DC Comics is celebrating Pride Month and officially debuts its 2022 event with next week's releases.

This past year has seen more than one moment spotlighting DC's LGBTQIA+ characters, including both Robin Tim Drake and Superman Jon Kent coming out as bisexual, the comic book debut of Supergirl's Dreamer, as well as Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy sharing an on-page kiss during Batman's "Fear State" event. Now that June is Pride Month, for the second time DC will be releasing an anthology one-shot celebrating LGBTQIA+ heroes, characters and creators, DC Pride 2022 #1. There will be 13 stories focusing on Tim, Jon, Harley, Ivy, Aquaman Jackson Hyde and more, including a story from legendary Batman: The Animated Series voice actor Kevin Conroy. There is much more releasing from DC on Tuesday though.

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June also marks the beginning of Dark Crisis by writer Joshua Williamson and artist Daniel Sampere. There have been a few stories building to the event, like "The Death of the Justice League" in Justice League #75, Dark Crisis #0 FCBD Special Edition 2022, Justice League: Road to Dark Crisis #1 and the Shadow War crossover event. Next week though, Dark Crisis #1 finally releases, which will include the death of the major hero and see DC's legacy characters trying to deal with the absence of the Justice League. Following Dark Crisis #1, the event will run through Dec. 2022 and feature numerous tie-in stories and one-shots.

DC Pride and Dark Crisis make up only a portion of DC's new titles coming out soon, with Aquaman: Andromeda, Multiversity: Teen Justice, Nubia: Queen of the Amazons and the solo Poison Ivy series all hitting shelves and digital platforms at the same time. The full list of Tuesday's releases can be found alphabetically below, covers and solicitations included.

AQUAMAN: ANDROMEDA #1

  • Written by RAM V
  • Art and cover by CHRISTIAN WARD
  • Variant cover by BRYAN HITCH
  • 1:25 variant cover by ANAND RK
  • 1:50 foil variant cover by CHRISTIAN WARD
  • $6.99 US | 48 pages | 1 of 3 | Prestige Plus
  • 8 1/2" x 10 7/8" (All covers are card stock)
  • ON SALE 6/7/22
  • 17+
  • Deep in the Pacific Ocean, at the farthest possible distance from any land, sits Point Nemo: the spaceship graveyard. Since the dawn of the space race, the nations of the world have sent their crafts there on splashdown, to sink beneath the silent seas. But there is something…else at Point Nemo. A structure never made by human hands. And that structure seems to be…waking up. The crew of the experimental submarine Andromeda, powered by a mysterious black-hole drive, have been chosen to investigate this mystery. But they aren't the only ones pursuing it. Anything of value beneath the ocean is of value to the master pirate Black Manta…and anything that attracts Black Manta attracts Arthur Curry, his lifelong foe, the Aquaman! But heaven help them all when the doors of the mystery at Point Nemo swing wide to admit them…
  • Bringing a bracing cosmic-horror sensibility to the world of Aquaman, rising superstars Ram V (Venom, The Swamp Thing) and Christian Ward (Thor, Invisible Kingdom) team up to put Arthur Curry through an exercise in psychological terror that could break the will of even a king!

BATMAN #124

  • Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
  • Art and cover by HOWARD PORTER
  • Backup written by G. WILLOW WILSON
  • Backup art by DANI
  • Variant cover by GABRIELE DELL’OTTO
  • 1:25 variant cover by FILYA BRATUKHIN
  • 1:50 variant cover by JOCK
  • PRIDE variant cover by AMY REEDER
  • $4.99 US | 40 pages | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
  • ON SALE 6/7/22
  • In the aftermath of the Shadow War, Batman has returned to Gotham! But when he hears word of strange developments in Badhnisia, he’s forced to question…has Abyss returned? Or has a new hero been born in the dark?
  • And in the backup, Poison Ivy uncovers the troubling ramifications of the Gardener and Harley Quinn’s actions during Fear State in this prologue to Poison Ivy drawn by Dani and written by Poison Ivy series writer G. Willow Wilson.

BATMAN BEYOND: NEO-YEAR #3

  • Written by COLLIN KELLY and JACKSON LANZING
  • Art and cover by MAX DUNBAR
  • Variant cover by CHRISTIAN WARD
  • $3.99 US | 32 pages | 3 of 6 | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
  • ON SALE 6/7/22
  • The last party in Gotham City is here! Commissioner Barbara Gordon is stepping down from the GCPD, and Wayne-Powers CEO Dominic Lumos is throwing her a retirement party. Batman doesn't trust Lumos one bit, so he’s going undercover to get information on his new enemy—but runs afoul of the GCPD’s new top cop Beam Boonma!

