DC Comics May 2018 Solicitations

[lordultimus]

source: Newsarama.com



JUSTICE LEAGUE: NO JUSTICE #1
Written by SCOTT SNYDER, JAMES TYNION IV and JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
Art and cover by FRANCIS MANAPUL
Retailers: Includes a code for a free digital download of this issue.
DARK NIGHTS: METAL left the DCU transformed in ways both terrifying and wondrous—and only the Justice League is strong enough to face the threats to come…or are they? Four giant beings comprised of the universe’s major energies—Mystery, Wonder, Wisdom and Entropy—who sustain their life force by devouring planets are on their way to destroy the planet of Colu. The only way to take down this unimaginable threat is for the superhero teams of Earth to forget everything they thought they knew and form new alliances.
What secrets of the cosmos will Superman, Martian Manhunter and Team Mystery discover? Will Zatanna, Wonder Woman and Team Wonder awaken alien magic they cannot put back to sleep? What can Harley Quinn possibly have to teach the rest of Team Wisdom? And most importantly…why the heck is Beast Boy on Team Entropy with Lobo and Batman? Find out all this and much more in the most exciting, bombastic event of summer 2018!
In this kickoff issue to the four-issue miniseries, after Brainiac systematically takes down all of Earth’s super-teams, the last thing the League expects is for him to ask for their help! Without their aid, his home planet and the universe are both doomed!
WRAPAROUND COVER • On sale MAY 9 • 32 pg, FC, 1 of 4 •$3.99 US • RATED T

JUSTICE LEAGUE: NO JUSTICE #2
Written by SCOTT SNYDER, JAMES TYNION IV and JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
Art by FRANCIS MANAPUL and MARCUS TO
Cover by FRANCIS MANAPUL
The teams arrive at Brainiac’s home world to find it already in chaos. Only by splitting up and journeying to the four cosmic trees of Colu will they have any hope of saving the planet…but what’s waiting for them will test the true mettle of their new alliances!
WRAPAROUND COVER • On sale MAY 16 • 32 pg, FC, 2 of 4 • $3.99 US • RATED T

JUSTICE LEAGUE: NO JUSTICE #3
Written by SCOTT SNYDER, JAMES TYNION IV and JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
Art by FRANCIS MANAPUL and MARCUS TO
Cover by FRANCIS MANAPUL
Starfire makes a crushing discovery, Beast Boy uncovers a shocking betrayal, and Cyborg and Wonder Woman are forced to make decisions that will have devastating repercussions for all four teams…and potentially for those they left behind on Earth.
WRAPAROUND COVER • On sale MAY 23 • 32 pg, FC, 3 of 4 • $3.99 US • RATED T

JUSTICE LEAGUE: NO JUSTICE #4
Written by SCOTT SNYDER, JAMES TYNION IV and JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
Art by FRANCIS MANAPUL and MARCUS TO
Cover by FRANCIS MANAPUL
The epic finale that everyone will be talking about! After the unimaginable happens, the DCU must band together to defend Earth from annihilation. Before the end, new alliances will be forged…and some heroes will be lost forever. Don’t miss the event that will set the stage for the Justice League in 2018 and beyond!
WRAPAROUND COVER • On sale MAY 30 • 32 pg, FC, 4 of 4 • $3.99 US • RATED T

DOOMSDAY CLOCK #5
Written by GEOFF JOHNS • Art and cover by GARY FRANK
Variant cover by GARY FRANK
Retailers: This issue will ship with two covers. Please see the order form for details.
The Comedian lives! The Mime and Marionette loose in Gotham City! Rorschach is locked in the bowels of Arkham Asylum! Secrets will be revealed as the Doomsday Clock ticks on...
On sale MAY 23 • 32 pg, FC, 5 of 12, $4.99 US • RATED T

HARLEY QUINN: HARLEY LOVES JOKER #1-2
Written by PAUL DINI • Art by BRET BLEVINS • Covers by AMANDA CONNER • Variant covers by FRANK CHO
Retailers: These issues will ship with two covers each. Please see the order form for details.
Paul Dini returns to the character he co-created to deliver the incredible two-issue wrap-up of the “Harley Loves Joker” flashback tale that ran as a backup in HARLEY QUINN last year! As far as The Joker’s concerned, the new headquarters Harley built for them is absolutely perfect...but only she knows the whole place is rigged to come crashing down around them—and she doesn’t know how to stop it!
And in the second and final issue in this two-issue miniseries, the Harley/Joker crime spree reaches an explosive crescendo—literally! Everything blows up—including, perhaps, their relationship...?
#1 on sale MAY 2 • #2 on sale MAY 16 • Each 32 pg, FC, 1 and 2 of 2, $3.99 US
RATED T+

NEW CHALLENGERS #1
Written by SCOTT SNYDER and AARON GILLESPIE
Art by ANDY KUBERT and KLAUS JANSON • Cover by ANDY KUBERT
From the pages of DARK NIGHTS: METAL! Challengers Mountain has returned to the DC Universe and chosen a new team of explorers! Five misfit strangers are given a second chance at life, but only if they obey the orders of the mysterious Professor and execute deadly missions in the most unexplored corners of the multiverse! And if the new Challengers of the Unknown fail…it will be more than just their own lives that hang in the balance!
On sale MAY 16 • 32 pg, FC, 1 of 6, $2.99 US • FOLDOUT COVER • RATED T

