Top 20 DC Comics Solicitations Spoilers With Jokers, Batmen, Supermen, A Wonder Woman, Titans and More!
Among the DC Comics full September 2023 solicits we picked out our Top 20. Do you agree or disagree with the picks?
The Top 20
We open with a ten titles that we’ve already teased:
- Batman/Catwoman: The Gotham War: Battle Lines #1
- Batman and Robin #1
- Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #19
- Birds of Prey #1
- Green Arrow #4
- Power Girl #1
- Shazam #4
- Titans #3
- Tales of the Titans #3
- World’s Finest: Teen Titans #3
Some deeper dives and links to the teases follow starting with Batman/Catwoman: The Gotham War: Battle Lines #1 that kicks off the big Bat-Book event to end 2023.
Batman and Robin #1 with father and son reunited after their literal war.
Batman / Superman: World’s Finest #19 and its seeming last issue set in the past.
Then we have a new series kicks off with a new look for key super-heroines Birds of Prey #1.
Green Arrow #4 with the return of Parallax!
The launch of a new series with Power Girl #1 with no Justice Society of America (JSA)… yet.
Shazam #3 with Billy Batson still having his super-powers betray him as they world thinks he’s no longer stable or the side of the angels.
Plus a trio of Titans titles in Titans #3, Tales of the Titans #3 and World’s Finest: Teen Titans #3 exploring the present and past of theses super-heroes and super-heroines.
Now another ten titles with full solicitations, main cover and variant covers to follow.
BATMAN INCORPORATED #12
Written by ED BRISSON
Art and cover by JOHN TIMMS
Variant cover by MICHELE BANDINI
1:25 variant cover by STEPHEN SEGOVIA
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 9/12/23
Batman Incorporated no more? As the Joker Incorporated storyline comes to its bloody conclusion, Batman Incorporated is left divided. They’ve crossed lines they swore they never would in the name of protecting the innocent. Now they’re left to cope with the fallout. They may have won the battle, but did Joker win the war?
BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #5
Written by TOM KING, ED BRISSON, ROB WILLIAMS
Art by MITCH GERADS, JEFF SPOKES, STEFANO LANDINI, JORGE FORNES
Cover by SIMONE DI MEO
Variant covers by SAREN STONE and BEN OLIVER
1:25 variant cover by GONI MONTES
$7.99 US | 64 pages | Prestige | (all covers are card stock)
ON SALE 9/26/23
The shocking finale to the horrific, groundbreaking first encounter between Batman and The Joker will leave you gasping for breath. The origin of the greatest duel in the history of comics is finally told!
Stormwatch is on the trail of an old god who’s been slumming his way across Europe, leaving a mess of jilted lovers and bloody bodies in his wake. The god is protecting a powerful weapon that the team needs to defeat one of their greatest adversaries—a weapon he’s sworn to protect with his life!
Emilia Harcourt is back from the dead thanks to…Amanda Waller?! A shocking tale that will have huge ramifications for the Dawn of DC by Rob Williams and Stefano Landini!
Ed Brisson and Jorge Fornés bring an epic story to the pages of Batman Black & White!
DANGER STREET #9
Written by TOM KING
Art and cover by JORGE FORNES
Variant cover by WALTER SIMONSON
$4.99 US | 40 pages | 9 of 12 | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 9/12/23
A true joust the likes of which has not been seen since medieval times! Both knights, noble in their quest, are ready to do whatever it takes to bring honor to their sigil. Witness Manhunter and Codename: Assassin fight to the death in a match of wits and stamina as the life of the Commodore and the universe hang in the balance!
FIRE & ICE: WELCOME TO SMALLVILLE #1
Written by JOANNE STARER
Art by NATACHA BUSTOS
Variant cover by DAVID NAKAYAMA
Variant cover by JEN BARTEL
1:25 variant by KEVIN MAGUIRE
1:50 variant by AMANDA CONNER
Special Foil variant cover by DAVID NAKAYAMA ($6.99 US)
$3.99 US | 32 pages | 1 of 6 | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 9/5/23
Things could not possibly be worse for Fire and Ice, in Beatriz da Costa’s professional opinion. Superman sent the former Justice Leaguers packing for Smallville following an extremely public and utterly disastrous mission (that was all Guy Gardner’s fault, thank you very much) and in doing so doomed them to a fate worse than death: irrelevance.
Ice finds herself drawn to the quiet life and dreams of planting roots. But Fire…well, Fire will do just about anything to get the heck outta Dodge and back on the hero circuit—including challenging the DCU’s biggest villains to a knock-down, drag-out, live-streamed brawl in the streets of Smallville!
A raucous, timely, unflinching comedy about a decades-long friendship on the brink of disaster and what it means to be a superhero at a crossroads in your life, Fire & Ice: Welcome to Smallville reintroduces the iconic duo to the Dawn of DC, in a series from rising star Joanne Starer (The Gimmick, Sirens of the City) and Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur co-creator Natacha Bustos!
