DC Comics July 2012 solicitations

Here are some highlights from DC Comics' July 2012 releases. Click the links to order discounted items from Amazon.


THE JUDAS COIN
Written by WALTER SIMONSON
Art and cover by WALTER SIMONSON
On sale SEPTEMBER 12 • 96 pg, FC

This centuries-spanning original graphic novel from legendary writer/artist WALTER SIMONSON shows how one of the silver coins Judas was paid to betray Jesus has had an impact on the DC Universe, with chapters starring THE GOLDEN GLADIATOR (73 A.D.), THE VIKING PRINCE (1000 A.D.), CAPTAIN FEAR (1720) and BAT LASH (1881). In the centerpiece of the book BATMAN faces TWO-FACE in an epic, present-day battle before the story blasts into the future for a final chapter set in the year 2087 starring MANHUNTER 2070!


BATMAN: ODYSSEY
Written by NEAL ADAMS
Art by NEAL ADAMS and others
Cover by NEAL ADAMS
On sale SEPTEMBER 12 • 368 pg, FC
• Legendary Batman artist and comics pioneer Neal Adams returns to Gotham City with an electrifying new story that pits The Dark Knight against villains and allies old and new!
• Collects all thirteen issues of BATMAN: ODYSSEY in a single hardcover!




GREEN LANTERN/ GREEN ARROW
Written by DENNIS O’NEIL and ELLIOT S. MAGGIN
Art by NEAL ADAMS, DICK GIORDANO, BERNIE WRIGHTSON and others
Cover by NEAL ADAMS
On sale AUGUST 15 • 368 pg, FC, $29.99 US
• The trailblazing GREEN LANTERN/GREEN ARROW epics from the start of the 1970s are collected in a single paperback edition for the first time!
• Spotlights the art of NEAL ADAMS in stories that tackled the greatest social issues of the day!
• Collecting GREEN LANTERN #76-87 and 89, and stories from THE FLASH #217-219 and 226.



THE FLASH CHRONICLES VOL. 3
Written by JOHN BROOME and GARDNER FOX
Art by CARMINE INFANTINO, JOE GIELLA and MURPHY ANDERSON
Cover by CARMINE INFANTINO and MURPHY ANDERSON
On sale AUGUST 8 • 160 pg, FC, $14.99 US
• In this third collection of 1960s adventures in chronological order, the Fastest Man Alive battles Rogues including The Trickster, Captain Cold, Captain Boomerang, Gorilla Grodd and more.
• Collecting THE FLASH #113-118.




BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT ARCHIVES VOL. 8
Written by BILL FINGER and others
Art by VARIOUS
Cover by JERRY ROBINSON
ADVANCE SOLICIT • On sale DECEMBER 19 • 248 pg, FC
• In these 1940s tales, Batman and Robin battle The Joker, The Penguin, Catwoman and others, and meet the Three Musketeers and King Arthur.
• Collecting BATMAN #32-37 from 1945-1946.



SHOWCASE PRESENTS: TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED VOL. 1
Written by VARIOUS
Art by VARIOUS
Cover by RUBEN MOREIRA
On sale AUGUST 22 • 512 pg, B&W
• Collecting TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED #1-20!
• Mysterious tales of the weird including:
• “The Secret of Cell Sixteen”
•“The House Where Dreams Come True”
• “The Man Nobody Could See”
• “The Man Who Ate Fire”
• “The Living Locks”
• “The Gorilla Who Saved The World”




JACK KIRBY’S FOURTH WORLD OMNIBUS VOL. 3 TP
Written by JACK KIRBY
Art by JACK KIRBY, MIKE ROYER and VINCE COLLETTA
Cover by JACK KIRBY and MIKE ROYER
On sale AUGUST 22 • 396 pg, FC
• Collecting THE NEW GODS #7-10, THE FOREVER PEOPLE #8-10, SUPERMAN’S PAL JIMMY OLSEN #146-148, MISTER MIRACLE #7-9!
• ORION of the New Gods battles KALIBAK, the FOREVER PEOPLE run afoul of DEADMAN and more!


DC COMICS PRESENTS: WONDER WOMAN ADVENTURES #1
Written by STEVE VANCE and PAUL DINI
Art by JOHN DELANEY, RON BOYD and BRUCE TIMM
Cover by JOHN DELANEY and RON BOYD
On sale JULY 25 • 96 pg, FC
• A new, all-ages collection featuring WONDER WOMAN in action with
the JUSTICE LEAGUE, GREEN LANTERN, CATWOMAN and CHEETAH!
• Collects ADVENTURES IN THE DC UNIVERSE #1, 3, 11 and 19.

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