BATMAN #46
Written by TOM KING • Art by TONY S. DANIEL and SANDU FLOREA • Cover by TONY S. DANIEL • Variant cover by OLIVIER COIPEL
Retailers: This issue will ship with two covers. Please see the order form for details.
“THE TRAVELERS” part two! Booster Gold’s wedding present has screwed up Batman’s past, and done even more damage to his present. Now, with the Caped Crusader himself refusing to cooperate, the only way for Booster to correct this runaway timeline is to get Catwoman on his side. But with her own past altered, can he make Catwoman recognize the qualities in her husband-to-be that brought them together in the first place? Plus, if Batman isn’t doing his job, Gotham City may become way more dangerous than our bumbling time-traveler might be ready for.
On sale MAY 2 • • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T

BATMAN #47
Written by TOM KING • Art by TONY S. DANIEL and SANDU FLOREA • Cover by TONY S. DANIEL • Variant cover by OLIVIER COIPEL
Retailers: This issue will ship with two covers. Please see the order form for details.
“THE TRAVELERS” part three! As Booster Gold, Batman and Catwoman zero in on the time anomaly, what they find and their actions to correct it will have ramifications on all of the DC Universe. Tom King and Master Class artist Tony S. Daniel end their first story with a bang that will tee up the next big development in the Batman/Catwoman romance.
On sale MAY 16 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T

THE FLASH #46
Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON • Art by SCOTT KOLINS • Variant cover by DAVID FINCH and DANNY MIKI
Retailers: This issue will ship with two covers. Please see the order form for details.
“THE ROAD TO FLASH WAR!” Wally West is overwhelmed by fragments from his past! With his protégé’s psyche falling apart, Barry Allen races around the DCU calling in every favor possible to save his shattered family. Meanwhile, Hunter Zolomon’s sinister machinations tip over the first domino in what might prove to be the end of everything for The Flash!
On sale MAY 9 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T

THE FLASH #47
Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON • Art and cover by HOWARD PORTER • Variant cover by DAVID FINCH and DANNY MIKI
Retailers: This issue will ship with two covers. Please see the order form for details.
“FLASH WAR” part one! Barry Allen and Wally West…at war?! The long-rising tension between mentor and former sidekick is brought to a head when the Renegades of the 25th century come to claim Iris West for the murder of Eobard Thawne…but that’s only the beginning of a plot that will change the future of The Flash forever! By the end, it will be Flash versus Flash in a mythology-shaking event!
On sale MAY 23 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T

WONDER WOMAN #46
Written by JAMES ROBINSON • Art by STEPHEN SEGOVIA • Cover by EMANUELA LUPACCHINO • Variant cover by JENNY FRISON
Retailers: This issue will ship with two covers. Please see the order form for details.
“The Dark Gods” part one! In the wake of DARK NIGHTS: METAL, new secrets of the cosmos have been revealed and taken form...and though she doesn’t know it yet, Wonder Woman is at the center of their plans!
On sale MAY 9 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T

WONDER WOMAN #47
Written by JAMES ROBINSON • Art by STEPHEN SEGOVIA • Cover by EMANUELA LUPACCHINO • Variant cover by JENNY FRISON
Retailers: This issue will ship with two covers. Please see the order form for details.
“The Dark Gods” part two! Wonder Woman seeks answers from the Greek pantheon about the strange new beings barreling towards Earth —but can she convince her creators not to abandon their creation?
On sale MAY 23 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T

WONDER WOMAN ANNUAL #2
Written by JAMES ROBINSON
Art by MARC LAMING
Cover by YASMINE PUTRI
Retailers: Includes a code for a free digital download of this issue.
“Star Light”! An enormous, divine threat has the Star Sapphires in its sights—and only Wonder Woman can protect them! She’s wielded their ring before, but the Corps has changed since then...is even their combined power enough to stop a god?
On sale MAY 30 • 48 pg, FC • $4.99 US • RATED T

Comments

[lucean]

I'm kind of intrigued that they are running the No Justice event in a month. It is also somewhat weird that their whole new universe setup seems to be completely ignoring Johns's Doomsday Clock. Not complaining, just thinking that it is weird.

Also, I am so not in to the Flash War thing. Especially since even the solicitations seem to imply that Barry is completely in the right there.

[shakalooloo]

The 'in-universe' duration of Doomsday Clock isn't very long (certainly not the year plus it'll take for the whole thing to be published!) and Johns has stated that the big changes it makes are set to ripple across the DCU when the twelfth issue hits, and everything catches up. How that'g going to work now that the schedule has slowed down, I don't know.

[thanekos]

" The only hope [Michael Cray] has to reclaim his mind and his life may come from his next target: a brilliant scientist in London who’s equal parts Nikola Tesla, Hannibal Lecter and Aleister Crowley…Dr. John Constantine! "

Nice swerve in the pattern.

[kamino_neko]

Well, I was considering dropping Michael Cray since it was getting predictable, but THIS I have to see...

[mastermahan]

Seriously. "The Justice League, but evil" has been around since the Squadron Sinister in the '60s (and probably even before that), but I can't say I recall an evil Constantine. Well played, Ellis.

[arilou_skiff]

Insert "Isnt evil Constantine just Constantine?" joke here.

[beyondthefringe]

"Four giant beings comprised of the universe’s major energies—Mystery, Wonder, Wisdom and Entropy—who sustain their life force by devouring planets are on their way to destroy the planet of Colu. "

So.... 4 x Galactus if he was a picky eater.
Gotcha. Sounds real fresh and original on paper. :)