Batman Beyond: Neo-Gothic

#1A

Max Dunbar Regular

Release: Jul 25, 2023

Terry McGinnis defeated the evil A.I. controlling Neo-Gotham and asserted himself as the one true Batman, but his next battle will bring him to the remains of Old Gotham. Children are going missing and being swallowed by the city’s old bones. Batman Beyond will have to go underground, led by a mysterious splicer named Kyle the Catboi, to find the children and confront the city’s buried sins. What happened to the green of the city? What happened to magic? And what villains never left old Gotham? All these questions will be answered by the red-hot creative team of Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing (Batman – One Bad Day: Clayface, Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty) and Max Dunbar (Batman: Urban Legends).

Creators

Writer	Collin Kelly | Jackson Lanzing
Artist	Max Dunbar
Cover Artist	Max Dunbar
Editor in Chief	Marie Javins

Jon Says:

I don’t know, I think I’m done with Batman Beyond comics. I really haven’t liked any of the iterations of it that are more in line with the main DC continuity as I did the volumes that were set more in the DCAU continuity. I guess we’ll see how it goes.

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Eight Billion Genies HC

#1HC

Release: Jul 19, 2023

If you had one wish…what would you wish for? What if everyone else on the planet had one wish too? That’s EIGHT BILLION GENIES. Eight seconds after magical genies grant every person on earth one wish, the world is transformed forever…and that’s just the beginning! From #1 New York Times-bestselling author CHARLES SOULE (UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY, Light of the Jedi) and superstar artist RYAN BROWNE (CURSE WORDS, GOD HATES ASTRONAUTS) comes the most thought-provoking, hilarious, terrifying, and emotional ride of the year. Collects EIGHT BILLION GENIES #1-8

Jon Says:

There was a lot of buzz around this when it first hit the stands, but I decided to hold off and buy it in a collected edition. Which is what I did.

Also, I got a signed bookplate with my purchase.

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Up next is the Knight Terrors section. The main thing of note is that for some reason Knight Terrors: Superman wasn’t in my stack last week and I didn’t notice until I got home, so I picked it up this week.

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Knight Terrors

#2A

THE DEBUT OF INSOMNIA’S ARMY, THE SLEEPLESS KNIGHTS! Oh dang–I gotta do another one of these this month? Batman and I are joined by…Wesley Dodds, the Sandman?! What the heck? I thought I was the only dead person allowed in this story. I guess not! We uncover one of Wesley’s oldest cases, which haunted him until the day he died–and it points us in the direction of the Nightmare Stone. But Insomnia has unleashed his own army to hunt us down…the Sleepless Knights. And this issue is their first appearance, kids! Get scared!

Creators

Writer	Joshua Williamson
Artist	Giuseppe Camuncoli | Caspar Wijngaard
Cover Artist	Ivan Reis | Danny Miki

Knight Terrors: Action Comics

#1A

Rafa Sandoval Regular

Slipping into the world of nightmares is only the beginning as Power Girl faces off with the scariest dream of all…herself! Paige may have narrowly escaped the grasp of the devious Johnny Sorrow, but all of that was just a warm-up for the real villain inside. Meanwhile, the Super-Twins are lost in a terrifying dreamscape and being hunted by a nightmare version of their own adopted father, the murderous Cyborg Superman. Can Superboy, Kong Kenan, and the Steel family find the twins in time to save them, or will they join his bloody list of victims?

Creators

Writer	Leah Williams | Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Artist	Vasco Georgiev | Mico Suayan
Colorist	Romulo Fajardo, Jr. | Alex Guimaraes
Cover Artist	Rafa Sandoval

Knight Terrors: Angel Breaker

#1A

Matteo Lolli Regular

STARRING THE BREAKOUT NEW CHARACTER! Deep in an abandoned Kobra safe house is a device able to access the dream powers of John Dee, a.k.a. Doctor Destiny. As heroes across the world succumb to nightmares, Angel Breaker wants it. Now, to infiltrate a hall of horrors, she’ll need the help of a professional thief–the man known as Raptor. But Angel Breaker and Raptor aren’t exactly friends. Can the mysterious merc trust a man who feels nothing but grudges as the strange pair encounter a horror as old as the Coda Sisterhood and even more dangerous? While the world sleeps, Angel Breaker might be the final girl still awake!

