DC Comics Relaunch: Doing The Creative Shuffle In August

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It just wouldn’t be comics without some creative changes, right? So let’s get right into the books that are solicited for August with new creative teams!

First up is Superboy, formerly (currently) written by Scott Lobdell, the former X-Men scribe is going to be moving out of the way to make room for…Spider-Girl creator Tom DeFalco!

SUPERBOY #12
Written by TOM DeFALCO
Art by R.B. SILVA and ROB LEAN
Cover by STEVE LIGHTLE
On sale AUGUST 8 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
• There’s a monster hiding in the shadows of New York after dark, and she’s set her sights on Superboy. But her interest in him is more complicated than it seems!
• Superboy’s just starting to figure out what it means to have friends – does he have the good judgment to pick the right ones? Or is he destined to run with the wrong crowd?

 

Meanwhile, DC Universe Presents is picking up the next creative team in it’s rotating cycle, and it’s fan favorite writer Fabian Nicieza coming back to DC after leaving Legion Lost several months ago. Though he’s coming back to write a Kid Flash story, which just sounds like all kinda of awesome.

DC UNIVERSE PRESENTS #12
Written by FABIAN NICIEZA
Art by JORGE JIMENEZ
Cover by RYAN SOOK
On sale AUGUST 15 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
• KID FLASH stars in his first solo adventure, racing against time as he deals with the prehistoric trouble the TEEN TITANS brought back from MYSTERY ISLAND!

 

Meanwhile, Ethan Van Sciver is leaving Firestorm in time to coincide with his work on the Green Lantern Annual, leaving the title to co-writer Joe Harris.

THE FURY OF FIRESTORM: THE NUCLEAR MEN #12
Written by JOE HARRIS
Art and cover by YILDIRAY CINAR and MARLO ALQUIZA
On sale AUGUST 22 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
• The quest for ASHRA KHAN takes a new turn!
• The menace of ZITHER is revealed!

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