New Releases by Francis Manapul

TRENTA TEAM ARTISTICI, UN SOLO SUPERMAN! Sconfitto, piegato, torturato. Non importa quale situazione impossibile debba fronteggiare, Superman troverà sempre un modo per rialzarsi e salvare quante più persone possibile. Perché le origini kryptoniane di Kal-El potranno anche avergli fornito poteri straordinari, ma è stata la sua infanzia a Smallville e la sua vita lavorativa al Daily Planet ad aver dato a Clark Kent i valori per cui vivere ogni giorno e da trasmettere a chiunque lo incontri! Trenta team artistici di primo livello affrontano il mito di Superman in altrettante storie brevi illustrate utilizzando quasi esclusivamente i due colori che contraddistinguono l’Uomo d’Acciaio: il rosso e il blu. Il risultato è un volume straordinario, adatto a qualunque genere di lettore e capace di descrivere alla perfezione un’icona dei comics! [VOLUME UNICO. CONTIENE: SUPERMAN: RED AND BLUE (2021) 1-6]

Wanted Dead or Alive: The Rocketfellers! Time-traveling Drone Bots scour space and time to track down the most dangerous fugitive family of the 25thÊcentury! But the Rocketfellers remain hidden in EarthÕs distant past: the year 2024! For now, the family navigates its new environment by searching for the perfect Christmas tree in hopes of an explosion-free holiday! They should know better.

SERIES PREMIERE A new cosmic time-travel adventure from the minds of PETER J. TOMASI (Batman and Robin,ÊSuper Sons) and FRANCIS MANAPUL (Flash,ÊClear)! In the picture-perfect 25th century, the Rocketfeller family, living aÊdisconnected and emotionally distantÊexistence,Êdiscover a terrible secret: in their hands is the fate of humanity. Hunted down, the Rocketfellers enlist in the Time Zone Protection Program and escape toÊpresent-day Earth. If they canÕt find a way to trust each other inÊthis strange ÒancientÓ worldÊof today, they and our future will perish!

As the Lazarus rain beats down upon planet Earth, human beings are only a fraction of those affected by this transformative upheaval-enter: We Once Were Gods. This series of vignettes explores Lazarus Planet’s effects across the many extraordinary locations and creatures in the DC Universe, and like their human counterparts, these beings are in for some big changes. Can Themyscira survive the resurrection of every invading army that ever graced its shores? Will Martian Manhunter survive a psychic link to a Doomsday nest? What happens when the monsters from the Trench gain the ability to breathe air? And look out, Shazam Family…the Rock of Eternity is about to get rocked.

This month our cover star Bizarro leaves the Red & Blue family by not being in a story all about his very own birthday. Which of course means we definitely have a story in here about Bizarro’s birthday, as well as four more about the Man of Steel himself, including one about a social media star who inspires a very dangerous trend in Metropolis that nearly runs Superman ragged. Also, learn the story of how Jimmy Olsen was able to take what became his very favorite picture of Superman. These fantastic tales feature some of the best writers and artists in the business, only using Superman’s special colors to make them come alive!

IM DUELL MIT KID FLASH Der Trickster, ehemaliges Mitglied der Schurkengruppe Rogues, wird wegen Mordes veerhaftet – doch ausgerechnet Flash, der ärgste Gegner der Rogues, ist von Tricksters Unschuld überzeugt. Auf der Suche nach dem wahren Speed-Force-Killer tritt er sogar gegen an, mit dem er sich ein Rennen um den halben Erdball liefert – und steht am Ende erstmals seinem gefährlichsten und tödlichsten Feind gegenüber: dem düsteren Reverse-Flash! Rasente Comic-Action mit einem der zurzeit erfolgreichsten DC-Superhelden – dieser Band enthält als deutsche Erstveröffentlichung die US-Hefte The Flash 18-24, spektakulär in Szene gesetzt von Francis Manapul, Brian Buccellato und Marcio Takara.

