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(W) Dan Waters (A) Max Fiumara (CA) Goni Montes

Lucifer is missing. Having embarked on a dangerous journey to find the mother of his abandoned son, the Prince of Lies finds himself imprisoned and crippled by mysterious forces who seek to torment him for their own terrible ends. Meanwhile: a car is crashed, two witches blind themselves, a tumor speaks its first words, and a perfectly good bowl of oatmeal is left to go cold.

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(W) Dan Watters (A) Max Fiumara (CA) Kelley Jones

Lucifer is missing. Having embarked on a dangerous journey to find the mother of his abandoned son, the Prince of Lies finds himself imprisoned and crippled by mysterious forces who seek to torment him for their own terrible ends. Meanwhile: a car is crashed, two witches blind themselves, a tumor speaks its first words, and a perfectly good bowl of oatmeal is left to go cold.

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(W) Dan Watters (A) Max Fiumara (CA) Blank Cover

Lucifer is missing. Having embarked on a dangerous journey to find the mother of his abandoned son, the Prince of Lies finds himself imprisoned and crippled by mysterious forces who seek to torment him for their own terrible ends. Meanwhile: a car is crashed, two witches blind themselves, a tumor speaks its first words, and a perfectly good bowl of oatmeal is left to go cold.

COLD HEAVEN

(W) Holly Black (A) Lee Garbett (CA) Dave Johnson

In these tales from issues #1-6 of the new hit series, God is dead-and Gabriel has accused Lucifer of His murder. Lucifer had motive and opportunity, but claims he can prove his innocence. If Gabriel finds the killer and takes the culprit into custody, his sins will be forgotten, and he'll be welcomed back to Silver City. Their investigation will span Heaven, Hell, Earth and beyond in this antagonistic buddy-cop noir with an angelic flair.

(W) Usual Gang of Idiots (A) Usual Gang of Idiots

MAD gets spooky this October as Sergio Aragonés takes a MAD look at el Día de los Muertos! Plus, special guest-star contributors galore, including TV horror host Svengoolie on scary movies, comedian Maria Bamford on fine art that really stinks and another comedian Brian Posehn on the remake of a Hollywood horror classic!

(W) Tom King (A) Mitch Gerads (CA) Mitch Gerads

The critically acclaimed 12-issue mini-series is collected in time for the holidays! Scott Free is the greatest escape artist who ever lived. So great that he escaped Granny Goodness' gruesome orphanage and the dangers of Apokolips to travel across galaxies and set up a new life on Earth with his wife, the former Female Fury known as Big Barda. Using the stage alter ego of Mister Miracle, he has made a career for himself showing off his acrobatic escape techniques. He even caught the attention of the Justice League, which counted him among its ranks. You might say Scott Free has everything...so why isn't it enough? Mister Miracle has mastered every illusion, achieved every stunt, pulled off every trick-except one. He has never escaped death. Is it even possible? Our hero is going to have to kill himself if he wants to find out.

(W) Jody Houser (A) Ibrahim Moustafa (CA) Tommy Lee Edwards

Ten years into the future, in a world without a Batman, Gotham City has been taken over by the Collective! In a high-tech town with zero tolerance for caped crusaders and masked vigilantes, what's a woman who has vowed vengeance to do? Could The Joker, now a sad clown who makes balloon toys shaped like tommy guns, have the answers? Collects issues #1-6.

WORK IN PROGRESS

(W) Jody Houser (A) Tommy Lee Edwards (CA) Tommy Lee Edwards

There's a new vigilante on the streets of Gotham City, and she's got her own brand of violent justice. Enter Mother Panic! By day, Violet Paige is a celebutante with a bad attitude and a temper to match, whom no one suspects of having anything lying beneath the surface of her outrageous exploits. But Violet isn't just another bored heiress in the upper echelons of Gotham City's elite. Motivated by her traumatic youth, Violet seeks to exact vengeance on her privileged peers as the terrifying new vigilante known only as Mother Panic. Collects issues #1-6 of this new series!

