DC Comics Solicitations for January, 2010: What are you getting?!?

[wonderfly]

The first DC solicitations for the new year have arrived! What looks good in the new year for you?!?

DC Comics Solicitations for January, 2010 are now online!!

So whatchagonnaget?!?

[rggkjg1]

THE QUESTION #37
BATMAN AND ROBIN #7
BATMAN #695
DETECTIVE COMICS #861
BATGIRL #6
GOTHAM CITY SIRENS #8
BATMAN: STREETS OF GOTHAM #8
RED ROBIN #8
ADVENTURE COMICS #6
ACTION COMICS #885
SUPERMAN #696
SUPERGIRL #49
SUPERMAN: WORLD OF NEW KRYPTON #11
WORLD’S FINEST #4
THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #31
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #41
JUSTICE LEAGUE: CRY FOR JUSTICE #6
WONDER WOMAN #40

looks like my new year will start off a little light.

[creativerealms]

Those "resurrected" comics that are part of the Blackest Night event sound interesting. I might have to pick up a couple.

[Jin Kazama]

Dang. Rough month. A lot of "gets", a trade and a bunch I'm on the fence about.

Getting
-Green Lantern #50: Looking forward to Hal v. Spectre since it was introduced in Blackest Night.
-Blackest Night: The Flash #2: Gotta love a Captain Cold story.
-The Atom & Hawkman #46: I've enjoyed the involvement of both characters in Blackest Night, so I'm game.
-Starman #81: I mean, come on. This one's a given.
-Batman and Robin #7
-Batman #695
-Adventure Comics #6: Johns and Manapul leaving means I may as well. Shame, too.
-Superman: World of New Krypton #11
-Booster Gold #28
-Justice League: Cry for Justice #6
-Justice League of America #41: The wait is over. Yay. Finally something to (hopefully) turn this book around.
-Justice Society of America #35/JSA All-Stars #2: Still on the fence as to which, if any, of these I'll be getting.
-Hitman vol. 2 TPB: Yay! They are continuing to re-release these! Now I can finally read this series.
-Tiny Titans #24

May Get/Not Getting But Worth Note
-The Question #37: Loved the original Vic Sage question series. Not so much Montoya.
-Catwoman #83: I never read the storyline this is coming off of, but it sounds interesting, so I may get it.
-Power of Shazam #48: Depends on how it looks. I'm a big Cap fan, but his comics are sometimes hit or miss.
-Suicide Squad #67: Squad vs. Secret Six makes this very tempting.
-Supergirl #49: Epic cover. Love it.

[Anthonynotes]

Will buy:
Super Friends #23
Tiny Titans #24
Batman: The Brave and the Bold #13

Might buy:
None.

[Xurk]

GREEN LANTERN #50 - Looking forward to it already. The image on the cover is brilliance and nostalgia put together.
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #44 - Yeah, I'd guess that after willpower, rage would be the most prominent emotion in Guy Gardner
STARMAN #81 - Not sure about this one yet, but it's a cool idea at least.
ADVENTURE COMICS #6
BOOSTER GOLD #28

[wonderfly]

Getting:

Jonah Hex #51
Astro City: The Dark Age Book 4 #1: It'll be interesting to see what Busiek does when this storyline is finally wrapped up.
Scalped #35

I'm pretty happy with my same batch of titles each month. Apparently there's no "Ex Machina" this month though.

On the "maybe I'll get it, maybe I won't" list:

Joe the Barbarian #1: "Boy escapes real world to become hero in fantasy world" has been done before, but I love the concept...but then again, it's Grant Morrison writing...

[Ed Liu]

My comments:

- Of the Blackest Night tie-ins, the only one I'm vaguely interested in would be Suicide Squad, mostly because it's John Ostrander and Gail Simone. Just don't know that I'll be able to follow what's going on since I've been mostly ignoring Blackest Night (and, well, DC mainline continuity in general).

- Har.

- I'm not normally fond of Joshua Middleton's covers, but the one he did for this solicits' Supergirl is excellent.

- Hey, wait a sec...Giffen & DeMatteis have been doing Doom Patrol? With Kevin Maguire on some of the art chores? Where have I been?

- I generally like Amanda Connor's take on Power Girl, but the pose on this cover feels wrong. Connor's normally better than that.

- I might grab that DC Universe: Origins TPB, since it'll save me the hassle of downloading all the pages off DC's website.

- Debating whether I want to keep reading Astro City in singles. Everything else has gone to trades.

- Definitely ordering that Fables Vol. 13 TPB.

- I should probably hit the library and re-read The Losers TPB they have to decide whether to order the big TPB. On the one hand, I like Andy Diggle and Jock, but on the other hand, the series relied on a bunch of things I'm rather tired of (like the conspiracy theory angle behind it all).

- Also definitely ordering the Madame Xanadu Vol. 2 TPB. Liked the first one a whole lot more than I thought, and it dawns on me that I never wrote that review I told myself I would.