Celebrate 80 Years of the Flash with DC, as we revisit classic comics stories from the 1940s and onward, featuring some of the Flash’s greatest allies and villains, and work from some of the greatest creators ever to grace the graphic-literature medium! This book collects such seminal moments as the first appearances of Jay Garrick (FLASH COMICS #1), Barry Allen (SHOWCASE #4) and Wally West (THE FLASH #110), the classic “Flash of Two Worlds” (THE FLASH #123) and the death of Iris West (THE FLASH #275) as well as many previously uncollected gems, including stories from THE FLASH #300 (1981), FLASH #54 (1991), FLASH COMICS #89 (1947) and many more. It also features new essays and commentary from comics stars Mark Waid, Roy Thomas, Francis Manapul and more, plus a new cover by Jim Lee!

Central City has been home to plenty of super-villains over the years—enough to keep even the Fastest Man Alive running ragged! But of all of the Flash’s notorious gallery of Rogues, none is cooler than the parka-clad, cold-ray-packing Leonard Snart—a.k.a. Captain Cold! For more than six decades, this frosty felon has confronted every incarnation of the Scarlet Speedster—and resisted all attempts to curtail his frigid schemes. Now—finally!—Captain Cold’s chillest capers have been assembled into a single definitive volume, including tales such as “The Coldest Man on Earth,” “Captain Cold’s Polar Perils,” “Absolute Zero,” “Cold-Hearted” and “Best Served Cold”! Return to the Ice Age of Comics with Flash Rogues: Captain Cold, collecting a host of highlights from the Captain’s frostbitten career—as freeze-framed by John Broome, Gardner Fox, Carmine Infantino, Geoff Johns, Scott Kolins, Francis Manapul and more!

“NO HOME FOR YOU HERE” part one! Batman and Superman embarked on a quest to help Wonder Woman rediscover Themyscira, but finding Diana’s lost homeland proves more difficult than these three heroes expected. While on their journey, a distress call from a nearby ship turns out to be more than meets the eye, and the Trinity find themselves marooned on the dread island of Skartaris. To make their way back home, our heroes will have to overcome Deimos, who will stop at nothing to seal off Skartaris from the rest of world forever!

“OLD ACQUAINTANCE”! It’s New Year’s Eve, and as the snow falls on New York City our Trinity reunites to save the life of someone completely unexpected—one of the DC Universe’s coldest killers: Deadshot!

ÒDARK DESTINYÓ part one! Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman must turn to the mystic trinity of Dead Man, Zatanna and John Constantine when Red Hood, Artemis and Bizarro are sacrificed into the depths of the Pandora Pits by Circe and RaÕs al Ghul.

ÒDEAD SPACEÓ part three! Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman are in for the fight of their lives against the combined might of the Justice League and the mysterious alien force inhabiting their bodies and controlling the Watchtower! The trinity may have found a way to save their friendsÑbut the cost is high, and time is running out!

ÒBetter TogetherÓ part six! The horror that kept our heroes trapped in nightmares of their own making is now loose in the world, and itÕs taking possession of Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman! When the spawn of Mongul holds the keys to the most powerful heroes in the DC Universe-no one is safe!

ÒBETTER TOGETHERÓ part five! Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman must battle for their lives against their greatest foes in an arena of their own making! And the fight wonÕt be done until they confront each other in this deadly match. The mastermind behind this attack has revealed himself at last: Mongul is back!

ÒBETTER TOGETHERÓ part four! The trioÕs tribulations have turned the Black MercyÕs gift into a world of nightmares that give birth to a horror that can only be called the White Mercy. And what scares Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman could destroy the world!

