DC Comics and August 2021 Solicitations Spoilers follows.
How Many Superboys Are There In Suicide Squad, Superman: Son Of Kal-El, Etc.?! Batman’s Joker and Crime Syndicate! Infinite Frontier Enigma?
Solicitations and covers below.
Suicide Squad 2021 Annual
story by ROBBIE THOMPSON
art by DEXTER SOY
cover by EDUARDO PANSICA, JULIO FERREIRA, MARCELO MAIOLO
ON SALE 8/31/21
$5.99 US | 48 PAGES | FC | DC
Card stock variant by GERALD PAREL
$6.99 US
Everyone questioned how the teen calling himself Conner Kent came to be recruited into the Suicide Squad by Amanda Waller. But as Superboy sneaks into the bowels of a top-secret Task Force X black site, what he finds changes all he thinks he knows about himself and his history. This oversize annual alters everything for the only hero on the Squad and makes him question what to do next, now that he knows the truth behind his origin.
Suicide Squad #6
story by ROBBIE THOMPSON
art by DEXTER SOY AND EDUARDO PANSICA
cover by EDUARDO PANSICA
ON SALE 8/3/21
$3.99 US | 32 PAGES | FC | DC
card stock variant cover by GERALD PAREL US $4.99
Suicide Squad Movie Variant by JORGE MOLINA$4.99
Bloodsport’s first mission with the Squad goes pear-shaped as the Crime Syndicate captures Amanda Waller’s agent on Earth-3. By sending in a team to bring Bloodsport home, Waller may also be able to extract another Suicide Squad member for her new team, if she plays her cards right and doesn’t care who else she loses in the process. As part of the team heads into the Multiverse, Peacemaker gets a new assignment to track down and eliminate Levi Kamei—the new Swamp Thing!
The Swamp Thing #6
story by RAM V
art by MIKE PERKINS
cover by MIKE PERKINS
ON SALE 8/3/21
$3.99 US | 32 PAGES | FC | DC
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card stock variant by FRANCESCO MATTINA
$4.99 US
With Prescot’s bio-agent set off in the Kaziranga wetlands, the Green summons Levi back to the land of his making. With Levi unable to access his powers as Swamp Thing, he finds himself trapped in the dense forest and stalked by a group tasked with retrieving his alter ego at all costs. Will he recover his powers before he is hunted down by the Suicide Squad?
Suicide Squad: Get Joker! #2
story by BRIAN AZZARELLO
art by ALEX MALEEV & MATT HOLLINGSWORTH
cover by ALEX MALEEV
ON SALE 9/7/21
$6.99 US | 48 PAGES | FC | DC
card stock variant cover by JORGE FORNES Black Label | Prestige Plus | 8 1/2″ x 10 7/8″
17+
After turning the tables on the Suicide Squad, The Joker gained control of the device that could detonate the bomb implanted in each of the team members’ heads. Now forced to do The Joker’s bidding, Red Hood, Harley, and the rest of Task Force X find themselves hunted by a newly formed Squad with a single mission: kill the previous Squad and take over hunting The Joker.
Crime Syndicate #6
written by ANDY SCHMIDT
pencils by KIERAN MCKEOWN AND BRYAN HITCH
inks by DEXTER VINES AND BRYAN HITCH
cover by HOWARD PORTER
ON SALE 8/3/21
$3.99 US | 32 PAGES | FC | DC
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Card stock variant cover by EVAN “DOC” SHANER US $4.99
Look, up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s…Ultragirl? That’s right, folks, Kara Zor-El of Earth-3 arrives, and it’s far from a happy family reunion! Can Ultraman take his cousin down and reclaim his place as the true last survivor of Krypton? Meanwhile, on a hidden island in the Pacific, Emerald Knight must finally decide: Will he stand with the Legion of Justice? Or will he give in to the Crime Syndicate?
Don’t miss out on the shocking finale that shakes Earth-3 to its core!
Challenge of the Super Sons #5
story by PETER J. TOMASI
art by MAX RAYNOR AND EVAN STANLEY
cover by SIMONE DI MEO
ON SALE: 8/10/21
$3.99 US | 32 PAGES | FC | DC
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variant by JAMAL CAMPBELL
price: $4.99 US (Card Stock)
Hey, Aquaman, what’s kraken? As the guardian of the deep finds himself in the clutches of a gigantic underwater baddie courtesy of the deadly Doom Scroll prophecy, the Super Sons stand ready to assist! Then, picking up where the story left off earlier in the series, Superboy and Robin have been rescued from the clutches of some truly wicked spells by their new ally, Rora. As Rora rushes to help the boys return to the present, their pursuers close in and prepare to attack—and Vandal Savage and Felix Faust are one deadly duo who mean business!
Superman: Son of Kal-El #2
story by TOM TAYLOR
pencils by JOHN TIMMS
cover by JOHN TIMMS
ON SALE 8/10/21
$3.99 US | 32 PAGES | FC | DC
card stock variant by INHYUK LEE
US $4.99
Suicide Squad Movie card stock variant by SAMI BASRI $4.99
Jonathan Kent now dons his father’s cape, but can he be Superman and still have a normal life? It’s tough in this modern world. Danger is everywhere. The new Superman learns this the hard way on his first day of college, and a deadly attack forces Jon to step from the shadows and into the spotlight—where his identity is exposed to the Truth, an activist news machine ready to upset everything.
But first, the son still has some things to learn from his father—and a few cool toys to inherit. Ask yourself, what would you do with your very own Fortress of Solitude? This all-new chapter in the legacy of Man of Steel has only just begun to reveal its surprises!
Compelling reads.
