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Perry White
05-21-2002, 07:11 PM
The following DC Comics go on sale Wednesday, May 22nd. For more comics info, visit the Toon Zone Comics (http://www.toonzone.net/comics/) page, which now fetaures an upcoming releases list! (http://www.toonzone.net/comics/solicitations/list.html)

Please Note: Next week's comics will come out on Thursday because of the Memorial Day holiday.

<table border=0 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor=#111111 id=AutoNumber1><tr><td colspan=2><hr></td></tr><tr><td><font face=Arial size=2><b>ACTION COMICS #791</b><br> Written by Ben Raab; art by Derec Aucoin; cover by John Paul Leon</font><p><font face=Arial size=2>A flashback tale set in Smallville! Superman's actions have never hurt anyone, right? Well, sometimes doing the right thing can have terrible consequence, as we learn in a tragic tale from Clark's past. When young Clark tries to get an overweight girl to come to a school dance with him, bad things begin to happen.<br> 32 pages, $2.25</font></td><td><a target=_blank href=http://www.dccomics.com/directcurrents/comics/May_22/covers/down/dact_791.jpg><img border=0 src=http://www.dccomics.com/directcurrents/comics/May_22/covers/act_791.jpg alt="Click For Larger Image" width=100 height=151></a></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2><hr></td></tr><tr><td><font face=Arial size=2><b>BATGIRL BY ALEX ROSS POSTER</b><br> Painted art by Alex Ross</font><p><font face=Arial size=2>Acclaimed artist Alex Ross continues his series of painted posters starring the heroes of the DC Universe! Classic DC Silver Age heroines are featured this month, beginning with this dynamic portrayal of Gotham City's own Barbara Gordon, a.k.a. Batgirl. This 22&quot; x 34&quot; poster is designed to be displayed on its own or be placed side-by-side with others in the set.<br> Poster, $7.95</font></td><td><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #9999FF" target=_blank href=http://www.toonzone.net/comics/covers/2002-03/dcdirect/batgirl-alexross.jpg><img border=0 src=http://www.toonzone.net/comics/covers/2002-03/dcdirect/t-batgirl-alexross.jpg alt=Cover width=100 height=125></a></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2><hr></td></tr><tr><td><font face=Arial size=2><b>BATMAN: GOTHAM ADVENTURES #50</b><br> Written by Scott Peterson; art by Tim Levins and Terry Beatty; painted cover by Darwyn Cooke</font><p><font face=Arial size=2><b>Landmark 50th issue, featuring a painted cover by Darwyn Cooke (CATWOMAN, BATMAN: EGO)!</b> Catwoman returns! As she faces off with Batman during a foiled break-in, the Cat-burglar takes a bomb. The mystery of who planted it — and what Catwoman was really up to — is one the Dark Knight has to solve with his heart instead of his head, in an action-packed 50th issue!<br> 32 pages, $1.99</font></td><td><a target=_blank style="text-decoration: none; color: #9999FF" href=http://www.toonzone.net/comics/solicitations/2002-05/batman/bga50.jpg><img border=0 src=http://www.toonzone.net/comics/solicitations/2002-05/batman/t-bga50.jpg alt="Click For Larger Image" width=100 height=150></a></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2><hr></td></tr><tr><td><font face=Arial size=2><b>BIRDS OF PREY #43</b><br> Written by Chuck Dixon; art by Dave Ross and Andrew Pepoy; cover by Phil Noto</font><p><font face=Arial size=2><b>&quot;Bruce Wayne: Fugitive&quot; Part 10!</b> What is the mysterious connection between the final news story of Vesper Fairchild's career and the break-ins at Wayne Manor? Oracle must find the connection, but when Alfred comes forward with even more evidence, the pieces begin to fall into place. Meanwhile, Black Canary makes a final decision regarding Spoiler, and Deathstroke returns…which can only mean trouble.