DC Next Dawn - July Solicits!

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We present to you DC Next Dawn, a collection of all new fan-made issues on “sale” this month, JULY 2022!

What is “DC Next Dawn” and how does it work?

Next Dawn, previously known as “New Dawn,” is a fan fiction universe and solicitation game that has been in existence on the CBR boards for approximately ten years! It has gone through several iterations and has survived forum reboots! The way it works is that “plotters” write short solicitations for monthly comic books! Then participants “buy” the books they want to read! The books with the most buys get rewards. Sounds fun, right? So let’s do this! Which of this month's solicits interest and excite you? Let us know by posting which books you'd pick up in the virtual Next Dawn Store (this solicitation thread). You can pull as many as you'd like, but also consider your "virtual budget" when making your selections, as sales are used to reward our titles and plotters. Registers are open all month and sales are tallied at the end of the month.

Absolutely anyone can make purchases right here in this thread - so please do!. It’s free and is basically just saying “I’d read this” or “I like this!” So let us know!

If you want more information on Next Dawn or are interested in plotting yourself, please visit us at the Next Dawn Bullpen Thread.

Behold! Our monthly archive!
This is the repository of our prior work; a compilation of all the monthly solicitation posts since the forum was reset in 2014.

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Next Dawn and Age of Marvels also have an OFFICIAL WIKI!

Now, this month’s solicitations!

AQUAMAN #21
Plot by EXCITER
Written by GEOFF JOHNS
Art by JIM LEE
“WATER ON MARS”
War between Kahndaq and Atlantis rages!
In an effort to sway Mars to Atlantis’ side, Aquaman has liberated their greatest hero: J’onn J’onzz! The United States, influenced by Vandal Savage, was holding the Martian Manhunter on trumped-up espionage charges. He’s out of prison and in the water now… but is there any way back to Mars?
Aquaman thinks he might have a way. Oceanid was once a city-state of Atlantis before it collapsed, originally a colony on a world completely covered by water. They may still possess spacefaring vessels that could return J’onn home. But will this isolated, distant kingdom answer the aqua-telepathic call of their champion? Or do they have bigger, more alien problems of their own?
Meanwhile, the United States Government is rather displeased at the Martian’s escape. They’ve deployed Major Rhonda Ricoh, codenamed "Great White,” and her U.S. Aquamarines - specially trained and fish-mutated USMC super soldiers - to bring both J’onzz and Aquaman in… dead or alive! Oorah, semper natare!
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

BAT-WING #35
Writer: Malcolm Jones
Artist: Dexter Soy
Plotter: Marvell2100
BREAKING THE GIRL!
With the help of Grifter, Kia, Dakota and Flagg are following the trail of the assassin Ravager. To help them out, Grifter reached out to an old friend, Ben Turner, aka Bronze Tiger. However, Ben and Grifter have an ulterior motive for helping, they hope to use them to find another assassin, their former friend John Diggle who left them to rot in a prison cell! They've tracked Ravager to a country in central Africa, the one place they never wanted to enter into ever again, Burendia, they place where they spent 2 years in a cell and the home of one the most dangerous men alive, The Red Lion!
Back in the Congo, David returns to the Congo Investigative Bureau to check on his partner Kia when he leans that no one has had contact with her in weeks. Quickly David figures out that Kia is going after the person that injured her and killed Steve Trevor. If that's true, then he needs to find Kia before she does something drastic and gets herself killed(going to Burendia can get you killed!)!
32 PGS./Rated T+...$3.99

DEADLY HANDS OF CONNOR HAWKE #36
Plotter: MARVELL2100
Writer: JEFF LEMIRE
Artist: ANDREA SORRENTINO
UN-HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!
At long last Connor reached half of his life-long goal, finding his mother, someone that he never knew! Tash'a al Ghul, daughter of The Demon Ra's al Ghul, leader of The League of Assassins is his mother! It is a reunion that has been long in the making, something that Connor has dreamed of! But Tash'a doesn't care about a son she never wanted from a man that she never loved(or so she tells herself)! So she pretends to be happy to see Connor, embracing him like a loving mother but inside, repulsed by his very existence! She looks at him and tells him that he has a destiny that he must fulfill! Fate has written that, one day, he will put an end to Richard Dragon and assume leadership of The Guild!
Elsewhere, Naomi, Jax and The Black Orchid, have taken a job from an anonymous client. They are to travel to the African nation of the Democratic Republic of the Congo! Their target: the vigilante known as bat-Wing!
32 PGS./Rated T+...$3.99


