DC Comics May 2022 Collection Solicitations

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

This month is a little mix of everything. There are several exciting new releases, like Static: Season One, Zatanna: The Jewel of Gravesend, and Justice League Dark: The Great Wickedness. There are also a line of Black Adam re-releases, presumably being published in conjunction with the upcoming Black Adam addition to the DCEU (Watching Order). Plus, omnibus editions are coming in the form of the 52 Omnibus (2022 edition) and Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 7.

• Static: Season One HC
  • Collects Milestone Returns: Infinite Edition #0 and Static: Season One #1-6.
  • Release Date: June 7, 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 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 have joined forces to open up a fresh chapter in the story of the most iconic Black teen superhero in comics history! 
• Zatanna: The Jewel of Gravesend TP
  • Collects the graphic novel. 
  • Release Date: July 26, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • There’s more to the mobsters, mystics, and mermaids in Coney Island—just ask born-and-raised resident Zatanna Starr. But the time for having fun in Luna Park comes to an end when a mystic’s quest for a powerful jewel unravels everything Zatanna thought she knew about herself and her beloved neighborhood. Mysteries and magic surround her as she discovers the truth about her family’s legacy and confronts the illusion that has been cast over her entire life. From the bewitching mind behind The Casquette Girls, Alys Arden, and with enchanting artwork by popular Instagram artist Jacquelin de Leon, comes the story of a girl stuck in the middle of a magician rivalry and forced to choose between love, family, and magic without hurting anyone…or worse.
• Black Adam: Rise and Fall of an Empire TP
  • 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: June 28, 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: June 14, 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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• Black Adam/JSA: Black Reign (New Edition) TP
  • Collects JSA #56-58 and Hawkman #23-25.
  • Release Date: June 21, 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.
• Batman ’89 TP
  • Collects Batman ’89 #1-6.
  • Release Date: July 5, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Step back into the Gotham of Tim Burton’s seminal Batman movies! Batman ’89 brings in screenwriter Sam Hamm (Batman, Batman Returns) and artist Joe Quinones (Dial H for Hero) to pull on a number of threads left dangling by the prolific director. Gotham becomes torn in two as citizens dressed as Batman and The Joker duke it out in the streets. As D.A. Harvey Dent tries to keep the city together, he targets the one problem tearing it apart: Batman! But what happens next has dark ramifications for not just the Dark Knight, but Harvey Dent himself. Bruce Wayne embarks on a crusade to better Gotham as both himself and the Batman, but a young new hero on the scene stands in his way, claiming his mission is shortsighted. Meanwhile, Harvey Dent starts down a path leading to nothing but ruin. The fate of Gotham hangs in the balance as these two sides of the same coin do battle. But when the coin finally flips, on which side will it fall? 
• Batman: Detective Comics Vol. 2: Fear State HC
  • Collects Detective Comics #1040-1046 and Batman Secret Files: Huntress #1.
  • Release Date: July 5, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Fear State grips Gotham City! When Mayor Nakano’s City Hall office finds itself under siege, the only hero who can help the embattled local official is the man he ran on a platform to rid Gotham of: Batman. It’s the top vigilante in the city who must protect the man who’s fought so hard to put an end to masked heroes, in an action-packed car chase that culminates in a shocking ending that’ll give readers nightmares. 
• 52 Omnibus (2022 edition) HC
  • Collects the “entirety of the groundbreaking, critically acclaimed DC Comics weekly series”.
  • Release Date: July 19, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Offered again! After Infinite Crisis, the DC Universe had its most eventful year ever. It was a year without Superman, Batman, or Wonder Woman…but not a year without heroes!

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• Absolute Swamp Thing By Len Wein And Bernie Wrightson HC
  • Collects Swamp Thing’s first appearance in The House of Secrets #92 plus Swamp Thing #1-13.
  • Release Date: November 8, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • At long last, DC Comics is proud to present the original early appearances of Swamp Thing in prestigious Absolute format. Created by comics legends Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson, the muck monster from the bayou would go on to become one of DC’s premier horror characters. 
• Batman: The Adventures Continue Season Two TP
  • Collects Batman: The Adventures Continue Season Two issues #1-7 and a short story from ‘Tis the Season to Be Freezin’ #1.
  • Release Date: June 14, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Gotham City is changing. After Mayor Hill is killed by a mysterious assailant, Batman finds himself tracking down an ancient order that’s long been buried under the streets of Gotham: the Court of Owls. An old face returns to the city, looking to take back power after Mayor Hill’s death! Check out the all-new season in the Batman: The Animated Series mythos! 
• Batman: The Court of Owls Mask and Book Set TP
  • Includes a paperback collecting Batman #1-7 and a replica PVC Owl mask with white elastic band.
  • Release Date: October 18, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Offered again! The bestselling epic that introduced Gotham City’s dreaded Court of Owls is back in this amazing book and mask set. Along with a trade paperback copy of The Court of Owls, collecting Batman #1-7, this set includes a replica PVC Owl mask with white elastic band. A must-have for fans of Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s critically acclaimed take on the Dark Knight!
• Batman: The Deluxe Edition Book 6 HC
  • Collects Batman #70-85, Batman Annual #4, and Batman Secret Files #2.
  • Release Date: July 26, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Final volume! This deluxe hardcover collects the conclusion of Tom King’s acclaimed Batman run, including the “The Fall and the Fallen” and “City of Bane” story arcs. 
• Birds of Prey: Whitewater TP
  • Collects Birds of Prey #104-112.
  • Release Date: June 7, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Gail Simone’s fan-favorite run from the mid-2000s continues with an epic Secret Six crossover, where the Birds must face off with Deadshot, Harley Quinn, Catman, Rag Doll, and more—with the fate of Tora Olafsdotter, a.k.a. Ice, in the balance!