<br> 32 pages, $2.50</font></td><td><a target=_blank style="text-decoration: none; color: #9999FF" href=http://www.toonzone.net/comics/solicitations/2002-05/batman/birdsofprey43.jpg><img border=0 src=http://www.toonzone.net/comics/solicitations/2002-05/batman/t-birdsofprey43.jpg alt="Click For Larger Image" width=100 height=150></a></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2><hr></td></tr><tr><td><font face=Arial size=2><b>CATWOMAN #7</b><br> Written by Ed Brubaker; art by Brad Rader and Cameron Stewart; cover by Paul Pope</font><p><font face=Arial size=2>Selina's closest friend and confidant, Holly, has gotten herself into life-threatening danger. Catwoman is racing to the scene, but will she make it in time? Meanwhile, Detective Allen (from the Batman books) is drawn into the corrupt cop conspiracy, and Slam Bradley continues his investigation the way only he can…in his boxers! <br> 32 pages, $2.50</font></td><td><a target=_blank style="text-decoration: none; color: #9999FF" href=http://www.toonzone.net/comics/solicitations/2002-05/batman/catwoman07.gif><img border=0 src=http://www.toonzone.net/comics/solicitations/2002-05/batman/t-catwoman07.gif alt="Click For Larger Image" width=100 height=147></a></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2><hr></td></tr><tr><td><font face=Arial size=2><b>DC FIRST: GREEN LANTERN/GREEN LANTERN</b><br> Written by Ben Raab; art by Pete Woods and Rob Stull; cover by Kevin Nowlan</font><p><font face=Arial size=2><b>Retelling the very first meeting between the Golden Age and Silver Age Green Lanterns!</b> Alan Scott and Hal Jordan team up to face the ancient Oan menace, Krona. Krona seeks to discover the origins of the universe, despite warnings that it would cause terrible destruction to the universe, and it's up to our pair of ring-slingers to stop him! For more information, see the <a target=_blank href=http://www.toonzone.net/comics/solicitations/2002-05/index.html#dcfirsts>feature article</a>.<br> 48 pages, $3.50</font></td><td><a target=_blank style="text-decoration: none; color: #9999FF" href=http://www.toonzone.net/comics/solicitations/2002-05/dcuniverse/dcfirst-greenlantern.jpg><img border=0 src=http://www.toonzone.net/comics/solicitations/2002-05/dcuniverse/t-dcfirst-greenlantern.jpg alt="Click For Larger Image" width=100 height=152></a></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2><hr></td></tr><tr><td><font face=Arial size=2><b>GREEN LANTERN: CIRCLE OF FIRE TP</b><br> Written by Brian K. Vaughan, Scott Beatty, Jay Faerber, and Judd Winick; art by Norm Breyfogle, Trevor McCarthy, Pete Woods, Cary Nord, Ron Randall, Randy Green, Robert Teranishi, and various; cover by Nord and Mark Lipka</font><p><font face=Arial size=2>Reprinting all seven issues of the GREEN LANTERN: CIRCLE OF FIRE event! A nightmarish creation from Green Lantern's childhood imagination has come to life. He is Oblivion, and he's on a direct course for Earth. Aided by six Green Lanterns from different time periods, Kyle Rayner must not only battle a foe from his childhood nightmares but his own inner demons and uncertainty as well. For more information, see the <a target=_blank href=http://www.toonzone.net/comics/solicitations/2002-05/index.html#glmonth>feature article</a>.<br> 224 pages, Trade Paperback, $17.95</font></td><td><a target=_blank style="text-decoration: none; color: #9999FF" href=http://www.toonzone.net/comics/solicitations/2002-05/dcuniverse/gl-circleoffire.jpg><img border=0 src=http://www.toonzone.net/comics/solicitations/2002-05/dcuniverse/t-gl-circleoffire.jpg alt="Click For Larger Image" width=100 height=193></a></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2><hr></td></tr><tr><td><font face=Arial size=2><b>GREEN LANTERN HAL JORDAN ACTION FIGURE — NEW PRODUCTION RUN</b></font><p><font face=Arial size=2>By popular demand, the action figure of the greatest of all Green Lanterns, Hal Jordan, is reissued! The GREEN LANTERN HAL JORDAN ACTION FIGURE features multiple points of articulation and stands approximately 6 1/4&quot; tall, and comes packaged with a Power Battery he can hold (scaled to size of figure) and a one-size-fits-all PVC Power Ring for the consumer's use. This figure (previously released as part of the &quot;Hard-Traveling Heroes&quot; group) is reissued in completely new, 4-color blister packaging in line with the GREEN LANTERN CORPS packaging.