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DC adds another autobiographical story to this year’s DC Pride anthology

Black Lightning co-creator Jenny Blake will team with artist Sara Soler on the personal story ‘Master Planner.’

DC has announced that their upcoming DC Pride special has grown in scope with the addition of an autobiographical story by Jenny Blake and Sara Soler, with lettering by Jodie Troutman.

Blake came out as transgender earlier this year after working “over half-a-century in the comic-book industry” and co-creating characters like Black Lightning and Black Goliath. She follows in the footsteps of Kevin Conroy and Phil Jimenez, who wrote personal stories for previous volumes of DC Pride.

“When I came out as transgender, the comics community was overwhelmingly loving and supportive,” Blake said. “Being asked to contribute to this anthology was unexpected and so affirming. I’ve done a lot of cool things in my 50-plus years in comics, but this story is one of the things I’m most proud of. I see myself in this story and I hope readers see something of themselves in it. I had a wonderful time writing my story, and I hope the readers enjoy it as much as I did.”

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Slugfest | Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong, round 2

DC’s June solicitations bring us a Trinity miniseries, Superboy by Mark Waid and Skylar Patridge, George Perez tribute covers and more.

Slugfest is a roundup of cool announcements about projects coming to a shelf near you. This edition focuses on DC’s June 2025 solicitations. Hit the links for more information.

Last year’s king-sized crossover featuring King Kong, Godzilla and the Justice League gets a sequel series in June, as Brian Buccellato and Christian Duce once again helm the follow-up, Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong 2.

The sequel will feature Amanda Waller trying to create her own titans to combat any future kaiju attacks, as the Justice League travels to King Kong and Godzilla’s world and enters Hollow Earth. King Ghidorah, Rodan and Mothra will all appear, as well as a kaiju-sized Killer Croc.

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DC announces its annual Pride anthology, webcomics + more for June

Alan Scott will take center stage in the anthology, which includes contributions by Vita Ayala, Jude Ellison S. Doyle, Maya Houston, Sam Maggs, Tim Sheridan, Max Sarin and more.

DC’s annual Pride anthology will return in June for its fifth year, with stories featuring Green Lantern Alan Scott, the Question, Midnighter and Apollo, Harley Quinn and more.

The collection will include a framing story starring Alan Scott by Tim Sheridan, Emilio Pilliu and Giulio Macaione, as the Justice Society’s resident Green Lantern returns to a bar that once served as the center of queer life in Gotham City. With the bar unexpectedly closing, many other LGBTQ+ heroes and villains with ties to it return for one last visit — with unexpected consequences:

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DC announces their plans for Pride Month 2024

The DC Pride anthology returns, along with a tribute book to Rachel Pollack, new YA graphic novels and more.

DC has announced their plans for Pride Month in June, the annual commemoration and celebration of the LGBTQIA+ community. This year will include their annual anthology DC Pride 2024, as well as two YA graphic novels and a tribute to the late Rachel Pollack.

DC has been releasing the Pride special for four years now, and the theme for this year seems to be “Journeys and Destinations,” whether we’re talking Metropolis, Gotham, the Fourth World or “the farthest edges of the DC Multiverse.” DC’s announcement spotlights five different books that’ll arrive between now and September, along with a series of Pride-themed variant covers

Read more about them below …

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Slugfest | BOOM! offers a limited ‘Fence: Redemption’ cover for Pride Month

Plus: Updates on ‘Norse Mythology,’ Ms. Marvel, Bone Orchard Mythos, ‘The Asiri’ and more.

Slugfest is a roundup of cool announcements about projects coming to a shelf near you. Hit the links for more information.

BOOM! Studios will sell a Pride Month charity cover for Fence: Redemption #1 this month on their webstore, featuring artwork by LySandra Vuong.

The cover is limited to 750 copies, and all proceeds from it will be donated to The Trevor Project.

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Can’t Wait for Comics | ‘Amazing Spider-Man,’ ‘DC Pride,’ ‘The Rocketeer’ and more

Check out new comics and graphic novels arriving this week by Drew Craig, Andrew Wheeler, Ilias Kyriazis, Jason Aaron, Marguerite Sauvage, Leah Williams, Jesus Saiz and more.

Welcome to Can’t Wait for Comics, your guide to what comics are arriving in comic book stores, bookstores and on digital.

I’ve pulled out some of the highlights below, but for the complete list of everything you might find at your local comic shop and on digital this week, you’ll want to check out one or more of the following:

As a reminder, things can change and what you find on the above lists may differ from what’s actually arriving in your local shop. So always check with your comics retailer for the final word on availability.

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Can’t Wait for Comics | A ‘Super Massive’ crossover event

Check out new comics and graphic novels arriving this week by Al Ewing, Greg Pak, Minkyu Jung, Ann Nocenti, Sid Kotian, Gene Luen Yang, Chris Wisnia, Michelle Fus, Tiitu Takalo, Daniele Di Nicuolo and more.

