Vertigo & Misc. January 2013 Releases!
Here are the January 2013 Vertigo Group & miscellaneous solicitations courtesy of DC Comics.
Written by JUDD WINICK
Art by GUILLEM MARCH, ADRIANA MELO, MARIAH BENES and JULIO FERREIRA
Cover by GUILLEM MARCH
On sale FEBRUARY 27 • 144 pg, FC, $14.99 US
• Teaming with a new partner called Spark, Catwoman is out to take Gotham City — literally! But when Catwoman runs into Dollhouse, a psychotic who kidnaps children from the streets of Gotham City, a rage awakens in her that not even she knew existed!
• Collects CATWOMAN #7-12.
Written by SCOTT SNYDER and JAMES TYNION IV
Art by GREG CAPULLO, JONATHAN GLAPION, JASON FABOK, RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE, BECKY CLOONAN and ANDY CLARKE
Cover by GREG CAPULLO
On sale MARCH 20 • 208 pg, FC, $24.99 US
• After a series of deadly discoveries, Bruce Wayne has learned that the Court of Owls is real — and a deadly threat out to control Gotham City!
• Unleashing their deadly assassins known as the Talons, Batman must stop the insidious Court of Owls before they claim the city for their own. In doing so, The Dark Knight will uncover dark secrets — not just about the city he’s sworn to protect, but about the history of the Wayne family.
• Collects BATMAN #8-12 and BATMAN ANNUAL #1.
Written by JAMES ROBINSON
Art by NICOLA SCOTT, TREVOR SCOTT and EDUARDO PANSICA
Cover by IVAN REIS and JOE PRADO
On sale MARCH 13 • 160 pg, FC, $22.99 US
• Who are the heroes of Earth 2? When the Batman, Wonder Woman and Superman of Earth 2 fall in battle, it’s up to a new breed of heroes to come together to combat the returning evil of Apokolips!
• Collects issues #1-6 of the red-hot DC COMICS – THE NEW 52 series!
Written by GAIL SIMONE
Art by ARDIAN SYAF and VICENTE CIFUENTES
Cover by ADAM HUGHES
On sale FEBRUARY 6 • 144 pg, FC, $14.99 US
• The hit DC COMICS – THE NEW 52 series that brought BARBARA
GORDON back as Batgirl is collected in trade paperback!
• Collects the new BATGIRL #1-6!
Written by PETER MILLIGAN and PAUL JENKINS
Art by IGNACIO CALERO, JULIO FERREIRA, DANIEL HDR, SEAN PARSONS, MIGUEL SEPULVEDA and WILL CONRAD
Cover by MIGUEL SEPULVEDA
On sale FEBRUARY 13 • 160 pg, FC, $14.99 US
• Stormwatch struggles against the threat of the Gravity Miners, and the Martian Manhunter quits the team – but not without a fight!
• Collects STORMWATCH #7-12 and RED LANTERNS #10.
Written by JOSH WILLIAMSON
Art by SAMI BASRI
Cover by PAULO SIQUEIRA
On sale FEBRUARY 20 • 160 pg, FC, $14.99 US
• Black Razor Agent Fallon has Voodoo cornered! Now it’s time for revenge. But it’s up to Voodoo to decide if she’s going to be a hero or a villain! Plus, Pris is forced to confront exactly what she has become after being experimented on by the Daemonites.
• Collects VOODOO #7-12 and 0.
Written by ADAM GLASS, DAN ABNETT and ANDY LANNING
Art by FEDERICO DALLOCCHIO, FERNANDO DAGNINO, CARLOS RODRIGUEZ, ANDRES GUINALDO and JESUS SAIZ
Cover by KEN LASHLEY
On sale FEBRUARY 13 • 192 pg, FC, $16.99 US
• As the team tries to recover from their disastrous Gotham City mission, a traitor stalks the Squad! His mission: Assassinate Amanda Waller, expose the Squad and leave Task Force X in ruins!
• Collects SUICIDE SQUAD #8-13 and #0 and RESURRECTION MAN #9.
Written by MARK WAID
Art and cover by HUMBERTO RAMOS and WAYNE FAUCHER
On sale FEBRUARY 27 • 240 pg, FC, $19.99 US
• In this new edition of Impulse’s adventures by writer Mark Waid, the teen speedster meets teen villain White Lightning, Blockbuster, and, from the 30th century, Legion of Super-Heroes member XS.
• Collects IMPULSE #1-6, 8-9 and 12-13.
Written by J.T. KRUL and JASON PATRICK
Art by DIOGENES NEVES and AGUSTIN PADILLA
Cover by JOSHUA MIDDLETON
On sale FEBRUARY 13 • 192 pg, FC, $16.99 US
• After the events of BRIGHTEST DAY, Green Arrow defends the forest in the middle of Star City as a modern day Robin Hood from all that would do it harm.
