New Releases by Joshua Williamson

After the shocking ending of Infinite Frontier, Justice League Incarnate defends the Multiverse from Darkseid across infinite Earths! Following a devastating defeat at the hands of the one true Darkseid, the Superman of Earth-23 leads a team of superheroes from myriad worlds that includes Flashpoint Batman, China’s Flash from Earth-0, Captain Carrot from Earth-26, and the brand new superhero DR. MULTIVERSE from Earth-8 in a last ditch effort to stop the end of every possible universe as we know it! Written by Joshua Williamson and Dennis Culver with art by a rotating cast of comics'' top artists, this collection explores the many different worlds of the DC Multiverse! Collects Justice League Incarnate #1-5.

A storm is coming…and a battle years in the making between Bruce Wayne and Damian Wayne is on the horizon. A major turning point in the lives of Batman and Robin brought to you by writers Robbie Thompson (Suicide Squad, Teen Titans), Peter J. Tomasi (Batman & Robin, Detective Comics), and Joshua Williamson (The Flash, Dark Crisis), featuring stunning artwork by Eduardo Pansica (Suicide Squad), Gleb Melnikov (Jinny Hex, Robin), and more! Collects Teen Titans #43-44, Teen Titans Annual #2, Detective Comics #1032-1033, and a two-part backup feature that sets the stage for a new chapter in the life of Damian Wayne, originally presented in Batman #106 and Detective Comics #1034.

After suffering too many losses, Slade Wilson decides it’s time for a change. When he’s enlisted to work with an ages-old secret organization called T.R.U.S.T. that wants to take down the heavy-hitter villains, he’s all in. They’ll supply him with an all-new team and resources for his new mission into the depths of the weirdest parts of the DCU. Including a new partner…Black Canary! Collects Deathstroke Inc. #1-7 and Batman: Urban Legends #6.

As Gotham celebrates surviving Fear State, Batman retreats alone into the darkness. But when he learns of a mystery involving Batman Inc., it forces the Caped Crusader to leave Gotham for a brand-new adventure where he will face an old enemy and a unique, deadly new one. Collects Batman #118-121 and #124.

Are you ready to rumble? After learning of the deadly League of Lazarus tournament, Damian Wayne has a new mission: to win the tournament and prove he is the greatest fighter in the DCU-but first he must find the secret island where it takes place! Presenting a brand-new solo Robin series for the son of Batman that forces him to find his own path away from both sides of his family! Who is the mysterious Flatline? Why does Mother Soul take such a keen interest in the son of Batman? Did Robin just literally get his heart ripped out of his chest in the first 30 pages? This volume collects Robin #1-6 and a special prelude story from Batman #106 and Detective Comics #1034.

Packed with both new super-powered teens and numerous dark secrets, Teen Titans Academy’s student body includes Shazam; a new Australian speedster; a trio of Goth(am) teen expatriates obsessed with Batman-and one member of this first class will become the deadly Red X. Collects Teen Titans Academy #1-5.

After the shocking ending of Infinite Frontier, Justice League Incarnate defends the Multiverse from Darkseid across infinite Earths! Following a devastating defeat at the hands of the one true Darkseid, the Superman of Earth-23 leads a team of superheroes from myriad worlds that includes Flashpoint Batman, China’s Flash from Earth-0, Captain Carrot from Earth-26, and the brand new superhero DR. MULTIVERSE from Earth-8 in a last ditch effort to stop the end of every possible universe as we know it! Written by Joshua Williamson and Dennis Culver with first-issue art by Brandon Peterson and Andrei Berssan and a rotating cast of artists exploring the many different worlds of the DC Multiverse, this can’t-miss series is the next thrilling chapter in the Infinite Frontier saga!

Batman and Superman battle their deadliest adversaries! In the aftermath of a deadly duel with the Batman Who Laughs, trouble abounds for the Man of Steel and the Dark Knight. From the zombie resurrection of the Bottle City of Kandor, to battling the combined might of General Zod and Ra’s al Ghul, to being turned into living bombs by the Ultra-Humanite, Batman and Superman are in over their heads, and need help in their battle against evil. Enter a new strategy: track down the biggest baddies in the DC Universe before they can do harm to others! A villain database that the World’s Finest can use to stop problems before they happen...seems like a good idea, right? Not when the system itself turns on you! A rogue Brainiac program has infiltrated the database, and this sentient hub of all things evil has created a death trap for our heroes on the moon! To defeat the combined might of all the villains in the DCU, Steel and Batwoman join the fray to try to help save the day—but will this ultra-team-up be enough? And that’s not all—a ticking-time-bomb Solomon Grundy and the deranged fifth-dimensional antics of Mr. Mxyzptlk and Bat-Mite also plague Batman and Superman in this epic battle-royal of a book! This villainous volume collects Batman/Superman #7-15 and Batman/Superman Annual #1. Returning writer JOSHUA WILLIAMSON (The Flash, Justice League vs. Suicide Squad) is joined by the epic artistic talents of NICK DERINGTON (Doom Patrol, Future State: The Next Batman), CLAYTON HENRY (The Flash), MAX RAYNOR (The Terrifics), and more!

