Sandbox/September 2015 Solicits
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Aquaman
Aquaman #44
- Writer: Cullen Bunn
- Art: Trevor McCarthy
- Cover: Trevor McCarthy
- Variant Cover: Fancis Manapul (Green Lantern Variant)
- Cover Date: Nov 2015
- 32 pages, $3.99
- Order Code: JUL15 0205
- Variant Cover Order Code: JUL15 0206
- Release Date: 23 Sep 2015
The relationship of Mera and Arthur is on the rocks. After all, Mera wants Aquaman dead. Now, the estranged lovers are about to meet face to face. Is a reconciliation in the works?
Other Aquaman Appearances
Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Four #9
- Writer: Brian Buccellato
- Art: Bruno Redondo and Juan Albarran
- Cover: Tom Raney
- Cover Date: Nov 2015
- 32 pages, $2.99
- Order Code: JUL15 0218
- Release Date: 02 Sep 2015
- Digital First
Battle rages on Themyscira, where Poseidon is about to sink the entire island! Wonder Woman feels betrayed by Superman’s part in this plot, and the Man of Steel begins to question his own role in this game of the gods. But an old enemy may prove to be an ally in the battle against Poseidon when Aquaman reenters the fray.
Justice League
Justice League
Justice League #44
- Writer: Geoff Johns
- Art: Jason Fabok
- Cover: Jason Fabok
- Variant Cover: Ivan Reis and Joe Prado (Green Lantern Variant)
- Cover Date: Nov 2015
- 32 pages, $3.99
- Order Code: JUL15 0202
- Variant Cover Order Code: JUL15 0203
- Release Date: 16 Sep 2015
Darkseid versus Anti-Monitor! A corrupted Superman versus Lex Luthor! Myrina Black versus Grail! This chapter of "Darkseid War" has it all - plus an ending that will change the League forever!
Justice League of America
Justice League of America #4
- Writer: Bryan Hitch
- Art: Bryan Hitch and Daniel Henriques
- Cover: Bryan Hitch
- Variant Cover: Alex Garner (Green Lantern Variant)
- Cover Date: Nov 2015
- 32 pages, $3.99
- Order Code: JUL15 0200
- Green Lantern Variant Cover Order Code: JUL15 0201
- Release Date: 02 Sep 2015
As The Flash struggles to get back to the present, the rest of the team regroups for a rematch against the overwhelming forces of the Church of Rao. And, as foreshadowed in issue #1, they must also consider how to prevent the seemingly inevitable death of Superman!
Other Aqua-character Appearances
Mera
DC Comics Bombshells #2
- Writer: Marguerite Bennett
- Art: Bilquis Evely and Stephen Mooney
- Cover: Ant Lucia
- Variant Cover: Kevin Wada (1:25)
- Cover Date: Nov 2015
- 40 pages, $3.99
- Order Code: JUL15 0212
- Release Date: 02 Sep 2015
Wonder Woman defies her mother’s orders and attempts to break Captain Steve Trevor out of his prison cell on Themyscira. But to accomplish this, she’s going to summon a little help from the deep in the form of Mera, Princess of Atlanta. Meanwhile, in Russia, two new heroes are about to be created to serve the Soviet Union: Supergirl and Stargirl!
Justice League United #13
- Writer: Jeff Parker
- Art: Paul Pelletier and Rob Hunter
- Cover: Tony Harris
- Cover Date: Nov 2015
- 32 pages, $3.99
- Order Code: JUL15 0204
- Release Date: 09 Sep 2015
Guest artist Paul Pelletier joins the JLU for a special storyline that sees Stargirl and the team of Steel, Robotman, Batgirl and Vandal Savage enter a war zone that’s at once very familiar and utterly weird. Plus: the long awaited return of a legendary DC Comics hero.
Aquagirl: Marina (Batman Beyond)
Batman Beyond #4
- Writer: Dan Jurgens
- Art: Bernard Chang
- Cover: Dan Panosian
- Variant Cover: Craig Rousseau
- Cover Date: Nov 2015
- 32 pages, $2.99
- Order Code: JUL15 0265
- Variant Cover Order Code: JUL15 0266
- Release Date: 02 Sep 2015
Everyone knew he wasn’t good enough to be Batman, and now Tim’s mistake has put humanity at risk. But when all seems lost, an old friend takes him back where it all started. Will a gift from the past give Tim what he needs to save the future?
Black Manta
New Suicide Squad #12
- Writer: Sean Ryan
- Art: Philippe Briones
- Cover: Juan Ferreya
- Variant Cover: Ryan Benjamin (Green Lantern Variant)
- Cover Date: Nov 2015
- 32 pages, $2.99
- Order Code: JUL15 0231
- Variant Cover Order Code: JUL15 0232
- Release Date: 09 Sep 2015
The Suicide Squad's mission to infiltrate a brutal League of Assassins splinter group is put in serious jeopardy when Manta goes too far to prove his loyalty, and Boomerang refuses to go far enough. Meanwhile, Harley Quinn is forced to look inward when confronted with her greatest enemy: boredom.
New Suicide Squad Annual #1
- Writer: Sean Ryan
- Art: Philippe Briones
- Cover: Juan Ferreya
- Cover Date: Nov 2015
- 48 pages, $4.99
- Order Code: JUL15 0233
- Release Date: 30 Sep 2015
The "Monsters" storyline concludes in epic fashion when the League splinter group prepares to unleash a secret weapon deadlier than anyone could have imagined. Can the Suicide Squad stop it? Do they even want to?
