A funny thing happened on the way to the Dawn of the DCU...
... the sun didn't rise.
A volcano exploded, however.
Despite January being the start of the new year (happy comic book New Year, btw!) and despite Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths being in its rear-view mirror, the Dawn of the DCU is not mentioned by name in the publisher's January 2023 solicitations.
We've got the start of Lazarus Planet, which explodes (it's wordplay!) out of Batman vs. Robin; we've got more of the New Golden Age, which spins out of Flashpoint Beyond; and we got the start of a new era for Superman in Action Comics #1051, but if you read through the solicits you'll find no mention of Dark Crisis or the Dawn of the DCU.
Well, almost none - Black Adam #7 says it catches up to the events of the limited series.
Anyways, it looks as if DC might be holding out the Dawn of the DCU changes and new launches until after readers can enjoy the revelations of Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths #7 in December and the Dawn of the DCU preview epilogues it will almost certainly have. But that will have to wait.
So check out all of DC's January 2023 solicitations and covers and you can also check out the DC October 2022 solicitations, the DC November 2022 solicitations, and the DC December 2022 solicitations and/or scroll through all of DC and Marvel's most recent solicitations on our solicitations tab.
DC January 2023 Spotlight comic books
BATMAN #131
Written by CHIP ZDARSKY
Art by MIKE HAWTHORNE and ADRIANO DI BENEDETTO
Cover by JORGE JIMENEZ
Backup art by MIGUEL MENDONÇA
Variant covers by JOE QUESADA, STANLEY "ARTGERM" LAU, and JASON FABOK
1:25 variant cover by DAVID NAKAYAMA
1:50 foil variant cover by STANLEY "ARTGERM" LAU
1:100 B&W variant cover by JOE QUESADA
$4.99 US | 40 pages | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 1/3/23
Gotham City has never been darker or deadlier. And after Failsafe, there is no Batman to save it. Can the fractured ghost that roams the streets survive? Whatever happened to the man known as…Bruce Wayne?
LAZARUS PLANET: ALPHA #1
Written by MARK WAID and GENE LUEN YANG
Art by RICCARDO FEDERICI, BILLY TAN, and more
Cover by DAVID MARQUEZ and ALEJANDRO SÁNCHEZ
Variant covers by RICCARDO FEDERICI, FRANCESCO MATTINA, MATEUS MANHANINI, NATHAN SZERDY, and JORGE CORONA
Trading Card Variant
1:25 variant cover by JOHN GIANG
1:50 foil variant cover by A.L. KAPLAN
1:100 foil variant cover by DAVID MARQUEZ
and ALEJANDRO SÁNCHEZ
Team variant cover by SCOTT GODLEWSKI
$5.99 US | 48 pages | Variant $6.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 1/10/23
CHANGE THE WORLD.
Following the explosive (literally) events of Batman vs. Robin #4, the Lazarus Volcano has erupted, spewing dangerous and transformative chemicals into Earth's atmosphere! As these Lazarus clouds rain down upon the planet, people across the globe begin to develop strange new abilities, watch their already-extraordinary abilities
change, and witness a whole host of chaos unlike anything the DCU has experienced before! It's up to Damian Wayne to put out the distress call for whoever can still hear it: come to the ruins of the Hall of Justice and help save the world! Poison Ivy, Power Girl, Cyborg, Batman, and more answer the call…but why could the fate
of all life as we know it rest in the hands of…Monkey Prince?
LAZARUS PLANET: ASSAULT ON KRYPTON #1
Written by NICOLE MAINES, C.S. PACAT, FRANK BARBIERE, and LEAH WILLIAMS
Art by SKYLAR PATRIDGE, SCOTT GODLEWSKI, SAMI BASRI, and MARGUERITE SAUVAGE
Cover by DAVID MARQUEZ and ALEJANDRO SÁNCHEZ
Variant covers by JEN BARTEL, NATHAN SZERDY, MARIO "FOX" FOCCILLO and PRASAD "PRESSY" RAO
1:25 variant cover by ARIEL COLON
1:50 foil variant cover by DAVID MARQUEZ and ALEJANDRO SÁNCHEZ
$4.99 US | 48 pages | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 1/17/23
With the world in chaos and Lazarus raining from the skies, the Earth's protectors from Krypton are hit hard. In this collection of epic vignettes from in and around Lazarus Planet, we'll see heroes transformed, secrets revealed, and power unleashed. Can Power Girl free herself from the out-of-control Omen? Will Dreamer's visions guide our heroes to the path of victory? Can Mercy Graves survive the transformation she's undergone? And will Jonathan Kent ever be the same again?
