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Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom Special #1 Coming in October — Featuring Black Manta!

In the October 2023 DC Comics solicitations, they’ve announced a one-shot prequel comic book for the upcoming Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom — you know, the sequel to the highest grossing DC movie ever — and I’m excited to say I’ve written a full-length BLACK MANTA story, drawn by the incredible Ray-Anthony Height.

Black Manta is unquestionably the baddest badass in the DCU (he could chump Deathstroke, no question — fight me!), so it was really fun to dig into him a little bit.

The book hits on Oct. 31, featuring awesome covers from iconic Aquaman artist Ivan Reis, and variants by the amazing Jim Cheung and Belen Ortega.  It’ll also have a photo variant featuring Aquaman himself, Jason Momoa.

Plus, there’s an Aquaman tale by Tim Seeley and Miguel Mendonca, as well as an Ocean Master story by Ethan Sacks and Scot Eaton. It’s gonna be good!

Hope you’ll pick it up!

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Batman: The Murder Club Concludes In Batman: Urban Legends #23

In the latest round of solicitations from DC Comics, they’ve revealed the covers to Batman: Urban Legends #23 (on sale 1/10), which will not only be the conclusion to “Batman: The Murder Club” written by me with art by Vasco Georgiev, but the conclusion to Urban Legends as a whole.

I am, of course, bummed to say goodbye to Urban Legends. Anthology books like these are huge opportunities for creators trying to break into a place like DC — they give us a chance to play in the sandboxes we love, often doing evergreen stories that don’t need to worry too much about current events and continuity.

Batman: Urban Legends #23 wrap-around cover by Nikola Čižmešija

More importantly, they mean a lot to me as a reader—the late-’80s to mid-aughts series Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight was a book I read religiously as long as I’ve been reading comics, giving one-off arcs to a variety of creators to tell some truly wild (and mostly evergreen!) Batman tales. It’s fun to pick up a story where you don’t quite know what you’re going to get, and if you don’t like it, something new will be coming your way before you know it. At least, it’s fun for me.

But #23 will wrap up Urban Legends along with our arc, and I hope you’ll stick around for the conclusion.

A week later, Batman: Urban Legends Vol. 4 will hit shops on 1/17, collecting—I believe—my stories from issues 15, 17, and 19 (featuring Plastic Man, Aquaman, and Two-Face, respectively).

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Batman: The Murder Club Continues in Batman: Urban Legends #21 and #22

DC Comics has unveiled their next round of solicitations, which includes the next chapters of “The Murder Club” by me and Vasco Georgiev!

They unveiled some most excellent covers for Batman: Urban Legends #21 (on sale 11/8) and Batman: Urban Legends #22 (on sale 12/13), Parts 2 and 3 of our 4-part tale respectively.

I’m really excited about this story—as I’ve mentioned previously, this is one that I honestly can’t believe our editors (the excellent Dave Wielgosz and Jess Berbey) were on board for letting us tell.

Plus, these chapters bring in some Bat-family faves like Robin, Nightwing, and Alfred, so needless to say, I’m very stoked.

Batman: Urban Legends #21 Variant Cover by Jorge Fornés

It’s an honor to share these issues with some truly all-star talent, including karaoke pal Dennis Culver and artist Hayden Sherman, who are doing a very cool arc called “Arkham Academy.”

Be warned: the solicit text has some mild spoilers for our story, so maybe just don’t read that and trust me when I say, it’s gonna be awesome.

Batman:Urban Legends #22 Variant Cover by Travis Mercer
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Batman: The Murder Club Begins in Batman: Urban Legends #20

A couple weeks back, DC Comics revealed their October 2022 solicitations and with it, my next Batman story — a 4-part arc called “The Murder Club” with the incredible artist Vasco Georgiev, who you may know from the current (and excellent) Aquaman/The Flash: Voidsong series.

To say that writing a full arc of Batman is a dream come true is an understatement, and who knows if I’ll have the opportunity to do so again, so I can promise that I’m going all-in on a Batman story I’ve always wanted to read.

It goes on sale October 11, so be sure to tell your favorite comics retailer!

Here’s just one of the incredible covers from this issue, by Edwin Galmon:

And before that, my short story with the incomparable Mikel Janin in Batman: Urban Legends #19 hits on September 13!

See you in the funny books!

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Batman/Aquaman in Batman: Urban Legends #17, Out in July

As pumped as I am about the Batman/Plastic Man team-up by me and Jason Howard that’s hitting next month, I’m even more stoked to say that Serg Acuña and me are teaming up Bats and Aquaman in Batman: Urban Legends #17!

This one’s a full-fledged, Brave and the Bold-style adventure that’s also a sneaky sequel to the all-time classic Detective Comics story, “The Laughing Fish.” It was a total blast to put together and I can’t wait for everyone to read it.

Plus, check out this incredible variant cover by Sebastian Fiumara:

Batman: Urban Legends #17 on sale July 12, 2022! Tell your local comic shop you want this OUTRAGEOUS team-up!