DC Connect: September Solicitation Highlights
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DC is out with their September 2023 solicitations and it’s chock full of titles that have been hyped for quite some time! There are A LOT of titles included in the larger solicitation, but let’s dig into some of the highlights that were included. For a full list of all the titles that were included in the announcement, you can view the full DC Connect PDF.
BATMAN/CATWOMAN: THE GOTHAM WAR: BATTLE LINES #1
BATMAN/CATWOMAN: THE GOTHAM WAR PART 1
Crime is down in Gotham City…Could that be a bad thing?
A coordinated effort in Gotham has led to a reduction in violent crime, but at what cost? Villains scatter as their lives begin to crumble under a new regime.
And as Batman recovers from his epic battle through the Multiverse and the horrors of Knight Terrors, one name runs through his mind. One name at the heart of this new, safer Gotham…Catwoman.
A conflict that’s been brewing for well over a year finally hits the streets, and it will fracture the Bat-Family as war erupts! From bestselling writers Chip Zdarsky and Tini Howard and artists Mike Hawthorne and Adriano Di Benedetto comes the opening shot in the Gotham War!
Written by CHIP ZDARSKY and TINI HOWARD
Art by MIKE HAWTHORNE and ADRIANO DI BENEDETTO
Cover by JORGE JIMENEZ
Variant cover by JOE QUESADA
Variant cover by KAEL NGU
1:25 variant cover by OTTO SCHMIDT
1:50 variant cover by KAEL NGU
1:100 variant cover by JOE QUESADA
Blank sketch cover
Special foil cover by JONBOY MEYERS ($7.99 US)
$5.99 US | 48 pages | Variant $6.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 8/29/23
BATMAN #137
BATMAN/CATWOMAN: THE GOTHAM WAR PART 2
Batman descends on Gotham City, full of rage and force, more driven than ever to save his home. But the new landscape has turned friends into foes. Can anyone stop his reign of terror? Should they? The Gotham War continues in this second chapter!
Written by CHIP ZDARSKY
Art and cover by JORGE JIMENEZ
Variant cover by JOE QUESADA
Variant cover by GABRIELE DELL’OTTO
1:25 variant cover by SALVADOR LARROCA
1:50 variant cover by JOE QUESADA
Creator Cover variant by ROSE BESCH
Hispanic Heritage Month variant cover by PABLO VILLALOBOS
$4.99 US | 40 pages | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 9/5/23
CATWOMAN #57
BATMAN/CATWOMAN: THE GOTHAM WAR PART 3
“The Gotham War,” part three. While Batman finds himself more and more isolated, Selina is never alone. With a volunteer army and two powerful generals by her side, the ballet between her and Bruce enters its next act with a shocking twist.
Written by TINI HOWARD
Art by NICO LEON
Cover by DAVID NAKAYAMA
Variant cover by TIRSO CONS
Variant cover by JOSHUA “SWAY” SWABY
1:25 variant cover by RIAN GONZALES
1:50 variant cover by JOSHUA “SWAY” SWABY
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 9/19/23
BATMAN/CATWOMAN: THE GOTHAM WAR: RED HOOD #1
The Gotham War has fractured the Bat-Family in dramatic ways— none more intensely than with Jason Todd. This stunning event will forever alter the destiny of the man who wears the Red Hood!
Written by MATT ROSENBERG
Art by NIKOLA ČIŽMEŠIJA
Cover by CARMINE DI GIANDOMENICO
Variant cover by KARL KERSCHL
1:25 variant cover by CHUMA HILL
$3.99 US | 32 pages | 1 of 2 | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 9/26/23
BATMAN AND ROBIN #1
Father and son. Bruce and Damian. Batman and Robin.
From Batman vs. Robin to Knight Terrors, a lot has happened to the Dynamic Duo, but now they are back together and ready to fight crime in Gotham— just in time for Batman’s most monstrous rogues to team up to turn the city into an urban jungle! A new villain watches from the shadows, intent on revenge, with a plot to turn one of Batman’s greatest assets against him! Can Damian help his father solve the case before it’s too late?
A brand-new fun and exciting father-and-son adventure begins, from DC Comics architect Joshua Williamson and superstar artist Simone Di Meo!
Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
Art and cover by SIMONE DI MEO
Variant cover by STANLEY “ARTGERM” LAU
Variant cover by KAEL NGU
1:25 variant cover by CLAY MANN
1:50 variant cover by KAEL NGU
1:100 variant cover by SIMONE DI MEO
Blank sketch cover $4.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 9/12/23
BIRDS OF PREY #1
Every mission matters. Every life saved is a miracle. But this time, it’s personal.
