Top 30 DC Comics November 2022 Solicitations Spoilers With Dark Crisis On Infinite Earths, JSA, WildC.A.T.s, Young Justice, Batman Vs. Robin & More!

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Top 30 DC Comics November 2022 Solicitations Spoilers With Dark Crisis On Infinite Earths, JSA, WildC.A.T.s, Young Justice, Batman Vs. Robin and More!

Among the DC Comics full November 2022 solicits we picked out our Top 30. Do you agree or disagree with the picks?

Top 22 Guaranteed Picks

From the penultimate month of the Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths event, I will be picking up:

  • Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths #6 (of 7)

  • Dark Crisis: The Dark Army #1 (one-shot)

  • Dark Crisis: Worlds Without a Justice League – Batman #1 (one-shot)

  • Dark Crisis: Young Justice #6 (of 6)

  • I Am Batman #15 (tie-in issue)

  • The Flash #788 (preceding issues were tie-in issues)

From the surprise return of WildC.A.T.s and a few more titles, celebrating WildStorm’s 30th anniversary, I will be picking up:

  • WildC.A.T.S. #1 (kicking off new ongoing series)

  • WildStorm 30th Anniversary Special #1 (one-shot)

From the anticipated return of the Justice Society of America (JSA), but as part of a surprise New Golden Age initiative with more titles, featuring writer Geoff Johns, I will be picking up:

  • The New Golden Age #1 (one-shot)

  • Justice Society of America #1 (kicking off new ongoing series)

  • Stargirl: The Lost Children #1 (kicking off new six issues mini-series)

I will also be picking up all four titles writer Mark Waid is contributing to in November 2022.

  • Batman / Superman: World’s Finest #9 (ongoing series)

  • Batman vs. Robin #3 (of 5)

  • Superman: Kal-El Returns Special #1 (one-shot)

He’s also working on Dark Crisis: Dark Army #1 (one-shot) which was covered earlier above.

So, that’s lucky number fourteen titles from spotlighted initiatives, but there’s more picks below.

ACTION COMICS #1049
Written by PHILLIP KENNEDY JOHNSON
Art by MIKE PERKINS
Backup art by DAVID LAPHAM
Cover by STEVE BEACH

Variant cover by NATHAN SZERDY
’90s Cover Month variant cover by ROGER CRUZ
1:25 Kal-El Returns arc variant cover by MARIO “FOX” FOCCILLO
$4.99 US | 40 pages | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 11/22/22

“KAL-EL RETURNS” PART 5—THE EPIC CROSSOVER BETWEEN ACTION COMICS AND SUPERMAN: SON OF KAL-EL CONTINUES!

We’re only one month away from the mammoth Action Comics #1050, and tensions between the Super-Family and Lex Luthor have never been higher. Meanwhile, in the Fortress of Solitude, Steel, Supergirl, and Kong Kenan repel an alien invasion!

BATMAN INCORPORATED #2
Written by ED BRISSON
Art and cover by JOHN TIMMS

Variant cover by JORGE MOLINA
1:25 variant cover by IVAN TAO
’90s Cover Month variant cover by CHRIS BURNHAM
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 11/8/22

The pulse-pounding second chapter to NO MORE TEACHERS continues as Batman Inc. continue to investigate the death of Ghost-Maker and Batman’s mentors.

Each new lead only begs more questions and threatens to unearth a shocking secret buried deep in Ghost-Maker’s past. A secret that refuses to die.

BLACK ADAM #6
Written by CHRISTOPHER PRIEST
Art by RAFA SANDOVAL
Cover by IRVIN RODRIGUEZ

Variant covers by RAFA SANDOVAL and DAVID LAPHAM
’90s Cover Month variant cover by CARLO BARBERI
1:25 variant cover by BRANDON PETERSON

$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 11/15/22

BATMAN HAS HAD ENOUGH OF BLACK ADAM.

Angered over Bruce Wayne’s financing of a democracy movement in his country, Theo Adam confronts Wayne with his demands, which escalates into an epic, book-length clash between the Dark Knight Detective and the Thunder of Aton.

