DC Comics September 2023 Collection Solicitations

DC’s September 2023 solicitations are out, and we’re here to look at the collected editions.

This month has a unique mix of books. First off, there are a few exciting Omnibus Editions on the way, including Batman: The Hush Saga Omnibus and Super Sons Omnibus Super Duper Edition. Second, this month includes a great mix of rereleased content that fans who missed out on previous prints can now pick up, including Absolute Dark Knight (2024 Edition), DC: The New Frontier: The Deluxe Edition (2023 Edition), and more. This month is also particularly noteworthy for including a few manga releases, like Joker: One Operation Joker Vol. 2 and Superman vs. Meshi Vol. 2.

DC Comics September 2023 Collection Solicitations

• The Riddler: Year One HC
  • Collects The Riddler: Year One #1-6.
  • Release Date: November 21, 2023
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Award-winning actor Paul Dano expands upon the backstory of the character he played in Matt Reeves’s hit movie The Batman. This version of the Riddler isn’t simply an amusing eccentric with an affinity for wordplay and baffling clues, but as terrifying a villain as any in the annals of the Dark Knight. Here you will see Edward Nashton evolve into a menace who holds all of Gotham City in his grip. How did an unknown forensic accountant uncover the dark secrets of both Gotham’s underworld and its political leaders and come so close to bringing down the entire city? This prequel to The Batman presents the detailed, disturbing, and at times shocking story of a man with nothing to lose. Dano is joined by acclaimed European artist Stevan Subic, making his American comics debut.
• The Sandman Universe: Dead Boy Detectives HC
  • Collects The Sandman Universe: Dead Boy Detectives #1-6.
  • Release Date: November 7, 2023 
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Two of the Sandman Universe’s most beloved characters return to the spotlight! Charles Rowland and Edwin Paine have been detectives for decades—and best friends even longer. But their investigation into a Thai American girl’s disappearance from her Los Angeles home puts them on a collision course with new and terrifying Thai ghosts that could give even a dead boy nightmares! Even scarier than the ghosts? Though neither wants to admit it, the boys might be growing apart. And perilously close to the boys’ adventure, Thessaly the witch finds herself held hostage by dangerous magics—both a threat to her life and an insult to her ego that will simply not go unanswered… Eisner Award-winning writer Pornsak Pichetshote (The Good Asian, Infidel) is joined by celebrated artist Jeff Stokely to take the Dead Boys to the scariest place of all: the heart of Hollywood!
• Batman: Three Jokers TP
  • Collects Batman: Three Jokers #1-3.
  • Release Date: October 17, 2023
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Thirty years after Batman: The Killing Joke changed comics forever, superstars Geoff Johns and Jason Fabok reexamine the myth of who, or what, is The Joker! Batman, Batgirl, and Red Hood—all past victims of The Joker—work together to solve the mystery of why not one but three different Jokers (each seemingly the genuine article) are terrorizing Gotham!
• Static: Shadows of Dakota HC
  • Collects Static: Shadows of Dakota #1-7 and Static Team-Up: Anansi #1.
  • Release Date: November 14, 2023
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Though Virgil and his friends stopped the government’s off-the-books prison operations in Dakota last school year, a powerful new threat lurks in the shadows. The mysterious Ebon is cutting a bloody swath through the underworld on a single-minded quest to find his brother. Against this backdrop of exploding violence, innocent people are finding themselves in the crossfire, with Static facing the most personal challenge he’s seen yet!
• Icon vs. Hardware HC
  • Collects Icon vs. Hardware #1-5. 
  • Release Date: November 21, 2023 
  • Solicitation Details:
    • When Hardware discovers a hidden time machine in a government warehouse, he sets out to right the wrongs of the past—both personally and throughout American history. Although this plan has many problems, there’s one big one: wherever Hardware goes, Icon is there. And a man as powerful as Icon knows the dangerous forces that Curtis Metcalf is unleashing…and will do whatever it takes to stop him from destroying the Milestone Universe itself!

