Superman-related July 2023 Solicitations

DC Comics has released their July 2023 solicitations, and we’ve highlighted for you all the Superman-related comics and products listed.

COMIC BOOKS

KNIGHT TERRORS: FIRST BLOOD #1
Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
Art and cover by HOWARD PORTER
Variant cover by JAE LEE
Variant cover by FRANCESCO MATTINA
Blank variant cover
1:25 variant cover by RICCARDO FEDERICI
1:50 variant cover by EJIKURE
1:100 variant cover by JAE LEE
1:666 signed variant cover by HOWARD PORTER
Darkest Hour variant cover by HOWARD PORTER ($7.99 US)
$5.99 US | 48 pages | One-shot | Variant $6.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 7/4/23
When Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman find the body of one of their earliest enemies inside the Hall of Justice, their investigation takes them past the land of the living, beyond the land of the dead, and directly to a new villain called Insomnia…who uses his powers to engulf every single hero and villain in their own dark and twisted nightmares. The only way to save the world is to call for the help of an unlikely hero—Deadman!
The thrills and chills of Knight Terrors are brought to the DC Universe by DC architect and superstar writer Joshua Williamson with horrific art by comics legend Howard Porter!

KNIGHT TERRORS #1
Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
Art by GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI and CASPAR WIJNGAARD
Cover by IVAN REIS and DANNY MIKI
Variant cover by FRANCESCO MATTINA
Variant cover by ALEX MALEEV
1:25 variant cover by EVAN “DOC” SHANER
1:50 variant cover by ALEX MALEEV
1:100 variant cover by IVAN REIS
Darkest Hour variant cover by IVAN REIS ($5.99 US)
$3.99 US | 32 pages | 1 of 4 | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 7/11/23
Hello, ghouls and ghosts! This is Boston Brand, a.k.a. Deadman, and I’ll be your supernatural tour guide across the Knight Terrors stories! After that fancy special oversize issue you have to read first, the whole world is trapped inside their nightmares, and Batman and I are trying to figure out who Insomnia really is…and why he wants revenge on the heroes of the DC Universe!

KNIGHT TERRORS #2
Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
Art by GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI and CASPAR WIJNGAARD
Cover by IVAN REIS and DANNY MIKI
Variant cover by FRANCESCO MATTINA
Variant cover by MAHMUD ASRAR
1:25 variant cover by JEFF SPOKES
1:50 variant cover by IVAN REIS
1:100 variant cover by MAHMUD ASRAR
Darkest Hour variant cover by IVAN REIS ($5.99 US)
$3.99 US | 32 pages | 2 of 4 | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 7/25/23
Oh dang—I gotta do another one of these this month? Batman and I are joined by…Wesley Dodds, the Sandman?! What the heck? I thought I was the only dead person allowed in this story. I guess not! We uncover one of Wesley’s oldest cases, which haunted him until the day he died—and it points us in the direction of the Nightmare Stone. But Insomnia has unleashed his own army to hunt us down…the Sleepless Knights. And this issue is their first appearance, kids! Get scared!

KNIGHT TERRORS: SUPERMAN #1
Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
Art by TOM REILLY
Cover by GLEB MELNIKOV
Variant cover by FRANCESCO MATTINA
Variant cover by CHRISTIAN WARD
1:25 variant cover by FILYA BRATUKHIN
1:50 design variant cover by DAN MORA
Midnight variant cover by DUSTIN NGUYEN
$4.99 US | 32 pages | 1 of 2 | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 7/18/23
What does the Man of Steel have nightmares about? Clark Kent knows why he’s been pulled into the Nightmare Realm and goes in search of his family and friends, but that journey takes him to the haunted Nightly Planet, where he is confronted by the Super-Reaper!
In the waking world, Superman was midflight when he was hit by the nightmare wave. Where he crash-lands will surprise you!

KNIGHT TERRORS: ACTION COMICS #1
Written by LEAH WILLIAMS and PHILLIP KENNEDY JOHNSON
Art by VASCO GEORGIEV and MICO SUAYAN
Cover by RAFA SANDOVAL
Variant cover by MICO SUAYAN
Variant cover by GERALD PAREL
1:25 variant cover by OTTO SCHMIDT
1:50 variant cover by MEGHAN HETRICK
Midnight variant cover by DUSTIN NGUYEN
$4.99 US | 48 pages | 1 of 2 | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 7/25/23
Slipping into the world of nightmares is only the beginning as Power Girl faces off with the scariest dream of all…herself! Paige may have narrowly escaped the grasp of the devious Johnny Sorrow, but all of that was just a warm-up for the real villain inside. Meanwhile, the Super-Twins are lost in a terrifying dreamscape and being hunted by a nightmare version of their own adopted father, the murderous Cyborg Superman. Can Superboy, Kong Kenan, and the Steel family find the twins in time to save them, or will they join his bloody list of victims?

ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN: JON KENT #5
Written by TOM TAYLOR
Art and cover by CLAYTON HENRY
Variant covers by JIM CHEUNG and HAYDEN SHERMAN
1:25 variant cover by ZU ORZU
1:50 foil variant cover by CLAYTON HENRY
$3.99 US | 32 pages | 5 of 6 | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 7/4/23
The Super Sons are reunited and up against an entire world of Injustice…but in this penultimate issue, will Jon Kent have a hope of returning to his Earth? It’s a battle for the soul of Superman and the safe return of the Super Son as the Injustice saga cranks up the heat!

SUPERBOY: THE MAN OF TOMORROW #4
Written by KENNY PORTER
Art and cover by JAHNOY LINDSAY
Variant cover by TODD NAUCK
1:25 variant cover by MEGAN HUANG
$3.99 US | 32 pages | 4 of 6 | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 7/18/23
Superboy goes toe-to-toe with the hulking clone known as Infinity. Wielding abilities from species across the cosmos, Conner and his new friends, the Cosmoteers, will need to use every trick up their sleeves to defeat this
monstrous threat. But when the dust finally settles, Conner’s alliance with the Cosmoteers might be no more!

STEELWORKS #2
Written by MICHAEL DORN
Art by SAMI BASRI
Cover by CLAY MANN
Variant cover by SAMI BASRI
1:25 variant cover by IBRAHIM MOUSTAFA
$3.99 US | 32 pages | 2 of 6 | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 7/4/23
ENTER: THE SILVER MIST!
John Henry Irons’s Steelworks company may be up and running, but this radical reimagining of Metropolis civic works has caught the attention of the biggest players in the city—both good and evil! With rival businessman Charles Walker III’s newest mutation, the Silver Mist, stalking Steel’s armory, John Henry had better watch his back or he might get a knife planted into it! All this while wrestling with the biggest question of all for our man of steel…”Am I man or Super-Man?”

SUPERMAN: THE LAST DAYS OF LEX LUTHOR #1
Written by MARK WAID
Art and cover by BRYAN HITCH
Variant cover by KEVIN NOWLAN
Variant cover by CHRIS SAMNEE
1:25 variant cover by YANICK PAQUETTE
1:50 variant cover By EVAN “DOC” SHANER
$6.99 US | 48 pages | 1 of 3 | Prestige Plus | 8 1/2″ x 10 7/8″
(all covers are card stock)
ON SALE 7/25/23
Mark Waid and Bryan Hitch reunite to tell a tale centered on their favorite superhero. Superman learns Lex Luthor is dying, and he wants the Man of Steel to help him find the cure for whatever is causing his rapid decline. While the world wants to say good riddance to Luthor, Superman will go to the ends of the universe, through different dimensions, and across time to save his foe. But just why does he want to save the person who’s spent his life trying to destroy him? And will he even be able to find the solution?

CITY BOY #3
Written by GREG PAK
Art by MINKYU JUNG
Cover by MINKYU JUNG
Variant cover by CREEES LEE
1:25 variant cover by MIKE CHOI
$3.99 US | 32 pages | 3 of 6 | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 7/25/23
After barely fighting off Intergang with the help of Metropolis, the city itself in the form of a dragon avatar, City Boy realizes the more he taps into his powers, the louder it is inside his head…hearing and feeling everything about the city and its history all at once, nonstop. So, he goes to ask for help from someone else who hears all of Metropolis all the time: Superman!

SUPERMAN: THE HARVESTS OF YOUTH
Written and drawn by SINA GRACE
$16.99 US | 208 pages | 6″ x 9″ | Softcover | ISBN: 978-1-77951-105-8
ON SALE 10/3/23
Clark Kent’s idyllic teen life is wrenched away when the death of a classmate rocks Smallville. As he and his friends grieve, the challenges they face become darker, more complex, and deeply insidious. For the first time in his life, Clark must grapple with life’s biggest questions, and confront his own mortality (or lack thereof) in order to become the hero his beloved town needs. Acclaimed GLAAD Media Award-nominated writer and artist Sina Grace (Iceman) tells the deeply moving and quintessential story of teenage Clark Kent and the town that must overcome grief and hate to restore hope.