DEATHSTROKE INC. #15
Written by ED BRISSON
Art by DEXTER SOY
Cover by MIKEL JANÍN

Variant cover by FELIPE MASSAFERA
1:25 variant cover by KENDRICK KUNKKA LIM
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 11/22/22

The brutal conclusion to Year One is here…Deathstroke may have completed his first contract, but he’s still got a score to settle with the man who destroyed Slade Wilson’s life. If you thought you knew Slade Wilson, you’re about to learn how little you know about the origin of Deathstroke!

DETECTIVE COMICS 2022 ANNUAL
Written by RAM V
Art by CHRISTOPHER MITTEN
Cover by EVAN CAGLE
$5.99 US | 48 pages
ON SALE 11/29/22

As a werewolf, Gael has lived through many generations, and so he has visited Gotham land before…hundreds of years ago. Take a trip back to the 1700s Renaissance Gotham with Gael on Arkham land to help remember with him exactly where he buried something important he now has to dig back up. And in a twist of fate, a dark knight in town also seems to be looking for something from out of time…his way back home to the present.

DETECTIVE COMICS #1066
Written by RAM V
Art by IVAN REIS
Cover by EVAN CAGLE
Backup written by SIMON SPURRIER
Backup art by HAYDEN SHERMAN

Variant cover by J.H. WILLIAMS III
1:25 variant cover by COLLEEN DORAN
1:50 ink variant cover by J.H. WILLIAMS III
’90s Cover Month variant cover by KYLE HOTZ

$4.99 US | 40 pages | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 11/22/22

As the Azmer demon takes hold of the Harvey Dent side of Two-Face, it’s up to the bad side to save them both before it’s too late…that is, if Harvey will give up the identity of Batman to help them.

Meanwhile, the young Orgham heir Arzen meets Bruce Wayne for the first time, and Bruce see potential in the boy.

THE NEW CHAMPION OF SHAZAM! #4
Written by JOSIE CAMPBELL
Art and cover by EVAN “DOC” SHANER
Variant cover by ROSE BESCH
1:25 variant cover by TULA LOTAY
$3.99 US | 32 pages | 4 of 4 | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 11/1/22

Darla is missing! While Mary was focusing on her duties as the new Shazam, her now-powerless little sister struck out on her own to help solve the mystery of the missing persons in their city. Now it’s up to our hero to find the true villain before everyone is lost for good. Little does she know, the key to saving the day awaits her at Fawcett Community College with her mysterious mentor, Dr. G!

You won’t want to miss this shocking finale!

SUPERMAN: SPACE AGE #3
Written by MARK RUSSELL
Art and cover by MIKE ALLRED
Variant cover by JOE QUINONES
1:25 variant cover by NICK DERINGTON
$9.99 US | 80 pages | 3 of 3 | Prestige
(all covers are card stock)
ON SALE 11/22/22

The end is nigh! As red skies reign, Superman does what he can to make the world a better place for as long as it continues to exist. But money is power in the greed-driven ’80s, and villains like Lex Luthor seem poised to win in the end. Little do they know, there are bigger things to worry about and the hero they’ve grown to hate is their only hope against this crisis!

Don’t miss the riveting finale of this soon-to-be-classic miniseries!

Top 8 Honorable Mentions AKA Possible Picks

Among DC’s multiversal series, perhaps caught up in the aftermath of next month’s Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths finale, I may also pick up Multiversity: Teen Justice #6 (of 6).

I may pick up Queen Nubia joining the Justice League in a special called Nubia and the Justice League Special #1 (one-shot).

I am intrigued by a new DC Black Label series that ties Checkmate, Suicide Squad, Deathstroke, StormWatch and more together, called Waller Vs. Wildstorm #1 (of 4), part of DC’s multi-series 30th Anniversary of WildStorm festivities.

So, that’s three titles from spotlighted initiatives, but there’s more picks below.

