DC released the full list of January solicitations today, and you can see all the Flash-related issues and TPBs here. The “Flash War” story arc begins that month in the Flash annual, and the Superman issues promise the return of a long-missing member of the Flash Family (see below). Plus you can read the solicits in their entirety at CBR.
THE FLASH #38
Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
Art by HOWARD PORTER
Cover by BARRY KITSON
Variant cover by HOWARD PORTER
“A Cold Day in Hell” finale! The Flash and an unlikely ally must discover who is behind the death of one of the Rogues before the murderer strikes again! But Flash is trapped inside of Iron Heights with one person blocking his exit: Captain Cold!
On sale JANUARY 10 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
THE FLASH #39
Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
Art and cover by CARMINE DI GIANDOMENICO
700th Anniversary variant cover by TONY S. DANIEL
“The Perfect Storm” part one! In the 700th tale of THE FLASH, Barry Allen wants to make amends to the people he’s hurt, but Gorilla Grodd has other plans! If Grodd’s shocking attack on Central City wasn’t enough, the reason why—and how it connects to everything The Flash has faced since the Speed Force Storm—will rock our hero to his core…and change everything he thought he knew!
On sale JANUARY 24 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
THE FLASH ANNUAL #1
Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
Art by CHRISTIAN DUCE
Cover by HOWARD PORTER
“FLASH WAR” prelude! The biggest Flash story of 2018 starts here, with a special story starring the classic Wally West, who’s conflicted over whether to let Iris West know he is alive—and he’ll need the help of the Flash to figure out what to do! But when Magenta, Wally’s old love, needs his help, the Flash returns home to Keystone City where he is confronted with violent memories of an unknown world…A major turning point for the Flash family that sets the path for earth shattering stories in 2018!
On sale JANUARY 31 • 48 pg, FC, $4.99 US • RATED T
TITANS #19
Written by DAN ABNETT
Art and cover by PAUL PELLETIER and ANDREW HENNESSY
Variant cover by DAN MORA
“Who is Troia?” The Titans attempt to regain their balance after their epic clash with Troia—Donna’s villainous future self—and look toward a brighter tomorrow. But the Justice League wants answers about Donna Troy’s true nature, and they’ll get them—even if it means shutting down the Titans for good!
On sale JANUARY 10 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T
TEEN TITANS #16
Written by BENJAMIN PERCY
Art by OTTO SCHMIDT
Cover by DAN MORA
Variant cover by CHAD HARDIN
“The Following” part one! In the aftermath of “Super Sons of Tomorrow” the Teen Titans are left without a place to call home. But a Titan’s work is never finished, and when a series of strange murders crop up in San Francisco, it’s up to the team to crack the case and prevent further bloodshed. Are the killings the work of a single serial killer…or is there a greater conspiracy at work?
On sale JANUARY 24 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T
SUPERMAN #38
Written by PETER J. TOMASI and PATRICK GLEASON
Art by ED BENES
Cover by IVAN REIS and OCLAIR ALBERT
Variant cover by JORGE JIMENEZ
“SUPER SONS OF TOMORROW” finale! With no other choice left, the Batman of Tomorrow brings in the Titans of Tomorrow to take on today’s Teen Titans—as the life of Superman’s son hangs in the balance! See the return of future Superman Conner Kent, Wonder Woman Cassie Sandsmark and Bart Allen Flash in the final battle of this epic crossover.
On sale JANUARY 3 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
SUPERMAN #39
Written by PETER J. TOMASI and PATRICK GLEASON
Art by BARRY KITSON
Cover by CHRIS BURNHAM
Variant cover by JORGE JIMENEZ
“SUPER SONS OF TOMORROW” finale! With no other choice left, the Batman of Tomorrow brings in the Titans of Tomorrow to take on today’s Teen Titans—as the life of Superman’s son hangs in the balance! See the return of future Superman Conner Kent, Wonder Woman Cassie Sandsmark and Bart Allen Flash in the final battle of this epic crossover.
On sale JANUARY 3 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
JUSTICE LEAGUE #36
Written by CHRISTOPHER PRIEST
Art and cover by PETE WOODS
Variant cover by J.G. JONES
“JUSTICE LOST” part three! Footage of a major Justice League failure ends up on an extremist website, going viral across social media and prompting a Congressional investigation of the team. As public debate explodes over America’s trust in the Justice League, the team faces a crisis of confidence in Batman and his methods, which ultimately highlights fractures within the team over civil rights and methodology.