BATMAN/SUPERMAN: WORLD’S FINEST #17
Written by MARK WAID
Art and cover by DAN MORA
Variant cover by CLIFF CHIANG
1:25 variant cover by JAMIE McKELVIE
1:50 variant cover by DIKE RUAN
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 7/18/23
World War A.I. hits its climax, guest-starring dozens of DC heroes in a war against Newmazo and his machines that will determine the fate of humanity—and lay threads for a menace that will soon pop up in the pages of Shazam!

DARK KNIGHTS OF STEEL #12
Written by TOM TAYLOR
Art by YASMINE PUTRI
Cover by DAN MORA
Variant cover by EJIKURE
1:25 variant cover by JORGE MOLINA
$3.99 US | 32 pages | 12 of 12 | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 7/25/23
The cataclysmic conclusion to the bestselling series is here. The Three Kingdoms are united for the first time in a generation against a common threat—but can even their combined might prevail? Will a traitor in their midst turn the tide of the final battle? The shocking finale…but is this truly the end?

DC/RWBY #6
Written by MARGUERITE BENNETT
Art by SOO LEE
Cover by MEGHAN HETRICK
Variant cover by MIRKA ANDOLFO
$3.99 US | 32 pages | 6 of 7 | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 7/25/23
Team RWBY returns to Gotham with a plan to help Batman retake Arkham Asylum and send the Grimm back to Remnant. But with time running short and the world merger fast approaching, the girls need to face down a corrupted Dark Knight in order to save both worlds from destruction!

SUPERMAN: LOST #5
Written by CHRISTOPHER PRIEST
Art and cover by CARLO PAGULAYAN and JASON PAZ
Variant cover by LEE WEEKS
1:25 variant cover by JAE LEE
$4.99 US | 32 pages | 5 of 10 | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 7/11/23
At a loss to close the widening gap between herself and Superman, Lois turns to Wonder Woman for help. Clark Kent, attempting to reenter his life at the Daily Planet, is haunted by the dire consequences of his attempts to defend his second adopted planet from invasion.

COLLECTED EDITIONS

SUPERMAN VS. MESHI VOL. 1
Written by SATOSHI MIYAGAWA
Art and cover by KAI KITAGO
$9.99 US | 160 pages | Softcover | 5″ x 7.5″ | ISBN: 978-1-77952-312-9
ON SALE 9/5/23
It’s hungry work being a Superman! That’s why every day for lunch, Superman takes a quick stop over in Japan to try a new chain restaurant. Whether it’s a hearty bowl of curry or conveyor belt sushi, the Man of Steel loves to indulge in the delectable delicacies the country has to offer. So pull up a seat, and dig in as Superman does battle with lunch!

DCEASED: WAR OF THE UNDEAD GODS
Written by TOM TAYLOR
Art by TREVOR HAIRSINE, ANDY LANNING, NEIL EDWARDS, and LUCAS MEYER
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…
Collecting DCeased: War of the Undead Gods #1-8.

BATMAN/SUPERMAN: WORLD’S FINEST VOL. 2: STRANGE VISITOR
Written by MARK WAID
Art and cover by DAN MORA
$24.99 US | 176 pages | Hardcover | 6 5/8″ x 10 3/16″ | ISBN: 978-1-77952-048-7
ON SALE 9/19/23
Batman and Superman are on a quest to train the mysterious new hero Boy Thunder…but what’s that in the dark? A faint noise. Sounds like a laugh? Uh-oh…the Joker is here, and he’s got his own plans for a super-powered sidekick! Someone hide all the crowbars, quick!

DARK KNIGHTS OF STEEL VOL. 1
Written by TOM TAYLOR
Art and cover by YASMINE PUTRI
$16.99 US | 176 pages | 6 5/8″ x 10 3/16″ | Softcover | ISBN: 978-1-77952-051-7
ON SALE 9/12/23
An entire medieval world will be forever changed when a spaceship crash-lands from a doomed planet. Years later, the El Kingdom reigns, and Jefferson Pierce, the head of the Kingdom of Storms, sees their family as a threat and gathers allies to challenge them. Monarchs will die, kingdoms will rise, and what seemed like the end of the world for many was only the beginning! An epic high-fantasy story set in a DC Universe where nothing is what it seems…
Collecting Dark Knights of Steel #1-6.

DC VS. VAMPIRES: ALL-OUT WAR PART 2
Written by MATTHEW ROSENBERG and ALEX PAKNADEL
Art by PASQUALE QUALANO
Cover by ALAN QUAH
$19.99 US | 144 pages | 6 5/8″ x 10 3/16″ | Hardcover | ISBN: 978-1-77952-342-6
ON SALE 9/26/23
In the cataclysmic second volume, the human rebel forces led by Deathstroke have begun their assault on Baron Cinder’s fortress. Will their mission bring sunlight back to the world? Or is humanity doomed to die in the solemn darkness?!
Collecting DC vs. Vampires: All-Out War #4-6 and DC vs. Vampires: Killers.

