOTT SNYDER
art and cover by JORGE JIMENEZ
variant cover by JIM LEE and SCOTT WILLIAMS
Did you read the write-up on issue #5? Do you really think anything's gotten better for the Justice League in the past two weeks? Still Force? Still a thing! Ultraviolet Galaxy Lantern? Keeps attacking! Sinestro? Total garbage! Lex Luthor and Joker? Beating everyone to the Source Wall piece. If that happens? You don't wanna know.
ON SALE 08.15.18
$3.99 US | 32 PAGES
FC | RATED T+
This issue will ship with two covers each.
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RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS ANNUAL #2
written by SCOTT LOBDELL
art by CLAYTON HENRY
cover by KENNETH ROCAFORT
The boys are back-Red Hood and Arsenal, together again! Sort of. While Jason Todd is recovering after a brutal beatdown from the man who taught him everything he knows about brutal beatdowns, Roy Harper divides his time between being a nursemaid to his bestie and tracking down the source of tainted drugs that have killed thousands. It isn't long before the two find themselves in Beijing battling the Sisters of Suzie Su! All this and...the inexplicable fate of Artemis and Bizarro!
ON SALE 08.29.18
$4.99 US | 48 PAGES
FC | RATED T+
SUPERMAN #2written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
art and cover by IVAN REIS and JOE PRADO
variant cover by ADAM HUGHES
variant cover by DAVID MACK
The world quakes and shakes as it begins to succumb to the effects of the entire planet being moved into the lifeless realm known as the Phantom Zone. As Superman works with the World's Greatest Heroes, an old enemy trapped in the same prison returns to stop the Man of Steel and escape.
ON SALE 08.08.18
$3.99 US | 32 PAGES
FC | RATED T
This issue will ship with three covers.
Please see the order form for details.
TITANS #24
written by DAN ABNETT
art and cover by BRANDON PETERSON
variant cover by STJEPAN SEJIC
As if the Source Wall incursions causing a metagene pandemic weren't enough, team dysfunction threatens this latest iteration of the Titans before their new mission even gets off the ground! Night-wing and Miss Martian butt heads over the team's M.O. as the fate of the latest metahuman hangs in the balance! They'd better get their act together, because one of the Titans won't be coming home from this Source Wall mission-and it's not a vacation day!
ON SALE 08.08.18
$3.99 US | 32 PAGES
FC | RATED T
This issue will ship with two covers.
Please see the order form for details.
COLLECTED EDITIONS
ACTION COMICS #1000: THE DELUXE EDITION HCwritten by
DAN JURGENS, PETER J. TOMASI, MARV WOLFMAN, GEOFF JOHNS and RICHARD DONNER, SCOTT SNYDER, TOM KING, LOUISE SIMONSON, PAUL DINI, BRAD MELTZER, PAUL LEVITZ and BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
art by DAN JURGENS, PATRICK GLEASON, CURT SWAN, OLIVIER COIPEL, RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE, CLAY MANN, JOSE LUIS GARCIA-LOPEZ, JOHN CASSADAY, NEAL ADAMS, JIM LEE and others
cover by JIM LEE and SCOTT WILLIAMS
The celebration of 1,000 issues of ACTION COMICS continues with a new Deluxe Edition of the amazing comic that won raves when it hit comics shops in April! This hardcover includes all the stories from that issue, plus the tale by writer Paul Levitz and artist Neal Adams that appeared in the ACTION COMICS: 80 YEARS OF SUPERMAN hardcover, as well as all the variant covers (open to buy and retailer exclusives), design sketches by Jim Lee for Superman's new look, scripts for the stories, the original art from the lost story featuring art by Curt Swan and more! Plus: a complete reprint of the stories that started it all-the Superman stories from ACTION COMICS #1 and 2 from 1938!
ON SALE 09.26.18
$19.99 US | 160 PAGES
7.0625" x 10.875"
FC | ISBN: 978-1-4012-8597-5
BATMAN AND THE JUSTICE LEAGUE MANGA VOL. 1 TPwritten by SHIORI TESHIROGI
art and cover by SHIORI TESHIROGI
From mangaka Shiori Teshirogi (Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas) comes a new series starring Batman and the Justice League. Currently being serialized in the monthly Japanese anthology Red, the story focuses on a young boy who comes
to Gotham City from Japan. He's trying to solve the mystery of what happened to his scientist parents after their disappearance following a factory explosion a year earlier. As it turns out, the factory was owned by Lex Luthor, who has now teamed with The Joker. Together, they plan on using the research of the boy's parents to tap into a mystical, all-powerful, worldwide energy source. But for what purpose? It's a bigger challenge than Batman can handle on his own, so he's going to need some help from the League.
This series will be published in the original manga right-to-left format.
ON SALE 10.17.18
$12.99 US | 208 PAGES
5.75" x 8.1875"
B&W | RATED T+
DC SUPER HERO GIRLS: THE SEARCH FOR ATLANTIS TPwritten by SHEA FONTANA
art and cover by YANCEY LABAT
Mera is the new girl at Super Hero High, and when Wonder Woman takes Mera under her wing, Wonder Woman's best friend Bumblebee is overcome with jealousy. Despite her feelings, Bumblebee accompanies Mera and the Super Hero Girls on a field trip to Atlantis. But when they arrive, Atlantis is missing! Mera is horrified when they discover that Brainiac has shrunken and stolen Atlantis with the Atlanteans trapped inside! The Super Hero Girls must work together to defeat Brainaic and, along the way, Bumblebee must learn the true meaning of friendship.
