In these stories from BATMAN #8-9, BATMAN ANNUAL #1, DETECTIVE COMICS #9, BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT #9, BATWING #9, BATMAN AND ROBIN #9, RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS #9, BIRDS OF PREY #9, BATGIRL #9, NIGHTWING #8-9 and ALL-STAR WESTERN #9, evil spreads across Gotham City as Red Robin, Batwing, Robin, Batgirl, the Birds of Prey, Nightwing and even Catwoman find themselves in a battle coming from all sides.

For the first time, DC Comics collects the entire, original Red Hood saga from BATMAN #635-641 and 645-650 and BATMAN ANNUAL #25, in one massive trade paperback. Batman is confronted with a hidden face from the past - it's the return of the vigilante Red Hood, who appears to be Batman's one-time partner, Jason Todd, the same Jason Todd who died many years ago. But the Red Hood's violent ways pit him against the Dark Knight in his hunt for the very person responsible for his death: The Joker. On sale AUGUST 17 ? 384 pg, FC, $29.99 US

Meet Barry Ween, the smartest living human. What does a ten-year-old boy do with a 350 I.Q.? Anything he wants. Cranky, egotistical, arrogant and foul-mouthed, Barry in general wants to conduct his experiments and be left alone, but it never seems to work out. Hurdles that Barry must outmaneuver range from time warps, to art thieves, to inter-dimensional warfare with gorillas, to accidentally turning his best friend into a dinosaur. This massive volume collects all 12 issues.

Before Green Lantern, before Barry Ween, there was Frumpy the Clown, the main character of the alternative comic strip by Judd Winick! Forget ponies, puppy dogs, and hamsters, a clown is the true prize. And not the creepy kind that's gonna freak you out and make you soil your shorts either, but a chain-smoking, cynical, anarchist clown whose more interested in sticking it to the stuffed-shirt establishment than getting a job or focusing on the finer points of personal hygiene. When Frumpy enters the home of a typical American family, the children, Brad and Kim, are ecstatic. Their parents, neighbors, and local law enforcement, on the other hand, wish he would go away. Sized at 9' x 10' to preserve the original newspaper proportions. Mature Readers.

In this year of new beginnings, with a new President in the White House and the dawn of the true millennium, a new patriot will come to the fore - Frumpy the Clown! Like all great patriots of old, you may not realize his true American spirit initially. He seems cranky, paranoid, even a tad smelly. But it is these very qualities that have signaled true visionaries of the past. The iconoclast is always the delusional crackpot who lives in a shack and looks like he belongs in a mental institution as he lurks through normal society, shaking things up from the inside. And Frumpy is doing just that! You have been warned! The future revolution starts here! In these very reprints of Judd Winick's classic newspaper comic strips, the hilarious Frumpy The Clown. This is the second of two volumes, reprinting the Frumpy series in its entirety! Mature Readers.

(W) Judd Winick (A) Various (CA) Cliff Chiang A superhero wedding?what could go wrong? Green Arrow and Black Canary tie the knot, but it?s not quite happily ever after, as a shocking wedding night leads to unpredictable adventures. That question kickstarts the Green Arrow and Black Canary series, written by Judd Winick and illustrated by Cliff Chiang and Mike Norton. Black Canary, Speedy, and Connor Hawke?Ollie?s son and the former Green Arrow?embark on a mission to the find the real Green Arrow. But if it isn?t one Green Arrow in trouble, it?s another, as Connor is mortally wounded by the League of Assassins?can Batman and Plastic Man assist in saving his life? Romance meets adventure in this series starring one of DC Comics? most iconic duos! This volume collects Green Arrow/Black Canary Wedding Special #1, and Green Arrow and Black Canary #1-14.