Top 25 DC Comics October 2022 Solicitations Spoilers With Dark Crisis On Infinite Earths, Batman Vs. Robin, But With Superman and More!
Some of DC Comics’ several new Batman related series made the cut.
Among the DC Comics full October 2022 solicits we picked out our Top 25 Do you agree or disagree with the picks?
Top 14 Guaranteed Picks
ACTION COMICS #1048
Written by PHILLIP KENNEDY JOHNSON
Art by MIKE PERKINS
Backup art by DAVID LAPHAM
Cover by STEVE BEACH
Variant cover by DAVID LAPHAM
1:25 variant cover by RAFAEL SARMENTO
Black Adam movie variant cover by IVAN TAO
$4.99 US | 40 pages | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 10/25/22
“KAL-EL RETURNS” PART 3—THE EPIC CROSSOVER BETWEEN ACTION COMICS AND SUPERMAN: SON OF KAL-EL CONTINUES!
Superman, Supergirl, Steel, and the rest of the Super-Family have brought the Phaelosian refugees to the Fortress of Solitude, but before they can show the newcomers the ropes of heroics on planet Earth, a sneak attack from above turns the Arctic tundra into a war zone!
Plus, the march toward Action Comics #1050 continues when Lex Luthor presents a disturbing deal to Metallo…
BATMAN/SUPERMAN: WORLD’S FINEST #8
Written by MARK WAID
Art and cover by DAN MORA
Variant cover by TAURIN CLARKE
1:25 variant cover by TRAVIS MERCER
1:50 variant cover by CLAYTON HENRY
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 10/18/22
“RECKLESS YOUTH” continues as Superman and Batman struggle to mentor the new Boy Thunder! The Key has drawn the World’s Finest team into an impossible dilemma unlike any they’ve ever faced when the entire city of Metropolis goes into a deadly lockdown!
BATMAN: THE KNIGHT #10
Written by CHIP ZDARSKY
Art and cover by CARMINE DI GIANDOMENICO
Variant cover by RICCARDO FEDERICI
$4.99 US | 40 pages | 10 of 10 | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 10/18/22
Bruce Wayne’s worldwide journey has reached its conclusion—is he ready for the brutal final exam? The acclaimed series comes to a shocking, climactic end as this young Dark Knight will face the ultimate test!
BATMAN VS. ROBIN #2
Written by MARK WAID
Art and cover by MAHMUD ASRAR
Variant cover by GREG CAPULLO and FRANCIS MANAPUL
1:25 variant cover by RAFAEL SARMENTO
1:50 variant cover by CLAYTON HENRY
$5.99 US | 48 pages | 2 of 5 | Variant $6.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 10/11/22
HOUSE OF SECRETS…HOUSE OF DEATH.
In the wake of Damian Wayne’s devastating attack on the Batcave, Bruce and Alfred are on the run and running out of time! Magic users across the planet are experiencing dangerous and deadly power flares, and Batman must solve this mystery before his friends and allies are turned to ash. To crack this case, the Dark Knight is going to need the help of one of the greatest masters of the magic arts on the planet…Zatanna! What awaits our ragtag group of heroes in the House of Secrets? Can Damian break free of Nezha’s possession spell before he murders his own father?
All this and more in the explosive second chapter of Batman vs. Robin!
BLACK ADAM #5
Written by CHRISTOPHER PRIEST
Art by RAFA SANDOVAL
Cover by IRVIN RODRIGUEZ
Variant covers by RAFA SANDOVAL and ARIEL COLON
1:25 variant cover by MARIO “FOX” FOCCILLO
Black Adam movie variant cover by JOSH SWABY $3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 10/18/22
THERE IS NO REDEMPTION FOR BLACK ADAM.
Theo Teth-Adam faces off against a furious Bruce Wayne as Black Adam confronts threats ranging from a rising democratic movement in Kahndaq to the Akkad, a new pantheon of gods from outer space who create a new herald to represent them on Earth in Sargon the Sorcerer, and Adam becomes inextricably linked to a young protégé who has contracted the same plague that nearly killed Adam.
DARK CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS #5
Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
Art and cover by DANIEL SAMPERE and ALEJANDRO SÁNCHEZ
Variant cover by IVAN REIS and DANNY MIKI
1:25 variant cover by ARIEL COLON
1:50 variant cover by MIKEL JANÍN
1:100 foil variant cover by DANIEL SAMPERE and ALEJANDRO SÁNCHEZ
Identity Crisis homage variant cover by MATEUS MANHANINI
$4.99 | 32 pages | 5 of 7 | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 10/4/22
WAR AT THE HALL OF JUSTICE!
After the shocking events of the last issue, Pariah has won. And now his Dark Army is poised for the invasion of our world. It’s up to the Titans to rally the remaining heroes to defeat Deathstroke’s ever-growing forces and avert total destruction! An epic war starts on the steps of the Hall of Justice, and only a miracle could help the heroes now.