BATMAN: KILLING TIME #4

  • Written by TOM KING
  • Art and cover by DAVID MARQUEZ
  • Variant cover by KAEL NGU
  • 1:25 variant cover by BEN OLIVER
  • $4.99 US | 40 pages | 4 of 6 | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
  • ON SALE 6/7/22
  • The bodies are beginning to pile up as the hunt for Catwoman and the Riddler intensifies...and they finally meet face to face with their shocking buyer! Batman and the mysterious Help join forces in what will go down as one of the more memorable team-ups!

DARK CRISIS #1

  • Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
  • Art and cover by DANIEL SAMPERE
  • Variant covers by JAMAL CAMPBELL, INHYUK LEE,
  • GREG CAPULLO, JONATHAN GLAPION, and BRUNO REDONDO
  • 1:25 variant cover by DAN SCHOENING
  • 1:50 variant cover by STEVE BEACH
  • 1:100 foil variant cover by GREG CAPULLO and
  • JONATHAN GLAPION
  • Team variant cover by MAHMUD ASRAR
  • $5.99 US | 40 pages | 1 of 7 | Variant $6.99 US (card stock)
  • ON SALE 6/7/22
  • Crisis on Infinite Earths. Infinite Crisis. Final Crisis.
  • And now…Dark Crisis!
  • The epic event years in the making is finally here! Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and the rest of the Justice League are dead. The remaining heroes are left to protect the world from an onslaught of violent attacks by DC’s greatest villains! Can the legacy heroes step out of the shadows of the classic heroes to form a new Justice League? And will that be enough to stop a darkness greater than anything they’ve ever faced from destroying everything?
  • Don’t miss out on the first issue of the blockbuster event of the summer!

DARK KNIGHTS OF STEEL #7

  • Written by TOM TAYLOR
  • Art by NATHAN GOODEN
  • Cover by DAN MORA
  • Variant cover by EJIKURE
  • 1:25 variant cover by RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE
  • $3.99 US | 32 pages | 7 of 12 | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
  • ON SALE 6/7/22
  • With three kingdoms on the brink of war, Batman is in hiding, recovering from an attack and a shocking betrayal. But Batman finds he’s not the only unfortunate soul to be taken in by his surprise rescuers—strange, magical youngsters have been given sanctuary alongside the bastard prince, Bruce Wayne. Will these teen outcasts change everything Batman believes in? Or will they perish at the hands of a demon?

DC PRIDE 2022 #1

  • Written by DEVIN GRAYSON, STEPHANIE WILLIAMS,
  • TRAVIS G. MOORE, ALYSSA WONG, and others
  • Art by NICK ROBLES, BRITTNEY WILLIAMS,
  • EVAN CAGLE, W. SCOTT FORBES, and others
  • Cover by PHIL JIMENEZ
  • Wraparound variant cover by JOSHUA “SWAY” SWABY
  • 1:25 foil variant cover by JEN BARTEL
  • $9.99 US | 104 pages | One-shot | Prestige Format
  • ON SALE 6/7/22
  • DC’s 2022 celebration kicks off with more stories, more characters, and more pride than ever before! This anthology features 13 all-new stories spotlighting LGBTQIA+ fan-favorites new and old including Superman (Jon Kent), Nubia, Tim Drake, Kid Quick, Aquaman (Jackson Hyde), Green Lantern (Jo Mullein), Alysia Yeoh, the Ray, Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, Batwoman, and more! This special also includes:
  • A Multiversity: Teen Justice kickoff story spotlighting Kid Quick and written by the miniseries team, Danny Lore and Ivan Cohen!
  • An introduction by activist, actress, and real-life superhero Nicole Maines that will include a teaser for her upcoming Dreamer project!
  • Pinups by P. Craig Russell, J.J. Kirby, and more!

EARTH-PRIME #5: THE FLASH

  • Written by ESS CARSON and EMILY PALIZZI
  • Art by DAVID LAFUENTE
  • Cover by KIM JACINTO
  • Photo variant cover
  • $5.99 US | 48 pages | 5 of 6 | Variant $6.99 US (card stock)
  • ON SALE 6/7/22
  • Impulse and XS burst onto the scene in 2049! When Barry Allen and Iris West go out of town for a much-needed vacation, Bart and Nora are left to stay out of trouble in Central City. With their parents gone, Bart begs Nora to let him go on patrol and really be a hero, but Nora refuses, saying it’s too dangerous without Barry there. But when one of Bart’s classmates at Central City University starts causing trouble, how can Impulse not leap into action?

FLASHPOINT BEYOND #2

  • Written by GEOFF JOHNS, TIM SHERIDAN, and JEREMY ADAMS
  • Art by XERMÁNICO
  • Cover by MITCH GERADS
  • Variant cover by XERMÁNICO
  • 1:25 variant cover by JASON FABOK
  • $3.99 US | 32 pages | 2 of 6 | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
  • ON SALE 6/7/22
  • The DC event of 2022 continues! As Thomas Wayne investigates the continuing mystery of the Clockwork Killer, another mystery erupts when a strange inmate within Arkham claims that Bruce Wayne is the only Batman that should exist. And Thomas's world is again turned upside down when a new, twisted version of an iconic Batman villain is born.

