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espanolbot (espanolbot) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-06-16 02:50:00

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genre: solicitations, publisher: dc comics

Some DC solicits for September
There be Spoilahs

BLACKEST NIGHT: BATMAN #2

Written by Peter J. Tomasi
Art by Adrian Syaf & John Dell
Cover by Andy Kubert
Variant cover by Bill Sienkiewicz
The Dark Knight continues his journey into BLACKEST NIGHT! Will the new Batman join his predecessor in the grave? Will Red Robin's reunion with his father be bitter and bloody? Can anyone escape the horror of the Black Lanterns? Find out in this new installment of the 3-issue miniseries from writer Peter J. Tomasi (GREEN LANTERN CORPS, THE MIGHTY) and up-and-comer Adrian Syaf!
Retailers please note: This issue will ship with two covers. For every 25 copies of the Standard Edition (with a cover by Andy Kubert), retailers may order one copy of the Variant Edition (with a cover by Bill Sienkiewicz). Please see the Previews Order Form for more information.
On sale September 9 • 2 of 3 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

*laughs* Oh wow, they just won't stop messing with Tim's head will they? Also, although those are probably flamethrowers, I choose to believe those are proton packs and they're ghostbusting. *nods*

BLACKEST NIGHT: TITANS #2

Written by J.T. Krul
Art and cover by Ed Benes & Rob Hunter
Variant cover by Brian Haberlin
Titan-on-Titan violence! Black Lantern Hawk has his talons set for the female Hawk and Dove! Meanwhile, Red Star faces a frightful family reunion with Black Lanterns Pantha and Wildebeest, and Donna Troy faces her worst possible nightmare! Plus, Black Lantern Terra terrorizes Beast Boy! Continuing the 3-issue miniseries from writer J.T. Krul (JSA CLASSIFIED, Fathom) and superstar artist Ed Benes (JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA)!
Retailers please note: This issue will ship with two covers. For every 25 copies of the Standard Edition (with a cover by Ed Benes & Rob Hunter), retailers may order one copy of the Variant Edition (with a cover by Brian Haberlin). Please see the Previews Order Form for more information.
On sale September 30 • 2 of 3 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

Donna's worst nightmare: being reminded that she had slept with her schlubby, middle aged college tutor. Also, Pantha? Did they superglue her noggin back on or something, or are there various chunks of reanimated Titans wandering about. Like Bushido and Anima's legs, for example.

BATMAN AND ROBIN #4

Written by Grant Morrison
Art by Philip Tan & Jonathan Glapion
Cover by Frank Quitely
Variant cover by Philip Tan
Meet the Red Hood and his sidekick Scarlet, Gotham City’s vicious new “protectors,” in the start of a new arc! This dangerous duo is out to destroy the very reputation and legacy of the Batman by replacing it altogether. Writer Grant Morrison (FINAL CRISIS) teams with hot new artist Philip Tan (GREEN LANTERN) to bring you what’s sure to be the new Batman and Robin’s biggest challenge yet!
Retailers please note: This issue will ship with two covers. For every 25 copies of the Standard Edition (with a cover by Frank Quitely), retailers may order one copy of the Variant Edition (with a cover by Philip Tan). Please see the Previews Order Form for more information.
On sale September 16 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

Starring Possibly-the-Joker and his amazing pal Pudding-Girl!

BATGIRL #2

Written by Bryan Q. Miller
Art by Lee Garbett & Trevor Scott
Cover by Phil Noto
As the new Batgirl continues her nightly mission, the mystery of her secret identity intensifies. Now she has become the target of both Gotham City’s heroes (who don’t take kindly to a new person wearing the cape and the cowl) and its villains (who want to see the entire Bat-family six feet under)!
On sale September 16 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

Someone new? Hrrm, so either Steph or Misfit... I guess.

GOTHAM CITY SIRENS #4

Written by Paul Dini
Art and cover by Guillem March
Bruce Wayne has always been considered the quintessential ladies’ man. But he’s never faced ladies quite like this before! Has Gotham City’s playboy prince finally met his match?
On sale September 30 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

Eh, I don't know. I think that it needs more IvyAss.

