Solstice: ACHIEVED. Now we’ve got three months of awesome comics before the autumnal equinox. Here are some things we’re looking forward to…
June 30:
Batwoman: Elegy
The deluxe hardcover collection of Greg Rucka and J.H. Williams III’s remarkable serial. (Look for an interview with Williams here next week!)
Wonder Woman #600
Gail Simone says goodbye, J. Michael Straczynski says hi, and Geoff Johns and George Pérez drop by.
Sometime in July:
The Wild Kingdom
Kevin Huizenga’s spectacular, nearly (but not quite) free-associative Glenn Ganges story, which appeared in its initial form in Or Else.
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July 7:
Batman: Odyssey #1
Neal Adams returns to Batman in this long-awaited miniseries.
Blackest Night, Blackest Night: Green Lantern and Blackest Night: Green Lantern Corps
The core titles of Geoff Johns and company’s best-selling sci-fi superhero zombie crossover epic, all collected in hardcover. (Four more collections later in the month wrap up the tie-in miniseries and a few other significant issues.)
Casanova #1
The return of Matt Fraction, Gabriel Bá and Fabio Moon’s career-making series, now in color and with extra material.
Scarlet #1
A new creator-owned series by Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev.
July 14:
Judge Death: Death Lives!
An American edition of some kick-ass early Judge Dredd stories, many of them drawn by Brian Bolland.
The Playwright
I don’t know much about this Eddie Campbell/Daren White collaboration about a lonely man’s sex life, but everything Campbell draws is worth looking at.
Revolver
Matt Kindt’s original graphic novel about a man caught between two worlds looks pretty promising.
July 20:
Scott Pilgrim’s Finest Hour
Yes, the sixth and final volume of Bryan Lee O’Malley’s fantastic series will be in comics stores on a Tuesday. Monday at midnight, in some cases.
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July 21:
Amazing Spider-Man #638
Just in time for Comic-Con, Joe Quesada and Paolo Rivera’s long-anticipated “One Moment In Time” storyline begins, with a backup by Stan Lee and Marcos Martin.
B.P.R.D. Vol. 13: 1947
Anything Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba draw is worth a look.
DC Universe Legacies #3
Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez doesn’t draw a lot of comics these days, but he and Dave Gibbons are doing this issue and the next of this Len Wein-written miniseries. Which means they’ll be gorgeous.
Werewolves of Montpellier
It’s a new graphic novel by the Scandinavian artist Jason. It has werewolves in it. It is, as usual, hilarious.
July 28:
Ex Machina #50
The conclusion of Brian K. Vaughan and Tony Harris’s political superhero thriller.