DC Comics December 2021 Collection Solicitations

DC’s December 2021 solicitations are out and we’re here to look at the collected editions.

This month has plenty of exciting releases. We have the return of Absolute Editions with two new collections, Absolute Doomsday Clock and Absolute Dark Nights: Metal. We also have several awesome comics that emphasize DC’s emphasis on racial diversity, with Static: Season One, the Milestone Compendium One, and Represent! fitting this category. Then, we have a new deluxe edition, Batman: The Long Halloween: Catwoman When in Rome The Deluxe Edition. Alongside all of this, there are several paperback releases for collections that were previously only available as hardcovers.

• Static: Season One
  • Collects Milestone Returns: Infinite Edition #0 and Static: Season One #1-6.
  • Release Date: February 1, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • At long last, the most famous face of the Milestone Universe is making his shocking return! Bullied nerd Virgil Hawkins wasn’t the kind of kid you’d normally find on the streets at a protest—but like everyone else in the city of Dakota, he was fed up. Unfortunately, the first time he stood up to raise his voice, the world turned upside down. The experimental tear gas released that day left some of his classmates maimed or dead…but it left Virgil, and others, with stunning new abilities. Virgil has power inside him now—real power, the ability to channel and manipulate electromagnetic fields. But there’s anger burning inside him, too. What is he supposed to do about all of this? And first and foremost—what is he supposed to do about his bullies, now that they’ve got superpowers too? A dynamic creative team of new comics voices and Milestone Media veterans join forces to open up a new chapter in the story of the most iconic Black teen superhero in comics history.
• Milestone Compendium One
  • Collects Blood Syndicate #1-12; Hardware #1-12; Icon #1-10; Static #1-8; Xombi #0-11; Shadow Cabinet #0.
  • Release Date: February 1, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • The groundbreaking comics imprint from the 1990s returns, restored and collected in a brand-new series of compendium editions! This inaugural volume features the first appearances of Static, Icon, Hardware, the Blood Syndicate, and Xombi, with epic stories and stunning art from Dwayne McDuffie, Ivan Velez Jr., John Rozum, Denys Cowan, John Paul Leon, and more.  
• Represent!
  • Collects Represent! #1-14.
  • Release Date: February 1, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Stories of personal experiences, unheard voices, and social revolution.
    • New voices present relevant, topical visions of social change and personal histories, some true-to-life while others are semi-fictionalized accounts of real experiences. All have one thing in common—innovative styles and compelling stories which examine how our culture builds understanding, tracing society’s arc toward justice as we evolve in pursuit of a more just and compassionate world. Includes talent spotlights.
• Absolute Doomsday Clock
  • Collects the full 12-issue miniseries in one oversize hardcover slipcase, this new edition also features dozens of pages of behind-the-scenes features, including never-before-seen sketches by Gary Frank.
  • Release Date: June 14, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • It’s the story you never thought you’d see! Dr. Manhattan, a near-omnipotent being from the Watchmen universe, has been using his powers to rewrite the DCU—reshaping some heroes’ histories, erasing other heroes altogether, and playing with the fates of the good and evil alike.
    • But what does a godlike being from another world stand to gain from the DC Universe? And now that our heroes know who’s been toying with their lives, can they stop him?

