DC COMICS: April 2008 Collected Editions Solicits MONTHLY COMICS OF INTEREST COUNTDOWN SPECIAL: KAMANDI, THE LAST BOY ON EARTH 80-PAGE GIANT Written by Jack Kirby Art by Kirby, Mike Royer and D. Bruce Berry Cover by Ryan Sook Collecting stories from KAMANDI: LAST BOY ON EARTH #1, #10 and #29, written and illustrated by Jack Kirby! On sale April 2 80 pg, FC, $4.99 US HARDCOVERS THE QUESTION: THE FIVE BOOKS OF BLOOD HC Written by Greg Rucka Art by Tom Mandrake, Matthew Clark, Jose Saiz, Diego Olmos and Manuel Garcia Cover by John Van Fleet Collecting the 5-issue CRIME BIBLE! A Monk of the Dark Faith is moving through the DCU, seeding evil in his wake as he prepares for a final, potentially devastating act. Trailing him is The Question, who seeks to save the life of the author of a best-selling expose about the Dark Faith. Advance-solicited; on sale June 4 128 pg, FC, $19.99 US * * * GREEN LANTERN: THE SINESTRO CORPS VOL. 2 HC Written by Geoff Johns, Dave Gibbons and Peter J. Tomasi Art by Ivan Reis, Ethan Van Sciver, Patrick Gleason, Oclair Albert, Angel Unzueta, Dustin Nguyen, Joe Prado and others The hottest story of 2007 reaches its explosive finale in this hardcover volume collecting Green Lantern #24-25 and Green Lantern Corps #16-19! Sinestro - Hal Jordan's former mentor turned archnemesis - has gathered an army of soldiers fueled by the fear they instill in others. Former Green Lantern Kyle Rayner has been possessed by the entity known as Parallax and now assists the Sinestro Corps in cutting a swath of evil across the universe. Trapped in the depths of the Sinestro Corps' Citadel and face-to-face with the Guardian of Sinestro's army of fear, Hal Jordan must find the willpower to battle these terrible foes. Advance-solicited; on sale June 11 192 pg, FC, $24.99 US * * * GREEN LANTERN: TALES OF THE SINESTRO CORPS HC Written by Geoff Johns, Ron Marz, Alan Burnett and Sterling Gates Art by Dave Gibbons, Ethan Van Sciver, Pete Woods, Jerry Ordway, Mike McKone, Adriana Melo, Joe Prado and others Cover by Ivan Reis & Oclair Albert The action of The Sinestro Corps War story spills over into this volume collecting Green Lantern #18-20 (plus backup stories), Green Lantern Sinestro Corps Special #1 (plus backup stories), Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Ion, Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Parallax, Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Cyborg Superman, Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Anti-Monitor, and Green Lantern Sinestro Corps Secret Files! Parallax, Anti-Monitor, and the Cyborg Superman are some of the most feared members of the brutal Sinestro Corps, an army assembled with one goal: to spread fear across the galaxy! In this hardcover volume, the layers of these complex villains are stripped away as readers learn why they joined the Sinestro Corps and what drives them to eradicate the Green Lantern Corps. Advance-solicited; on sale June 18 200 pg, FC, $29.99 US * * * ALL STAR BATMAN AND ROBIN, THE BOY WONDER VOL. 1 HC Written by Frank Miller Art and cover by Jim Lee & Scott Williams One of the most talked-about Batman stories ever - conceived by modern master Frank Miller (BATMAN: YEAR ONE, THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS) and artists extraordinaire Jim Lee & Scott Williams (BATMAN, SUPERMAN) - is collected in hardcover for the first time! Lee & Miller join forces to tell a new version of Dick Grayson's origin in a high-octane tale that unfolds with guest appearances by Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Black Canary, and more! This volume collects issues #1-9 of the acclaimed series. "As its title implies, the new monthly ALL-STAR BATMAN AND ROBIN, THE BOY WONDER