Forming a Legion of Zoom-including Captain Cold, the Turtle, Gorilla Grodd, and the Trickster-the Reverse-Flash sets out to not only beat Barry Allen, but also assume his life! Can the Fastest Man Alive keep up with the attacks around Central City, when everyone and everything he loves is in danger? With his greatest enemy calling on Barry’s children from the future, the Tornado Twins, the Flash Family steps up to help the hero as he faces his biggest battle ever. Collects issues #756-762.

Spinning out of the pages of Dark Nights: Death Metal, Nightwing’s on a mission to free the Legion of Doom from Perpetua’s clutches, and he’s formed his own Justice League to do it! Starfire, Cyborg, Hawkgirl, and Detective Chimp team up to fight their way through an Earth twisted by the Dark Multiverse, but they’ll need one more to get the job done…none other than Lex Luthor! Featuring the talents of superstar writer Joshua Williamson (Infinite Frontier, The Flash) and fan-favorite artists Xermanico (Justice League Dark, Wonder Woman) and Robson Rocha (Aquaman, Supergirl), this volume collects Justice League #53-57.

The first Future State collections are here! In the far-flung future, an all-new Justice League must investigate the mysterious death of their greatest foes-the Legion of Doom! The Justice League Dark emerges from years of hiding to fight the villainous force stalking supernatural heroes and villains alike! John Stewart and his band of abandoned Green Lanterns must hold the line against an invasion of murderous zealots in an uncharted dark sector after their rings have stopped working! Barry Allen battles for the soul of his former Flash partner, Wally West! And Jackson Hyde and Andy Curry, son of Black Manta and daughter of Aquaman, must find each other again after being torn apart if they hope to escape the mysterious universe-spanning One Great Ocean!

Batman and Superman are the greatest heroes the world has ever known-and you can’t accomplish that without making some terrifying enemies. General Zod is on a mission to resurrect the bottle city of Kandor, and he’s ready to obliterate anyone in his path-leading Ra’s al Ghul to attempt to save his Lazarus Pits from Kryptonian chaos, with Batman and Superman caught in the middle! Plus, the Atomic Skull’s untimely death leads to a deadly mystery of grisly experiments, and Batwoman and Steel face robotic rogues! Collects Batman/Superman #7-15 and Batman/Superman Annual #1.

JOSHUA WILLIAMSON and MIKE HENDERSON''S CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED HIT HORROR SERIES CONTINUES! The NailbiterÕs secrets turned a fun game from high school into a deadly war between serial killers! Sheriff Crane and Agent Finch must return to the destroyed Buckaroo to find the horrific Mastermind behind the bloodshed before it spreads! Collects NAILBITER RETURNS #6-10

THE NAILBITER IS BACK! But how? How did Edward Charles Warren survive? And what does he have to do with the copycat Buckaroo Butchers? Finch and Alice wonÕt like the answers, as they realize the new nightmare is just beginning

The Trickster welcomes the Scarlet Speedster back home with an impossible choice either save the people of Central City or stop the villain who caused it all from escaping to wreak havoc another day. What will Barry choose? Barry arrives back home from his Force Quest to discover something in his city is off. The people of Central City are all acting strangely, even the people closest to him. There''s something tricky afoot, but what or who is behind this madness? Can Barry save his city as it plunges into chaos, or is he for once...not fast enough? Collects The Flash #66-69 and The Flash Annual #2

A NEW STORY LINE BEGINS! “Finish Line” part one of six-leading to the finale of Joshua Williamson’s legendary run on The Flash! It’s Barry Allen’s last race! The Legion of Zoom has won. Central City is in ruins. Barry Allen is trapped in the Speed Force, his body taken over by the Reverse-Flash!A NEW STORY LINE BEGINS! “Finish Line” part one of six-leading to the finale of Joshua Williamson’s legendary run on The Flash! It’s Barry Allen’s last race! The Legion of Zoom has won. Central City is in ruins. Barry Allen is trapped in the Speed Force, his body taken over by the Reverse-Flash!

