The Dark Group August Solicits

[neverender]

DIAL H #4
Written by CHINA MIEVILLE
Art by MATEUS SANTOLOUCO
Cover by BRIAN BOLLAND
On sale AUGUST 1 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+
• Abyss has arrived! Can the newest Dialer – or anyone – stop him?
• In a desperate attempt to save Manteau from X.N., Nelson is forced to team with his enemy.
• Plus, the secrets of Squid revealed!

JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #12
Written by JEFF LEMIRE
Art by MIKEL JANIN
Cover by RYAN SOOK
On sale AUGUST 22 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
• FAUST’S true master is revealed!
• The divided team must go up against BLACKBRIAR THORN!

ANIMAL MAN #12
Written by JEFF LEMIRE
Art by STEVE PUGH
Cover by STEVE PUGH with YANICK PAQUETTE
On sale AUGUST 1 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+
• Prelude to “ROTWORLD”!
• Continued in this month’s SWAMP THING #12.
• BUDDY and ALEC go into the Rot, and events from the last year of both series are recapped for new readers.

SWAMP THING #12
Written by SCOTT SNYDER
Art by MARCO RUDY
Cover by YANICK PAQUETTE with STEVE PUGH
On sale AUGUST 1 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+
• Prelude to “ROTWORLD”!
• Continued from this month’s ANIMAL MAN #12!
• ANIMAL MAN and SWAMP THING – together at last!

FRANKENSTEIN, AGENT OF S.H.A.D.E. #12
Written by MATT KINDT
Art and cover by ALBERTO PONTICELLI and WAYNE FAUCHER
On sale AUGUST 8 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
• The conclusion of “SON OF SATAN’S RING”!
• The mole inside S.H.A.D.E. is revealed.

I, VAMPIRE #12
Written by JOSHUA HALE FIALKOV
Art by ANDREA SORRENTINO
Cover by CLAYTON CRAIN
On sale AUGUST 22 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+
• ANDREW BENNETT’S hold over the vampires is about to collapse as
STORMWATCH attacks.

DEMON KNIGHTS #12
Written by PAUL CORNELL
Art by DIOGENES NEVES and OCLAIR ALBERT
Cover by PHILIP TAN
On sale AUGUST 8 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
• THE DEMON KNIGHTS are helpless in the clutches of MORGAINE LE FEY!
• Even worse, they’ve already given her exactly what she needs to become the planet’s most powerful magician!
• The road to a new Camelot will lead them to the last place you’d ever expect...

RESURRECTION MAN #12
Written by DAN ABNETT and ANDY LANNING
Art by JESUS SAIZ
Cover by FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA
On sale AUGUST 8 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+
• Mitch meets the person who’s been pulling the strings of his misfortunes since issue #1!

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[shingi70]

[El Sombrero]

Excited for Swamp Thing / Animal Man crossover. I thought "Deadworld" was a much better name than "Rotworld" but whatever.

That is a lame solicit for Animal Man. Way to get current readers excited by telling them that the issue will be "events from the last year of both series [being] recapped for new readers."

Also, I dislike the covers for both JLD and Demon Knights. Philip Tan's two Demon Knights covers have been hideous, coming off a run of gorgeous Mike Choi work. And the JLD cover is just generic. Sook's work is nice but I feel like JLD has had so many generic covers that just show some combination of Deadman, Zatanna, and Constantine fighting something. For a magical book it should have way more creative covers.

Still a good mix of books I want to buy here (Swamp Thing, Animal Man, JLD, Demon Knights, Dial H), but that's a pretty weak group of solicits.

[vicvega]

sweet jesus that cover looks amazing

justice league dark and frankenstein look awesome

I might stop following res man because I'm sick of the wait for the mysteries and stuff

Dial H looks wonderful

don't read the others

[crossbones]

uh, Swampy has a crossover with Animal Man, and apparently it is one where you have to read both titles to fully understand the story. eh...

also, "Deadworld" has now been retitled as "Rotworld"?

at any case, i'm on board for

SWAMP THING #12
DEMON KNIGHTS #12
RESURRECTION MAN #12 (thank God it doesn't say FINAL ISSUE anywhere on there)

[Roland Gunner]

Pretty excited to see Blackbriar Thorn in JL:Dark. I always thought he had the potential to be a heavy hitting bad guy.

[Brother Justin Crowe]

And now I have a new desktop.

[GiantRaven]

I'm delighted to see that all the Dark titles are still plugging along. I thought at least a couple of them would've been cancelled at #12.

[Roldan]

Great covers all around. my top 3 for august..

1. The double Animal/Swap Thing cover is just fantastic and their art really mashes well.

2. Francavilla is doing a Resurrection Man cover.. Awesome!

3. Demon Knights. Tan's covers really look like something out of a Metal album.

[Shinomune]

And the JLD cover is just generic. Sook's work is nice but I feel like JLD has had so many generic covers that just show some combination of Deadman, Zatanna, and Constantine fighting something. For a magical book it should have way more creative covers.

Not final cover ;)

[The Animal Man]

It's about time! The Animal Man/Swamp Thing Crossover has been talked about for so long

[CagedLeo730]

uh, Swampy has a crossover with Animal Man, and apparently it is one where you have to read both titles to fully understand the story. eh...

also, "Deadworld" has now been retitled as "Rotworld"?

at any case, i'm on board for

SWAMP THING #12
DEMON KNIGHTS #12
RESURRECTION MAN #12 (thank God it doesn't say FINAL ISSUE anywhere on there)

Snyder has mentioned many times that only the first issues and last issues of the crossover will have to both be read. The middle issues stand on their own.
As for changing it to "Rotworld", they found out late in the game that someone else had trademarked "Deadworld".

[Aether]

All the covers are awesome. I'm curious to see the new look of Blackbriar Thorn and how powerfull he is as he is the "master" of Felix Faust and the Demons three.

[El Sombrero]

Not final cover ;)

Didn't see that, thanks

As for changing it to "Rotworld", they found out late in the game that someone else had trademarked "Deadworld".

Didn't know that, thanks

[protege]

edge titles are up on newsarama- interesting news about Martian Manhunter..