On sale JANUARY 3 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
JUSTICE LEAGUE #37
Written by CHRISTOPHER PRIEST
Art and cover by PETE WOODS
Variant cover by J.G. JONES
“JUSTICE LOST” part four! As public confidence in the League continues to fall, strained relationships within the team are set aside when Simon Baz is kidnapped by the mysterious figure known as the Fan: a zealous Justice League acolyte who was inspired by the team as a youth and who now deals death to the League’s enemies. The Fan knows literally every detail about the League membership’s powers and tactics, and easily turns their own systems and resources against them “for their own good.”
On sale JANUARY 17 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
DARK KNIGHTS RISING: THE WILD HUNT #1
Written by SCOTT SNYDER, JAMES TYNION IV and JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
Art by DOUG MAHNKE, IVAN REIS and others
Cover by DOUG MAHNKE
Continued from the pages of the bestselling DARK NIGHTS: METAL! The Dark Knights ride through the farthest reaches of the Multiverse to track down the unlikeliest of teams: The Flash, Cyborg, Raven and Detective Chimp. The mission: keep these heroes from completing their desperate quest to save all of existence! Plus, Challengers’ Mountain crackles with dark energy that will release an army of the world’s worst nightmares into the streets of Gotham City!
This one-shot also answers the question: Where are the Metal Men? And who is the latest addition to the team?
ADVANCE SOLICITED • ONE-SHOT • On sale FEBRUARY 14 • 40 pg, FC, $4.99 US • FOIL-STAMPED COVER • RATED T+
GOTHAM CITY GARAGE #7
Written by COLLIN KELLY and JACKSON LANZING
Art by BRIAN CHING
Cover by GABRIEL HARDMAN
In five days, Luthor will bring war to the Garage—so the gang rides out to assemble an army. Natasha Irons is determined to save her world, but sending so many of her friends away on missions leaves her alone with Barbara…and the Batman. Can she defend the Garage against the first of Luthor’s metahuman League: The Flash?
On sale JANUARY 10 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+ • DIGITAL FIRST
TEEN TITANS BY GEOFF JOHNS BOOK TWO TP
Written by GEOFF JOHNS, BEN RAAB, MARK WAID and others
Art by TOM GRUMMETT, MIKE McKONE, IVAN REIS and others
Cover by PHIL JIMENEZ and ANDY LANNING
The Titans return from the trip with the Legion…ten years too late! Get ready to meet the all-new Titans lineup: Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Animal Man, Aquawoman and The Flash! Face to face with themselves ten years from now, the Teen Titans make a pact that doesn’t bode well for the future. Now they must find a way home, before the Titans of Tomorrow catch up with them!
Collects TEEN TITANS #13-19, LEGENDS OF THE DCU 80-PAGE GIANT #1, BEAST BOY #1-4 and TEEN TITANS/LEGION #1.
On sale FEBRUARY 7 • 320 pg, FC, $29.99 US • ISBN: 978-1-4012-7752-9
YOUNG JUSTICE BOOK TWO TP
Written by PETER DAVID and others
Art by TODD NAUCK, KOI TURNBULL, ANGEL UNZUETA and others
Cover by TODD NAUCK and LARY STUCKER
In this new helping of stories from YOUNG JUSTICE #8-17, YOUNG JUSTICE: 80-PAGE GIANT #1, YOUNG JUSTICE IN NO MAN’S LAND #1, SUPERGIRL #36-37 and pages from YOUNG JUSTICE: SECRET FILES #1, the team is studying espionage under Captain Atom. Their class project? Solve a cold case that involves a forty-year-old murder. Now, the true killer has resurfaced to target anyone who might expose the truth about the original crime—and that includes each and every member of the team!
On sale FEBRUARY 21 • 416 pg, FC, $34.99 US • ISBN: 978-1-4012-7766-6
FLASHPOINT UNWRAPPED HC
Written by GEOFF JOHNS
Art and cover by ANDY KUBERT
The epic adventure known as FLASHPOINT is presented for the first time in the original pencil art! This is Flash Fact: When Barry Allen wakes at his desk, he discovers the world has changed. It’s a world on the brink of war—but where are Earth’s Greatest Heroes to stop it? It’s a place where America’s last hope is Cyborg, who intends to gather the forces of the Outsider, the Secret 7, S!H!A!Z!A!M!, Citizen Cold and other new and familiar-yet-altered faces! It’s a world that could be running out of time, if The Flash can’t find the villain who altered the timeline!