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• Joker: One Operation Joker Vol. 2 TP 
  • Collects the second volume of the manga. 
  • Release Date: November 7, 2023 
  • Solicitation Details:
    • The Joker’s journey of single parenthood continues! The Joker needs a little help from Harley at a parent–teacher conference, but not even she can help when Alfred gets a little suspicious. He can’t shake the sense that this baby looks an awful lot like Bruce Wayne did when he was young…but that can’t be possible. Right…?
• Superman vs. Meshi Vol. 2 TP
  • Collects the second volume of the manga. 
  • Release Date: November 7, 2023 
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Superman’s culinary tour through Japan continues! As Superman’s heroic life tires him out, he’s able to recharge his batteries with good eats and good friends. He loves bringing his Justice League pals out to show them the wonderous world of Japanese chain restaurants. He’ll even relax with a bite after a harrowing battle with Lex Luthor. But can the Man of Steel overcome his biggest fear…and ask intrepid reporter Lois Lane out to lunch?!
• Batman: Wayne Family Adventures Volume Two TP
  • Collects a second collection of the webtoon. 
  • Release Date: October 3, 2023 
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Batman is the World’s Greatest Detective. But can he also live up to his other accolade of world’s greatest dad? Being a father to an endless supply of adopted, fostered, and biological children is its own challenge. But when you’re Batman, surrounded by a slew of super-powered (and not) teenagers, you’ll need every bit of your intellect to manage the brood. And Wayne Manor can barely contain the antics of Nightwing, Batgirl, Red Hood, Orphan, Spoiler, a few Robins, and newcomer Duke Thomas, a.k.a. the Signal, as they learn not only what it is to be heroes, but what it means to be a family. In this continuing story, we are greeted by a few newcomers, including Catwoman, Superboy, Impulse, Wonder Girl, and other well-known faces from Gotham City and beyond in stories about dating, learning to drive, going on patrol, and simply what it means to be a teenage superhero.
• Vixen: NYC Volume Two 
  • Collects a second collection of the webtoon. 
  • Release Date: October 3, 2023
  • Solicitation Details:
    • So you have a magic necklace that allows you to wield the strengths of the animal kingdom. Now what? The fan-favorite character with awesome animal powers faces new challenges and finds new allies in this print collection of the acclaimed WEBTOON series! Mari Jiwe has begun to understand the animal powers that come with her family’s birthright: the Tantu Totem. But now a distant relative has followed her to New York to claim those powers for himself…putting Mari and her parents in incredible danger! Mari’s new friends—the Teen Titan Beast Boy, Amazon warrior Grace Choi, and electrifying hero Anissa Pierce—might be able to help, but in the end only Mari can save her family from a foe who will stop at nothing to take all Vixen holds dear.
• Superman Vol. 1: Supercorp HC
  • Collects Superman #1-5. 
  • Release Date: November 7, 2023 
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Superman has returned to Metropolis, and his greatest enemy, Lex Luthor, is finally behind bars. The future of the Superman Family has never been brighter! As Clark Kent settles back into his life, iconic and new enemies erupt from the shadows to strike down the Man of Steel! But waiting in the wings to back up Big Blue is…Supercorp? What secret project has Lex given to Superman?! This all-new chapter ushers in an iconic age of the DCU with a story that welcomes new readers and delights longtime fans.