Dinah Lance is one of the DCU’s most elite fighters, and combined with her sonic scream, she’s a fearsome foe in any scenario…but sometimes even the Black Canary needs help. Faced with a personal mission brought to her by a mysterious new ally, and up against near-impossible odds, she re-forms the Birds of Prey with an unrivaled group of badasses—Cassandra Cain, Big Barda, Zealot, and Harley Quinn—and only one goal: extraction without bloodshed. What could possibly go wrong?
Kelly Thompson (Captain Marvel, Black Widow) makes her long-awaited DC Universe writing debut, and is joined by her Hawkeye partners-in-crime Leonardo Romero (Batman) and Jordie Bellaire (Wonder Woman) to debut an all-new, all-deadly Birds of Prey series…still breaking hearts and faces after all these years!
Written by KELLY THOMPSON
Art and cover by LEONARDO ROMERO
Variant cover by STANLEY “ARTGERM” LAU
Variant cover by CHRIS BACHALO
1:25 variant cover by NICK BRADSHAW
1:50 variant cover by CHRIS BACHALO
1:100 variant cover by LEONARDO ROMERO
Blank sketch cover Triptych gatefold variant cover by FRANK CHO ($5.99 US)
$4.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 9/5/23
WONDER WOMAN #1 (LGY #801)
After a mysterious Amazonian is accused of mass murder, Congress passes the Amazon Safety Act, barring all Amazons from U.S. soil. To carry out their plans, the government starts a task force, the Amazon Extradition Entity (A.X.E.), to remove those who don’t comply, by any means necessary. Now, in her search for the truth behind the killing, Wonder Woman finds herself an outlaw in the world she once swore to protect!
Writer Tom King (Batman, Mister Miracle, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow) and superstar artist in the making Daniel Sampere (Dark Crisis, Action Comics) join forces for this action-packed relaunch and the beginning of what will undoubtedly become a groundbreaking run on the character.
Written by TOM KING
Art and cover by DANIEL SAMPERE
Variant covers by STANLEY “ARTGERM” LAU and JULIAN TOTINO TEDESCO
1:25 variant cover by MATTEO SCALERA
1:50 variant cover by MIKEL JANÍN
1:100 variant cover by DANIEL SAMPERE
Special foil variant cover by CHRIS BACHALO ($7.99 US)
Creator Cover variant by ROSE BESCH
Blank sketch cover
$4.99 US | 40 pages | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 9/19/23
The Flash #1
Wally West has never been quicker, more fulfilled, more heroic. His loving family is around him. And yet something is off. Very off. His evolving understanding of his powers has opened Wally to new avenues of sci-fi adventure and attuned his senses to strange new ideas. Something whispers from the dark vibrations beyond the Speed Force, and as Wally experiments with creative new approaches to his powers he encounters new realms, mysterious allies, and mind-shattering terrors.
A new era for the Scarlet Speedster begins now from the team of Simon Spurrier (Coda, Damn Them All) and Mike Deodato Jr. (Avengers).
Written by SI SPURRIER
Art by MIKE DEODATO JR.
Cover by MIKE DEODATO JR. and TRISH MULVIHILL
Variant covers by MIKE DEODATO JR. and DAN MORA
1:25 variant cover by RILEY ROSSMO
1:50 variant cover by JAMES HARREN
1:100 variant cover by MATT TAYLOR
Special foil variant cover by RAHZZAH ($7.99 US)
Creator Cover variant by ROSE BESCH
Blank sketch cover
$4.99 US | 40 pages | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 9/26/23
POWER GIRL #1
Pretty, punchy, and powerful! After the events of Knight Terrors, a long-dormant Kryptonian threat has returned to take down Superman and his family. Who could possibly stop it? Well, according to the Man of Steel, it’s Power Girl! Witness a road trip race against time as Paige reconnects with her roots to save the world from her deadly past. Power Girl Special writer Leah Williams returns with artist Eduardo Pansica (Supergirl) for an ongoing series of epic proportions!
Written by LEAH WILLIAMS
Art by EDUARDO PANSICA and JULIO FERREIRA
Cover by GARY FRANK
Variant covers by JONBOY MEYERS and SOZOMAIKA
1:25 variant cover by OTTO SCHMIDT
1:50 variant cover by FRANK CHO
1:100 variant cover by WARREN LOUW
Special foil variant cover by WARREN LOUW ($5.99 US)
Blank sketch cover
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 9/19/23
FIRE & ICE: WELCOME TO SMALLVILLE #1
Things could not possibly be worse for Fire and Ice, in Beatriz da Costa’s professional opinion. Superman sent the former Justice Leaguers packing for Smallville following an extremely public and utterly disastrous mission (that was all Guy Gardner’s fault, thank you very much) and in doing so doomed them to a fate worse than death: irrelevance.
