Top 25 DC Comics May 2023 Solicitations Spoilers With Batman #900, Wonder Woman #799, The Flash #799, Joker Inc., Shazam #1, Titans #1, Green Arrow #1 and More For Dawn Of DC!
Among the DC Comics full May 2023 solicits we picked out our Top 25. Do you agree or disagree with the picks?
The Top 25
ACTION COMICS #1055
Written by PHILLIP KENNEDY JOHNSON, DAN JURGENS, and DORADO QUICK
Art by RAFA SANDOVAL, LEE WEEKS, and YASMIN FLORES MONTANEZ
Cover by SEBASTIAN FIUMARA
Variant covers by RAFA SANDOVAL and DAVID TALASKI
1:25 variant cover by AL BARRIONUEVO
1:50 foil variant cover by SEBASTIAN FIUMARA
AAPI Heritage Month variant cover by BERNARD CHANG
$4.99 US | 48 pages | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 5/23/23
Superman’s true enemy has been revealed: the Cyborg Superman, Hank Henshaw! Everything the Super-Family has built stands on a knife’s edge, and Superman and Metallo become the unlikeliest of allies as they hunt for Metallo’s missing sister.
Can they prevent the inevitable devolution of Metallo’s mind and body long enough to save his sister from Henshaw’s monstrous plans?
ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN: JON KENT #3
Written by TOM TAYLOR
Art and cover by CLAYTON HENRY
Variant covers by ZU ORZU and AFUA RICHARDSON
1:25 variant cover by TRAVIS MERCER
1:50 foil variant cover by CLAYTON HENRY
$3.99 US | 32 pages | 3 of 6 | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 5/2/23
Jon Kent arrives on an Earth he’s never seen…the world of Injustice! While a Kal-El rules this world in seeming peace, why does everyone Jon meets fear the S symbol on his chest? And why is Batman public enemy number one?
Jon has to pick a side, and the consequences make either choice a dangerous one!
BATMAN #135/#900
Written by CHIP ZDARSKY
Art by JORGE JIMENEZ, MIKE HAWTHORNE, and ADRIANO DI BENEDETTO
Cover by JORGE JIMENEZ
Connecting variant covers by JOE QUESADA
Variant covers by GABRIELE DELL’OTTO, STANLEY “ARTGERM” LAU, KAEL NGU, and NEAL ADAMS
1:25 variant cover by LEE BERMEJO
1:50 foil variant cover by STANLEY “ARTGERM” LAU
1:100 B&W variant cover by JOE QUESADA
Special foil variant cover by JIM CHEUNG ($9.99 US)
$6.99 US | 56 pages | Variant $7.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 5/2/23
It’s Batman versus Red Mask in a brutal Gotham that’s never known hope! Can the Dark Knight overcome the terrifying infection that Red Mask has unleashed? Only one thing is certain: he won’t be able to do it alone.
The conclusion to the bestselling “The Bat-Man of Gotham” is so big it could only be contained in an oversize #900 anniversary issue featuring the return of fan-favorite artist Jorge Jiménez and a wild collection of guest stars! Full of wild revelations and a new path for Batman, this is one issue you won’t want to miss!
BATMAN INCORPORATED #8
Written by ED BRISSON
Art and cover by JOHN TIMMS
Variant cover by ALAN QUAH
1:25 variant cover by JOHN TIMMS
AAPI Heritage Month variant cover by ISAAC GOODHART
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 5/9/23
What’s Batman without the Joker? Why does Batman get to have Batmen all over the world, when Joker only has Gotham? Well, the end of Batman’s global monopoly is approaching.
The Joker is here to disrupt his enterprise with the launch of Joker Incorporated! Australia gets a Joker! China gets a Joker! England gets a Joker! Australia gets a Joker! Argentina gets a Joker! France gets a Joker! Everyone gets a Joker!
BATMAN/SUPERMAN: WORLD’S FINEST #15
Written by MARK WAID
Art and cover by DAN MORA
Variant covers by DANIEL SAMPERE and BRUNO REDONDO
1:25 variant cover by WALTER SIMONSON and LAURA MARTIN
1:50 variant cover by NIKOLAS DRAPER-IVEY
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 5/16/23
The rise of Ultra-Morpho!
Years ago, Professor Anthony Ivo built Amazo, a killer android who could duplicate the powers of the Justice League. But now an even deadlier android stalks the DC Universe: Ultra-Morpho!
