Media Release -- Following 2009's successful AFTER WATCHMEN...WHAT'S NEXT? program, DC Comics continues its line of $1.00 reprints, spotlighting graphic novels that are great entry points for new readers just discovering comics as well as established readers looking to try something new.
These low-cost first chapters of best-selling, award-winning stories are the perfect way to help your customers find what to read next. Each is timed with the release of a new or recent graphic novel to help you maximize sales in your stores!
GREEN LANTERN #29 NEW PRINTING (FEB100201)
On sale APRIL 28 * 32 pg, FC $1.00 US Written by GEOFF JOHNS Art and cover by IVAN REIS & OCLAIR ALBERT
Witness the beginnings of the greatest Green Lantern of all in this new printing of the first chapter of "Secret Origin,” priced at just $1.00! Featuring art and story by the BLACKEST NIGHT team of Geoff Johns and Ivan Reis, this issue is collected in the GREEN LANTERN: SECRET ORIGIN TP (NOV090177). Please note that this issue was incorrectly solicited in Previews as issue #27.
BATMAN & ROBIN #1 NEW PRINTING (FEB100202)
On sale APRIL 7 * 32 pg, FC $1.00 US Written by GRANT MORRISON Art and cover by FRANK QUITELY
The award-winning ALL-STAR SUPERMAN team of Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely reunited for this debut issue that kicked off the "Batman Reborn" epic, now reprinted for just $1.00 and featured in the upcoming BATMAN & ROBIN DELUXE EDITION HC (DEC090201).
HUMAN TARGET #1 NEW PRINTING (FEB100203)
On sale APRIL 21 * 32 pg, FC, $1.00 US, MATURE READERS Written by PETER MILLIGAN Art by EDVIN BIUKOVIC Cover by TIM BRADSTREET
The first issue of the original Vertigo HUMAN TARGET miniseries is reprinted for $1.00, just in time for the new series from Warner Bros. TV airing on Fox! The Human Target is hired to impersonate an African-American minister with a contract on his head and learns that there's a contract out on his life as well. This issue is featured in the new HUMAN TARGET: CHANCE MEETINGS TP (OCT090298)
THE LOSERS #1 NEW PRINTING (FEB100204)
On sale APRIL 14 * 40 pg, FC $1.00 US, MATURE READERS Written by ANDY DIGGLE Art and cover by JOCK
The acclaimed Vertigo series from writer Andy Diggle and artist Jock began with this issue introducing an elite U.S. Special Forces unit that stumbled across a dirty CIA secret they couldn't ignore. The CIA tried to kill them - but that only set the team on a course for bloody vengeance. This issue is featured in the new THE LOSERS VOL. 1 & 2 TP (NOV090232), just in time for the film adaptation in theaters later this year!
EX MACHINA #1 NEW PRINTING (FEB100205)
On sale APRIL 14 * 40 pg, FC $1.00 US, MATURE READERS Written by BRIAN K. VAUGHAN Art by TONY HARRIS & TOM FEISTER Cover by TONY HARRIS
The award-winning WildStorm series began with this issue that introduced NYC Mayor Mitchell Hundred, formerly known as the super-hero The Great Machine, who put aside his heroic career after the events of September 11, 2001. This issue is collected in the EX MACHINA VOL. 1: THE FIRST HUNDRED DAYS TP (SEP058036) and timed for release near the end of the ongoing series!