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bluejaybirdie
2009-06-15 09:02 pm UTC (link)

...Where exactly is Selina's other hand?

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I said it before, and I'll say it again. I don't think DC should do Black Lantern Donna-Troy's-Dead-Baby. Black Lantern Terry Long, sure. But not the baby. Losing a child completely rips a family apart, and often destroys the mother. I would know-it happened to my family. I don't trust DC to handle this properly or respectfully. I think they'll use it for shock value and cheap stunts. And using the topic of a child's death for that...it just really rubs me the wrong way.

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	majingojira 2009-06-15 09:06 pm UTC (link)
	Wasn't it DC that gave us the Aborted Fetuses Demon? Yeah. There's no way in hell they're going to handle that well. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	saralakali 2009-06-15 09:18 pm UTC (link)
	...Where exactly is Selina's other hand? You know, this time I think there's no question. It really is in Harley's crotch. Even if Harely's just humped up against the back of Selina's wrist, there really isn't any other place Selina's hand can be. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	iesika 2009-06-15 09:36 pm UTC (link)
	That would explain why Ivy looks so pissed with them in the background, there. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	tanetris 2009-06-15 10:26 pm UTC (link)
	there really isn't any other place Selina's hand can be. Come now, that's an exaggeration. It could be planted firmly on Harley's ass. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	parsimonia 2009-06-15 09:24 pm UTC (link)
	...Where exactly is Selina's other hand? Either she's lost her arm, or it's the reason why Harley's so happy there. You know, I really do want Gotham Sirens to be a book I'd like, but I cannot stand the art. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	volksjager 2009-06-15 09:41 pm UTC (link)
	Three guesses and the frst two don't count. Is it just me or is Paul Dini's art evolving more and more realistic ? :) :) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	brandiweed.livejournal.com 2009-06-15 09:50 pm UTC (link)
	Uh, Dini's just the writer. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	volksjager 2009-06-15 10:01 pm UTC (link)
	whoops! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	moneyless_jew 2009-06-15 10:03 pm UTC (link)
	It would be one thing if the baby was depicted as a 'Salem's Lot-esque wraith and not a slobbering zombie. I could handle that. But this seems almost more distasteful than the original Long Family Massacre. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	proteus_lives 2009-06-15 11:16 pm UTC (link)
	"...Where exactly is Selina's other hand?" She's giving Harley the "The Shocker." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sianmink 2009-06-16 08:44 am UTC (link)
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	proteus_lives 2009-06-16 06:34 pm UTC (link)
	My, a shocker from the Schocker would be...well shocking. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	brilliantnova 2009-06-16 12:58 am UTC (link)
	I agree with you on this. The solicit with Donna's baby is tasteless. Especially since she has been written with so many serious issues since the accidental child's death. Maybe Terry, I can see. But yeah, the baby considering the previous storylines involving her son. No. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	queen_marshed 2009-06-16 07:56 am UTC (link)
	Is it me, or are all the Titains tie-ins kinda tasteless? I mean they had Changeling making out with Zombie!Terra, and now Donna with the zombie baby. It just seems like the creative team aren't handling this very well. :S (Reply to this) (Parent)

	thebigapricot 2009-06-16 08:31 pm UTC (link)
	I fully support Zombie Terry. Will they be shooting Black Lantern's like they do Zombies? Because with summer coming I have time to help. The baby thing is wrong for all the reasons you state. And Donna looks so sad :{ where's Selina's hand? Just look at Harley's face. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	majingojira 2009-06-15 09:08 pm UTC (link)
	Well, time to open a Fourth(?) option for our new Batgirl: Someone Completely Different. (Reply to this) (Thread)

mari_redstar
2009-06-15 09:28 pm UTC (link)

Jason Todd, who really was serious about that "stealing everyone's uniform" thing. Steph's daughter, or Selina's, either of whom got accelera-grown offstage like always seems to happen to hero kids. Time-traveling Carrie Kelly. Roy, who's been trying to get back to his roots, but has forgotten which redheaded yellow-boot-wearing love interest of Dick's he actually was. Tim, whose costumed-identity crisis has hit a peak. Harley Quinn, like in, uh, that one time, you know.