THE FASTEST MAN ALIVE! Struck by a bolt of lightning and doused in chemicals, police scientist Barry Allen was transformed into the Fastest Man Alive. Now, he’s Central City’s favorite superhero, using his incredible abilities to fight crime and protect his city’s citizens as the Flash! But saving the world has earned the Flash some powerful enemies: Gorilla Grodd, the impossibly strong and intelligent King of Gorilla City, Captain Cold, Heat Wave, Mirror Master, Glider—along with the rest of the super-villains that make up the Rogues. And then there’s his most dangerous enemy of all…someone whose abilities are equal to the Flash’s, who draws his power from the same source: the mysterious energy field known as the Speed Force. The Scarlet Speedster is in for the race of his life to defeat a nemesis who represents the opposite of everything he holds dear! The acclaimed creative team of Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato reimagined the Fastest Man Alive for a brand new era, and their high-speed adventure has become an instant classic with both critics and fans alike. Now, their legendary run is collected in its entirety for the first time in this omnibus hardcover edition!

ÒBETTER TOGETHERÓ part three! The deadly White Mercy has Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman in its terrifying grasp! But who would dare to orchestrate this attack-and why? All will be revealed as the three most powerful heroes in the DC Universe fight for their very souls!

“BETTER TOGETHER” part 1! Together again for the first time! Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman. The core of the World''s Greatest Heroes…but with a new Man of Steel, the bonds these three share will be tested and redefined by super-star writer/artist Francis Manapul. In this premiere issue, see the trio travel from Metropolis to Gotham City and beyond to learn what forces launched their heroic careers. But how will this journey of discovery lead them to a new threat?

From the pages of Geoff Johns’s best-selling storyline in JUSTICE LEAGUE, it’s the Justice League like you’ve never seen them before-with the power of gods! The greatest evil in the universe has been wiped out. Darkseid, lord of Apokolips, is dead. But the death of a god carries great consequences. Now the Justice League, Earth’s greatest heroes, find themselves with more power than they’ve ever imagined. But all power has a price-and for the heroes of the Justice League, the price may just be their humanity. Now, Batman is driven non-stop by his power as the God of Knowledge. Superman, the God of Strength, begins to view humans as inferior. The Flash tries to outrun his fate as the God of Death. Green Lantern struggles with his newfound power as the God of Light. Shazam embraces a new pantheon as the God of Gods. And Lex Luthor… …where Darkseid fell, Lex Luthor may rise to take his place! If Earth’s greatest heroes can’t find their way back to their humanity, they may bring about their own destruction. Written by an all-star team including Geoff Johns, Tom King, Peter J. Tomasi, Rob Williams, Francis Manapul and Steve Orlando, this graphic novel is an integral companion piece to JUSTICE LEAGUE VOL. 7: DARKSEID WAR. Collects JUSTICE LEAGUE: GODS AND MEN SUPERMAN #1, JUSTICE LEAGUE: GODS AND MEN BATMAN #1, JUSTICE LEAGUE: GODS AND MEN THE FLASH #1, JUSTICE LEAGUE: GODS AND MEN GREEN LANTERN #1, JUSTICE LEAGUE: GODS AND MEN SHAZAM! #1 and JUSTICE LEAGUE: GODS AND MEN LEX LUTHOR #1.

Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato-the critically acclaimed creative team behind THE FLASH-are back, with Batman! A plane has crash-landed at Gotham International Airport, but the passengers and crew appear to have been dead for years. Whatever caused their demise is now loose in the terminal-and if Batman can''t figure out who''s behind this biological attack, the body count will climb even higher. Gotham City then braces itself for another biological attack, this time by the Joker himself. Lonnie Machin-the digital savant once known as Monkeyspider-braves the murderous lunacy that has befallen the city to save his mom. Then, travel five years into the future, when Batman must team up with the villainous Riddler in order to prevent the Calendar Man from creating another Zero Year. Collects issues DETECTIVE COMICS #35-40, DETECTIVE COMICS: ENDGAME #1 and DETECTIVE COMICS: FUTURES END #1.

"Award-winning creative team of Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato continue their groundbreaking run on Detective Comics with the return of a long lost Batman villain, Anarky. As Gotham City decends into chaos at the hands of Anarky and his quest for revenge on both the villains and protectors of Gotham. Batman must team up with the cantankerous Harvey Bullock of the Gotham City PD to find Anarky''s true motivation for bringing Gotham to it''s knees. Collects issues #35-40"--

"Originally published in single magazine form in Detective Comics 35-40, Detective Comics: Endgame 1 and Detective Comics: Futures end 1"--Copyright page.