Able to transform into any element, including Kryptonite, Ultra-Morpho can kill Batman, Superman, Robin, and Metamorpho in one fell swoop! But who created him? Who does he work for? And what has he done to Will Magnus, inventor of the Metal Men?!
BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #1
Written by TOM KING, ED BRISSON, CHRISTOPHER CANTWELL, and DAN MORA
Art by MITCH GERADS, JEFF SPOKES, JAVIER RODRIGUEZ, and DAN MORA
Cover by SIMONE DI MEO
Variant cover by JIM CHEUNG
Variant cover by FRANK CHO
1:25 variant cover by BRYAN HITCH
1:50 variant cover by NATHAN SZERDY
$7.99 US | 64 pages | Prestige | (all covers are card stock)
ON SALE 5/16/23
Coming off the spectacular success of Batman – One Bad Day: The Riddler, the Eisner Award-winning team of Tom King and Mitch Gerads reunite for a horrifying four-part retelling of the first bloody clash between The Joker and the Batman. A tale of loathing, lies, and laughter, this may be the most frightening Joker story in a generation. Everyone is going to be shocked.
Everyone is going to be talking about it.
The Justice League may be gone, but its enemies aren’t. Who’ll protect the world from the worst of the worst? Ed Brisson and Jeff Spokes pick up the story started in the Wildstorm 30th Anniversary Special as Director Bones and his new covert StormWatch team travel the globe on black-ops missions to take super-powered weapons of mass destruction off the board. But this is StormWatch, and as always, not all is as it seems. “Down with the Kings” starts here!
Superstar artist Dan Mora (Batman/Superman: World’s Finest, Detective Comics) makes his writing debut kicking off a new series of Batman Black & White short stories. In a Gotham City overrun by the cybernetic henchmen of The Joker, the only person who can save us is the mysterious motorcycle-riding, bat-costumed hero of urban legend…
In “The Order of the Black Lamp—Part I,” from writer Christopher Cantwell (Halt and Catch Fire co-creator, Briar, Iron Man) and artist Javier Rodríguez (Daredevil, Defenders), Superman finds a decoder ring with a secret message—“Save me”—which sends him on a quest to solve a mystery with ties to the Man of Steel’s past.
BLACK ADAM #11
Written by CHRISTOPHER PRIEST
Art by EDDY BARROWS and EBER FERREIRA
Cover by JOHN GIANG
Variant cover by EDDY BARROWS, EBER FERREIRA, and MATT HERMS
Variant cover by DANIEL BAYLISS
1:25 variant cover by JUANJO LOPEZ
$3.99 US | 32 pages | 11 of 12 | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 5/16/23
“Everybody Hates Theo.”
Black Adam’s actions turn everyone against him, including his own people and even Bolt, as the entire Middle East is brought to the brink of war and the Akkadian New Gods usher in a new kingdom on Earth…whether we like it or not.
CYBORG #1
Written by MORGAN HAMPTON
Art by TOM RANEY
Cover by EDWIN GALMON
Variant cover by TOM RANEY
Variant cover by JORGE CORONA
1:25 variant cover by NIKOLAS DRAPER-IVEY
1:50 design variant cover by JORGE CORONA
$3.99 US | 32 pages | 1 of 6 | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 5/16/23
When a family emergency brings Cyborg back home to Detroit, Victor Stone surprisingly finds himself enjoying his return to the simpler life—where everybody sees him for who he really is and always was, rather than as a larger-than-life superhero. It’s been a while since Vic’s been able to lower his guard and seek a purpose outside of being Cyborg 24/7. But a lot has changed in Detroit while Victor’s been away. An aggressive new company is turning the Motor City into an overclocked engine for revolutionary artificial intelligence…and no one knows better than Cyborg that technological transformation always comes at a steep human price!
Milestone Initiative writer Morgan Hampton (DC Power: A Celebration) joins forces with veteran star artist Tom Raney (Green Lantern, Uncanny X-Men) to give Cyborg the Dawn of DC epic he deserves!
DANGER STREET #6
Written by TOM KING
Art and cover by JORGE FORNES
Variant cover by EVAN “DOC” SHANER
$4.99 US | 40 pages | 6 of 12 | $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 5/9/23
The unforgettable maxiseries takes some startling twists and turns! To survive the Manhunter’s deadly mission, must the Green Team become a solo venture? Only the Commodore knows for sure! Meanwhile, the Outsiders reveal their plans and, in the aftermath of Orion’s failure, Highfather and Darkseid make a pact to assure their worlds’ survival!
