DC Comics and October 2021 Solicitations Spoilers follows.
Bring On The Bad Guys With Joker, Punchline, Deathstroke Inc., Suicide Squad and More!
There are some more villains taking center stage during Batman’s Fear State here.
Solicitations and covers below.
THE JOKER #8
Writer: JAMES TYNION IV and SAM JOHNS
Artist: GUILLEM MARCH and SWEENEY BOO
Cover: GUILLEM MARCH
Variant Covers: JORGE MOLINA, ACKY BRIGHT,
and JAMES STOKOE (1:25 ratio)
US $5.99 (Card Stock) | 40 PGS
ON SALE 10/12/21
Jim Gordon was warned, to “head back to the light while you still can,” but his quest to apprehend The Joker is taking him deeper into darkness. Could The Joker actually be innocent of the attack on Arkham Asylum?
Punchline Back-Up: It’s a jailbreak as Bluebird must escape from Blackgate before Punchline and her gang can murder her!
DEATHSTROKE INC. #2
Writer: JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
Artist: HOWARD PORTER
Cover: HOWARD PORTER
Variant Cover: FRANCESCO MATTINA
$3.99 US | 32 PGS | $4.99 US VARIANT (Card Stock)
ON SALE 10/26/21
Deathstroke in…SPACE?!
The secret organization T.R.U.S.T assigns Deathstroke’s new team an over-the-top mission: head into deep space and stop Cyborg Superman from spreading his consciousness to every machine in the Multiverse! But as they battle the dangers of space, Black Canary begins to uncover the truth about T.R.U.S.T and exactly why they want to control Deathstroke…
SUICIDE SQUAD #8
Writer: ROBBIE THOMPSON
Artists: EDUARDO PANSICA and JULIO FERREIRA
Cover: EDUARDO PANSICA
Variant Cover: GERALD PAREL
$3.99 US | 32 PGS | $4.99 US VARIANT (Card Stock)
ON SALE 10/5/21
Squad in Hell!
“Hell and Back” Part 2! Stuck in Hell, the Squad’s only chance for survival is…Ambush Bug?! While one Squad deals with its newest fourth wall-breaking member, Peacemaker and his crew fight for survival as they hunt for the Swamp Thing!
SUICIDE SQUAD: KING SHARK #2
Writer: TIM SEELEY
Artist: SCOTT KOLINS
Cover: TREVOR HAIRSINE
Variant Cover: JORGE MOLINA
$3.99 US | 32 PGS | 2 of 6| $4.99 US VARIANT (Card Stock)
ON SALE 10/19/21
King Shark and his unwilling tagalong, The Defacer, find themselves trapped in the WILD REALM! Now while King Shark has to fight a horde of challengers in THE WILD GAMES, The Defacer is immersed in a twisted conspiracy! Is the city girl ready to play a game of survival as King Shark takes on PRINCE NEMATODE?
THE SWAMP THING #8
Writer: RAM V
Artist: MIKE PERKINS
Cover: MIKE PERKINS
Variant Cover: FRANCESCO MATTINA
$3.99 US | 32 PGS | 8 of 10 | $4.99 US VARIANT (Card Stock)
ON SALE 10/5/21A terrifying reunion! With Levi making his choice, the new avatar of the Green draws one step closer to escaping the clutches of the Suicide Squad! But is it already too late? Has the Squad bolstered themselves to an unstoppable end? Or will an unexpected guest help him to victory at a terrible cost?
BLACK MANTA #2
Writer: CHUCK BROWN
Artist: VALENTINE DE LANDRO
Cover: VALENTINE DE LANDRO
Variant Cover: SANFORD GREENE
$3.99 US | 32 PGS | 2 of 6 | $4.99 US VARIANT (Card Stock)
ON SALE 10/12/21Black Manta and Gallous pursue a deadly metal, coveted across the seven seas…a metal that kills anyone with Atlantean DNA! Is it this terrible treasure that summons Torrid, a woman from Black Manta’s past, who just literally broke out of Hell to attack him? And how does it connect to Devil Ray, the new bad boy of the oceans, looking to punish the surface world? From the writer of Bitter Root and the artist of Bitch Planet comes a wild new chapter in the story of one of DC’s most iconic villains!
CRUSH & LOBO #5
Writer: MARIKO TAMAKI
Artist: AMANCAY NAHUELPAN
Cover: SWEENEY BOO
Variant Cover: BRIAN STELFREEZE
$3.99 US | 32 pages | 5 of 8 | $4.99 US VARIANT (Card Stock)
ON SALE 10/5/21
The hunt is on! Lobo left a trail of destruction across the galaxy that’s…honestly pretty easy to follow. But even though Crush thinks she’s seen it all (Murder! Mayhem! Intergalactic highway robbery!), nothing can prepare her for what she finds when her father’s trail goes cold…