[cartoonscartoons]

Might Get:
Adventure Comics #6-Loved the original Superboy stories from Adventure and I'm just a plain-out fan of Superboy in general.
The Atom And Hawkman #46-Looks rather intriguing
Batgirl #6-The cover is interesting.
Red Robin #8

[jlaking]

What I will be getting:

GREEN LANTERN #50
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #44
BLACKEST NIGHT: THE FLASH #2
BLACKEST NIGHT: JSA #2
BLACKEST NIGHT: WONDER WOMAN #2
THE ATOM & HAWKMAN #46
CATWOMAN #83
THE POWER OF SHAZAM #48
WEIRD WESTERN TALES #71
BATMAN #695
OUTSIDERS #26
BOOSTER GOLD #28
GREEN ARROW & BLACK CANARY #28
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #41
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #35
POWER GIRL #8

What I might be getting:

THE PHANTOM STRANGER #42
THE QUESTION #37
STARMAN #81
SUICIDE SQUAD #67

[DisneyBoy]

Okay...so DC is ressurecting cancelled titles for one month? Cool! Catwoman is a worthy candidate. Too bad neither Darwin nor Cameron Stewart appear to be involved...but the Black Mask story tie-in is a wise way to go. I still remember what he did to her sister *shudders*

Wish they'd have brought back Batman Adventures though!

Wonder Woman continues to irk me. Why? I didn't see much interesting stuff happening with the classic characters earlier in Gail's run (beyond Etta getting a promotion) and now there's more new villains? Hmmm...at least this issue's foes might provide a break from the main storyline...which I haven't gotten into.

[Samhaine]

On the "maybe I'll get it, maybe I won't" list: Joe the Barbarian #1

Two words: One Dollar. I don't buy non-superhero books in singles anymore, but I've been getting every one of these $1 Vertigo books. It's Morisson, Sean Murphy, and $1. You absolutely cannot pass that up. Really, anybody that complains about comic prices should pick this book up.

[silvanoir]

*sees the cover for TeenTitans*
*sees that they burned down Dakota*
*screams, cries, kicks things*
Dearest TeenTitans/Titans writers, a little bit of angst here and there in your comics is OK, but angst is not a replacement for plot. People generally read superhero comics to see superheros saving things and defeating the bad guys, not to see their lives get worse and worse and worse and... well you get the idea.

As for what I'll be buying, the Green Lantern 50 and GLCorps 44 (continuing to follow Blackest Night), and Gotham City Sirens 8.

[Ultra8]

Getting:
GREEN LANTERN #50
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #44
THE ATOM & HAWKMAN #46
CATWOMAN #83
THE PHANTOM STRANGER #42
THE QUESTION #37
SECRET SIX #17
DETECTIVE COMICS #861
AZRAEL #4
GOTHAM CITY SIRENS #8
OUTSIDERS #26
RED ROBIN #8
ACTION COMICS #885
SUPERMAN #696
WORLD’S FINEST #4
BOOSTER GOLD #28
DOOM PATROL #6
THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #31
THE GREAT TEN #3
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #35
JSA ALL-STARS #2
THE MIGHTY #12
POWER GIRL #8
MAGOG #5
R.E.B.E.L.S. #12
THE SHIELD #5
THE WEB #5
RED TORNADO #5
WARLORD #10
FINAL CRISIS AFTERMATH: DANCE TP
BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #13
BILLY BATSON AND THE MAGIC OF SHAZAM! #12
TINY TITANS #24
TINY TITANS: SIDEKICKIN’ IT TP
CARTOON NETWORK ACTION PACK #45
FREE REALMS #5
STARCRAFT #8
WORLD OF WARCRAFT: HORDE #1
WORLD OF WARCRAFT: ALLIANCE #26
JOE THE BARBARIAN #1
RAMPAGE VOL. 1
BALLAD OF A SHINIGAMI VOL. 3
A TALE OF AN UNKNOWN COUNTRY VOL. 2
HISTORY OF THE DC UNIVERSE SERIES 4 ACTION FIGURES
Kobra • 6.75” h
Captain Atom • 6.75” h
Superman as Nightwing • 6.75” h

Maybe:
BLACKEST NIGHT: JSA #2
THE POWER OF SHAZAM #48
STARMAN #81
WEIRD WESTERN TALES #71
SUICIDE SQUAD #67
BATMAN AND ROBIN #7
BATMAN #695
BATGIRL #6
SUPERGIRL #49
GREEN ARROW & BLACK CANARY #28
JONAH HEX #51
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #41
BATMAN: KING TUT’S TOMB TP
THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD: MILESTONE TP
HITMAN VOL. 2: 10,000 BULLETS TP NEW PRINTING
SHOWCASE PRESENTS: SECRETS OF SINISTER HOUSE TP
SCOOBY-DOO #152
PLANETARY VOL. 4 HC
ASTRO CITY: THE DARK AGE BOOK 4 #1
RED HERRING #6
VICTORIAN UNDEAD #3
DANTE’S INFERNO #2
JACK OF FABLES #42
MADAME XANADU #19
SWAN VOL. 15
VENUS IN LOVE VOL. 8
THE BATTLE OF GENRYU: ORIGIN VOL. 2

Tempted:
THE NEWSBOY LEGION by JOE SIMON AND JACK KIRBY VOL. 1 HC
COVER GIRLS OF THE DC UNIVERSE: HARLEY QUINN STATUE
WOMEN OF THE DC UNIVERSE 3: RAVEN BUST
WORLD OF WARCRAFT HORDE COLLECTIBLE COIN SET
WORLD OF WARCRAFT ALLIANCE COLLECTIBLE COIN SET