Top 25 DC Comics March 2022 Solicitations Spoilers With Batman / Superman: World’s Finest, Lex Luthor As Batman, War For Earth 3, Shadow War and More!
2022 has business picking up.
Top 25
So, I’ll be grabbing the following from DC’s solicits:
- Celebrated writer Mark Waid’s DC return with a new ongoing series in Batman / Superman: World’s Finest. (1 issue)
- The final 4-parts of Shadows of the Bat in Detective Comics and am glad after this month it won’t be weekly any more. (4 issues)
- The beginning of the Shadow War with an Alpha issue plus issues of Deathstroke Inc. and Robin and the following month the core Batman series too. (3 issues)
- The five part War for Earth-3 with its own kick-off and final issue plus issues of Suicide Squad, The Flash and Teen Titans Academy. (5 issues)
There’s more interesting stuff beyond those lucky 13 issues.
ACTION COMICS #1041
Written by PHILLIP KENNEDY JOHNSON and SHAWN ALDRIDGE
Art and cover by RICCARDO FEDERICI and ADRIANA MELO
Cover by DANIEL SAMPERE and ALEJANDRO SÁNCHEZ
Variant cover by JULIAN TOTINO TEDESCO
$4.99 US | 40 pages | $5.99 US Variant (card stock)
ON SALE 3/22/22
REMATCH! Superman puts what he’s learned on Warworld to the test as he faces Mongul’s unstoppable, reanimated warrior known as the Unmade. But it may be too late for Mongul to salvage his empire before an ancient prophecy is fulfilled. One of Superman’s inner circle will fall, another will be resurrected at a terrible cost, and the Authority’s traitor will be revealed in the conclusion to part one of the Warworld Saga!
AQUAMAN/GREEN ARROW–DEEP TARGET #6
Written by BRANDON THOMAS
Art by RONAN CLIQUET
Cover by MARCO SANTUCCI
Variant cover by FICO OSSIO
$3.99 US | 32 pages | 6 of 7 | $4.99 US Variant (card stock)
ON SALE 3/22/22
Aquaman and Green Arrow have restored the timeline! Unfortunately, there is something off about the world they returned to. Scorpio has gone legit and is now one of the most successful and integral tech companies on the planet. Times like these make you remember how your mother always told you to never trust the dinosaur man. Even if he did help you build a time machine that “fixed” everything!
BATMAN #121
Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
Art and cover by JORGE MOLINA
Backup script and art by KARL KERSCHL
Variant cover by FRANCESCO MATTINA
1:25 variant cover by JAY ANACLETO
1:50 variant cover by JOCK
The Batman variant cover by LEE BERMEJO
$4.99 US | 40 pages | Variant $5.99 US (Card stock)
ON SALE 3/1/22
The deadly conclusion to the “Abyss” arc as Lex Luthor’s dangerous master plan for Batman Inc. is revealed. And an old ally returns to pull the lost Batman out of Abyss’s darkness and a new member of Batman Inc. rises!
In the final chapter of “They Make Great Pets,” Maps finds the missing piece to the shocking and deadly mystery…with a little help from Batman!
BLUE & GOLD #7
Written by DAN JURGENS
Art and cover by RYAN SOOK
$3.99 US | 32 pages | 7 of 8
ON SALE 3/15/22RESOLICIT! Blue & Gold Restoration is up and running, with Booster Gold and Blue Beetle taking on any number of strange cases, from paranormal extremes to lost civilizations, ancient aliens, gateways to other dimensions, and even super-villains looking for help in going straight! But what happens when one of the threats turns out to be an old friend? Guest-starring Jaime Reyes as the Blue Beetle!
THE JOKER #13
Written by JAMES TYNION IV
Art and cover by GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI and CAM SMITH
Backup written by JAMES TYNION IV and SAM JOHNS
Backup art by BELÉN ORTEGA
Variant cover by KIM JACINTO and JAMES HARREN
1:25 variant cover by JAMES STOKOE
$5.99 US | 40 pages | All covers card stock
ON SALE 3/8/22
Vengeance has spent her short existence waiting for the moment she could kill The Joker, but she knows that if she fulfills her programming, she’ll be dragged back into the servitude of the terrifying Knightfallen of Santa Prisca. Jim Gordon may be her only way out, but a revelation close to his heart has the potential to send him down a darker path. One he may never turn back from.
Backup: The trial of the century in Gotham City begins to draw to a close, and no one will be left happy with the results…except for one Alexis Kaye, a.k a. Punchline!