LAZARUS PLANET: WE ONCE WERE GODS #1
Written by FRANCIS MANAPUL, DAN WATTERS, PHILLIP KENNEDY JOHNSON, and JOSIE CAMPBELL
Art by FRANCIS MANAPUL, MAX DUNBAR, JACK HERBERT, and CAITLIN YARSKY
Cover by DAVID MARQUEZ and ALEJANDRO SÁNCHEZ
Variant covers by DAVE JOHNSON, FRANCESCO MATTINA, and RAFAEL SARMENTO
1:25 variant cover by YANICK PAQUETTE
1:50 foil variant cover by DAVID MARQUEZ
and ALEJANDRO SÁNCHEZ
$4.99 US | 48 pages | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 1/24/23
As the Lazarus rain beats down upon planet Earth, human beings are only a fraction of those affected by this transformative upheaval—enter: We Once Were Gods. This series of vignettes explores Lazarus Planet's effects across the many extraordinary locations and creatures in the DC Universe, and like their human counterparts, these beings are in for some big changes. Can Themyscira survive the resurrection of every invading army that
ever graced its shores? Will Martian Manhunter survive a psychic link to a Doomsday nest? What happens when the monsters from the Trench gain the ability to breathe air? And look out, Shazam Family…the Rock of Eternity is about to get rocked.
LAZARUS PLANET: LEGENDS REBORN #1
Written by ALEX SEGURA, GREG PAK, ALEX PAKNADEL, and DENNIS CULVER
Art by CLAYTON HENRY, CHRIS MITTEN, MINKYU JUNG, and JESUS MERINO
Cover by VASCO GEORGIEV
Variant covers by RAFAEL SARMENTO, LAURA BRAGA, and MINKYU JUNG
1:25 variant cover by REILLY BROWN
1:50 foil variant cover by VASCO GEORGIEV
$4.99 US | 48 pages | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 1/31/23
NEW FRIENDS…NEW FOES…NEW LEGENDS!
Ancient and dangerous power has been awakened following the eruption of the Lazarus Volcano, and this surge of
fantastical power will affect the DC Universe forevermore! In Lazarus Planet: Legends Reborn, we'll explore corners of the planet newly awakened and primed to restore some heroes and villains long forgotten! With the help of Nightwing, can new hero City Boy hope to commune with Gotham in time to save it? Who are the mysterious trio claiming to be resurrected siblings of Raven? How far would the Question go to chase a lead across a transformed Gotham City? And will the flame of Firestorm burn out yet another horrific host? Not if Harley Quinn has anything to say about it!
MONKEY PRINCE #10
Written by GENE LUEN YANG 楊謹倫
Art and cover by BERNARD CHANG 張伯納
Variant cover by EJIKURE 吳偉傑
1:25 variant cover by AUDREY MOK
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 1/3/23
BATMAN VS. ROBIN TIE-IN!
Sound the alarm bells and bow at his feet, because the legendary Monkey King is finally released from the Phantom Zone! And what timing this is, when the first thing Monkey King senses is that his oldest foe-turned-friend-turned-??? was also just released from his own captivity…Nezha! But most importantly…does Monkey King sense his own son, Monkey Prince, and does he even know of Monkey Prince's existence? Find out here, along with the secret origin of Marcus Sun and why he is the Monkey Prince!
BATMAN & THE JOKER: THE DEADLY DUO #3
Written by MARC SILVESTRI
Art and cover by MARC SILVESTRI
Batman variant cover by JASON SHAWN ALEXANDER
Joker variant cover by JASON SHAWN ALEXANDER
1:25 variant cover by BEN TEMPLESMITH
1:50 B&W variant cover by MARC SILVESTRI
1:100 variant cover by MIKE PERKINS
$4.99 US | 32 pages | 3 of 7 | (all covers are card stock)
ON SALE 1/10/23
The Dark Knight and the Clown Prince of Crime's alliance started off shaky, but now it seems to have shattered entirely. Batman has imprisoned The Joker in the Batcave, desperate to find answers about both the disappearance of Jim Gordon and the strange, genetically modified humanoid monsters gathering severed heads across Gotham. But when one of these monsters' tissue samples comes to life, Batman comes face-to-face with a creature even the World's Greatest Detective doesn't fully understand, and he may have no choice but to resume his partnership with his greatest enemy.