DETECTIVE COMICS #27 *100 Page Giant Anniversary Issue!*
“The 27 Club”
Written by Gerard Way
Drawn by Nick Derington
Plot by captcleghorn
Gotham City has a high homicide rate. That is an indisputable fact. What’s been making it worse recently is a killer with no other motive than their victim’s age. People from all walks of life have been killed and all they have in common is being 27 years old. Of major concern are the Gotham quintuplets, who have a habit of loudly and openly celebrating their birth and this week, they turn 27. Can the GCPD manage to catch, or even stop the 27 Club Killer? The Bat-Signal goes up.

“Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better!”
Written by J.M. DeMatteis
Drawn by Scott McDaniel
Plot by captcleghorn
One of the more well-known tragedies in Gotham’s law and order story is Harvey Dent. As a D.A., Dent was assaulted by a criminal who threw acid in his face that scarred the left side of his visage. Dent called himself Two Face and embarked on a life of crime focusing on the number two. Dent used a coin scarred on one side to ascertain which direction his morality would focus on. The unblemished side meant good, the scarred side, evil.
During his last stint at Arkham, Dent was treated by a psychiatrist named Trey Kolme. Believing that Dent’s fixation on the number two was the keystone of his illness, Kolme focused on breaking Dent of that reliance on the binary. But as usually happens, Dent escaped interrupting Kolme’s work. Instead of sitting back and letting batman bring Dent back, Kolme decides to outdo Two Face by scarring two thirds his face, leaving three distinct areas. Can Three Face finally end the threat of Two Face?

"Desmodus Draculae"
Plot by NX01A
Written by BRUCE TIMM
Art by KELLEY JONES
The multiverse can be bloody, and one world within it runs red with a vampire Batman hunting criminals in Gotham's dark night. Even as he hunts for a new blood-sucking MAN-BAT and the possible cure for his own vampirism within the creature's blood, this Batman is himself hunted by the techno-armoured AZRAELS of SAINT DUMAS. Also chasing Man-Bat is nosteratu slayer ROBIN VAN HELSING but will this Robin help Batman or stake him?

“THE BATMAN WHO F***S!”
Plot by EXCITER
Written by MILO MANARA
Art by FRANK CHO
On another world in the Dark Multiverse, the Batman was exposed to a unique blend of pheromones and aphrodisiacs concocted by the alchemical ace Poison Ivy… and absorbed them! With a libido driven to seek endless sexy justice, Bruce Wayne of Earth-69 became… the Batman Who F***s!
Armed with washboard abs and killer dance moves (remember the Batusi?), Batman has used skills as the world’s greatest lothario to thwart the schemes of the fully in-heat Catwoman, the sadomasochistic Bane, and the bisexual Two-Face… but now he must endeavor to foil the plot of the ever-impotent Mr. Freeze, who plans to cause city-wide shrinkage and end steamy sexual relations in Gotham forever! Can the cowled cocksman curb the cantankerous crime of the cold-gun-wielding curmudgeon?
127 PGs./Rated M …$27.00

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THE FLASH #36
Plot by EXCITER
Written by ROBERT KIRKMAN
Art by FRANK CHO
“SPEED OF SMELL”
Barry Allen is undercover within the World Organization for Advancement of Humanity (W.O.A.H.) and making great progress: he’s formed a bond with W.O.A.H.’s director, Captain Atom, and non-violently resolved an issue with shaggy alien pilgrims, in the process gaining a friend/sidekick in S'kidds'kakoth, a.k.a. S'kidd-Flash! This success, however, is about to end…
The Green Lantern Corps intervened in W.O.A.H.‘s effort to commandeer an alien station orbiting Neptune (see GREEN LANTERN #35). Now the Corpsmen from Earth are deemed international criminals and charged with treason! When the Speedster Division is assigned to a joint operation with the Feral Division to arrest John Stewart, Barry not only has to somehow help his old Justice League friend but must, at all costs, avoid the Feral Division’s leader: Cheetah! Given their history (she may have killed his mother!), Cheetah knows Barry Allen’s unique scent and will definitely smell that “John Broome: Marathon Man” is a rat!
But Flash also knows Cheetah is part of Vandal Savage’s Light. Captain Atom seems like a good guy, though… so does he know about Cheetah? Can Barry risk telling him? Cap’s not an Illuminatus… is he?
Oh, and thanks to S'kidd-Flash, Barry knows that he and Cheetah are destined to go back in time and raise armies that fight over the fate of planet Savoth. But when the hell is that gonna happen?
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

