DC COMICS FOR OCTOBER -- THE DARK SOLICITATIONS

Acccording to DC, full solicitations will be released on July 18 at 5 p.m. (ET).

JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #2

Written by Peter Milligan, art by Mike Janin, cover by Ryan Sook.

Madame Xanadu continues guiding the world's darkest heroes in their struggle against evil. But will John Constantine, Zatanna, Shade the Changing Man and the others be able to join forces in time to defeat the dangerous Enchantress before she destroys the world as we know it?

32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Oct. 26.

SWAMP THING #2

Written by Scott Snyder, art and cover by Yanick Paquette.

Alec Holland thought he knew the history of the Swamp Thing - but he was wrong. The creature's roots run deeper than he knows, and the Parliament of Trees intends to make him understand the responsibility he wants so desperately to avoid! With this issue, the mythology of the Swamp Thing branches out in ways you never saw coming.

32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Oct. 5.

ANIMAL MAN #2

Written by Jeff Lemire, art by Travel Foreman and Dan Green, cover by Foreman.

32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Oct. 5.

FRANKENSTEIN, AGENT OF SHADE #2

Written by Jeff Lemire, art by Alberto Ponticelli, cover by J.G. Jones.

It's all-out war as Frankenstein and his new field team, The Creature Commandos, uncover an age-old conspiracy at the heart of Bone Lake - one that will see them suit up as the world's first "Necronauts," traveling between worlds and through "dead space," toward the mysterious Monster Planet. Meanwhile, the horrifying origins of the Commandos are revealed - and the S.O.M.B.I.E. makes its first appearance!

32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Oct. 12.

I, VAMPIRE #2

Written by Josh Fialkov, art by Andrea Sorrentino, cover by Jenny Frison.

32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Oct. 26.

RESURRECTION MAN #2

Written by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning, art by Fernando Dagnino, cover by Ivan Reis and Joe Prado.

Mitch Shelley's past remains a mystery. So when he goes looking for answers, will he find them? Not likely, when he has to contend with the bounty hunter femme fatales known as The Body Doubles.

32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Oct. 12.

DEMON KNIGHTS #2

Written by Paul Cornell, art by Diogenes Neves and Oclair Albert, cover by Tony S. Daniel.

The siege that will reverberate through history to the present-day DCU begins as the Demon Etrigan and his unlikely lover, Madame Xanadu, face the Horde! What five (mostly) noble souls would be crazy enough to join them? The cover gives but a hint, and the point could well be moot by the time this issue's done. For the Horde is armed with the magic of Mordru - including some decidedly different dragons!

32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Oct. 12.

THE SHADE #1

Written by James Robinson, with art by Cully Hamner and covers by Tony Harris and Hamner.

Robinson returns to the world of his Starman series with a new 12-issue series starring the antihero known as The Shade! An attack at the Starman museum kicks off a globe-hopping, centuries spanning quest that will irrevocably change The Shade's life, and ultimately shed light on his true origin!

32 pages, $2.99, in stores on Oct. 12.