DC Comics November 2022 Collection Solicitations

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

This month has a nice mix of different collections. Some of the highlights include a few Omnibus Editions, with the Dark Nights: Metal Omnibus (Reading Order) having been anticipated for a while. In addition to this, there are new hardcovers, like Batman/Spawn: The Classic Collection and Batman/Catwoman. Plus, there are plenty of new trade paperbacks.

DC Comics November Spotlight Books

• Batman/Spawn: The Classic Collection HC
  • Collects Batman/Spawn: War Devil #1 and the Spawn/Batman one-shot by Frank Miller and Todd McFarlane.
  • Release Date: November 15, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • An ancient evil has arisen in Gotham City. The last time it appeared, an entire colony was wiped clean from the face of the Earth, leaving only one clue: Croatoan. Whoever or whatever Croatoan is, it’ll take all of the Batman’s investigative skills and the supernatural abilities of an ex-soldier turned Hellspawn to save Gotham’s citizens from the hell that is about to be unleashed on our world. For the first time in three decades, this edition of the classic meeting between comics’ caped avengers of the night reprints Batman/Spawn: War Devil #1 by legendary Batman creators Doug Moench, Chuck Dixon, Alan Grant, and Klaus Janson…plus the Spawn/Batman one-shot by Batman: The Dark Knight Returns writer Frank Miller and Spawn creator Todd McFarlane, which brings Batman to Spawn’s home turf of New York City! Two heroes with different methods in two very different tales. Capes will clash.
• Batman/Catwoman HC
  • Collects the entire series, Batman/Catwoman #1-12, plus the Batman/Catwoman Special, along with Batman Annual #2, Catwoman 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular #1, and Detective Comics #1027.
  • Release Date: December 13, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • The Bat and the Cat’s past, present, and future collide in this thrilling, romantic epic! This sweeping tale is told across three timelines: the past, when Batman and Catwoman first fell in love; the present, where one of Batman’s lost loves (Andrea Beaumont, a.k.a Phantasm) resurfaces; and the future, where the couple have a happy legacy—their daughter Helena, the Batwoman. But at every stage of their relationship, Bruce and Selina have an unwelcome chaperone: The Joker! 
• Rorschach TP
  • Collects the entire Rorschach miniseries, issues #1-12.
  • Release Date: December 27, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Thirty-five years after Ozymandias dropped a giant squid on New York City, killing thousands and destroying the public’s trust in heroes once and for all, Rorschach reappears as an assassin trying to kill a candidate running against President Robert Redford. Who is the man behind the mask, and what’s his goal? It’s up to one detective to uncover the identity of this would-be killer—and it will take him into a web of conspiracies involving alien invasions, disgraced do-gooders, mystic visions, and, yes, comic books. 

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• Batman: Killing Time HC
  • Collects the entire 6-issue limited series.
  • Release Date: December 13, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Catwoman, the Riddler and the Penguin join forces to pull off the greatest robbery in the history of Gotham City. And their prize? A mysterious and priceless artifact in the secret possession of Bruce Wayne! But, as the events unfold, what fun is a heist without a bloody double-cross or two?
    • The blockbuster team of Tom King and David Marquez bring an epic, white-knuckled, action-packed tale of a young Batman desperate to recover his most prized possession from a host of violent rogues before the clock strikes the Killing Time…
• Strange Adventures TP
  • Collects Strange Adventures #1-12.
  • Release Date: December 20, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Adam Strange is famous throughout the galaxy for his bravery and honor. After leading the planet Rann to victory in a galactic war, Adam and his wife, Alanna, retire to Earth, where they are greeted with cheers, awards, and parades. But soon the decisions Adam made in battle come back to haunt his family. It will take an investigation by one of the most brilliant heroes in the DC Universe, Mr. Terrific, to reveal whether Adam Strange is a hero or a disgrace in this epic of blood, war, and love. 
• House Of El Book Three: The Treacherous Hope TP
  • Collects the graphic novel. 
  • Release Date: February 7, 2023
  • Solicitation Details:
    • There is no longer any doubt: Sera and Zahn have learned that Krypton’s destruction is imminent. General Zod knows this as well, but he doesn’t have the specific information our two young heroes have: there is no time to save themselves or anyone else.
    • Zod, meanwhile, is working on an elaborate plot to make it apparent that he is the only one who can possibly save Krypton. He’ll displace the ruling tribunes and take control of Krypton himself!
    • In this final book of the graphic novel trilogy, two teenagers on opposite sides of the same extinction-level event get drawn deeper into conspiracies that could doom them both—if the planet doesn’t self-destruct first.
• Dark Nights: Metal Omnibus
  • Collects Dark Nights: Metal #1-6, plus tie-in stories from Dark Days: The Forge #1, Dark Days: The Casting #1, Batman: The Red Death #1, Batman: The Devastator #1, Batman: The Merciless #1, Batman: The Murder Machine #1, Batman: The Drowned #1, Batman: The Dawnbreaker #1, Dark Nights: The Batman Who Laughs #1, Batman: Lost #1, Hawkman: Found #1, Dark Knights Rising: The Wild Hunt #1, Nightwing #29, The Flash #33, Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #32, Green Arrow #32, Suicide Squad #26, Teen Titans #12, and Justice League #32-33.
  • Release Date: January 10, 2023
  • Solicitation Details:
    • An evil force as old as time has emerged from the nightmare realm known as the Dark Multiverse. But it’s not just any nightmares that have spilled out of this void. They call themselves the Dark Knights: twisted versions of Batman, each from a world where one of his worst fears has come true. To defeat them, Batman and the Justice League must undergo an impossible quest to find the mysterious metals capable of repelling the Dark Knights and their master, the fearsome Barbatos. If they fail, everything they’ve ever known will be plunged into eternal darkness.

