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SUPERMAN:
THE 10-CENT ADVENTURE
You
can’t get much for a dime these days — not a cup of coffee, a newspaper
or even a phone call. But you can pick up the dawn of a new era
for the Man of Steel!
 SUPERMAN:
THE 10-CENT ADVENTURE (like last year’s best-selling BATMAN:
THE 10-CENT ADVENTURE), features a full-color, 22-page story for just
10 cents U.S. Even better, it marks the debut of an all-new Superman creative
team: writer Steven T. Seagle (THE CRUSADES, X-Men, Alpha
Flight), and artists Scott McDaniel (BATMAN, NIGHTWING, Daredevil)
and Andy Owens (BATMAN, Joss Whedon’s Fray), who begin their
regular run in SUPERMAN #190, shipping in February.
And
the fun doesn’t stop there! SUPERMAN: THE 10-CENT ADVENTURE introduces
Amok, a mysterious villain who swings into Metropolis with enough power
to send Superman hurtling to the moon with a single blow…power granted
to him by the enigmatic Futuresmiths, a sinister force destined to cause
trouble for the Man of Steel in the months to come.
What’s
more, the final page of SUPERMAN: THE 10-CENT ADVENTURE features a shocking
secret integral to the future of the Superman titles! It’s a perfect jumping-on
point for new readers and a great glimpse at what’s to come in the next
year. And at just a dime, no fan can afford to miss this!
This
project is supported with house ads and a generic 2003 Superman poster.
SUPERMAN:
THE 10-CENT ADVENTURE is a 32-page one-shot edited by Eddie Berganza arriving
in comic-book stores January 8 with a cover price of only 10¢ U.S.
BATMAN:
THE GOLDEN STREETS OF GOTHAM
 How
would Batman have waged war against injustice without the vast
fortune of the Wayne family to aid in his fight? The answer can be found
in BATMAN: THE GOLDEN STREETS OF GOTHAM — a startling
new Elseworlds one-shot written by Jen Van Meter (FLINCH, Hopeless
Savages, The Blair Witch Chronicles) and illustrated by
Cliff Chiang (JOSIE MAC, BEWARE THE CREEPER) and Tommy Lee Edwards (DISAVOWED,
Zombie World: Winter’s Dregs), revealing a Dark Knight born in the twentieth
century’s first decade.
With
the birth of the labor movements, women's rights and the downfall of capitalist
"robber barons" as its backdrop, THE GOLDEN STREETS OF GOTHAM
is a tale that finds true-life events shaping a very different kind of
hero. When a disastrous 1906 fire kills dozens of women and children who
worked in a garment factory, as well as immigrant Bruce Vanekow's parents,
the young man assumes the identity of the Bat, pledging to fight the criminal
negligence that killed them. Enlisting the help of union agitators, social
reformers and bohemian theater-types — including a young female journalist
and the leader of the Underground Workers Movement, known as the Cat —
he extracts the only kind of justice the powerful elite of Gotham City
will notice: their wealth!
But
when a serial murderer begins preying on Gotham's poor and the crimes
are blamed on the Bat, Bruno must clear his alter ego’s name.
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project is supported with house and trade ads.
BATMAN:
THE GOLDEN STREETS OF GOTHAM is a 64-page Elseworlds one-shot
edited by Bob Schreck. It arrives in comic-book stores January 2 with
a cover price of $6.95 U.S.
SUPERMAN
& BATMAN: GENERATIONS III
 Writer/artist
John Byrne returns to his popular Elseworlds version of the DC
Universe — one in which DC's most popular heroes made their debuts in
the same years their comics first appeared in our world — in SUPERMAN
& BATMAN: GENERATIONS III. A millennia-spanning epic that
exceeds the earlier GENERATIONS sagas in scope and audacity, GENERATIONS
III surpasses them in size as well: At twelve 32-page issues, the maxiseries
is the biggest chapter yet in Byrne's remarkable story, exploring the
landscape of a DCU where the World's Finest heroes change dramatically
with the passing times.
Each
issue of GENERATIONS III covers a different century — beginning with the
twentieth — as a mysterious threat targets Superman and Batman. But will
this threat age right alongside our heroes? Or will it strike from another
point in time? There are hints a-plenty in the first issue, as a young
Superboy must rescue Bruce Wayne from danger on a battlefield with help
from an unexpected source...the Legion of Super-Heroes' Saturn Girl! Future
issues of GENERATIONS III will feature many of the characters from earlier
GENERATIONS installments, as well as surprising guest-stars, ranging from
Jonah Hex to Kamandi, as the story roars on to a shocking final battle
with a nigh-unstoppable foe! Will the GENERATION-al saga come to a final,
tragic conclusion?