(I'm rooting for Jason.)

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	faile_neume 2009-06-16 01:12 am UTC (link)
	ALL OF THESE OPTIONS I WOULD LOVE TO BE TRUE (although I think I'm rooting for Roy) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	liarashadowsong 2009-06-16 06:27 pm UTC (link)
	I'm rooting for either Roy or Tim on this one. giggle Actually, I'm hoping Cass stays Batgirl, but if they make the person in the costume be either Steph or one of the two others I previously mentioned I'll definitely be okay with it. If it's Jason, I certainly won't throw a hissy-fit, though. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	kenn_el 2009-06-15 11:59 pm UTC (link)
	Bette Kane. Especially if Kate turns out to be related. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	unknownscribler 2009-06-16 05:50 am UTC (link)
	Vicki Vale. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	neuhallidae 2009-06-15 09:17 pm UTC (link)
	Anybody else getting Pet Sematary vibes from the Titans cover? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	halloweenjack 2009-06-16 09:40 am UTC (link)
	Not so much Pet Sematary as 'Salem's Lot, which IIRC did have a vampire baby. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	neuhallidae 2009-06-16 11:48 am UTC (link)
	The baby didn't look so much 'vampire' as 'hell-demon-possessed-zombie' to me, which made me think of the kid from PS. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	crinosg 2009-06-15 09:19 pm UTC (link)
	For the first Batman cover, all I have to say is... WHO YA GONNA CALL!?! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	majingojira 2009-06-15 09:24 pm UTC (link)
	I was more thinking about: "Batman the Breakfast Ceral, Batman the Coloring book, Batman THE FLAMETHROWER!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	janegray 2009-06-16 06:02 am UTC (link)
	I was going to say "please don't soil the memory of one of my favourite movies ever by associating it with BftC". Then I remembered the Spaceballs Animated Series, which I had successfully purged from my mind. D: (Reply to this) (Parent)

	leikomgwtfbbq 2009-06-15 09:25 pm UTC (link)
	Regarding the first picture: YES. That's exactly what I thought upon first glance. "Holy shit, they're gonna be Ghostbusters! AWESOME! They need a different kind of Bat-jumpsuit." (Reply to this)

	kingrockwell 2009-06-15 09:26 pm UTC (link)
	Dammit, they're gonna keep Batgirl a mystery throughout the series? That's annoying, but maybe it'll at least be kinda obvious? And I think my feelings about Guillem March are already on record. >:( (Reply to this)

lonewolf23k
2009-06-15 09:28 pm UTC (link)

"Also, Pantha? Did they superglue her noggin back on or something, or are there various chunks of reanimated Titans wandering about. Like Bushido and Anima's legs, for example."

I saw the preview cover for Blackest Night: Superman #2. It features the late Psycho-Pirate. Complete with the hole through the face and head that Black Adam punched for him.

So, yeah, it's likely Pantha's going to be holding her head under a shoulder.

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	darklorelei 2009-06-15 09:49 pm UTC (link)
	The streams are crossing! OH SHI-! (Reply to this)

	sistermagpie 2009-06-15 09:57 pm UTC (link)
	It's sad that I'm so happy that according to solicits Dick will be facing Flying GraysonS--which includes his mother. I wonder if Tim's mom will be around. (Reply to this)

	moneyless_jew 2009-06-15 10:04 pm UTC (link)
	I love the BN: Batman cover. Goddamn, I was hoping to pick up this whole event in trades, but that looks like so much fun. And Tomasi's doing it! Thank God it's not Chris "Just Write Anything" Yost. (Reply to this)

	ninjapeps 2009-06-15 11:29 pm UTC (link)
	I choose to believe those are proton packs and they're ghostbusting. nods they need to be careful. they're dangerously close to crossing the streams. (Reply to this)

sherkahn
2009-06-15 11:45 pm UTC (link)

About the Batman cover.