UNDER HER SKIN

(W) Jody Houser (A) John Paul Leon (CA) Tommy Lee Edwards

Gotham City's newest vigilante, Mother Panic, sees a life she once saved struck by tragedy, causing her to look at her mission of revenge and her role in Gotham City. But when she gets a hunch about the murderer, are impulsiveness and a thirst for vengeance really the right tools to stop a killer? Then Violet hits the Gotham City party scene to dig up more clues for the people behind Gather House. What she finds is a figure from her past whom she thought was long dead. Meanwhile, Violet's allies discover something disturbing about her mother... Collects issues #7-12. MATURE READERS

(W) Simon Spurrier (A) Rachael Stott (CA) Eric Canete

In a future where unhinged technologies and parallel Earths have given rise to a class of super-criminal, the most beloved celebrities aren't actors or rock stars, but the bounty hunters who traverse an exotic multiverse in search of prey! But when the tracer known as Tab finds herself in an ultraviolent race for her greatest prize yet, she's forced to work with her greatest enemy, the only person capable of identifying him: her own elderly, overbearing and hypercritical mother, who was once the most fabulous and celebrated bounty hunter of them all. Collects the six-issue miniseries.

(W) Scott Snyder (A) V Kenneth Marion (CA) V Kenneth Marion

Final issue! Now that they've uncovered the face of their true enemy, the New Challengers must band together to stop the unstoppable-a reawakened space god with unlimited power, weaponized to tear reality apart! Their borrowed time is just about up-will our team of heroes be able to save the very fabric of reality as we know it?

FOIL

(W) Ben Percy (A) Chris Mooneyham (CA) Mike Perkins

"Knight Terrors" begins here! The big issue #50 kicks off an epic four-part story that brings together critical moments of fear and doubt from the past and the present. A young Dick Grayson hopes to escape the shadow of the Bat and earn the title of Nightwing, while an older Dick Grayson must deal with a blow he did not see coming. A common enemy unites the timelines: the Scarecrow, as you've never seen him before! This story goes deep into the mythology and nightmarish development of Dr. Jonathan Crane.

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(W) Ben Percy (A) Chris Mooneyham (CA) Jonboy Meyers

"Knight Terrors" begins here! The big issue #50 kicks off an epic four-part story that brings together critical moments of fear and doubt from the past and the present. A young Dick Grayson hopes to escape the shadow of the Bat and earn the title of Nightwing, while an older Dick Grayson must deal with a blow he did not see coming. A common enemy unites the timelines: the Scarecrow, as you've never seen him before! This story goes deep into the mythology and nightmarish development of Dr. Jonathan Crane.

(W) Ben Percy (A) Chris Mooneyham (CA) Mike Perkins

And while Nightwing struggles to uncover the truth behind the "fear germ" that is killing people in their sleep, he must also try to overcome his own sudden struggles with heights and vertigo. He has lost his primary skill set as a hero and will have to focus on his brilliance as a detective instead. And a distracting love triangle certainly isn't helping him focus...This new storyline spins out of events in BATMAN #55. Don't miss the start of a new direction in Nightwing's crimefighting career!

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(W) Ben Percy (A) Chris Mooneyham (CA) Howard Porter

And while Nightwing struggles to uncover the truth behind the "fear germ" that is killing people in their sleep, he must also try to overcome his own sudden struggles with heights and vertigo. He has lost his primary skill set as a hero and will have to focus on his brilliance as a detective instead. And a distracting love triangle certainly isn't helping him focus...This new storyline spins out of events in BATMAN #55. Don't miss the start of a new direction in Nightwing's crimefighting career!

(W) Heath Corson (A) Tom Grummett (CA) Marcus To

When a famous Hollywood talent agent is found brutally murdered, suspicion and evidence seem to point to his most famous client, Oscar winning actor Magilla Gorilla. Dick Grayson, already in Tinseltown to meet with said agent, senses something suspicious. Donning his Nightwing costume and joining forces with the simian suspect, he's got one night to prove that this monkey doesn't belong in a cage. Plus, part three of a Secret Squirrel backup story written by J.M. DeMatteis.

(W) Heath Corson (A) Tom Grummett (CA) Jonboy Meyers

When a famous Hollywood talent agent is found brutally murdered, suspicion and evidence seem to point to his most famous client, Oscar winning actor Magilla Gorilla. Dick Grayson, already in Tinseltown to meet with said agent, senses something suspicious. Donning his Nightwing costume and joining forces with the simian suspect, he's got one night to prove that this monkey doesn't belong in a cage. Plus, part three of a Secret Squirrel backup story written by J.M. DeMatteis.