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project is supported with house and trade ads.
SUPERMAN
& BATMAN: GENERATIONS III is a 12-issue maxiseries edited by Mike
Carlin. The 32-page issue #1 arrives in comic-book stores January 8 with
a cover price of $2.95 U.S.
JLA/THE
SPECTRE: SOUL WAR
He
was one of its brightest members…
But
Hal Jordan — a founding member of the JLA as the Power Ring-wielding Green
Lantern — has been estranged from the World’s Greatest Heroes ever since
the tragic events of “Emerald Twilight.” Now, as the Spirit of Vengeance
known as the Spectre, Hal reunites with his former teammates…in a most
unexpected way!
 JLA/THE
SPECTRE: SOUL WAR is a 2-issue Prestige Format miniseries written
by J.M. DeMatteis (THE SPECTRE), with art by Daryl Banks (GREEN LANTERN)
& Paul Neary (JLA). The Spectre and the JLA form an uneasy alliance
when the minds of psychics across the country are hijacked by an entity
called the Trans — a devastating alien menace that threatens the fabric
of reality itself!
Our
heroes discover that the only way to defeat such an overwhelmingly powerful
opponent is...to become one! The League is compelled to combine forces
with the former Green Lantern…in spite of Batman’s objections. But the
question now is: Can the JLA be trusted with the awesome power of the
Spectre?
SOUL
WAR is a bittersweet reteaming of old friends that changes the relationship
of Hal and the JLA for good!
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project is supported with trade and house ads.
JLA/THE
SPECTRE: SOUL WAR is a 2-issue Prestige Format miniseries edited by Dan
Raspler. The 48-page issue #1 arrives in comic-book stores January 22
with a cover price of $5.95 U.S.
BIRDS
OF PREY: OLD FRIENDS, NEW ENEMIES
TRADE PAPERBACK
 The
WB! has scored a hit with its new live-action TV series Birds of Prey!
Now the comic-book inspiration for the show receives its second pulse-pounding
collection with BIRDS OF PREY: OLD FRIENDS, NEW ENEMIES
— a 224-page trade paperback reprinting the BIRDS OF PREY: WOLVES and
BIRDS OF PREY: BATGIRL one-shots, plus the first six issues of the BIRDS
OF PREY ongoing series!
Written
by Chuck Dixon (BATGIRL: YEAR ONE, Way of the Rat) with art by
Greg Land (NIGHTWING, Sojourn) and Drew Geraci (NIGHTWING), OLD
FRIENDS, NEW ENEMIES reintroduces readers to Vicious, Termina and Pistolera,
who — combined with their leader, international terrorist/assassin Cheshire
— form the villainous Ravens! Also: Watch as Black Canary fends off dinosaurs
in one adventure and Kobra's minions in another while Oracle avoids detection
by the U.S. Army!
Wrapped
in a new cover by Brian Stelfreeze, this thrill-packed volume combines
all the high-octane action, espionage and characterization that exemplify
why Birds of Prey is a hit in any medium.
BIRDS OF PREY: OLD FRIENDS, NEW ENEMIES is a 224-page trade paperback,
arriving in comic-book stores January 2 with a cover price of $17.95 U.S.
JLA:
THE GOLDEN PERFECT
TRADE PAPERBACK
The current creative team of the hit JLA series — writer Joe Kelly and
artists Doug Mahnke and Tom Nguyen — won raves for its recent “The Obsidian
Age: The Hunt for Aquaman” storyline. Now you can own their first
foray into the adventures of the World’s Greatest Super-Heroes with JLA:
THE GOLDEN PERFECT — a 128-page trade paperback collecting JLA
#61-65.
The centerpiece
of this volume is the 3-Part “The Golden Perfect.” When a mission to a
foreign land personally affects Wonder Woman, her actions threaten to
unravel all of reality. Plus, in "Two Minute Warning," discover
what the JLA is doing two minutes before handling a threat from Abra Kadabra.
And the acclaimed Batman/Plastic Man team-up story, “Bouncing Baby Boy,”
offers the most bizarre pairing in the DC Universe yet…with very personal
consequences for everyone’s favorite pliable hero.
This project
is supported with house ads.
JLA: THE GOLDEN
PERFECT is a 128-page trade paperback, arriving in comic-book stores January
15 with a cover price of $12.95 U.S.