Welcome to Can’t Wait for Comics, your guide to what comics are arriving in comic book stores, bookstores and on digital.

I’ve pulled out some of the highlights below, but for the complete list of everything you might find at your local comic shop and on digital this week, you’ll want to check out one or more of the following:

As a reminder, things can change and what you find on the above lists may differ from what’s actually arriving in your local shop. So always check with your comics retailer for the final word on availability.

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Slugfest | Frank Miller draws a new variant cover featuring Wolverine

Plus: a manga tribute to Marvel, Star Trek’s ‘Day of Blood,’ Power Rangers, Oni Ronin and Whoopi Goldberg!

Slugfest is a roundup of cool announcements about projects coming to a shelf near you. Hit the links for more information.

It’s been awhile since we’ve seen Frank Miller draw Wolverine. Before moving on to DC to work on Batman: Year One and The Dark Knight Returns, Miller worked with writer Chris Claremont on the character’s first miniseries in the early 1980s, which, along with his work on Daredevil, established Miller as a top-tier creator.

Decades later, Miller has drawn a variant cover for Ghost Rider/Wolverine: Weapons of Vengeance Alpha #1:

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DC’s 2023 Pride plans include a new anthology, ‘The DC Book of Pride’ and more

This year’s DC Pride anthology focuses on team-ups and also includes a new Grant Morrison/Hayden Sherman story.

DC has announced their plans for Pride Month this year, which include their annual DC Pride anthology, a character encyclopedia, a reprint of out-of-print stories and more.

DC has been releasing the Pride special for three years now, and the theme for this year is team-ups. Here’s a list of the creators and characters you cna expect to find in this year’s anthology, which includes a new Multiversity story by Grant Morrison and Hayden Sherman:

  • Tim Drake and Connor Hawke by Nadia Shammas and Bruka Jones
  • Circuit Breaker and the Flash of Earth-11 by A.L. Kaplan
  • Midnighter, Apollo and Alan Scott Green Lantern by Josh Trujillo and Don Aguillo
  • Ghost-Maker and Catman vs. Cannon and Saber by Rex Ogle and Stephen Sadowski
  • Jon Kent and John Constantine by Christopher Cantwell and Skylar Patridge
  • Natasha Irons and Nubia by Mildred Louis
  • Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, and Crush by Leah Williams and Paulina Ganucheau
  • The Multiversity by Grant Morrison and Hayden Sherman

Mateus Manhanini provides this year’s cover:

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Read Kevin Conroy’s ‘DC Pride’ story for free

Conroy, who passed away yesterday from cancer, shared his secret origin in the story drawn by J Bone.

One of the highlights of the DC Pride anthology special that came out earlier this year was an autobiographical story written by Batman: The Animated Series voice actor Kevin Conroy. Drawn by J Bone and lettered by Aditya Bidikar, the moving story was about Conroy’s life prior to becoming the voice of Batman and the abuse he suffered as a gay man in Hollywood, and how he channeled those experiences into bringing the character to life.

Conroy passed away at the age of 66 yesterday after a short battle with cancer. In his honor, DC has released not only Conroy’s “Finding Batman” story, but also the entire 2022 DC Pride anthology. You can read it on the DC Universe Infinite website.

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Three Count | Roachmill, George Pratt, Kevin Conroy

Here are three things in comics to support, to see and to watch today.

1. To support: Roachmill returns from It’s Alive!

The 1980s saw a huge explosion in the number of comics coming from independent comics publishers. It was mainly driven by a couple of factors, one being the creation and growth of the direct market, and also by what’s known as the black-and-white comics boom (and subsequent bust) that was sparked by the creation of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and fueled by a speculator’s market of low print run, and often low quality, B&W comics. But there were certainly some gems amongst the garbage.

One of the companies in the mix back then was Blackthorne Publishing, a company born when Pacific Comics closed down, who would go on to be quite successful for a number of years publishing 3-D comics, comic strip reprints, licensed comics and original stuff. One of those originals was Roachmill, by Rich Hedden and Tom McWeeney, which was definitely a gem.

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Can’t Wait for Comics | DC pulls out the stops for Pride Month

This week brings new comics and graphic novels from Joshua Williamson, Daniel Sampere, G. Willow Wilson, Marcio Takara, Ram V, Christian Ward, Cavan Scott, Andres Ponce, Tee Franklin, Dan Parent, Matt Bors, Ben Clarkson, Christine Larsen and more.

Welcome to Can’t Wait for Comics, your guide to what comics are arriving in comic book stores, bookstores and on digital this week. This week brings several new Pride Month comics from DC, as well as the debuts of Dark Crisis, a Marvel/Fortnite crossover, Justice Warriors, The Ward and more.

I’ve pulled out some of the highlights below, but for the complete list of everything you might find at your local comic shop and on digital this week, you’ll want to check out one or more of the following:

As a reminder, things can change and what you find on the above lists may differ from what’s actually arriving in your local shop. So always check with your comics retailer for the final word on availability.

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