<br> Action Figure, PI</font></td><td><a target=_blank style="text-decoration: none; color: #9999FF" href=http://www.toonzone.net/comics/solicitations/2002-05/dcdirect/gl-haljordan-figure.jpg><img border=0 src=http://www.toonzone.net/comics/solicitations/2002-05/dcdirect/t-gl-haljordan-figure.jpg alt="Click For Larger Image" width=100 height=129></a></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2><hr></td></tr><tr><td><font face=Arial size=2><b>HAVEN: THE BROKEN CITY #6</b><br> Written by Ashley-Jayne Nicolaus and Matthew P. Schuster; art and painted cover by Ariel Olivetti</font><p><font face=Arial size=2>The heroes of Haven explore the &quot;skid road&quot; formed by their city's arrival on Earth, hoping to find lost equipment and survivors from the crash. But the results of their search are nothing like what they expected, as they learn new and disturbing things about the natives of the world that is now home to DC's newest race of champions.<br> 32 pages, (6 of 9), $2.50</font></td><td><a target=_blank style="text-decoration: none; color: #9999FF" href=http://www.toonzone.net/comics/solicitations/2002-05/dcuniverse/haven6.jpg><img border=0 src=http://www.toonzone.net/comics/solicitations/2002-05/dcuniverse/t-haven6.jpg alt="Click For Larger Image" width=100 height=153></a></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2><hr></td></tr><tr><td><font face=Arial size=2><b>JSA #36</b><br> Written by David S. Goyer and Geoff Johns; art by Leonard Kirk and Keith Champagne; cover by Rags Morales</font><p><font face=Arial size=2><b>&quot;Stealing Thunder,&quot; Part 4 of 5.</b> The penultimate chapter of the shocking, unpredictable storyline erupts as The Ultra-Humanite grinds down on the JSA. This one's a knock-down drag-out battle royale, where we see Hourman's new powers, witness Wildcat as he learns how to fly, and mourn innocence lost!<br> 32 pages, $2.50</font></td><td><a target=_blank style="text-decoration: none; color: #9999FF" href=http://www.toonzone.net/comics/solicitations/2002-05/dcuniverse/jsa36.jpg><img border=0 src=http://www.toonzone.net/comics/solicitations/2002-05/dcuniverse/t-jsa36.jpg alt="Click For Larger Image" width=100 height=152></a></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2><hr></td></tr><tr><td><font face=Arial size=2><b>JUSTICE LEAGUE ANIMATED: SUPERMAN MAQUETTE</b><br> Sculpted by Karen Palinko</font><p><font face=Arial size=2>DC Direct continues its line of cold-cast porcelain maquettes with the JUSTICE LEAGUE ANIMATED: SUPERMAN MAQUETTE! Maquettes are statues designed for the series and usually produced exclusively for the artists and animators as the definitive models on which to base their drawings. Now DC Direct is making these special maquettes available to fans. Superman stands approximately 9&quot; high x 4 1/2&quot; wide on a 3 1/2&quot; diameter base. Packaged in a 4-color box.<br> Maquette, $89.95</font></td><td><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #9999FF" target=_blank href=http://www.toonzone.net/comics/covers/2002-02/dcdirect/jl-superman-maquette.jpg><img border=0 src=http://www.toonzone.net/comics/covers/2002-02/dcdirect/t-jl-superman-maquette.jpg alt=Image width=100 height=132></a></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2><hr></td></tr><tr><td><font face=Arial size=2><b>MIDNIGHT, MASS #2</b><br> Written by John Rozum; art by Jesus Saís and Jimmy Palmiotti; painted cover by Tomer Hanuka</font><p><font face=Arial size=2><b>VERTIGO's new horror, fantasy, romance, mystery miniseries continues.</b> Picture a lone farmhouse, under a moonless sky. Through the window you see that a TV is playing. Two figures are watching TV. One is human. One is not. Adam and Julia Kadmon undergo their most desperate adventure...one that will change the way they work forever.<br> MATURE READERS<br> 32 pages, (2 of 8), $2.50</font></td><td><a target=_blank style="text-decoration: none; color: #9999FF" href=http://www.toonzone.net/comics/solicitations/2002-05/vertigo/midnightmass2.jpg><img border=0 src=http://www.toonzone.net/comics/solicitations/2002-05/vertigo/t-midnightmass2.jpg alt="Click For Larger Image" width=100 height=156></a></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2><hr></td></tr><tr><td><font face=Arial size=2><b>ROBIN #102</b><br> Written by Jon Lewis; art and cover by Pete Woods and Andrew Pepoy</font><p><font face=Arial size=2>Tim has fallen under the thrall of a mysterious woman, one who might seem familiar to longtime readers. Spoiler's on the case, but when she prevents a murder she steps into an even deeper mystery. Meanwhile, Jack and Dana continue to struggle with their new lives in Gotham, and someone's about to make a deadly decision!