L’éditeur américain DC Comics a dévoilé dans la nuit ses sollicitations pour les sorties du mois de novembre prochain (vous avez pu voir quelques annonces au cours de la journée) et nous vous en rapportons une première partie consacrée aux titres Rebirth sensu stricto du DC Universe. Pas de nouvelle série au programme ce mois-ci, mais le #1 s’affichera malgré tout puisque, comme nous vous en avions déjà parlé, les premiers Annuals (pour Batman et Superman) seront de sortie lors du 5ème mercredi de ce mois de novembre.
Comme toujours, il est conseillé aux plus curieux de faire attention aux spoilers dans les sollicitations. Il n’y aura pas grand chose à noter ce mois-ci, puisque les équipes créatives continuent d’être plutôt stables (certains artistes étant ponctuellement remplacés pour pouvoir assurer le rythme bi-mensuel). On notera notamment que Felipe Watanabe (Cyborg, période DC You) vient donner un coup de main sur The Flash ou, plus intéressant, que Clay Mann vient aider sur le titre Trinity (c’est son premier numéro en intérieurs depuis qu’il a signé exclusif chez DC). On notera en revanche que DC continue de créditer Jim Lee seul sur Suicide Squad et on apprécierait bien que ceux qui remplissent les back-ups soient également annoncés (il est possible que l’éditeur ne sait pas encore à l’heure actuelle qui fera les back-ups en novembre). Enfin, chose amusante, Peter J. Tomasi et Patrick Gleason vont pouvoir s’amuser de nouveau avec Batman & Robin puisque le Duo Dynamique ira rejoindre les pages du titre Superman pour un team-up entre pères et fils ! Une histoire qui devrait certainement servir de prologue au titre Super Sons qu’on ne découvrira qu’en 2017. Pour le reste, je vous invite à découvrir le reste des sollicitations ci-dessous !
Note : les textes des sollicitations ont volontairement été laissés en anglais et le resteront dorénavant (puisque ce genre d’article se destine en priorité aux lecteurs VO, et car la traduction demande un effort et un temps considérable dont le staff ne dispose pas forcément). Merci de votre compréhension.
BATMAN ANNUAL #1Écrit par TOM KING, SCOTT SNYDER, PAUL DINI, STEVE ORLANDO et SCOTT WILSON “SILENT NIGHT”! A hush of winter snowfall has fallen over Gotham City…but a quiet night in this place is never truly quiet. Batman and his allies—and his many foes—stalk the streets in this icy showcase of top talent. |
SUPERMAN ANNUAL #1Écrit par PETER J. TOMASI et PATRICK GLEASON “EARTH TO EARTH, ASHES TO ASHES”! Mr. Oz told Superman he was not what he thought. Now, Swamp Thing comes hunting for the Man of Steel to discover what strange connection this new Superman has to the planet. But their contact is something neither is prepared for, leading to Kal-El battling the Earth elemental who wants to bury him. |
BATMAN BEYOND #2Ecrit par DAN JURGENS “THE RETURN” part two! Terry is tested in a way he hasn’t been since he returned as Batman. In Jokerztown to rescue Dana, he’s not up against one foe but an entire community of clown-worshipping crazies, all led by the deadly Terminal. Is it possible his crime-fighting career—and his life—will both end just as he’s starting over? |
TEEN TITANS #2Ecrit par BENJAMIN PERCY “Damian Knows Best” part two! Ra’s al Ghul’s forces make their move! But are Damian and the newly assembled Teen Titans ready to take on such a deadly threat? |
BATGIRL #5Ecrit par HOPE LARSON “BEYOND BURNSIDE” conclusion! Batgirl faces down Teacher in the streets of Shanghai, but will fists be enough against the intelligence—enhanced foe? Babs will have to conquer the pathways of her own mind in order to defeat this vicious predator once and for all! |
BATGIRL AND THE BIRDS OF PREY #4Ecrit par JULIEN BENSON et SHAWNA BENSON “Who Is Oracle” part five! Batgirl, Black Canary, and Huntress come face-to-face at last with the new Oracle…and unlock a mystery they never saw coming! |
AQUAMAN #10Écrit par DAN ABNETT “HOUSE OF LIGHT”! Before Mera can marry Aquaman and become the Queen of Atlantis, she must undergo numerous trials to appease the ancient traditions of her adopted homeland. But not everyone in the court of Atlantis is keen to see an outsider ascend to the throne! AQUAMAN #11Écrit par DAN ABNETT “THE DELUGE” prologue! Aquaman’s mission to unite the sea and surface has taken a great leap forward. But N.E.M.O.—the secret terrorist organization—has other ideas. Black Manta deploys the agents of N.E.M.O. to provoke hostilities between Atlantis and America. The Deluge—the prophesied, all–out global war—is about to begin… |