SUPERMAN:
LAST STAND ON KRYPTON
Two
years ago, in SUPERMAN: LAST SON OF EARTH, readers entered a reality where
a human infant was rocketed to the planet Krypton moments before a meteor
impact decimated planet Earth. In this reality, Kal-El saved his birth
planet, was reunited with his mother and met Lois Lane.
That story comes full circle in SUPERMAN: LAST STAND ON KRYPTON,
a 64-page Prestige Format Elseworlds one-shot that reunites the
LAST SON OF EARTH creative team of acclaimed writer Steve Gerber (Howard
the Duck, NEVADA) and Harvey Award-nominated artist Doug Wheatley
(Aliens: Apocalypse).
Ten
years have passed since Kal-El’s return, and Earth has thrived in that
time. Thanks to Kryptonian technology, humanity has more than compensated
for the "dark ages" of its recent past. Now, Kal-El yearns to
return to the adopted world of Krypton he left years before. He yearns
to see his adopted parents — and the world he saved and forever changed
before taking leave of it.
But in his haste, Kal-El makes a fatal error, for someone has followed
his trail through the wormhole that opens into the Kryptonian Galaxy.
Bad enough that Lois Lane has followed him…but Lex Luthor has followed
her! Now it’s up to Kal-El to lead the people of Krypton in one
last stand against Luther and his Kryptonian cohorts.
This
project is supported with house and trade ads.
SUPERMAN: LAST STAND ON KRYPTON is a 64-page Prestige Format Elseworlds
one-shot edited by Andy Helfer. It arrives in comic-book stores January
29 with a cover price of $6.95 U.S.
AQUAMAN
ARCHIVES Volume One
HARDCOVER
Aquaman, the King of the Seas, is back in a new ongoing series from DC!
Now the earliest Silver Age appearances of the fan-favorite hero can be
enjoyed by an all-new generation of readers with the AQUAMAN ARCHIVES
Volume One — a 224-page hardcover coming in January!
Written by Jack Miller, Robert Bernstein, George Kashdan, and Bob Haney,
these classic tales are illustrated by the renowned Ramona Fradon (METAMORPHO)
and Nick Cardy!
Volume One features the origin of Aquaman, plus the introduction of Aqualad,
Aquagirl and the mysterious Aqua-Queen! Thrill to Aquaman's early adventures
when he was Aquaboy, his attempt to swim around the world in 80 hours,
and a special "crossover" story with Green Arrow! Watch as the
King of the Seas battles ferocious menaces such as the Human Flying Fish
and the Sea Creatures from One Billion B.C.!
More than two dozen exciting Aquaman adventures are included in this hefty
volume that reprints the Aquaman stories from ADVENTURE COMICS #260-280
& 282 and SHOWCASE #30-31, with an introduction by Roy Thomas!
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AQUAMAN ARCHIVES Volume One is a 224-page hardcover, arriving in comic-book
stores January 22 with a cover price of $49.95 U.S.
SUPERBOY
#147 — FACSIMILE EDITION
TRADE PAPERBACK
Historians say that in order to understand the present, one must look
to the past. So what better way to get the inside scoop on the Boy of
Steel than by checking out SUPERBOY #147 — FACSIMILE EDITION,
a look back at 1968’s classic SUPERBOY 80-PAGE GIANT?
Sporting a cover by legendary creators Curt Swan & Neal Adams, SUPERBOY
#147 — FACSIMILE EDITION reprints the first all-Legion of Super-Heroes
issue of SUPERBOY, originally published over three decades ago. Surrounding
the book’s centerpiece tale — the first full-length retelling of the Legion’s
origin by E. Nelson Bridwell and Pete Costanza — are stories by a Who’s
Who of classic comics creators, including writers Jerry Siegel and Robert
Bernstein and artists Curt Swan, George Klein, Jim Mooney, George Papp,
and Sheldon Moldoff.
The featured stories, all originating in the early ’60s, make up the groundwork
for much of the Legion’s legendary history, and feature a host of beloved
characters. The stories told in SUPERBOY #147 — FACSIMILE EDITION are
perfect for the longtime DC fan or a newbie wanting a historic look back
at Superboy’s action-packed past!
SUPERBOY #147 FACSIMILE EDITION is an 80-page one-shot arriving in comic-book
stores January 2 with a cover price of $6.95 U.S.
GREEN
LANTERN: EMERALD DAWN —NEW
EDITION
TRADE PAPERBACK
In darkest day, in blackest night…Hal Jordan may be the Spectre now, but
he was once one of the finest Green Lanterns ever to charge a Power Ring
— and his story is told in GREEN LANTERN: EMERALD DAWN!