THE FLASH #1
Written by SI SPURRIER
Art by MIKE DEODATO JR.
Cover by MIKE DEODATO JR. and TRISH MULVIHILL
Variant covers by MIKE DEODATO JR. and DAN MORA
1:25 variant cover by RILEY ROSSMO
1:50 variant cover by JAMES HARREN
1:100 variant cover by MATT TAYLOR
Special foil variant cover by RAHZZAH ($7.99 US)
Creator Cover variant by ROSE BESCH
Blank sketch cover
$4.99 US | 40 pages | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 9/26/23
Wally West has never been quicker, more fulfilled, more heroic. His loving family is around him. And yet something is off. Very off.
His evolving understanding of his powers has opened Wally to new avenues of sci-fi adventure and attuned his senses to strange new ideas. Something whispers from the dark vibrations beyond the Speed Force, and as Wally experiments with creative new approaches to his powers he encounters new realms, mysterious allies, and mind-shattering terrors.
A new era for the Scarlet Speedster begins now from the team of Si Spurrier (Coda, Damn Them All) and Mike Deodato Jr. (Avengers).
THE JOKER: THE MAN WHO STOPPED LAUGHING #10
Written by MATTHEW ROSENBERG
Art and cover by CARMINE DI GIANDOMENICO
Backup art by FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA
Variant covers by FRANCESCO MATTINA and RICCARDO FEDERICI
1:25 variant cover by FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA
$5.99 US | 40 pages | (all covers are card stock)
ON SALE 9/5/23
What are dark, red, and not safe for anyone? The streets of Gotham as the battle of The Jokers begins. The good news for the people of Gotham is that someone is going to finally put an end to The Joker’s reign of terror. The bad news is that person will also be The Joker!
SUPERMAN #6
Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
Art by GLEB MELNIKOV
Cover by JAMAL CAMPBELL
Variant covers by LEE BERMEJO and TIAGO DA SILVA
1:25 variant cover by ALEX SAVIUK
1:50 wraparound variant cover by GLEB MELNIKOV
Creator Cover variant by ROSE BESCH
Blank sketch cover
Costume acetate cover by MIKEL JANIN ($6.99 US)
$4.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 9/19/23
“THE CHAINED PART ONE!”
Following the shocking cliffhanger of Superman #5 and the events of Knight Terrors, Superman has learned that Lex Luthor kept a prisoner beneath Stryker’s Island for decades. Who are they and why did Lex lock them up? Can Superman unlock the secrets of the Chained?
Featuring guest artist Gleb Melnikov!
UNSTOPPABLE DOOM PATROL #6
Written by DENNIS CULVER
Art and cover by CHRIS BURNHAM
Variant cover by MIKEL JANÍN
1:25 variant cover by ALAN QUAH
$3.99 US | 32 pages | 6 of 7 | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 9/26/23
General Immortus launches his attack against the Doom Patrol right in the heart of their home base, the Shelter!
Caught off guard, the team must stop the general’s army from killing all of the metahumans they’ve sworn to protect. Fortunately, they won’t have to do it alone, as the all-new Flex Force rises to help them!
But is this the real threat or merely a diversion? Only Immortus knows for sure!
WILDC.A.T.S #11
Written by MATTHEW ROSENBERG
Art and cover by STEPHEN SEGOVIA
Variant cover by LEIRIX
1:25 variant cover by MIKE BOWDEN
Creator Cover variant by ROSE BESCH
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 9/12/23
The ’Cats are hated, hunted, and humanity’s last hope, but can anyone stand against the might of HALO? As one member betrays the team, another will fall.
WONDER WOMAN #1
Written by TOM KING
Art and cover by DANIEL SAMPERE
Variant covers by STANLEY “ARTGERM” LAU and JULIAN TOTINO TEDESCO
1:25 variant cover by MATTEO SCALERA
1:50 variant cover by MIKEL JANIN
1:100 variant cover by DANIEL SAMPERE
Special foil variant cover by CHRIS BACHALO ($7.99 US)
Creator Cover variant by ROSE BESCH
Blank sketch cover
$4.99 US | 40 pages | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 9/19/23
After a mysterious Amazonian is accused of mass murder, Congress passes the Amazon Safety Act, barring all Amazons from U.S. soil. To carry out their plans, the government starts a task force, the Amazon Extradition Entity (A.X.E.), to remove those who don’t comply, by any means necessary.
Now, in her search for the truth behind the killing, Wonder Woman finds herself an outlaw in the world she once swore to protect!
Writer Tom King (Batman, Mister Miracle, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow) and superstar artist in the making Daniel Sampere (Dark Crisis, Action Comics) join forces for this action-packed relaunch and the beginning of what will undoubtedly become a groundbreaking run on the character.
Pulse Taking
That’s our top picks from DC Comics’ September 2023 solicitations, but what caught your eye from their offerings?
