DC Universe New Weekly Releases 30 November, 2021

This week we see the final installments of the popular Batman: Black & White run and with Scott Snyder, John Romita Jr., and Nick Derington, among others, how can you miss. We also see a special Stargirl issues that looks like it could be a lot of fun. And, while it doesn’t crack my top issues of the week, I am looking forward to checking out Mister Miracle: The Source of Freedom #1. It looks like a good week from DC.

Anyway, here’s what I found for the week…

DC Universe Infinite New Releases November 30, 2021:

• Mister Miracle: The Source of Freedom #1
• Stargirl Spring Break Special #1
• The Other History of the DC Universe #4
• Detective Comics #1036
• Action Comics #1031
• Batman/Superman #18
• Strange Adventures #10
• Batman: Black & White #6
• Harley Quinn #3
• Teen Titans Academy #3
• Robin #2

TOP RELEASES OF THE WEEK

A whopping 11 new comics released today (last week had 6) which seems to be a lot these days from DC.  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 4 issue that I wanted to look further into.

• The Other History of the DC Universe #4
  by John Ridley and Giuseppe Camuncoli
  Published by DC Comics, 2021.
  Words can be tricky. Renee Montoya has known this for most of her life. Words taught her to feel ashamed of her gender, her sexuality, and her ethnicity. The people of Gotham City taught her to hide who she was to fit in to, be loved, and in doing so, they taught her to hate herself. But from that despair came something unexpected and powerful. Renee’s path from a closeted police officer in the 1990s to her time as the faceless vigilante known as the Question is one that is inextricably linked with queerness. It is one that is defiant of binaries, outmoded and hateful stereotypes, and the words that propagate them. As the Question, Renee stood in contrast to society’s rigid expectations of her, held a mirror up to the world’s face, and asked, “Who are you?” The long-awaited miniseries written by Academy Award-winning screenwriter John Ridley (12 Years a Slave, Let It Fall) and beautifully illustrated by Giuseppe Camuncoli and Andrea Cucchi continues to explore the mythology of the DC Universe, as seen through the prism of DC Super Heroes from historically disenfranchised groups.
• Stargirl Spring Break Special #1
  by Geoff Johns, Fred Hembeck, Todd Nauck, and Jerry Ordway
  Published by DC Comics, 2021.
  Legendary comics writer Geoff Johns returns to his breakthrough hero, Stargirl, in this special one-shot illustrated by Todd Nauck! Courtney Whitmore’s spring break plans aren’t like your average high schooler’s. Instead of hanging out with friends, she’s heading out on an adventure with her stepfather, Pat Dugan, a.k.a. S.T.R.I.P.E., and teaming up with his former team, the Seven Soldiers of Victory! The Soldiers are forced to reunite again to unearth the secret eighth Soldier of Victory, but what other secrets lie buried, and what does it all mean for Courtney’s future as Stargirl?
• Action Comics #1031
  by Becky Cloonan, Michael Conrad, Phillip K. Johnson, Michael Avon Oeming, and Daniel Sampere
  Published by DC Comics, 2021.
  “Warworld Rising” part two! After a war-torn battleship escapes Warworld and makes the perilous journey to Earth, Superman searches for answers about the identities of its mysterious refugees and their apparent link to the planet Krypton. Could there be other Kryptonians in the universe? Meanwhile, Atlantean scientists study the wreckage of the Warworld vessel…and make a shocking discovery that could change the balance of power on Earth. And in the backup story, stuck in the wrong timeline, Midnighter continues to gather intel on the Chrysalis in hopes of finding an answer. But will it cost him his relationship with Apollo? And who is being held captive at Trojan Solutions?
• Batman: Black & White #6
  by John Arcudi, Elsa Charretier, Pierrick Colinet, Nick Derington, Scott Snyder, Brandon Thomas, James Harren, Jess Merino, Khary Randolph, John Romita Jr., and Babs Tarr
  Published by DC Comics, 2021.
  The final issue of the acclaimed revival of Batman Black & White is here, and readers won’t want to miss this deep dive into the new horrors of Gotham and ordinary citizens inspired by Batman. Iconic Batman scribe Scott Snyder reunites with his All-Star Batman collaborator John Romita Jr. to tell the story of a man who has been documenting Batman’s history in Gotham for a very long time-and now, he has something to say about the Dark Knight’s legacy. Eisner Award nominee and the artist behind Batman: Universe and Future State: The Next Batman, Nick Derington writes and draws an epic tale introducing us to two gangs whose power struggle in Gotham has been going on longer than the history of the city itself. The acclaimed creative team behind Infinite Loop, Elsa Charretier and Pierrick Colinet, team up once more for their DC Comics writing debut with a frightening story of psychological horror and the Dark Knight! The fan-favorite co-creators of Rumble, writer John Arcudi and artist James Harren, spin a tale of Clayface and the evils lurking beneath the surface of the stories we love the most. The powerhouse creative team of writer Brandon Thomas and artist Khary Randolph tell a story about one of Gotham’s most impoverished neighborhoods, and how it ends up being exploited by villains like the Mad Hatter!

COMICS CORNER | DC UNIVERSE NEW WEEKLY RELEASES November 30, 2021