BATMAN #10Écrit par TOM KING “I am Suicide” part two! Batman now has his team, but are they ready for the most dangerous mission of their lives? As the Dark Knight prepares his squad to infiltrate Santa Prisca, he may find that it’s up to him alone to face Bane. BATMAN #11Écrit par TOM KING “I am Suicide” part three! Plunging into the belly of the beast, Batman and his team of misfits infiltrate Santa Prisca. Betrayal and savagery unfold as Batman races to steal Bane’s prized possession…and not everyone will make it out alive. |
NIGHTWING #8Ecrit par TIM SEELEY “RISE OF THE RAPTOR” conclusion! Raptor’s true colors have been revealed as he takes Batman hostage! Nightwing will have to use every skill he’s ever learned to save his old mentor from the wrath of his new mentor. NIGHTWING #9Ecrit par TIM SEELEY “FACING DESTINY”! In this single-issue tale, Nightwing is being attacked in his dreams by Dr. Destiny, and the only person who can help him is Superman! But following Nightwing’s confrontation with Raptor and the aftermath of “Night of the Monster Men,” can Nightwing trust a Superman he doesn’t know—or will his lack of trust get them both killed?! |
DETECTIVE COMICS #944Écrit par JAMES TYNION IV “The Victim Syndicate” part two! The mysterious First Victim has launched an assault on Batman and his team, forcing them to fight an enemy they know nothing about, who seems to have the support of an entire network of strange new foes! DETECTIVE COMICS #945Écrit par JAMES TYNION IV “The Victim Syndicate” part three! Batman is trying his best to hold his team together, but Spoiler might have every reason to walk out the door…and others might follow! |
BLUE BEETLE #3Ecrit par KEITH GIFFEN “THE POSSE” part three! How do you defeat a foe with 150 bodies? Meet the hive mind called Horde, an entity that can summon a host of minions to overwhelm any foe. That’s not the sort of complication Jaime Reyes needs in his life as he continues to deal with his overbearing mentor, Ted Kord, and a new romantic interest. |
CYBORG #4Ecrit par JOHN SEMPER JR. “THE IMITATION OF LIFE” part five! Cyborg loses control of his robotic form when it begins attacking his friends and family at S.T.A.R. Labs. Trapped in a virtual maze of ominous visions and forgotten memories, can Vic Stone hack his way through the cybernetic gauntlet that is his own mind? CYBORG #5Ecrit par JOHN SEMPER JR. “THE IMITATION OF LIFE” part six! Led by Silas Stone, S.T.A.R. Labs takes drastic measures to decommission Cyborg! Confound inside his immobile body, Cyborg seeks help from an unlikely ally who, with help of virtual Victor, must break into S.T.A.R. Labs to reactive Cyborg. |
DEATHSTROKE #6Ecrit par CHRISTOPHER PRIEST “The Professional” part six! Deathstroke’s honor is put to the test when he must help a tyrannical despot—Ja Zaki, a.k.a. The Red Lion—stop a civil war that he inadvertently caused. Plus: Enter Jericho! DEATHSTROKE #7Ecrit par CHRISTOPHER PRIEST “The Professional” part seven! After Deathstroke confronts the enemy behind Wintergreen’s abduction and the attempted murder of his daughter, he soon finds himself abandoned on a suicide mission where he confronts an unbeatable foe—the Man of Steel! |
ACTION COMICS #967Écrit par DAN JURGENS “MEN OF STEEL” part one! LEX LUTHOR is under attack—and only Superman can save him! When the world’s most ingenious scientific mind took on the mantle of Metropolis’ new man of steel, the world took notice—and so did the mysterious Godslayer! ACTION COMICS #968Écrit par DAN JURGENS “MEN OF STEEL” part two! Superman must find and protect his oldest, most conniving enemy. But are the Godslayer’s actions justified? Will stopping Lex Luthor prevent catastrophe later? Plus, Lois’ investigation of the human Clark Kent takes a startling turn! |
