(W) Ram V. (A/CA) Christian Ward
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... Collects AQUAMAN: ANDROMEDA #1-3.
(W) Ram V, Si Spurrier (A) Various (CA) Evan Cagle
Art by Ivan Reis, Hayden Sherman, Rafael Albuquerque, Christopher Mitten, Caspar Wijngaard, and others Ram V and a team of all-star artists devise the next chapter of Detective Comics, where the dark opera of Gotham continues to become ever more perilous for Batman! Two-Face and Mr. Freeze are rallied by sinister forces to defeat the Dark Detective. Meanwhile, the young Orgham heir, Arzen, meets Bruce Wayne for the first time, and Bruce sees potential in the boy. Dualism takes center stage in this collection, and not only is nothing as it seems, but it?s always, always worse. Contains DETECTIVE COMICS #1066-1070 and the DETECTIVE COMICS 2022 ANNUAL.
(W) Ram V, Dan Watters (A) Riccardo Federici, Stefano Raffaele, Various (CA) Evan Cagle
The malevolent Orgham family - having driven Batman away - have used their Reality Engine to make Gotham City forget the Dark Knight ever existed! When Batman's journey ends, he'll find a very different Gotham and be faced with a surprising choice as Gotham City teeters between utopia and Armageddon! Writer Ram V.'s unforgettable run ends here in this collection of DETECTIVE COMICS #1081-1089.
(W) Ram V., Simon Spurrier (A) Various (CA) Evan Cagle
Art by Ivan Reis, Hayden Sherman, Rafael Albuquerque, Christopher Mitten, Caspar Wijngaard, and Others Ram V and a team of all-star artists devise the next chapter of Detective Comics, where Gotham becomes ever more perilous for Batman! Two-Face and Mr. Freeze are rallied by sinister forces to defeat the Dark Detective. Meanwhile, the young Orgham heir, Arzen, meets Bruce Wayne for the first time, and Bruce sees potential in the boy. Dualism takes center stage, and not only is nothing as it seems, but it's always, always worse. Collects Detective Comics #1066-1070 and the Detective Comics 2022 Annual.
(W) Ram V, Dan Watters (A) Riccardo Federici, Stefano Raffaele, Various (CA) Evan Cagle
The malevolent Orgham family - having driven Batman away - have used their Reality Engine to make Gotham City forget the Dark Knight ever existed! When Batman's journey ends, he'll find a very different Gotham and be faced with a surprising choice as Gotham City teeters between utopia and Armageddon! Writer Ram V.'s unforgettable run ends here in this collection of DETECTIVE COMICS #1081-1089.
(W) Ram V. (A) Nina Vakueva, Caspar Wijngaard, Laura Braga (CA) Yanick Paquette
Alleytown stands as the last place in Gotham City untouched by the Magistrate?s totalitarian forces. But being the last bastion of freedom in a police state makes Selina?s kingdom most inviting for Gotham?s rogues. This volume features appearances by Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, the Riddler, Ghost-Maker, and Wight Witch?an assassin sent to kill the Feline Fatale?in tales from Catwoman #34-38!
(W) Ram V., Dan Watters (A) Xermanico, Sumit Kumar, Christopher Mitten (CA) Paul Renaud
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! Collects the Justice League Dark backup stories from Justice League #59-71 and Justice League Dark 2021 Annual #1.
(W) Ram V, Dan Watters (A) Laurence Campbell, Sumit Kumar, Lee Loughridge (CA) Anand Radhakrishnan
Two of the hottest writers in comics?RAM V and DAN WATTERS?have teamed up with artists LAURENCE CAMPBELL and SUMIT KUMAR to tell the most unique crime thriller, now collected in the manner it was intended to be read in?with the miniseries issues as alternating chapters!? THE ONE HAND?tells the story of Neo Novena detective, ARI NASSER?a grizzled homicide detective who?s about to retire with an enviable record, until a brutal murder occurs bearing all the hallmarks of the ?One Hand Killer??which should be impossible since Ari already put him away not once but twice in years past.? In?THE SIX FINGERS, Neo Novena archaeology student, JOHANNES VALE has always been so very in control of his life. But when he commits a brutal murder using the M.O. of a historic and notorious serial killer, everything begins to spiral out of control?and Johannes doesn?t remember doing it.? What follows is a deadly cat-and-mouse game told through two intertwined narratives. Both men will stop at nothing to unr
(W) Ram V. (A/CA) Mike Perkins
A new Swamp Thing is born! Unable to control his transformation into the monstrous Swamp Thing, Levi Kamei is thrust into the harsh, unforgiving mystery of grisly murders committed by a supernatural desert legend. Collects Future State: Swamp Thing #1-2 and The Swamp Thing #1-4.