DETECTIVE COMICS #1072
Written by RAM V
Art by RICCARDO FEDERICI
Cover by EVAN CAGLE
Backup written by SIMON SPURRIER
Backup art by STEFANO RAFFAELE
Variant cover by KELLEY JONES
Variant cover by MIKE PERKINS
1:25 variant cover by SEBASTIAN FIUMARA
1:50 foil variant cover by KELLEY JONES
$4.99 US | 40 pages | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 5/23/23
Batman arrives at the new Orgham grounds (which used to be the ruins of Arkham Asylum) to investigate what the Orghams have been hiding directly underneath the land that ties Gotham to the family centuries back…including the existence of Batman.
Then, in the backup, Gordon investigates the reason Sorrow can’t be near Batman…and they find out the difficult way.
GREEN ARROW #2
Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
Art and cover by SEAN IZAAKSE
Variant cover by DAVID NAKAYAMA
1:25 variant cover by EJIKURE
AAPI Heritage Month variant cover by MARCIO TAKARA
$3.99 US | 32 pages | 2 of 6 | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 5/23/23
Green Arrow is alive…but where the hell is he?! That’s what Roy Harper and Black Canary want to know, and their search takes them into the bowels of Belle Reve. But they’d better hurry—the stranded Oliver Queen and another lost member of the Green Arrow family are both being hunted by a brand-new villain called…Troublemaker.
GREEN LANTERN #1
Written by JEREMY ADAMS
Art and cover by XERMANICO
John Stewart backup written by PHILLIP KENNEDY JOHNSON
John Stewart backup art by MONTOS
Variant covers by LUCIO PARRILLO and IVAN REIS
1:25 variant cover by DANIEL SAMPERE
1:50 variant cover by ARIEL COLON
1:100 variant cover by XERMANICO
5th-color variant cover by PETE WOODS
$4.99 US | 40 pages | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 5/9/23
Spinning out of the events of Dark Crisis, the Guardians of Oa at the heart of the Green Lantern Corps have quarantined Sector 2814, home of the planet Earth—and its champion along with it! A heartbreaking defeat has sent Hal reeling, returning home to rediscover his roots…and find the man responsible for ruining his life: Sinestro. From the visionary team of Jeremy Adams and Xermánico (who brought you the epic Flashpoint Beyond) comes a tale of redemption, loss, and finding out that maybe…just maybe…you can go home again. At least if you’re willing to hot-wire a power ring to do it.
Also featuring part one of John Stewart: War Journal from writer Phillip Kennedy Johnson and artist Montos!
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #6
Written by GEOFF JOHNS
Art and cover by MIKEL JANIN
Variant cover by YANICK PAQUETTE
1:25 variant cover by EDWIN GALMON
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 5/23/23
The Huntress and the JSA collide with Stargirl and the lost children! As this new team tries to find its footing, how will they handle coming face-to-face with a group of sidekicks they didn’t realize existed?! And what does this mean for Jay Garrick as he meets his daughter Judy for the first time?! Be sure to pick up this tie-in to The Dawn of DC!
NEW TALENT SHOWCASE: THE MILESTONE INITIATIVE #1
Written by VARIOUS
Art by VARIOUS
Cover by DENYS COWAN and others
$3.99 US | 112 pages | One-Shot | Prestige
ON SALE 5/30/23
In May of 2022, 12 writers and 12 artists came to DC headquarters to hone their skills with some of the best comics creators in the business, and one year later, we’re showing the results of the cohort’s hard work! This special showcases all 12 stories created out of the Ally-sponsored Milestone Initiative…If you don’t grab a copy, you’ll be missing some of the first published work of the stars of the future!