THE FLASH #10Écrit par JOSHUA WILLIAMSON “THE SPEED OF DARKNESS” part one! A villain from The Flash’s history returns for the first time in years when The Shade visits Central City. But what does Opal City’s master of shadow want with Barry Allen and the newly christened Kid Flash? THE FLASH #11Écrit par JOSHUA WILLIAMSON “THE SPEED OF DARKNESS” part two! Lost in the infinite horror of the Shadowlands, The Flash and Kid Flash’s new partnership is tested as they fight to uncover the dark secrets of the Shade and his mysterious plans for the speedster duo. |
GREEN ARROW #10Écrit par BEN PERCY “MURDER ON THE EMPIRE EXPRESS” part one! Queen Industries’ new Trans-Pacific Railway is an undersea vehicle that symbolizes world peace—which makes its maiden voyage the perfect place for the Ninth Circle to stage a high-profile assassination. Luckily, Green Arrow, Black Canary and John Diggle are on board as outlaw stowaways! GREEN ARROW #11Écrit par BEN PERCY “MURDER ON THE EMPIRE EXPRESS” part two! There’s no business like the war business, and business is booming—or it will be once the world learns of the brutal assassination of one of its most critical leaders at the hands of…Green Arrow?! Trapped with a killer hundreds of feet below the ocean, Oliver Queen must solve a murder before his undersea voyage ends—and with it, peace in our time. |
GREEN LANTERNS #10Écrit par SAM HUMPHRIES “THE PHANTOM RING” part two! The Phantom Ring was never supposed to return from the place where the Guardians of the Universe hid it. Can Jessica and Baz control and contain its ancient power before it falls into the waiting hands of an unexpected new foe? GREEN LANTERNS #11Écrit par SAM HUMPHRIES “THE PHANTOM RING” part three! The Phantom Ring has been claimed, but is its new bearer friend or foe of the Green Lantern Corps? |
HAL JORDAN AND THE GREEN LANTERN CORPS #8Ecrit par ROBERT VENDITTI “BOTTLED LIGHT” part one! The Green Lantern Corps may be back up and running, but how will they protect the universe with the Sinestro Corps as partners? Plus, what happened to Hal Jordan—and who can bring him back from beyond? HAL JORDAN AND THE GREEN LANTERN CORPS #9Ecrit par ROBERT VENDITTI “BOTTLED LIGHT” part two! The Corps is trapped in the Xudarian capital with a foe that suppresses willpower! And—Starro strikes! |
HARLEY QUINN #7Ecrit par AMANDA CONNER et JIMMY PALMIOTTI “EAT TO THIS BEAT” part 3! Harley’s punk-rock epic concludes with her and her bandmates in way too deep on their undercover mission to take down a brutal gang of thieves and murderers! HARLEY QUINN #8Ecrit par AMANDA CONNER et JIMMY PALMIOTTI “LIFE’S A BEACH”! Harley owes Ivy a trip to the Bahamas…and delivers way more than either of them expected! |
THE HELLBLAZER #4Ecrit par SIMON OLIVER “THE POISON TRUTH” part four! It turns out that Chas’s gangster trouble may be John’s best opportunity to defeat the djinn. That is, they will be if they don’t catch on to the con he’s pulling. |
JUSTICE LEAGUE #8Ecrit par BRYAN HITCH “OUTBREAK” part one! Someone is hacking into the Justice League’s computers, causing the Batcave’s weapons and security systems to turn against the Dark Knight and the Watchtower satellite to plummet to Earth—with Cyborg trapped on board. JUSTICE LEAGUE #9Ecrit par BRYAN HITCH “OUTBREAK” part two! The Justice League is under attack from an unseen foe with a vendetta against Earth’s greatest heroes—someone with the power to reprogram Jessica Cruz and Simon Baz’s Green Lantern rings to kill any member of the Justice League. |
NEW SUPER-MAN #5Ecrit par GENE LUEN YANG “MADE IN CHINA” part five! The revelations keep coming! Kong Kenan has learned the disturbing truth about the Chinese Freedom Fighters, and his next move could make or break his entire country! Meanwhile, the noticeably insane Human Firecracker unleashes the might of his secret weapon. Two words: Starro. Bomb. |
RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS #4Ecrit par SCOTT LOBDELL “DARK TRINITY” part four! The unimaginable has happened—Black Mask has gained control of one of the most powerful beings in the world: Bizarro! Can the Red Hood stop him before Black Mask’s reign of terror begins? |
SUICIDE SQUAD #6Ecrit par ROB WILLIAMS “THE BLACK VAULT” part six! With the secret of the Black Vault revealed, Rick Flag and Amanda Waller come to blows over what to actually do with it—assuming they can even control it! Can “The Wall” give up the deadliest weapon in the world—maybe in the galaxy? And what effect is the Vault having on everyone in Belle Reve? SUICIDE SQUAD #7Ecrit par ROB WILLIAMS “THE BLACK VAULT” part seven! While Task Force X’s overseers debate the team’s purpose, the Suicide Squad gets a well-deserved day off—until the dark energies of the Black Vault drive everyone in Belle Reve Penitentiary to acts of violent, bloody madness. Everyone except the crown princess of crazy, Harley Quinn, who’s somehow been…cured? |
