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Solicitations will be out Monday and hopefully we'll have the images by tomorrow night. First up, though, a preview of ....

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The Legion of Super-Heroes #45
Written by Jim Shooter
Art and cover by Francis Manapul & John Livesay

A massive intruder planet has appeared near Jupiter – and its gravity is ripping apart the solar system! Under Brainiac 5’s guidance, Light Lass and Star Boy fight back, but they’ll have to do the impossible – moving planets – to end the chaos and carnage!

On sale August 27 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US



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Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds #1
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by George Pérez & Scott Koblish
Covers by George Pérez

From the moment Kal-El landed on earth until the end of time, the Time Trapper has sought to erase Superman’s impact on the universe. But the Legion of Super-Heroes have always been there to stop him. This time, though, even the Legion won’t be enough. The Time Trapper has found the ultimate weapon to carry out his plan – a twisted mirror image of the boy of steel from a parallel Earth long dead: Superboy-Prime! Who will answer the Legion’s call for help? Find out here as the Crisis of the 31st century begins!

Retailers please note: This issue will ship with two covers by George Pérez that will ship in approximately 50/50 ratio. Please see the Previews Order Form for more information.

On sale August 20 • 1 of 5 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US



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Legion of Super-Heroes: Enemy Rising Hard Cover
Written by Jim Shooter
Cover by Francis Manapul & Livesay
Art by Francis Manapul, Aaron Lopresti & Livesay

Collecting LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #37-44, ENEMY RISING features the work of legendary, returning LEGION writer Jim Shooter, with spectacular art by Francis Manapul! Can Lightning Lad grow into his new role as Legion Leader in time to help the team stop an evil from beyond the fringes of the universe?

Advance-solicited; on sale October 15 • 192 pg, FC, $19.99 US



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DC/Wildstorm: Dreamwar #5
Written by Keith Giffen
Art by Lee Garbett & Trevor Scott
Cover by Gene Ha

Things are looking grim for the heroes from both universes. The onslaught of an enraged mother nature and the always-psychotic villains of the DCU are proving to be more than the combined might of both universes’ heroes can handle.

On sale August 20 • 5 of 6, 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

Interesting. This gives me a bit of hope for Legion of Three Worlds.
The Time Trapper has a history of manipulating the Legion. His motives have always been murky. The villian having a believable motive makes for a more solid story. The twist of his motive being to eliminate Superman makes perfect sense. This just might work.

yes!! come to me!! why is august so far away!!!

All Final Crisis covers are triptychs. Why is that so?

Updated with a couple of covers for now. Still looking through the covers for Legion related materials.

that Manapul/Livesay cover is awesome!
and we see that there is a purpose behind the 3 circles on Brainy's new uniform. i wonder what that gizmo does?
transportation?
re-corporealizes Dream Girl?
Miracle Machine?

can anyone read the Interlac? I tried to read and was hoping that it would say 'Dream Girl' reversed.

Superboy-Prime? I thought he'd outgrown that name.

"INTRUDER"

I see WnK Version of Sun Boy - when did he rejoin the Legion? I must have missed something???

hmmm then does that mean that the Legion has a traitor inside? or they found an intruder - Rich M'rossey?

I sense a connection between Brainiac 5 and those bestial creatures the 3boot Legion has fought these last few issues. that said, manapul's pencils r awesome but JD's colours don't mesh well with me n r inconsistent.

Updated with solicitation text.

These titles are the Legion AR books.


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Ambush Bug Year None #2
WRITTEN by Keith Giffen & Robert Loren Fleming
Art by Keith Giffen & Al Milgrom
Cover by Jim Starlin & Al Milgrom

The second issue of our 6-issue romp through the DC Universe takes us on a mystic journey into space, where we encounter a new world and witness the return of Amber Butane — all, like, irreverently! Irreverentially? Plus, find out what really happened when Ambush Bug met Blue Beetle!

On sale August 27 • 2 of 6 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US



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DC Universe Special: Ambush Bug #1
Written by Paul Kupperberg, Keith Giffen & Robert Loren Fleming
Art by Carmine Infantino, Keith Giffen & Robert Oksner
Cover by Ryan Sook

While Ambush Bug is busy tearing through the DC Universe in his new miniseries, here are some of his top stories from the 1980s, torn from the pages of SUPERGIRL #16, ACTION COMICS #560, 563 and 565 and DC COMICS PRESENTS #81!

On sale August 6 • 80 pg, FC, $4.99 US


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Justice Society of America #18
Written by Geoff Johns & Alex Ross
Art and variant cover by Dale Eaglesham & Ruy Jose
Cover by Alex Ross

Magog is introduced into the DC Universe in “Gog” part 3! The last god of the Third World has walked the Earth delivering good will to men wherever he goes. But out of a violent confrontation comes the birth of the one being the Kingdom Come Superman must stop: Magog! Meanwhile, Starman struggles with his new role on the team and Damage celebrates his. Plus, Power Girl’s strange ordeal on Earth-2 leads her to seek out help from an unlikely source.