JUSTICE LEAGUE #74
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Art by EMANUELA LUPACCHINO, WADE VON GRAWBADGER, and SZYMON KUDRANSKI
Cover by YANICK PAQUETTE and NATHAN FAIRBAIRN
Variant cover by ALEX MALEEV
THE BATMAN variant cover by BEN OLIVER
$4.99 US | 40 pages | $5.99 US Variant (card stock)
ON SALE 3/15/22
Justice League Dark crossover conclusion! Another full double-size issue crossover spectacular as Xanadoth, the original Lord of Chaos, has returned. With unlimited power and revenge against all on its mind, the Lord of chaos has taken the form of Black Adam and no. One. Is. Safe. The final chapter of the Eisner-winning Bendis Justice League run wraps up with brand-new status quo for all!
JUSTICE LEAGUE INCARNATE #5
Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON and DENNIS CULVER
Art by ANDREI BRESSAN
Cover by GARY FRANK
Variant cover by JORGE FORNÉS
1:25 variant cover by ANDREI BRESSAN
$4.99 US | 40 pages | 5 of 5 | $5.99 US Variant (card stock)
ON SALE 3/1/22
In this shocking conclusion, Justice League Incarnate must face their worst threat yet: each other! With half the team under the control of the forces of darkness, what chance do they have of stopping Darkseid from achieving his ultimate victory?
No matter who wins, everyone loses because the real crisis has yet to come…
JUSTICE LEAGUE VS. THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #3
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Art and cover by SCOTT GODLEWSKI
Variant cover by TRAVIS MOORE
$3.99 US | 32 pages | 3 of 6 | $4.99 US Variant (card stock)
ON SALE 3/8/22
The Justice League is trapped in the 31st century with the Legion of Super-Heroes, while the looming terror of the Great Darkness hovers over both time period simultaneously. Even as the great heroes of the 21st century get to experience the fantastic far-flung future, the mysteries behind the Gold Lantern and the Great Darkness threaten all of existence. What is the secret behind the Great Darkness? And will the greatest heroes of two ages be able to stop it before it’s too late?
NIGHTWING #90
Written by TOM TAYLOR
Art by GERALDO BORGES
Cover by BRUNO REDONDO
Variant cover by JAMAL CAMPBELL
1:25 variant cover by CULLY HAMNER
The Batman variant cover by RICCARDO FEDERICI
$3.99 US | 32 pages | $4.99 US Variant (card stock)
ON SALE 3/15/22
A Nightwing and Wally West story, part 1 of 2!
When it’s easier to go buy bagels as Nightwing than as Dick Grayson because everyone is either trying to get him for his money or kill him for the price on his head, Nightwing realizes he’ll need to enlist the help of his Teen Titan friends as his bodyguards, and the first to volunteer is of course his best friend…Wally West, a.k.a. the Flash!
ONE-STAR SQUADRON #4
Written by MARK RUSSELL
Art and cover by STEVE LIEBER
$3.99 US | 32 pages | 4 of 6
ON SALE 3/1/22Everyone must go! Under pressure from the board, Red Tornado is forced to fire some of his hero colleagues so the company can stay afloat. First on the chopping block…Power Girl! Will her self-help bible by Maxwell Lord assure her survival? Or is she as doomed as Krypton once was?
SUPERMAN: SON OF KAL-EL #9
Written by TOM TAYLOR
Art and cover by BRUNO REDONDO
Variant cover by TRAVIS MOORE and TAMRA BONVILLAIN
Int’l Women’s Day variant cover by JANAINA MEDEIROS
$3.99 | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 3/8/22
Superman/Nightwing crossover part 2 of 2! Nightwing promised Clark Kent that while he’s off-planet, Nightwing would look after Clark’s son, Jon, as he tries to fill his father’s shoes as Superman. But with someone out there murdering superpowered people, is Nightwing in over his head? Read Nightwing #89 (in stores 2/15/22) for part 1 of this crossover story!
TITANS UNITED #7
Written by CAVAN SCOTT
Art by JOSE LUIS and JONAS TRINDADE
Cover by JAMAL CAMPBELL
Variant cover by KAEL NGU
International Women’s Day variant cover by CAT STAGGS
$3.99 US | 32 pages | 7 of 7 | $4.99 US Variant (card stock)
ON SALE 3/8/22
The Titans face their final challenge as the true enemy is revealed. An alien armada is heading toward Earth, and Superboy must decide once and for all where his true allegiance lies. Will Starfire join forces with her evil sister, and what mysteries lurk far below the streets of Metropolis?
Honorable Mention
AQUAMEN #2
Written by CHUCK BROWN and BRANDON THOMAS
Art by SAMI BASRI
Cover by TRAVIS MOORE
Variant cover by MICO SUAYAN
$3.99 US | 32 pages | $4.99 US Variant (card stock)
ON SALE 3/22/22
After the shocking revelation at the end of last issue, will the new Aquamen partnership be over before it even begins?! With more Atlantean sleepers awaking, the team races to discover what Orm’s role is in the situa-tion…and how long has he been involved?!
Pulse Taking
What intrigued you from the DC Comics March 2022 solicitations?