But all hope is not lost, as the worlds without a Justice League have begun to loosen their grip…but can the heroes return to Earth if it means one member of the Justice League could be lost forever?
DARK CRISIS: WORLDS WITHOUT A JUSTICE LEAGUE – GREEN ARROW #1
Written by STEPHANIE PHILLIPS
Art and cover by CLAYTON HENRY
Backup written by DENNIS CULVER
Backup art by NIK VIRELLA
1:25 variant cover by MEGAN HUANG
1:50 foil variant cover by CLAYTON HENRY
$4.99 US | 40 pages
ON SALE 10/11/22
When Pariah and his forces of the Great Darkness laid waste to the most powerful superheroes of all time, all hope was lost…until now. To power his weapons of war, Pariah has captured each member of the Justice League and trapped them on worlds suited to their every dream and desire…while the planets themselves slowly eat away at their respective inhabitants. When the Justice League went toe-to-toe with Pariah’s Dark Army, Green Arrow was fatally wounded by Doomsday…so how did he wake up on a world tailored to his every desire? And what dark bargain has Black Canary made to will these worlds into existence? Where there’s life there’s hope, and with that hope comes a deeper unraveling of the tapestry of the DCU’s biggest event of 2022!
DEATHSTROKE INC. #14
Written by ED BRISSON
Art by DEXTER SOY
Cover by MIKEL JANÍN
Variant cover by IVAN TAO
1:25 variant cover by MEGAN HUANG
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 10/25/22
Outgunned and overwhelmed, Deathstroke’s first mission takes a shocking and brutal turn as a new threat arises to steal his hit and his reward! Slade has to decide…live or fulfill his contract?
DETECTIVE COMICS #1065
Written by RAM V
Art by RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE
Cover by EVAN CAGLE
Backup written by SI SPURRIER
Backup art by HAYDEN SHERMAN
Variant cover by JIM LEE, SCOTT WILLIAMS, and ALEX SINCLAIR
1:25 variant cover by MARTIN SIMMONDS
1:50 pencil variant cover by JIM LEE
$4.99 US | 40 pages | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 10/25/22
The Orgham family has dramatically arrived after traumatic events at the docks in Gotham, and they are ready to reclaim the land that belongs under their name…an English surname you may better know as Arkham. As Bruce Wayne and the young Orgham prince Arzen discuss how they both want to change Gotham for the better, it seems Batman and the Orghams might have different ways to go about doing so…
THE FLASH #787
Written by JEREMY ADAMS
Art by FERNANDO PASARIN and MATT RYAN
Cover by TAURIN CLARKE
Variant cover by GEORGE KAMBADAIS
Black Adam movie variant cover by EJIKURE
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 10/18/22
IT’S MONDAY NIGHT SOMEWHERE!
(Mondays, amiright?) Wally West is back from his adventure to save Barry Allen, but there’s no time to celebrate, as a new alien with a penchant for golden belts and trucker hair has added a new sting to the life of the Flash! This stone-cold heart-stopper of an issue will have you screaming “OHMAHGAWD!” as the Scarlet Speedster gets clotheslined in the face by a whole new era of attitude!
FLASHPOINT BEYOND #6
Written by GEOFF JOHNS, JEREMY ADAMS, and TIM SHERIDAN
Art by XERMÁNICO
Cover by MITCH GERADS
Variant cover by XERMÁNICO
1:25 variant cover by DAN MORA
1:50 variant cover by GARY FRANK
$3.99 US | 32 pages | 6 of 6 | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 10/4/22
The fate of the Flashpoint Earth hangs in the balance as Thomas must make the ultimate choice! What will happen to this fractured reality and what does it mean for the DC Universe at large?
GOTHAM CITY: YEAR ONE #1
Written by TOM KING
Art and cover by PHIL HESTER and ERIC GAPSTUR
Variant cover by RYAN SOOK
1:25 variant cover by DAVID MARQUEZ
$4.99 US | 40 pages | 1 of 6
ON SALE 10/4/22
There once was a shining city on the water, a home for families, hope, and prosperity. It was Gotham and it was glorious. The story of its fall from grace, the legend that would birth the Bat, has remained untold for 80 years. That’s about to change.
Superstar creators Tom King and Phil Hester team up for the first time to tell the definitive origin of Gotham City: how it became the cesspool of violence and corruption it is today, and how it harbored and then unleashed the sin that led to the rise of the Dark Knight. Two generations before Batman, private investigator Slam Bradley gets tangled in the “kidnapping of the century” as the infant Wayne heir disappears in the night…and so begins a brutal, hard-boiled, epic tale of a man living on the edge and a city about to burn.
