Looking Forward - DC's October Solicitations

It's the middle of the month, that means it's comic solicitation time!

SUPERGIRL #11
Written by Joe Kelly
Art by Ian Churchill & Norm Rapmund
Cover by Churchill
Supergirl joins the Outsiders, but does she have what it takes? Plus, meet the boy of Kara's dreams!
On sale October 4 o 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

Let me guess, the 'boy of Kara's dreams' is a former backup dancer in a tank top with delusions of being a white rapper.

NIGHTWING #125
Written by Marv Wolfman
Art by Dan Jurgens & Norm Rapmund
Cover by Andy Clarke

Will we finally get a well written Nightwing in his own damn title? I sure hope so.

THE ALL-NEW ATOM #4
Written by Gail Simone
Art by Eddy Barrows & Trevor Scott
Cover by Ariel Olivetti

Is John Byrne off this book already? DC must be more pissed over the Superman Returns adaptation than I thought.

GREEN LANTERN #15
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Ivan Reis & Oclair Albert
Cover by Ethan Van Sciver
Part 3 of "Wanted: Hal Jordan," guest-starring Alan Scott, Green Arrow and Roy Harper! Wanted for murder and on the run, with John Stewart's life on the line, Hal Jordan struggles to clear his name once again. But who put a price on his head? And what do they want from Green Lantern?

Well I guess that's proof that Arsenal is still alive, and it still supports my theory that he's going to be part of Checkmate.

GREEN ARROW #67
Written by Judd Winick
Art and cover by Scott McDaniel & Andy Owens
Still on the island recovering from his wounds, Green Arrow and company are attacked by some of the world's most deadly mercenaries! Will this destroy Ollie's plans to return to - and save -Star City? And if not, who will remain by his side?

Does this mean Ollie is no longer Mayor? Or am I reading too much into this?

THE OMEGA MEN #1
Written by Andersen Gabrych
Art and cover by Henry Flint
A classic team makes an unexpected return to comics in a 6-issue miniseries written by Andersen Gabrych (DETECTIVE COMICS) with art by Henry Flint (2000 A.D.)! Convinced that all of creation is on the brink of cosmic apocalypse, the last remaining Omega Men begin a universe-spanning rampage of murder and destruction. Pursued by every known league of interstellar justice, they are on the run and taking no prisoners! What is the mystery in space that One Year Later transforms these former freedom fighters into brutal terrorists? Climb on board for the controversial and head-spinning science-fiction odyssey that synthesizes intolerant zealotry, quantum mechanics, and all-out action!

I think The Omega Men is a great concept, but this worries me. It's one of two things:
1) Inspired by Battlestar Galactica they are looking to delve into the more mature themes that are possible in Sci-Fi.
2) It's a polemic about how terrorists really aren't that bad.
1 can be good, 2 can't.

SEVEN SOLDIERS #1
Written by Grant Morrison
Art and cover by J.H. Williams III
Resolicited; on sale October 25
This book, if it comes out when is says, will be 6 months late, and in this instance it's apparently all the writer's fault.

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