DC Comics February 2022 Collection Solicitations

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

This month contains plenty of exciting reads. When it comes to new material, we’re getting the first few collections for several exciting DC comic books. The first Fear State volume, the first Robin volume, Static: Season One, and Represent! are all on the way. There are also several collections that gather together classic material. Death: The Deluxe Edition, Absolute Multiversity, the Gotham Central Omnibus, and the Question Omnibus all present fantastic comics in a premium format. Altogether, there is plenty to be excited about!

• Batman Vol. 5: Fear State HC
  • Collects Batman #112-117.
  • Release Date: March 15, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • The Batman: The Joker War creative team of James Tynion IV and Jorge Jimenez continue their epic run with Gotham City on the brink of a violent evolutionary path and the danger level to Batman and his allies reaching a fever pitch! The Magistrate now has full support from the mayor to handle high-level law enforcement in Gotham and has branded the Dark Knight public enemy number one. Batman must also contend with the return of the Scarecrow, who pursues his own terrifying agenda as he takes this chaotic moment to launch his Fear State!
• Robin Vol. 1: The Lazarus Tournament TP
  • Collects Robin #1-6 and a special prelude story from Batman #106 and Detective Comics #1034.
  • Release Date: March 15, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Are you ready to rumble? After learning of the deadly League of Lazarus tournament, Damian Wayne has a new mission: to win the tournament and prove he is the greatest fighter in the DCU—but first he must find the secret island where it takes place! Presenting a brand-new solo Robin series for the son of Batman that forces him to find his own path away from both sides of his family! Who is the mysterious Flatline? Why does Mother Soul take such a keen interest in the son of Batman? Did Robin just literally get his heart ripped out of his chest in the first 30 pages? 
• The Batman’s Grave: The Complete Collection HC
  • Collects The Batman’s Grave #1-12.
  • Release Date: March 15, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • The World’s Greatest Detective buried alive.
    • Once a week, rain or shine, Alfred Pennyworth walks to a little cemetery plot on the Wayne Manor grounds. He meticulously tends to Thomas and Martha Wayne’s headstones, plinths, and slabs: weeding, cleaning, polishing. But how much longer before there’s another Wayne memorial to tend to? Batman’s current case forces him to inhabit the mind of a murder victim with a half-eaten face—sending him on a collision course with an enemy who has infiltrated every part of Gotham. Every corner Batman turns leads him one step closer to his own grave!
    • In The Batman’s Grave Complete Collection, Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch, one of the most legendary creative partnerships of the modern age, reunite for a story about life, death, and the questions most are too afraid to ask.
• Green Lantern: Alliance TP
  • Collects the graphic novel. 
  • Release Date: April 26, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • The creative team behind Green Lantern: Legacy brings back Tai Pham in the action-packed sequel we’ve been waiting for!
    • It’s only been a few months since Green Lantern Tai Pham inherited his ring from his Bà 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 start 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?
• Death: The Deluxe Edition HC
  • Collects Death: The High Cost of Living #1-3, Death: The Time of Your Life #1-3, the “Death Talks about Life” AIDS pamphlet, stories from Vertigo: Winter’s Edge #2 and The Sandman: Endless Nights, the short story “The Wheel” from the 9-11 tribute book, and The Sandman #8 and #20.
  • Release Date: April 5, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Offered again! From the pages of Newbery Medal-winner Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman comes fan-favorite character Death in a deluxe hardcover edition collecting her solo adventures! This volume features Death: The High Cost of Living and Death: The Time of Your Life, plus all of her other key appearances throughout the Sandman Universe.
• Milestones In History HC
  • Collects the premium format one-shot. 
  • Release Date: February 15, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Celebrate Black History Month the Milestone way, as the superpowered citizens of Dakota (including Static, Icon, Rocket, Hardware, and more) narrate the true stories of Black trailblazers from across human history! Witness the military campaigns of Hannibal and the Queen of Sheba, the literary accomplishments of Alexandre Dumas, the World War One dogfights of Eugene Bullard against the legendary Red Baron, and many, many more, all written and drawn by a who’s-who of comics and literary talent!