THE NEW CHAMPION OF SHAZAM! #3
Written by JOSIE CAMPBELL
Art and cover by EVAN “DOC” SHANER
Variant cover by JEN BARTEL
1:25 variant cover by BEN CALDWELL
$3.99 US | 32 pages | 3 of 4 | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 10/4/22
Don’t read the comments! After a disastrous outing as Shazam, Mary is the laughingstock of the internet. Will she ever be taken seriously? Now it’s up to her to ignore the haters and help those who really need her. The missing-persons problem in Philly has only gotten worse, and our hero is running out of time to find the culprit behind it!
SUPERMAN: SON OF KAL-EL #16
Written by TOM TAYLOR
Art by CIAN TORMEY and RUAIRÍ COLEMAN
Cover by TRAVIS MOORE
Variant cover by ARIEL COLÓN
1:25 ’90s bedroom variant cover by MEGAN HUANG
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 10/11/22
“KAL-EL RETURNS” PART 2!
Father and son are at last reunited after the Warworld Saga ripped them apart…and you don’t need to have super-senses to know that this is a reunion well earned. As planet Earth becomes reacquainted with the rise of two Supermen, one man stands in their way. Lex Luthor sets his deadly machinations in motion as the march toward Action Comics #1050 continues!
Top 11 Honorable Mentions AKA Possible Picks
BLACK ADAM – THE JUSTICE SOCIETY FILES: DOCTOR FATE #1
Written by CAVAN SCOTT and BRYAN Q. MILLER
Art by JESÚS MERINO and MARCO SANTUCCI
Cover by KAARE ANDREWS
Photo variant cover
$5.99 US | 48 pages | One-shot | Variant $6.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 10/4/22
Long ago, Kent Nelson donned an ancient helmet and became Doctor Fate, defender of order in a universe dominated by chaos. Now he is an impossibly old man, haunted both by memories of a past spent with the now-defunct Justice Society and by visions of an apocalyptic future. When a group of children unwittingly unleash an infernal menace on the Earth, can Kent maintain his humanity while defending those who need him most? The road to Black Adam concludes.
DARK CRISIS: THE DEADLY GREEN #1
Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON, DAN WATTERS, RAM V, and others
Art by DANIEL BAYLISS and others
Cover by GOÑI MONTES
Variant cover by FELIPE MASSAFERA
1:25 foil variant cover by STEVE BEACH
$5.99 | 48 pages | One-shot
ON SALE 10/4/22
SUPERMAN AND SWAMP THING UNCOVER THE SECRETS OF THE GREAT DARKNESS!
During the original Crisis on Infinite Earths, Swamp Thing encountered and formed a truce with the Great Darkness, but this ancient force has been awakened by Pariah and now its influence is felt across the Multiverse. Now the Avatar of the Green must work together with new allies to investigate how far it’s spread and why it would work with Pariah. If they want to stop the Great Darkness from swallowing the Green, they need some extra help…ENTER: SUPER SWAMP THING.
DARK CRISIS: YOUNG JUSTICE #5
Written by MEGHAN FITZMARTIN
Art by LAURA BRAGA
Cover by MAX DUNBAR
Variant cover by BELÉN ORTEGA
$3.99 US | 32 pages | 5 of 6 | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 10/18/22
HERE’S MICKEY! Mickey Mxyzptlk, son of Mr. Mxyzptlk, built the “perfect world” where he and the boys of Young Justice could rule without being criticized, without having to change, without ever having to grow up. Mickey has an ugly soul and too much power. The boys of Young Justice will have to overcome their shortcomings and defeat him to get back to the DCU they know and need!
THE JOKER: THE MAN WHO STOPPED LAUGHING #1
Written by MATTHEW ROSENBERG
Art and cover by CARMINE DI GIANDOMENICO
Backup art by FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA
Variant covers by LEE BERMEJO and DAVID NAKAYAMA
1:25 variant cover by FRANCESCO MATTINA
1:50 variant cover by BEN OLIVER
1:100 variant cover by HAINING
Madness foil Variant by DAVID NAKAYAMA
$5.99 US | 40 pages | (All covers card stock)
ON SALE 10/4/22
The world once again holds its breath as The Joker strikes again! But how far is he willing to go this time? From the twisted minds of Matthew Rosenberg (Task Force Z, What’s the Furthest Place from Here?) and Carmine Di Giandomenico (Batman: The Knight) comes a violent, mind-bending new series that picks up from the cataclysmic end of The Joker and follows the mayhem across the United States. With the Clown Prince of Crime setting out on his most bizarre caper yet, will a fan-favorite vigilante be able to prevent certain tragedy? Or is he in on the joke?
In the back-up—Joker’s got a hot date but he’s going to need a mirror to make sure he looks nice. Maybe Mirror Master can help.
