PREVIEWS: OCT16

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(W) Gene Luen Yang (A) Viktor Bogdanovic (CA) Bernard Chang

"MADE IN CHINA" conclusion! Kong Kenan is in the fight of his life against the insane Human Firecracker and his Starro bomb! New Super-Man must confront his darkest demons as he tries to save the Bat-Man and Wonder-Woman of China! Alliances will be tested, heroes will be forged-and the shocking fate of Kenan's family is revealed!

(W) Tim Seeley (A) Marcus To (CA) Marcus To

"BLUDHAVEN" part one! Following "Night of the Monster Men" and his battle with Raptor, Nightwing heads to Blüdhaven for a fresh start. But that doesn't last long when he runs into a crew of former Bat-villains!

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(W) Tim Seeley (A) Marcus To (CA) Ivan Reis

"BLUDHAVEN" part one! Following "Night of the Monster Men" and his battle with Raptor, Nightwing heads to Blüdhaven for a fresh start. But that doesn't last long when he runs into a crew of former Bat-villains!

(W) Tim Seeley (A) Marcus To (CA) Marcus To

"BLUDHAVEN" part two! They call themselves the Run-Offs! And now, this group of villains that Batman and Nightwing ran out of Gotham City plan to do the same to the former Boy Wonder! But can he find the serial killer terrorizing the city before the Run-Offs catch up with him?

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(W) Tim Seeley (A) Marcus To (CA) Ivan Reis

"BLUDHAVEN" part two! They call themselves the Run-Offs! And now, this group of villains that Batman and Nightwing ran out of Gotham City plan to do the same to the former Boy Wonder! But can he find the serial killer terrorizing the city before the Run-Offs catch up with him?

BETTER THAN BATMAN (REBIRTH)

(W) Tim Seeley (A) Javi Fernandez (CA) Javi Fernandez

Dick Grayson is back in Gotham City, fighting to reclaim the life that was taken from him! But when a new evil threatens those closest to him, he must once again tear himself away from his home in order to combat this dark force as Nightwing! Collects NIGHTWING: REBIRTH #1 and NIGHTWING #1-4, 7 and 8.

(W) Marv Wolfman (A) Alisson Borges (CA) Jorge Jimenez

"THE WHITE CARNIVAL" part four! When a strange new group of masked villains takes credit for the glowing orb and holds the entire city of San Francisco for ransom, Raven is forced to confront them head-on! Are they any match for the daughter of Trigon? And is there more going on here than meets the eye?

(W) Scott Lobdell (A) Dexter Soy (CA) Giuseppe Camuncoli

"DARK TRINITY" part five! Red Hood and Artemis team up against a rampaging Bizarro-and it's a race against the clock to save him-and the city-from Black Mask's mind-controlling techno-organic virus!

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(W) Scott Lobdell (A) Dexter Soy (CA) Matteo Scalera

"DARK TRINITY" part five! Red Hood and Artemis team up against a rampaging Bizarro-and it's a race against the clock to save him-and the city-from Black Mask's mind-controlling techno-organic virus!

(W) Keith Giffen (A) Howard Porter (CA) Howard Porter

Escaping Mall-Mart took a toll on Scooby and friends-particularly on Fred, whose broken leg needs more attention than the Mystery Machine's rinky-dink first aid kit can provide. The gang needs to find a hospital stat-but Velma would rather let Fred's leg crumble to dust than fight more bloodthirsty creatures. But wait-are those paramedics? Nurses? Are they at least friendly? No? Really?

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(W) Keith Giffen (A) Howard Porter (CA) Ivan Reis

Escaping Mall-Mart took a toll on Scooby and friends-particularly on Fred, whose broken leg needs more attention than the Mystery Machine's rinky-dink first aid kit can provide. The gang needs to find a hospital stat-but Velma would rather let Fred's leg crumble to dust than fight more bloodthirsty creatures. But wait-are those paramedics? Nurses? Are they at least friendly? No? Really?

(W) Sholly Fisch (A) Dario Brizuela (CA) Dario Brizuela

It's hard enough for Scooby and the gang to crack the mystery of a Dickensian Yuletide ghost...but it's harder with "help" from Mystery, Inc.'s newest member: Harley Quinn!  Harley's decided to try a new career as a ghost-busting detective-and when she swings that giant mallet, nobody's going to tell her "no." But the gang doesn't suspect the real reason for Harley's relocation: She's on the run after a "lover's spat" with The Joker-and Mistah J wants her back!

(W) Sholly Fisch (A) Scott Jeralds (CA) Walter Carzon

Shhhh! The local library is being haunted by a pair of ghostwriters-namely, the ghosts of William Shakespeare and Edgar Allan Poe! Can Scooby and the gang capture these poetic poltergeists before they make off with the library's priceless collection of rare manuscripts? And, even more important as the gang chases madly around the library...can they do it very, very quietly?

(W) Cecil Castellucci (A) Marley Zarcone (CA) Becky Cloonan

Trying to settle into her new life as an Earth girl, Shade finds the body she has taken over doesn't have the same skills as it did when its previous inhabitant was in charge. It's bad enough that her swim team hates her, but now she can't perform in the water at all. Can Shade find anyone she can trust to give her guidance before the madness takes over and exposes her as an alien to the entire school? This issue features a variant cover by Paul Rentler that combines with this month's other variant covers from DC'S Young Animal to form a single image.

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(W) Cecil Castellucci (A) Marley Zarcone (CA) Paul Rentler

Trying to settle into her new life as an Earth girl, Shade finds the body she has taken over doesn't have the same skills as it did when its previous inhabitant was in charge. It's bad enough that her swim team hates her, but now she can't perform in the water at all. Can Shade find anyone she can trust to give her guidance before the madness takes over and exposes her as an alien to the entire school? This issue features a variant cover by Paul Rentler that combines with this month's other variant covers from DC'S Young Animal to form a single image.

