DC COMICS FOR MAY -- AN EARLY LOOK

Look for full May solicitations at 5 p.m. (ET) on Monday.

GEN13 #8

Written by Gail SImone, art and cover by Carlo Barberi and Drew Geraci.

The new series art team of Carlo Barberi and Drew Geraci debuts to kick off a brand new arc that will feature loads of guest stars from the Wildstorm Universe! In the wake of the catastrophic confrontation with the power-mad minds of Tabula Rasa, the Gen13 kids find themselves trusting their deadliest enemy. No WildStorm fan will want to miss it!

32 pages, $2.99, in stores on May 9.

MIDNIGHTER #7

Written by Brian K. Vaughan, art by Darick Robertson and Karl Story, cover by Chris Sprouse and Story.

Writer Brian K. Vaughan and guest artist Darick Robertson deliver an all-out action issue examining the Midnighter's abilities from a unique perspective. He's the man who can anticipate any move to the nth degree -- now we get an idea of what that means.

32 pages, $2.99, in stores on May 2.

EX MACHINA #28

Written by Brian K. Vaughan, art by Tony Harris and Jim Clark, cover by Harris.

Part 3 of the 4-issue "Power Down." In order to save his friends, Mayor Hundred must leave his post overseeing New York City during its worst blackout in decades, and confront a mysterious visitor with powers stranger than his own.

32 pages, $2.99, in stores on May 16.

SUPERNATURAL: ORIGINS #1

Written by Peter Johnson and Geoff Johns, art by Matthew Dow Smith and Phil Hester, cover by Tim Bradstreet.

The hit CW television show arrives in comics form with an incredible new look into the mythos of the series with Supernatural: Origins! After witnessing the murder of his wife at the hands of a demon, patriarch John Winchester begins a journey into the dark world of the supernatural, seeking a way to hunt down and kill the creature that took his wife. But what of his two young sons, Dean and Sam? How can a newly widowed father balance fighting evil with raising his children? Is fatherhood a distant second to his obsessive hunt?

Plus, a back-up story by Johns and Hester.

32 pages, $2.99, in stores on May 2.