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(W) Keith Giffen (A) Pat Olliffe (CA) ChrisCross

While the resurrected Fred Jones unleashes his army of monsters on Scooby and the gang, Daphne continues to spiral further into guilt and depression, terrified of losing Fred twice. Fortunately, the gang has another secret weapon: Scrappy-Doo and his mysterious mentor. Plus, the trials of Atom Ant continue as another member of the JLA tests the super-insect to see if he's worthy of joining the League!

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(W) Keith Giffen (A) Pat Olliffe (CA) Will Conrad

While the resurrected Fred Jones unleashes his army of monsters on Scooby and the gang, Daphne continues to spiral further into guilt and depression, terrified of losing Fred twice. Fortunately, the gang has another secret weapon: Scrappy-Doo and his mysterious mentor. Plus, the trials of Atom Ant continue as another member of the JLA tests the super-insect to see if he's worthy of joining the League!

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

Scooby and the gang meet some of the DC Universe's greatest heroes in these stories from issues #1-6, including Batman, Robin, Wonder Woman and the Teen Titans, as they take on the monstrous threat of Man-Bat, explore a Titans Tower mystery, and meet the unpredictable imp known as...Scooby- Mite?!

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

In this latest all-ages collection, Scooby and the gang cross paths with the Atom, the Legion of Super-Heroes, the Birds of Prey and more! Plus, the gang takes a trip to Jellystone Park and runs into Ranger Smith, Yogi Bear and Boo Boo! Collects issues #31-36.

(W) Ivan Cohen (A) Walter Carzon (CA) Walter Carzon

The owners of an amusement park at a seaside resort hopes a new Ferris wheel will revive the local businesses, but no tourist attractions and freak shows can compete with real-life monsters! Can Scooby and the Mystery, Inc. gang capture a "Boardwalk Vampire"?

EARTH GIRL MADE EASY

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

On the planet Meta, young Loma steals the madness coat that once belonged to Rac Shade and makes a break across galaxies to take up residence in a new body: Earth girl Megan Boyer. Only now Loma learns that Megan was a bully whom everyone hated, and Loma has to survive high school with the ever-growing and uncontrollable madness at her side-not to mention there are people back on her homeworld who might just want Shade's coat back. Collects issues #1-6.

LITTLE RUNAWAY

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

Shade hits the road in these stories from issues #7-12 of the acclaimed new series from DC's Young Animal! After her high school friends made it clear they didn't want her around, Shade realized she doesn't want to be there anyway. Map in hand, she decides to explore America. First stop: Gotham City. The city's population may have seen its fair share of madness, but never like this. The only thing Shade didn't factor in is that embracing her powers ends up signaling her home planet as to her whereabouts, and Meta police are going to come looking for her stolen coat. MATURE READERS

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

Shade has shed her alien identity. She's stepped out of her original Earth body and into another one. Now free of the burdens of any past life, and finally on her own, she sets out to see more of her new home. But how does she cope when the madness takes all the human emotions she was forced to confront in the Milk Wars and turns them into a bouillabaisse of memory and confusion? And to make it even more challenging, Shade must also face her namesake, the original Changing Man. Collects the entire six-issue miniseries!  

(W) Geoff Johns (A) Dale Eaglesham (CA) Dale Eaglesham

"Shazam! and the Seven Kingdoms" part two! The acclaimed team of writer Geoff Johns and artist Dale Eaglesham continue the first all-new ongoing SHAZAM! title in decades! Billy Batson has uncovered a secret deep within the Rock of Eternity that sends him on his most personal mission yet-one that threatens to tear apart his family! Meanwhile, the truth behind the Rock of Eternity's purpose and its forbidden past unveils new and familiar worlds (that Dale may go mad drawing)! Plus... talking animals?!

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(W) Geoff Johns (A) Dale Eaglesham (CA) Chris Samnee

"Shazam! and the Seven Kingdoms" part two! The acclaimed team of writer Geoff Johns and artist Dale Eaglesham continue the first all-new ongoing SHAZAM! title in decades! Billy Batson has uncovered a secret deep within the Rock of Eternity that sends him on his most personal mission yet-one that threatens to tear apart his family! Meanwhile, the truth behind the Rock of Eternity's purpose and its forbidden past unveils new and familiar worlds (that Dale may go mad drawing)! Plus... talking animals?!