is a dream teaming: writer Frank Miller…and artist Jim Lee, whose elegantly muscular work on the recent Bat-tale "Hush" was a fan fave." - ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY "Two superstar creators combine to retell the origin of Dick Grayson, the original Robin." - USA TODAY "Lee's razor-sharp renderings energize Miller's moody tale of Gotham… [and] deliver an all-new take on the creation of the Dynamic Duo." - WASHINGTON POST Advance-solicited; on sale June 18 240 pg, FC, $24.99 US * * * JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA: THE INJUSTICE LEAGUE HC Written by Dwayne McDuffie & Alan Burnett Art and cover by Ed Benes & Sandra Hope, Mike McKone & Andy Lanning and Joe Benitez & Victor Llamas Cover by Ian Churchill The new adventures of the World's Greatest Super-Heroes continue in this volume collecting JLA Wedding Special #1 and Justice League of America #13-16! As the wedding of Green Arrow and Black Canary looms, the new Injustice League forms! The World's Greatest Super-Villains - including Lex Luthor, The Joker, Gorilla Grodd, Cheetah, Poison Ivy, Dr. Light and more - stage an unprecedented attack on the JLA, taking Wonder Woman and other heroes prisoner. It all leads to an epic melee as the forces of good and evil collide, and the JLA will lose a member before rallying for the no-holds-barred brawl of the century! Advance-solicited; on sale June 4 144 pg, FC, $19.99 US * * * THE DOOM PATROL ARCHIVES VOL. 5 HC Written by Arnold Drake Art and cover by Bruno Premiani In the final volume in the DOOM PATROL series, featuring issues #114-121, the team battles the Mutant Master, the Galactic Gladiator, the Black Vulture, and more before meeting one of the strangest ends any super-team has ever experienced! Advance-solicited; on sale June 25 208 pg, FC, $49.99 US * * * SUPERMAN: LAST SON HC Written by Richard Donner & Geoff Johns Art by Adam Kubert Richard Donner and Geoff Johns present "Last Son," collecting the epic story arc with art by Adam Kubert from ACTION COMICS #844-846, #851 and Action Comics Annual #11. A rocket lands in Metropolis containing a boy Superman thinks is from Krypton. Along with figuring out what that means to him, Superman must protect young Christopher Kent, who has become the most valuable child on the planet thanks to his immense power. Lex Luthor has his sights on him, assembling his own team of villains to nab Christopher. It all leads to an action-packed finale, as Superman and the new Superman Revenge Squad - Lex Luthor, Bizarro, the Parasite and Metallo - take on General Zod, Ursa and Non in a battle for Metropolis, the future of Krypton and Christopher Kent! This volume includes several pages in 3-D, as well as a pair of 3-D glasses! Advance-solicited; on sale June 25 160 pg, FC, $19.99 US * * * WORLD'S FINEST DELUXE EDITION HC Written by Dave Gibbons Art and cover by Steve Rude Superman and Batman take on their archnemeses - Lex Luthor and the Joker – in this Deluxe Edition of a classic tale from the 1990s by Dave Gibbons (WATCHMEN, GREEN LANTERN CORPS) and Steve Rude (Nexus)! Superman and Batman are the World's Finest heroes, and they couldn't be more different. But they have more in common than they realize. For one, they're both orphans of a sort - one who has lost not just his parents but his world; and another who witnessed the cold-blooded murder of his partents. Now they must come together to battle two of the most feared villians! Advance-solicited; on sale June 11 7.0625" x 10.825" 176 pg, FC, $29.99 US * * * EX MACHINA DELUXE EDITION VOLUME 1 HC Written by Brian K. Vaughan Art by Tony Harris & Tom Feister Award-winning writer Brian K. Vaughan (PRIDE OF BAGHDAD, Y: THE LAST MAN) uniquely combines