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Preview: DC Comics March 2022 Highlights

Here’s some of the highlight titles coming from DC Comics in March, 2022, including the long anticipated kick-off for the Wonder Woman crossover event Trial of the Amazons, Batman: Killing Time bringing Eisner-winning writer Tom King back to the Batman, The Nice House on the Lake returning for a terrifying second act in issue #7, and the dream team-up of Mark Waid and Dan Mora on Batman/Superman: World’s Finest.

Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #1
Written by Mark Waid
Art and Cover by Dan Mora
Variant Covers by Jim Lee, Stanley “Artgerm” Lau, and Jason Fabok
1:25 “Slap Battle” Variant Covers (2) By Chip Zdarsky
1:50 “High Five” Variant Cover by Evan “Doc” Shaner
1:100 “Seinfeld” Variant Cover by Dan Mora
Team Variant Cover by Lee Weeks
$3.99 / 32 Pages | Variant $4.99 (Card Stock)
On Sale 3/15/22

Two of the greatest Super Heroes the world has ever known are together again in an epic new series.  In the not-too-distant past, Superman’s powers are super-charged from a devastating chemical attack by the villain Metallo… and the only ally that the ultra-powerful Man of Tomorrow can turn to in this turbulent hour is Gotham City’s own Caped Crusader: Batman.  A nearly fatal burst of power drives Bruce Wayne to his own extreme measures to help his friend, driving him to seek the Doom Patrol’s help.

Batman: Beyond The White Knight #1 (Of 8)
Written by Sean Murphy
Art and Cover by Sean Murphy
Variant Cover by Sean Murphy
$4.99 / 32 Pages
On Sale 3/29/22

In his sequel to the blockbuster comic book hits Batman: White Knight and Batman: Curse of the White Knight, Sean Murphy invites the audience to go beyond the Gotham they know to discover an engrossing new take on the city and its heroes.  Welcome to Neo-Gotham and the world of Beyond the White Knight!

A lot can change in ten years. Batman may be behind bars, but the real criminals are still out there.  Gotham Motors CEO Derek Powers has seized control of the Wayne family’s assets and is using them to transform the GTO and the city they’ve sworn to protect. Crime is down, but at what cost?  A new Batman has emerged, and only Bruce is fully aware of the dangers to come.  It’s time to destroy the mantle for good, but he’ll need one of his forgotten sons’ help to do so.  Enter Jason Todd…

Batman: Killing Time #1 (Of 6)
Written by Tom King
Art and Cover by David Marquez
Variant Cover by Kael Ngu
1:25 Variant Cover by Alex Garner
1:100 Variant Cover by Peach Momoko
The Batman Variant Cover by Carlos D’anda
$4.99 / 40 Pages | Variant $5.99 (Card Stock)
On Sale 3/1/22

Meanwhile, back in Gotham City, writer Tom King returns to tell a new Batman story with artists David Marquez and Alejandro Sánchez in the six-issue miniseries Batman: Killing Time.  Three villains, one Dark Knight, and a deadly heist gone wrong. Catwoman, the Riddler, and the Penguin join forces to pull off the greatest robbery in the history of Gotham City.  And their prize?  A mysterious and priceless artifact in the secret possession of Bruce Wayne!  But with rogues like these, there’s no way to avoid a bloody double-cross… or two.

Naomi Season Two #1 (Of 6)
Written by Brian Michael Bendis and David F. Walker
Art and Cover by Jamal Campbell
$3.99 / 32 Pages
On Sale 3/8/22

Naomi is back in her own series with Naomi Season Two.  Written by Brian Michael Bendis and David F. Walker, with art by Jamal Campbell, Naomi returns to the pages of her own series to uncover the truth behind the new mysteries around herself and her powers. Guest-starring Black Adam, Superman, and the Justice League, plus the return of… Zumbado! Soon to be a CW television show from Ava DuVernay!

Trial of the Amazons #1 (Of 2)
Written by Becky Cloonan, Michael W. Conrad, Joëlle Jones, Vita Ayala, and Stephanie Williams
Art By Joëlle Jones, Elena Casagrande, Laura Braga, & Skylar Patridge
Cover by Jim Cheung
Variant Cover by Rose Besch
1:25 Variant Cover by Rafael Albuquerque
1:100 Variant Cover by Rose Besch
Team Variant Cover by Jen Bartel
$4.99 / 40 Pages | Variant $5.99 (Card Stock)
On Sale 3/1/22

The long-awaited Wonder Woman event Trial of the Amazons kicks off on March 1, 2021 with issue #1 from writers Becky Cloonan, Michael Conrad, Vita Ayala, Stephanie Williams, and Joëlle Jones writing and drawing, with artists Elena Casagrande, Laura Braga, and Skylar Partridge.

Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons #2 (Of 3)
Written by Kelly Sue Deconnick
Art and Cover by Gene Ha
Variant Cover by Becky Cloonan
$7.99 / 72 Pages
Prestige Plus (8 1/2″ X 10 7/8″)
On Sale 4/5/2022

And also returning is Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons, on sale April 5, 2022, continuing writer Kelly-Sue DeConnick’s epic history of the Amazons.  Issue #2 will feature art by Gene Ha.

DC League Of Super-Pets: The Great Mxy-Up GN
Written by Heath Corson
Art and Cover by Bobby Timony
$9.99 / 160 Pages / 5-1/2″ X 8″ / Softcover
ISBN: 978-1-77950-992-5
On Sale 5/17/22

Written by Heath Corson, with art by Bobby Timony, The Great Mxy-Up keeps the fun of DC’s animated feature DC League of Super-Pets, in theaters May 20, 2022, and introduces young readers to the magical imp from the fifth dimension: Mr. Mxyzptlk.  The Super-Pets will need to come up with a plan to prevent Myx’s mischief from destroying the city—while somehow trying to rescue their human friends.  The only problem is, they may need to recruit an enemy in order to defeat this new threat.

The Nice House on the Lake #7 (Of 12)
Written by James Tynion IV
Art and Cover by Álvaro Martínez Bueno
Variant Cover by Javier Rodriguez
$3.99 / 32 Pages | Variant $4.99 (Card Stock)
On Sale 3/1/22

One of the most critically acclaimed and bestselling horror titles of 2021 returns for its shocking second act—and now is the perfect time to enter the house!  The 10 hardy survivors gathered in the house by their mutual friend Walter thought they’d finally cracked the code on his plans, but now everything they thought they knew has changed.  Can they free themselves from their patterns, or are they all just determined to build a prison of their very own?

The Nice House on the Lake Vol. 1 TP
Written by James Tynion IV
Art and Cover by Álvaro Martínez Bueno
$19.99 / 200 Pages / 6 5/8″ X 10 3/16″ / Softcover
ISBN: 978-1-77951-434-9
On Sale 3/1/22

And it’s the perfect jumping on point for fans, as The Nice House on the Lake Vol. 1, collecting the first six issues, also hits shelves on March 1.

Enter the house where everyone who was invited to the house knows Walter… at least a little.  Some met him in childhood; some met him only months ago.  And Walter’s always been a little… off.  But after the hardest year of their lives, nobody was going to turn down Walter’s invitation to an astonishingly beautiful house in the woods, overlooking an enormous sylvan lake.  It’s beautiful, it’s opulent, it’s private—so a week of putting up with Walter’s weird little schemes and nicknames in exchange for the vacation of a lifetime?  Why not?

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