New Releases by Jerry Ordway

Enjoy this great comic from DC’s digital archive!

Enjoy this great comic from DC’s digital archive!

Enjoy this great comic from DC’s digital archive!

Enjoy this great comic from DC’s digital archive!

As a part of the acclaimed DC Comics - The New 52 event of September 2011, it''s the start of a new series spotlighting some of the DC Universe''s most exciting super heroes! This brand new collection features heroic nomad ghost Deadman and the adventure-seeking Challengers of the Unknown! Ever since he died and became Deadman, Boston Brand has served the deity known as Rama Kushna, inhabiting bodies to complete missions that she dictates. But for the first time, Deadman may have a clue how to gain some control over his "life", as he finds that the souls that he helps are going straight to Hell! This first arc of DC Universe Presents is written by Eisner-award winner Paul Jenkins (BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT, Inhumans) and illustrated by the dynamic Bernard Chang! The Challengers. Out of time and on the run. Eight survivors of a fiery plane crash, bound by fate and death, are on a desperate mission to uncover the mysteries of the Unknown before the powers that saved their lives claim them for eternity. This second arc is written by DC Comics Co-Publisher Dan DiDio with art from comics legend Jerry Ordway! Collects issues #1-8.

Captain Marvel battles Chain Lightning and Black Adam in these epics guest-starring Superman and the Justice League! Collects POWER OF SHAZAM #44-47. NOTE: these are also available online as individual issues.

Mr. Mind''s out for vengeance—and he has help from Mister Atom, Sarge Steel, and more! Collects POWER OF SHAZAM #38-41. NOTE: these are also available online as individual issues.

From DOOMSDAY ANNUAL #1, experience Doomsday''s early rampage through the cosmos before his fateful first encounter with the Man of Steel! Then, in a tale from SUPERMAN (1987-2006) #175, witness a disturbing vision of Doomsday, as the creature is ''Jokerized'' and reborn as Doomsday Rex!

A DC ONE MILLION tie-in! What is the mysterious old relic found at the Rock of Eternity in the year 85,271? When two kids from the rougher side of Mercury discover a way into to the Rock, they believe they''ve found the Flash, but instead learn of the Power of Shazam! Continued in THE FLASH #1,000,000.

Still recovering from the team''s split over following Gog, the Justice Society move from crisis to crisis, as Black Adam and his newly-resurrected wife, Isis, resurface with vengeance in mind.

Written by GEOFF JOHNS & JERRY ORDWAY Art by DALE EAGLESHAM, JERRY ORDWAY and others Cover by ALEX ROSS The world''s first super-team reunites to fight their old foe Black Adam and his super-powered "family" in this collection of stories from issues #23-28, including Geoff Johns''s final tales for the series. Also: Geoff Johns presents a day-in-the-life story of the JSA titled "Black Adam Ruined My Birthday" in which the team celebrates the birthday of one of their own - Stargirl! Now in trade paperback! On sale SEPTEMBER 22 - 160 pg, FC, $14.99 US

Written by James Robinson and Jerry Ordway Art by Tony Harris, Gary Erskine, Matt Smith, Leonard Kirk, Gene Ha, Mike Mignola and others Cover by Tony Harris Jack Knight''s groundbreaking adventures continue as Starman teams up with Batman and Hellboy, then heads into space to find lost hero Will Payton. Collecting STARMAN #39-46, STARMAN 80-PAGE GIANT #1, THE POWER OF SHAZAM #35-36, STARMAN: THE MIST #1 and BATMAN/HELLBOY/STARMAN #1-2. Advance-solicited; on sale February 17 o 432 pg, FC, $49.99 US

The Avengers continue to fight new threats.

The Justice League of America is the ultimate dream team made up of the greatest heroes the world has ever known: Superman, the Flash, Wonder Woman, Batman, Green Lantern, Aquaman and the Martian Manhunter. the League under attack from these mysterious beings, it is surely only a matter of time before one of them will fall... Four), John Byrne (Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, X-Men) and Jerry Ordway (JLA, Superman, Wonder Woman) pits the JLA against the next generation of villainy.

It''s the final showdown at the Rock of Eternity for total control over the fabled power of Shazam. It''s Captain Marvel versus the murderous Black Adam in one final, knock-down, drag-out fight!

Billy Batson has recovered from his near-fatal accident. Now, having become Captain Marvel once more, his next task is to put an end to Black Adam''s reign over Fawcett City. But he''ll have to get past Superman to do it!

With Billy, Mary and Freddy in critical condition from a devastating car wreck, the Power of Shazam apparently has found a new home in the form of Chain Lightning! But does Chain Lightning truly control the powers, or is the malevolent villainess just one of an assortment of multiple personalities in the same body?

Chain Lightning returns to Fawcett City to exact revenge on Captain Marvel Junior—only to set in motion events that will leave the three Marvels in critical condition and without the famous Powers of Shazam!

A Mr. Mind is a terrible thing to waste. Grown to gargantuan size, Mr. Mind terrorizes Washington, D.C. until the two Captains Marvel team up with two Green Lanterns, Hal Jordan and Kyle Rayner! ''The Monster Society of Evil'' part 4.

The focus is on Captain Marvel, Jr. as the nightmare that is Dr. Morpheus forces the young Marvel to face his greatest fears! Are they really tormenting our hero—or are they just deadly phantoms of his life coming to exact revenge through his subconscious?

Lightning & Stars'' part 2, continued from STARMAN #39. Branded a traitor by the media, Bulletman escapes from jail and heads for Opal City—home of the original Starman! Sarge Steel asks Captain Marvel to find Bulletman and bring him back, dead or alive! Continued in STARMAN #40!

Captain Marvel faces a crisis of conscience when he must choose to either turn in guest star Gangbuster for being a vigilante or instead help his fellow hero slip away.

Captain Marvel scours Fawcett City for help in an effort to aid a burn victim he rescued from the Arson Fiend. Unfortunately, his only option may be to turn to the malevolent Madame M and the festering evil that is Sin!

With the Wizard on New Genesis, the Captains Marvel are on their own! And the timing couldn''t be worse, as the kids could use some help in solving the mystery of the woman called Windshear. It''s a dogfight over Fawcett City as Mary and Captain Marvel battle to keep their airspace free and clear!

Billy Batson is drawn into an interdimensional struggle led by a crusading rabbit? Hoppy the Marvel Bunny makes his way into Captain Marvel''s Universe—and why not? It is Billy''s birthday!

When Billy Batson gets a cold and laryngitis keeps him from saying the magic word, it''s up to Mary Marvel to take down the twin menace of ''Patty Patty Bang Bang,'' a pair of two-bit thugs who''ve suddenly been ''upgraded'' to first-rate menace by chemical intervention!

Sivana''s plan to alter time in his favor climaxes with the dramatic demise of the ''new'' Captain Marvel. Sacrificing all that could be for all that should be, C.C. Batson gives his life so that the world will be right again!

Introducing The Marvel Family ''97! Something''s rotten in Fawcett City. C.C. Batson is the Big Red Cheese? Sivana is the mayor? The power of Shazam is in jeopardy, and what happens next is anyone''s guess!

A hit''s been ordered on top Fawcett City mobster Muscles McGinnis and it may be a stretch for Captain Marvel to handle the so-called Liquidator by himself. This looks like a job for Plastic Man!