big city politics and superheroes in this much-lauded series. Set in our modern-day world, EX MACHINA tells the story of civil engineer Mitchell Hundred, who becomes America's first living, breathing super-hero after a strange accident gives him the power to communicate with machines. Eventually Mitchell tires of risking his life merely to maintain the status quo, retires from masked crime fighting and runs for mayor of New York City, winning by a landslide. This deluxe edition collects the first 11 issues of EX MACHINA in hardcover for the first time, along with several special bonus features. Advance-solicited; on sale June 18 7.0625" x 10.875" 272 pg, FC, $29.99 US MATURE READERS TRADE PAPERBACKS 52 AFTERMATH: THE FOUR HORSEMEN TP Written by Keith Giffen Art by Pat Olliffe & John Stanisci Cover by Ethan Van Sciver The unstoppable villains of the groundbreaking weekly series 52 rise again in this volume collecting the 6-issue miniseries! They are the Four Horsemen - War, Pestilence, Famine, Death - living embodiments of the Dread Ages of the distant world of Apokolips, and they mean to remake the Earth in their own image! Advance-solicited; on sale May 7 144 pg, FC, $19.99 US * * * BLACK ADAM: THE DARK AGE TP Written by Peter J. Tomasi Art by Doug Mahnke, Christian Alamy and Norm Rapmund Cover by Alex Ross Collecting the 6-issue miniseries springing from the pages of 52! With the power of the gods stripped from him, Teth-Adam is on a quest to find both the magical word that will restore him as Black Adam and the one thing that always kept his heart from turning completely black with rage: his deceased wife. Advance-solicited; on sale May 21 144 pg, FC, $17.99 US * * * COUNTDOWN TO FINAL CRISIS VOL. 1 TP Written by Paul Dini, Jimmy Palmiotti & Justin Gray, Adam Beechen, Tony Bedard and Sean McKeever Breakdowns by Keith Giffen Art by Jesus Saiz, Jim Calafiore, Carlos Magno, David Lopez, Tom Derenick, Dennis Calero, Manuel Garcia and others Cover by Andy Kubert The first of a series of four volumes, COUNTDOWN TO FINAL CRISIS VOL. ONE collects issues #51-39 of the incredible tale starring Jimmy Olsen, Mary Marvel, Donna Troy and all the major characters of the DC Universe! COUNTDOWN follows up the events of bestsellers INFINITE CRISIS and 52 and leads into DC's next major event, FINAL CRISIS. When a surprising character dies in chapter one, it sets off an unexpected ripple that will touch virtually every character in the DC Universe and change the status quo forever. Advance-solicited; on sale May 21 296 pg, FC, $19.99 US * * * LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES: 1,050 YEARS IN THE FUTURE TP Written and illustrated by various Cover by Neal Adams Celebrate the 50th anniversary of one of DC's greatest super-teams with the best stories starring the guardians of the 30th century: The Legion of Super-Heroes! In the 30th century, teenaged super-heroes from every world in the United Planets have banded together against evil! 2008 is the 50th anniversary of the LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES and, in celebration, DC is publishing the first-ever "best of" Legion collection. This collection features stories by acclaimed Legion writers including Otto Binder, Jerry Siegel, Jim Shooter and Paul Levitz, artists Curt Swan and Keith Giffen, and many others from ADVENTURE COMICS #247, #304, #312, #354-355, SUPERBOY & THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #212, LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #300 and #0, LEGENDS OF THE DCU 80-PAGE GIANT #2 and THE LEGION #3! As a bonus, this volume will also include articles by past Legion creators, timelines, character profiles, cover galleries and more. Advance-solicited; on