DC Comics October 2023 Collection Solicitations
DC’s October 2023 solicitations are out, and we’re here to look at the collected editions.
This month has an awesome selection of books, many of which are really exciting. Some of the most exciting new books are Omnibus Editions. These include a Young Justice Omnibus Vol. 1 and a The Question Omnibus. However, there are also a ton of really exciting collection reprints coming for people who missed out on buying these books the first time they were offered. These include Absolute Luthor/Joker, Zero Hour: Crisis in Time Omnibus, and Green Lantern: The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 1. Overall, this makes for a great list of books.
Note: Some of these collections don’t have product links up yet. We’ll be adding these as they become available so make sure to check in on this page later.
DC Comics September 2023 Collection Solicitations
- Strange Adventures: The Deluxe Edition HC
- Collects: Strange Adventures #1-12, Strange Adventures Director’s Cut #1.
- Release Date: January 2, 2024
- Solicitation Details:
- Adam Strange is the hero of Rann, a man famous throughout the galaxy for his bravery and honor. After leading his adopted home to victory in a great planetary war, Adam and his wife, Alanna, retire to Earth, where they are greeted by cheers, awards, and parades. But not all is as happy and nice as it seems, as the decisions Adam made during battles on Rann come back to haunt his family and threaten the entire DC Universe.
- Nightwing Vol. 4: The Leap HC
- Collects: Nightwing #97-100 and Nightwing 2022 Annual.
- Release Date: December 12, 2023
- Solicitation Details:
- Nightwing meets his biggest fan! Too bad it interrupts a romantic weekend and leads to a battle with a soul-sucking demon. And with Blockbuster off the board, Tony Zucco heads to Blüdhaven in an attempt to claim the city as his own…but will Heartless claim victory first with his army of prison inmates? Then, find out who the villain is behind the platinum mask. Join Nightwing as he trains Jon Kent and follow Bitewing in her first year with her humans Nightwing and Batgirl and see how she takes a bite out of crime!
- Dark Knights of Steel Vol. 2 HC
- Collects: Dark Knights of Steel #7-12 and Dark Knights of Steel: Tales from the Three Kingdoms #1.
- Release Date: December 12, 2023
- Solicitation Details:
- The cataclysmic conclusion to the bestselling series is here. The battle between the Three Kingdoms rages in brutal and dramatic fashion as heroes return! But when dark secrets spill out like blood on the battlefield, bitter differences must be set aside as the Trinity go to war against the White Martian threat. Can even their combined might prevail and save the planet? Plus, a trio of tales focusing on Bruce, Zala, and Kal-El’s past. What truly defined their lives and prepared them for their tumultuous future?
- Poison Ivy Vol. 2: Unethical Consumption HC
- Collects: Poison Ivy #7-12.
- Release Date: November 21, 2023
- Solicitation Details:
- Humanity had its chance. Now it’s time for Poison Ivy. The fan-favorite Batman villain steps into the solo spotlight, in a thrilling and tragic adventure written by Ms. Marvel co-creator G. Willow Wilson! Pamela Isley has been a lot of things in her life: a living god, a super-villain, an activist, a scientist, and a dead woman. In a new body that she didn’t ask for and with a renewed sense of purpose, Pamela continues her mission to heal the planet by setting her sights on some of the worst offenders humanity has to offer—millionaires and moguls who hide their own environmental malfeasance behind a smoke screen of ethical consumption.
- Multiversity: Harley Screws Up the DCU HC
- Collects: Multiversity: Harley Screws Up the DCU #1-6.
- Release Date: December 12, 2023
- Solicitation Details:
- Harley Quinn’s back in Coney Island for a long-overdue reunion with old friends, old haunts, and…an old time machine? Yep, you read that right. A mysterious benefactor has left Harley a time machine. What could go wrong—right? Funny you should ask. Turns out the entire DC Universe—including Wonder Woman, the Flash, Aquaman, Batman, and li’l baby Supes—is thrown into chaos, and not the fun kind. But with every step Harley takes to right various wrongs, she creates another reality in the Multiverse…ones where things still suck.
- Vixen: NYC Volume Three TP
- Collects: Episodes 20-28 of Vixen: NYC.
- Release Date: December 5, 2023
- Solicitation Details:
- The fan-favorite character with incredible animal powers discovers new talents in the newest print collection of the acclaimed series from WEBTOON! Mari Jiwe gets a lesson in the responsibilities that come with being the keeper of the Tantu Totem, Grace Choi’s Amazon heritage begins to come to light, and the Teen Titans’ Beast Boy and Raven race to the rescue in an unexpected way. Plus, Vixen learns more about her powers from a teacher she can only reach…in dreams!
- Zatanna & The Ripper Volume Two TP
- Collects: Episodes 12-23 of Zatanna & The Ripper.
