COUNTDOWN 39-35
Story by Paul Dini, breakdowns by Keith Giffen, covers 39-36 by Shane Davis and Matt Banning, cover 35 by J.G. Jones.
39 script by Sean McKeever; art by J. Calafiore.
38 script by Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray; art by Jesus Saiz.
37 script by Adam Beechen; art by David Lopez.
36 script by Tony Bedard; art by J. Calafiore.
35 script by Sean McKeever; art by Manuel Garcia.
The action ratchets up across five issues in August guest-starring Zatanna, the Teen Titans, the JLA, Poison Ivy, the Penguin, the Atom and more! Karate Kid ventures to Oracle for answers. Jimmy Olsen attempts to join not one but two exclusive clubs. Mary Marvel falls deeper into temptation. And Donna Troy and Jason Todd journey into the Nanoverse!
Plus, starting in Countdown 38, a series of backup stories recounting the origins of DC's greatest villians, written by Scott Beatty.
32 pages, in stores on August 1, August 8, August 15 and August 22, $2.99.
COUNTDOWN TO ADVENTURE #1
Written by Adam Beechen and Justin Gray, art by Eddy Barrows, Fabrizio Fiorentino and Julio Ferreira, cover by Ivan Reis and Oclair Albert.
Flying out of the pages of 52, it's Adam Strange, Starfire and Animal Man in an explosive new series! Now that they've returned to their respective homes, where do they go from here? Find out what the future holds for these heroes in the DCU!
And in the 8-page backup, from the pages of Countdown, it's a tale of Forerunner! Find out more about this awesome new character and her relationship with the Monitors.
48 pages, $3.99, in stores on August 29.
ACTION COMICS #853-854
Written by Kurt Busiek, art and cover by Brad Walker and John Livesay
The Countdown tie-in trilogy continues with the Kryptonite Man on the loose, Mr. Action on the prowl and Superman on the ropes! Plus, a certain long-lost superdog returns...but what does fate hold for Jimmy Olsen?
And in Action Comics #854, it's a desperate battle for Superman, a turning point for Jimmy Olsen, and a deadly radioactive threat for Metropolis! Will Mr. Action live or die? And what will the future hold for Krypto? Plus: giant monkey!
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on August 1 and August 15.
CO Notes: Look below for yet another Action Comics issue in August, in the Superman section.
THE ALL-NEW ATOM #14
Written by Gail Simone, art by Mike Norton and Trevor Scott, cover by Ladronn.
Part 3 of "The Hunt for Ray Palmer," tying into Countdown! Ryan Choi, Donna Troy, Jason Todd and Bob the Monitor continue to search the Nanoverse for Ray Palmer -- and the travelers find themselves in what some might call...Heaven.
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on August 1.
CATWOMAN #70
Written by Will Pfeifer, art by David Lopez and Alvaro Lopez, cover by Adam Hughes.
An Amazons Attack tie-in! Catwoman's on the run and undercover. Batman chose her to infiltrate a new player in the Amazons' war on the U.S., but with her life in shambles, can she be trusted?
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on August 15.
AMAZONS ATTACK #5-6
Written by Will Pfeifer, art and covers by Pete Woods.
The war comes to a shocking finale as Amazons Attack ships twice in August! Alliances fall to the wayside as fractures emerge in all sides of the conflict. Catwoman goes undercover to discover why a second threat has appeared on the field of battle; the rest of the heroes face a shocking new force aligning with the Amazons; and as the fatalities pile up on the Amazon side, Hippolyta's grasp on the throne may be slipping.
And in issue #6, it's all-out carnage and mayhem as all factions in the war fight the final battle! Wonder Woman takes on Hippolyta in a duel that can have only one outcome; the true reasons behind the war are discovered; and the gods make their presence known in a terrible way! Change is afoot in the DCU, and some big changes are about to happen here!
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on August 15 and August 29.
SUPERGIRL #20
Written by Tony Bedard, art by Renato Guedes and Jose Wilson Magalhaes, cover by Bernad Chang.