(W) Dan DiDio (A) Kenneth Rocafort (CA) Kenneth Rocafort

Sideways...caught between a cop and a hard case! Derek's got the cops in his house when he uncovers an important clue that could crack his mother's case wide open. Seems the powers that be at Dark Sciences know about his superpowers, and they've got the paperwork to prove it. But then metahuman mercenary Bolt crashes the party, puts the kibosh on Derek and gets his hands on the evidence. Bolt takes Derek back to Professor Portefoy, whose plan is straight out of the evil-scientist playbook: drain the Dark Matter energy from Derek to steal his rift powers!

(W) Rob Williams (A) Diogenes Neves (CA) David Williams

Beneath the ice of the Siberian seas, a final reckoning awaits the Suicide Squad. Amanda Waller has been implanted with her very own brain bomb-with Rick Flag's finger on the trigger. While Deadshot, Katana, Boomerang, Harley and Croc fight tooth and nail for their very survival, they must also uncover answers to a host of life-and-death questions: What's the secret hidden within Temho Me4ta prison? Who are the Vets? And who, ultimately, will be the Squad's final judge, jury and executioner?

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(W) Rob Williams (A) Diogenes Neves (CA) Francesco Mattina

Beneath the ice of the Siberian seas, a final reckoning awaits the Suicide Squad. Amanda Waller has been implanted with her very own brain bomb-with Rick Flag's finger on the trigger. While Deadshot, Katana, Boomerang, Harley and Croc fight tooth and nail for their very survival, they must also uncover answers to a host of life-and-death questions: What's the secret hidden within Temho Me4ta prison? Who are the Vets? And who, ultimately, will be the Squad's final judge, jury and executioner?

(W) Mike W. Barr (A) Philippe Briones (CA) Cliff Richards

Trapped inside her Soultaker sword, the soul of Katana is torn between staying with her murdered husband or rejoining the world of the living. Meanwhile, Kobra's Queen, Eve, makes nefarious use of Katana's body as she infiltrates the Suicide Squad. Also in this issue, Suicide Squad Black tries to leave its deadly first mission in the past and get one step ahead of the apocalypse warlock, Sebastian Faust. To beat the sorcerer, this magically fueled task force needs something he covets. But like all things Suicide Squad, their next mission is no ordinary smash-and-grab, but rather a jewel heist on Gemworld!

(W) Marc Andreyko (A) Emanuela Lupacchino (CA) Doug Mahnke

It's a super-sized issue of SUPERGIRL! Supergirl and Krypto go back to the "scene of the crime"-the ruins of Krypton! With Z'ndr hitchhiking, Supergirl is not only there to find clues on who the killers of Krypton are, but to pay her respects to her dead family and friends for the first time since she left the planet. But a mysterious caretaker whose duty is to protect Krypton's remnants at all costs attacks and won't let Kara through! As if that weren't enough, the Kryptonian powerhouse and her super-powered pooch are stricken with radiation poisoning from the dead planet and must also fight their inner demons! This anniversary issue also includes two backup stories! First, witness the thoughts and fears of Krypto as he is affected by the radiation poisoning from the wreckage of Krypton. Then, learn more about our new hitchhiker, Z'ndr Khol, as he scavenges a booby-trapped ruin in a remote corner of the galaxy in an off-the- wall space adventure!

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

It's a super-sized issue of SUPERGIRL! Supergirl and Krypto go back to the "scene of the crime"-the ruins of Krypton! With Z'ndr hitchhiking, Supergirl is not only there to find clues on who the killers of Krypton are, but to pay her respects to her dead family and friends for the first time since she left the planet. But a mysterious caretaker whose duty is to protect Krypton's remnants at all costs attacks and won't let Kara through! As if that weren't enough, the Kryptonian powerhouse and her super-powered pooch are stricken with radiation poisoning from the dead planet and must also fight their inner demons! This anniversary issue also includes two backup stories! First, witness the thoughts and fears of Krypto as he is affected by the radiation poisoning from the wreckage of Krypton. Then, learn more about our new hitchhiker, Z'ndr Khol, as he scavenges a booby-trapped ruin in a remote corner of the galaxy in an off-the- wall space adventure!