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• Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent HC
  • Collects Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent #1-6. 
  • Release Date: November 14, 2023 
  • Solicitation Details:
    • RETURN TO INJUSTICE! Across the Multiverse, Kal-Els are being murdered, and Val-Zod, the Superman of Earth-2, believes only one man can help: Jon Kent, Kal-El’s son! Jon must cross dimensions to face the super-killer, including a trip to an Earth he’s never seen…the world of Injustice! In this place, versions of his friends and loved ones are at war, and heroes fight each other for total control. Can the newly reunited Super Sons beat these insurmountable odds? And will Jon Kent not only save the Multiverse, but have any chance of returning to his own Earth? It’s a battle for the soul of Superman as the Injustice saga cranks up the heat!
• Superman: The Warworld Saga TP
  • Collects Action Comics #1030-1046, Action Comics 2021 Annual, Action Comics 2022 Annual, Batman/Superman: Authority Special #1, Future State: Superman: House of El #1, Future State: Superman: Worlds of War #1-2, Superman: Warworld Apocalypse #1.
  • Release Date: November 14, 2023 
  • Solicitation Details:
    • After learning of an enslaved race with mysterious ties to Krypton, Superman and the Authority leave Earth and travel across the galaxy to liberate Warworld. Think it’s that simple? Think again. With Superman captured on Warworld, he’ll need to team up with other enslaved gladiators to turn the hordes of Warworld against their captors. As the Warworld Saga reaches a breaking point, battle lines are drawn between the two towering forces at odds: Mongul and Superman. Which heroes will survive the conflict, and what will be the fate of the citizens of Warworld?
• Stargirl: The Lost Children TP
  • Collects Stargirl: The Lost Children #1-6 and Stargirl Spring Break Special #1.
  • Release Date: October 24, 2023
  • Solicitation Details:
    • An epic teenage-DC-hero event brought to you by Teen Titans writer Geoff Johns and iconic Young Justice illustrator Todd Nauck! When Stargirl of the Justice Society and Green Arrow’s ally Red Arrow discover a tragic teenage hero from the past has gone missing, they set out to find him…only to discover he’s not the first teenage hero of the Golden Age to have vanished without a trace. But where have they gone? Who are they? And what does the Childminder want with them?
• Lazarus Planet: Revenge of the Gods HC
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  • Release Date: October 31, 2023 
  • Solicitation Details:
    • KNEEL BEFORE THE GODS OF THE DC UNIVERSE! Chaos has been brewing after the events of Lazarus Planet. Now the gods of the Multiverse have decided to take down the heroes they once called champions and the world they’ve sworn to protect. Only the brave heroes Wonder Woman and Shazam stand in their way, but will their combined powers be enough? Can Themyscira survive the resurrection of every invading army that ever graced its shores? As the Lazarus rain beats down upon planet Earth, explore its effects across the DC Universe in Revenge of the Gods.
• Absolute Dark Knight (2024 Edition) HC
  • Collects Batman: The Dark Knight Returns #1-4 and Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again #1-4.
  • Release Date: February 27, 2024
  • Solicitation Details:
    • OFFERED AGAIN! Hailed as a comics masterpiece, Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns—and its equally provocative sequel The Dark Knight Strikes Again—gets the oversize Absolute treatment in a giant one-volume slipcase edition. 

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• Aquaman: Andromeda HC
  • Collects Aquaman: Andromeda #1-3. 
  • Release Date: November 21, 2023 
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Deep in the Pacific Ocean sits Point Nemo: the spaceship graveyard. But it’s not only ships that sit at these dark depths. There’s a structure never made by human hands. And that structure seems to be…waking up. The crew of the experimental submarine Andromeda have been chosen to investigate this mystery. But they aren’t the only ones pursuing it. The master pirate Black Manta is on the hunt…and anything that attracts Black Manta attracts Arthur Curry, his lifelong foe, the Aquaman! But heaven help them all when the doors of the mystery at Point Nemo swing wide to admit them…
• Batman: Gotham by Gaslight (2023 Edition) HC
  • Collects Gotham by Gaslight, the acclaimed sequel, Batman: Master of the Future, a story from Countdown Presents: The Search for Ray Palmer #1, Convergence: Shazam #1-2, and character designs from the Gotham by Gaslight animated film released by Warner Bros. Animation.
  • Release Date: October 31, 2023 
  • Solicitation Details:
    • OFFERED AGAIN! In this classic Elseworlds tale, the Victorian-era Bat-Man encounters Jack the Ripper in the seedy streets of Gotham! ,, 
• Batman: Reptilian TP
  • Collects Batman: Reptilian #1-6. 
  • Release Date: November 7, 2023 
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Legendary writer Garth Ennis (Preacher, The Punisher) and superstar artist Liam Sharp (The Green Lantern, Wonder Woman) unite to tell a terrifying tale of Gotham City’s dark protector in Batman: Reptilian! After a series of brutal murders rocks Gotham, Batman is forced to confront one of his oldest foes…Killer Croc! But what does Croc’s sudden disappearance have to do with a sinister plot against Batman? And what strange and frightening creatures lurk in the shadows of Gotham? Find out in this action-packed, horror-infused miniseries that will leave you questioning everything you thought you knew about the Dark Knight!
• Batman: The Hush Saga Omnibus HC
  • Collects Batman #608-619 and #685; Batman: Gotham Knights #50-55, #60-71, and #73-74; Detective Comics #846-850 and #852; a Hush interlude from Wizard #0; the Hush tales from Batman: Streets of Gotham #1-4, #14, and #16-21; and a brand-new short story from Batman: Hush: 20th Anniversary Edition. 
  • Release Date: November 7, 2023 
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Gotham City is swept by a crime epidemic, and all of Batman’s enemies have emerged to throw his life into utter chaos. Little do they know that they’re all pawns of the villainous Hush in an elaborate game of revenge against Bruce Wayne! Experience the Hush saga in its entirety for the first time ever, including many never-before collected issues!
• Catwoman Vol. 3: Duchess of Gotham TP
  • Collects Catwoman #51-56. 
  • Release Date: November 7, 2023 
  • Solicitation Details:
    • When Selina Kyle murders her lover Valmont to save her ex-lover Batman, she ends up behind bars, but leave it to a cat to thrive in the darkest of places. Selina finds herself quickly clawing her way up the ladder of misfits by making friends with all the wrong types (which are, of course, also exactly the right types). But with the Cat behind bars and off the streets, Gotham still needs a vigilante to keep all of its mob bosses in check, and who better than one of their own? It’s a good thing Eiko Hasigawa’s got a cat costume somewhere in the back of her closet, as things are about to get messy!