An Amazons Attack tie-in! Amid the carnage of war, Supergirl learns a terrible lesson that will follow her the rest of her days. She took matters into her own hands in Amazons Attack #4, only to have her plan blow up in her face. Now shaken to her very core, Supergirl must battle through guilt and Amazons alike!
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on August 1.
WONDER WOMAN #12
Written by J. Torres, art by Paco Diaz, cover by Terry Dodson and Rachel Dodson.
An Amazon Attacks tie-in. As the Amazon war reaches a climax, Wonder Woman begins a desperate search for a missing comrade whose fate is inextricably tied to the future of Special Agent Diana Prince!
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on August 29.
ALL-NEW BOOSTER GOLD #1
Written by Geoff Johns and Jeff Katz, art and cover by Dan Jurgens and Norm Rapmund.
Exploding from the pages of 52 and exploring the timeline of the DC Universe comes a new monthly book featuring the greatest super-hero history will never know: Booster Gold!
Following the universe altering conclusion of 52, Booster Gold wants what's due to him -- a spot on the Justice League of America! But the time stream's in trouble, and Booster Gold is in the center of it! Now he must make a choice: reclaim his former glory or do the right thing, forgoing the credit. All-New Booster Gold will take you through time and space, to the greatest moments of the DCU that have happened and will happen.
"52 Pick-Up" begins in this extra-sized issue #1! Someone is exploiting the ravaged time stream, hoping to eliminate the world's greatest heroes -- and only Booster Gold can stop them. But, really -- Booster Gold? Why him? What does Rip Hunter truly want? And what shocking figure is behind it all?
And coming up in the months ahead in DC's time spanning monthly: the world's greatest Green Lantern -- Sinestro, Jonah Hex, Barbara "Batgirl" Gordon, Flash and Kid Flash, and plenty more of DC's super stars from throughout its past and future!
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on August 15.
BLACK ADAM: THE DARK AGE #1
Written by Peter J. Tomasi, art by Doug Mahnke, Norm Rapmund and Christian Alamy, cover by Mahnke, variant cover by Alex Ross.
Spinning out of the weekly series 52 comes an epic 8-issue mini-series that follows Black Adam, the new über-villain of the DCU!
With the power of the gods stripped from him, Teth-Adam is on a quest to find not only the magical word that will restore him as Black Adam, but also the one thing that always kept his heart from turning completely black with rage.
Black Adam is a man responsible for the deaths of thousands of Bialyan citizens and wide spread destruction across the globe. He is a man on the run from Earth's heroes, who want to see him brought to justice. Some want him tried before a world court, while others want retribution; to exact a pound of flesh for the lives he has snuffed out. And some simply want him dead as quickly and as quietly as possible.
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on August 8.
52 AFTERMATH: THE FOUR HORSEMEN
Written by Keith Giffen, art by Pat Olliffe and Drew Geraci, cover by Olliffe.
"They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth."
-- Revelations Chapter 6
A special one-shot. From the ashes of devastated Bialya they rise again in the Four Horsemen -- War, Pestilence, Famine, Death -- living embodiments of the Dread Ages of Apokolips. Freed from thrall to the mad geniuses who first summoned them, the Horsemen look to their own dark ambition, to remake the Earth in their image -- and only the combined might of Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman can stop them!
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on August 29.
OUTSIDERS: FIVE OF A KIND -- WEEK 1: NIGHTWING/BOOMERANG
Written by Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina Weir, art and cover by Freddie Williams II.
Five of a Kind -- five issues, five top creative teams, one team-up per week, as Batman takes control of the Outsiders by using these adventures to pick his new lineup!
In Week 1: Nightwing/Boomerang, Batman's first vote is cast! The two Outsiders with just one thing in common -- a troubled relationship to the Dark Knight -- must reconcile their differences to go up against Chemo!
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on August 1.
