DC Comics August 2022 Collection Solicitations

DC’s August 2022 solicitations are out and we’re here to look at the collected editions.

This month has a really great mix of different types of collections. The list starts out with a few highly-anticipated comics that are being released in hardcover format. These new releases include The Human Target Book One, Dark Knights of Steel Vol. 1, and DC vs. Vampires Vol. 1. Later on in the list, there are several exciting omnibus releases as well. These include the Batman: The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 1, American Vampire Omnibus Vol. 2, The Flash by Mark Waid Omnibus Vol. 1, and Wonder Woman: The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 5. Plus, in addition to all of this, there are a ton of solid paperbacks on the way.

• The Human Target Book One HC
  • Collects The Human Target #1-6.
  • Release Date: September 13, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Christopher Chance has made a living out of being a human target—a man hired to disguise himself as his client to invite would-be assassins to attempt his murder. He’s had a remarkable career until his latest case protecting Lex Luthor, when things go sideways. An assassination attempt Chance didn’t see coming leaves him vulnerable and left trying to solve his own murder…as he has 12 days to discover just who in the DCU hated Luthor enough to want him dead. 
• DC Dark Knights of Steel Vol. 1 HC
  • Collects Dark Knights of Steel #1-6.
  • Release Date: September 20, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • An entire medieval world will be forever changed when a spaceship crash-lands from a doomed planet. Monarchs will die, kingdoms will rise, and what seemed the end of the world for many…was only the beginning! An epic high-fantasy story set in a DC Universe where nothing is what it seems…
    • From worldwide bestselling writer Tom Taylor (DCeased, Superman: Son of Kal-El) and acclaimed artist Yasmine Putri comes a generational tale of good and evil within a brand-new DCU! 
• DC vs. Vampires Vol. 1 HC
  • Collects DC vs. Vampires #1-6.
  • Release Date: September 27, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • The Justice League has long protected Earth from all manner of alien invaders over the years, always keeping a vigilant eye to the skies for the next threat.
    • But what if the threat was already walking the Earth…hiding in plain sight … watching…waiting for their moment to strike…
    • In the tradition of DCeased comes a terrifying new series that begins from the twisted minds of James Tynion IV (The Nice House on the Lake, Something Is Killing the Children), Matthew Rosenberg (The Joker Presents: A Puzzlebox, 4 Kids Walk into a Bank, Hawkeye), and Otto Schmidt (Green Arrow) that will tear the Justice League apart in their war with the undead!
• Black Adam/JSA: Black Reign (New Edition) TP
  • Collects JSA #56-58, Hawkman #23-25, and JSA: Black Reign #1.
  • Release Date: September 20, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Offered again! Black Adam brings old-world justice to Kahndaq as Hawkman seizes control of the JSA and brings them to the turbulent Middle East for an epic battle! A thrilling collection of your favorite tales featuring Black Adam and the JSA.
• Black Adam: Rise and Fall of an Empire
  • Collects stories from 52 #1-3, 6-10, 12-16, 18-26, 29-34, 36-40, 43-50, 52, and the 52 Omnibus. 
  • Release Date: September 27, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Weaving together tales of a world after the Infinite Crisis, this collection follows Teth-Adam, the antihero better known as Black Adam, during the year without
    • Superman, Wonder Woman, and Batman! Will Black Adam’s vision of a free Kahndaq be realized, or will his dreams come crashing down around him? 
• Black Adam: The Dark Age (New Edition) TP
  • Collects the full six-issue miniseries.
  • Release Date: September 13, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Offered again! With the power of the gods stripped from him, Teth-Adam is on a quest to find both the magical word that will restore him as Black Adam and the one thing that always kept his heart from turning completely black with rage: his deceased wife, Isis!