GREEN LANTERN: EMERALD DAWN is a 144-page trade paperback written by Jim
Owsley, Keith Giffen and Gerard Jones with art by M.D. Bright and Romeo
Tanghal, collecting for the first time in over a decade the 6-issue miniseries
that retold the origin of Hal Jordan, the Green Lantern assigned to protect
Earth for years before his descent into darkness.
How did Hal get his otherworldly Power Ring? What is the Green Lantern
Corps, and who are the Guardians? These questions and more are answered
in GREEN LANTERN: EMERALD DAWN! Featuring a brand-new cover by Alan Davis
and Mark Farmer, this new edition is the first of four reissued volumes
in 2003 that cover the beginning and end of Hal Jordan’s career.
GREEN LANTERN: EMERALD DAWN — NEW EDITION is a 144-page trade paperback
arriving in comic-book stores January 22 with a cover price of $14.95
U.S.
The
brawl to end all!
SUPERMAN VS. DARKSEID: APOKOLIPS NOW!
How far would you go for a friend? For Superman, the answer is Apokolips.
Expect a veritable clash of titans in SUPERMAN VS. DARKSEID: APOKOLIPS
NOW!, a 48-page one-shot written by Mark Schultz (SUPERMAN: MAN
OF STEEL, Xenozoic Tales) with art by Mike McKone (SUPERMAN,
Exiles) and cover by Kilian Plunkett.
When Darkseid enslaves Steel in a deadly new armored suit, there’s only
one group that can save him — the Superman family! As Supergirl, Kara,
Superboy, Eradicator, and Krypto go up against the scions of Apokolips,
Darkseid challenges Superman to a deadly winner–take-all battle with the
fate of Steel hanging in the balance! If Superman wins, he gets John Henry
Irons…but if Darkseid wins, the Man of Steel becomes another of the dark
lord’s pawns!
But as the epic battle threatens to tear apart a moon high above Apokolips.
Desaad attempts to unleash the intelligent Doomsday Rex! Can Steel’s niece
Natasha become an unlikely hero and prevent Desaad’s underhanded plan?
And even if she does, will it be enough?
This project is supported with house ads.
SUPERMAN VS. DARKSEID: APOKOLIPS NOW is a 48-page one-shot edited by Eddie
Berganza arriving in comic-book stores January 29 with a cover price of
$2.95 U.S.
THE
FLASH: ROGUES
TRADE PAPERBACK
Can the Fastest Man Alive keep up with his rapidly changing life?
When the Flash’s interdimensional pal Chunk is wounded, it unleashes a
terrifying black hole that puts Keystone City on the brink of destruction.
Wally West must race against the vortex to save the day in THE
FLASH: ROGUES, a 144-page trade paperback that collects THE FLASH
#177–181, from the celebrated run by writer Geoff Johns (JSA, HAWKMAN)
and artist Scott Kolins (The Thing: Freakshow) with a new cover
by Brian Bolland (BATMAN: GOTHAM KNIGHTS, WONDER WOMAN).
As if saving Keystone City isn’t enough, the Flash must also take on two
of his oldest foes — Captain Cold and Mirror Master — as they lay the
foundation for their deadliest gambit yet! And besides that, the Flash
must also contend with the Plunderer, an enraged Gorilla Grodd, and a
seeming betrayal of trust by the Pied Piper!
This project is supported with house ads.
FLASH: ROGUES is a 144-page trade paperback, arriving in comic-book stores
January 29 with a cover price of $14.95 U.S.
The
Dark Knight vs. The Man of Steel?
BATMAN #611
The dream team of Jeph Loeb, Jim Lee and Scott Williams scored a hit with
their debut in BATMAN #608, which ranked #1 in copies sold by Diamond
Comic Distributors for all October in-store books. Now their run continues
with a 2-part story arc that takes the Dark Knight to Metropolis!
Taking place within the 12-part story “Hush,” written by the Eisner-award
winning Loeb (BATMAN: THE LONG HALLOWEEN, BATMAN: DARK VICTORY) and pencilled
by the fan-favorites Jim Lee (X-Men, WILDCATS) and Scott Williams
(X-Men, WILDCATS), BATMAN #611 follows Batman
and Catwoman to the City of Tomorrow hot on the heels of Poison Ivy. But
does she have something — or someone — up her sleeve?
BATMAN #611 also features a surprise guest star that you have to look
up in the sky to see. And all this leads up to an epic battle: the Dark
Knight vs. the Man of Steel!
This project is supported with house and trade ads.
BATMAN is an ongoing series edited by Bob Schreck. Issue #611 is 32 pages
and arrives in comic-book stores January 22 with a cover price of $2.25
U.S.
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