ON SALE 09.26.18
6" x 9"
$9.99 US | 128 PAGES | FC
ISBN: 978-1-4012-8353-7
DARK KNIGHT III: THE MASTER RACE TP
written by FRANK MILLER and BRIAN AZZARELLO
art by ANDY KUBERT, FRANK MILLER, KLAUS JANSON, JOHN ROMITA JR. and EDUARDO RISSO
cover by ANDY KUBERT
One of the most highly anticipated sequels of all time is here in DARK KNIGHT III: THE MASTER RACE! In a world gone awry, left in the aftermath of the toppling of Lex Luthor and the apparent death of Batman himself, who will save Gotham City and the rest of the planet from the mysterious Master Race? This trade paperback includes the entire nine-issue series with each issue's minicomic presented at the same size.
ON SALE 09.05.18
$24.99 US | 392 PAGES
FC | ISBN: 978-1-4012-8431-2
HAL JORDAN AND THE GREEN LANTERN CORPS VOL. 6: ZOD'S WILL TPwritten by ROBERT VENDITTI
art by RAFA SANDOVAL, ETHAN VAN SCIVER, BRANDON PETERSON and others
cover by TYLER KIRKHAM
After a battle with Superman , General Zod has taken control of a small, undeveloped world. The only thing standing in the way of the Green Lantern Corps stopping General Zod and rescuing Hal Jordan from behind enemy lines turns out to be the leaders of the Corps itself-the Guardians of the Universe. Can the Corps change the Guardians' minds, or will they revolt to save their captured comrade? Collects issues #37-41.
ON SALE 09.19.18
$14.99 US | 128 PAGES
FC | ISBN: 978-1-4012-8444-2
INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US YEAR ONE DELUXE EDITION BOOK ONE HC
written by TOM TAYLOR
art by JHEREMY RAAPACK, MIKE S. MILLER, BRUNO REDONDO, DAVID YARDIN, TOM DERENICK and others
video game art cover
In this hardcover collection, the line between good and evil is blurred when The Joker unleashes a deadly plot on his latest victim-Superman! And when the Man of Steel starts killing, the heroes of the DC Universe must decide if they are with Superman or against him. Based on the video game phenomenon Injustice: Gods Among Us, this Deluxe Edition collects issues #1-12 and ANNUAL #1, plus a new introduction by Tom Taylor and never-before-published behind-the-scenes content.
ON SALE 09.19.18
$49.99 US | 456 PAGES
7.0625" x 10.875"
FC | ISBN: 978-1-4012-8434-3
JUSTICE LEAGUE VOL. 7: JUSTICE LOST TPwritten by CHRISTOPHER PRIEST
art by IAN CHURCHILL, PETE WOODS and PHILIPPE BRIONES
cover by DAVID YARDIN
Trapped aboard the crippled Watchtower, the Justice League and Justice League of America teams clash over leadership and the urgent question of who can be rescued...and who will be left behind. Meanwhile, the Green Lanterns face critical choices over how to deal with the League's two most powerful figures! Collects issues #39-43.
ON SALE 09.12.18
$14.99 US | 128 PAGES
FC | ISBN: 978-1-4012-8425-1
JUSTICE LEAGUE: NO JUSTICE TP
written by SCOTT SNYDER, JAMES TYNION IV and JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
art by FRANCIS MANAPUL, MARCUS TO and RILEY ROSSMO
cover by FRANCIS MANAPUL
DARK NIGHTS: METAL left the DC Universe transformed in ways both terrifying and wondrous-and only the Justice League is strong enough to face the threats to come...or are they? Four giant beings composed of the universe's major energies are on their way to destroy the planet Colu. The only way to take down this unimaginable threat is for the super-teams of Earth to form new alliances.
What secrets will Superman, Martian Manhunter and Team Mystery discover? Will Zatanna, Wonder Woman and Team Wonder awaken alien magic? What can Harley Quinn possibly have to teach Team Wisdom? And why is Beast Boy on Team Entropy? Find out in this collection of the four-issue weekly series that also includes the prelude story from DC NATION #0.
ON SALE 09.19.18
$16.99 US | 136 PAGES
FC | ISBN: 978-1-4012-8334-6
SUPER SONS VOL. 3: PARENT TRAP TPwritten by PETER J. TOMASI
art by CARLO BARBERI, PAUL PELLETIER, ART THIBERT and CAM SMITH
cover by JORGE JIMENEZ
In this new collection, Talia al Ghul returns for her son Damian, whom she trained from birth to be an assassin. With the evil in Robin's past finally revealed to Superboy, it might be too much for the Sons' partnership to survive...especially when the boys find out her next victim is one of the most important people in their lives! Collecting issues #13-16. Plus, Krypto and Titus steal the spotlight in a story from SUPER SONS ANNUAL #1!
ON SALE 09.26.18
$14.99 US | 136 PAGES
FC | ISBN: 978-1-4012-8446-6
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