On sale FEBRUARY 21 • 160 pg, B&W, $29.99 US • ISBN: 978-1-4012-7767-3
JUSTICE LEAGUE VOL. 5: LEGACY TP
Written by BRYAN HITCH
Art by FERNANDO PASARIN, OCLAIR ALBERT and others
Cover by BRYAN HITCH
In these stories from JUSTICE LEAGUE #26-31, the children of the Justice League come from the future to stop a terrible event that destroyed their world. There’s only one problem: they came back too late. The cataclysm has already been set in motion, and now the children are forced to come up with a backup plan that involves doing the unthinkable.
On sale FEBRUARY 28 • 144 pg, FC, $16.99 US • ISBN: 978-1-4012-7725-3
TEEN TITANS VOL. 2: THE RISE OF AQUALAD TP
Written by BENJAMIN PERCY
Art by KHOI PHAM, WADE VON GRAWBADGER, PHIL HESTER, TREVOR SCOTT, POP MHAN and others
Cover by KHOI PHAM
As the Teen Titans adjust to life in Titans Tower, Damian investigates a series of strange disappearances in San Francisco. Meanwhile, Aqualad Jackson Hyde heads west to fulfill his destiny…and finds himself in the crosshairs of the Teen Titans! Plus, out of the depths of the San Francisco Bay rises King Shark, backed by an army of mutant shark-people!
Collects TEEN TITANS #6-7, 9-11, 13 and 14!
On sale FEBRUARY 28 • 168 pg, FC, $16.99 US • ISBN: 978-1-4012-7504-4
TITANS VOL. 3: A JUDAS AMONG US TP
Written by DAN ABNETT
Art by KENNETH ROCAFORT, V KEN MARION, BRETT BOOTH and others
Cover by KENNETH ROCAFORT
As Omen begins her investigation into the identity of the team’s traitor, the Titans launch a full assault on H.I.V.E., whom they believe hold the key to restoring Bumblebee’s broken mind. Meanwhile, tensions rise when Roy discovers Wally and Donna’s blossoming romance—which threatens to tear the Titans apart!
Collects issues #12-18.
On sale FEBRUARY 14 • 168 pg, FC, $16.99 US • ISBN: 978-1-4012-7504-4
Bart!
Maybe. I wonder if he’ll be future Bar Torr, future classic Bart, or some sort of mix of the two.
The Justice League arc actually sounds interesting. And the description for the Flash War prologue sounds a lot less inflammatory than the NYCC announcement.
The Titans/Legion thing in the Geoff Johns collection threw me for a loop. First it seemed weird that they would include part 1 of a 4-part story…then I remembered that the Titans/Legion mini I knew of wasn’t a Geoff Johns story to begin with, so I checked to see if there was another one. Apparently there was a one-shot in 2004 that I completely forgot about!
I sincerely hope Bart gets restored and all of that other stuff gets wiped aaway, because it seems like Bar-Torr was almost universally reviled (and IMO deservedly so). Fingers crossed, at least.
And yeah, I’ll be interested to see what Priest comes up with for Justice League, because I like most of his work.
I get the feeling DC backtracked on the inflammatory Flash War stuff really quickly when the reaction was generally negative. I’m sure the story’s the same and it may never have been meant to create strife, but maybe they realized it wasn’t so great to antagonize the fandom.
700 cover…
Team speedforce assemble!
Hope so! They should definitely do something great for the anniversary 😀
I didn’t notice that at first, but I found myself wondering how they were counting issues. Just looking at the numbered issues from #1 and up (no zeroes, 1 millions, etc) and no annuals:
350 issues of Flash Comics (Jay) & The Flash (Barry)
247 issues of Flash (Wally)
13 of Flash (Bart)
12 of Flash (Barry) between Rebirth & Flashpoint
52 of Flash (Barry, New 52)
39 of Flash (Barry, DC Rebirth)
That’s 713.
So they’re ignoring Bart’s time as the Flash, as usual.
Huh, interesting, and thanks for doing the math. Part of me is glad they’re ignoring that book because it was so terrible, but the other part is annoyed that they’re pretending it didn’t happen. Maybe it’s not counted because ‘The Fastest Man Alive’ tagline altered the title a bit? They aren’t counting books like All-Flash either. Still a weaselly way to get around things, though.