SUPERGIRL #3Ecrit par STEVE ORLANDO “REIGN OF THE CYBORG SUPERMEN” part three! At last, Supergirl returns to Argo City! But when Kara Zor-El arrives back to her childhood home, a grim discovery awaits, courtesy of the Cyborg Superman! Supergirl must battle for the fate of not one but two worlds as yet another face from her past returns to stop her! |
SUPERWOMAN #4Ecrit par PHIL JIMENEZ “WHO IS SUPERWOMAN?” part four! Superwoman’s illness is getting worse—and so are the plans of Ultra-Woman! With the might of the Bizaress army and Lexcorp technology at her fingertips, Ultra Woman is nearing victory—and Lex Luthor may be the first to fall! Meanwhile, Lana struggles to carry on the legacies of her fallen friends—and the ghosts of her past will come back to haunt her! |
SUPERMAN #10Écrit par PETER J. TOMASI et PATRICK GLEASON “IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER” part one! For the first time, the Man of Tomorrow and the Boy of Steel team up with the Caped Crusader and the Boy Wonder in a father-son adventure you won’t want to miss! Damian Wayne has been hearing a lot about this mysterious new Superboy, and now’s his chance to find out who he is… SUPERMAN #11Écrit par PETER J. TOMASI et PATRICK GLEASON “IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER” part two! Superman and Batman are up against the ropes, and it’s up to Superboy and Robin to save the day— but can they work together long enough to get the job done? |
TITANS #5Ecrit par DAN ABNETT “The Return of Wally West” part five! Wally West will do anything to save his friends—even at the cost of his own life! The full extent of Abra Kadabra’s greatest trick is finally revealed! |
TRINITY #3Ecrit par FRANCIS MANAPUL “BETTER TOGETHER” part three! The deadly White Mercy has Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman in its terrifying grasp! But who would dare to orchestrate this attack—and why? All will be revealed as the three most powerful heroes in the DC Universe fight for their very souls! |
WONDER WOMAN #10Écrit par GREG RUCKA “YEAR ONE” part five! The world is finally introduced to the Wonder Woman, and adversaries—both ancient and new—take note. This story was previously scheduled to appear in issue #8. WONDER WOMAN #11Écrit par GREG RUCKA “THE LIES” part six! In the conclusion to this epic tale, the lie is revealed as Wonder Woman returns to Themyscira in the company of Steve Trevor to find that nothing has changed—and everything is wrong. |
BATMAN #1 DIRECTORS CUTEcrit par TOM KING Join writer Tom King and artist David Finch as they launch Batman into a brave new era in this new pencils-only DIRECTOR’S CUT special! In this tale, no one has ever stopped the Caped Crusader. Not The Joker. Not Two-Face. Not even the entire Justice League. But how does Batman confront a new hero who wants to save the city from the Dark Knight? |
Encore beaucoup de choses qui font envie ! Et Janin fait des merveilles sur les covers de Batman.
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ils sont casse pieds avec leurs sollicitations avec les covers qui sont un coup du premier numéro du mois un coup du second…
Mince, Manapul est déjà plus aux planches de Trinity. Dommage, vu le temps que DC lui a laissé, j’espérais qu’il fasse le premier arc seul. Ça aurait fait un TPB magnifique…
Je croyais que Clay Mann officiait seulement pour la cover ! C’est clairement dommage, Manapul est tellement bon aux dessins, avec un style unique..
Tellement de bonnes choses dans ces sollicitations, même pour des séries que je ne suis pas, genre Flash on voit un désir de mettre en avant le Kid Flash New52.
Sinon je retiens Nightwing qui a l’air au top, Action Comics qui a un nouvel arc franchement sympathique (10/10), un magnifique Superman qui s’annonce comme la suite, tant attendu, de Batman and Robin, un Green Lantern-Verse qui annonce du beau également !
Bref, de l’excellent partout ! J’ai hâte de lire tout ça :)
Que du lourd !