• Collects GREEN ARROW #8-15.
Written by JAMES ROBINSON
Art by CULLY HAMNER, DARWYN COOKE, J. BONE, JAVIER PULIDO, JILL THOMPSON, FRAZER IRVING and GENE HA
Cover by TONY HARRIS
On sale FEBRUARY 27 • 280 pg, FC, $19.99 US
• An attack in Opal City kicks off a globe-hopping, centuries-spanning quest that will irrevocably change The Shade’s life and shed light on his true origin!
• Collects the 12-issue miniseries.
Written by ROBERT KANIGHER
Art by JOE KUBERT, RUSS HEATH and JACK ABEL
Cover by JOE KUBERT
On sale FEBRUARY 20 • 520 pg, B&W, $19.99 US
• In these tales, Sgt. Rock meets ace pilot Johnny Cloud, is taken prisoner by German forces, and leads a team of youthful soldiers into action.
• Collects OUR ARMY AT WAR #181-216.
Written by SCOTT SNYDER
Art by JOCK and FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA
Cover by JOCK
Resolicit • On sale FEBRUARY 27 • 304 pg, FC, $16.99 US
Retailers: This title is resolicited. All previous orders are cancelled.
• Originally published in DETECTIVE COMICS #871-877, this epic from the writer of BATMAN, SWAMP THING and AMERICAN VAMPIRE forces Batman to confront one of Gotham City’s oldest evils!
• Plus: The corpse of a killer whale shows up on the floor of one of Gotham City’s foremost banks, setting a deadly mystery in motion!
Written by GEOFF JOHNS, PETER J. TOMASI and others
Art by IVAN REIS, OCLAIR ALBERT and others
Cover by IVAN REIS and OCLAIR ALBERT
Advance solicited • On sale JUNE 26 • 360 pg, FC, 8.25” x 12.5”, $99.99 US
• As the war between the Corps rages, the prophecy of the Blackest Night descends on the DC Universe! Can Hal Jordan lead DC’s champions against an army of Black Lanterns made up of the deceased heroes and villains?
• Collects the Free Comic Book Day BLACKEST NIGHT #0, BLACKEST NIGHT #1-8, UNTOLD TALES OF THE BLACKEST NIGHT #1 and DC UNIVERSE #0!
Written by BRIAN AZZARELLO
Art by JIM LEE, SCOTT WILLIAMS and others
Cover by JIM LEE and SCOTT WILLIAMS
On sale FEBRUARY 6 • 320 pg, FC, $24.99 US
• In this epic from Brian Azzarello and Jim Lee, a cataclysmic event has struck the Earth. Millions of people have vanished without a trace. No one is left unaffected — not even Superman! But how could millions of people vanished without a trace — and could Superman be the cause?
• Collecting SUPERMAN #204-215, plus bonus materials!
Written by ROY THOMAS, JOEY CAVALIERI and GERRY CONWAY
Art by GIL KANE, RICH BUCKLER and DICK GIORDANO
Cover by RICH BUCKLER and DICK GIORDANO
On sale FEBRUARY 20 • 192 pg, FC, $19.99 US
• It’s the Man of Steel vs. the World’s Mightiest Mortal in this collection featuring Mr. Mxyzptlk, Mr. Mind, Captain Nazi, Black Adam and more!
• Collects ALL-NEW COLLECTOR’S EDITION C-58, DC COMICS
PRESENTS #33-34 and 49, and DC COMICS PRESENTS ANNUAL #3.
Written by J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI and PHIL HESTER
Art by DON KRAMER, EDUARDO PANSICA, GERALDO BORGES, TRAVIS MOORE, WAYNE FAUCHER, JAY LEISTEN and others
Cover by ALEX GARNER
On sale FEBRUARY 6 • 192 pg, FC, $16.99 US
In this final “Odyssey” volume, Wonder Woman faces Cheetah, Silver Swan, Dr. Psycho and the mysterious Morrigan!
• Collecting WONDER WOMAN #607-614!
Written by BOB HANEY and others
Art by NICK CARDY, IRV NOVICK, NEAL ADAMS, GIL KANE and others • Cover by NICK CARDY
Advance solicited • On sale JUNE 19 • 400 pg, FC, $75.00 US
• The top teen heroes of the 1960s return in this volume collecting TEEN TITANS #6-20 and THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #83!
• Don’t miss the action as the Titans take on The Mad Mod, Captain Rumble and The Scorcher, and get wrapped up in “The Dimensional Caper” and “A Swingin’ Christmas”!
