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TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 2014

DC COMICS FIRST LOOKS

FIRST LOOK: AMERICAN VAMPIRE SECOND CYCLE #1

Written by: Scott Snyder.

Art by: Rafael Albuquerque.

Cover by: Rafael Albuquerque.

Description: Pearl Jones is a new kind of vampire, one of an American breed that can walk in the sun and has rattlesnake fangs. She's beautiful and powerful - and she's hiding from a tragic past...

Skinner Sweet is an American vamp too - the kind you love to hate. He's good when he wants to be, but most of the time he's downright bad. He's Pearl's maker, but he's off in Mexico with an agenda of his own...

Will their two stories collide, or are they separated forever? And who is this new villain on the horizon, someone bloodier and more evil than anything seen in American Vampire before? Who is The Gray Trader and what does his arrival mean for Skinner and Pearl?

Pages: 40.

Price: $3.99.

In stores: March 19.

FIRST LOOK: ANIMAL MAN #29

Written by: Jeff Lemire.

Art by: Travel Foreman, various.

Cover by: Travel Foreman.

Description: Final issue. A special finale to Jeff Lemire's run on the series by the creative team that launched Animal Man in The New 52! What is left of Buddy in the wake of "Evolve or Die"?

Pages: 32.

Price: $2.99.

In stores: March 19.

FIRST LOOK: BATMAN '66 #9

Written by: Jeff Parker.

Art by: Ruben Procopio.

Cover by: Michael Allred.

Description: They're caught in a trap - and they can't walk out! Make that several traps, all arranged by Zelda the Great! Zelda's trying to learn new tricks for her stage act, and she wants Batman and Robin to show her how to escape them...whether they want to or not. Plus: the Dynamic Duo heads west for a showdown with Shame!

Pages: 40.

Price: $3.99.

In stores: March 19.

FIRST LOOK: BATMAN AND AQUAMAN #29

Written by: Peter J. Tomasi.

Art by: Patrick Gleason, Mick Gray.

Covers by: Patrick Gleason, Mick Gray, Matteo Scalera.

Description: Batman is ready to settle the score with Ra's al Ghul, who stole Robin's body out of the grave! As the Dark Knight travels to the island where Damian was born, he's set on a collision course with Aquaman!

Pages: 32.

Price: $2.99.

In stores: March 19.

FIRST LOOK: BATMAN BEYOND UNIVERSE #8

Written by: Kyle Higgins, Christos N. Gage.

Art by: Thony Silas, various.

Cover by: Khary Randolph.

Description: In Justice League Beyond, the battle against Brainiac hits Paradise Island! But with a new body made of Nth metal, this Brainiac may be unstoppable! Meanwhile, the Man-Bat saga reaches its conclusion! Will Terry make the ultimate sacrifice to save Neo-Gotham? Plus, discover more about the relationship between Dick Grayson and Barbara Gordon - past and future!

Pages: 48.

Price: $3.99.

In stores: March 19.

FIRST LOOK: BATWOMAN #29

Written by: Marc Andreyko.

Art by: Jeremy Haun.

Covers by: Trevor McCarthy, Robot Chicken.

Description: The secret behind Wolf Spider's assault is revealed - but will it be too late for Batwoman to save her father from his deadly grasp? Guest-starring Maggie's very angry ex-husband!

Pages: 32.

Price: $2.99.

In stores: March 19.

FIRST LOOK: BIRDS OF PREY #29

Written by: Christy Marx.

Art by: Robson Rocha , Jonathan Glapion.

Cover by: Jorge Molina.

Description: Black Canary confronts Ra's al Ghul, who makes her an offer that could save her husband! Is she willing to pay the ultimate price?

Pages: 32.

Price: $2.99.

In stores: March 19.

FIRST LOOK: GREEN LANTERN: NEW GUARDIANS #29

Written by: Justin Jordan.

Art by: Brad Walker, Andrew Hennessy.

Cover by: Brad Walker, Andrew Hennessy.

Description: The powerful God-Killers are coming for the Tamaranean goddess X'Hal - but she's taken a very strong interest in Kyle Rayner! But is her dark side too much for Kyle to bear?

