DC Comics and October 2021 Solicitations Spoilers follows.
Nightwing, Red Hood, Tim Drake, Damian Wayne and Cassandra Cain Batgirl Out From Under Batman’s Robin Sidekick Roles! Plus Task Force Z!
Solicitations and covers below.
NIGHTWING #85
Written by TOM TAYLOR
Pencils and inks by ROBBI RODRIGUEZ
Cover by BRUNO REDONDO
$3.99 US | 32 PAGES
Variant by JAMAL CAMPBELL
$4.99 US (Card Stock)
ON SALE 10/19/21
Babs takes the Anti-Oracle attack on her Oracle Network personally, and she suits up as Batgirl, accompanying Nightwing and Tim Drake to track down who is responsible. But with fear consuming the streets of Gotham, Batgirl and Nightwing accidentally get hit with something that reveals their deepest fears…and it involves each other.
TASK FORCE Z #1
Story by MATTHEW ROSENBERG
Pencils by EDDY BARROWS
Inks by EBER FERREIRA
Cover by EDDY BARROWS
$3.99 US | 32 PAGES
Variant cover by TYLER KIRKHAM
1:25 Variant by DAN MORA
Retailer Team variant cover by RODOLFO MIGLIARI
1:50 Arkham Knight Variant by KYLE HOTZ
1:100 Mono-Chrome Variant by KYLE HOTZ
$4.99 US (Card Stock)
ON SALE 10/26/21
In life, they’ve terrorized the people of Gotham. Now, they are Gotham’s last hope.
Task Force X saw villains working their way to freedom. Task Force Z will see dead villains working for a new chance at life!
On A-DAY, the attack on Arkham Asylum left hundreds of Gotham’s most cunning and deranged criminals dead…now, a mysterious benefactor has activated the government’s TASK FORCE clause to bring them back as the ultimate army of the night! To lead this team of the undead, only a person who knows exactly what it feels like to be brutally murdered and brought back to life can handle the job…enter: RED HOOD. But when Jason Todd unravels the mystery surrounding Task Force Z’s creation, will he try to destroy it…or embrace it?
BANE. MAN-BAT. THE ARKHAM KNIGHT. SUNDOWNER. MR. BLOOM. RED HOOD. THEY ARE TASK FORCE Z, AND DEATH WAS JUST THE BEGINNING…!
FUTURE STATE: GOTHAM #6
Writers: JOSHUA WILLIAMSON and DENNIS CULVER
Artist: GIANNIS MILONOGIANNIS
Cover: SIMONE DI MEO
Variant Cover: ROSE BESCH
$3.99 US | 32 PGS | B&W | $4.99 US VARIANT (Card Stock)
ON SALE 10/12/21
“Hunt the Batman” reaches its penultimate chapter!
ALL OUT WAR! Jason Todd, now known as PEACEKEEPER RED, must join forces with THE NEXT BATMAN to defeat the NEW supervillain WARMONGER. The only thing standing in their way is every cop and Peacekeeper inside Magistrate Headquarters!
ROBIN #7
Writer: JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
Artist: GLEB MELNIKOV
Cover: SIMONE DI MEO
Variant Cover: FRANCIS MANAPUL
$3.99 US | 32 PGS | $4.99 US VARIANT (Card Stock)
ON SALE 10/26/21It was the smooch heard ‘round the world…and it’s the one thing Damian Wayne DIDN’T see coming his way in the Lazarus Tournament! As Robin battles for the secrets of eternal life against the deadliest killers on the planet, can he—will he—DARE HE—survive…a girlfriend?
BATMAN #115
Written by JAMES TYNION IV
Pencils and inks by JORGE JIMÉNEZ
Back-up written by BECKY CLOONAN
and MICHAEL W. CONRAD
Back-up pencils and inks by JORGE CORONA
Cover by JORGE JIMÉNEZ
$4.99 US | 40 PAGES
Variant by JORGE MOLINA
1:25 Ratio Variant by ARIST DEYN
US $5.99 (Both Covers Card Stock)
ON SALE 10/19/21
Batman and Miracle Molly are all that stands between Gotham City and absolute insanity! But an unhinged Simon Saint brings all the resources of the Magistrate to bear on the Dark Knight…is victory at hand for the Scarecrow?
Back-Up: Batgirls Cassandra Cain and Stephanie Brown have each other’s backs no matter what—even if it means punching some Magistrate soldier butt, and putting an even bigger target on their backs. Meanwhile, a mysterious Anti-Oracle character finally makes contact directly with Babs and has a few things to say about the unethical nature of Oracle’s powers, and what they think should be done about it.
TEEN TITANS ACADEMY #8
Writer: TIM SHERIDAN
Artist: RAFA SANDOVAL
Cover: RAFA SANDOVAL
Variant Cover: PHILIP TAN
$3.99 US | 32 PGS | $4.99 US VARIANT (Card Stock)
ON SALE 10/26/21It’s Halloween at the Academy! That means homecoming is fast approaching! With the freshmen excited about getting in touch with their spooky sides, the faculty, again, grapples with the scary threat posed by their rogue student, the mysterious Red X. Luckily, this time, the Titans have help from some old friends who have, at long last, come home…
TITANS UNITED #2
Writer: CAVAN SCOTT
Artists: JOSE LUIS and JONAS TRINDADE
Cover: JAMAL CAMPBELL
Variant Cover: KAEL NGU
$3.99 US | 32 PGS | 2 of 7 | $4.99 US VARIANT (Card Stock)
ON SALE 10/12/21Guest-Starring Hawk and Dove!
The Titans uncover a plot against them. Someone has been stealing their powers, but who? And what has it got to do with Superboy? Guest-starring Hawk and Dove.