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• Static: Season One HC
  • Collects Milestone Returns: Infinite Edition #0 and Static: Season One #1-6.
  • Release Date: February 22, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • You’ve been waiting for his comeback for nearly a decade—and at long last, the most famous face of the Milestone Universe has made his shocking return!
    • Bullied nerd Virgil Hawkins wasn’t the kind of kid you’d normally find on the streets at the 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 super-powers too?
    • A dynamic creative team of new comics voices and Milestone Media veterans have joined forces to open up a fresh chapter in the story of the most iconic Black teen superhero in comics history! 
• Batwing: Luke Fox TP
  • Collects Batwing # 19 – 34 and Batwing: Futures End #1. 
  • Release Date: February 15, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Son of Wayne Enterprises tech guru Lucius Fox, young Luke Fox is brilliant, brave, and rebellious—and now, he’s the newest member of Batman, Inc.! When the original Batwing walks away from crime-fighting, the Dark Knight recruits Luke to take up the mantle as a global representative in the war on crime. His assignments as the Batman’s newest agent will take him from Africa to Italy to a side of Gotham City that he’s never imagined.
• Mister Miracle: The Great Escape TP
  • Collects the graphic novel. 
  • Release Date: January 18, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Scott Free wants nothing more than to leave Apokolips for planet Earth, and he knows exactly how to do it. But his plan never involved falling in love with the head of the Female Furies, Big Barda—the one person tasked with ensuring he never escapes. From Varian Johnson, the author of the Coretta Scott King Author Honor book The Parker Inheritance, and Afrofuturist artist Daniel Isles (a.k.a. DirtyRobot) comes the story of an escape plan that will take a miracle to pull off. Luckily for Scott, everyone calls him Mister Miracle! Okay, no one calls him that…yet.
• Represent! HC
  • 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.
• DC Horror Presents: The Conjuring: The Lover HC
  • Collects issues 1-5.
  • Release Date: March 8, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • The terrifying debut of the tie-in to The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It begins here, with a story that’s bursting at the seams with clues about the Conjuring’s latest villainess…Meet Jessica. Jessica just returned to her freshman year of college after winter break, bringing with her the anxieties of last semester’s poor grades, the awkwardness of facing a boy she wishes she’d never slept with, and an undeniably unnerving feeling of being watched. She soon comes to realize that something evil made her its target, and it will not rest until it has her in its unholy grip. But why did this sinister presence set its sights on a seemingly normal college freshman? Read this nerve-racking tale, creepily crafted by Conjuring 2 and The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It screenwriter David L. Johnson-McGoldrick and Rex Ogle with heart-stopping art from Garry Brown and chill-inducing covers by Bill Sienkiewicz, to find out! Featuring backup stories from the famed artifact room by some of comics best and creepiest creators!  

