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Mister Ed · 01-14-2013, 08:13 PM

Well, I guess the cancellation of DC Universe presents simplifies my possible dilemma of whether to drop it in favor of Threshold. (Now if Threshold stinks, I'll actually end up SAVING money by dropping it.)

"Chosen" · 01-14-2013, 08:28 PM

I'm guessing that's Batman with the kryptonite

W.West · 01-14-2013, 08:42 PM

DC's BEYOND THE NEW 52 April 2013 Solicitations

AME-COMI GIRLS #2

Written by JUSTIN GRAY and JIMMY PALMIOTTI
Art and cover by EDUARDO FRANCISCO

On sale APRIL 3 � 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US � RATED T
� All-new digital adventures in print for the first time!
� The battle continues as Power Girl fights Brainiac at the Earth�s core for the planet�s survival.
� On Brainiac�s ship, an unlikely team of heroines and villains come together to do their part.
� Will Batgirl and Robin help save the world, only to be grounded by their parents?

ARROW #6

Written by MARC GUGGENHEIM and ANDREW KREISBERG
Art by MIKE GRELL, XERMANICO, SERGIO SANDOVAL and POL GAS
Cover by DAN PANOSIAN

On sale APRIL 24 � 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US � RATED T
� All-new digital adventures in print for the first time, inspired by the hit TV series!
� In an attempt to take down a Venezuelan drug cartel, Oliver gives one of its members a chance at redemption!
� While attending a football game, Oliver encounters a deranged madman threatening to destroy the entire stadium! Can the Arrow take him down without revealing his identity?
� A case from Detective Lance�s past leads him down a dangerous road for the first time...

BATMAN BEYOND UNLIMITED #15

Written by ADAM BEECHEN, J.T. KRUL and DEREK FRIDOLFS
Art by NORM BREYFOGLE, HOWARD PORTER, LIVESAY and BEN CALDWELL
Cover by HOWARD PORTER and LIVESAY

On sale APRIL 17 � 48 pg, FC, $3.99 US � RATED T
� All-new digital adventures in print for the first time!
� Superman�s resolve is tested as the Trillian civil war reaches its climax!
� The Justice League attempts to uncover the truth about the mysterious �Brain Trust!�
� After the shocking revelations in the last issue, a brand-new threat emerges for Batman!

BATMAN: ARKHAM UNHINGED #13

Written by DEREK FRIDOLFS
Art and cover by ERIC NGUYEN

On sale APRIL 10 � 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US � RATED T
� All-new digital adventures in print for the first time!
� All-new tales based on the hit videogame Batman: Arkham City!
� See Black Mask captured behind the walls of Arkham City...with some of his least favorite fellow convicts!
� In the epic gang war between The Joker and The Penguin, which side will Black Mask choose?

LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT #7

Written by JOE HARRIS
Art and cover by JASON MASTERS

On sale APRIL 3 � 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US � RATED T
� All-new digital adventures in print for the first time!
� In �Haunted Arkham,� something has been stirring up the inmates at Arkham, especially Maxie Zeus!
� Something wicked this way comes, and it�s trying to communicate with The Dark Knight.

SMALLVILLE SEASON 11 #12

Written by BRYAN Q. MILLER
Art by JORGE JIMENEZ
Cover by SCOTT KOLINS

On sale APRIL 3 � 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US � RATED T
� All-new digital adventures in print for the first time!
� The shocking conclusion to �Haunted.�
� Superman and Impulse face off against the Black Flash in Las Vegas!
� Meanwhile, events move into crisis mode on Earth 2...

JSA LIBERTY FILES: THE WHISTLING SKULL #5

Written by B. CLAY MOORE
Art and cover by TONY HARRIS

On sale APRIL 17 � 32 pg, FC, 5 of 6, $2.99 US � RATED T
� The Whistling Skull�s in a bit of a jam at Der Karneval!
� Can Nigel overcome his snake phobia in time to help him?
� These horrifying products of Nazi experimentation, however, refuse to go down without a fight.
� And in Japan, more is revealed about the fate of the previous Skull!