(W) Ram V (A/CA) Mike Perkins
With the newly resurrected Swamp Thing and an old foe once again made flesh, the conflict that started it all begins anew. But now the fates of worlds are jeopardized as a new parliament stakes its claim upon the industry of humankind. Levi Kamei, the new avatar of nature known as the Swamp Thing, will join forces with the daughter of the Green, the voice of cities, and the Emerald Knight as the consequences of humanity's creations threaten to consume us all. Ram V and Mike Perkins' beautiful and haunting epic concludes in this final volume that needs to be seen to be believed! Collects THE SWAMP THING #11-16.
(W) Ram V. (A/CA) Mike Perkins
Levi Kamei finds himself pulled into service as the avatar of the Green: first to London, where the scars of old wars and the dangers of past ideologies resurface and then to the land of his making, the Kaziranga wetlands, where he must stop a deadly bio-agent before it poisons the Green, and finally to a terrifying reunion with his brother, Jacob, now transformed into the villainous Hedera. But with these events come revelations as the secrets of Levi?s past are revealed and his life, and our world, will never be the same because of them. Collects The Swamp Thing #5-10.
(W) Dan Watters, Ram V (A) Matthew Roberts, Dave Stewart, Trish Mulvihill (CA) Joshua Middleton
A NEW HORROR DREAM TEAM RESURRECTS ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC MONSTERS?Acclaimed creators DAN WATTERS (HOME SICK PILOTS, Lucifer), RAM V (The Many Deaths of Laila Starr,_ Batman: Detective Comics_), and **MATTHEW ROBERTS **(MANIFEST DESTINY) rise from the depths for an all-new epic.??Years after the events of the original film, journalist Kate Marsden hunts for a notorious serial killer in the heart of the Amazon. Hot on the trail of this madman, she soon encounters an unexpected new threat?but is he friend or foe? Or is he simply...THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON??**Collects UNIVERSAL MONSTERS: CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON #1-4?**Retailers: For every 10 copies ordered, you will receive a bundle of 10 bookplates signed by DAN WATTERS, RAM V, and MATTHEW ROBERTS!
(W) Al Ewing / Ram V (A) Bryan Hitch (CA) Bryan Hitch
One blockbuster era gives way to another! Symbiotic writing team Al Ewing and Ram V join superstar artist Bryan Hitch to unleash their vision of Venom! Together, they will push Eddie and Dylan Brock to their limits ? and as everything Dylan has come to know and love unravels around him, he begins to realize the terrible truth about his new "other." The Venom symbiote is not a harmless pet, no matter how much it pretends to be one. It's an alien. A dangerous, violent, often bloodthirsty alien. Whatever bond it had with Dylan's father, Eddie ? as special as it may have been ? is now gone. And Dylan might be gone soon too. Because the villainous Life Foundation is back, led by the insidious Carlton Drake ? and they have the new Venom square in their sights! Collecting VENOM (2021) #1-5.
Rated T+ (STL216602)
(W) Ram V (A) Lalit Sharma, Devmalya Pramanik, Sid Kotian (CA) Sumit Kumar
UNCOVER THE DCU'S GREATEST CONSPIRACY! Who are the Vigil? Meet a mysterious new South Asian superteam operating in the shadows. Given powers they didn't want, Arclight, Saya, Dodge, and Castle are determined to shut down metahuman research and weaponized illegal technology created for military applications at any cost. Along the way they'll encounter strange individuals that could be allies or enemies--not a surprise for a group that exists to shut down state-sponsored superhumans--and clean up the mess before any hero or villain arrives, as if both the crime and the Vigil were never there. Written by Ram V (the acclaimed writer of Detective Comics, Catwoman, The Many Deaths of Laila Starr) and powerfully illustrated by Lalit Kumar Sharma (Daredevil, Firefly) and Devmalya Pramanik (Paradiso, Vampire: The Masquerade ? Winter's Teeth)! Uncover a top-secret metahuman conspiracy in this enigmatic, reality-altering new adventure! Collects The Vigil #1-6.