• DC: The New Frontier: The Deluxe Edition (2023 Edition) 
  • Collects DC: The New Frontier #1-6 and Justice League: The New Frontier Special #1.
  • Release Date: November 7, 2023 
  • Solicitation Details:
    • OFFERED AGAIN! Welcome to 1950s America—a land without heroes. The masked mystery men who fought for freedom in the Second World War have been outlawed. And those icons who do still fight on—Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman—operate under hidden agendas and dueling ideologies. Yet this America needs its heroes more than ever. With darkness gathering on the horizon, only a bold new generation of adventurers is equal to the challenge. From Eisner Award winner Darwyn Cooke comes one of the most acclaimed superhero comics of the 21st century. 
• Ex Machina: The Complete Series Omnibus (2023 Edition) HC
  • Collects the Eisner Award-winning series Ex Machina #1-50 and Ex Machina Special #1-4.
  • Release Date: November 14, 2023 
  • Solicitation Details:
    • OFFERED AGAIN! When a strange accident gives Mitchell Hundred the ability to control machinery, he uses his newfound powers to become the world’s first superhero. But the thrill of risking his life simply to help maintain the status quo eventually wears thin, leading Mitch to retire from masked crime-fighting in order to run for mayor of New York City. And that’s when the real weirdness begins! 
• JLA/JSA: Virtue and Vice TP
  • Collects the JLA/JSA: Virtue and Vice one-shot. 
  • Release Date: October 31, 2023
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Offered again! Celebrate the legacy of artist Carlos Pacheco with this reissue of the graphic novel by David S. Goyer and Geoff Johns that brings together DC’s two original super-teams: the JLA and the JSA. When a reunion leads to several surprise betrayals by trusted members within both squads, a conspiracy is uncovered that leads Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, Zatanna, and others from the depths of Limbo to the Rock of Eternity. Have some heroes truly turned evil, or is there some greater menace lying in wait? Two teams. Two legacies. One epic adventure!
• Kamandi, The Last Boy on Earth by Jack Kirby Vol. 2 TP 
  • Collects Kamandi, The Last Boy on Earth #21-40. 
  • Release Date: November 7, 2023
  • Solicitation Details:
    • In the postapocalyptic world of Kamandi, humans and beasts have traded places and sentient animals now rule supreme. It’s up to Kamandi and his allies to continue the search for the cause of the Great Disaster and restore civilization. Written and illustrated by comics legend Jack “King” Kirby and his frequent collaborators D. Bruce Berry and Mike Royer, Kamandi, the Last Boy on Earth showcases the King at the height of his creativity. 
• Super Sons Omnibus Super Duper Edition HC
  • Collects Super Sons #1-16; Super Sons Annual #1; Super Sons/Dynomutt Special #1; Adventures of the Super Sons #1-12; Challenge of the Super Sons #1-7; Superman #10-11, #37-38; Teen Titans #15; and a story from Robin 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular #1.
  • Release Date: October 31, 2023
  • Solicitation Details:
    • The sons of Superman and Batman must find their footing as they attempt to live up to their family names. Trying to grow up fast, the pair forms an inseparable bond that will shape them into the heroes of tomorrow! Packed with even more action and laugh-out-loud moments between the Boy of Steel and the Boy Wonder—plus a brand-new cover from Jorge Jiménez.