BATMAN: LI�L GOTHAM #1

Written by DUSTIN NGUYEN and DEREK FRIDOLFS
Art by DUSTIN NGUYEN and DEREK FRIDOLFS
Cover by DUSTIN NGUYEN
1:10 Variant cover by CHRIS BURNHAM

On sale APRIL 10 � 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US � RATED E
� The first time in print for this hit all-ages digital first series!
� First, Robin needs Batman�s help to learn the true meaning of Halloween. Then, on Thanksgiving, Batman and Robin join the families of Gotham City around the table for a holiday feast�and birds of a feather flock together to stage a march against the city...led by The Penguin!

SUPERMAN FAMILY ADVENTURES #12

Written by ART BALTAZAR and FRANCO
Art and cover by ART BALTAZAR

On sale APRIL 24 � 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US � RATED E � FINAL ISSUE
� Because you demanded it! The return of the lunch lady! Er, we mean, the return of DARKSEID!
� Has he returned for good�or evil? Is he going to make us pancakes?
� When the Super Family leaps into action, will they be trapped in Apokolips?!

LOONEY TUNES #212

Written by SHOLLY FISCH
Art and cover by ROBERT POPE and SCOTT McRAE

On sale APRIL 3 � 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US � RATED E
� Bugs Bunny makes a wrong turn at Albuquerque and ends up in Rocky and Mugsy�s jail cell!
� Can Bugs be their way out? Or will they realize there�s no place like home?

SCOOBY-DOO, WHERE ARE YOU? #32

Written by SHOLLY FISCH
Art by SCOTT NEELY
Cover by SCOTT GROSS

On sale APRIL 3 � 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US � RATED E
� Famed movie director Albert Hatchplot is being haunted by the greatest menaces from his most famous movies!
� Can Scooby and the gang survive the crazed birds and killer crop dusters long enough to discover the truth?

HE-MAN AND THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE #1

Written by KEITH GIFFEN
Art by POP MHAN
Cover by ED BENES
1:25 Variant cover by TERRY DODSON and RACHEL DODSON

On sale APRIL 17 � 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US
� First exciting issue of the new, ongoing adventures of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe!
� While the Masters of the Universe mourn the loss of a fallen friend, Hordak infiltrates Eternia!
� Featuring the return of She-Ra! Now known as Despara, the most lethal weapon in Hordak�s army, she returns to Eternia as He-Man�s newest enemy!

INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US #4

Written by TOM TAYLOR
Art by JHEREMY RAAPACK and MIKE S. MILLER
Cover by MICO SUAYAN

On sale APRIL 24 � 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US � RATED T
� All-new digital adventures in print for the first time!
� Based on the upcoming DC fighting game from NetherRealm Studios, creators of Mortal Kombat!
� Superman discovers that not every nation on Earth is willing to fall in line with the new world order!
� A team of the world�s most powerful Super Heroes unites to confront an old ally.

INSURGENT #4

Written by F.J. DeSANTO and TODD FARMER
Art and cover by FEDERICO DALLOCCHIO

On sale APRIL 3 � 32 pg, FC, 4 of 6, $2.99 US � RATED T+
� John Ravane leads his elite commandos into the heart of occupied Manhattan to rescue the most powerful leaders on Earth from the clutches of the Insurgents while also trying to locate the deadly Tenth Plague device before it detonates.
� After Ravane learns where the U.S. government is holding his daughter, can Cindy keep the mission AND Ravane from going off the rails before New York City is lost forever to the Insurgents?
� As the Insurgent Leader secretly tries to negotiate with President Chong for peace, loyalties are questioned, lives are lost, and action abounds in this original miniseries!

Ωmega Man · 01-14-2013, 08:47 PM

I'm guessing Mogo is returning in GL and may also possibly be the White Lantern. Kinda pissed it WON'T be Kyle after all of this mastering the emotional spectrum garbage.

~KL~

W.West · 01-14-2013, 08:57 PM

THE EDGE April 2013 Solicitations

TEAM 7 #7

Written by JUSTIN JORDAN
Art by PASCAL ALIXE
Fold-out cover by KEN LASHLEY

On sale APRIL 10 � 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US � RATED T
� What new member, who threatens to tear the team apart, is welcomed into The New 52?