Written by DAN JURGENS, LOUISE SIMONSON, JERRY ORDWAY, ROGER STERN and others
Art by DAN JURGENS, BRETT BREEDING, JON BOGDANOVE, JERRY ORDWAY, TOM GRUMMETT, JACKSON GUICE and others
Cover by DAN JURGENS and JERRY ORDWAY
On sale MARCH 20 • 1,008 pg, FC, $99.99 US
• This unforgettable epic is collecting in this massive edition including SUPERMAN: THE MAN OF STEEL #17-26, SUPERMAN #73-82, ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #496-505, ACTION COMICS #683-691, JUSTICE LEAGUE AMERICA #69, SUPERMAN: THE LEGACY OF SUPERMAN #1 and GREEN LANTERN #46.
• Includes chapters of “World Without a Superman,” bonus materials and more!
Written by MARV WOLFMAN and GEORGE PEREZ
Art by GEORGE PEREZ, MIKE PERKINS and AL VEY
Cover by GEORGE PEREZ
Resolicit • On sale FEBRUARY 27 • 144 pg, 8.125” x 10.812”, FC, $16.99 US
• Over 20 years in the making, this original graphic novel by Marv Wolfman and George Perez is now available in trade paperback!
• In this epic story, a mysterious villain plays a deadly game with New York City as the gameboard – and the Teen Titans as the pieces!
Retailers: This title is resolicited. All previous orders are cancelled.
Written by GERRY CONWAY, MARTIN PASKO, DAVID MICHELINIE, LEN WEIN and ELLIOT MAGGIN
Art by JOSE LUIS GARCIA-LOPEZ and others
Cover by JOSE LUIS GARCIA-LOPEZ
On sale MARCH 27 • 360 pg, FC, $39.99 US
• Collecting tales illustrated by master comics artist Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez from SUPERMAN #294, 301, 302, 307-309 and 347, DC COMICS PRESENTS #1-4 and 17, and ALL-NEW COLLECTOR’S EDITION C-54.
YOUNG JUSTICE VOL. 3: CREATURE FEATURES TP
Written by GREG WEISMAN and KEVIN HOPPS
Art by CHRISTOPHER JONES, DAN DAVIS and LUCIANO VECCHIO
Cover by CHRISTOPHER JONES
On sale FEBRUARY 13 • 128 pg, FC, $12.99 US
• In this new collection, Superboy, Robin, Kid Flash, Aqualad, Miss Martian and Artemis make their way to Atlantis to foil Ocean-Master’s plan to purify the underwater city.
• Collects YOUNG JUSTICE #14-19!
Based on the screenplay by QUENTIN TARANTINO
Art by R.M. GUERA and JASON LATOUR
Cover by MASSIMO CARNEVALE
1:25 Variant cover by GUILLEM MARCH
On sale JANUARY 30 • 48 pg, FC, 3 of 5, $4.99 US • MATURE READERS
Retailers: This issue will ship with two covers. Please see the Order Form for details.
• The adaptation of the screenplay for award-winning director Quentin Tarantino’s latest film continues!
• This is the only way to read the entire, uncut story, including scenes that may not appear in final film!
• Django and Dr. Schultz search for Django’s wife and encounter a ruthless plantation owner!
Written by PETER MILLIGAN and TOM VEITCH
Art by CHAS TRUOG, MARK FARMER and STEVE DILLON
Cover by BRIAN BOLLAND
On sale FEBRUARY 13 • 288 pg, FC, $19.99 US • MATURE READERS
Continuing Buddy Baker’s surreal adventures, this volume features stories from ANIMAL MAN #27-37! In these tales, Animal Man becomes trapped in a prehistoric jungle in his bathroom, saves his daughter from the villainous Notational Man, and explores the mystery of the dead birds that seem to be everywhere.
Written by SCOTT SNYDER
Art by RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE and DUSTIN NGUYEN
Cover by RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE
On sale MARCH 13 • 272 pg, FC, $29.99 US • MATURE READERS
In this new AMERICAN VAMPIRE collection, Skinner Sweet, Pearl and company return to Hollywood in the ‘50s during the Red Scare. In a time when America was on the lookout for the next Communist threat, was the real danger far more insidious? Plus: Retired vampire hunter Felicia Book gets called back into action to kill the most powerful vampire of all time. Collecting #28-34 of the monthly series, plus the 5-issue miniseries AMERICAN VAMPIRE: LORD OF NIGHTMARES.
Written by BILL WILLINGHAM
Art by MARK BUCKINGHAM and STEVE LEIALOHA
Cover by MARK BUCKINGHAM
On sale JANUARY 23 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS
So Snow White is finally getting an arc of FABLES named after her? That’s too bad, since it always means the title character is about to be put through the ringer. And she has to go through these trials and tribulations alone, because Bigby is off learning to drive (which leads to its own harrowing implications). But she’s made of pretty stern stuff, our Snow, and she’s never been a wilting flower in the face of adversity, so let’s see what she’s made of.
