DC Comics has released their February 2023 solicitations, and we’ve highlighted for you all the Superman-related comics and products listed.
COMIC BOOKS
SUPERMAN #1
Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
Art and cover by JAMAL CAMPBELL
Variant covers by ANDY KUBERT, ARIEL COLÓN, IBRAHIM MOUSTAFA, RICCARDO FEDERICI, GABRIEL RODRIGUEZ, ED BENES and WAYNE FAUCHER, ALEXANDER LOZANO, FRANCESCO MATTINA, NICK DRAGOTTA, and JORGE JIMENEZ
1:25 B&W variant cover by ANDY KUBERT
1:50 variant cover by TOM DERENICK
1:75 variant cover by SIMONE DI MEO
1:100 foil variant cover by JAMAL CAMPBELL
1:200 spot foil variant cover by FRANCESCO MATTINA
Phantom Zone foil variant cover by SEBASTIAN FIUMARA ($7.99 US)
$4.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 2/21/23
IT’S THE DAWN OF DC!
Superman has returned to Metropolis and his greatest enemy Lex Luthor is finally behind bars. The future of the Superman family has never been brighter! As Clark Kent settles back into his life, iconic and new enemies erupt from the shadows to strike down the Man of Steel! But waiting in the wings to back up Big Blue is…Supercorp?! What secret project has Lex given to Superman?! “A hero is only as good as their villains” will be put to the test in this brand-new oversize #1 featuring comics’ greatest superhero by DC Comics architect Joshua Williamson and award-winning superstar artist Jamal Campbell!
ACTION COMICS #1052
Written by PHILLIP KENNEDY JOHNSON, DAN JURGENS, and LEAH WILLIAMS
Art by RAFA SANDOVAL, LEE WEEKS, and MARGUERITE SAUVAGE
Cover by STEVE BEACH
Variant cover by CLAYTON HENRY and MARCELO MAIOLO
Variant cover by RAFA SANDOVAL and MATT HERMS
Variant cover by LEE WEEKS
1:25 variant cover by JORGE FORNÉS
1:50 foil variant cover by STEVE BEACH
Black History Month variant cover by KHARY RANDOLPH
$4.99 US | 48 pages | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 2/28/23
METALLO ATTACKS!
The crown jewel of Superman’s new Metropolis is in ruins, and the increasingly violent Blue Earth movement is keeping the entire Super-Family on their toes. Meanwhile, Metallo’s powerful new body is evolving in unforeseen, horrific ways. As Metallo’s life and sanity continue to unravel, he sets out to capture the only person who can help him: John Henry Irons. It’s Steel versus Metallo as the new era of Action Comics continues!
BATMAN/SUPERMAN: WORLD’S FINEST #12
Written by MARK WAID
Art by EMA LUPACCHINO
Cover by DAN MORA
Variant cover by DAVE JOHNSON
1:25 variant cover by MAX DUNBAR
1:50 variant cover by SWEENEY BOO
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 2/21/23
The secret behind the Supergirl-Robin feud, revealed! On a day not too long ago, a meeting between the Boy Wonder and the Girl of Steel began sweetly, became awkward, and ended so catastrophically, horrifically,
jaw-droppingly, car-crashingly disastrously that, among the Superman and Batman families, it is now enshrined as the world’s finest example of How Not to Team Up!
DCEASED: WAR OF THE UNDEAD GODS #7
Written by TOM TAYLOR
Pencils by TREVOR HAIRSINE
Inks by ANDY LANNING
Cover by HOWARD PORTER
Homage variant cover by BEN OLIVER
Acetate variant cover by KAEL NGU
1:25 variant cover by FRANCESCO MATTINA
1:50 variant cover by SUN KHAMUNAKI
$3.99 US | 32 pages | 7 of 8 | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 2/21/23
Some of the most powerful entities in existence are now slaves to the Anti-Life. Undead Darkseid’s forces have spread the virus across whole galaxies. Even Kryptonians and the Flashes may be too slow in the race to cure worlds before everything is overwhelmed. The final stand for the universe begins.