NIGHTWING #100
Written by TOM TAYLOR
Art by BRUNO REDONDO, RICK LEONARDI, SCOTT McDANIEL, MIKEL JANIN, and JAVIER FERNANDEZ
Cover by BRUNO REDONDO
Wraparound variant cover by JAMAL CAMPBELL
Variant covers by JIM LEE, JORGE JIMENEZ, JAVIER FERNANDEZ and TRAVIS MOORE
1:25 variant cover by BABS TARR
1:50 variant cover by JORGE FORNÉS
1:100 foil variant cover by DAN MORA
Acetate variant cover by BRUNO REDONDO ($8.99 US)
$6.99 US | 56 pages | Variant $7.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 1/17/23
Come join us with big smiles and even bigger celebrations as Nightwing hits its milestone issue #100! Cheer how far we've come by looking through the decades at what has made Nightwing a beloved hero. What better way to celebrate than with familiar friends and artists? Then, with Heartless creating a lair in the heart of Blüdhaven to take Blockbuster's throne, Nightwing will follow suit, setting up a headquarters of his own…with the help of some friends who helped make him who he is now, of course!
BATMAN - ONE BAD DAY: BANE #1
Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
Art and cover by HOWARD PORTER
Variant cover by JIM LEE, SCOTT WILLIAMS, and ALEX SINCLAIR
1:25 variant cover by LIAM SHARP
1:50 variant cover by DANIEL WARREN JOHNSON
1:100 variant cover by BRIAN BOLLAND Premium variant cover by GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI and ARIF PRIANTO
$7.99 US | 64 pages | Prestige
(all covers are card stock)
ON SALE 1/17/23
A PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE DESTROYED BY VENOM!
Bane broke the Bat—he's one of the only villains to ever truly vanquish the Dark Knight—but is that all he's ever accomplished? Decades from now, Bane is a washed-up wrestler reliving his glory days in the ring, defeating someone dressed like Batman every day. But when he discovers that there's a new source of Venom in the world, he'll do everything he can to shut down the facility it's coming from for good and make sure that no one takes the poison that ruined his life. An epic saga set throughout Bane's life, expanding on the hopes, dreams, regrets, and failures of one of DC's most legendary villains, brought to you by the iconic creative team of Joshua Williamson (Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths, The Flash) and Howard Porter (The Flash, Justice League).
BATMAN: THE ADVENTURES CONTINUE SEASON THREE #1
Written by ALAN BURNETT and PAUL DINI
Art by JORDAN GIBSON
Cover by KEVIN NOWLAN
Variant cover by KELLEY JONES
Villain variant cover by STEVE BEACH
1:25 variant cover by HAYDEN SHERMAN
1:50 foil variant cover by KEVIN NOWLAN
$3.99 US | 32 pages | 1 of 7 | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 1/10/23
Alan Burnett and Paul Dini return once more to the world of Batman: The Animated Series! Someone is targeting the Muscle now that he's locked up in Blackgate Penitentiary. With his deep ties to the criminal underbelly of Gotham, the worst villains are calling for his head before he turns them over to the police! Batman will need to protect him, but can even the Dark Knight figure out where the next attack will come from?
DETECTIVE COMICS #1068
Written by RAM V
Art by RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE and IVAN REIS
Cover by EVAN CAGLE
Backup written by SIMON SPURRIER
Backup art by DANI
Variant cover by INHYUK LEE
Variant cover by IVAN REIS
1:25 variant cover by COLLEEN DORAN
1:50 foil variant cover by INHYUK LEE
$4.99 US | 40 pages | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 1/24/23
This special Two-Face issue is split in half artistically by maestros Rafael Albuquerque and Ivan Reis to portray the
struggles Harvey Dent goes through trying to stay alive with the help of his more evil side…
Genius writer Ram V not only devised each page of this story to be a dark reflection of the page facing it, but also of itself from front to back! This is an issue you won't want to miss!