TO SERVE AND PROTECT

(W) Chuck Dixon (A) Patrick Zircher (CA) Greg Land

Dick Grayson's adventures in Blüdhaven continue in these tales from NIGHTWING #47-60 and NIGHTWING 80-PAGE GIANT #1. As he moves up the ranks in the city's police department, Nightwing battles the threats of the Sylph and the Shrike. Plus, learn the backstory of the crazed hero called Nite-Wing and witness an encounter between Nightwing and Catwoman!

SHRIKE

(W) Chuck Dixon (A) Greg Land (CA) Greg Land

Follow Dick Grayson as he shapes his new life and identity as Nightwing and by day one of Gotham City's finest as he battles Blockbuster and his new weapon, Shrike. Collects NIGHTWING #54-60 and NIGHTWING: OUR WORLDS AT WAR #1.

LETHAL FORCE

(W) Chuck Dixon (A) Trevor McCarthy (CA) Trevor McCarthy

In this collection  of stories from issues #61-70, Dick Grayson is emotionally and physically pushed to his breaking point as he searches within to discover what it is to be a hero in the aftermath of The Joker's latest reign of terror. And before he can catch his breath, another shocking development threatens everything he has ever known, as Bruce Wayne is charged with murder!

RAPTORS REVENGE REBIRTH

(W) Tim Seeley (A) Miguel Mendonca (CA) Yasmine Putri

Nightwing rejected Raptor's offer to be his new protégé. And since he escaped prison months ago, Raptor has been making plans to show Nightwing that if he didn't want Raptor as a mentor...he will get him as the worst enemy he's ever had! Now Raptor is back in Blüdhaven with secrets and a plan that will tear the city apart-and could put Nightwing out of commission forever! Collects #30-34.

(W) Frank Tieri (A) Mauricet (CA) Mauricet

After liberating New York City from her now-feral Gang of Harleys, poor Harley wants nothing more than to slip back into retirement in her coastal (and heavily guarded) paradise. But the Laughing Boys Gang has another idea-they'll follow her to the ends of the Earth, to drag her back to their leader! It can't actually be...him! Right?! He couldn't possibly still be alive, could he? After all...Harley killed him herself with her bare hands! Should she turn to President Power Girl for help? Or flee to the 51st state, Atlantis? Step into an insane vision of a future DC Universe we all better hope we don't live to see!

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(W) Frank Tieri (A) Mauricet (CA) Amanda Conner

After liberating New York City from her now-feral Gang of Harleys, poor Harley wants nothing more than to slip back into retirement in her coastal (and heavily guarded) paradise. But the Laughing Boys Gang has another idea-they'll follow her to the ends of the Earth, to drag her back to their leader! It can't actually be...him! Right?! He couldn't possibly still be alive, could he? After all...Harley killed him herself with her bare hands! Should she turn to President Power Girl for help? Or flee to the 51st state, Atlantis? Step into an insane vision of a future DC Universe we all better hope we don't live to see!

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(W) Frank Tieri (A) Mauricet (CA) Blank Cover

After liberating New York City from her now-feral Gang of Harleys, poor Harley wants nothing more than to slip back into retirement in her coastal (and heavily guarded) paradise. But the Laughing Boys Gang has another idea-they'll follow her to the ends of the Earth, to drag her back to their leader! It can't actually be...him! Right?! He couldn't possibly still be alive, could he? After all...Harley killed him herself with her bare hands! Should she turn to President Power Girl for help? Or flee to the 51st state, Atlantis? Step into an insane vision of a future DC Universe we all better hope we don't live to see!

(W) Brian Michael Bendis (A) Michael Gaydos (CA) Michael Gaydos

From the Peabody and Eisner award-winning creators of Jessica Jones comes a brand-new force of nature. Her name is Pearl...a master tattoo artist and reluctant assassin for the modern-day yakuza. With Pearl's dangerous secret now revealed, her chances of happiness in her yakuza clan have all but disappeared. With real true love revealing itself to her for the first time, Pearl begins to discover her story isn't completely written yet. It's the latest beautifully illustrated, fully painted chapter by Michael Gaydos.