PEACEMAKER TRIES HARD! #1
Written by KYLE STARKS
Art by STEVE PUGH
Cover by KRIS ANKA
Variant cover by BJORN BARENDS
Movie poster variant cover by KRIS ANKA
Foil-embossed variant cover by ERIC BATTLE ($9.99 US)
1:25 variant cover by DAN HIPP
1:50 variant cover by SIMONE DI MEO
$4.99 US | 32 pages | 1 of 6 | (all covers are card stock)
ON SALE 5/2/23
Having earned his release from the Suicide Squad, Peacemaker wants to try and do normal superhero stuff for a change. Unfortunately everyone, including the bad guys, thinks he sucks at superhero stuff. But when busting up a terrorist ring introduces Christopher Smith to the cutest thing to ever walk (awkwardly) on four legs, he finds the unconditional love he’s been denied his whole life. That is, until the dog is kidnapped right out from under him by a super-villain who has some very un-super-heroic plans for Peacemaker’s brand of ultraviolence. Will he help an infamously unstable super-powered criminal steal the world’s most valuable—and dangerous—DNA? Honestly, Christopher’s pretty lonely, so it probably just depends on how nicely they ask…
Breakout writer Kyle Starks (I Hate This Place, Six Sidekicks of Trigger Keaton) and art legend Steve Pugh (Preacher Special: Saint of Killers, Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass) deliver a brutal and hilarious take on DC’s biggest P.O.S. that will bust guts, break bones, and melt hearts!
POWER GIRL SPECIAL #1
Written by LEAH WILLIAMS
Art and cover by MARGUERITE SAUVAGE
Variant covers by STANLEY “ARTGERM” LAU and AMANDA CONNER
1:25 cover by TULA LOTAY
1:50 cover by TAJ TENFOLD
$5.99 US | 48 pages | Variant $6.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 5/30/23
Power Girl takes center stage!
With new powers and a new mission, Power Girl faces a challenge unlike any she’s experienced before in this shocking one-shot rising from the events of Lazarus Planet and Action Comics!
With Omen’s guidance, Power Girl now strives to battle the demons—literal and figurative—lurking within the minds of some of the greatest superheroes in the DC Universe! But the nefarious Johnny Sorrow has been searching for a connection to Earth-0, and the superheroines’ work may unwittingly give him the means to make their world his personal stage! Can Power Girl and her estranged Super-Family bring down the curtain on Sorrow’s evil plans? And at what cost?
SHAZAM! #1
Written by MARK WAID
Art and cover by DAN MORA
Variant covers by CHRIS SAMNEE and JOHN TIMMS
1:25 variant cover by EVAN “DOC” SHANER
1:50 variant cover by ARIEL COLON
1:100 Spot gloss pulp variant cover by DAN MORA
Spot foil cover by MIKE DEODATO ($5.99 US)
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 5/2/23
The World’s Finest creators present the World’s Mightiest Mortal in a dazzling solo series!
Dinosaurs from space! The Clubhouse of Eternity! Homicidal worms and talking tigers! Atomic robots, alien worlds, mad scientists, sinister curses, and villains from throughout the DC Universe—welcome to the wild adventures of Billy Batson, whose big red alter ego defends the Earth from its weirdest and wildest threats! Want to stop Lex Luthor and The Joker? Call Superman and Batman! International crises? Page Wonder Woman! But when Garguax, Emperor of the Moon, sets his sights on Gorilla City, that’s when you shout “Shazam!” The fan-favorite team of Mark Waid and Dan Mora (Batman/Superman: World’s Finest) brings the magic!
SUPERMAN #4
Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
Art and cover by JAMAL CAMPBELL
Variant covers by GABRIEL RODRIGUEZ, RAMONA FRADON and SANDRA HOPE, and NATHAN SZERDY
1:25 variant cover by PAMELA HOOGEBOOM
1:50 variant cover by MICO SUAYAN
1:100 foil variant cover by JAMAL CAMPBELL
$4.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 5/16/23
Introducing the Kryptonite Klaw!
Superman is vulnerable to Kryptonite, but what happens when other dangerous superhumans are exposed to it?
If Superman wants to stop Metropolis’s newest enemies, he must uncover Lex Luthor’s secret past!
THE FLASH #798
Written by JEREMY ADAMS
Art by FERNANDO PASARIN and OCLAIR ALBERT
Cover by TAURIN CLARKE
Variant cover by MIKE PERKINS and MIKE SPICER
Variant cover by ETHAN YOUNG
1:25 variant cover by SERG ACUNA
1:50 foil variant cover by TAURIN CLARKE
$3.99 US | 32 pages | $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 5/2/23
Tragedy befalls the West family, which uncovers a mystery that will take our favorite red-headed hero beyond time and space! Mister Terrific joins Wally along with a few surprise guests to help him on a mission to save the Flash Family!
