‘DMZ’ Deluxe And ‘Planetary’ Omnibus Among DC/Vertigo Collections For December/January [Solicitations]
Having already taken a look at DC and Vertigo’s single-issue periodicals going on sale in September 2013, it’s time to check out what for many readers is the main event of any comic book shipping schedule: the collected editions, which compile and usually complete comics stories initially serialized monthly in 20-page pamphlet-style comics you totally can’t put on a shelf. Courtesy of DC Comics, Below you will find an advance look at cover artwork and hype copy for new original graphic novels, trade paperbacks, hardcovers and omnibuses coming from DC and Vertigo later this year.
GREEN LANTERN CORPS VOL. 2: ALPHA WAR TP
Written by PETER J. TOMASI
GREEN LANTERN: NEW GUARDIANS VOL. 3: LOVE AND DEATH HC
Written by TONY BEDARD
BATMAN—THE DARK KNIGHT VOL. 3: MAD HC
Written by GREGG HURWITZ
BIRDS OF PREY VOL. 3: A CLASH OF DAGGERS TP
Written by DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI and GAIL SIMONE
THE FLASH VOL. 2: ROGUES REVOLUTION TP
Written by FRANCIS MANAPUL and BRIAN BUCCELLATO
THE FURY OF FIRESTORM, THE NUCLEAR MAN VOL. 3: TAKEOVER TP
Written by DAN JURGENS
THE SAVAGE HAWKMAN VOL. 2: WANTED TP
Written by TOM DeFALCO and ROB LIEFELD
NIGHTWING VOL. 3: DEATH OF THE FAMILY TP
Written by TOM DeFALCO, KYLE HIGGINS and SCOTT SNYDER
TEEN TITANS VOL. 3: DEATH OF THE FAMILY TP
Written by SCOTT LOBDELL and FABIAN NICIEZA
SUPERMAN—ACTION COMICS VOL. 2: BULLETPROOF TP
Written by GRANT MORRISON, SHOLLY FISCH and MAX LANDIS
SUPERMAN VOL. 3: FURY AT THE WORLD’S END HC
Written by SCOTT LOBDELL
THE BATMAN/JUDGE DREDD COLLECTION TP
Written by ALAN GRANT and JOHN WAGNER
THE PLANETARY OMNIBUS HC
Written by WARREN ELLIS
GEARS OF WAR BOOK THREE TP
Written by KAREN TRAVISS and JOSHUA ORTEGA
CREATURE COMMANDOS TP
Written by J.M. DeMATTEIS, MIKE W. BARR and ROBERT KANIGHER
DEADMAN BOOK FOUR TP
Written by BOB HANEY, LEN WEIN and GERRY CONWAY
DOCTOR MID-NITE TP NEW PRINTING
Written by MATT WAGNER
SHOWCASE PRESENTS: STRANGE ADVENTURES VOL. 2 TP
Written by various
SUPERMAN VS. MONGUL TP
Written by LEN WEIN, PAUL LEVITZ and ALAN MOORE
DC COMICS ESSENTIALS: JUSTICE LEAGUE #1
Written by GEOFF JOHNS
DC COMICS ESSENTIALS: GREEN LANTERN #1
Written by GEOFF JOHNS
Written by BILL WILLINGHAM
VERTIGO ESSENTIALS: Y: THE LAST MAN #1
YOUNG JUSTICE VOL. 4: INVASION TP
Written by GREG WEISMAN • Art and cover by CHRISTOPHER JONES
On sale DECEMBER 11 • 128 pg, FC, $12.99 US
In this action-packed collection from issues #20-25 of the all-ages series, Young Justice adds to its ranks in an effort to battle the impending invasion by The Collector of Worlds and Brainiac!
FABLES VOL. 19: SNOW WHITE TP
Written by BILL WILLINGHAM
Art by MARK BUCKINGHAM, STEVE LEIALOHA and SHAWN McMANUS
Cover by MARK BUCKINGHAM
On sale DECEMBER 18 • 176 pg, FC, $16.99 US • MATURE READERS
In these stories from FABLES #124-129, Castle Dark is back in the hands of the Fables as Bigby sets off from Fabletown in Brian Rose’s blood-fueled sports car to track down two abducted cubs. Unfortunately for Snow White, besides suffering the trauma of her missing cubs, a long-forgotten secret threatens to sabotage her marriage to Bigby.
This volume also collects the backup stories starring Bufkin and Lily from issues #122-134 and the full-length tale from #124.
SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING
BOOK FIVE TP
Written by ALAN MOORE
Art by RICK VEITCH, JOHN TOTLEBEN and ALFREDO ALCALA
Cover by RICK VEITCH and JOHN TOTLEBEN
On sale DECEMBER 25 • 168 pg, FC, $14.99 US • MATURE READERS
This volume continues Alan Moore’s award-winning run on SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING with issues #51-56! Swamp Thing returns from hell only to learn that Abby has fled Gotham City, where he runs afoul of Batman, Lex Luthor and the Gotham City Police Department.
DMZ DELUXE EDITION BOOK ONE HC
Written by BRIAN WOOD
Art by RICCARDO BURCHIELLI
Cover by BRIAN WOOD
On sale JANUARY 15 • 304 pg, FC, 7.0625” x 10.875”, $29.99 US • MATURE READERS
The first 12 issues of Brian Wood’s acclaimed series are collected in hardcover for the first time! In this near future epic, photojournalist Matty Roth lands a dream gig following a war journalist into the heart of the DMZ. Things soon go terribly wrong, and Matty finds himself lost and alone in a world he’s only seen on television.