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• Absolute Dark Nights: Metal
  • Collects Dark Nights: Metal #1-6, Batman: Lost #1, and Dark Knights Rising: The Wild Hunt #1, as well as more than 100 pages of extras and special features in an oversize slipcase.
  • Release Date: May 31, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • The Dark Knight has uncovered one of the lost mysteries of the universe. Something that could destroy the very fabric of his reality: the Dark Multiverse! It’s a nightmarish realm of devastating danger—where a team of twisted, evil versions of Batman lies waiting for a chance to cross into our own world.
• Batman: Detective Comics Vol. 1: The Neighborhood
  • Collects Detective Comics #1034-1039.
  • Release Date: February 8, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Following the events of The Joker War, Gotham City is changing fast, and there’s a new mayor named Christopher Nakano who wants Batman gone. To get closer to the city and the people he’s sworn to protect, Batman shuts down Wayne Manor and the Batcave for good, relocating to a townhouse in the heart of the city and building new micro-caves throughout the Gotham sewer system. But very quickly, Batman and Bruce Wayne get wrapped up in a murder mystery that changes the shape of the city. One of Bruce Wayne’s neighbors, Sarah Worth, has been murdered, and Bruce Wayne is the number one suspect. Sarah’s rich and unhinged father, Mr. Worth, will stop at nothing to bring Bruce to justice and destroy Batman for getting in his way. The beginning of the critically acclaimed run by the Future State: Dark Detective team of Mariko Tamaki and Dan Mora is here, and they’re accompanied by some of the brightest new writers and artists in the DCU! 
• Batman: The Long Halloween: Catwoman When in Rome The Deluxe Edition
  • Collects the six-issue miniseries with a gallery of behind-the-scenes extras.
  • Release Date: February 22, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • In this sequel to Batman: The Long Halloween, an Eisner Award-winning creative team takes Catwoman on a mysterious trip to Italy to hunt the deadly Falcone crime family. 
• Batman Vol. 2: The Joker War (Review)
  • Collects Batman #95-100.
  • Release Date: February 8, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Batman and Joker have fought hundreds of times, but the game’s just not as funny lately. Thus, The Joker decides to do something he’s never attempted before—win. How? By taking Bruce Wayne’s fortune and Bat-gear and using the Bat’s own gadgets against him. 
• The Joker War Saga (Review) (Reading Order)
  • Collects Batman #95-100, Batgirl #47, Detective Comics #1025, Red Hood: Outlaw #48, Nightwing #74, and The Joker War Zone #1, plus stories from Harley Quinn #75 and Catwoman #25.
  • Release Date: February 8, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • The full story of Batman and Joker’s epic confrontation, plus tie-in chapters from the other citizens of Gotham!
• Batman: White Knight Presents: Harley Quinn
  • Collects Batman: White Knight Presents: Harley Quinn #1-6 and Harley Quinn Black + White + Red Chapter 6.
  • Release Date: February 1, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Two years after the events of Batman: Curse of the White Knight, Azrael has wiped out Gotham’s criminals, Jack Napier is dead, and Bruce Wayne is in prison. As new villains arise, Harley must confront her own past with The Joker and Batman while helping the GCPD and an eager FBI agent uncover the truth behind a series of murders! 
• Harley Quinn & the Birds of Prey: The Hunt for Harley
  • Collects Harley Quinn & the Birds of Prey #1-4 and a short story from Harley Quinn Black + White + Red #12.
  • Release Date: March 1, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Harley Quinn has avoided Gotham City since breaking up with The Joker and moving to Coney Island. But when she gets an offer she can’t refuse, she has no choice but to slip back into the city as quietly as she can…which isn’t quiet enough. Now The Joker’s sicced every super-villain in the city on her pretty ombré head, and the only team tough (or crazy) enough to come to her rescue is the Birds of Prey! 

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• Green Arrow: Stranded
  • Collects the original graphic novel. 
  • Release Date: March 1, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • After a plane crash on a deserted island, 13-year-old Oliver Queen must learn the skills he needs to survive and to protect his injured father.
    • Ollie has always hated the idea of hunting, but his dad insisted they go on this trip with his business partner, Sebastian, and Sebastian’s son, Tyler. When Ollie fails to take a perfect shot, the teasing starts, and he wonders if his dad will ever be proud of him again.
    • But just when he thought their trip couldn’t get any worse, their private jet is struck by lightning and crash-lands on a deserted island. Ollie awakens to find his dad seriously injured and the other passengers nowhere in sight. If father and son are to survive, Ollie’s going to have to learn skills he’s been avoiding developing so far. He has never felt less sure of who he is…or if he will be able to hang on until help arrives.
    • This fast-paced and suspenseful tale from writer Brendan Deneen and illustrator Bell Hosalla is sure to keep readers on the edge of their seats!
• Crime Syndicate
  • Collects Crime Syndicate #1-6.
  • Release Date: January 18, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • There’s no justice on Earth-3! Following the events of Dark Nights: Death Metal, the Multiverse was reborn—and so was Earth-3, inhabited by evil reflections of familiar heroic faces in the DC Universe like Ultraman, Owlman, and Superwoman! Witness the all-new origin story of the baddest team of super-villains in the Multiverse. 
• Legion of Super-Heroes: Before the Darkness Vol. 2 
  • Collects The Legion of Super-Heroes #272-283, DC Special Series #21, and The Best of DC: Blue Ribbon Digest #24.
  • Release Date: January 25, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Experience the Legionnaires’ far-flung adventures leading up to the Great Darkness Saga in this follow-up collection of action-packed episodes from acclaimed talents Gerry Conway, Roy Thomas, Paul Levitz, Jim Janes, Steve Ditko, and more!
• DC Poster Portfolio: DC Pride
  • Collects 20 oversize removable posters suitable for framing and display.
  • Release Date: May 31, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Just in time for DC Pride 2022, this poster portfolio features variant covers and pinups celebrating LGBTQIA+ characters across the DC Universe!

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