Ice finds herself drawn to the quiet life and dreams of planting roots. But Fire…well, Fire will do just about anything to get the heck outta Dodge and back on the hero circuit—including challenging the DCU’s biggest villains to a knock-down, drag-out, live-streamed brawl in the streets of Smallville!
A raucous, timely, unflinching comedy about a decades-long friendship on the brink of disaster and what it means to be a superhero at a crossroads in your life, Fire & Ice: Welcome to Smallville reintroduces the iconic duo to the Dawn of DC, in a series from rising star Joanne Starer (The Gimmick, Sirens of the City) and Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur co-creator Natacha Bustos!
Written by JOANNE STARER
Art by NATACHA BUSTOS
Variant cover by DAVID NAKAYAMA
Variant cover by JEN BARTEL
1:25 variant by KEVIN MAGUIRE
1:50 variant by AMANDA CONNER
Special Foil variant cover by DAVID NAKAYAMA ($6.99 US)
$3.99 US | 32 pages | 1 of 6 | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 9/5/23
BLUE BEETLE #1
Jaime Reyes’s graduation is over, but his new life in Palmera City and as the Blue Beetle has only just begun! With two new Beetles to train in Dynastes and Nitida, Jaime has his hands full navigating being a leader. Thankfully, he has Paco and Brenda by his side as they settle in at Palmera State University. But what lurks in the shadows of Blue Beetle’s new home and what does it mean for the Blue Beetle legacy?
Written by JOSH TRUJILLO
Art by ADRIÁN GUTIÉRREZ
Cover by ADRIÁN GUTIÉRREZ
Spanish language cover & interior by ADRIÁN GUTIÉRREZ
Variant cover by DAVID LAFUENTE
Variant cover by KERON GRANT
1:25 variant cover by EMMANUEL VALTIERRA
Hispanic Heritage Month variant cover by PABLO VILLALOBOS
Blank sketch cover
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 9/5/23
GREEN LANTERN: WAR JOURNAL #1
John Stewart’s time as a Green Lantern has come to an end…or so he thinks. A family tragedy calls him back home, and as John begins to reclaim the career he once left behind, he tries to embrace a peaceful post-superhero life. But when a terrifying and contagious force with a mysterious connection to Oa appears on Earth, the last Green Lantern of another Universe comes seeking the only warrior to face this threat and win: the immortal “Guardian and Builder,” John Stewart himself! Can this brilliant but brash young Lantern help John discover the qualities that made him one of the greatest Lanterns of the entire Multiverse? Featuring the first appearance of an iconic and terrifying new villain!
Written by PHILLIP KENNEDY JOHNSON
Art by MONTOS Cover by TAJ TENFOLD
Variant covers by JOHN GIANG and DAVE WILKINS
1:25 variant cover by MIRKO COLAK
1:50 variant cover by KEN LASHLEY
1:100 variant cover by TAJ TENFOLD
Glow-in-the-dark dog tag variant
Hispanic Heritage Month variant cover by PABLO VILLALOBOS
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 9/19/23
BATMAN: GARGOYLE OF GOTHAM #1
“When you chase your own shadow…it leads you into the abyss.”
In a Gotham City where every day feels darker and more irredeemable than the last, Batman makes a definitive choice—to kill off the Bruce Wayne identity for good and embrace the cowl full-time. But though he knows the streets of Gotham, Batman will soon come to find that he hardly knows himself. A serial killer is on the loose, and while the murder victims seem random at first, every clue draws Batman closer to the terrifying truth—that they are all connected, not just to each other… but to him…
When an all-new rogues gallery of utterly depraved villains begins to emerge from the depths of the city, Batman will have to contend with the very nature of evil—including that which lurks inside in the darkest corners of his own heart—to face what’s coming for his city.
Batman: Gargoyle of Gotham brings Rafael Grampá’s twisted vision of both the Dark Knight and the city of Gotham to life in a DC writing debut that will reach its icy black tendrils into the deepest and darkest corners of human nature and leave you gasping for breath—and for more!
Story, art, and cover by RAFAEL GRAMPÁ
Variant cover by JIM LEE
Variant cover by FRANK MILLER
Variant cover by DAVID FINCH
1:25 variant cover by JIM LEE
1:50 variant cover by PRISCILLA PETRAITES
1:100 variant cover by PAUL POPE
1:250 variant cover by FRANK MILLER
$6.99 US | 48 pages | 1 of 4 | Prestige | (all covers are card stock)
ON SALE 9/16/23