MONKEY PRINCE #5

  • Written by GENE LUEN YANG 楊謹倫
  • Art and cover by BERNARD CHANG 張伯納
  • Variant cover by INHYUK LEE 이인혁
  • 1:25 variant cover by MICHAEL CHO
  • $3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
  • ON SALE 6/7/22
  • Monkey Prince and Shifu Pigsy travel to Atlantis, where they believe a shard of Monkey King’s powerful jingu bang staff has fallen underwater…and if they can find it, Monkey Prince should be able to wield it…at least they think! Take a journey to the waters with them, down to the Chinatown district of Atlantis where all the Chinese sea dragons thrive!

MULTIVERSITY: TEEN JUSTICE #1

  • Written by IVAN COHEN and DANNY LORE
  • Art by MARCO FAILLA
  • Cover by ROBBI RODRIGUEZ
  • Variant cover by STEPHANIE HANS
  • 1:25 variant cover by BENGAL
  • 1:50 variant cover by MARCO FAILLA
  • PRIDE variant cover by STEPHEN BYRNE
  • Blank sketch variant cover
  • $3.99 US | 32 pages | 1 of 6 | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
  • ON SALE 6/7/22
  • Kid Quick—the Future State Flash—and their fellow heroes Supergirl, Robin, Aquagirl, Klarienne the Witch Girl, and Troy take center stage in a miniseries that rocks Earth-11 to its core! Co-writers Ivan Cohen (The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries) and Danny Lore (DC Pride, Champions) join rising-star artist Marco Failla (DCeased: Hope at World’s End) for the incredible debut issue, which begins with an attack by the H.I.V.E. and ends in the Church of Blood! What is Sister Blood’s true mission among the lost souls of New York City? Can Teen Justice get through their growing pains fast enough to learn the answer in time to stop it? And what role will the mysterious Raven—the brooding hero who has refused to join the team in the past—play in the ultimate battle? The secrets of Earth-11’s newest heroes and villains unfold in DC’s most exciting new team title!

NUBIA: QUEEN OF THE AMAZONS #1

  • Written by STEPHANIE WILLIAMS
  • Art by ALITHA MARTINEZ and MARK MORALES
  • Cover by KHARY RANDOLPH
  • Variant cover by JAE LEE
  • 1:25 variant cover by ALITHA MARTINEZ
  • PRIDE variant cover by KEVIN WADA
  • $3.99 US | 32 pages | 1 of 4 | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
  • ON SALE 6/7/22
  • Nubia may be queen, but not all Amazons call Themyscira home, which prompts the new monarch to leave Themyscira for the first time in decades to serve her people in a way Hippolyta never had the opportunity to. Now, as she embarks on her tour through Man’s World to show off the newly established sisterhood, she will be met with joy, distrust, and danger. As she travels to the homes of both the Bana-Mighdall and Esquecida tribes, something lurks in the shadows following her every move. A villain from Nubia’s mysterious past has been waiting for the day the queen joined the outside world again, and they’re ready to make her wish she never left the paradise! Taking place right after the Nubia: Coronation Special, a second miniseries for the fan-favorite Amazon begins! You won’t want to miss the exciting new adventures of the one true queen, brought to you by the creative team behind Nubia & the Amazons—writer Stephanie Williams and artist Alitha Martinez!

POISON IVY #1

  • Written by G. WILLOW WILSON
  • Art by MARCIO TAKARA
  • Cover by JESSICA FONG
  • Variant cover by WARREN LOUW
  • 1:25 variant cover by NICK ROBLES
  • 1:50 variant cover by FRANK CHO
  • 1:100 foil variant cover by WARREN LOUW
  • Team variant cover by DAN MORA
  • PRIDE variant cover by KRIS ANKA
  • $3.99 US | 32 pages | 1 of 6 | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
  • ON SALE 6/7/22
  • Pamela Isley has been a lot of things in her life. A living god, a super-villain, an activist, a scientist, and dead. In a new body that she didn’t ask for and with a renewed sense of purpose, Ivy leaves Gotham and sets out to complete her greatest work—a gift to the world that will heal the damage dealt to it…by ending humanity.
  • Spinning out of the pages of Batman, DC is proud to present the unbelievable next chapter in Poison Ivy’s life by the incredible creative team of G. Willow Wilson and Marcio Takara. Featuring a stunning cast of variant cover artists, including Warren Louw, Frank Cho, Dan Mora, Nick Robles…and introducing main cover artist Jessica Fong!

All of these issues go on sale June 7 from DC Comics.

Source: DC Comics