DC Universe New Weekly Releases 7 September, 2021

Lotsa new beginnings this week for DC. Swamp Thing and Infinite Frontier both seem like great jumping on points and the Suicide Squad looks like it could be some fun as well.

Here’s what I found for the week…

DC Universe Infinite New Releases September 7, 2021:

• Batman #106
• Crime Syndicate #1
• Infinite Frontier #0
• Man-Bat #2
• Suicide Squad #1
• Swamp Thing #1
• The Dreaming: Waking Hours #8

TOP RELEASES OF THE WEEK

7 new comics released today (last week had 9).  Anyway, looking at Comic Book Roundup which aggregates a bunch of review sites, here are the top issues from this batch of comics. This week I found 3 issues that I wanted to look further into.

• Swamp Thing #1
  by Ram V and Mike Perkins.
  Published by DC Comics, 2021.
  Swamp Thing returns in a new 10-issue series that stars Levi Kamei as the next Guardian of the Green. Unable to control his transformation into the monstrous Swamp Thing, Levi is thrust into the harsh, unforgiving mystery of grisly murders committed by a supernatural desert legend. Levi must revisit past events in his homeland of India and face the deadly reality of a ravenous new villain in order to comprehend what he is truly, and horrifyingly, becoming. A new era of global action and horror blossoms here, and Swamp Thing will be at the root of it!
• The Dreaming: Waking Hours #8
  by G. Willow Wilson and Nick Robles.
  Published by Vertigo Comics, 2021.
  “The Faerie King,” the next major arc of The Dreaming: Waking Hours, begins here! Heather After has a theory about just where Ruin’s lost love might be found…but the realm of Faerie is a dangerous place under the best of circumstances, and as Ruin, Heather, and Jophiel will quickly find when they cross between worlds, the circumstances there have changed quite a bit! Don’t miss this jumping-on point for the series The Hollywood Reporter calls “a contemporary version of what Gaiman had achieved with The Sandman”!
• Infinite Frontier #0
  by Writer: Brian Michael Bendis, Becky Cloonan, Michael Conrad, Geoff Johns, Phillip K. Johnson, Joelle Jones, Tim Sheridan, Scott Snyder, Geoffrey Thorne, James Tynion IV, Joshua Williamson, Stephen Byrne, Jamal Igle, Jorge Jimenez, Joelle Jones, Alex Maleev, David Marquez, Alitha Martinez, Todd Nauck, Howard Porter, John Romita Jr., Rafa Sandoval, Dexter Soy, and John Timms.
  Published by DC Comics, 2021.
  The next phase of the DC Universe begins here! Dark Knights: Death Metal presented the darkest threats of the Multiverse. DC Future State revealed what may lie ahead. Now it’s time to look into the Infinite Frontier of the current-day DC Universe. In Gotham City, The Joker jolts citizens awake with an attack even the Dark Knight never expected. In Brazil, a young woman discovers her destiny and her connection to the Amazons. In Belle Reve, Amanda Waller plots an invasion of Arkham Asylum. In the far reaches of space, Mongul dreams of galactic domination, while the Green Lantern Corps hosts a summit of its greatest enemies. At the Hall of Justice, the League joins forces with Black Adam. Beyond the mortal world, Wonder Woman settles into a new role in the godsphere. And somewhere in the DC Universe-it’s the return of Stargirl, in an all-new tale written by Geoff Johns! This oversized, all-star issue kicks off the next great era of storytelling and excitement as top writers and artists reveal what’s next for the World’s Greatest Heroes and opens the door to some of the greatest stories of 2021. less

COMICS CORNER | DC UNIVERSE NEW WEEKLY RELEASES September 7, 2021