DC Comics November Collected Editions

• Batman & Robin By Tomasi and Gleason Omnibus (2022 Edition) HC
  • Collects Batman and Robin (vol. 1) #20-22, Batman and Robin (vol. 2) #0-40, Batman and Robin (vol. 2) #23.1, Batman and Robin Annual #1-3, Robin Rises: Omega #1, Robin Rises: Alpha #1, Secret Origins #4, and Detective Comics #27.
  • Release Date: January 17, 2023
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Offered again! Can Damian Wayne, an assassin trained from birth, learn to follow the Dark Knight’s moral code as the new Robin? 
• Batman Vs. Ra’s Al Ghul HC
  • Collects the complete miniseries. 
  • Release Date: January 11, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Ra’s al Ghul has begun his campaign to take over Gotham. His private security force is aiding the GCPD, his nuclear power plant is supporting the city’s electric grid, his good friend Bruce Wayne is backing his every move…but Wayne’s protégés don’t trust him. Could there be more to al Ghul’s plans that he hasn’t revealed? The Court of Owls, the evil genius known as Simulacrum, and the dimension-hopping Chiaroscuro are all working for him…and he’s influencing the Batman trials underway to determine the best man to take over the hero’s mantle!
• Batman: Joker’s Asylum TP
  • Collects Joker’s Asylum: The Joker #1, Joker’s Asylum: Penguin #1, Joker’s Asylum: Poison Ivy #1, Joker’s Asylum: Scarecrow #1, Joker’s Asylum: Two-Face #1, Joker’s Asylum II: The Riddler #1, Joker’s Asylum II: Harley Quinn #1, Joker’s Asylum II: Mad Hatter #1, Joker’s Asylum II: Killer Croc #1, and Joker’s Asylum II: Clayface #1.
  • Release Date: December 6, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • The Clown Prince of Crime is back, here to share 10 villainous tales starring Batman’s greatest foes! Get unique insights into the lives of famous criminals such as the Penguin, Poison Ivy, the Riddler, and many more—all narrated by The Joker himself. 
• Batman: Shadows of the Bat: House of Gotham HC
  • Collects the complete “House of Gotham” story from Detective Comics #1047-1058.
  • Release Date: December 20, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Two houses overlook Gotham City, beckoning its broken: Wayne Manor and Arkham Asylum. Explore the impact that both have had…through the eyes of a boy whose life was changed forever one dreadful night early in the Dark Knight’s career! When the boy’s parents were killed by The Joker, he fell through the cracks of the system and was sent to Arkham Asylum! It’s a cycle of violence the Dark Knight has no answer for as Gotham’s most vulnerable struggle to keep their heads above water!  

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• Batman: Shadows of the Bat: The Tower HC
  • Collects the complete “Shadows of the Bat: The Tower” story from Detective Comics #1047-1058.
  • Release Date: December 20, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Arkham Asylum has fallen. In its place, Arkham Tower has risen in the heart of Gotham City! It’s advertised as a place for healing, but what is its mysterious founder, Dr. Wear, hiding? That’s just the question that leads the Bat-Family to infiltrate the facility and unravel the dark secrets locked away inside. Will this fact-finding mission turn into a rescue operation for Batman and his team? 
• Deathbed (2023 Edition) TP
  • Collects Deathbed #1-6.
  • Release Date: January 3, 2023
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Offered again! From writer Joshua Williamson and artist Riley Rossmo comes the tale of Antonio Luna, the most remarkable man in the world. As Luna lies on his deathbed, dictating his memoirs to failed novelist Valentine Richards, things get strange when they learn that someone is murdering everyone from Antonio’s past who could corroborate his wild tales of alien mutants, mummy ninjas, and cannibal cults! Can this unlikely pair solve the mystery of who’s trying to purge Luna from history before his life comes to a close? 
• Earth-Prime TP
  • Collects Earth-Prime #1-6.
  • Release Date: January 10, 2023
  • Solicitation Details:
    • The creative minds behind The CW’s hottest DC superhero shows are bringing their talents and the characters they’ve made so popular to comic books in a can’t-miss event! Set in the CWverse, the series features Ryan Wilder, a.k.a. Batwoman, making her costumed comic book debut, Superman and Lois’s first anniversary, the Legends of Tomorrow, Stargirl, the Flash, and more! While each issue focuses on a different series, a threat lurks in the background, out to finally bring these heroes to their knees! 
• The Flash Vol. 17: Eclipsed TP
  • Collects The Flash #772-779.
  • Release Date: December 20, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Leaving past mistakes behind and racing into the future, Wally West returns as Central City’s Scarlet Speedster! Now reunited with his wife, Linda, and their two children, the former Kid Flash begins a new chapter in his life. But Wally quickly remembers that saving lives and fighting super-villains might make him a hero, but they don’t pay the bills. Luckily, an old friend might have just the right job for this blue-collar champion. 