INTRODUCING MISTER FINGER AND LIL BITER! Things get weird when the resurrected Buckaroo Butchers talk about shared nightmares as they hunt for the Nailbiter''s daughter!

The Chosen One vs. the God King Lore for the fate of two worlds! Could this be the end of Mikey Rhodes?

In this tale from the early days of Barry Allen''s heroic career, can he master his new super-speed powers and be the hero his city needs...or will the powers burn his lift out? His struggles lead him into the far future, where a version of the Flash he will someday become shows him the true path of the hero-and helps him prepare for the emergence of the gang of villains known as the Rogues. Collects The Flash #76-81.

Up in the sky, in the dark of the night, trust no one-for the Secret Six walk among us. Spinning out of the devastating events of The Batman Who Laughs, Superman and Batman are together once more and facing a terrifying new threat that could strike from anywhere. The Dark Knight and the Man of Steel must journey into the depths of Gotham City to learn which of their fellow heroes have become the horrifying horsemen of their most dangerous and deranged foe ever, with Shazam!, Supergirl, and more transformed into their twisted Dark Multiverse reflections. Our heroes will need to fight to survive, but an even more dangerous question lurks in the shadows: Can Superman and Batman even trust each other? The road to Year of the Villain: Hell Arisen and beyond starts here! Collects Batman/Superman #1-6.

Once upon a time, five mages sacrificed it all to protect Earth from Lore. Can five new mages recreate this impossible task to keep his evil at bay?

How do human soldiers transform into fearless monster killers? Courtesy of Terrenos'' #1 drill instructor, Mikey Rhodes.

When a cosmic menace threatens worlds beyond our own in the Ghost Sector, it falls to a new Justice League team to answer the call to battle! Cyborg, Starfire, Green Lantern Jessica Cruz and an out-of-his-element Azrael head to deep space inside a commandeered Brainiac Skull Ship. These wild-card teammates try to stop Despero from slave-trading Coluan refugees, only to discover something that nothing in the universe could have prepared them for: Darkseid...who says heÕs there to help?! Collects issues #1-5, plus a section featuring behind-the-scenes art by Stjepan Sejic!

“THE LAST COLD CASE” part two! The two greatest detectives in the DC Universe take on the one cold case that will tear them apart! As chief architect of the Sanctuary program that cost so much for so many, especially Wally West, Batman will be held accountable…by the Flash! A cold case from the Justice League’s past has mysteriously re-opened, and Batman and the Flash—the only two heroes who stand a chance of cracking the case—are at each other’s throats! Our heroes must combat a demon from the past while burying their own inner demons in the process…and neither the World’s Greatest Detective nor the Fastest Man Alive will ever be the same again! But who is really pulling the strings here? And how does Gotham Girl fit into all this? Friendships will be tested and blood will be spilled in this titanic crossover event…

Praise for The Flash: ÒThe Flash is one of the best DC comic books right now.Ó ÑIGN ÒJoshua WilliamsonÕs writing is on-point.Ó ÑNerdist Wally West has joined Barry Allen and the other Wally WestÑa.k.a. Kid FlashÑin protecting Keystone City from all manner of threats. But when he learns what Barry has kept from him about his previous lifeÑincluding the fate of his vanished childrenÑWally decides heÕs going to breach the Speed Force to reclaim what heÕs lost, regardless of the consequences! Now Barry, Kid Flash and the Justice League must try to stop him in a battle that sees the return of one of DCÕs best-loved heroes, as well as one of its most sinister villains, to the DC Universe! Writer Joshua Williamson (Justice League vs. Suicide Squad) and artist Howard Porter (JLA) continue their acclaimed run with The Flash Vol. 8: Flash War. Featuring additional art by Scott Kolins (Blue Beetle, Action Comics), Flash War collects The Flash #46-51 and a story from The Flash Annual #1.