Pages: 32.

Price: $2.99.

In stores: March 19.

FIRST LOOK: HARLEY QUINN #4

Written by: Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti.

Art by: Chad Hardin.

Covers by: Amanda Conner, Robot Chicken.

Description: Meet Harley's new neighbors, and shudder at the horrifying realization that they are so twisted they make her seem like the normal one on the block!

Pages: 32.

Price: $2.99.

In stores: March 19.

FIRST LOOK: RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS #29

Written by: Will Pfeifer.

Art by: Rafael Sandoval.

Cover by: Philip Tan.

Description: Jason and Kori set out to deliver justice to alien murderers, but they'll need to steal a spaceship to do it! Now who in The New 52 has something like that they could "borrow"...?

Pages: 32.

Price: $2.99.

In stores: March 19.

FIRST LOOK: SCRIBBLENAUTS UNMASKED: CRISIS OF IMAGINATION #3

Written by: Josh Elder.

Art by: Adam Archer, Ben Bates.

Cover by: Adam Archer.

Description: Maxwell and Lily's journey takes them to the Watchtower, where they find themselves face-to-face with the Justice League! But as Batman analyzes the technology used against them, chaos begins to break out all over the universe - and the villain behind it all is revealed!

Pages: 32.

Price: $2.99.

In stores: March 19.

FIRST LOOK: SUICIDE SQUAD #29

Written by: Matt Kindt.

Art by: Patrick Zircher.

Cover by: TSteve Skroce.

Description: The Squad must stop The Thinker from delivering OMAC to the Crime Syndicate, but with Belle Reve in ruins and the team betrayed by one of their own, do they really stand a chance?

Pages: 32.

Price: $3.99.

In stores: March 19.

FIRST LOOK: SUPERGIRL #29

Written by: Tony Bedard.

Art by: Yildiray Cinar, Ray McCarthy.

Cover by: Giuseppe Camuncoli, Cam Smith.

Description: She's done with people pushing her around, taking advantage of her and betraying her. She's done feeling helpless, lost and discarded. She's done with hope, faith and acceptance. Now, all that's left is rage. And she'll burn the universe down before she lets another person tell her who she should be. Supergirl's journey as a Red Lantern continues here in "Red Daughter of Krypton."

Pages: 32.

Price: $2.99.

In stores: March 19.

FIRST LOOK: SUPERMAN UNCHAINED #6

Written by: Scott Snyder.

Art by: Jim Lee, various.

Cover by: Jim Lee, Scott Williams.

Description: The Man of Tomorrow and the Superman of yesterday go at it - no holds barred! Supes goes full throttle after his would-be ally, Wraith, in a seismic battle ranging from deep space to the ocean's floor and ultimately the core of the earth! Meanwhile, Lois Lane holds the key to defeating Ascension, but she needs to reach the Fortress of Solitude to ensure its safekeeping - not to mention hers! And she's being pursued by a heavily armed force, and it isn't Ascension!

Pages: 32.

Price: $3.99.

In stores: March 19.

FIRST LOOK: TRINITY OF SIN: PANDORA #9

Written by: Ray Fawkes.

Art by: Francis Portela.

Cover by: Julian Totino Tedesco.

Description: "Forever Evil: Blight" continues! On the brink of victory, the Justice League Dark is betrayed...by John Constantine?! Don't miss the conclusion in this month's Justice League Dark #29!

Pages: 32.

Price: $2.99.

In stores: March 19.

FIRST LOOK: THE UNWRITTEN VOL 2,: APOCALYPSE #3

Written by: Mike Carey.

Art by: Peter Gross.

Cover by: Yuko Shimizu.

Description: Tom discovers just how quickly the world is dissolving into chaos - and why. But where in all this fractured, insane landscape will he find an ally, and what price will he have to pay? The answer lies in the Divadlo Trinka puppet theatre of Prague, and in the old cliché: "My enemy's enemy is my friend."

Pages: 32.

Price: $2.99.

In stores: March 19.