- Release Date: December 5, 2023
- Solicitation Details:
- The dazzling story of magic and murder continues in a new print edition of supernatural stories from WEBTOON! Trapped in 1880s Whitechapel, Zatanna Zatara finds herself drawn to the brutal crime spree of the serial killer known as Jack the Ripper. She finds an ally in the similarly time-tossed John Constantine, but what can a magician without his tools do to help the mistress of backward magic…especially when he becomes a prime suspect in the Ripper’s crimes?
- Teen Titans Go! To the Library! TP
- Collects: Teen Titans Go! To the Library!
- Release Date: January 2, 2024
- Solicitation Details:
- Shhhh…there’s no super-heroics allowed in the library! All Raven wanted was a little peace and quiet, and the local library seemed like the perfect place to find that. But her teammates know all her tricks, and when they catch up to her, all heck breaks loose. It’s not their fault: there’s a villain on the loose! And that villain has a dastardly plot! And it could only happen at the library!
- Danger Street Vol. 1 TP
- Collects: Danger Street #1-6.
- Release Date: November 28, 2023
- Solicitation Details:
- Joining the Justice League is a goal for any superhero, but what happens when a quest for membership takes a sinister turn? Join Starman, Metamorpho, and Warlord as they look to prove themselves worthy by summoning and defeating Darkseid in battle. But calling upon a New God never ends well, and now their world is headed for a crisis!
- Absolute Luthor/Joker (2024 Edition)
- Collects: Lex Luthor: Man of Steel #1-5 and Joker.
- Release Date: March 26, 2024
- Solicitation Details:
- Lex Luthor. The Joker. Intellect and resolve. Instinct and rage. All united in one implacable aim: to annihilate their nemeses. The scourges of Metropolis and Gotham City reach new levels of complexity and intensity in these two uniquely crafted stories from the New York Times bestselling and Eisner Award-winning team of writer Brian Azzarello and artist Lee Bermejo.
- Arkhamaniacs (2023 Edition)
- Collects: Arkhamaniacs.
- Release Date: November 21, 2023
- Solicitation Details:
- There’s an apartment building in Gotham City full of life: kids with special powers, pirates in the swimming pool, even a croc (or two!). Young Bruce Wayne is drawn to the fun and excitement he sees going on at the Arkham Apartments, and is determined to find out why this building is full of so much fun and laughter. What exactly is going on over there? Time to sneak over when no one is looking…even though it’s like the house is laughing at him!
- Batman Eternal Omnibus (2023 Edition)
- Collects: Batman Eternal #1-52 and Batman #28.
- Release Date: December 5, 2023
- Solicitation Details:
- Gotham is in chaos. Every one of Batman’s allies is fighting to keep the city under control. Someone is orchestrating the pandemonium, but who? Worst of all, Batman’s greatest ally inside the city, Police Commissioner Jim Gordon, has been arrested. Until his name is cleared, he’ll stay locked up alongside all the dangerous criminals he put in jail.
- Batman Vol. 5: Fear State TP
- Collects: Batman #112-117.
- Release Date: December 5, 2023
- Solicitation Details:
- Gotham City is on the verge of self-destruction thanks to the machinations of the Scarecrow, and the threat level to Batman and his allies is at an all-time high! Simon Saint and his paramilitary organization, the Magistrate, now have full support from the mayor to handle high-level law enforcement in Gotham City and have branded the Dark Knight public enemy number one!
- Batman/Catwoman TP
- Collects: Batman/Catwoman #1-12 and Batman/Catwoman Special #1, along with stories from Batman Annual #2, Catwoman 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular #1, and Detective Comics #1027.
- Release Date: December 5, 2023
- Solicitation Details:
- After a long marriage, Bruce Wayne passes away—which frees Selina Kyle to settle an old score. This sweeping tale is told across three timelines: the past, when the Bat and the Cat first fell in love; the present, where their union is threatened by one of Batman’s lost loves; and the future, where the couple have a happy life and legacy—including their daughter, Helena, the Batwoman.
- Batman: Gotham After Midnight: The Deluxe Edition HC
- Collects: Batman: Gotham After Midnight #1-12.
- Release Date: December 12, 2023
- Solicitation Details:
- There’s a new kind of villain loose in Gotham and he’s out to steal the city’s heart—literally. The monstrosity named Midnight is convinced that he’s doing Batman’s job, only better than Batman ever could, and he’s using the Dark Knight’s greatest enemies to prove his point.
- Batman: Harley and Ivy TP
- Collects: Stories from Batman: Harley and Ivy #1-3, Batman Adventures Annual #1, Batman Adventures Holiday Special #1, Batman and Robin Adventures #8, Batgirl Adventures #1, Batman: Gotham Knights #14 and Batman: Black & White #3.