(W) Garth Ennis (A) Russell Braun (CA) Steve Dillon

The world-maybe even the universe-is in big trouble this time, as a distant star threatens to destroy all we know. Who can save us? Could it be Hawkman? The Flash? The Justice League? Perhaps NASA can stop this catastrophe. Otherwise, we might need to ask Sixpack, Dogwelder and the gang to intervene, and the only legit hero who will even admit to knowing them is Constantine-and he's been kind of a jerk the whole time they've known him.

WELCOME HOME

(W) Amanda Conner (A) Emanuela Lupacchino (CA) Amanda Conner

Florida is so nice this time of year...the warm weather...the beach...and Starfire beating the crud out of the bad guys! Starfire picks up the pieces and finds her new home in the aftermath of the storm in these stories from issues #1-6 of her new series, plus the sneak peek story from CONVERGENCE: GREEN ARROW #2! But while our hero helps her community heal, a creature from the underworld emerges to threaten all she hopes to protect! What is this creature's hidden motive? And why does it seem to get bigger every time Starfire punches it?

A MATTER OF TIME

(W) Amanda Conner (A) Emanuela Lupacchino (CA) Amanda Conner

It's the final showdown between Starfire and Soren Hook-and the familiar face of Dick Grayson is on the scene! Starfire has tackled some big threats during her stay in Key West-from hurricanes to intergalactic bounty hunters, from murderers to monsters from the deep! But our hero's biggest challenge may be choosing between an ex and a new love interest. Collects STARFIRE #7-12  

DIRECTORS CUT

(W) Rob Williams (A) Jim Lee (CA) Jim Lee

Superstar artists Jim Lee and Jason Fabok join writer Rob Williams to bring you a new vision of the Suicide Squad in this new pencils-only DIRECTOR'S CUT special! As "The Black Vault" begins, a mysterious cosmic item falls out of the heavens and into enemy hands, and America has only one option: Task Force X, Amanda Waller's strike team of incarcerated super-criminals. A one-stop-shop for plausibly deniable espionage and ultra-violence, this "Suicide Squad" only handles missions they're not expected to survive.

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(W) Rob Williams (A) Jim Lee (CA) Jim Lee

"THE BLACK VAULT" part eight! Harley Quinn goes sane! The prisoners and staff of Belle Reve Penitentiary have succumbed to the devastating effects of General Zod's Black Vault, rendering them all insane. But it has the opposite effect on Harley, who must fight her way through a crazed Suicide Squad-with the help of the Enchantress-to stop Zod from waking and conquering the world. No pressure, right? And in a bonus backup story written by Rob Williams with art by Giuseppe Camuncoli and Francesco Mattina, learn how super-villains are conscripted into the Suicide Squad! The unlucky Killer Frost is about to find out when she arrives for her first day at Belle Reve. Her story continues from this month's single issue of SUICIDE SQUAD directly into JUSTICE LEAGUE VS. SUICIDE SQUAD #1!

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(W) Rob Williams (A) Jim Lee (CA) Lee Bermejo

"THE BLACK VAULT" part eight! Harley Quinn goes sane! The prisoners and staff of Belle Reve Penitentiary have succumbed to the devastating effects of General Zod's Black Vault, rendering them all insane. But it has the opposite effect on Harley, who must fight her way through a crazed Suicide Squad-with the help of the Enchantress-to stop Zod from waking and conquering the world. No pressure, right? And in a bonus backup story, learn how super-villains are conscripted into the Suicide Squad! The unlucky Killer Frost is about to find out when she arrives for her first day at Belle Reve. Her story continues from this month's single issue of SUICIDE SQUAD directly into JUSTICE LEAGUE VS. SUICIDE SQUAD #1!

EL DIABLO & AMANDA WALLER

(W) Jai Nitz (A) Cliff Richards (CA) Mike Huddleston

El Diablo, Azucar and Xolotl fight a Suicide Squad reloaded! It's a bad-guy battle that only gets more complicated when the heroes arrive! El Diablo and his friends barely escape only to be trapped by Deadshot! And, in a tale starring Amanda Waller, the Wall is back in her role as deprogrammer and tasked with cracking a catatonic agent who has vital intel on the Squad's current mission. The clock is ticking when Amanda finds herself exposed to a toxin that may take her, and the whole team, down the rabbit hole.

TRIAL BY FIRE NEW ED

(W) John Ostrander (A) Luke McDonnell (CA) Luke McDonnell

In these stories from SUICIDE SQUAD #1-8 and SECRET ORIGINS #14, the team must take down the evil Jihad before it can attack the U.S. Then, the Squad is sent into Russia to extract a famous dissident-but can they get out alive?

(W) Art Baltazar (A) Art Baltazar (CA) Art Baltazar

Superman has been defeated by Lex Luthor-or so the evil mastermind thinks! Trapped in a Kryptonite fortress under the sea, our hero is fading fast-but he can't be defeated when his friends have his back! And while he is recovering, a new Kryptonian arrives on the scene! Plus, something weird has come to Central City. The Flash might provide some answers...if you can keep up!

(W) Steve Orlando (A) Brian Ching (CA) Brian Ching

"REIGN OF THE CYBORG SUPERMEN" part four! Supergirl struggles to escape the perverse reincarnation of Argo City as her father, the Cyborg Superman, attacks National City and her new home with the DEO! To face her ultimate test as a hero, Kara must let go of her past and embrace the future.