October 2022 Solicitations

[scary harpy]

Thas a lotta Batman.

This is DC's new motto.

[Refrax5]

Everything that's being done with batman makes me save more money

Really not happy with the way they've been writing him for a long time now

Yeah, it's really tiresome. I'm pretty much down to just Flash stuff and Dark Crisis. I'll pick up GL whenever we get a new writer but, otherwise, nothing is very appealing to me at the moment and I'm usually a big DC apologist.

[HsssH]

Looks like:

Catwoman: Lonely City #4
Aquaman: Andromeda #3
Monkey Prince #7
Teen Justice #5
Black Adam #5
Detective Comics #1065

[Avi]

Wonder Woman: Historia #3 (hopefully with announcement that it'll return)
Aquaman: Andromeda #3

Maybe:
World's Finest (not sure about the new arc)
Titans: Bloodpact

[Zagre]

So on the fly I'm most interested:

- Aquaman: Andromeda (the first issue was pretty excellent waiting for the second)
- Batman/Superman: World's Finest (incredibly fun and joyful every month, loving the shonen-esque inspirations)
- Dc Vs. Vampires (super fun rollercoaster, has a Revenge of the Sith-energy I'm loving)
- The Flash (a good book every month)
- The Jurassic League (super fun out-there concept)
- Poison Ivy (very strong two first issues)
- Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons (just pure magic, one the best books DC has put out in years and also deserves to continue, one of the most mythic takes on the mythos and nails everything it does)

EDIT: Oh and Nice House on the Lake, how could I miss you! (Answer: the erratic schedule)

Maybe:

- Action Comics (loving the series, but not looking forward to the crossover the TT's SSOK)

[Factor]

This month's tally: 41 books with a Bat-character, 21 without. Essentially a 50/50 split.

It’s even worse if we consider that 5 of the 62 books are not even DC or Milestone, like MAD or creator owned stuff.
Out of the remaining 57, we’ve got:

ONGOINGS:
13 Batman ongoing series
7 Non-Batman ongoing series

MINIS/specials:
16 Batman minis/specials
8 minis/specials heavily featuring Bat-characters (Titans, Flashpoint etc)
13 minis/specials featuring Bat-independent characters.

The amount of ongoings in general is also worrying.
Only 20 series is far too little. It seems like a lot of DC’s current output is comprised of their uninspired tie-ins to outside media, which ironically rarely attract non-comibook fans.

Current DC ongoing series:

Batman
Batman Incorporated
Batman Urban Legends
Batman/Superman: World’s Finests
I am Batman
Detective Comics
Nightwing
Tim Drake: Robin
Batgirls
Harley Quinn
Catwoman
Joker
FS: Gotham (last issue)

Action Comics
Superman: Son of Kal-El
Wonder Woman
Flash
Black Adam
Deathstroke Inc.
Monkey Prince

The DCU has never felt smaller to me.

[Factor]

Oh my bad, Black Adam is actually also a mini, so we have 19 ongoing series. 18 considering one is being cancelled.

[sifighter]

Dark Crisis (on infinite earths)
Dark Crisis Deadly Green
World without Justice League-Green Arrow
Multiversity: Teen Justice
I am Batman
Nightwing
Flash
Black Adam
New Champion of Shazam
DCeased war of the undead gods
DC mech if I like the first issue next week
Static
Sgt rock vs army of the dead if I like the first issue

Possibly Batman vs Robin, Tim Drake, and Punchline

[superduperman]

Looks like:

Catwoman: Lonely City #4
Aquaman: Andromeda #3
Monkey Prince #7
Teen Justice #5
Black Adam #5
Detective Comics #1065

Didn't see that one. I've been getting this series. Looks like I found something to get.

[Johnrevenge]

I'm really out of touch with DC's line up.

I guess Nightwing and Static are good gets.

I don't trust DC with the Titans unfortunately.

Anyone recomend Blood Syndicate?

So far I liked Blood Syndicate and Static season 1 was good, so I will get season 2 too.

[HsssH]

Didn't see that one. I've been getting this series. Looks like I found something to get.

It was solicited for September or August, but got delayed.

And Monkey Prince is mini too I think?

Edit: weird, issue 6 had "limited series" on the cover and it was originally announced as 12 issues mini series yet in the solicits it is not mentioned that it is 7th out of 12?

[Dr. Cheesesteak]

The DCU has never felt smaller to me.

That's a great way to put it. Is Duo and Monkey Prince the only real different stuff that's out right now?

Anyway, my usual breakdowns:

plan to get
Dark Crisis: The Deadly Green
DC's Terrors Through Time

trade-waiting
The Riddler: Year One
Gotham City: Year One
Batman Incorporated by Brisson
GCPD: The Blue Wall
Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons
Batgirls
Batman - Knightwatch
Blood Syndicate: Season One
DC vs Vampires
DC vs Vampires: All-Out War
Detective Comics by Ram V
Nightwing by Taylor
Poison Ivy
The Human Target
The Jurassic League
The New Champion of Shazam!
The Other History of the DC Universe

may get (as trade)
Batman by Zdarsky
The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing
DCeased: War of the Undead Gods
Static: Shadows of Dakota
Batman vs Robin
Batman: Beyond the White Knight
Batman: Fortress
Batman: The Knight
Duo
Sword of Azrael
Rogues

Yeah...a lot of Batman. But I don't mind, tbh.

[MajorHoy]

Have to look over them more, but I was definitely happy to see THE BATMAN & SCOOBY-DOO MYSTERIES #1 written by Sholly Fisch!

[Vordan]

Least my Superbooks all look good (bar SSOKE). Ram V and Dan Watters writing Jon sounds great!

I'm really out of touch with DC's line up.

I guess Nightwing and Static are good gets.

I don't trust DC with the Titans unfortunately.

Anyone recomend Blood Syndicate?

I like Blood Syndicate but I haven’t read the original so I dunno if a fan of the original would like the rebooted version.

[Robanker]

Have to look over them more, but I was definitely happy to see THE BATMAN & SCOOBY-DOO MYSTERIES #1 written by Sholly Fisch!

Saw that and thought of you, Major. Glad to see they still put out something for you and Sholly does good work so I'm glad to see him still getting it at DC.

I'm literally surprised we don't have a Joe Chill series.

I'm supposed to keep this under NDA, but **** it. I'm going to be the new writer on an upcoming Dark Crisis epilogue, Dark Crisis: Commissioner Chill. It's going to be the prelude to a new volume of Gotham Central which we'll launch in 2023. I can't say who the artist is, but you're all going to be super excited when we announce the supporting cast featuring Lois Lane, Steve Trevor, Carol Ferris and Iris West-Allen.











Be grateful this timeline hasn't gotten this dark. Yet.