Retailers please note: This issue will ship with two covers. For every 10 copies of the Standard Edition (with a cover by Alex Ross), retailers may order one copy of the Variant Edition (with a cover by Eaglesham & Jose). Please see the Previews Order Form for more information.

On sale August 27 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US



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Countdown to Final Crisis Vol. 3 TP
Written by Paul Dini, Adam Beechen, Justin Gray, Jimmy Palmiotti, Tony Bedard and Sean McKeever
Art by Scott Kolins, Tom Derenick, Jamal Igle, Howard Porter, Jesus Saiz and others
Cover by Stefane Roux

In this third COUNTDOWN collection, featuring stories from issues #25-13, Jimmy Olsen’s unpredictable super-powers bring him to the attention of Darkseid!

Advance-solicited; on sale September 24 • 296 pg, FC, $19.99 US



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DC Comics Goes Ape TP
Written by Otto Binder, John Broome, Gardner Fox and others
Art by Carmine Infantino, Wayne Boring, George Papp, Ross Andru, C.C. Beck, Jim Starlin and others
Cover by Arthur Adams

You’ll go bananas for this new title collecting simian stories from SUPERBOY #76, SUPERMAN #138, THE FLASH (VOL. 1) #127, DETECTIVE COMICS #339 and 482, HAWKMAN #16, WONDER WOMAN #170, STRANGE ADVENTURES #201, SHAZAM #9, SUPER FRIENDS #30 and THE FLASH (VOL. 2) #151!

Advance-solicited; on sale October 1 • 168 pg, FC, $19.99 US


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Kingdom Come TP — New Edition
Written by Mark Waid
Art and cover by Alex Ross

Eisner Award-winning artist Alex Ross provides an amazing new cover painting for this new edition of KINGDOM COME, which features a deluxe foldout cover only on its first printing! (Subsequent printings will not include the foldout.)
Written by Mark Waid and illustrated by Ross, this is the unforgettable, best-selling tale of a world spinning inexorably out of control. Waid and Ross weave a tale of youth versus experience, tradition versus change, and what defines a hero. KINGDOM COME is a riveting epic that pits the old guard – Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and their allies – against a new, uncompromising generation of heroes.

Advance-solicited; on sale September 10 • 232 pg, FC, $17.99 US

I am hoping the Enemy Rising trade has bonus stuff in it like character sketches or alternate covers.

So since Enemy Rising is supposed to end on #44 - is #45 just a between storyline issue unless the mysterious intruder is the "enemy" that was risen.

good catch nightcrawler! I've been using this wiki as my source for all things interlac: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Interlac_Landscape.JPG
also if anyone is interested I posted the cover process to 45 at my DA account : http://manapul.deviantart.com/
thanks again guys and gals!

I hope so too! I've done tons of designs for the book and it'd be cool to see print. that being said I"m just happy they're doing a hard cover

I really love that cover and it sounds like a really exciting issue. New planet? Gravity ripping the solar system apart? Legion has to stop it? sounds like good stuff to me

thanks for sharing your deviantart page, francis.
your stuff just keeps getting better and better. the Sept Guerrieres
collection is beautiful. what's it about? is it only in french?

I'll second GN's praise of the Sept Guerrieres work. Wow!

Is there any store stocking this in the Toronto area Francis? I know there are stores who could import one but I am lacking the motivation to trek out to one of them or try to figure out Amazon.fr for that matter.

Looks like a very interesting series by some really cool creators. I love those European albums, such a variety of genres and art styles.

thanks all! yes steph it's gonna be a crazy issue and you'll see light lass starboy and b5 use their powers in a unique way. at least I think so.

right now the GN is only in french and italian soon I believe. American translations usually comes years later and only if there is a demand for it.

temper lad there's this store in toronto called Labrynth on Bloor just west of spadina, it's accross from BMV I believe they'll be ordering it and if my recollection is correct he wanted to do a signing with it. I'll make sure to post if it happens. thanks!

Scrumptious cover, FJM, this issue looks and sounds like a lot of fun. Oh, and congratulations on the first trade going hardcover. That's neat.

Shooter's stuff going hardcover actually tells me DC *IS* behind Shooter and his LSH, in spite of Lo3W...

I mean... not counting Archives, who ever thought the LSH would go HARDCOVER? And now we have 2 (including the ACTION arc). Seems like a big deal to me.

I just want to add how much I love Francis Manapul's design for LSH. He is probably my favorite LSH artist since Stuart Immonen. And I am a big lover of Barry Kitson, but his L.E.G.I.O.N. work was more interesting, I think, in terms of setting a scope.
It would be interesting to see why you chose to give LSH such a large sci-fi look (a look missing since Keith Giffen, imho) and whose work inspired you in this direction.

reminder - tomorrrow will be the September solicitation and L3W#2 looks nice in black and white, can't wait to see in color1