GREEN LANTERN #36
Plot by EXCITER
Written by MARK MILLAR
Art by JOE MADUREIRA
“HOME SWEET HOME”
Stranded on Earth. Cutoff from the Corps. Hunted by government-sponsored meta-human special-mission squads. And with less than 5% charge on all their rings… the humans Green Lanterns are in serious trouble!
Killer Frost, Agent of W.O.A.H., has vowed to bring in Hal Jordan, John Stewart, Guy Gardner, and Jessica Cruz… hot or cold, it doesn’t matter to her! As the Lanterns are now considered traitors and part of an illegitimate alien organization that unlawfully exercised jurisdiction over Earth and the Sol system, their capture is a priority and Frost has the full metahuman resources of W.O.A.H. at her disposal! That includes: the Feral Division, animalistic soldiers led by Cheetah; the Brick Division, powerhouses led by the hulking behemoth Damage; and the Speedster Division, really fast types led by newcomer “Marathon Man.” Hmm, he seems kinda familiar…
For John, Guy, and Jessica, is there any escape from the superpowers of humanity? And just where did Hal disappear to?
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99


JLAlien #7
Plot by NX01A
Written by AL EWING
Art by RYAN SOOK
'DAS MONSTER AUF DEM THRON'
•Trapped on a parallel Earth ruled by Super Nazis bent on multiversal domination, MAXWELL LORD thought things couldn't get any worse. He realized they could and quickly when the AVENGING ALLIES stormed the ÜBERREICH Führerbunker in a suicide mission that would destroy most of the US east coast!
•With DIE DAME and ALTER ADELE dead, the final battles begin! ÜBER vs LEFT WING! FRÄULEIN FÜRST vs MISTRESS WOMAN and BATTLEDRESS! Max, MA'ALEFA'AK, BLACKFIRE, and VOODOO vs the remaining She Wolves of the SS standing between them and their only way off this god-forsaken dead planet: the Realitätstor!
•As the bunker collapses, a crackling energy being emerges from the falling rubble in possession of Über's corpse: the ERADICATOR! Can it... he activate and stabilize the experimental transdimensional gateway and find their home reality?
•Too late. Boom.
32 PGs./ Rated M...$3.99

MAN OF BRONZE #11
Writer: Chip Zdarsky
Artist: Philip Tan
Plotter: Marvell2100
THE IRON LADY
Ben has gotten word from Grifter, a member of his former black ops team about another team member, John Diggle! Diggle was the one who betrayed them and left them all to rot inside a prison in the African country of Burendia! It was a brutal two years of abuse and sadistic torture, something that none of them will ever forget. So if there is a chance that they can get Diggle and make him pay for his betrayal, that's an opportunity that the Bronze Tiger won't miss!
But unknown to Ben, another problem is about to become a serious threat in his future. The Eastern European nation of Uzikstan has been through a lot of turmoil in recent weeks. Ben had no small part in the tiny nations' recent troubles, after all, he was the one who killed their previous President Igor Khisnov (see: Man of Bronze #5)! After many attempted assassinations, Khisnovs' wife Katrina has taken control of Uzikstan and brought stability to the gov't. Like her husband, she rules with an iron fist and has taken the name The Iron Lady. With her rule firmly established and her enemies dead, Katrina has assembled a team of mercenaries to hunt down The Bronze Tiger and bring him before her in shackles!
32 PGS./Rated T+...$3.99