Collections
Justice League: A League of One TP
- Writer: Christopher Moeller
- Art: Christopher Moeller
- Cover: Christopher Moeller
- 200 pages, $16.99
- Order Code: JUL15 0313
- Release Date: 21 Oct 2015
For the first time, JLA: A LEAGUE OF ONE and JLA CLASSIFIED: COLD STEEL #1-2, written and fully painted by Christopher Moeller, are collected in a single volume! In “A League of One,” Wonder Woman hears a prophecy that her Justice League teammates will die in battle against a dragon—so it’s up to her to first defeat the team herself before she battles the dragon single-handed. Then, in “Cold Steel,” the team launches into space to stop a conflict between two alien factions.
Convergence
Convergence HC
- Writer: Jeff King, Scott Lobdell and Dan Jurgens
- Art: Ethan Van Sciver, Carlo Pagulayan, Stephan Segovia, Andy Kubert, Aaron Lopresti and others
- Cover: Ethan Van Sciver
- 320 pages, $29.99
- Order Code: JUL15 0293
- Release Date: 07 Oct 2015
Where do worlds go when they die? The earthquakes felt round the Multiverse, Superman's lost days after "Doomed," the world’s end—all these points will converge as the history of the DC Universe is spun from the perspective of a mad god and his arrogant child. The biggest story in DC history ties into literally every DC story ever told—and it all begins here. Kingdom Come, Red Son, Wild West Justice League, Captain Carrot and the Zoo Crew—all the worlds of the DC Universe can still be found on Telos. This new mega-event from the issues #0-8 of the CONVERGENCE weekly series brings together heroes and villains from DC Comics' history.
Convergence: Zero Hour Book One TP
- Writer: Justin Gray, Christy Marx, Ron Marz, Frank Tieri and Fabian Nicieza
- Art: Ron Randall, Rags Morales, Claude St-Aubin, Mike Manley, Tom Mandrak and Karl Moline
- Cover: TBD
- 240 pages, $19.99
- Order Code: JUL15 0294
- Release Date: 07 Oct 2015
This CONVERGENCE collection stars Green Arrow, Superboy, Catwoman the Suicide Squad and many more, as they fight in a gladiator-style competition to see which worlds will live...and which will perish! This book also addresses dangling plot threads from the 1990s that involve Green Arrow, Connor Hawke and Justice League International. Collects CONVERGENCE: JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL #1-2, CONVERGENCE: CATWOMAN #1-2, CONVERGENCE: SUPERBOY #1-2, CONVERGENCE: GREEN ARROW #1-2 and CONVERGENCE: SUICIDE SQUAD #1-2.
Convergence: Zero Hour Book Two TP
- Writer: Louise Simonson, Larry Hama, Keith Giffen and Tony Bedard
- Art: June Brigman, Philip Tan, Timothy Green II, Cliff Richards, Ron Wagner and others
- Cover: TBD
- 240 pages, $19.99
- Order Code: JUL15 0296
- Release Date: 07 Oct 2015
This CONVERGENCE collection stars Batman, Aquaman, Green Lantern and many more, and includes the miniseries SUPERMAN: MAN OF STEEL #1-2, BATMAN: SHADOW OF THE BAT #1-2, SUPERGIRL: MATRIX #1-2, AQUAMAN #1-2 and GREEN LANTERN/PARALLAX #1-2.
Convergence: Crisis Book Two TP
- Writer: Dan Abnett, Larry Hama, Fabian Nicieza, Len Wein and Marv Wolfman
- Art: Joshua Middleton, Chriscross, Kelley Jones, Nicola Scott and others
- Cover: TBD
- 240 pages, $19.99
- Order Code: JUL15 0297
- Release Date: 14 Oct 2015
This CONVERGENCE collection stars The Flash, Wonder Woman, the JLA and many more, and includes the miniseries THE FLASH #1-2, WONDER WOMAN #1-2, JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #1-2, SWAMP THING #1-2 and THE NEW TEEN TITANS #1-2.
Convergence: Flashpoint Book One TP
- Writer: Greg Rucka, Dan Jurgens, Alisa Kwitney, Gail Simone and Frank Tieri
- Art: Cully Hamner, Lee Weeks, Rick Leonardi, Jan Duursema, Vicente Cifuentes and others
- Cover: TBD
- 240 pages, $19.99
- Order Code: JUL15 0298
- Release Date: 21 Oct 2015
This CONVERGENCE collection stars Batgirl, Nightwing, The Question and many more, as they fight in a gladiator-style competition to see which worlds will live...and which will perish! This book also addresses dangling plot threads from FLASHPOINT and more. Collects CONVERGENCE: SUPERMAN #1-2, CONVERGENCE: THE QUESTION #1-2, CONVERGENCE: BATGIRL #1-2, CONVERGENCE: NIGHTWING/ORACLE #1-2 and CONVERGENCE: JUSTICE LEAGUE #1-2.
Other
Games
DC Bombshells 1000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle
- Publisher: NMR Distribution America
- Order Code: JUL15 2777
- Release Date: 30 Sep 2015
- $15.99
The DC Bombshells artwork of Ant Lucia - a redesign of DC Comics' characters in a 1940s pin-up style - is featured on this challenging 1000-piece puzzle!
Collectibles
DC Bombshells Mera PX Vinyl Decal
- Publisher: Elephant Gun, LLC
- Order Code: JUL15 2785
- Release Date: 30 Sep 2015
- $6.00
A PREVIEWS Exclusive! Decorate your car, home, or office with Ant Lucia's popular pin-up-style redesigns of DC Comics' characters! Choose from Catwoman, Hawkgirl, Katana, Mera, Stargirl, or Zatanna.