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• Checkmate TP
  • Collects Checkmate #1-6 and Leviathan Dawn #1.
  • Release Date: June 21, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • The award-winning team of writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Alex Maleev are back with Checkmate, the sequel to the hit 2019 Event Leviathan mystery that upended the DC Universe! Leviathan has agents and acolytes all over the world—but what is the secret behind its power? The planet’s last, best hope to infiltrate Leviathan may be a motley collection of spymasters—Green Arrow, the Question, Talia al Ghul, and other unlikely allies converge to tackle Leviathan as members of the new Checkmate—but who is the surprise hero behind this team? Big clues to the future of the DC Universe start here!
• Green Lantern Vol. 2: Horatius TP
  • Collects Green Lantern #5-12 and Green Lantern 2021 Annual #1.
  • Release Date: June 28, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • The mystery of the Dark Sector begins to unravel. To rescue Kilowog and his squad of surviving Lanterns, John Stewart enters the realm of the Golden Centurions and their mysterious master, the Lightbringer. And on Oa, Jo Mullein’s team closes in on those responsible for the destruction of the power battery. With trillions of lives in peril, John battles the godstorm and the challenge of its future states! Meanwhile, Jo solves the mystery of the Battery’s destruction in time to see the rise of a new and ancient enemy. Is this the final end of Oa and the Green Lanterns? 
• Justice League Dark: The Great Wickedness TP
  • Collects Justice League Dark backup stories from Justice League #59-71 and Justice League Dark 2021 Annual #1.
  • Release Date: June 21, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Dark days lie ahead for the surviving members of Justice League Dark! Zatanna and John Constantine take a road trip only to discover horror around the bend as a friend and sometime foe, the Demon, has been reborn! His tale is only just beginning, while another takes a terrible turn. Merlin has a new, blood-drenched plot for all humankind, and he has his sights set on Atlantis and the magic that lies within. The team will need all the help they can get as their ranks grow thanks to Ragman and his suit of souls! 
• Justice League Infinity TP
  • Collects Justice League Infinity #1-7. 
  • Release Date: June 7, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • From Justice League Unlimited producer James Tucker and series writer J.M. DeMatteis comes an all-new season starring the World’s Greatest Heroes! The doors to the Multiverse are cracked open, sending the Justice League hurtling to different Earths, where things aren’t quite as they appear! Can the Justice League band together with heroes across multiple Earths and put a stop to an ancient evil, or will all of existence disappear once and for all? 
• Justice League: Last Ride TP
  • Collects issues #1-7. 
  • Release Date: June 14, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Once, the Justice League was the most powerful collection of superheroes in the universe. But an unthinkable tragedy within its ranks has caused Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman to go their separate ways, leaving the League broken and disbanded under a veil of anger and mistrust. Now, against the backdrop of the universe’s greatest murder trial, can the League reconcile the past before they’re eradicated by the greatest villains in the cosmos? 

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• Nightwing: Fear State HC 
  • Collects Nightwing #84-86, Nightwing 2021 Annual #1, and the Nightwing/Batgirls feature story from Batman: Urban Legends #10.
  • Release Date: June 14, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Nightwing heads to Gotham to find the source of the Oracle network hacker’s transmission. Batgirl and Nightwing accidentally get hit with something that reveals their deepest fears…involving each other. Later, Nightwing deals with a post-Fear State Gotham in a “Christmas Carol” Batgirls story. Also: a Red Hood and Nightwing blood-brothers story featuring Nightwing’s Discowing costume and other fun surprises you don’t want to miss!
• Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 7 HC
  • Collects Action Comics #126-147, Superman #55-65, and World’s Finest Comics #37-47.
  • Release Date: July 12, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • As Superman enters the 1950s, Lex Luthor invents a device that banishes Superman to the fourth dimension, while Mr. Mxyztplk makes the city of Metropolis forget that their hero ever existed. Plus, Superman becomes a super-cowboy and meets a mighty caveman. 
• Tales from the DC Dark Multiverse II TP
  • Collects Wonder Woman #8; Batman #608; Flashpoint #1; Dark Nights: Metal #1; Dollar Comics: Crisis on Infinite Earths #1; Tales from the Dark Multiverse: Batman: Hush #1; Tales from the Dark Multiverse: Flashpoint #1; Tales from the Dark Multiverse: Wonder Woman: War of the Gods #1; Tales from the Dark Multiverse: Crisis on Infinite Earths #1; Tales from the Dark Multiverse: Dark Nights Metal #1.
  • Release Date: June 7, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • The twisted timelines that showed the Dark Multiverse and all the devastating danger that it contains are collected in Tales from the Dark Multiverse II. What dark realities exist within the realms of the Dark Multiverse? Follow Batman, Wonder Woman, and the Justice League as our heroes through these crumbling and shattered worlds!
• The Flash Vol. 16: Wally West Returns TP
  • Collects The Flash #763-771 and The Flash 2021 Annual #1.
  • Release Date: June 7, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Wally West is ready to call it quits. After a tumultuous and traumatic few years from DC Universe: Rebirth to Heroes in Crisis to Dark Nights: Death Metal, the former Kid Flash is ready to walk, not run, away from the superhero life—but Barry Allen needs his former partner now more than ever.

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