DC’s April solicitations are trickling out today, and in addition to The Flash #19 and the usual team books, the scarlet speedster is guest starring in at least two three other comics: Justice League Dark, Dial H (hinted at in the March solicitations) and DC Universe Presents. Plus, Impulse’s guest spots in Smallville Season 11 continue for a fourth issue as Bart and Clark face off against the Black Flash.
From the Justice League group:
THE FLASH #19
Written by BRIAN BUCCELLATO
Art by MARCIO TAKARA
Fold-out cover by FRANCIS MANAPUL
1:25 MAD Variant cover by The Usual Gang of Idiots
On sale APRIL 24 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
- What is the latest and greatest threat to The Flash and all those closest to him?
That’s not a proper riddle, now is it, my precious?
Update: I forgot to mention that this is the second of two issues that Francis Manapul is taking off. Assuming plans don’t change, he’ll be back for Flash #20 and the start of the Reverse Flash storyline.
Update: I missed the fact that this is the book attached to the sword cover we posted on Friday:
DC UNIVERSE PRESENTS #19
Written by TONY BEDARD
Art by JESUS SAIZ
Fold-out cover by JESUS MERINO
On sale APRIL 17 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T • FINAL ISSUE
- In this final issue, what time displaced-hero has arrived on our world—and is the destruction he brings the herald to a great disaster?
From the Dark group:
JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #19
Written by JEFF LEMIRE and RAY FAWKES
Art and fold-out cover by MIKEL JANIN
On sale APRIL 24 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
- The House of Mystery is under siege—can special guest star The Flash help Justice League Dark battle this unexpected threat?
DIAL H #11
Written by CHINA MIEVILLE
Art by ALBERTO PONTICELLI and DAN GREEN
Fold-out cover by BRIAN BOLLAND
On sale APRIL 3 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+
So that’s what WTF means. And all this time I thought it stood for something else.
From the Beyond the New 52 group:
SMALLVILLE SEASON 11 #12
Written by BRYAN Q. MILLER
Art by JORGE JIMENEZ
Cover by SCOTT KOLINS
On sale APRIL 3 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T
- All-new digital adventures in print for the first time!
- The shocking conclusion to “Haunted.”
- Superman and Impulse face off against the Black Flash in Las Vegas!
- Meanwhile, events move into crisis mode on Earth 2…
+1 for the Black Flash, -1 for Electric Superman.
The title Dial H goes back for a very, very long time…all the way back to Robby Reed in the Silver Age (does the word “sockamagee” mean anything to you?). But, this volume of Dial H has a decidedly different approach from the cute hero-for-a-moment formula, one that works very well in the New52. In this series, there are actually several dials out there, even one for becoming a sidekick who follows the lead of their “hero”. Up to now, the special powers granted appeared to come from somewhere outside the reality of the New52…but not anymore!
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