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• Superman for All Seasons TP
  • Collects Superman for All Seasons #1-4 and tie-in backup stories by Loeb and Sale from Superman/Batman Secret Files & Origins 2003 #1, Solo #1, Superman #226, and Superman/Batman #26.
  • Release Date: October 24, 2023
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Before Superman…before Clark Kent, ace reporter for the Daily Planet…there was just Clark, a humble farm boy from Smallville, Kansas, who was figuring out his place in the world. Witness the birth of a hero in this retelling of the Man of Steel’s formative years by the Eisner Award-winning team of Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale, with beautiful hand-painted colors provided by Bjarne Hansen. 
• Superman Unchained: The Deluxe Edition (2023 Edition) HC
  • Collects Superman Unchained #1-9. 
  • Release Date: November 7, 2023 
  • Solicitation Details:
    • OFFERED AGAIN! From the skies above Metropolis to the star-streaked spaceways beyond, one man is synonymous with the word hero. Since his arrival marked the dawn of the superhero age, Superman has waged a never-ending battle for truth and justice. But before the dawn came the darkness, when another with incredible power fell to Earth—one who could spell the end for the Man of Steel. From superstar writer Scott Snyder and legendary artist Jim Lee comes a cutting-edge take on the hero who started it all!
• The Detective Chimp Casebook HC
  • Collects “never-before-reprinted Silver Age” classic stories such as “Monkeyshines at the Wax Museum!,” “Monkey Business on the Briny Deep!,” “The Case of the Fishy Alibi!,” and more from The Adventures of Rex the Wonder Dog #4 and #6-46. Also included is a “Whatever Happened to…” backup story from DC Comics Presents #35 that catches up with Detective Chimp after the end of the Rex the Wonder Dog series.
  • Release Date: October 10, 2023
  • Solicitation Details:
    • The greatest detective in the DC Universe finally gets his own collection. No, not Batman—Bobo T. Chimpanzee, a.k.a. Detective Chimp! 
• The Human Target Volume One TP
  • Collects The Human Target #1-6. 
  • Release Date: October 24, 2023 
  • 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 DC Universe hated Luthor enough to want him dead by slow-acting poison. And the prime suspects happen to be…the Justice League International?
• Titans United: Bloodpact TP
  • Collects all six issues of the limited series. 
  • Release Date: October 24, 2023
  • Solicitation Details:
    • The Titans are back, united against a common foe…aren’t they? All seems lost when Tim Drake wakes, out of uniform and seemingly out of time. Surely he was just fighting alongside Nightwing, Superboy, Starfire, Beast Boy, and Donna Troy. But where is Raven and what links her to the Fearsome Five? A blood sacrifice is coming that will change the world forever.
• Waller vs. Wildstorm HC
  • Collects Waller vs. Wildstorm #1-4. 
  • Release Date: December 19, 2023 
  • Solicitation Details:
    • As the Cold War thaws, celebrated superhero Jackson King and rising intelligence operative Amanda Waller battle for the soul of the agency Checkmate! Their struggle over the future of the island nation Gamorra will draw in the brilliant young reporter Lois Lane…and the world’s deadliest “contractor,” Deathstroke! National-security journalist Spencer Ackerman joins Evan Narcisse and Jesús Merino to turn the Wildstorm and DC universes into a haunting morality play of global influence and personal vendettas!
• Wonder Woman: Evolution TP
  • Collects Wonder Woman: Evolution #1-8. 
  • Release Date: October 24, 2023 
  • Solicitation Details:
    • Whisked away from Earth by a distant cosmic entity, Wonder Woman is forced to navigate a series of perilous challenges that push her to the brink both mentally and physically. At stake is the fate of all humanity, with the alien entities casting Diana as Earth’s proxy in a trial judging humankind’s worthiness to exist in the universe. Can Diana stand trial to save humanity without losing her own? Harley Quinn’s Stephanie Phillips teams with acclaimed artist Mike Hawthorne (Daredevil, Deadpool) for his first major DC project, an epic Wonder Woman tale unlike any other!

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