BATMAN: LEGENDS OF GOTHAM #1
Written by ANDY DIGGLE
Art by KARL MOSTERT
Cover by CARMINE DI GIANDOMENICO
Variant cover by NATHAN SZERDY
1:25 variant cover by DAVID NAKAYAMA
$5.99 US | 48 pages | Variant $6.99 (card stock)
ON SALE 1/31/23
With Batman preoccupied, his deepest, darkest, most dangerous secrets are about to be auctioned off to the highest bidder. The guest list is strictly villains only, and the outlaw Red Hood fits the bill --putting him on a collision course with Batman's deniable black-ops team, the Outsiders! With Lazarus Island spawning wild-card superpowers across the globe, the stakes could not be higher. Jason Todd, Black Lightning, and Katana will have to put aside their differences to save Batman's legacy --and with it, the world. That's assuming they don't kill each other first!
DC'S HARLEY QUINN ROMANCES #1
Written by GREG LOCKARD, ALEXIS QUASARANO, FRANK ALLEN, ZIPPORAH SMITH, AMANDA DEIBERT, IVAN COHEN, RAPHAEL
DRACCON, CAROLINA MUNHÓZ, and others
Art by MAX SARIN, FICO OSSIO, ADRIANA MELO, GIULIO MACAIONE, and others
Cover by AMANDA CONNER
Variant cover by DAVID TALASKI
1:25 variant cover by ELIZABETH TORQUE
$9.99 US | 80 pages | One-shot | Prestige
(all covers are card stock)
ON SALE 1/31/23
DC is proud to present a selection of eight stories of rapscallion romance, prodigious passion, and undulating, unbridled affection. Tension builds as Apollo and Midnighter are captured by an unknown alien species who are determined to learn the secrets of their supersoldier success. Harley Quinn gets caught in a scintillating fantasy:
What would life have been like if she and Ivy had met in high school? Also featuring Fire and Ice heating things up, fan-favorite heroine Power Girl's romantic tale, John Constantine's mysterious tryst, an amorous Aquaman adventure, and many more! These are lovelorn fantasies as only DC can tell them…but it's not a Harlequin romance…prepare yourself for the Harley Quinn Romances!
ACTION COMICS #1051
Written by PHILLIP KENNEDY JOHNSON, DAN JURGENS, and LEAH WILLIAMS
Art by RAFA SANDOVAL, LEE WEEKS, and MARGUERITE SAUVAGE
Cover by DAN MORA
Variant covers by STEVE BEACH, JORGE FORNÉS, SERGIO DAVILA, RAFA SANDOVAL, DAVID NAKAYAMA, and LEE WEEKS
1:25 variant cover by JACK HERBERT
1:50 foil variant cover by DAN MORA
1:100 embossed variant cover by STEVE BEACH
$4.99 US | 48 pages | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 1/24/23
ACTION COMICS REBORN!
Action Comics #1051 begins a new format for DC's most action-packed title, offering not one, not two, but three epic adventures of Superman and the entire Super-Family! Following the bombshell events of Action Comics #1050, the world's relationship with Superman is forever changed, the upper limits of his supercharged powers have yet to be reached, and the House of El's transformation of Metropolis, led by Steel, has begun. But Lex Luthor has found the perfect instrument with which to undo everything Superman is working to achieve: Metallo, whose hatred of Superman is matched only by his hatred for Luthor himself. Then, in "Lois and Clark 2: Doom Rising," Dan Jurgens and Lee Weeks return to tell the tale of young Jon Kent on the farm with his parents, learning about his abilities, coming of age…and battling the Doombreaker?! And finally, Power Girl returns in part one of a three-part story spinning out of Lazarus Planet! This issue marks the first appearance of new characters, new costumes, and a new era of Action Comics! It all starts here!
BATMAN/SUPERMAN: WORLD'S FINEST #11
Written by MARK WAID
Art and cover by DAN MORA
Connecting variant covers by JONBOY MEYERS
1:25 variant cover by JUNI BA
1:50 variant cover by CLAIRE ROE
Jack White lll variant cover by THE THIRD MAN, ROB JONES, and EMERY SWIRBALUS. Additional photography by DAVID SWANSON.
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 1/17/23
The saga of Boy Thunder crashes to a close as Batman, Superman, and the Titans frantically attempt to save their wayward ward! The choices the Dark Knight and the Man of Steel make in this moment will affect the future as we know it, as the secret identity of this über-powerful last son—that of someone DC fans have known for decades—is at last revealed!
