I was out when these were released last week, so here's my slightly delayed roundup of what looks interesting from DC in October.
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BATMAN: EGO AND OTHER TAILS TP
Written by Darwyn Cooke and Paul Grist
Art by Darwyn Cooke, Tim Sale and Bill Wray
Cover by Darwyn Cooke
The volume collecting Darwyn Cooke’s greatest Batman stories is now available in trade paperback! Includes the complete epics BATMAN: EGO and CATWOMAN: SELINA’S BIG SCORE, plus tales from BATMAN: GOTHAM KNIGHTS #23 and 33 and SOLO #1 and 5.
Advance-solicited; on sale November 12 • 200 pg, FC, $17.99 US
JLA/AVENGERS TP
Written by Kurt Busiek
Art and cover by George Pérez
The once-in-a-lifetime crossover that brought two super-teams together and rocked the comics world is at last available in trade paperback! Own the entire 4-issue co-publishing event between DC and Marvel and written by Kurt Busiek (TRINITY, Marvels) with stunning art by George Pérez (final crisis: legion of three worlds, Avengers). This collection also features introductions by original Avengers writer/editor Stan Lee and JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA editor Julius Schwartz.
Advance-solicited; on sale November 12 • 208 pg, FC, $19.99 US
SHOWCASE PRESENTS: SUPERGIRL VOL. 2 TP
Written by Jerry Siegel and Leo Dorfman
Art by Jim Mooney
Cover by Curt Swan & George Klein
Kara Zor-El takes center stage in the stories that presented her to the world, collected from ACTION COMICS #283-321.
Advance-solicited; on sale December 3 • 512 pg, B&W, $16.99 US
SHOWCASE PRESENTS: SGT. ROCK VOL. 2 TP
Written by Robert Kanigher
Art by Joe Kubert, Russ Heath and Jerry Grandenetti
Cover by Joe Kubert
More World War II tales of Sgt. Rock and Easy Company, in stories from OUR ARMY AT WAR #118-148.
Advance-solicited; on sale November 19 • 520 pg, B&W, $16.99 US
THE SPIRIT VOL. 1 TP
Written by Darwyn Cooke and Jeph Loeb
Art by Darwyn Cooke & J. Bone
Cover by Darwyn Cooke
The first volume of the award-winning series is collected in trade paperback, featuring BATMAN/THE SPIRIT and THE SPIRIT #1-6!
Advance-solicited; on sale December 3 • 192 pg, FC, $19.99 US
THE SPIRIT ARCHIVES VOL. 26 HC
Written by Will Eisner
Art and cover by Will Eisner
The very last SPIRIT ARCHIVES volume brings this award-winning series to a spectacular end! This amazing collection features nearly impossible-to-find post-1952 Spirit material by legendary creator Will Eisner including stories originally published by companies including Harvey Comics, Kitchen Sink Press, The New York Herald Tribune and many more!
Closing the door on DC’s massive republishing effort of classic comics spotlighting the Spirit, this volume is a genuine collector’s treasure trove. Old fans and new readers alike won’t want to miss this farewell edition!
Advance-solicited; on sale December 31 • 252 pg, FC, $59.99 US
BILLY BATSON AND THE MAGIC OF SHAZAM #4
Written by Mike Kunkel
Cover and art by Mike Kunkel
This is it: the exciting conclusion to the face-off between Captain Marvel and Black Adam! With Black Adam back to full power and four of the seven Evils still at his side, Billy and Mary need to team up to figure a way to defeat him. All this, plus a trip to the Rock of Eternity!
On sale October 29 • 32 pg, FC, $2.25 US
SLOTH TP
Written by Gilbert Hernandez
Art and cover by Gilbert Hernandez
Eisner Award-winning creator Gilbert Hernandez (Love & Rockets) dazzles with this dark coming-of-age tale available for the first time in trade paperback. One year after slipping into a coma, teenager Miguel Torres awakens to a new world where everything has literally slowed down. Hernandez deftly crafts a hypnotic tale Playboy calls “a slyly magical tale of troubled teens in suburbia.”
Advance-solicited; on sale November 26 • 6.875” x 9”
128 pg, B&W, $14.99 US • MATURE READERS
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