LAZARUS PLANET: OMEGA #1
Written by MARK WAID and GENE LUEN YANG
Art by RICCARDO FEDERICI, BILLY TAN, and more
Cover by DAVID MARQUEZ and ALEJANDRO SANCHEZ
Variant covers by LEE GARBETT, BEN OLIVER, ARIEL COLÓN, FELIPE MASSAFERA, and JEN BARTEL
1:25 variant cover by PETE WOODS
1:50 variant cover by HÉLÈNE LENOBLE
1:100 foil variant cover by DAVID MARQUEZ and ALEJANDRO SANCHEZ
Team variant cover by TIAGO DA SILVA ($8.99 US)
Lucky Red Envelope variant cover by BERNARD CHANG
Black History Month variant cover by EDWIN GALMON
$5.99 US | 48 pages | Variant $6.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 2/21/23
FATE AND FURY.
The Devil Nezha and his son are at war—with all of humanity caught in the middle! The Lazarus storms are intensifying worldwide, Earth’s superheroes are on the ropes, and Batman is living on borrowed time. It’s up to Zatanna, the Spectre, the Demon, Klarion, and the rest of the DCU’s magic users to join Damian Wayne and set things right—but to do that, they’ll have to uncover Nezha’s final, explosive secret! Plus: Dreamer has rescued Doctor Fate’s helmet from destruction…but why does it keep glowing like that? The Dawn of the DCU begins as the Lazarus Planet saga crashes to a close!
MONKEY PRINCE #11
Written by GENE LUEN YANG
Art and cover by BERNARD CHANG
Variant cover by SAMI BASRI
1:25 variant cover by BERNARD CHANG
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 2/7/23
Lazarus Planet event tie-in! Monkey Prince, now at the Hall of Justice with Supergirl, must defend it against the Ultra-Humanite. But it looks like Ultra-Humanite needs to get through not only to acquire secret information about the Monkey King that could defeat Nezha…but also for information about how Marcus is related to the Monkey King. Will Monkey Prince give in to learn his truth but put all the other heroes at risk?
SUPERMAN: SPACE AGE #3
Written by MARK RUSSELL
Art and cover by MICHAEL ALLRED
Variant cover by JOE QUINONES
1:25 variant cover by NICK DERINGTON
$9.99 US | 80 pages | 3 of 3 | Prestige | (all covers are card stock)
ON SALE 2/21/23
The end is nigh! As red skies reign, Superman does what he can to make the world a better place for as long as it continues to exist. But money is power in the greed-driven decade of the ’80s, and villains like Lex Luthor seem poised to win in the end. Little do they know, there are bigger things to worry about and the hero they’ve grown to hate is their only hope against this crisis! Don’t miss the thrilling finale of this soon-to-be classic miniseries!
TITANS UNITED: BLOODPACT #6
Written by CAVAN SCOTT
Art by LUCAS MEYER
Cover by EDDY BARROWS
Variant cover by DERRICK CHEW
1:25 variant cover by LEIRIX
$3.99 US | 32 pages | 6 of 6 | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 2/21/23
All is lost! Raven rules supreme, and one of the Titans has become a killer. Hunted and alone, the heroes-turned-fugitives must face Brother Blood and the Dark Daughter for the final time.
COLLECTED EDITIONS
DCEASED: WAR OF THE UNDEAD GODS
Written by TOM TAYLOR
Art by TREVOR HAIRSINE, NEIL EDWARDS, and ANDY LANNING
Cover by FRANCESCO MATTINA
$29.99 US | 232 pages | 6 5/8″ x 10 3/16″ | Hardcover
ISBN: 978-1-77952-060-9
ON SALE 9/5/23
What began as a battle for Earth has become a war for the galaxy as the epic final chapter in the massive DCeased
franchise is here!
The emergence of a reborn, undead Darkseid in DCeased: Dead Planet sets the stage for the most devastating conflict yet for Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman! As the Anti-Life Equation spreads into the cosmos, the survivors of Earth prepare for the coming apocalypse and realize their only hope could lie in the most powerful surviving hero from the first DCeased series…
DC VS. VAMPIRES VOL. 2
Written by JAMES TYNION IV and MATTHEW ROSENBERG
Art by OTTO SCHMIDT
Cover by GUILLEM MARCH
$24.99 US | 160 pages | 6 5/8″ x 10 3/16″ | Hardcover
ISBN: 978-1-77952-124-8
ON SALE 4/4/23
The first battle in the war for Earth was badly lost by humanity, and Nightwing and his vampire hordes have covered the Earth in permanent darkness. But hope is not lost, as an unlikely rebellion has emerged with a
desperate and suicidal plan to save the world…Will it be enough? The second volume of the shocking, bestselling series collects DC vs. Vampires #7-12.
