EXCLUSIVE: DC's Superman, Supergirl, and Titans Solicitations For January 2017
With their official solicitations for product being released in January 2017 coming out on Monday, [...]
SUPERMAN #14
Written by PETER J. TOMASI and PATRICK GLEASON
Art by IVAN REIS and JOE PRADO
Covers by PATRICK GLEASON and MICK GRAY
Variant cover by ANDREW ROBINSON
"MULTIPLICITY" part one! The New Super-Man of China has been taken! The Red Son Superman of Earth-30 has been beaten! And who knows what's happened to Sunshine Superman! Someone is collecting Supermen across the Multiverse—this looks like a job for our Kal-El as he is joined by Justice Incarnate in this multi-Earth epic!
On sale JANUARY 4 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
This is hardly the first time we've seen Superman team up with alternate-universe versions of himself, so what makes this one special?
Well, for starters, Justice Incarnate, which is the team assembled during Grant Morrison's continuity-shaking The Multiversity. The scope of that series was pretty massive, and it seems to suggest that Superman, which is currently taking place on Dinosaur Island and interacting with events and imagery from Darwyn Cooke's DC: The New Frontier, is a book where they can go anywhere and do anything.
It's also interesting to note that the Superman currently appearing in the DC Universe is in fact the same one who was part of Convergence, so some of these Supermen might be very familiar to him. Whether any of that history will come back to bite the operation is anybody's guess, especially since the last time the various Supermen were all in one place it was on Telos and they weren't working very well together.
SUPERGIRL #5
Written by STEVE ORLANDO
Art and cover by BRIAN CHING
Variant cover by BENGAL
"REIGN OF THE CYBORG SUPERMEN" part five! As National City becomes a war zone, Cyborg Superman's plan to resurrect Argo City reaches its deadly final phase: rain Argo City itself down upon the earth!
Supergirl is all that stands in the way of total destruction—but with the clock ticking and the stakes rising she'll need more than just brute force. She'll need the help of…Cat Grant?
On sale JANUARY 11 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
There's a bit less to say about this one. Certainly the fact that Steve Orlando's take on Cat Grant will get to take center stage just as the TV version is taking a reduced role is an interesting move.
At the same time, we have to say something about the decision to bring Argo City back by "raining [it] down upon the earth." There's a lot of things to think about there, from the fact that a Kryptonian city would likely be chock full of Kryptonite to the fact that this whole obsession with creating a new Krypton has happened over and over again, from The Eradicator and the Krypton Man to Zod and the Kryptonians in the "War of the Supermen."
TITANS #7
Written by DAN ABNETT
Art and cover by guest artist LEE WEEKS
Variant cover by NICK BRADSHAW
"Home Sweet Home"! A new threat brings Wally West face to face with the Man of Steel, and the two recognize each other as kindred souls from another world. Plus, the Titans set up their new Tower in New York City!
On sale JANUARY 11 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
Weeks, of course, is the artist who brought the classic Superman back to the post-Flashpoint DC Universe with Convergence: Superman and then Superman: Lois and Clark, both of which were written by current Action Comics scribe Dan Jurgens.
This time, though, he'll handle the post-Crisis/pre-Flashpoint Superman as he races alongside Wally West, his longtime ally from the '90s and early 2000s Justice League.
So far, Wally has revealed his true identity to only a few people, and their memories of him had to be jogged by physical contact, and a little electricity that seemingly came from the Speed Force. Will Superman remember Wally right away, since both of them remember the pre-Flashpoint DC Universe clearly?
And since so much has happened around Superman, and so much remains shrouded in mystery, could bringing these two men together mean something big for Superman, and by extension for the DC Universe itself?