There are seven damned Blackest Night trade paperbacks out this month, so you can forget individual listings here.
BOOSTER GOLD #45When particularly uninspired alternate takes on Captain Marvel and Sandman dominate your cover, might as well just call it Flashpoint: Arena II.
Written by DAN JURGENS
Art and cover by DAN JURGENS and NORM RAPMUND
Booster knows that the Flashpoint world isn’t his own. But how does he get back? How does he make things right?
On sale JUNE 8 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED
FLASHPOINT #2I'm not going to read either of the Big Two's summer events involving alternate timelines and bad character redesigns, but how is it they always manage to do the same crap at the same time? I know Flashpoint has been in the works for a while, so I assume Fear Itself is the rip-off, but it also seems the better of the two by virtue of not looking like a particularly bad Elseworlds.
Written by GEOFF JOHNS
Art and cover by ANDY KUBERT and SANDRA HOPE
1:25 Black and White Variant cover A by ANDY KUBERT
Variant cover B by IVAN REIS and GEORGE PÉREZ
The world-changing miniseries continues! Where are the World’s Greatest Super Heroes? Barry Allen is on a mission to find out or die trying – and that may be what’s happening as he tries to make lightning strike twice! Meanwhile, around the submerged Paris, the pirate Deathstroke confronts Emperor Aquaman!
Retailers please note: This issue will ship with three covers. Please see the Previews Order Form for FLASH promotional rings.
On sale JUNE 1 • 2 of 5, 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T
FLASHPOINT: BATMAN – KNIGHT OF VENGEANCE #1Since M.C. made the call on J'Onn as Batman, the "subtle hints" seem like slaps in the face obvious. I wonder where Firestorm will show up, to finish the Brightest Day set?
Written by BRIAN AZZARELLO
Art by EDUARDO RISSO
Cover by DAVE JOHNSON
FLASH FACT! He spends his days running Wayne Casinos!
Retailers: Please see the Previews Order form for special FLASHPOINT promotional buttons.
On sale JUNE 1 • 1 of 3, 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
FLASHPOINT: THE OUTSIDER #1Mildly miscolored Metamorpho?
Written by JAMES ROBINSON
Art by JAVI FERNANDEZ
Cover by KEVIN NOWLAN
FLASH FACT! He won’t join the war! (It could dirty his new suit.)
Retailers: Please see the Previews Order form for special FLASHPOINT promotional buttons.
On sale JUNE 22 • 1 of 3, 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
BRIGHTEST DAY AFTERMATH: THE SEARCH #1I have my doubts J'Onn is in this, or that this even has anything to do with anything, but I figured I've covered this title twice a month for a year. By the way, has DC just completely given up on professional writers, because these Geoff Johns-related spin-offs are staffed with complete enigmas to the point I half expect they're either pseudonyms or complete script lackeys.
Written by JONATHAN VANKIN
Art by MARCO CASTIELLO
Cover by ARDIAN SYAF and VICENTE CIFUENTES
1:10 Variant cover by TBC
Following the events of Brightest Day, the new protector of Earth has been chosen. But one reluctant hero making his return to the DCU is trying to convince Batman, Superman and the others heroes of the DC Universe that this may not be a good thing, because he can see that things are not right and mankind’s brightest days are indeed over.
Retailers please note: This issue will ship with two covers. Please see the Previews Order Form for more information.
On sale JUNE 22 • 1 of 3, 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+
DC COMICS PRESENTS: JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA – BLACK BAPTISM #1I already covered this mediocrity as a four issue mini-series: #1, #2, #3, #4
Written by RUBEN DIAZ and SEAN SMITH
Art by JESUS SAIZ and KEITH CHAMPAGNE • Cover by TIM BRADSTREET
When the World’s Greatest Heroes learn that a family of mobster demons called the Diablos have declared a gang war on the Sentinels of Magic (Dr. Fate, Zatanna, Deadman, and others), the JLA split up to protect the mages of the DC Universe. Collecting the four-issue miniseries from 2001.
On sale JUNE 15 • 96 pg, FC, $7.99 US
DC UNIVERSE: LEGACIES HCSeemed like a ridiculously long and largely unnecessary History of the DC Universe retread without the ancient stuff.
Written by LEN WEIN
Art by SCOTT KOLINS, ANDY KUBERT, JOE KUBERT, GEORGE PEREZ, J.H. WILLIAMS III and others
Cover by ANDY KUBERT and JOE KUBERT
Acclaimed writer Len Wein chronicles the DC Universe’s epic history in this title spanning five generations of heroes, from the dawn of the Mystery Men before World War II through the present day, starring Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, The Justice League of America, The Teen Titans and more. Collecting the ten-issue series!
On sale AUGUST 24 • 336 pg, FC, $34.99 US
Miss Martian
YOUNG JUSTICE #5Guest starring Martian Manhunter!
Written by ART BALTAZAR and FRANCO
Art and cover by MIKE NORTON
Aqualad, Robin, Kid Flash, Superboy and Miss Martian are ready for their first mission as a team. To get to know each other better, they decide to trade stories around the campfire, revealing how they all started as crimefighters. Will this bring them together or underscore their differences?
On sale JUNE 22 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED E
Gorilla Grodd
FLASHPOINT: GRODD OF WAR #1Seriously DC Comics: get a black friend.
Written by SEAN RYAN
Art by IG GUARA
Cover by FRANCIS MANAPUL
FLASH FACT! Africa belongs to him!
One-shot • On sale JUNE 15 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
1 comment:
"Since M.C. made the call on J'Onn as Batman, the "subtle hints" seem like slaps in the face obvious." See, now I want to read Flashpoint because of this. I'm weak! I can't resist the power of the crossover!! I need to know what happens!!! Arggh!!
"Geoff Johns-related spin-offs are staffed with complete enigmas to the point I half expect they're either pseudonyms or complete script lackeys." I think part of the problem (and I've just sort of come to this realization recently) is that comics writers are too involved in their own little world. The minute creativity (or academia, or music, or whatever) is isolated, it stagnates becuase then it's only created for colleagues, not the public. Part of the fun of the Silver Age (for me) was seeing references to other areas of human culture: history, literature, science. There's none of that now. No outside ideas are being referenced in comics, besides a few pop culture references. DC's writers need to pick up a non-comic book and start reading. Or at least watch the Discovery Channel or something, and get some outside perspective on the world.
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