Creators

Writer	Tim Seeley
Artist	Acky Bright
Cover Artist	Matteo Lolli

Knight Terrors: Detective Comics

#1A

Riccardo Federici Regular

BATMAN TRAPPED IN THE NIGHTMARE REALM! Jim Gordon stumbles upon a sacred ritual held by three disciples chanting around an enchanted clock…and one of them is wearing the robotic Batsuit that he donned many years ago as Batman…except this metal suit seems to have have soldered directly into the flesh of the wearer! What do these creatures want with Gotham, and why are they targeting Jim’s daughter, Babs, too? This has to be a dream, right? Or perhaps it’s a nightmare, but if you die in it, you can die in real life as well…

Creators

Writer	Dan Watters
Artist	Riccardo Federici
Colorist	Brad Anderson
Cover Artist	Riccardo Federici

Knight Terrors: Harley Quinn

#1A

Hayden Sherman Regular

Imagine a world–beyond both the waking world and that of dreams. A world where your every choice creates a series of infinitely rippling profane reverberations. Where donuts and soda cans can do the cancan and I actually am goin’ steady with yer mom. Our story takes place there, in the realm beyond the limits of the liminal. A place we call…the Harley Quinn Zone. I’m your host, Dr. Ryleha Q. Niun, attorney of drawers–Just kiddin’. It’s still me, Harley! But hey, this one is real freaky–and my life is already pretty dang bananas! Hold on to your buns, ’cause this one is gonna give you some interdimensional chafing for sure! Plus, Leah Williams and Ben Templesmith help me crack a cosmic-mystery night terror! This case goes so many layers deep it’s practically a true turductective story, if you will…

Creators

Writer	Leah Williams | Tini Howard
Artist	Hayden Sherman | Ben Templesmith
Cover Artist	Hayden Sherman
Editor in Chief	Marie Javins

Knight Terrors: Superman

#1A

Gieb Meinikov Regular

Release: Jul 18, 2023

SUPERMAN VS. SUPER-REAPER! What does the Man of Steel have nightmares about? Clark Kent knows why he’s been pulled into the Nightmare Realm and goes in search of his family and friends, but that journey takes him to the haunted Nightly Planet, where he is confronted by the Super-Reaper! In the waking world, Superman was midflight when he was hit by the nightmare wave. Where he crash-lands will surprise you!

Creators

Writer	Joshua Williamson
Artist	Tom Reilly
Cover Artist	Gleb Melnikov

Knight Terrors: Titans

#1A

Yanick Paquette Regular

Release: Jul 25, 2023

TITANS VS. TERROR TITANS! The kids are not all right! After plummeting into the Nightmare Realm, the remaining members of the Titans come face-to-face with a fever dream turned reality: the Terror Titans! These warped versions of our heroes are prepared to do anything to become the next Justice League…even kill!

Creators

Writer	Andrew Constant
Artist	Scott Godlewski
Cover Artist	Yanick Paquette

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She-Hulk, Vol. 4

#15A

Jen Bartel Regular

Release: Jul 26, 2023

Scoundrel pushes She-Hulk to the limit in her final push to save all of NYC from her newest rogue! Meanwhile, the Fight Club has their hands full taking on an alien horde! Rated T+

Creators

Cover Artist

Jen Bartel

Jon Says:

I’ve been really enjoying this series, and I’m glad it’s going to continue, but I’m annoyed that it’s getting a new #1 (along with a title change, adding back the 1990s’ “Sensational”).

The pathological need to have a series get a new #1 is just bizarre, especially when a book isn’t getting a new creative team or anything like that.

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Superman: The Last Days of Lex Luthor

#1C

Chris Samnee Variant

Release: Jul 25, 2023

Mark Waid and Bryan Hitch reunite to tell a tale centered on their favorite superhero. Superman learns Lex Luthor is dying, and he wants the Man of Steel to help him find the cure for whatever is causing his rapid decline. While the world wants to say good riddance to Luthor, Superman will go to the ends of the universe, through different dimensions, and across time to save his foe. But just why does he want to save the person who’s spent his life trying to destroy him? And will he even be able to find the solution?

Creators

Writer	Mark Waid
Artist	Bryan Hitch
Penciller	Bryan Hitch
Inker	Kevin Nowlan
Colorist	David Baron
Cover Artist	Chris Samnee
Editor in Chief	Marie Javins

Jon Says:

As I’ve said many times, it’s a good time to be a fan of the Superman Family. Hopefully, this work will be a worthy addition.

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