THRESHOLD #4

Written by KEITH GIFFEN
Art by TOM RANEY
Backup story art by SCOTT KOLINS
Fold-out cover by HOWARD PORTER

On sale APRIL 10 � 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US � RATED T
� What it the only cosmic entity strong enough to trap The Hunted in the city they�re hiding?

ALL-STAR WESTERN #19

Written by JUSTIN GRAY and JIMMY PALMIOTTI
Art by MORITAT
Backup story art by STAZ JOHNSON
Fold-out cover by GLENN FABRY

On sale APRIL 24 � 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US � RATED T+
� What type of gold means certain death for Jonah Hex?

DEATHSTROKE #19

Written by JUSTIN JORDAN
Art by EDGAR SALAZAR and SCOTT HANNA
Fold-out cover by JUAN JOSE RYP

On sale APRIL 10 � 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US � RATED T+
� Which teens are the only ones deadly enough to stop Deathstroke?

SUICIDE SQUAD #19

Written by ADAM GLASS
Art by HENRIK JONSSON and SANDU FLOREA
Fold-out cover by TRAVEL FOREMAN

On sale APRIL 10 � 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US � RATED T+
� There�s a new leader for the Suicide Squad�but will the team stay or die?

STORMWATCH #19

Written by JIM STARLIN
Art by YVEL GUICHET and JONAS TRINDADE
Fold-out cover by JIM STARLIN

On sale APRIL 3 � 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US � RATED T+
� Team StormWatch is lost in a dimension shift�so what team will rise and take their place?

W.West · 01-14-2013, 09:05 PM

DC's YOUNG JUSTICE April 2013 Solicitations

LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #19

Written by PAUL LEVITZ
Art and fold-out cover by KEITH GIFFEN and SCOTT KOBLISH

On sale APRIL 17 � 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US � RATED T
� The Legion of Super-Heroes is lost and hurtling into the sun�is it possible to save them all?

TEEN TITANS #19

Written by SCOTT LOBDELL
Art and fold-out cover by EDDY BARROWS and EBER FERREIRA
1:25 MAD Variant cover by The Usual Gang of Idiots

On sale APRIL 24 � 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US � RATED T
Retailers: This issue will ship with two covers. Please see the order form for more information.
� Which new member of the Teen Titans reveals his true colors?

THE RAVAGERS #11

Written by MICHAEL ALAN NELSON
Art by IG GUARA and NORM RAPMUND
Fold-out cover by MICHAEL GOLDEN

On sale APRIL 10 � 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US � RATED T
� The latest creature to escape from N.O.W.H.E.R.E. brings death to The Ravagers�but is it animal, vegetable or mineral?

Big Daddy Dave Skywalker · 01-15-2013, 03:12 AM

So...is GL TAS gone?

W.West · 01-15-2013, 03:15 AM

Originally posted by Big Daddy Dave View Post

So...is GL TAS gone?

No.

Big Daddy Dave Skywalker · 01-15-2013, 03:18 AM

Maybe they halted production of it when shit hit the fan last month? And will skip a month is the show continues?

Hypo · 01-27-2013, 09:57 PM

A bit late but here's some comments on the numerous creative team changes:

B&B: "Constantine" Creative Changes, 900 Issues of "Detective" & More

Talking about dark, one of the books that immediately comes to mind is "Constantine," which stars a character who has traditionally been on the darker side of Vertigo and the DCU. Both "Constantine" and "Birds Of Prey" are going to be getting new creative teams in April, before either team's first issue even made it to publication. Who is going to be replacing Robert Venditti and Jim Zub on those books, and why switch them out before they got to write their first issues?

Harras: Robert came to us with a fantastic pitch for "Constantine;" we really loved what Robert's doing -- he's working on "Demon Knights" now, and he's also working on another project for us that I really can't go into which is a big deal for us. But at the end of the day, Robert and Dan [DiDio] and I spoke, and "Constantine" was, for him, one book too many. It was the one thing that we had to go, "If we want you to focus on this one project, maybe we should make a change on 'Constantine.'" Jeff Lemire and Ray Fawkes very professionally, very nicely stepped up to the challenge [of launching "Constantine"].