- Release Date: November 21, 2023
- Solicitation Details:
- Writer Paul Dini and artist Bruce Timm, the creative minds behind the critically acclaimed Batman: The Animated Series, follow up their Eisner-winning Batman: Mad Love with another tale featuring the loopy but loyal moll Harley Quinn, this time teaming up with her best gal pal, Poison Ivy!
- Batman: Killing Time TP
- Collects: Batman: Killing Time #1-6.
- Release Date: December 5, 2023
- Solicitation Details:
- Catwoman, the Riddler, and the Penguin join forces to pull off the greatest robbery in the history of Gotham City. And their prize? A mysterious and priceless artifact in the secret possession of Bruce Wayne! But what fun is a heist without a bloody double cross or two?
- Dark Nights: Death Metal Omnibus HC
- Collects: Dark Nights: Death Metal #1-7, Dark Nights: Death Metal Legends of the Dark Knights #1, Dark Nights: Death Metal The Last 52: War of the Multiverses #1, Dark Nights: Death Metal Speed Metal #1, Dark Nights: Death Metal Infinite Hour Exxxtreme! #1, Dark Nights: Death Metal Trinity Crisis #1, Dark Nights: Death Metal Robin King #1, Dark Nights: Death Metal Multiverse’s End #1, Dark Nights: Death Metal Rise of the New God #1, Dark Nights: Death Metal The Multiverse Who Laughs #1, Dark Nights: Death Metal Guidebook #1, Dark Nights: Death Metal The Secret Origin #1, Dark Nights: Death Metal The Last Stories of the DC Universe #1, and Justice League #53-57.
- Release Date: January 2, 2024
- Solicitation Details:
- Join Wonder Woman, Batman, and Superman and they make one last stand against Perpetua and her army of Dark Knights! This omnibus collects the complete Death Metal saga.
- Batman: The Dark Knight Detective Vol. 8 TP
- Collects: Detective Comics #644-653 and Detective Comics Annual #5.
- Release Date: November 28, 2023
- Solicitation Details:
- In the final volume of the Dark Knight Detective series, Batman and Robin hunt a murderer with electricity-based powers, encounter a fledgling vigilante called the Spoiler, and team up with Huntress to take down a terrorist group. Plus, appearances from Scarface and The Joker!
- Green Lantern: Kyle Rayner Rising Compendium TP
- Collects: Green Lantern #0, #48-65; R.E.B.E.L.S. ’94 #1; New Titans #116-117, #124-125; Guy Gardner: Warrior #27-28; Darkstars #34; and Damage #16.
- Release Date: November 21, 2023
- Solicitation Details:
- Hal Jordan has broken bad. In his grief and fury, he has decimated the once-mighty Green Lantern Corps. But hope still survives when the last Guardian, Ganthet, bestows the sole remaining power ring upon an artist named Kyle Rayner. Possessing an imagination and will unlike any previous Lantern, Rayner becomes Earth’s new Green Lantern!
- Green Lantern: The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 1 (2023 Edition) HC
- Collects: Showcase #22-24 and Green Lantern #1-35.
- Release Date: November 28, 2023
- Solicitation Details:
- Offered again! A dying alien. A fearless test pilot. A ring of nearly limitless power. And a solemn vow to battle evil wherever it may be found. So begins one of comics’ greatest sagas, and one of its most enduring heroes—Hal Jordan, Green Lantern of Sector 2814!
- Hardware: Season One TP
- Collects: Milestone Returns: Infinite Edition #0 and Hardware: Season One #1-6.
- Release Date: November 21, 2023
- Solicitation Details:
- Curtis Metcalf was the shining star of Alva Industries…until the “Big Bang” disaster threatened to destroy the company, and Edwin Alva needed a scapegoat. Now Curtis is on the run, with a nearly indestructible suit of armor and inventions he never handed over to Alva—and he’s determined to do much more than clear his name.
- Infinite Crisis (2023 Edition) HC
- Collects: Infinite Crisis #1-7.
- Release Date: December 12, 2023
- Solicitation Details:
- Offered again! The miniseries event that rocked the entire DC Universe in 2005 and 2006—a sequel to the epic Crisis on Infinite Earths—is now available again. OMAC robots are rampaging, magic is dying, villains are uniting, and a war is raging in space. And in the middle of it all, a critical moment has divided Earth’s three greatest heroes: Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman.
- Justice League Vol. 2: United Order TP
- Collects: Justice League #64-71.
- Release Date: December 19, 2023
- Solicitation Details:
- The United Order, a group of alien warriors representing all voices in the newly formed United Planets, comes to the new Justice League for help because the biggest threat to the universe is on the loose, and all roads lead to…Superman. The Justice League heads to deep space, following the trail of the most dangerous new criminal in all the galaxy.