Praise for The Flash: ÒJoshua WilliamsonÕs writing is on-point.Ó -Nerdist ÒWriter Joshua Williamson makes The Flash as accessible as possible to new readers.Ó -Comic Book Resources Gorilla Grodd is dying from a disease that only the Speed Force can cure. Allied with Black Hole, Multiplex, Negative Flash and Raijin, Master of Lightning, Grodd comes to Central City to drain the energy from all of the speedsters! In the back of BarryÕs mind, Grodd is gnawing at his memories and scratching at scars, inflicting psychic wounds that may have lasting effects. All the Fastest Man Alive can think about is saving the city and freeing Iris West, who is finally beginning to trust Barry again. When Barry loses his speed, it falls to both Wally Wests and the Flash of China to tackle Grodd and free the cityÕs citizenry. When that proves futile, Barry is willing to cross lines he has never crossed before to regain his speed, and turns to Godspeed for help. This pivotal chapter in the speed saga will leave all of the speedsters fundamentally changed, and relationships will never be the same again. Can they survive the fallout from GroddÕs desperate gambit? Writer Joshua Williamson (Justice League vs. Suicide Squad) continues his smash-hit run on The Flash with art by Carmine Di Giandomenico, Carlos DÕanda, Dan Panosian and Christian Duce. Collects The Flash #39-45.

The creative team of Scott Snyder, Joshua Williamson, James Tynion IV and Francis Manapul unleash new super-teams in Justice League: No Justice. The events of Dark Nights: Metal have transformed the universe in ways both wonderful and terrifying...and unleashed four ancient entities with the power to destroy it all. Mystery. Wonder. Wisdom. Entropy. These four forces govern all of existence, and now the godlike beings who embody them have awakened. All life is in jeopardy, and the only chance the superheroes of Earth have to stop the unthinkable lies in new alliances...the likes of which have never been seen before! Superman, Starfire and Martian Manhunter search for the secrets of the cosmos in Team Mystery! Batman, Beast Boy and Deathstroke battle chaos itself as Team Entropy! Wonder Woman, Zatanna and Etrigan the Demon unlock bizarre alien technologies with Team Wonder! And the Flash, Cyborg and Harley Quinn learn the astonishing truths of Team Wisdom! Can these amazing new Justice Leagues stick together to stop universal annihilation? Some heroes will not live long enough to find out... Collects issues #1-4 and stories from DC Nation #0.

Who is Mastema: the rebellious daughter of God King Lore, or Earth''s savior?

Central City has been home to plenty of super-villains over the yearsÑenough to keep even the Fastest Man Alive running ragged! But of all of the FlashÕs notorious gallery of Rogues, none is cooler than the parka-clad, cold-ray-packing Leonard SnartÑa.k.a. Captain Cold! For more than six decades, this frosty felon has confronted every incarnation of the Scarlet SpeedsterÑand resisted all attempts to curtail his frigid schemes. NowÑfinally!ÑCaptain ColdÕs chillest capers have been assembled into a single definitive volume, including tales such as ÒThe Coldest Man on Earth,Ó ÒCaptain ColdÕs Polar Perils,Ó ÒAbsolute Zero,Ó ÒCold-HeartedÓ and ÒBest Served ColdÓ! Return to the Ice Age of Comics with Flash Rogues: Captain Cold, collecting a host of highlights from the CaptainÕs frostbitten careerÑas freeze-framed by John Broome, Gardner Fox, Carmine Infantino, Geoff Johns, Scott Kolins, Francis Manapul and more!

Iron Heights is the toughest penitentiary in Central City--tough enough to hold rogues like Captain Cold and Mirror Master. But lately it''s been a prison of sorts for Barry Allen as well, ever since Barry was pulled off his job as a CSI and sent to the facility to work in crime scene preservation. From his new post, the Fastest Man Alive witnesses for the first time what life is like for criminals after their arrest. And thanks to Iron Heights'' tough-as-nails Warden Wolfe, it isn''t pretty. But now life in prison has turned into a death sentence for one inmate, and since Barry''s no longer working at the crime lab, he isn''t able to help the murder investigation. As the Flash, however, he''s determined to get to the bottom of the mystery, even if it runs him headlong into a trap. A new player has been giving Copperhead, Central City''s leading crime lord, a run for her money, and whoever it is has ties to the prison...and the murder. Can the Flash solve the mystery and take down a rising crime boss, or is there really no escaping Iron Heights? Writer Joshua Williamson (Justice League vs. Suicide Squad), along with artists Pop Mhan (Injustice: Ground Zero), Christian Duce (Detective Comics) and more trap the Fastest Man Alive behind bars with his deadliest enemies in The Flash Vol. 6: Cold Day in Hell. Collects stories from The Flash #34-38 and Annual #1.