sale May 28 224 pg, FC, $19.99 US * * * INFINITY INC. VOL. 1: LUTHOR'S MONSTERS TP Written by Peter Milligan Art and cover by Max Fiuamara & Matthew Southworth Collecting the first five issues of the new series! When Lex Luthor and his Everyman project was taken down by John Henry Irons, it appeared the story of Infinity Inc. was over. But one year-plus later, it seems that life hasn't been kind to Starlight, Fury and Nuklon… Advance-solicited; on sale May 28 128 pg, FC, $14.99 US * * * GREEN LANTERN: NO FEAR TP Written by Geoff Johns Art by Carlos Pacheco, Ethan Van Sciver, Darwyn Cooke and others Cover by Alex Ross A softcover edition collecting GREEN LANTERN #1-6 and GREEN LANTERN SECRET FILES #1! Hal Jordan is back from the dead - now watch as he reestablishes his life as a pilot. Standing in his way, though, is one of the deadly Manhunter androids followed by the Shark. Advance-solicited; on sale May 7 176 pg, FC, $12.99 US * * * THE ALL-NEW ATOM: THE HUNT FOR RAY PALMER TP Written by Gail Simone and Roger Stern Art by Mike Norton, Dan Green and Trevor Scott Cover by Ladrönn In this volume collecting issues #12-16 of the acclaimed series, the new Atom searches the multiverse for Ray Palmer, missing since the events of IDENTITY CRISIS! Advance-solicited; on sale May 21 128 pg, FC, $14.99 * * * CHECKMATE VOL. 3: THE FALL OF THE WALL TP Written by Greg Rucka & Eric S. Trautmann Art by Joe Bennett, Joe Prado, Chris Samnee and others Cover by Kalman Andrasofszky The saga of Checkmate continues in this volume collecting issues #16-22! The espionage and intrigue continue as Amanda Waller - Checkmate's White Queen - resorts to blackmail to protect her own covert op interests. Advance-solicited; on sale May 7 168 pg, FC, $14.99 US * * * BATMAN: THE JOKER'S LAST LAUGH TP Written by Chuck Dixon & Scott Beatty Art by Ron Randall, Marcos Martin, Walter McDaniel and others Cover by Brian Bolland The Joker, thinking he's dying, concocts a scheme to carry on his legacy by transforming his fellow villains into "jokerized" versions of themselves in this exciting volume collecting the 6-issue miniseries (2001)! Advance-solicited; on sale May 7 192 pg, FC, $17.99 US * * * BATMAN VS. TWO-FACE TP Written by Bill FInger, Dennis O'Neil, Len Wein and others Art by Bob Kane, Dick Sprang, Neal Adams and others Cover by Simone Bianchi Collecting Batman's greatest battles against Two-Face, from DETECTIVE COMICS #66, 68, 80, 187, BATMAN #81, 234, 527-528, 653 and BATMAN: BLACK AND WHITE #1, plus Two-Face's origin story from COUNTDOWN #29! Advance-solicited; on sale May 14 176 pg, FC, $19.99 US * * * JUSTICE VOL. 1 TP Written by Jim Krueger & Alex Ross Art by Doug Braithwaite & Ross A softcover edition collecting the first 4 issues of the acclaimed maxiseries by Jim Krueger (Earth X) and Alex Ross! The greatest criminal masterminds of our time appear to be acting in concert - but with a surprising plan that seeks to achieve more good than the JLA ever could! Advance-solicited; on sale May 14 160 pg, FC, $14.99 US * * * SUPERMAN: WORLD OF KRYPTON TP Written by John Byrne, Walter Simonson, and others Art by Mike Mignola, Dick Giordano, Dave Cockrum and others Witness the violent past of Krypton in this volume collecting THE MAN OF STEEL #1, THE WORLD OF KRYPTON #1-4, and stories from SUPERMAN #233, 236, 238, 240, 248, 257, 266, 367, 375 and SUPERMAN FAMILY #182! Advance-solicited; on sale May 25 192 pg, FC, $14.99 US SHOWCASE PRESENTS SHOWCASE PRESENTS: GREEN LANTERN VOL. 3 TP Written by John Broome and Gardner Fox Art by Gil Kane, Sid Greene, Carmine Infantino and others Cover by Kane & Murphy Anderson Over 500 pages of classic Green Lantern adventures, from the pages of GREEN LANTERN #39-#59 (1965-1968)! Advance-solicited; on sale May 14 528 pg, B&W, $16.99 US * * * SHOWCASE PRESENTS: HAUNTED TANK VOL. 2 TP Written by Robert Kanigher and Joe Kubert Art by Kubert, Russ Heath, Irv Novick, Mike Sekowsky and others 500 pages of classic war stories, from the pages of G.I. COMBAT #120-157 (1966-1973)! Advance-solicited; on sale May 28 560 pg, B&W, $16.99 US VERTIGO/WILDSTORM/ETC. WELCOME TO TRANQUILITY VOL. 2 TP Written by Gail Simone Art and cover by Neil Googe Collecting issues #7-12 of the acclaimed series! A new threat rears its head: that of Freddie Beasel, television show host and music promoter. But what devilish secret does this smart-dressed man have, and how deeply rooted in the town's history is it? Advance-solicited; on sale May 17 144 pg, FC, $19.99 US * * * TOM STRONG BOOK SIX TP Written by Alan Moore, Michael Moorcock and others Art by Chris Sprouse, Jerry Ordway, Ben Oliver and others Cover by Sprouse & Jose Villarrubia Alan Moore and Chris Sprouse return for one grand, final story in which Tom Strong and family are on hand for the apocalypse. All this and more awaits in this wondrous final installment of the Tom Strong saga collecting issues #31-36 of the classic series! Advance-solicited; on sale May 28 160 pg, FC, $17.99 US * * * HEROES SC Written by Aron Eli Coleite, Chuck Kim, Joe Pokaski, Oliver Grigsby, Pierluigi Cothran, Andrew Chambliss, Harrison Wilcox, Jesse Alexander, Christopher Zatta, Mark Warshaw and others Art by Phil Jimenez, Michael Turner, Koi Turnbull, Marcus To, Peter Steigerwald, David Moran, Micah Gunnell, Travis Kotzebue, Jordan Kotzebue, Jason Badower, Staz Johnson, Steve Lejeune, Adam Archer, Mark Roslan and others Cover by Alex Ross This stunning softcover edition collects the amazing online comics based on the smash-hit, Emmy Award-nominated NBC show HEROES! This volume - featuring a stunning cover by comics legend Alex Ross - also includes an introduction by Masi Oka (Hiro), all 34 chapters of Season One, and Tim Sale's artwork as seen on the show. The comics included have been written and illustrated by some of comics' and television's top writers and artists, including Michael Turner, Phil Jimenez, Marcus To, and more! Advance-solicited; on sale May 21 240 pg, FC, $19.99 US * * * FABLES VOL. 10: THE GOOD PRINCE TP Written by Bill Willingham Art by Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha and Aaron Alexovich Cover by James Jean Collecting issues #60-69 of the hit series, collecting the epochal "Good Prince" storyline. Flycatcher is drawn into the spotlight as he discovers the startling truth about his own past as the Frog Prince. At the same time, he learns that the Adversary plans to destroy his foes once and for all. How can the meek Flycatcher stop this deadly foe? Advance-solicited; on sale May 28 240 pg, FC, $17.99 US MATURE READERS * * * VERTIGO: FIRST CUT TP Written and illustrated by various Cover by various Sample the premiere issues of seven Vertigo series for under $5! Dip into the critically acclaimed series ARMY@LOVE, CROSSING MIDNIGHT, DMZ, THE EXTERMINATORS, JACK OF FABLES, LOVELESS and SCALPED, with stories by some of comics' most popular writers and artists including Brian Wood, Bill Willingham, Brian Azzarello and many others. in this hefty low-priced volume. Advance-solicited; on sale May 7 168 pg, FC, $4.99 US MATURE READERS * * * LOVELESS VOL. 3: BLACKWATER FALLS TP Written by Brian Azzarello Art by Danijel Zezelj and Werther Dell'Edera Cover by Marcelo Frusin In this volume collecting issues #13-21 of the acclaimed series, the mysterious secret of Blackwater Falls comes into focus when Ruth finally confronts her tragic past. Advance-solicited; on sale May 21 224 pg, FC, $14.99 US MATURE READERS