THE QUESTION #36
Writer: MARK RUSSELL
Artist: BILL SIENKIEWICZ
Plotter: CaptCleghorn
“Where in the World is Charles Victor Szasz?”
Part 8: “Hey Vic, Why Don't You Go Back Home?”
Vic Sage is back in front of the camera after his heart attack in Boston. Producer Cat Grant is trying to serve Vic a ready made show he has very little to physically exert himself on. Vic, however, will have none of that. Cat wants Vic to cover the mysterious mirrored room beneath the intersection of Bowery and Canal as well as what is beneath the isle of Manhattan. She also talks about plans to expand the island even further.
Vic, on the other hand, wants to focus on the other four boroughs of NYC. “Forget Manhattan” he says. Actually, he says something else, but we can’t use that word in our all ages solicitation. Humoring her temperamental star Cat accompanies Vic to various locations outside of Manhattan. Finding some material, Vic tries to build it up, but the one sight he sees is Myra Fermin, widow to the deceased mayor of Hub City. As readers remember, Myra left right after Wesley’s supposed death and the exposure of a doppleganger double running for Governor.
Myra’s currently up for a part in a Broadway jukebox musical based on the songs of Lorelei Circe, the Siren. Knowing the singer is in town and that she and Vic have a history, Cat networks with Myra to invite her to appear on the show.
32 PGS./ Rated M for Mature Readers...$2.99

UNCANNY G-MEN #3
Written by Kieron Gillen
Plot by H-E-D
Art by Valerio Schiti
When a city is menaced by electromagnetic fluctuations, the G-Men immediately suspect their old nemesis, HANS LECKTER.
The only hole in that theory? Hans Leckter is currently... a baby? That’s a story for another time.
Rainmaker flexes her weather manipulation to new heights to stabilize the atmosphere... but that’s not a sustainable solution.
Thankfully, those responsible take credit: the nefarious conspiracy known by the name D.E.M.O.N.!
They demand a ransom, or else they’ll magnetically level the city... but the G-Men aren’t about to let that happen.
When they confront DEMON at their base, they discover the source of the disaster: a diabolical device powered a young Gen-Active named Rhea Jones!
Can they save the day and the girl?
32 PGS./Rated T+...$3.99

UNCANNY G-MEN #4
Written by Kieron Gillen
Plot by H-E-D
Art by Valerio Schiti
THE SWORD STRIKES!
Basilisk has been kidnapped by Ohmen, aka the SWORD OF JUSTICE!
What does that mean, exactly? The G-Men don’t know.
All they know is that Ohmen threatens to kill him if they don’t rescue him first.
But what game is he playing? And why does he feel so familiar?
Professor G is able to detect a familiar psychic trace on Ohmen — the same one he detected on Kuano!
As the mystery deepens, the G-Men face a bizarre gauntlet in their attempt to rescue Basilisk!
They sense that they’re being tested... but why?
32 PGS./Rated T+...$3.99

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JULY 2022 PULL LIST

Below is a full list of DC Next Dawn Solicitations for JULY 2022. Feel free to copy/paste and edit with your personal buys at your convenience. Post the issues you’d pick up in this thread. Sales close at the end of JULY 2022.

AQUAMAN #21
BAT-WING #36
DEADLY HANDS OF CONNOR HAWKE #36
DETECTIVE COMICS #27
THE FLASH #36
GREEN LANTERN #36
JLAlien #7
MAN OF BRONZE #11
THE QUESTION #36
UNCANNY G-MEN #3
UNCANNY G-MEN #4

Additional titles may be added, so check back.

Registers are now open!

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Solid month! My pulls:

AQUAMAN #21
BAT-WING #36 ([cancels summer vacation to Burendia])
DEADLY HANDS OF CONNOR HAWKE #36 (not winning any mother of the year awards here)
DETECTIVE COMICS #27 (this book f***ks!)
THE FLASH #36
GREEN LANTERN #36
JLAlien #7 (always the poor East Coast getting destroyed!)
MAN OF BRONZE #11 (“I AM IRON LADY!”)
THE QUESTION #36 (incredible cover here and I’ll watch Vic’s show)
UNCANNY G-MEN #3 (babies can be huge menaces… trust me, I’m learning that now!)
UNCANNY G-MEN #4 (I sense this was probably meant for next month, but I feel like I’m getting ahead by buying it now!)

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NOT purchases!

THE QUESTION #36 (incredible cover here and I’ll watch Vic’s show)

Thank you, but the credit for the cover goes to randomideaguy. I was just lucky enough to find Vic and Cat faces with the right position and expressions.