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #3
Written by GEOFF JOHNS
Art and cover by MIKEL JANÍN
Variant cover by YANICK PAQUETTE
1:25 variant cover by STEPHEN SADOWSKI
1:50 foil variant by MIKEL JANÍN
$3.99 US | 32 pages | 3 of 12 | Variant $4.99 US
(card stock)
ON SALE 1/24/23
Huntress's journey to save the Justice Society of America lands her smack dab in the middle of the 1940s at the birth of the team! Can Huntress and the present-day JSA work together long enough to figure out how to stop the strike on the '40s team?!
STARGIRL: THE LOST CHILDREN #3
Written by GEOFF JOHNS
Art and cover by TODD NAUCK
Variant cover by AMY REEDER
1:25 variant cover by RO STEIN and TED BRANDT
$3.99 US | 32 pages | 3 of 6 | Variant $4.99 US
(card stock)
ON SALE 1/17/23
Stargirl comes face-to-face with the eighth soldier of victory, Wing, and a whole host of sidekicks from the past! But amongst the familiar faces are many Courtney's never even heard of before. Where are these kids from, what happened to them, and why were they erased from time?! The New Golden Age continues here!
DC POWER: A CELEBRATION #1
Written by CHUCK BROWN, MORGAN HAMPTON, STEPHANIE WILLIAMS, EVAN NARCISSE, and others
Art by VALENTINE DE LANDRO, CLAYTON HENRY, and others
Cover by JAHNOY LINDSAY
Variant covers by SOZOMAIKA and TAJ TENFOLD
1:25 variant cover by KEN LASHLEY
1:50 foil variant by SOZOMAIKA
$9.99 US | 104 pages | One-shot | Prestige
ON SALE 1/31/23
First there was DC Pride and DC Festival of Heroes; now it's time to celebrate Black History Month! Cyborg, John Stewart, Aqualad, Kid Flash, Batwing, Vixen, Amazing-Man, and more take center stage to highlight the power of Black excellence across the DC Universe, in stories from a variety of comics' finest Black artists and writers!
THE FLASH #791
Written by JEREMY ADAMS
Pencils by ROGER CRUZ
Inks by MATT BANNING
Cover by TAURIN CLARKE
Variant cover by DANIEL BAYLISS
Variant cover by MARCO D'ALFONSO
1:25 variant cover by KIM JACINTO
1:50 foil variant cover by TAURIN CLARKE
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 1/17/23
"The One-Minute War," part two! The heroes are split after the alien speedsters known as the Fraction smashed into Central City, and must attempt to fend off attacks while trying to formulate a plan.
But there's no time for the heroes to take a breather, as besides the speedsters, Miss Murder is also hunting the team—and she has speed hounds…
THE FLASH: ONE-MINUTE WAR SPECIAL #1
Written by JEREMY ADAMS
Art by VARIOUS
Cover by SERG ACUÑA
1:25 foil variant cover by SERG ACUÑA
$5.99 US | 48 pages | Variant $6.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 1/31/23
A lot can happen in 60 seconds…as the Flash event "One-Minute War" rages on, writer Jeremy Adams gives you further insights into the alien speedster race that has invaded Central City, and how the Flash Family fights back!
THE FLASH #123 FACSIMILE EDITION
Written by GARDNER FOX
Art by CARMINE INFANTINO and JOE GIELLA
Cover by CARMINE INFANTINO
and MURPHY ANDERSON
$3.99 US | 32 pages
ON SALE 1/10/23
The Flash meets the other Flash in this historic re-creation of "Flash of Two Worlds!" When Barry Allen's vibrational powers tear a hole between realities, he inadvertently winds up on Earth-Two—home to speedster Jay Garrick. But before Barry can go home, he'll have to help Jay contend with a trio of terrors in the form of the Thinker, the Fiddler, and the Shade! This faithful facsimile includes the original story and ads from the 1961 printing.
DANGER STREET #2
Written by TOM KING
Art and cover by JORGE FORNÉS
Variant cover by DAVE JOHNSON
$4.99 US | 40 pages | 2 of 12 | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 1/10/23
After their attempt to join the Justice League goes horrendously wrong, Warlord and Starman are on the run from the law and the forces of the Fourth World! In their wake they have left behind both a murder and the ongoing mystery of Atlas the Great and his connection to the cosmic powers of the DC Universe. But don't fret, Lady Cop is on the case, and she won't rest until it's solved. But little does she know, a malevolent corporation has a connection to it all and they're willing to kill to keep their secrets safe. After all, nobody messes with the Green Team!