OUTSIDERS: FIVE OF A KIND -- WEEK 2: KATANA/SHAZAM
Written by Mike W. Barr, art by Kevin Sharpe and Robin Riggs, cover by Cliff Chiang.
Batman's Week 2 vote! The souls of long-dead criminals roam the earth, forcing Tatsu Yamashiro to risk her own life by entering the realm to which she condemned them with her Soulsword! She'll need the help of the DCU's most powerful magical guardian -- but can the power of Shazam prevail while confined to the Rock of Eternity?
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on August 8.
OUTSIDERS: FIVE OF A KIND -- WEEK 3: THUNDER/MARTIAN MANHUNTER
Written by Tony Bedard, art and cover by Koi Turnbull and Art Thibert.
Batman's Week 3 vote, tying into Countdown! Black Lightning's daughter and the Last Martian investigate a mystery at the center of the earth -- but the mystery only deepens when they find a New God on the run!
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on August 15.
OUTSIDERS: FIVE OF A KIND -- WEEK 4: METAMORPHO/AQUAMAN
Written by G. Willow Wilson, art and cover by Joshua Middleton.
Batman's Week 4 vote! International war is brewing over an ocean under the Sahara, and when Metamorpho and Aquaman intervene, they find it's also the home turf of another elemental who's got the Orb of Ra. If the deadliest foe is your heart's desire, they may have no chance!
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on August 22.
OUTSIDERS: FIVE OF A KIND -- WEEK 5: GRACE/WONDER WOMAN
Written by Marc Andreyko, art by Cliff Richards and Art Thibert, cover by Christian Alamy.
Batman's Week 5 vote, tying into Amazons Attack1 The shocking aftermath of the Amazons' assault on Washington, D.C. forces an unlikely alliance between two-fisted Grace Choi and the Amazonian princess as they team up to find a time bomb like no other hidden in America's heartland!
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on August 29.
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SUPERMAN TITLES
ALL STAR SUPERMAN #9
Written by Grant Morrison, art by Frank Quitely and Jamie Grant, cover by Quitely.
Perils loom as Superman faces the strangest of adversaries.
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on August 22.
ACTION COMICS #855
Written by Geoff Johns and Richard Donner, art and cover by Eric Powell.
"Escape from Bizarro World," a 3-part story. Last seen in Action Comics #845, Bizarro returns to kidnap one of the most important people in Superman's life. But what does the twisted, ersatz Man of Steel want? The only way to find out is to travel to the enemy's home: Bizarro World!
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on August 29.
SUPERMAN #666
Written by Kurt Busiek, art and cover by Walter Simonson.
Superman goes to Hell -- literally -- during the most nightmarish adventure of his heroic career, and a dread portent of that which may be coming! Who, or what, is "The Beast from Krypton"? Featuring the Phantom Stranger, Zatanna, the Demon and a host of other DC superstars from Wonder Woman to Animal Man.
48 pages, $3.99, in stores on August 8.
SUPERMAN/BATMAN #39
Written by Alan Burnett, art and cover by Dustin Nguyen and Derek Fridolfs.
Part 3 of "Torment." Superman's gone crazy, Batman's using Boom Tubes, and the Parademons are up to no good. Darkseid must be up to something!
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on August 15.
SUPERMAN CONFIDENTIAL #7
Written by Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray, art and cover by Koi Turnbull and Sandra Hope.
An early adventure of Superman. The fate of Metropolis is at stake when Superman gets mixed up with Lori Lemaris!
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on August 29.
THE ORIGINAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF COMIC-BOOK HEROES VOL. 3: SUPERMAN
Written by Michael L. Fleisher, art by various.
Everything you ever wanted to know about DC's Man of Steel can be found in this in-depth volume, brought back into print for the first time in 30 years! Originally published in 1978, this comprehensive volume includes every fact you could want to know about Superman!
528 pages, $19.99, in stores on Sept. 12.
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JOHNNY DC TITLES
THE BATMAN STRIKES: DUTY CALLS TP
Written Bill Matheny and J. Torres, art by Christopher Jones and Terry Beatty, cover by Jeff Matsuda.