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• Green Lantern: Alliance TP 
  • Collects the graphic novel. 
  • Release Date: October 18, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • It’s only been a few months since Green Lantern Tai Pham inherited his ring from his ba and defeated his nemesis, Xander Griffin. But Tai knows their last battle was only the beginning, and even though no one believes him, Tai is determined to prove that Xander is up to his old tricks again.
    • When a string of fires starts popping up around Coast City, Tai finds himself stretched thin as he struggles to keep up with school, training, working at the store, and following Xander’s trail. That is, until a new hero, Kid Flash, shows up on the scene with an offer to help. Can the heroes find the arsonist before it’s too late?
• Diana and Nubia: Princesses of the Amazons TP
  • Collects the graphic novel. 
  • Release Date: November 8, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Princess Nubia loves her mothers, their home on Themyscira, and all of her Amazon aunties. But she’s still lonely sometimes. It’s hard being the only kid on an island full of adults! She just wishes that things could be different.
    • And then, one morning, things are different. There’s a stranger sharing her bedroom…and the interloper, Diana, insists that it’s her room! And their parents think they’re both just being pests—they’ve always shared a room.
    • What is happening?
    • Could it be that wishing into Hera’s Ear on the night of the solstice worked? Will Nubia get to keep this strange new sister? Does she even want to?
• American Vampire Omnibus Vol. 1 (2022 Edition) HC
  • Collects American Vampire #1-27, American Vampire: Survival of the Fittest #1-5, and American Vampire: Lord of Nightmares #1-5.
  • Release Date: October 4, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Offered again! Chronicling the history of a new breed of vampire, American Vampire is a fresh look at an old monster—a generational epic showcasing the bloodlust that lay hidden beneath America’s most distinctive eras. Cunning, ruthless, and rattlesnake mean, Skinner Sweet is a thoroughly corrupt gunslinger. When European vampires come to the American Old West, they turn Skinner into a true monster: the very first American Vampire. 
• American Vampire Omnibus Vol. 2
  • Collects American Vampire #28-34, American Vampire: The Long Road to Hell #1, American Vampire: Anthology #1-2, American Vampire: Second Cycle #1-11, and American Vampire 1976 #1-10. Also features a brand-new cover and introduction from series artist and co-creator Rafael Albuquerque!
  • Release Date: October 11, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • The American Vampire saga concludes in this massive omnibus that brings us to 1950s Hollywood, the 1970s, and even into space. This final volume brings Skinner Sweet’s journey through the decades to a close.
• Batman: Black & White TP
  • Collects the new Batman Black & White #1-6.
  • Release Date: September 13, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • The world is simple. There’s good. There’s evil. And there’s still…Batman Black & White!
    • This Eisner Award–winning anthology series returns with all-new tales of mystery, mayhem, and madness from some of the finest and most innovative storytellers to explore the Batman mythos in stark black-and-white!
• Batman: Detective Comics Vol. 3: Arkham Rising HC
  • Collects selections from Detective Comics #1044-1046 and Detective Comics Annual 2021.
  • Release Date: September 13, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Bloody, broken, and beaten…Batman had a mission after the Joker War. He would no longer look over Gotham City from Wayne Manor, he would move to the heart of the city and get closer to its people and its problems. The fight he pursued would be different, but after Fear State he finds himself disillusioned. Batman’s last night in Gotham City is here. The prelude to the epic Shadows of the Bat event sets the stage for big action! 
• Batman: Hush 20th Anniversary Edition HC 
  • Collects Batman #608-619 and an interlude from Wizard #0.
  • Release Date: September 6, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • A criminal epidemic is sweeping Gotham and Batman’s enemies have emerged to wreak havoc on the Caped Crusader’s life. But little do they know that they’re all just pawns in a grand scheme concocted by the enigmatic Hush with one endgame in mind: Destroy Bruce Wayne! Written by Jeph Loeb (Batman: The Long Halloween) and featuring art by Jim Lee (Justice League), this 20th-anniversary edition includes a brand-new cover from Lee plus tons of behind-the-scenes material from the making of this modern masterpiece.
• Batman: The Long Halloween Haunted Knight Deluxe Edition HC
  • Collects Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight Halloween Special #1, Batman: Madness – A Legends of the Dark Knight Halloween Special #1, and Batman: Ghosts – A Legends of the Dark Knight Halloween Special #1.
  • Release Date: October 4, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • On All Hallows’ Eve, there’s no telling what will haunt the Dark Knight. 

