DC's upcoming "pop-up" boutique Young Animal is one of the most anticipated projects of the year, and its debut is right around the corner. Curated by The Umbrella Academy's Gerard Way, it seeks to capture the spark of classic Vertigo while forging a bold new path of its own in the industry.

Ahead of the November solicitations, DC has provided us with an exclusive first look at November's Young Animal releases, including the first issue of Jody Houser and Tommy Lee Edwards' Mother Panic.

The four Young Animal titles all stand out as must-read titles of 2016, and each one brings something new to the table, whether it's reinvigorating classic properties like Doom Patrol or reinventing them from the ground up like Shade The Changing GirlGerard Way is known for taking risks and not resting on his laurels, so with him at the helm of Young Animal, we're in for four very unique comics later this year.

Check out the covers and solicit information below:

 

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DOOM PATROL #3
Written by GERARD WAY
Art and cover by NICK DERINGTON
Variant cover by SIMON BISLEY

Casey Brinke has stepped through to the other side—but where exactly is that? Given all the bizarre, unexplainable things that have come into her life over the last couple of days—robot men and talking ambulances and a guy who literally thrives on negative energy—surely this new and surprising world she has uncovered can’t be any weirder. Right?
On sale NOVEMBER 9 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • MATURE READERS

 

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SHADE, THE CHANGING GIRL #2
Written by CECIL CASTELLUCCI
Art by MARLEY ZARCONE
Cover by BECKY CLOONAN
Variant cover by CHYNNA CLUGSTON FLORES

Shade has settled into her adopted human body, but the rest of her high school isn’t sure how to deal with this strange new behavior from the girl they once knew. The more Shade learns about Megan’s former life, the more she realizes everyone hates her. It’s one of many fresh sensations Shade is getting to know. Being a human is galaxies different than being from Meta, and it’s not going to be easy balancing all of that with the madness that brought her here.
On sale NOVEMBER 2 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • MATURE READERS

 

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CAVE CARSON HAS A CYBERNETIC EYE #2
Written by GERARD WAY and JON RIVERA
Art and cover by MICHAEL AVON OEMING
Variant cover by MATT WILSON

Something is rotten in the subterranean state of Muldroog, the ancestral home of Cave’s wife Eileen (a.k.a. Princess Mazra P’thrall), forcing Cave to step out of adventurer retirement to solve this mystery. To do that, he must to steal a massive piece of mobile technology and recruit an old friend for this mission. Also in this issue: How Cave got that cybernetic eye. And explosions. Lots and lots of explosions.
On sale NOVEMBER 16 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • MATURE READERS

 

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MOTHER PANIC #1
Written by JODY HOUSER
Art and cover by TOMMY LEE EDWARDS
Variant cover by PAUL POPE
Variant cover by BENGAL

Meet Violet Paige, a celebutante with a bad attitude and a temper to match, who no one suspects of having anything lying beneath the surface of her outrageous exploits. But Violet isn’t just another bored heiress in the upper echelons of Gotham City’s elite. Motivated by her traumatic youth, Violet seeks to exact vengeance on her privileged peers as the terrifying new vigilante known only as Mother Panic.
On sale NOVEMBER 9 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US • MATURE READERS

 

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