THE GIRL OF STEEL

(W) Jeph Loeb (A) Ian Churchill (CA) Michael Turner

In these stories from SUPERGIRL #0-10 and 12, Kara Zor-El, Superman's cousin from Krypton, adjusts to her life on Earth, crossing paths (and trading blows) with the JSA, the Teen Titans and the Outsiders along the way. But while she's facing off against other heroes, her cousin's nemesis Lex Luthor has uncovered a truth that could change the Girl of Steel forever!

THE HUNT FOR REACTRON

(W) Greg Rucka (A) Pere Perez (CA) Michael Turner

Kara Zor-El at last meets with the man who murdered her father: Reactron! In this volume, Supergirl's vendetta against Flamebird comes to a boil. Plus, Supergirl encounters Nightwing. Collects Action Comics #881-882, Supergirl #44-50, SUPERGIRL ANNUAL #1 and a story from SUPERMAN SECRET FILES 2009 #1.

(W) Brian Michael Bendis (A) Joe Prado (CA) Joe Prado

It's the moment you never thought you'd see-Superman must team with General Zod to defeat Rogol Zaar or risk banishment for all three in the cold prison of the Phantom Zone forever. Whatever you do, do not skip to the last page-the end of this issue changes the lives of Superman and his family forever as the Unity Saga continues!

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(W) Brian Michael Bendis (A) Ivan Reis (CA) Adam Hughes

It's the moment you never thought you'd see-Superman must team with General Zod to defeat Rogol Zaar or risk banishment for all three in the cold prison of the Phantom Zone forever. Whatever you do, do not skip to the last page-the end of this issue changes the lives of Superman and his family forever as the Unity Saga continues!

(W) Darwyn Cooke (A) Tim Sale (CA) Tim Sale

The amazing story from SUPERMAN CONFIDENTIAL #1-5 and 11 written by Darwyn Cooke (DC: THE NEW FRONTIER) and illustrated by Tim Sale (BATMAN: THE LONG HALLOWEEN) is collected in a new deluxe edition hardcover! While Superman struggles to survive his first encounter with Kryptonite, will Lois Lane fall prey to a mysterious stranger?

(W) Jeff Lemire (A) Jeff Lemire (CA) Jeff Lemire

In these stories from SWEET TOOTH #1-12, meet Gus, a rare breed of human/animal hybrid who was raised in isolation following a pandemic. Now, with the death of his father, he's left to fend for himself - until he meets a drifter named Jepperd, who promises to help him. Jepperd and Gus set out on a post-apocalyptic journey into the devastated American landscape to find "The Preserve," a refuge for hybrids. Find out what happens when Gus is held captive with other hybrids in a camp where he meets a scientist studying the plague that's wiped out so much of the world.

(W) Jeff Lemire (A) Jeff Lemire (CA) Jeff Lemire

In these tales from SWEET TOOTH #13-25, Gus learns that the path to freedom can be deadlier than captivity. Plus, Gus reluctantly joins Jepperd to hunt for the missing girls as the tension between the two continues to grow.

(W) Jeff Lemire (A) Jeff Lemire (CA) Jeff Lemire

The time has come for hybrid animal-boy Gus and Jeppard to learn the answers they've been searching for. But they're not the only ones looking for the truth behind the plague. The evil man called Abbot is on a collision course with Gus and Jeppard, and now the stage is set for the final, bloody showdown, an intimate Armageddon with the fate of human and hybrid alike in the balance. Collects issues #26-40.

(W) Adam Glass (A) Robson Rocha (CA) Robson Rocha

Learn the secret origin of Crush, daughter of Lobo! When Crush drags Djinn along on a road trip to find an important item from her past, the two get into hijinks that'd make Thelma and Louise jealous. Crush is on the hunt for Obelus, the mysterious alien chain that once protected her as a child, but here's the kicker-it's in the possession of a man named Ezekiel, who killed Crush's adoptive human parents! Plus, in the backup story, learn how Roundhouse got home from space in TEEN TITANS #21!