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• Batman: The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 1 HC
  • Collects stories from Batman #101-116 and Detective Comics #233-257.
  • Release Date: October 4, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Join the Caped Crusader and the Boy Wonder as they enter an exciting new era of fun and adventure in the Silver Age. Featuring restored versions of iconic tales such as “The Batwoman,” “The Bat-Ape,” and “The Rainbow Batman,” this omnibus is sure to delight fans of Batman both young and old!
• Batman: Urban Legends Vol. 3 TP
  • Collects the feature stories that originally ran in issues #11-16 of Batman: Urban Legends.
  • Release Date: September 6, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • The third volume in the bestselling and critically acclaimed Batman anthology title is here, collecting the feature stories that originally ran in issues #11-16 of Batman: Urban Legends. Batman & Zatanna: Batman & Zatanna have to contain a curse that they helped release. But in order to reverse its effects, they’re going to have to fix their frayed relationship. Hounded: (Bat)man’s best friend Ace the Bat-Hound breaks out of an animal testing facility with his new super-fur-friends in order to sniff out where Batman’s been kidnapped for auction to his rogues’ gallery!
• Blue & Gold TP
  • Collects Blue & Gold #1-8.
  • Release Date: September 27, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Desperate to regain the spotlight, Booster Gold looks to attract attention the same way any washed-up, second-rate hero would—social media. The hero from the 25th century enlists the help of his best friend, Blue Beetle, who possesses both the money and the brains to help his old pal navigate the scary world of internet influencers. Don’t miss Dan Jurgens’s triumphant return to Booster Gold with the help of all-star artist Ryan Sook (Legion of Super-Heroes), telling a tale filled with heart and maybe even redemption for DC’s two favorite underdogs! 
• Blue Beetle: Jaime Reyes Book One TP
  • Collects Blue Beetle #1-12.
  • Release Date: September 6, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • High school student Jaime Reyes is thrust into the life of a hero after an encounter with extraterrestrial armor transforms him into the Blue Beetle! What is the armor’s true purpose, and what evils will our planet face if Jaime isn’t strong enough to use the armor correctly? 
• Future State: Gotham Vol. 2: The Next Joker TP 
  • Collects Future State: Gotham #8-12.
  • Release Date: September 27, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Peacekeeper Red, a.k.a. Jason Todd, has a tough beat in his new role with the Magistrate—helping maintain law and order on the streets of Gotham City. It’s a difficult task on the best days but a deadly new player has come to town, intent on destroying the status quo and killing all his competition…there’s a new Clown Prince in town as Gotham braces for the Next Joker!
• Hardware: Season One HC
  • Collects Milestone Returns: Infinite Edition #0 and Hardware: Season One #1-6.
  • Release Date: October 4, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Curtis Metcalf was the shining star of Alva Industries…until the Big Bang disaster threatened to destroy the company, and Edwin Alva needed a scapegoat. Now Curtis is on the run, with a nearly indestructible suit of armor and inventions he never handed over to Alva—and he’s determined to do much more than clear his name. He’s going to take the fight straight back to Alva himself! 
• Justice League Incarnate HC
  • Collects Justice League Incarnate #1-5.
  • Release Date: October 25, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • The Superman of Earth-23 leads a team of superheroes from a myriad of worlds that includes Flashpoint Batman, China’s Flash from Earth-0, Captain Carrot from Earth-26, and the brand-new superhero Dr. Multiverse from Earth-8 in a last-ditch effort to stop the end of every possible universe as we know it! Written by Joshua Williamson and Dennis Culver with first-issue art by Brandon Peterson and Andrei Bressan and a rotating cast of artists exploring the many different worlds of the DC Multiverse, this can’t-miss series is the next thrilling chapter in the Infinite Frontier saga! 
• Nubia & The Amazons HC
  • Collects Nubia & the Amazons #1-6, along with pages from Infinite Frontier #0.
  • Release Date: September 6, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Nubia has been crowned queen of Themyscira, but the new title also brings challenges.
    • With the unexpected arrival of new Amazons, our hero is forced to reckon with her past and forge a new path forward for her sisters. Little does she know, a great evil grows beneath the island and it’s up to this former guardian of Doom’s Doorway to unite her tribe before paradise is lost forever! 
• The Phantom Stranger Omnibus HC 
  • Collects stories from The Phantom Stranger (1952) #1-6; The Phantom Stranger (1969) #1-41; Batman and the Outsiders #8; The Brave and the Bold #89, 98, 145; DC Comics Presents #25, 72; DC Super-Stars #18; House of Secrets #150; Justice League of America #103; The Saga of the Swamp Thing #1-13; Secret Origins #10; Showcase #80; and Who’s Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #18.
  • Release Date: November 8, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • First introduced in 1952, the Phantom Stranger stands as one of DC’s most enigmatic characters, a supernatural hero shrouded in mystery. 

