DC’s September solicitations are making the dream work with not one, not two but THREE new team titles. Teen titles? Yeah, that too, as both Legion of Super-Heroes and Teen Titans return to the publishing slate.
The launches follow all the other recent Next Level titles, including Batwoman, Lobo, Deathstroke: The Terminator, Firestorm, Zatanna, Barbara Gordon: Breakout and The Deadman, with a couple more — The Demon and Jonah Hex — waiting in the wings.
“These books are set in continuity,” said DC co-architect Josh Williamson, who is also writing the Legion title. “While the series will be independent reads and not heavily tied to other books, they will exist alongside DC’s ongoing comic book series like Superman, Batman, Justice League Unlimited and more.”
Not sure we needed that clarification, but ok … well, maybe we did? Several of DC’s September titles seem to have a new moniker in front of them, ie All In Batman, All In Batgirl, etc. Maybe they’re trying to avoid confusion with the red-hot Absolute Universe.
So let’s take a look at each new title, all of which come out Sept. 2 …
Legion of Super-Heroes #1, by Williamson and Hayden Sherman, is set 1,000 years after Superman’s rocket crashed on Earth, in a future where superheroes are outlawed, and this law is enforced by deadly agents called the Persuaders (a nod to the Fatal Five member). When the Legion’s benefactor R.J. Brande is murdered, Brainiac 1 of 5 must assemble a team of young rebels scattered across the galaxy to investigate.
This is a reboot of the Legion, rather than a continuation of any of the previous Legion series (which have been many!) Williamson of coruse has been using the Legion as minions of Darkseid to beat down Superman, especially in the lead up to DC K.O., so it’s nice to see them smiling again.
The 40-page debut features a main cover by Sherman, with variants by Jim Lee, Mark Spears, Yasmine Putri, Dan Mora and V Ken Marion. And yes, that Dan Mora cover does indeed feature Marty McFly/Michael J. Fox.
The Doom Patrol #1, by Little Bird creator Darcy Van Poelgeest and Pride of Baghdad artist Niko Henrichon, finds the team broke and operating as heroes-for-hire, taking on what seems like a simple missing-cat case that spirals into something much stranger. Meanwhile, a figure from the team’s past prepares to cross back into their reality.
The main cover is by Henrichon, with variants by Clayton Crain, Ian Bertram and Ashley Wood.
Finally, we have the previously teased Teen Titans #1, by Kyle Higgins and Daniele Di Nicuolo. The team includes teen heroes Fairplay, Cheshire Cat, Proxy and Wildcard, as they team up with Red Hood to find a missing teammate who vanished after attending a rally for Ascend, a youth movement training kids to survive amid superhuman conflict. Higgins and Di Nicuolo previously worked together on Power Rangers: Shattered Grid.
The main cover is by Di Nicuolo, with variants by Dan Mora, Sanford Greene and Sherman. Also here’s a look at the team’s line-up that DC previously shared:
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