Written by LAUREN BEUKES
Art by INAKI MIRANDA
Cover by ADAM HUGHES
On sale JANUARY 9 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS
Dark history and high court intrigue are revealed as Rapunzel hatches a desperate plan to steal Tomoko’s soulfire back from the conniving shogun Ryogan. There’s murder, scheming, poisonings, safe-cracking, vengeful ghosts, treachery revealed in porcelain and a terrible, bloody invasion.
Written by LESLIE S. KLINGER
THE SANDMAN written by NEIL GAIMAN
Art by JILL THOMPSON, VINCE LOCKE, P. CRAIG RUSSELL and others
Cover by DAVE McKEAN
Advance solicited • On sale JUNE 19 • 520 pg, B&W, 11.5” x 11.75”,
$49.99 US • MATURE READERS
In THE ANNOTATED SANDMAN VOL. 3, Leslie Klinger provides historical insights into issues #40-55 of THE SANDMAN, along with THE SANDMAN SPECIAL #1 and “How They Met Themselves” from VERTIGO: WINTER’S EDGE #3.
Written by DAN ABNETT
Art and cover by I.N.J. CULBARD
On sale FEBRUARY 6 • 176 pg, FC, $14.99 US • MATURE READERS
In this collection of the 8-issue miniseries, nearly every member of upper class, post-Victorian England has voluntarily become a vampire in order to escape the lower classes – who are all zombies! Into this simmering cauldron is thrust Chief Inspector George Suttle, a lonely detective who’s got the slowest beat in London: investigating murders in a world where everyone is already dead!
Written by PAUL CORNELL
Art by MIRKO COLAK
Cover by RYAN KELLY
On sale JANUARY 16 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS
Michael desperately needs to know what’s causing him to slip between different realities. To save his sanity, he and Arcadia must return to the places of his childhood, and survive a terrifying encounter with “The Things at The Bottom of The Garden.” Don’t miss the done-in-one tale featuring art by Mirko Colak (Conan)!
Written by MIKE CAREY
Art and cover by PETER GROSS
Cover by YUKO SHIMIZU
On sale JANUARY 23 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS
As the old stories die, new stories wake and stretch — without Leviathan to rein them in. And detective Didge Patterson gets pulled into a messy homicide case that brings together a strange, young boy with a wicked imagination, a pack of zombies and one very hungry vampire journalist.
Written by PETER MILLIGAN
Art by GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI and STEFANO LANDINI
Cover by SIMON BISLEY
On sale JANUARY 23 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS
In part 2 of “Death and Cigarettes,” it’s the funeral to end all funerals! Epiphany finds herself alone, in basic black, mourning the loss of her husband, urban occultist John Constantine.
THE ALL-NEW SUPERMAN METALLIC SUPERMAN STATUE LINE!
Sculpted by TIM BRUCKNER
Superman takes flight in this all-new statue from DC Collectibles! Inspired by Frank Miller’s legendary graphic novel BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, this government sanctioned Superman has a little different outlook on the American Way. Order now before it’s too late!
Measuring approximately 9.75” high x 8.5” wide x 3.75” deep, his hand-painted, cold-cast porcelain statue is packaged in a 4-color box.
$79.95 US • On Sale February 2013 *Allocations May Occur
THE SELF-MADE SUPER HERO!
Sculpted by JAMES SHOOP
Booster Gold brings his own brand of heroism to Justice League International! Straight from DC Comics—The New 52, Booster comes equipped with his Legion Flight Ring, hurry to get yours now—these busts are sure to fly off the shelves!
Measuring approximately 6” high x 3.5” wide x 5.5” deep, his hand-painted, cold-cast porcelain statue is packaged in a 4-color box.
$69.95 US • On Sale February 2013 *Allocations May Occur
THE EMERALD ARCHER!
The Green Arrow aims for the heart of injustice in this new action figure straight from the pages of DC Comics—The New 52! But does a renegade like Oliver Queen really belong with the Justice League? Either way – he DOES belong on your shelf!
* Action Figure * $22.95 US • On Sale February 2013 *Allocations May Occur
Sculpted by Jack Mathews
"You get what anybody gets. You get a lifetime."
The Cover Girls line of collectibles statues celebrates Vertigo with this beautiful statue of Death, inspired by the Sandman graphic novels. This is the first time that a Vertigo character has ever graced the Cover Girls line, so order now because, as Death herself would tell you, you only live once!
Measuring approximately 11.5” high x 4.75” wide x 5” deep, his hand-painted, cold-cast porcelain statue is packaged in a 4-color box.
$99.95 US • On Sale February 2013 *Allocations May Occur
- The Comic Book Critic