DC Universe New Weekly Releases 28 September, 2021

Clearly this is a week of the Bat with all 3 of my top picks featuring Batman. I’m also looking at how I am reporting the new releases. Typically I have been notating the issues that are new to the service that were released earlier this year…6 months ago. DC has shifted up their release schedule and are releasing some straight to DC Infinite, some a month or two after they show up in comic book shops, and others from way back when. I think I’m gonna try to start just listing all the comics making new appearances for the week rather than just those that were released 6 months prior next time around. We’ll see how that goes.
Anyway, here’s what I found for the week…

DC Universe Infinite New Releases September 28, 2021:

• Action Comics #1029
• Batman: Black & White #4
• Batman/Superman #16
• Detective Comics #1034
• Harley Quinn #1
• Teen Titans Academy #1

TOP RELEASES OF THE WEEK

6 new comics released today (last week had 5).  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.

• Batman/Superman #16
  by Gene Luen Yang and Ivan Reis.
  Published by DC Comics, 2021.
  In the aftermath of Dark Nights: Death Metal, catch a glimpse of brave new worlds within the DC Universe…but what are these strange planets? As we delve into the parallel lives of the Man of Steel and the Dark Knight, we’ll meet new villains, new heroes, alternate realities, and a transdimensional collision that you will need to see to believe! It’s the dastardly debut of a cadre of new villains, including the Spider Lady and her poisonous webs, Dr. Atom, who sports a Kryptonite pendant, and the maniacal machinations of the Unknown Wizard! You’ve never seen Batman and Superman like this before-so buckle up and get ready for the start of a new era courtesy of writer Gene Luen Yang and artist Ivan Reis!
• Batman: Black & White #4
  by Becky Cloonan, Daniel Warren Johnson, Karl Kerschl, Joshua Williamson, Chip Zdarsky, Jen Bartel, Nick Bradshaw, Simone Di Meo, Terry Dodson, Daniel Warren Johnson, Karl Kerschl, and Riley Rossmo
  Published by DC Comics, 2021.
  Gotham City’s past, present, and future all come together to haunt the Dark Knight in exhilarating new stories from some of comics’ most noted luminaries as Batman Black & White continues! Eisner Award-winning writer Chip Zdarsky (Daredevil, Stillwater) and fan-favorite artist Nick Bradshaw (Wolverine & the X-Men, Spidey) team up for a story that brings Poison Ivy to the front door of Wayne Manor to demand ecological responsibility from Bruce Wayne! Superstar writer Joshua Williamson (The Flash, Batman/Superman, Justice League vs. Suicide Squad) pairs with superstar artist Riley Rossmo (Harley Quinn, Dark Nights: Death Metal: Robin King, Martian Manhunter) for a horrific night in Gotham as a new villain emerges, as seen through the eyes of Batman himself. Eisner Award-winning writer/artist Becky Cloonan (Wonder Woman, Gotham Academy) concocts a murder mystery for Batman to solve set at a circus, featuring art by legendary artist Terry Dodson (Wonder Woman, X-Men, Adventureman). Red-hot cartoonist Daniel Warren Johnson puts Batman at the mercy of Two-Face. Batman will have to remember the words of Alfred Pennyworth if he’s going to make it through this ordeal alive. Karl Kerschl, artist of Gotham Academy, writes and draws a tale of Batman investigating the occult mysteries of Gotham City’s past with his new Robin…Gotham Academy’s Maps Mizoguchi?!
• Detective Comics #1034
  by Mariko Tamaki, Joshua Williamson, Glen Melnikov, and Dan Mora.
  Published by DC Comics, 2021.
  DC Future State may be over-but the present looks tense! With the loss of his fortune and manor, the election of Mayor Nakano, and the growing anti-vigilante sentiment in Gotham, Bruce Wayne must rethink how to be Batman…or risk being left behind by his own city. To make matters worse, a catastrophic crime wave has taken hold of the city, culminating in a murder mystery that hits close to home-the suspects mount, the clues multiply, and the trail of bodies hasn’t ended yet! Eisner Award-winning writer Mariko Tamaki and superstar artist Dan Mora begin an exciting, surprising, and death-defying new chapter of Detective Comics. Plus, in the second and concluding chapter of “Demon or Detective,” Damian Wayne meets a startling new faction from his family’s checkered past…but what is the League of Lazarus?

COMICS CORNER | DC UNIVERSE NEW WEEKLY RELEASES September 28, 2021