TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2011
DC COMICS FIRST LOOKS
FIRST LOOK: ACTION COMICS #1
Written by: Grant Morrison.
Art by: Rags Morales and Rick Bryant.
Covers by: Rags Morales, Jim Lee and Scott Williams.
Description: Morrison returns to Superman to bring tales of The Man of Steel unlike any! This extra-sized debut issue is the cornerstone of the entire DC Universe!
Pages: 40.
Price: $3.99.
In stores: Sept. 7.
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FIRST LOOK: ANIMAL MAN #1
Written by: Jeff Lemire.
Art by: Travel Foreman and Dan Green.
Cover by: Travel Foreman.
Description: Buddy Baker has gone from "super" man to family man -- but is he strong enough to hold his family together when Maxine, his young daughter, starts to manifest her own dangerous powers?
Pages: 32.
Price: $2.99.
In stores: Sept. 7.
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FIRST LOOK: BATGIRL #1
Video: For a video of Gail Simone talking about Batgirl, CLICK HERE.
Written by: Gail Simone.
Art by: Ardian Syaf and Vicente Cifuentes.
Cover by: Adam Hughes.
Description: Barbara Gordon is back as Batgirl -- and she's going to have to face the city's most horrifying new villains as well as the dark secrets from her past
Pages: 32.
Price: $2.99.
In stores: Sept. 7.
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FIRST LOOK: BATWING #1
Video: For a video of Judd Winick talking about Batwing, CLICK HERE.
Written by: Judd Winick.
Art by: Ben Oliver.
Cover by: Ben Oliver.
Description: Africa, a land of beauty -- and of great horror. A land of creation and conflict. It is in desperate need of a defender, and from the ranks of Batman Incorporated comes a soldier to carry on the legacy of The Dark Knight in the most tumultuous region on Earth. Meet Batwing, the Batman of Africa!
Pages: 32.
Price: $2.99.
In stores: Sept. 7.
FIRST LOOK: DETECTIVE COMICS #1
Written by: Tony S. Daniel.
Art by: Tony S. Daniel and Ryan Winn.
Cover by: Tony S. Daniel.
Description:
A killer called The Gotham Ripper is on the loose on Batman's home turf -- leading The Dark Knight on a deadly game of cat and mouse.
Pages: 32.
Price: $2.99.
In stores: Sept. 7.
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FIRST LOOK: GREEN ARROW #1
Written by: J.T. Krul.
Art by: Dan Jurgens and George Perez.
Cover by: Brett Booth and Rob Hunter.
Description: Green Arrow is on the hunt. Driven by inner demons, Ollie Queen travels the world and brings outlaws to justice...by breaking every law. Now, armed with cutting-edge weaponry and illegally gained intel (courtesy of his team at QCore), Green Arrow is shooting first and asking questions later.
Pages: 32.
Price: $2.99.
In stores: Sept. 7.
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FIRST LOOK: HAWK AND DOVE #1
Written by: Sterling Gates.
Art by: Rob Liefeld.
Cover by: Rob Liefeld.
Description: Hank Hall is not happy. He's not happy to have Dawn Granger as a new partner in his war on crime. He's not happy that she's dating the ghostly Super Hero, Deadman. He's not happy to learn that someone is trying to plunge the United States into a new civil war! Now it's up to Hawk and Dove to root out the forces behind this conflict and stop them before they turn the U.S. into a wasteland! And who is the monster lurking in the shadows, watching Hawk and Dove from afar?
Pages: 32.
Price: $2.99.
In stores: Sept. 7.
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FIRST LOOK: JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL #1
Video: For a video of Aaron Lopresti talking Justice League International, CLICK HERE.
Written by: Dan Jurgens.
Art by: Aaron Lopresti and Matt Ryan.
Covers by: Aaron Lopresti.
Description: With the growing presence of super beings around the world, the United Nations resolves to create a new group called Justice League International.
Batman, Booster Gold, Green Lantern Guy Gardner, August General in Iron, Fire, Ice, Vixen and Rocket Red are charged with promoting unity and trust – but can they reach that goal without killing each other first?
Pages: 32.
Price: $2.99.
In stores: Sept. 7.
FIRST LOOK: MEN OF WAR #1
Written by: Ivan Brandon.
Art by: Tom Derenick.
Cover by: Viktor Kalvachev.
Description: On the ground and on the front lines, a young, headstrong soldier known as Joe Rock assumes command of Easy Company -- a team of ex-military men turned contractors. Will they survive the battle-scarred landscape carved by the DCU's Super-Villains?
Pages: 40.
Price: $3.99.
In stores: Sept. 7.
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FIRST LOOK: O.M.A.C. #1
Written by: Dan DiDio and Keith Giffen.
Art by: Keith Giffen and Scott Koblish.
Cover by: Keith Giffen and Scott Koblish.
Description: The all-seeing Brother Eye satellite has unleashed a new beast upon the DC Universe! Kevin Kho has become an unwilling participant in a war between Checkmate and Brother Eye as he is transformed into the One Machine Army Corp known only as O.M.A.C.!
Pages: 32.
Price: $3.99.
In stores: Sept. 7.
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FIRST LOOK: STATIC SHOCK #1
Written by: Scott McDaniel and John Rozum.
Art by: Scott McDaniel, Jonathan Glapion and LeBeau Underwood.
Cover by: Scott McDaniel, Jonathan Glapion and LeBeau Underwood.
Description: The brilliant, slightly awkward high school student Virgil Hawkins transforms into the cocky electromagnetic hero Static! A mysterious tragedy forces the Hawkins family to relocate from Dakota to New York City! Virgil embarks upon new adventures in a new high school and a new internship at S.T.A.R. Labs! As Static, he dons a new uniform and establishes a new secret headquarters! But is he ready to take on the new villains who lurk in New York City's underworld?
Pages: 32.
Price: $2.99.
In stores: Sept. 7.
FIRST LOOK: STORMWATCH #1
Written by: Paul Cornell.
Art by: Miguel Sepulveda.
Cover by: Chris Burnham.
Description: They are Stormwatch, a dangerous super human police force whose existence is kept secret from the world Directly following the ominous events of Superman #1, Adam One leads half the Stormwatch team to recover the [INFORMATION REDACTED] from deep in the Himalayas. Meanwhile, Jack Hawksmoor and the rest of the Stormwatch crew look to recruit two of the deadliest super humans on the planet: Midnighter and Apollo! And if they say no? Perhaps the Martian Manhunter can change their minds...
Pages: 32.
Price: $2.99.
In stores: Sept. 7.
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FIRST LOOK: SWAMP THING #1
Written by: Scott Snyder.
Art by: Yanick Paquette.
Cover by: Yanick Paquette.
Description: The iconic character has returned to the heart of the DC Universe, and every step he takes will shake the foundations of the Earth! Alec Holland has his life back...but the Green has plans for it. A monstrous evil is rising in the desert, and it'll take a monster of another kind to defend life as we know it!
Pages: 32.
Price: $2.99.
In stores: Sept. 7.
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