In advance of DC Comics' major new publishing initiative starting in June 2015 -- 24 tonally distinct new titles set for launch, alongside 25 continuing series -- the publisher has released solicitation text and covers for five issues scheduled out that month, before the expected release of DC's full solicitation information early next week.
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JUSTICE LEAGUE #41
Written by GEOFF JOHNS
Art and cover by JASON FABOK
THE JOKER Variant cover by DAVID FINCH
Blank variant cover
On sale JUNE 17 • 48 pg, FC, $4.99 US • RATED T
Retailers: This issue will ship with three covers. Please see the order form for details.
The critically acclaimed team of Geoff Johns and Jason Fabok present the much anticipated, extra-sized first chapter of "DARKSEID WAR"! When the Justice League investigate a series of unexplained murders on Earth, it leads them to the frontlines of a war unlike any the DC Universe has ever seen - a battle between the two most powerful villains in existence: Darkseid and the Anti-Monitor! Meet Darkseid's daughter - a mysterious force of evil with a bizarre connection to the Justice League! Plus: The horrible secret of Superwoman's baby! The ultimate temptation of Batman! Lex Luthor vs. Superman - no holds barred! New villains! New allies! And so much more in the DC Event that has been building since JUSTICE LEAGUE #1!
READ: Johns, Fabok Promise a "Very Personal" Event-Sized Justice League Story in "Darkseid War"
EARTH 2: SOCIETY #1
Written by DANIEL WILSON
Art and cover by JORGE JIMENEZ
1:25 Variant cover by PAULO SIQUEIRA
On sale JUNE 10 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
Retailers: This issue will ship with two covers. Please see the order form for details.
The survivors of Earth-2's war with Apokolips find themselves on a new world, but can Green Lantern, Power Girl, a new Batman and the other heroes of Earth-2 create a new world that's better than the last, or will their interference and good intentions doom this world, just like the old one?
GREEN LANTERN: THE LOST ARMY #1
Written by CULLEN BUNN
Art and cover by JESUS SAIZ
1:25 Variant cover by BEN OLIVER
On sale JUNE 24 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
Retailers: This issue will ship with two covers. Please see the order form for more information.
Imagine waking up in a strange place where you didn't recognize anything, and everyone you knew and loved was nowhere to be found. Now imagine that you are a Green Lantern. The rest of the Corps is missing, you don't know where you are and there's not a Power Battery to be found for as far as your ring can scan. Where are you? How did you get here? Those are just two of the many questions facing our heroes.
Starring John Stewart, Two-Six, Kilowog and Arisia, and featuring a surprise guest-star we promise you'll never predict, LOST ARMY is an incredible journey of discovery, survival, morality and heartbreak. Never has the Corps been challenged in this way - and not everyone is going to make it home!
READ: Bunn Talks What's Next for "Aquaman," "Sinestro" & "Green Lantern: The Lost Army"
AQUAMAN #41
Written by CULLEN BUNN
Art and cover by TREVOR McCARTHY
THE JOKER Variant cover by WALTER SIMONSON
On sale JUNE 24 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T
Retailers: This issue will ship with two covers. Please see the order form for details.
Aquaman is on the run from Atlantis! The kingdom he once saved now wants him dead - and nothing will ever be the same again!
SINESTRO #12
Written by CULLEN BUNN
Art by BRAD WALKER and ANDREW HENNESSY
Cover by MARTIN COCCOLO
THE JOKER Variant cover by JOSHUA MIDDLETON
On sale JUNE 17 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
Retailers: This issue will ship with two covers. Please see the order form for details.
There's a traitor in the Sinestro Corps who has set New Korugar on a path to certain destruction! The smart move would be to evacuate the Korugarian refugees from the planet, but Sinestro knows finding the identity of the traitor is more crucial, which leads to an unexpected betrayal from someone you would never expect, and a punishment from Sinestro that will alter someone's life irrevocably!