THE QUESTION #12 (I’m sure Vic hates being a meme)

Sometimes stuff sticks in my head.

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Buy all of them.

AQUAMAN #21 (Aquaman and J'Onn going to Mars. Suspicions arise as to future escapades.)
BAT-WING #36 (The "one place they never wanted to enter into ever again"? These guys need a much better travel agent.)
DEADLY HANDS OF CONNOR HAWKE #36 (A Mom who fakes her love and affection? That is so cold.)
DETECTIVE COMICS #27 (You had me at "cowled cocksman".)
THE FLASH #36 (You had me at "Speed of Smell")
GREEN LANTERN #36 (Wouldn't the rings stay fresh longer in the cold?)
JLAlien #7 (The only magic spell ANYONE can use is saying "Things can't get any worse" and making them worse.)
MAN OF BRONZE #11 (Does Uzikstanian law dictate the widowed spouse gets the country if a leader dies? Asking for a curious friend.)
THE QUESTION #36 (That cover looks way too familiar. And there really is a Brooklyn Superhero Supply store.)
UNCANNY G-MEN #3 (Ummm, the day or the girl really isn't much of a choice, you know.)
UNCANNY G-MEN #4 (There's a lot going on, am I going to have to take notes to make sure I don't miss anything? Writers who write for the long term make me look lazy.)

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My picks this month

AQUAMAN #21
BAT-WING #36
DEADLY HANDS OF CONNOR HAWKE #36
DETECTIVE COMICS #27
THE FLASH #36
GREEN LANTERN #36
JLAlien #7
MAN OF BRONZE #11
THE QUESTION #36
UNCANNY G-MEN #3
UNCANNY G-MEN #4

Hey CaptC, Uzikstan law dictates that a widowed spouse can assume control of the gov't if they survive the initial coup.

And the subsequent ones that will follow.

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Don’t forget to get those last minute purchases in! Anything bought before I tally sales counts!

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AQUAMAN #21
BAT-WING #36
DEADLY HANDS OF CONNOR HAWKE #36
DETECTIVE COMICS #27
THE FLASH #36
GREEN LANTERN #36
JLAlien #7
MAN OF BRONZE #11
THE QUESTION #36
UNCANNY G-MEN #3
UNCANNY G-MEN #4 -- love a double shipping moment

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One of everything!

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One of everything please.

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Another month has passed in the dynamic Next Dawn manner, the smoke has cleared from the field of competition, and it is time once again to tally the sales based on YOUR purchases!

As every month, before we get into the units moved, CBR’s DC Next Dawn's editorial staff wishes to sincerely thank everyone who participated in our fan-made solicitation project. Whether you plotted a book, let us know which titles were on your pull list, or just took some of your valuable time to check us out – thank you! This game wouldn’t be anything without you, so if you had fun, tell a friend! The more buys, the better! And best of all, it doesn’t actually cost you anything!

Also, don’t forget to get in on the conversation and all the latest news at the Next Dawn Bullpen!

Now, without further ado, CBR’s DC Next Dawn monthly sales tally and voting results for JULY 2022!

TOTAL SALES: 66
TOP SELLING TITLE: All titles with 6.

BREAKDOWN:


AQUAMAN #21 - 6
BAT-WING #36- 6
DEADLY HANDS OF CONNOR HAWKE #36- 6
DETECTIVE COMICS #27- 6
THE FLASH #36- 6
GREEN LANTERN #36- 6
JLAlien #7- 6
MAN OF BRONZE #11- 6
THE QUESTION #36- 6
UNCANNY G-MEN #3- 6
UNCANNY G-MEN #4- 6

Of course, the sales figures are hand tallied and subject to human error. If I have miscalculated any sales be assured that it was not intentional and, if brought to my attention, will be corrected ASAP.

We hope to see you all again next month! Sales victory will be rewarded handsomely! I will be updating reward points shortly.



Of course, the sales figures are hand tallied and subject to human error. If I have miscalculated any sales be assured that it was not intentional and, if brought to my attention, will be corrected ASAP.

We hope to see you all again next month! Sales victory will be rewarded handsomely! Reward points will be adjusted shortly.

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TOTAL SALES: 66
TOP SELLING TITLE: All titles with 6

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The evilest of all sales!!!