<br> 32 pages, $2.25</font></td><td><a target=_blank href=http://www.dccomics.com/directcurrents/comics/May_22/covers/down/drob_102.jpg><img border=0 src=http://www.dccomics.com/directcurrents/comics/May_22/covers/rob_102.jpg alt="Click For Larger Image" width=100 height=152></a></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2><hr></td></tr><tr><td><font face=Arial size=2><b>SUPERGIRL #70</b><br> Written by Peter David; art by Todd Nauck and Robin Riggs; cover by Leonard Kirk and Riggs</font><p><font face=Arial size=2>Mary Marvel joins Supergirl and Buzz for their next stretch on the road — a road that is suddenly covered in...frogs? Blame Hurmizah, a.k.a. the Black Plague. He's one of the Demon Mother Lilith's co-rulers, and it appears he'd like nothing better than to see Supergirl, Mary and Buzz croak!<br> 32 pages, $2.25</font></td><td><a target=_blank style="text-decoration: none; color: #9999FF" href=http://www.toonzone.net/comics/solicitations/2002-05/superman/supergirl70.jpg><img border=0 src=http://www.toonzone.net/comics/solicitations/2002-05/superman/t-supergirl70.jpg alt="Click For Larger Image" width=100 height=152></a></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2><hr></td></tr><tr><td><font face=Arial size=2><b>SUPERGIRL BY ALEX ROSS POSTER</b><br> Painted art by Alex Ross</font><p><font face=Arial size=2>A classic Silver Age depiction of the Girl of Steel is the latest in the series of painted posters starring the heroes of the DC Universe by Alex Ross. Superman's cousin from Krypton, the original Supergirl Kara-El, has never looked better. This 22&quot; x 34&quot; poster is designed to be displayed on its own or be placed side-by-side with others in the set.<br> Poster, $7.95</font></td><td><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #9999FF" target=_blank href=http://www.toonzone.net/comics/covers/2002-03/dcdirect/supergirl-alexross.jpg><img border=0 src=http://www.toonzone.net/comics/covers/2002-03/dcdirect/t-supergirl-alexross.jpg alt=Cover width=100 height=131></a></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2><hr></td></tr><tr><td><font face=Arial size=2><b>SUPERMAN AND BATMAN ANIMATED POSTER</b><br> Art by Bruce Timm</font><p><font face=Arial size=2>From the back cover of the BATMAN AND SUPERMAN ADVENTURES: WORLD'S FINEST one-shot comes the SUPERMAN &amp; BATMAN ANIMATED POSTER! Featuring art by famed animator Bruce Timm, this stunning 24&quot; x 36&quot; full-color poster features the Dark Knight and the Man of Steel swooping down on their foes, the Joker, Harley Quinn and Lex Luthor.<br> Poster, $7.95</font></td><td><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #9999FF" target=_blank href=http://www.toonzone.net/comics/covers/2002-03/dcdirect/wfanimated-poster.jpg><img border=0 src=http://www.toonzone.net/comics/covers/2002-03/dcdirect/t-wfanimated-poster.jpg alt=Cover width=100 height=151></a></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2><hr></td></tr><tr><td><font face=Arial size=2><b>UNCLE SAM POSTER</b><br> Art by Reed Crandall</font><p><font face=Arial size=2>He's an American institution...and when trouble beckons, Uncle Sam's not one to back down from a fight! Featuring the classic Golden Age art from the cover of NATIONAL COMICS #26 by legendary artist Reed Crandall, this 24&quot; x 36&quot; UNCLE SAM POSTER is a powerful symbol of American strength and resolve.<br> Poster, $7.95</font></td><td><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #9999FF" target=_blank href=http://www.toonzone.net/comics/covers/2002-03/dcdirect/unclesam-poster.jpg><img border=0 src=http://www.toonzone.net/comics/covers/2002-03/dcdirect/t-unclesam-poster.jpg alt=Cover width=100 height=137></a></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2><hr></td></tr></table>