DC/RWBY
Written by MARGUERITE BENNETT
Art by MEGHAN HETRICK and SOO LEE
Cover by MEGHAN HETRICK
$16.99 US | 168 pages | Softcover | 6 5/8″ x 10 3/16″ | ISBN: 978-1-77951-456-1
ON SALE 9/5/23
The world of Remnant comes crashing into the DCU! Grimm are running amok around Gotham, and Batman’s on the hunt to find whoever brought these mysterious monsters to his city. But as the trail goes cold, the Dark Knight finds himself face-to-face with none other than Team RWBY! What other effects are taking hold around our world with Ruby, Weiss, Blake, and Yang here, and what does it mean for the future of the DCU?! Marguerite Bennett returns to RWBY with Meghan Hetrick and Soo Lee for an epic tale of adventure spanning every corner of the DC Universe!
This collection brings together DC/RWBY #1-7 along with a host of behind-the-scenes material!

SUPERMAN: KAL-EL RETURNS
Written by PHILLIP KENNEDY JOHNSON, TOM TAYLOR, MARK WAID, and others
Art by MIKE PERKINS, CIAN TORMEY, DAVID LAPHAM, RICCARDO FEDERICI, and others
Cover by DAN MORA
$16.99 US | 232 pages | Softcover | 6 5/8″ x 10 3/16″ | ISBN: 978-1-77952-058-6
ON SALE 9/5/23
In the aftermath of Superman’s epic Warworld Revolution, the Man of Steel is back on Earth and stronger than he’s ever been! As he and Steel join forces to remake Metropolis as a true City of Tomorrow, two of Superman’s classic villains take notice…and they have plans of their own. Plus, Kal-El reunites with the Dark Knight, Jimmy Olsen, and the Justice League to find out what he missed while he was away. And Jon Kent’s relief at his father being back is short-lived when he’s targeted by the mysterious Red Sin, who can do the unthinkable: injure both Jon and his father!
This volume collects Superman: Son of Kal-El #16-18, Action Comics #1047-1049, and Superman: Kal-El
Returns Special #1!

SUPERMAN: RED SON (2023 EDITION)
Written by MARK MILLAR
Art by DAVE JOHNSON, KILIAN PLUNKETT, ANDREW ROBINSON, and WALDEN WONG
Cover by DAVE JOHNSON
$19.99 US | 168 pages | 6 5/8″ x 10 3/16″ | Softcover | ISBN: 978-1-77952-448-5
ON SALE 8/29/23
Offered again! We all know the tale of an orphaned Kryptonian who crash-lands on Earth and is destined to become the most powerful being on the planet. But what if that infant wasn’t raised in Smallville, Kansas, but on a collective farm in the Soviet Union? In this alternate-history tale by Mark Millar and Dave Johnson, Superman becomes the champion of the common worker, and also serves the agenda of Stalin, socialism, and the international expansion of the Warsaw Pact.
Collects Superman: Red Son #1-3.

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COLLECTED EDITIONS

SUPERMAN VS. MESHI VOL. 1
Written by SATOSHI MIYAGAWA
Art and cover by KAI KITAGO
$9.99 US | 160 pages | Softcover | 5″ x 7.5″ | ISBN: 978-1-77952-312-9
ON SALE 9/5/23
It’s hungry work being a Superman! That’s why every day for lunch, Superman takes a quick stop over in Japan to try a new chain restaurant. Whether it’s a hearty bowl of curry or conveyor belt sushi, the Man of Steel loves to indulge in the delectable delicacies the country has to offer. So pull up a seat, and dig in as Superman does battle with lunch!


DCEASED: WAR OF THE UNDEAD GODS
Written by TOM TAYLOR
Art by TREVOR HAIRSINE, ANDY LANNING, NEIL EDWARDS, and LUCAS MEYER
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…
Collecting DCeased: War of the Undead Gods #1-8.


BATMAN/SUPERMAN: WORLD’S FINEST VOL. 2: STRANGE VISITOR
Written by MARK WAID
Art and cover by DAN MORA
$24.99 US | 176 pages | Hardcover | 6 5/8″ x 10 3/16″ | ISBN: 978-1-77952-048-7
ON SALE 9/19/23
Batman and Superman are on a quest to train the mysterious new hero Boy Thunder…but what’s that in the dark? A faint noise. Sounds like a laugh? Uh-oh…the Joker is here, and he’s got his own plans for a super-powered sidekick! Someone hide all the crowbars, quick!