BATMAN: URBAN LEGENDS #21
Written by MICHAEL CHO, ANTHONY FALCONE, JOEY ESPOSITO, DENNIS CULVER and JULIO ANTLE
Art by MICHAEL CHO, VASCO GEORGEIV, HAYDEN SHERMAN, and others
Cover by MICHAEL CHO

Variant cover by JORGE FORNÉS
Variant cover by EDWIN GALMON
$7.99 US | 64 pages | Prestige
(all covers are card stock)
ON SALE 11/8/22

This month’s issue brings you the Dynamic Duo pushing the Batmobile to its absolute limits. The Murder Club has thrown Batman’s life into chaos—how will Robin, Alfred and Nightwing keep him together? Arkham Academy opens its doors to its first-ever class of students related to Gotham’s greatest villains—will they make the grade? [A cover with the group is here with concept art for the cast are here, here, here and here.]And we see Renee Montoya’s last days as a detective before she became Gotham City’s newest commissioner.

GOTHAM CITY: YEAR ONE #2
Written by TOM KING
Art and cover by PHIL HESTER and ERIC GAPSTUR
Variant cover by CULLY HAMNER
1:25 variant cover by NATALI SANDERS
$4.99 US | 40 pages | 2 of 6
(all covers are card stock)
ON SALE 11/1/22

The bloody, bare-knuckled crime series continues! A bruised and battered Slam Bradley find himself embroiled in a shocking case as the infant heiress to the Wayne fortune has been kidnapped!

But as with all things in Gotham City, nothing is what it seems…Can he solve the case in time to save a young life and secure the Wayne legacy or will the secrets of Gotham bury them all?

NIGHTWING #98
Written by TOM TAYLOR
Art by DANIELE DI NICUOLO
Cover by BRUNO REDONDO
Variant cover by JAMAL CAMPBELL
1:25 variant cover by DAN HIPP
’90s Cover Month variant cover by BRIAN STELFREEZE
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 11/15/22

Nightwing meets Nite-Mite! (And Bitewing and Oracle and Daniele Di Nicuolo!) That’s right, that meddling Nite-Mite booped himself from the fifth dimension, and after reading Seven Secrets, he hitchhiked his way over with Di Nicuolo into our Nightwing series! Trust us, you’re not going to want to miss this one.

SUPERMAN: SON OF KAL-EL #17
Written by TOM TAYLOR
Art by CIAN TORMEY and RUAIRÍ COLEMAN
Cover by TRAVIS MOORE

Variant cover by JOHN GIANG
1:25 variant cover by JEFF DÉKAL
’90s Cover Month variant cover by STEVEN BUTLER
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 11/8/22

“KAL-EL RETURNS” PART 4!

Superman and son are reunited…so why doesn’t it feel so good? Could it be because of the Lexcorp automatons threatening the safety of Metropolis? I’ve got a bad feeling about this…

TIM DRAKE: ROBIN #3
Written by MEGHAN FITZMARTIN
Art by RILEY ROSSMO
Cover by MAX DUNBAR

Variant cover by DAN MORA
1:25 variant cover by DAVID TALASKI
1:50 variant cover by RIAN GONZALES
’90s Cover Month variant cover by TODD NAUCK

$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 11/22/22

Did someone say goldfish? After a mysterious murder takes place in broad library, Tim, Detective Williams, and Darcy are led to three suspects…except they aren’t real?

Meanwhile, Tim’s been so busy on this case, he’s forgotten the case of the boyfriend. Where’s Bernard?

Pulse Taking

That’s our top picks from DC Comics’ November 2022 solicitations, but what caught your eye from their offerings?

John is a long-time pop culture fan, comics historian, and blogger. He is currently the Editor-in-Chief at Comics Nexus. Prior to being EIC he has produced several column series including DEMYTHIFY, NEAR MINT MEMORIES and the ONE FAN'S TRIALS at the Nexus plus a stint at Bleeding Cool producing the COMICS REALISM column. As BabosScribe, John is active on his twitter account, his facebook page, his instagram feed and welcomes any and all feedback. Bring it on!