The fourth volume of Brian Buccellato and Francis Manapul''s New 52 breakout hit - The Flash! A mysterious and powerful Speed-Force killer has left a trail of bodies in his wake and only Barry has the power to stop him. But when the killer stays one step ahead of him, Barry finds himself face to face with the Teen Titans and Kid Flash for the first time. All this will lead to a confrontation with the Flash''s most deadly foe, The Reverse Flash! Collects THE FLASH #20-25, and #23.3: REVERSE FLASH.

In his hometown of Central City, The Flash—a.k.a. Barry Allen—is constantly deflecting the criminal schemes of his Rogues Gallery. Money hungry, cunning and powerful, these villains have the Scarlet Speedster running at a pace faster than even theworld''s fastest man is used to. But when Gorilla Grodd and his army descend on Central City, The Flash will have to contend with a threat he''s not used to: murderous, ruthless and without principle. With mammoth strength and mind-control powers,Grodd will not stop until he conquers the city with its hero''s blood on his hands. Knowing full well he cannot defeat this new foe alone, The Flash will have to turn to his former enemies, the Rogues, if he wants to keep himself and Central Cityalive. THE FLASH: GORILLA WARFARE is the third hardcover graphic novel from the best-selling creative team of Franics Manapul and Brian Buccellatto. Collects THE FLASH #13-19.

"Struck by a bolt of lightning and doused in chemicals, Central City Police scientist Barry Allen was transformed into the Fastest Man Alive. But there are some things even the Flash can''t outrun. After years spent on the hunt for vengeance, one of the Flash''s oldest friends has returned, with new enemies hot on his trail -- an unstoppable mob that seems to grow quicker than the Flash can stop them. In the supermax prison called Iron heights, the Flash''s most dangerous enemy plans his escape, dreams of revenge, and prepares to put the Flash on ice for good -- driven by a personal grudge the Flash can''t see coming. And deep within the Flash himself, incredible new powers are ready to be unleashed -- unforeseen, unexplored abilities fueled by the same Speed Force that makes the Flash run, and which could be his greatest weapon -- or worst nightmare--"--Page [4] of cover, v. 1.

Struck by a bolt of lightning and doused in chemicals, Central City Police scientist Barry Allen was transformed into the fastest man alive. Tapping into the energy field called the Speed Force, he applies a tenacious sense of justice to protect an serve the world as The Flash! The Flash''s Rogues Gallery are back—but they are more powerful than ever and they''re each looking to take down the Fastest Man Alive! Who is behind their sudden organization and why are they also after their former leader, Captain Cold? The Flash must think fast if he can outrun and survive their attack! Collects issues #9-12, #0, and Annual #1

The Fastest Man Alive returns with the writer/artist team of Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato. The Flash knows he can''t be everywhere at once, but he has seemingly met his match when he faces DC Comics'' hottest new Super Villain, Mob Rule, who really can be everywhere at once! As Mob Rule wages a campaign of crime across Central City, including an electromagnetic blast that plunges the city into darkness, The Flash learns the only way he can capture Mob Rule and save Central City is to learn how to make his brain function even faster than beforeu00ad-but as much as it helps him, it also comes with a steep price.

Make way for Hot Pursuit - the latest speedster to come out of the Speed Force! He''s here to make sure no-one breaks the speed limit - hero or villain! And just wait until you see whose face is under Hot Pursuit''s helmet!

The Fastest Man Alive returns to his own monthly series from the writer/artist team of Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato! The Flash knows he can''t be everywhere at once, but what happens when he faces an all-new villain who really can? As if that''s not bad enough, this villain is a close friend!

Death comes to Wayne Manor--and the number one suspect is Bruce Wayne! In order to solve this mystery, Batman''s investigations will lead him to the mysterious man known as Sumo.