FLASHPOINT (2023 EDITION)
Written by GEOFF JOHNS
Art and cover by ANDY KUBERT and SANDRA HOPE
$19.99 US | 176 pages | Softcover | 6 5/8″ x 10 3/16″
ISBN: 978-1-77951-727-2
ON SALE 5/30/23
Offered again! Before you see the movie, read the graphic novel that inspired the upcoming film The Flash. Barry Allen protects the innocent and battles evil as the Flash—the world’s fastest man. But this is not the world he knew. This is a world where Themyscira and Atlantis are at war, where Batman uses deadly force, and where the Fastest Man Alive is just another man. Powerless and alone, Barry Allen remembers reality as it once was. Now he must convince its strange, dangerous heroes to rally to his cause and set the world to rights.
Collects Flashpoint #1-5.
INFINITE FRONTIER
Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
Art by XERMÁNICO, JESÚS MERINO, PAUL PELLETIER, and others
Cover by MITCH GERADS
$29.99 US | 352 pages | Softcover | 6 5/8″ x 10 3/16″ | ISBN: 978-1-77951-998-6
ON SALE 3/28/23
When our heroes saved the Multiverse from Perpetua in Dark Nights: Death Metal, everything was put back where it belonged…and we do mean everything. All the damage from all the Crises was undone, and heroes long thought gone returned from whatever exile they had been in. Most of them, at least. Includes Infinite Frontier #0–6 and Infinite Frontier: Secret Files #1 written by Joshua Williamson (The Flash) with striking art by XermÁnico, JesÚs Merino, Paul Pelletier, and more!
LEGENDS OF THE DC UNIVERSE: CARMINE INFANTINO
Written by GARDNER FOX, JOHN BROOME, ROBERT KANIGHER, and others
Art by CARMINE INFANTINO and others
Cover by CARMINE INFANTINO
$49.99 US | 408 pages | 6 5/8″ x 10 3/16″ | Hardcover | ISBN: 978-1-77952-166-8
ON SALE 3/28/23
DC celebrates the work of artist and former DC publisher Carmine Infantino in this collection of stories pulled from his decades-spanning career. Features selections from All-Star Comics #40; Flash Comics #86 and #90; All-American Comics #95; Comic Cavalcade #28; Sensation Comics #87; Mystery in Space #3; Secret Hearts #8; The Adventures of Rex the Wonder Dog #4; Showcase #4; Western Comics #73; The Flash #112 and #123; The Brave and the Bold #49; Detective Comics #327; Strange Adventures #205; The House of Mystery #296; DC Comics Presents #73; Secret Origins #17; and Danger Trail #1-4.
MULTIVERSITY: TEEN JUSTICE
Written by IVAN COHEN and DANNY LORE
Art by MARCO FAILLA and LUCIANO VECCHIO
Cover by EDDY BARROWS
$16.99 US | 176 pages | Softcover | 6 5/8″ x 10 3/16″ | ISBN: 978-1-77951-996-2
ON SALE 3/21/23
Kid Quick—the Future State Flash—and their fellow heroes Supergirl, Robin, Aquagirl, Klarienne the Witch Girl, and Troy take center stage in a miniseries that rocks Earth-11 to its core! What is Sister Blood’s true mission among the lost souls of New York City? Can Teen Justice get through their growing pains fast enough to learn the answer in time to stop it? And what role will the mysterious Raven—the brooding hero who has refused to join the team in the past—play in the ultimate battle? The secrets of Earth-11’s newest heroes and villains unfold in DC’s most exciting new team title!
Collects Multiversity: Teen Justice #1-6, along with Teen Justice’s first appearance from DC’s Very Merry Multiverse and a story from DC Pride 2022!
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