Monday, August 21, 2006

Looking Forward - DC's November Solicitations

It's once again that magical time in which we look into the Crystal Ball at comics slated to come out in November but we still likely won't see until Christmas

BIRDS OF PREY #100
Written by Gail Simone
Art by Nicola Scott & Doug Hazlewood
and Paulo Sequiera & Robin Riggs
Cover by Jerry Ordway
It's time to bring in new blood! Who will be asked to join Oracle in her all-new Birds Of Prey? Who will refuse, and who will fly the coop for good? Plus, a backup story following Black Canary and her new role in the DCU!
Well this solicit makes it pretty clear that Black Canary isn't going to be one of The Birds after this. 100 issues and Black Canary has appeared in (I think) every one. A new era begins.

UNCLE SAM AND THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS #5
Written by Jimmy Palmiotti & Justin Gray
Art and cover by Daniel Acuña
The covert agency SHADE unleashes a new metahuman threat that leaves the Freedom Fighters powerless! Can Uncle Sam save his team from certain doom?
That is a cool cover!


TEEN TITANS #41
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Tony Daniel & Kevin Conrad
Cover by Daniel
The explosive "Titans Around the World" story concludes with the team finding Raven! Will she bring back a Titans who died?
Another "guess the blacked-out new member" cover? It's a nice concept, but it's approaching overkill at DC.

P.S. - I'm guessing the top silhouette is Miss Martian and the bottom one is Red Star.

WILDCATS #2
Written by Grant Morrison
Art and cover by Jim Lee & Scott Williams
Variant cover A by Erik Larsen
Variant cover B by Jim Lee
A deadly super-villain escapes from a prison space station - by leaping to Earth. The Wildcats must use all their cunning, strength and brains in order to capture him and still maintain their covert status quo. All goes according to plan, except for one little hiccup - he kills them all on live television!
Wow do the heroes actually die in the second issue of a major revamp/reset?

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