DC Comics Universe Spoilers: Four Of Secret Six Super-Heroes Infected By Batman Who Laughs Revealed! October & November 2019 Solicitations!

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Four Of The Secret Six Super-Heroes Infected By The Batman Who Laughs In Batman / Superman Revealed In October and November 2019 Solicitations! Plus Black Adam! Solicitations and covers below.

BLACK ADAM: YEAR OF THE VILLAIN #1
written by PAUL JENKINS
art by INAKI MIRANDA
cover by JOHN ROMITA JR. and KLAUS JANSON

Spinning out of the events of BATMAN/SUPERMAN, Shazam! (infected by the Batman Who Laughs) invades Black Adam’s kingdom! His plan? To turn it into a playground for its new ruler: Billy Batson!

ONE-SHOT | ON SALE 10.23.19
$4.99 US | 40 PAGES
FC | RATED T+

This issue will ship with two covers.
Please see the order form for details.

BATMAN/SUPERMAN #3
written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
art and cover by DAVID MARQUEZ
variant cover by PAOLO PANTALENA

“Who are the Secret Six?” part three! Is Superman the newest member of the Batman Who Laughs’ Secret Six? It certainly looks that way, and Batman may be powerless to stop the Man of Steel and his own demented doppelgänger. The Dark Multiverse’s most dangerous Bruce Wayne is loose in our world, and he has our world’s greatest superhero at his side. Who do you turn to when there’s no one to trust?

ON SALE 10.23.19
$3.99 US | 32 PAGES
FC | RATED T

This issue will ship with two covers.
Please see the order form for details.

ACETATE COVER — ADVANCE SOLICITATION ON SALE IN NOVEMBER
BATMAN/SUPERMAN #4
written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
art by DAVID MARQUEZ
acetate cover by EMANUELA LUPACCHINO
card stock variant cover by OLIVIER COIPEL

Even from prison, the Batman Who Laughs is staying two steps ahead of the Caped Crusader and the Man of Steel. His plan to infect heroes and turn them into the Dark Multiverse versions of themselves is starting to build steam, with Shazam and others already succumbing to his evil toxin. Batman and Superman are racing the clock to prevent the other three members of the Secret Six from being poisoned, but they realize they are too late when those three come looking for them instead—one of whom is a lot closer to Superman than expected and itching for a fight!
ON SALE 11.27.19

$3.99 US | 32 PAGES
card stock variant cover $4.99
FC | RATED T

This issue will ship with two covers. Please see the order form for details.
Please note the acetate covers will be available on first printings only.

ACETATE COVER — ADVANCE SOLICITATION ON SALE IN NOVEMBER
HAWKMAN #18
written by ROBERT VENDITTI
art by PAT OLLIFFE and TOM PALMER
acetate cover by TYLER KIRKHAM
variant cover by RICHARD PACE

Corrupted with an infection concocted by the Batman Who Laughs, Carter Hall’s psyche is overpowered by the darkest of all his past lives: the Sky Tyrant, the villainous Hawkman of Earth-3! A merciless winged warrior with no remorse and no rival, Sky Tyrant is unleashed on our Earth. The only chance of stopping him lies with the fading consciousness of Carter Hall. The series that reinvented Hawkman’s mythology to encompass all of time and space takes its next adventurous leap into the Multiverse!

ON SALE 11.13.19
$3.99 US | 32 PAGES
FC | RATED T+

This issue will ship with two covers. Please see the order form for details.
Please note the acetate covers will be available on first printings only.

ACETATE COVER — ADVANCE SOLICITATION ON SALE IN NOVEMBER
SUPERGIRL #36
written by MARC ANDREYKO
art by EDUARDO PANSICA and JULIO FERREIRA
acetate cover by DAN MORA
card stock variant cover by DERRICK CHEW

Supergirl—the infected! Brainiac-1 attempts to contact Supergirl at the Fortress of Solitude, but for what nefarious purpose? No matter what he has planned, things are about to go from bad to worse as Supergirl heads on a collision course with the Batman Who Laughs! He’s targeted Superman as part of his plan to infect heroes and transform them into their twisted Dark Multiverse counterparts—but Supergirl gets caught in the crossfire, and the Year of the Villain stakes get even higher!

ON SALE 11.13.19
$3.99 US | 32 PAGES
card stock variant cover $4.99
FC | RATED T

This issue will ship with two covers. Please see the order form for details.
Please note the acetate covers will be available on first printings only.

So four of the six of the Secret Six are Shazam, Superman, Hawkman and Supergirl. Who are the remaining two infected super-heroes?

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