New DC Comics on sale October 24
A preview of new comic books from the home of SUPERMAN, BATMAN and WONDER WOMAN--packed with more search-engine keywords than you could possibly ignore!
ACTION COMICS #857
By Geoff Johns & Richard Donner; Eric Powell
From DC's most prolific writer! From the director of the original Superman movie! From the creator of 'THE GOON'! The conclusion of "Escape From Bizarro World"!
BLUE BEETLE #20
By John Rogers; Rafael Albuquerque
A "Sinestro Corps War" tie-in! Hey! Albuquerque is where Frank Miller (Sin City) is making the movie of Will Eisner's The Spirit with those busty babes, Scarlett Johansson (Ghost World) and Eva Mendes (Ghost Rider)! (P.S. Did you know Johansson used to date Josh Hartnett, the star of 30 Days of Night?)
COUNTDOWN #27
By Paul Dini & Sean McKeever; Keith Giffen & Manuel Garcia; Ian Churchill & Norm Rapmund
From the writer of Batman: The Animated Series...the COUNTDOWN continues! Surprise!
THE FLASH #233
By Mark Waid & John Rogers; Daniel Acuña & Doug Braithwaite
From the author of 'KINGDOM COME'! From the co-creator of 'JUSTICE'! The JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA (soon to be a movie from director George Miller) tries to take away WALLY WEST's kids! Aw, that's mean!
GOTHAM UNDERGROUND #1 (OF 9)
By Frank Tieri; J. Calafiore
It's an action-packed tale that features BATMAN (The Dark Knight), ROBIN (Teen Titans), NIGHTWING and BATWOMAN! Gotham City finds itself in the midst of a villainous vacuum! SHWOOOOP!
GREEN ARROW: YEAR ONE #6 (OF 6)
By Andy Diggle; Jock
The origin of OLIVER QUEEN, who guest-starred last season on Smallville, which stars Tom Welling, who will NOT be starring in the Justice League of America movie! The new Oliver Queen is no longer a man who runs away from his responsibilities! He FLIES, dammit!
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #17
By Dave Gibbons; Pat Gleason & Prentis Rollins
From the co-creator (with Alan Moore) of 'WATCHMEN', soon to be a major motion picture from Zach Snyder, who made the movie version of Frank "Sin City" Miller's 300! "The Sinestro Corps War" continues!
JLA: CLASSIFIED #45
By Justin Gray; Rick Leonardi & Sean Phillips; Walter Simonson
"The Ghosts of Mars" Parts 3 & 4. A story of the original JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA (soon to be a movie from director George Miller) with the same title as a flick by John Carpenter (Halloween)!
THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES IN THE 31ST CENTURY #7
By Jai Nitz; Ethen Beavers; Sanford Greene
Based on the Kids!WB cartoon series. The LEGION is called to the planet of New Themyscira, where the only rule is No Boys Allowed!
ROBIN #167
By Brandon Thomas; Freddie E. Williams II; Patrick Gleason & Wayne Faucher
Find out why they call ROBIN the "Boy Wonder" in this story by Brandon Thomas ('SPIDER-MAN UNLIMITED')! (Note: ROBIN will not be appearing in the upcoming BATMAN film, The Dark Knight.)
SUPERMAN #669
By Kurt Busiek; Rick Leonardi & Dan Green; Jesus Merino
Written by the author of the highly-acclaimed miniseries 'MARVELS' (illustrated by Alex Ross). Secrets of Krypton's past are revealed in "The Third Kryptonian" Part 2 of 3!
SUPERMAN/BATMAN #41
By Alan Burnett; Dustin Nguyen & Derek Fridolfs
Written by the venerable producer of Superfriends, Batman: The Animated Series and Superman: The Animated Series, featuring a surprise appearance by HIGHFATHER! Well, it WAS a surprise...
TALES OF THE SINESTRO CORPS PRESENTS: THE ANTI-MONITOR
By Geoff Johns & Sterling Gates; Pete Woods & Jerry Ordway
From the writer (with Superman the Movie director Richard Donner) of 'ACTION COMICS'--featuring art by Jerry Ordway ('CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS')--comes this one-shot special about the most powerful evil in the DC Universe! (No, not Dan DiDio.)
TEEN TITANS #52
By Sean McKeever; Alé Garza & Marlo Alquiza; Scott Williams
The TITANS of Tomorrow take on STARRO, who was the first villain of THE JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA (soon to be a movie by director George Miller)!
UNCLE SAM AND THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS #2 (OF 8)
By Justin Gray & Jimmy Palmiotti; Renato Arlem; Dave Johnson
The FREEDOM FIGHTERS have become media darlings, but that doesn't sit well with PHANTOM LADY. She's a half-naked hottie! And UNCLE SAM is the mascot for the United States of America!
SPECIAL HARDCOVER COLLECTION PREVIEW:
THE SPIRIT VOL. 1
By Darwyn Cooke; J. Bone
The creator of 'DC: THE NEW FRONTIER' (soon to be the DC Universe Animated Movie Justice League: The New Frontier) turns his attention to the character who inspired the movie Will Eisner's The Spirit, directed by Frank Miller (Sin City) and starring those busty babes, Scarlett Johansson (Ghost World) and Eva Mendes (Ghost Rider)! This amazing hardcover is a go-for-broke crime story collection filled with action, adventure, humor and sexy girls!