Chase: Very quickly, too. Those guys already had ideas because of what they were doing in "Justice League Dark."

Harras: It was one of those things where we had to step back and say, "You know, Robert, we should concentrate you on these other projects right now." And like we said, with Jeff and Ray stepping in on "Constantine," weaving it closer to "Justice League Dark," I think it was actually the best solution to -- not a problem, but a challenge. We all sat down and said, how do we make this work?

Christy Marx is taking over as writer on "Birds Of Prey." Does Jim Zub also have other projects at DC, like Venditti? Why the switch there?

Harras: Jim had a great pitch for "Birds Of Prey," but as things came together in discussion and the creative churn, we all saw what Christy was doing on "Amethyst," and we were looking at "Birds Of Prey" and internally and editorially we were thinking of taking it in a different direction. The decision was made that we were going to go in a different direction than what Jim had originally envisioned. We definitely, definitely want to continue working with Jim, but at this moment, we wanted to go in a particular direction. Bobbie started working with Jim months ago --

Chase: He's a great writer. He's a great idea guy, and I look forward to working with him again.

Harras: In the creative process, these things sometimes happen and he totally understood. Obviously, he was a bit disappointed, but he understood. We hope to work with him on another project.

Since we're on the topic of creative changes, one of the things that was a big discussion point for a while was Gail Simone being on and off "Batgirl." With Gail now reinstated on the title, I have to ask -- how much was fan outcry and fan support part of that creative editorial decision?

Harras: What we had was Ray [Fawkes] coming on for two months to help out, schedule-wise. We're very happy Gail is back; she's on the book moving forward, so to me, that was a moment in time where we were just looking for Gail's next plot to come in and we're moving forward.

Going back to announcements, one of the huge things, and something that Jim Starlin has been teasing a little bit on his own, is the fact that he's going to be writing "Stormwatch." How did that move come about?

Harras: Jim has been talking to us for a while now about doing various projects and pitching some ideas. He and Dan had been speaking, and he had been sending some ideas to Bobbie and me. Again, one of the things in the creative process, as you talk and discuss various things and -- my term for the day! -- the creative churn, some of the things Jim was coming up with, we thought might actually be interesting to put on "Stormwatch" and change the direction of that book. So it came out of, again, an ongoing conversation.

Chase: I was a natural progression coming out of another project, as Bob said. It was such a good fit.

When you say "Jim Starlin," most people think of his cosmic, sci-fi work. Was this part of why you wanted to pair him with "Stormwatch?"

Harras: Definitely! I mean, exactly! That was one of those moments where Bobbie and I looked at each other and said, "It's staring us in the face!" [Laughter]

Chase: There were several things that were appealing about bringing Jim on, and [artist] Yvel Guichet on the art, as well. There's just going to be some great stuff on the project.

On the art side, we have Brett Booth leaving "Teen Titans" and moving over to "Nightwing" as the new permanent artist while Eddy Barrows is shifting "Nightwing" to "Teen Titans." Was that a planned switch?

Harras: Again, it's one of those things where it comes out of a conversation with the talent, with the editors.

Chase: Brett loves "Nightwing," so it was a great fit.

Harras: Eddy coming onto "Teen Titans" also was a nice, elegant switch. Where they are, with Brett leaving the storyline and the new locale for Nightwing, Kyle [Higgins] has a lot of interesting ideas for where he wants to take the character. With Brett aboard, again, what we want to do with the New 52 on a constant basis is challenge the readers and challenge the characters.

Chase: Brett was sending me sketches of Nightwing and a lot of other characters when we were working together.He just has so many ideas for the universe, he's not containable! [Laughter] It'll be a great time for readers.

Big Daddy Dave Skywalker · 01-27-2013, 11:33 PM

WTF?!? Constantine #1 hasn't even come out yet, and they already had to change the creative team?!?

I grant you, Jeff Lemire is a decent writer and more of a draw, but to do this litterally at the last second just says volumes about how little DC knows or cares about what they are doing with John Constantine.

The book last 300 issues, and I wouldn't be surprised if this new watered down thing will be gone by issue #12. A fucking travesty.

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