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• Punchline: The Trial of Alexis Kaye HC 
  • Collects stories from the Joker’s 80th anniversary and Joker #1-15. 
  • Release Date: September 6, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Alexis Kaye a.k.a. Punchline was the Joker’s top general during the Joker War that tore Gotham City apart. The Joker got away, but Punchline didn’t, and now she’ll have to stand trial for her crimes. But as Leslie Thompkins and Harper Rowe quickly discover, Punchline is even more dangerous behind bars. 
• Robin Vol. 2: I Am Robin TP
  • Collects Robin #7-12 and Robin Annual 2021.
  • Release Date: September 20, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • The Lazarus tournament is underway, and Robin is facing some of the deadliest foes of his life in battle after battle to death after death! As Robin fights for the secrets of eternal life against the deadliest killers on the planet, can he—will he—DARE HE—survive…a girlfriend? Witness the complete battle and learn the fate of Damian Wayne’s family line in this critically acclaimed volume of the hit Robin series! 
• Robins: Being Robin TP
  • Collects Robins #1-6. 
  • Release Date: September 6, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • The five heroes to have donned the Robin cape and mask find themselves at a crossroads in their lives. Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Stephanie Brown, and Damian Wayne come together to discuss the big thing that binds them: Was being Robin, and Batman’s sidekick, the best choice they could’ve made? But before they can get to the heart of the matter, they’re ambushed by an unknown assailant. She claims to have been the first Robin, and she’s out to prove Batman should’ve never trained any of them. 
• Suicide Squad: King Shark TP 
  • Collects Suicide Squad: King Shark #1-6.
  • Release Date: September 13, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • On leave from the Suicide Squad, King Shark and unfortunate tagalong the Defacer get swept into a mystical tournament for totemic animal spirits at the behest of King Shark’s father, the god of sharks! Now King Shark must battle brutal warriors like Queen Tiger, King Roach, Prince Nematode, Princess Peregrine, and the terrifying Man King to finally attain his destiny and make his dour dad proud! 
• Task Force Z Vol. 1: Death’s Door HC
  • Collects issues 1-6 of the series.
  • Release Date: November 1, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • On A-Day, hundreds of Gotham City’s most dangerous criminals were left dead after an attack on Arkham Asylum, and now they’re getting a second chance at life. A mysterious benefactor is bringing together a new Task Force and has recruited Red Hood to lead them. Now Jason Todd has to unravel the mystery surrounding this team of the recently deceased while leading a lineup of some of Gotham City’s worst criminals who’ve ever lived: Bane. Man-Bat. The Arkham Knight. Sundowner. Mr. Bloom. 
• The Flash by Mark Waid Omnibus Vol. 1 HC
  • Collects The Flash #62-91, The Flash Annual #4-6, Green Lantern #30-31, #40, The Flash Special #1, and Justice League Quarterly #10.
  • Release Date: November 1, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Experience Wally West inheriting the mantle of the Fastest Man Alive in this volume chronicling Mark Waid’s critically acclaimed run! When a freak accident gives Wally the same super-speed powers as his uncle Barry Allen, a.k.a. the Flash, Wally’s journey toward becoming a true hero begins. Watch him take on terrorists, gunmen, and villains like the devious Mirror Master in these supersonic stories! 
• Titans United TP
  • Collects Titans United #1-7. 
  • Release Date: September 20, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • The Titans face their greatest challenge—their own powers! Nightwing, Donna Troy, Superboy, Starfire, Raven, Beast Boy, and Red Hood kick off a thrilling new case that will lead one of their own to question not only their place on the team, but their very existence. 

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• Trial of the Amazons HC
  • Collects Trial of the Amazons #1-2; Nubia and the Amazons #6; Wonder Woman #785- 786; and Trial of the Amazons: Wonder Girl #1-2.
  • Release Date: October 4, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • DC Comics proudly presents the first Wonder Woman crossover of its kind, brought to you by the writers behind Wonder Woman, Nubia and the Amazons, and Wonder Girl and some of the best and brightest artists in the industry. This monumental story brings together all the Wonder Woman titles and characters and will change the future of the Amazons forever! 
• War for Earth-3 TP
  • Collects War for Earth-3 #1-2, Suicide Squad #13, The Flash #780, and Teen Titans Academy #13.
  • Release Date: September 13, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • The Teen Titans, the Flash, and the Suicide Squad all collide on Earth-3—home of the evil Crime Syndicate—on the hunt for Amanda Waller. As Waller tries to take over the alternate Earth and dethrone the evil versions of Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, and other heroes that rule it, her former partner—Rick Flag—arrives on E-3 bent on making Waller pay for her crimes, while the Titans and Flash hunt for a missing Titans Academy student they believe was kidnapped by Waller.
• Wonder Woman by George Perez Omnibus (2022 Edition) HC
  • Collects Wonder Woman #1-24 and Wonder Woman Annual #1.
  • Release Date: October 25, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Offered again! The World’s Greatest Heroine was reimagined in 1986 by legendary comics creator George Pérez—and this new incarnation rose to unprecedented levels of popular and critical acclaim. In collaboration with co-writer Len Wein and inker Bruce Patterson, Pérez went on to craft Wonder Woman’s adventures for years, and his masterful stories ranged from heart-stopping battles with the Titans of myth to heartwarming interludes with Diana’s trusted network of friends. 
• Wonder Woman: The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 5 HC
  • Collects stories from Wonder Woman #35-47 and Sensation Comics #90-104.
  • Release Date: October 18, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • The Golden Age of Wonder Woman is continued in this omnibus collecting stories from the late 1940s and early 1950s! Beautiful as Aphrodite, wise as Athena, and swifter than Mercury, Princess Diana of Themyscira refuses to believe that anyone in a democracy is unimportant, or not worth saving! Join the classic heroine as she takes on villains and thrills in the name of justice.

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