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• Harley Quinn Vol. 1: No Good Deed TP
  • Collects Harley Quinn #1-6 and a special story from Batman: Urban Legends #1. 
  • Release Date: December 20, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Harley Quinn here to let everyone know that I’m starring in a brand-new graphic novel collection with a brand-new status quo. I’m coming back to Gotham City to make up for the sins of my past and help the city recover from the Joker War!
    • But there’s no welcoming committee waiting for me, your favorite Maid of Mischief! And between you and me, some real creeps are working to keep the city broken. We can’t let that happen, can we? 
• Justice League Vs. The Legion of Super-Heroes TP
  • Collects Justice League vs. the Legion of Super-Heroes #1-6.
  • Release Date: December 6, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • One thousand years in the future, a Legion of Super-Heroes comes together to dedicate their lives to recapturing the great Age of Heroes of the 21st century. When the heroes discover that reality is falling to a great darkness in both times simultaneously, the Justice League and the Legion of Super-Heroes must team up to stop it all. But what is the connection between the secrets of the new Gold Lanterns and the coming of the Great Darkness? A monumental DC epic event miniseries! 
• Nightwing Vol. 1: Leaping into the Light TP
  • Collects Nightwing issues #78-83.
  • Release Date: December 13, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Nightwing is back—and his drive to keep Blüdhaven safe has never been stronger! But his adoptive city has elected a new mayor with the last name Zucco. When Nightwing enlists Batgirl’s help in investigating the politician bearing the same name as the man who murdered his parents, she unearths details that will shock and fundamentally change the hero.
    • Dick Grayson’s big heart has protected those persecuted by bullies in his youth, combated evil alongside Batman as Robin, and pledged his newly inherited wealth to enriching Blüdhaven as Nightwing. His kindness and generosity have always guided his life. But now a new villain stalks the back alleys, removing the hearts of the city’s most vulnerable. Who is this terrifying new menace named Heartless, and will he be able to resist plucking out the biggest heart in all of Blüdhaven?

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• Nightwing Vol. 2: Get Grayson HC
  • Collects Nightwing #87-89, Superman: Son of Kal-El #9, and Nightwing #90-91.
  • Release Date: December 20, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • After millionaire Dick Grayson announces to Blüdhaven his plans to give all his money away to create the Alfred Pennyworth Foundation and help unhoused children on the streets, Blockbuster feels the city’s power slipping from his hands and places a target on Dick Grayson’s head…and through gritted teeth he orders his assassins to…get Grayson. Also in this volume is the fan-favorite story from Nightwing #87 presented as one continously connected 22-page image, which was nominated for a 2022 Eisner for Best Single Issue. 
• Nubia: Queen of the Amazons HC
  • Collects tales from Nubia & the Amazons #1; Nubia: Coronation Special #1; and Nubia: Queen of the Amazons #1-4. 
  • Release Date: December 6, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Nubia might be queen, but not all Amazons call Themyscira home, which prompts the new monarch to leave Themyscira for the first time in decades to serve her people. Now, as she embarks on her tour through Man’s World to show off the newly established sisterhood, she will be met with joy, distrust, and danger. As she travels to the homes of both the Bana- Mighdall and Esquecida tribes, something lurks in the shadows following her every move. A villain from Nubia’s mysterious past has been waiting for the day the queen would join the outside world again, and they’re ready to make her wish she’d never left paradise!
• Suicide Squad: Blaze HC
  • Collects Suicide Squad Blaze #1-3.
  • Release Date: December 13, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • When five ordinary convicts are given incredible powers by the top-secret Blaze program, it falls to Harley Quinn, Peacemaker, Captain Boomerang, and King Shark to keep them on mission as they hunt down a brutal cannibal with all the powers of Superman. But no one on Earth is prepared for the cosmic secret that hides inside that cannibal—and which now hides inside the Squad, too! 
• Superman Red & Blue TP
  • Collects Superman Red & Blue #1-6.
  • Release Date: December 27, 2022
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Around the world, everyone knows that when they see a red-and-blue streak in the sky, it’s not a bird…it’s not a plane…it’s Superman. Collected for the first time in softcover in its entirety, this Eisner-nominated anthology series showcases fresh new visions of the Man of Steel in his two signature colors!

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