MULTIVERSITY: TEEN JUSTICE #5
Written by DANNY LORE and IVAN COHEN
Art by MARCO FAILLA
Cover by ROBBI RODRIGUEZ
Variant cover by STEPHANIE HANS
Black Adam movie variant cover by LEE BERMEJO
3.99 US | 32 pages | 5 of 6 | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 10/4/22
One of Earth-11’s bravest and boldest heroes makes the ultimate sacrifice to save one of their allies in Teen Justice! But can even that selfless choice turn the tide against the Core, whose plans involve the wholesale slaughter of tens of thousands of people? And what will survivor’s guilt do to the teen champion who didn’t want to be saved at such a heartbreaking cost? There’s only one issue left, but we’re not slowing down on the way to the finish line!
NIGHTWING #97
Written by TOM TAYLOR
Art and cover by BRUNO REDONDO
Variant cover by JAMAL CAMPBELL
1:25 variant cover by SERGIO ACUÑA
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 10/18/22
…Batgirl gives Nightwing her answer. And they have a long talk with each other about what that means.
PUNCHLINE: THE GOTHAM GAME #1
Written by TINI HOWARD and BLAKE HOWARD
Art and cover by GLEB MELNIKOV
Variant covers by DERRICK CHEW and ROSE BESCH
1:25 variant cover by RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE
1:50 variant cover by GUILLEM MARCH
1:100 variant cover by MATEUS MANHANINI
$3.99 US | 32 pages | 1 of 6 | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
SALE 10/25/22
Punchline is out of jail and back on the streets of Gotham City. She’s not coming back for some of what Gotham has to offer, she’s coming back for all of it.
She wants to be the queen of crime, and with the help of her Royal Flush Gang no one will stand in her way.
But Punchline created a lot of angry enemies in Gotham before she was incarcerated, and they all want payback.
Presenting a miniseries that will redefine the criminal landscape of Gotham City from the superstar creative team of Tini Howard (Catwoman, Knights of X), Blake Howard (Batman: Urban Legends), and Gleb Melnikov (Robin, Wonder Woman)!
SWORD OF AZRAEL #3
Written by DAN WATTERS
Art and cover by NIKOLA ČIŽMEŠIJA
Variant cover by STEVE BEACH
1:25 variant cover by JORGE CORONA
$3.99 US | 32 pages | 3 of 6 | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 10/4/22
Jean-Paul Valley’s path to righteousness continues as he uncovers the antediluvian crucible that gave shape to the first Azrael centuries ago. Buried deep within the heart of an active volcano, its halls hold the secrets of the Order of St. Dumas…and the great beast who lived through it all.
TIM DRAKE: ROBIN #2
Written by MEGHAN FITZMARTIN
Art by RILEY ROSSMO
Cover by RICARDO LÓPEZ ORTIZ
Variant cover by DAN MORA
1:25 variant cover by RILEY ROSSMO
1:50 variant cover by JORGE CORONA
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 10/25/22
To catch a criminal mastermind, Tim will have to…steal a diamond? Oh no, what’s gotten into you, Tim? It’s Tim Drake like you’ve never seen him! Plus: a murder most foul at the library, the Gotham Marina is in danger, and Bernard isn’t answering Tim’s calls!
TITANS UNITED: BLOODPACT #2
Written by CAVAN SCOTT
Art by LUCAS MEYER
Cover by EDDY BARROWS
Variant cover by DERRICK CHEW
1:25 variant cover by ED BENES
Black Adam variant cover by RAHZZAH
$3.99 US | 32 pages | 2 of 6 | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 10/18/22
Tim Drake is having the worst day. First he got brainwashed by the Fearsome Five, then he woke up in a world turned upside down. A world ruled by the fanatical Church of the Raven.
Now enemies have become allies, and the Titans are nowhere to be seen. Guest-starring the Dark Knight!
WONDER WOMAN HISTORIA: THE AMAZONS #3
Written by KELLY SUE DeCONNICK
Art and cover by NICOLA SCOTT
Variant cover by YANICK PAQUETTE
1:25 “Library” faux-leather design variant
$7.99 US | 72 pages | 3 of 3 | 8 1/2″ x 10 7/8″ | Prestige Plus
ON SALE 10/25/22
The third and final chapter of the critically lauded and Eisner-nominated secret history of the Amazons crescendos with the inevitable—an all-out war against the gods. When Zeus discovers the goddesses defied him by creating the Amazons, seemingly nothing can stop his fervor to eliminate their warriors…not even Hera herself.
But the Amazons’ numbers have grown, and there is a distinctly and unpredictably human element among their ranks now in Hippolyta and the tribe she leads. Their very fight for existence will alter the course of history itself and bring about one of the greatest protectors the world has ever known!
Pulse Taking
That’s our top picks from DC Comics’ October 2022 solicitations, but what caught your eye from their offerings?