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• Absolute Multiversity HC
  • Collects The Multiversity #1 and 2, The Multiversity Guidebook #1 and Multiversityissues The Society of Super-Heroes #1, The Just #1, Pax Americana #1, Thunderworld Adventures #1, Mastermen #1, and Ultra Comics #1.
  • Release Date: July 19, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Grant Morrison’s masterpiece is now collected in an oversize Absolute format! Join DC heroes from 52 alternate Earths as they band together to battle a menace that spans the entire Multiverse. Featuring artwork by Ivan Reis (Justice League), Frank Quitely (All-Star Superman), Jim Lee (Batman), and many others, this volume collects all the issues from the Multiversity series, including the director’s cuts editions, plus loads of extras!
• Challenge of the Super Sons TP
  • Collects Challenge of the Super Sons #1-7.
  • Release Date: March 29, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • The boys are back! Picking up where the sensational Adventures of the Super Sons left off, the son of Batman and the son of Superman are back in the spotlight and ready to give evil a good spanking. A mysterious woman from beyond time has appeared to the DCU’s favorite sons, and her arrival heralds certain doom (that’s a hint, everyone) for things to come! It’s a time-twisting adventure that casts our favorite super-spawn as the saviors of the Justice League—battling the likes of Vandal Savage, Felix Faust, and heavy grocery bags along the way!
• Gotham Central Omnibus HC
  • Collects the full 40-issue series.
  • Release Date: April 12, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Offered again! Grizzled police veteran Harvey Bullock, Captain Maggie Sawyer, Detective Renee Montoya, and the rest of the GCPD are the law force that stands between order and complete anarchy in Gotham City. In this modern crime noir, Gotham’s Finest work around the clock to not only keep the world’s most dangerous criminals off the streets…but also to clean up the mess left behind by Batman’s vigilantism. 
• Hellblazer: Rise and Fall HC
  • Collects Hellblazer: Rise and Fall #1-3.
  • Release Date: April 27, 2021
  • Solicitation Details:
    • From Tom Taylor, the writer of the smash-hit Superman: Son of Kal-El, and Darick Robertson, the co-creator of The Boys! A wealthy man plummets from the sky and is skewered on a church spire, angel wings attached to his back. More deaths follow, and Detective Aisha Bukhari is stumped—until she’s visited by John Constantine, who’s found the link to a moment in his and Aisha’s misspent youth. But even if this is his fault, will Constantine lift a finger to stop it?
• John Constantine, Hellblazer Vol. 26: The Curse of the Constantines TP
  • Collects Hellblazer #292-300, Hellblazer Annual #1, and Hellblazer Special: Bad Blood #1-4.
  • Release Date: March 15, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • The series conclusion sends Constantine on a mission to find his long-lost nephew! Plus, what’s the mystery behind the Suicide Bridge and what would the future be like if Constantine gave up magic? 

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• Legion of Super-Heroes Five Years Later Omnibus Vol. 2 HC
  • Collects Legion of Super-Heroes #40-61, Legion of Super-Heroes Annual #4-5, L.E.G.I.O.N. #69-70, Legionnaires #1-18, Legionnaires Annual #1, and Valor #20-23.
  • Release Date: April 12, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Picking up right after the first volume, this second omnibus edition shows an older, wiser Legion teaming up with their younger counterparts to protect what’s left of humanity after the destruction of Earth. The stakes have never been higher as Zero Hour approaches.  
• New Gods Book Two: Advent of Darkness TP
  • Collects New Gods #15-28.
  • Release Date: March 22, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Yuga Khan, the original ruler of Apokolips, returns! After deposing Darkseid and leaving a trail of destruction in his wake, Khan is intent on resuming his quest for the secret of the Source. Can Orion and the New Gods stop him before darkness engulfs the universe? 
• New Teen Titans Vol. 13 TP
  • Collects The New Teen Titans #32-40, The New Teen Titans Annual #3, and Infinity, Inc. #45.
  • Release Date: January 18, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Marv Wolfman’s legendary run on The New Teen Titans continues in this collection of late ’80s adventures. In this volume, the team joins forces with Infinity, Inc., and must clear the name of a teammate who is framed for murder! 
• The Question Omnibus by Dennis O’Neil and Denys Cowan Vol. 1 HC
  • Collects stories from The Question #1-27, Green Arrow Annual #1, The Question Annual #1, and Detective Comics Annual #1.
  • Release Date: April 26, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • In the corrupt, crime-ridden Hub City, investigative reporter Vic Sage strives to tell his viewers the truth—and faceless philosophical hero the Question uncovers what Sage cannot. But with deadly assassins and political intrigue to contend with, can one man make a difference? 
• Wonder Woman: Agent of Peace Vol. 2 TP
  • Collects chapters 12-23 of the digital series.
  • Release Date: March 22, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Wonder Woman soars into new adventures in Wonder Woman: Agent of Peace Vol. 2. Collecting chapters 12-23 of the digital series, the Amazon Princess leaps into action around the globe. Whether it is teaming up with Zatanna on the Las Vegas Strip or working with The Cheetah to take down poachers in Africa, Wonder Woman never wavers in her quest for peace!

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