DARK KNIGHTS OF STEEL VOL. 1
Written by TOM TAYLOR
Art and cover by YASMINE PUTRI
$16.99 US | 176 pages | 6 5/8″ x 10 3/16″ | Softcover | ISBN: 978-1-77952-051-7
ON SALE 9/12/23
An entire medieval world will be forever changed when a spaceship crash-lands from a doomed planet. Years later, the El Kingdom reigns, and Jefferson Pierce, the head of the Kingdom of Storms, sees their family as a threat and gathers allies to challenge them. Monarchs will die, kingdoms will rise, and what seemed like the end of the world for many was only the beginning! An epic high-fantasy story set in a DC Universe where nothing is what it seems…
Collecting Dark Knights of Steel #1-6.


DC VS. VAMPIRES: ALL-OUT WAR PART 2
Written by MATTHEW ROSENBERG and ALEX PAKNADEL
Art by PASQUALE QUALANO
Cover by ALAN QUAH
$19.99 US | 144 pages | 6 5/8″ x 10 3/16″ | Hardcover | ISBN: 978-1-77952-342-6
ON SALE 9/26/23
In the cataclysmic second volume, the human rebel forces led by Deathstroke have begun their assault on Baron Cinder’s fortress. Will their mission bring sunlight back to the world? Or is humanity doomed to die in the solemn darkness?!
Collecting DC vs. Vampires: All-Out War #4-6 and DC vs. Vampires: Killers.


DC/RWBY
Written by MARGUERITE BENNETT
Art by MEGHAN HETRICK and SOO LEE
Cover by MEGHAN HETRICK
$16.99 US | 168 pages | Softcover | 6 5/8″ x 10 3/16″ | ISBN: 978-1-77951-456-1
ON SALE 9/5/23
The world of Remnant comes crashing into the DCU! Grimm are running amok around Gotham, and Batman’s on the hunt to find whoever brought these mysterious monsters to his city. But as the trail goes cold, the Dark Knight finds himself face-to-face with none other than Team RWBY! What other effects are taking hold around our world with Ruby, Weiss, Blake, and Yang here, and what does it mean for the future of the DCU?! Marguerite Bennett returns to RWBY with Meghan Hetrick and Soo Lee for an epic tale of adventure spanning every corner of the DC Universe!
This collection brings together DC/RWBY #1-7 along with a host of behind-the-scenes material!


SUPERMAN: KAL-EL RETURNS
Written by PHILLIP KENNEDY JOHNSON, TOM TAYLOR, MARK WAID, and others
Art by MIKE PERKINS, CIAN TORMEY, DAVID LAPHAM, RICCARDO FEDERICI, and others
Cover by DAN MORA
$16.99 US | 232 pages | Softcover | 6 5/8″ x 10 3/16″ | ISBN: 978-1-77952-058-6
ON SALE 9/5/23
In the aftermath of Superman’s epic Warworld Revolution, the Man of Steel is back on Earth and stronger than he’s ever been! As he and Steel join forces to remake Metropolis as a true City of Tomorrow, two of Superman’s classic villains take notice…and they have plans of their own. Plus, Kal-El reunites with the Dark Knight, Jimmy Olsen, and the Justice League to find out what he missed while he was away. And Jon Kent’s relief at his father being back is short-lived when he’s targeted by the mysterious Red Sin, who can do the unthinkable: injure both Jon and his father!
This volume collects Superman: Son of Kal-El #16-18, Action Comics #1047-1049, and Superman: Kal-El
Returns Special #1!


SUPERMAN: RED SON (2023 EDITION)
Written by MARK MILLAR
Art by DAVE JOHNSON, KILIAN PLUNKETT, ANDREW ROBINSON, and WALDEN WONG
Cover by DAVE JOHNSON
$19.99 US | 168 pages | 6 5/8″ x 10 3/16″ | Softcover | ISBN: 978-1-77952-448-5
ON SALE 8/29/23
Offered again! We all know the tale of an orphaned Kryptonian who crash-lands on Earth and is destined to become the most powerful being on the planet. But what if that infant wasn’t raised in Smallville, Kansas, but on a collective farm in the Soviet Union? In this alternate-history tale by Mark Millar and Dave Johnson, Superman becomes the champion of the common worker, and also serves the agenda of Stalin, socialism, and the international expansion of the Warsaw Pact.
Collects Superman: Red Son #1-3.

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