A new full size collection featuring The Batman Strikes #11-14 and #16-18! The all-ages stories in The Batman Strikes: Duty Calls feature the Dark Knight defending Gotham City against a who's who of his famous foes, including The Joker, the Penguin, Bane, Catwoman, Clayface, The Riddler and more!
144 pages, $12.99, in stores on Sept. 12.
THE BATMAN STRIKES! #36
Written by Josh Elder, art by Christopher Jones and Terry Beatty, cover by Sanford Greene and Nathan Massengill.
Gearhead's turning Gotham City into a gigantic demolition derby! Batman's going to need all the help he can get, even if that means letting Batgirl get behind the wheel of the Batmobile!
32 pages, $2.25, in stores on August 8.
JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED #36
Written by Simon Spurrier, art by Min S. Ku and Jeff Albrecht, cover by Zach Howard.
The Question is on the trail again, and this time he's investigating the entire Justice League!
32 pages, $2.25, in stores on August 1.
THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES IN THE 31ST CENTURY #5
Written by J. Torres, art by Alexander Serra, cover by Steve Uy.
Whoever said "lightning never strikes twice" never met Lightning Lad! What starts as a friendly challenge turns into the storm of the century under Emerald Empress's watchful Eye, pitting Superman against Lightning Lad for the fate of the Legion!
32 pages, $2.25, in stores on August 15.
TEEN TITANS GO! #46
Written by J. Torres, art by Mike Norton and Lary Stucker, cover by Todd Nauck.
Introducing...Wildfire! It's a family reunion when Starfire's long lost brother is found and visits Earth. But will he turn out to be a friend to the Titans like Starfire, or more of a foe like Blackfire?
32 pages, $2.25, in stores on August 29.
CARTOON NETWORK ACTION PACK #16
Written by by Robbie Busch, Sholly Fisch and Tom Warburton, art by by Matt Peters, Ethen Beavers, Dan Davis, Mike DeCarlo and the Iguana, cover by Travis Kotzebue and DeCarlo.
Hang on, Ben! It's high adventure on the open road! Plus, Samurai Jack and the Kids Next Door!
32 pages, $2.25, in stores on August 8.
CARTOON NETWORK BLOCK PARTY #36
Written by Scott Cunningham and Amy Rogers, art by Christopher Cook and Phil Moy, cover by Robert Pope and Mike DeCarlo.
After Bloo meets a cool biker dude, he wants to copy him by getting a tattoo of Mac to show the world who his best friend is! Too bad Mac doesn't want to return the favor.
32 pages, $2.25, in stores on August 29.
LOONEY TUNES #153
Written by Earl Kress, art by Omar Aranda and Alberto Saichann, cover by Scott Jeralds.
Special issue! The Evil Scientist has kidnapped the Looney Tunes and is going to show them their ancestors. Find out why when you play the Looney Tunes: Acme Arsenal video game!
32 pages, $2.25, in stores on August 1.
SCOOBY-DOO #123
Written by Robbie Busch, Scott Cunningham, Sholly Fisch and Darryl Kravitz, art by Scott Jeralds, Scott Neely and Robert Pope, cover by Pope and Scott McRae.
It's August and there might be nothing scarier than going back to ghoul! But with the Scoobs at the head of the class, you can bet monsters and mayhem are about to get schooled!
32 pages, $2.25, in stores on August 22.
MAD #481
Written and illustrated by The Usual Gang of Idiots
The Usual Gang of Idiots deliver the late-summer laughs, with a bevy of spoofs and parodies!
48 pages, black and white, $3.99, in stores on August 1.
MAD CLASSICS #17
Written and illustrated by The Usual Gang of Idiots.
A jam-packed new issue of MAD Classics, featuring the Best of the Web, MAD Marginals, Reader's Choice picks and much more!
64 pages, black and white, $4.99, in stores on August 8.