- Nubia & The Amazons TP
- Collects: Nubia & The Amazons #1-6 and pages from Infinite Frontier #0.
- Release Date: November 28, 2023
- Solicitation Details:
- Beginning with the thrilling events of Infinite Frontier, Nubia becomes queen of Themyscira, but her new title also brings new challenges. With the unexpected arrival of new Amazons, the warrior queen is forced to reckon with her past and forge a new path forward for all her sisters.
- Superman: Son of Kal-El Vol. 2: The Rising TP
- Collects: Superman: Son of Kal-El #7-10, Superman: Son of Kal-El 2021 Annual, and Nightwing #89.
- Release Date: November 28, 2023
- Solicitation Details:
- With his father, Clark Kent, battling off-world, Jon Kent has stepped into the role of Superman to defend Earth. Alongside his new boyfriend, Jay Nakamura, Jon continues his stand against the dictator of Gamorra, Henry Bendix, and his plot to take control of all superheroes.
- Superman: The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 1 HC
- Collects: Action Comics #241-265 and Superman #122-137.
- Release Date: December 5, 2023
- Solicitation Details:
- The Man of Steel soars into the 1950s in this inaugural Silver Age volume assembling stories from Action Comics #241-265 and Superman #122-137. Featuring tales such as “Superman in the White House!,” “Clark Kent’s College Days!,” “The Menace of Metallo!,” “When Lois First Suspected Clark Was Superman,” and more.
- The Invisibles Book 2 (2023 Edition) HC
- Collects: The Invisibles #13-25.
- Release Date: December 19, 2023
- Solicitation Details:
- Offered again! Behind the curtain of everyday existence, a vast and unholy conspiracy is at work, twisting and deforming reality to pave the way for colonization by hideous extradimensional powers. Facing this onslaught is a laughably small resistance movement scattered across space and time—a handful of subversives known as the Invisibles.
- The Question Omnibus by Dennis O’Neil and Denys Cowan Vol. 2 HC
- Collects: The Question #28-36, The Question Annual #2, Green Arrow Annual #2-3, The Question Quarterly #1-5, The Brave and the Bold #1-6, The Question Returns #1, Showcase ’95 #3 and Azrael Plus #1.
- Release Date: November 21, 2023
- Solicitation Details:
- Dennis O’Neil and Denys Cowan’s gritty, noir take on DC’s most enigmatic hero concludes in this second volume, which finds the Question struggling to keep a gang-ridden Hub City from tearing itself apart.
- Trial of the Amazons TP
- Collects: Wonder Woman #785-786, Nubia & the Amazons #6, Trial of the Amazons #1-2, and Trial of the Amazons: Wonder Girl #1-2.
- Release Date: November 21, 2023
- Solicitation Details:
- DC Comics proudly presents the first Wonder Woman crossover of its kind, brought to you by the writers behind Wonder Woman, Nubia & the Amazons, and Wonder Girl and some of the best and brightest artists in the industry. This monumental story brings together all the Wonder Woman titles and characters and will change the future of the Amazons forever!
- Young Justice Omnibus Vol. 1 HC
- Collects: Young Justice #1-19; Young Justice #1,000,000; JLA: World Without Grown-Ups #1-2; Young Justice: The Secret #1; Young Justice Secret Files #1; Secret Origins 80-Page Giant #1; Young Justice in No Man’s Land #1; Supergirl #36-37; Superboy #74; Young Justice:, Sins of Youth #1-2; Sins of Youth Secret Files #1; Sins of Youth: JLA Jr. #1; Sins of Youth: Aquaboy/Lagoon Man #1; Sins of Youth: Batboy and Robin #1; Sins of Youth: Kid Flash/Impulse #1; Sins of Youth: Starwoman and the JSA #1; Sins of Youth: Superman Jr./Superboy Sr. #1; Sins of Youth: Wonder Girls #1; and Sins of Youth: The Secret/Deadboy #1.
- Release Date: December 12, 2023
- Solicitation Details:
- DC’s newest teen heroes get collected in a new omnibus series! Volume 1 reprints Young Justice #1-19; Young Justice #1,000,000; JLA: World Without Grown-Ups #1-2; Young Justice: The Secret #1; Young Justice Secret Files #1; Secret Origins 80-Page Giant #1; Young Justice in No Man’s Land #1; Supergirl #36-37; Superboy #74.
- Zero Hour: Crisis in Time Omnibus (2023 Edition) HC
- Collects: Zero Hour: Crisis in Time Omnibus.
- Release Date: December 19, 2023
- Solicitation Details:
- Offered again! A catastrophic temporal distortion is creating chaos across the past, present, and future, leaving puzzling alterations in its wake. As villains across time rise to take advantage of the disruption, it’s up to a team of time-tossed heroes to uncover the true mastermind behind the crisis before the universe itself is destroyed.
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