Published on June 13th, 2013 | by Richard Boom
C4S Highlights DC Comics Solicitations For September 2013
C4S highlights the best (so yes, only the ladies!!) of DC Comics August 2013 solicitations, to be pre-ordered in the July Diamond Previews.
This month has a startling amount of villainy present… and I am not really cool with that, so I am about to skip a lot I guess, but you can always go here for the total overview. For me this is too much negativity and brutality and violence for my tastes…
BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT #23.4: THE JOKER’S DAUGHTER
Written by ANN NOCENTI
Art by GEORGES JEANTY
3-D motion cover by JASON FABOK
On sale SEPTEMBER 25 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T
The Gotham Underground is quickly becoming a base of power in the DC Universe! After the destruction of Arkham Asylum, The Joker’s Daughter is gaining hordes of followers across the terrifying and brutal landscape! In a world where ugly is considered beautiful, what dark initiation rites befall this madwoman’s new recruits?
DETECTIVE COMICS #23.1: POISON IVY
Written by DEREK FRIDOLFS
Art by JAVIER PINA
3-D motion cover by JASON FABOK
On sale SEPTEMBER 4 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T
For too long, Poison Ivy has played with men’s hearts and been a pawn in their games too—but no more! Now that Batman is gone, she will grow into a force of nature unlike anything Gotham City has seen before!
DETECTIVE COMICS #23.2: HARLEY QUINN
Written by MATT KINDT
Art by NEIL GOOGE
3-D motion cover by CHRIS BURNHAM
On sale SEPTEMBER 11 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T
If Dr. Harleen Quinzel wasn’t crazy when she fell for The Joker at Arkham Asylum, she sure was messed up afterwards! Find out more from Harley’s time with her beloved Mr. J. and see what got her into so much trouble that she was “recruited” for the Suicide Squad!
Written by JUSTIN GRAY and JIMMY PALMIOTTI
Art by HORACIO DOMINGUES, EDUARDO FRANCISCO and RUBEN GONZALEZ
Cover by EDUARDO FRANCISCO
On sale SEPTEMBER 4 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T • DIGITAL FIRST
Meet the Hellions—a team of misfit Ame-Comi Girls out to have fun and save the world. It’s not easy for Black Flash being the only undead, crime-fighting teenager in school. But when she meets Red Raven and her badass besties, she may have finally found a place to fit in.
Written by BILL WILLINGHAM
Art by CHRIS SPROUSE, PHIL NOTO, ADAM HUGHES, RENAE DE LIZ, FIONA MENG and others
Wraparound cover by ADAM HUGHES
On sale NOVEMBER 20 • 160 pg, FC, $22.99 US • MATURE READERS
In the grand tradition of FABLES: 1001 NIGHTS OF SNOWFALL, this original FAIREST graphic novel features short stories
Written by Bill Willingham, as told through the Magic Mirror! Featuring artwork by some the finest artists in comics, you won’t want to miss it!
Written by SEAN E. WILLIAMS
Art by STEPHEN SADOWSKI and PHIL JIMENEZ
Cover by ADAM HUGHES
On sale SEPTEMBER 4 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS
In “The Dhole of War,” part 5 of “The Return of the Maharaja,” Charming and Nalayani track down the dhole and confront them, Nalayani’s village faces its ultimate fate, and the master of the dhole reveals himself to our heroes in a shocking turn of events!
Written by BILL WILLINGHAM
Art by MARK BUCKINGHAM and STEVE LEIALOHA
Cover by guest artist JOHN VAN FLEET
On sale SEPTEMBER 18 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS
As Rose Red tries to pull everyone together, a certain dead man has left his remains on the coroner’s table…
Written by DAVE GIBBONS, JOSHUA DYSART, JOSHUA HALE FIALKOV, BRIAN WOOD, JOE KUBERT, PAUL POPE, GEOFF JOHNS and others
Art by DAVE GIBBONS, JILL THOMPSON, DAVID LAPHAM, MARK BUCKINGHAM, JOE KUBERT, PHIL JIMENEZ, JOHN McCREA, PAUL POPE, GILBERT HERNANDEZ and others
Cover by RAFAEL GRAMPA
On sale OCTOBER 2 • 160 pg, FC, $14.99 US • MATURE READERS
These stories from THE UNEXPECTED #1 and GHOSTS #1 spotlight a space heist on a ghost ship, a spirit who wants to play synthesizer in a techno band, a ghost-for-hire haunting agency and much more!
AME-COMI: HARLEY QUINN & POISON IVY
HOLIDAY 2-PACK PVC FIGURES
DESIGNED BY JIM FLETCHER & UDON STUDIOS
SCULPTED BY JEAN ST. JEAN
Celebrate the holidays with an action figure gift set featuring two of Arkham Asylum most infamous inmates, Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn. These gorgeous but deadly villains will stop at nothing to get what they want and no one will get in their way, including The Dark Knight.
Measures Approximately 9.5″ Tall
$99.95 US •
On sale December 2013 *Allocations May Occur
DC COMICS: GOTHAM CITY GARAGE CATWOMAN STATUE
Designed by Dustin Nguyen
Sculpted by Gentle Giant Studios
Gotham City’s feline fatale rides out of the pages of her self-titled series and into your home with this gorgeous statue designed by superstar artist Dustin Nguyen.
Measures approximately 8.5″ Tall x 15.5″ Wide
$299.95 US •
On sale December 2013 * Allocations May Occur