THE FLASH #799
Written by JEREMY ADAMS
Art by FERNANDO PASARIN and OCLAIR ALBERT
Cover by TAURIN CLARKE
Variant cover by MIKE PERKINS and MIKE SPICER
Variant cover by ETHAN YOUNG
1:25 variant cover by EDWIN GALMON
1:50 foil variant cover by TAURIN CLARKE
$3.99 US | 32 pages | $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 5/16/23
Uncovering the truth about what happened to their third child, Wally and team must infiltrate the dangerous compound known as the Nest in hopes of saving their newborn, while battling the formidable Granny Goodness!
THE JOKER: THE MAN WHO STOPPED LAUGHING #8
Written by MATTHEW ROSENBERG
Art and cover by CARMINE DI GIANDOMENICO
Backup art by FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA
Variant cover by FRANCESCO MATTINA
Variant cover by CLAY MANN
1:25 variant cover by IVAN TAO
$5.99 US | 40 pages | (all covers are card stock)
ON SALE 5/2/23
After getting hit by a train, the Joker awakens in the Gotham sewers, being cared for by…Solomon Grundy?! While his mind and body are recovering, the Clown Prince of Crime and his new sidekick learn they’re not the only monsters currently calling the sewers home! And the second Joker has set a course to find and destroy his alter ego…
TITANS #1
Written by TOM TAYLOR
Art and cover by NICOLA SCOTT
Variant cover by JIM LEE
Variant cover by JEN BARTEL
1:25 variant cover by DAN MORA
1:50 variant cover by SIMONE DI MEO
Blank variant cover
1:100 foil variant cover by NICOLA SCOTT
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 5/16/23
The Dark Crisis is over, and the Justice League is no more. Now, a new team must rise and protect the Earth…Titans, go!
The Teen Titans are ready to grow up. Each member joined as a much younger hero, certain that one day they’d be invited to join the Justice League. But the time has come for them not to join the League…but to replace it! Are the no-longer-teen heroes ready for the big leagues? Danger lurks around every corner as heroes and villains alike challenge the new team before they’ve even begun. Will the DCU ever be the same? Find out in this landmark first issue brought you by the all-star creative team of Tom Taylor (Nightwing, DCeased) and Nicola Scott (Wonder Woman Historia, Earth 2)!
Interlude.
This Titans series also get a new team logo.
The Titans and their new logo got the cover treatment for the DC Comics May 2023 solicitations as revealed in DC Connect #34.
End of Interlude.
UNSTOPPABLE DOOM PATROL #3
Written by DENNIS CULVER
Art and cover by CHRIS BURNHAM
Variant cover by MIKEL JANIN
1:25 variant cover by ALAN QUAH
$3.99 US | 32 pages | 3 of 6 | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 5/23/23
The Green Lanterns are in hot pursuit of the World’s Strangest Superheroes!
When a brand-new metahuman unwittingly becomes a galactic fugitive, Robotman and Negative Man embark on a cross-country road trip to save him! Cliff Steele may be the best driver in the DCU, but can he outrun its best GLs, Guy Gardner and Kyle Rayner?! Find out in the story we had to call “The Fast and the Nebulous”!
WILDC.A.T.S #7
Written by MATTHEW ROSENBERG
Art and cover by STEPHEN SEGOVIA
Variant cover by CLAY MANN
1:25 variant cover by CHUMA HILL
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 5/9/23
With his teammates thinking he’s dead, Grifter fights for his life in a future conquered by…the HALO Corporation?! It’s Grifter vs. the Void for the fate of an enslaved humanity!
WONDER WOMAN #799
Written by BECKY CLOONAN and MICHAEL W. CONRAD
Art by TERRY DODSON, PAULINA GANUCHEAU, and more!
Cover by YANICK PAQUETTE
Variant cover by RAHZZAH
Variant cover by TERRY DODSON and RACHEL DODSON
1:25 variant cover by CRIS DELARA
1:50 foil variant cover by YANICK PAQUETTE
$4.99 US | 40 pages | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 5/16/23
A landmark two-part celebration of Wonder Woman’s adventures begins, as an all-star lineup of creators asks, “Whatever happened to the Warrior of Truth?” After the events of Revenge of the Gods, Diana enters the caves of Themyscira’s Healing Island for a much-needed respite, but she emerges someplace unexpected…the fantastical dreams of her greatest allies and enemies!
The startling visions lead directly to next month’s Wonder Woman #800 and new twists in the saga of the Amazing Amazon!
Pulse Taking
That’s our top picks from DC Comics’ May 2023 solicitations, but what caught your eye from their offerings?