One of the thing that troubles me about the Sons of the Bat and THE Dark Knight himself is that Bruce would go into battle against the undead with a plan. Not this "yeah though I walk through the valley the undead, I shall fear no evil for I carry a mighty boom stick" stuff that the kids are doing.

No, I mean Bruce would charge down their throats with Plan A, Plan B, Plan shove C-4 down some undead maw and pop a cap in his ass. They're dead already, Bruce has no reason to hold back! Bruce would roll on through like a nightmare, with Bat-tle Armor and with NAPALM, Etrigan and a fricking Bat toys especially made just in case the dead rise full of whoop ass pyrotechnics based off of Firefly's designs! Scorched Earth kind of stuff!!! "I kick ass for the Lord" kind of wrath!!!

Enough cleansing flame prepared just in case Poison Ivy's babies get beyond her control!!
Enough BOOM BOOM to make Mother Nature piss her pantsuit!!! You don't hear the sound of zombies screams, but you know the sound a zombie makes when it fries!!!

C'mon boys, dig around the cave! You know Bruce left the utensils and recipe for fresh BBQ undead, with original herbs and spices. Something that would make zombies fear the Batman. Flame throwers are for the army redshirts... you are the Sons of the Bat!!! Break out the stuff that lets you leave hot, molten black glass in your wake. Want some, GET some!! Yeeee-ah!!!

(I love Tropic Thunder)

*ahem* I do look forward to the other Blackest Night entries, too.

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sir_razorback
2009-06-16 10:38 am UTC (link)

From "The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead" by Max Brooks

"The living dead have no fear of fire. Waving an open flame in a ghoul's face will do nothing to slow or impede its advance. Zombies who have caught fire will neither notice nor react to the engulfing flames in any way. Too many humans have met with tragedy for failing to understand that fire is no deterrent to zombies!"

"Flesh -- human, undead, or otherwise -- takes a long time to burn. In the minutes or hours before a blazing zombie succumbs, it will become a walking -- or to be perfectly accurate, a shambling -- torch. Several cases have been recorded in which burning ghouls have done more damage, even caused more deaths, than they would have with only their fingernails and teeth."

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	daningram 2009-06-16 01:55 pm UTC (link)
	I wonder why everyone goes with fire over water when it comes to zombies. I mean, fire hoses could keep back the crowds and with a few modications, pressure washers that can cut through stone should be able to slice up zombies with little trouble. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	mullon 2009-06-15 11:52 pm UTC (link)
	I've got it! The new Batgirl is whoever that second Spoiler was running around Gotham a while back. And I'm curious to see what will be more remembered: Morrison or Miller's Batman series. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	faile_neume 2009-06-16 01:29 am UTC (link)
	I've got it! The new Batgirl is whoever that second Spoiler was running around Gotham a while back Wait. What? (Reply to this) (Parent)

	ladymirth 2009-06-16 01:39 am UTC (link)
	Do you mean Violet? I think they threw her out with Dixon. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mullon 2009-06-16 01:35 pm UTC (link)
	So no one would see it coming. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	ex_menagerie993 2009-06-16 03:51 am UTC (link)
	Quitely is an artist whose works I sometimes adore, and sometimes cringe at. I think this is a sort of cringing one. March is uhm, quite curvy here. The detail work is gorgeous. Are they going to have canonical lesbianism for those three now? I mean that cover is seriously sexed up and lovely and all but seems a bit of silliness. (Reply to this)

	sir_razorback 2009-06-16 08:52 am UTC (link)
	Man, the first thing that came to my mind when I saw the Red Hood post were the female ghouls from Fallout 3. That's not a pretty thing. http://www.moddb.com/mods/fallout-3-ghoul-mod/images/character-creator-screens1#imagebox (Reply to this)

	silverzeo 2009-06-16 03:14 pm UTC (link)
	I called the return of Donna's baby months ago. You all remember it! Can't wait to see what unholy evil and violent gore that an undead baby will do in the DCUniverse. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	espanolbot 2009-06-16 03:16 pm UTC (link)
	Undead future-dictator baby! (Reply to this) (Parent)