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A four-issue mature readers DC Black Label title that was meant to launch on the 8th of October, Kami Garcia said of Joker/Harley: Malicious Intent, "At its core, our new series explores the relationship between heroes and villains and how thin the line is between the two — it's an intense true-crime thriller for fans[...]

A few days ago, Bleeding Cool reported the news that Batman/Green Arrow/The Question: Arcadia was to be a new Black Label DC Comics title by Gabriel Hardman from DC Comics, for November or December Turns out it's November The 26th And with colourist Romulo Fajardo Jr and letterer Simon Bowland. And variant covers by variant Kevin Nowlan[...]

Joker/Harley: Malicious Intent is a sequel to the original Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanity by Kami Garcia, Mico Suayan and Jason Badower from 2019 from the same creative team, a four-issue mature readers DC Black Label title launching on the 8th of October Joker/Harley: Malicious Intent will be coloured this time by Annette Kwok, with letters by[...]

And now, in August 2025, they are reteaming for something Warner Bros-owned instead, Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #1, a Black Label mature readers series that draws its origins in the most campiest of Superman sixties Silver Age stories… #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode()[...]

A Black Label mature readers series, we are to expect news of it at the upcoming San Diego Comic-Con in July But Bleeding Cool readers get the news first… Jack Knight, Starman Starman was created as Ted Knight by writer Gardner Fox and artist Jack Burnley for Adventure Comics #61 in 1941 as an astronomer who invented[...]

Killadelphia and Zombie Love Stories' Rodney Barnes joins Serbian artist Stevan Subic on a new Batman-turns-werewolf Black Label four-issue comic book series from DC Comics from October the 9th in plenty of time for Hallowe'en, Batman: Full Moon. "An ancient and supernatural force stalks the streets of Gotham City—a werewolf so powerful it'll defy Batman's most[...]

Christopher Cantwell, Alex Lins, Jacob Edgar and Marcelo Manolo are creating a new Plastic Man comic book mature readers four-issue mini-series, Plastic Man No More!, from DC Comics' Black Label imprint launching on the 4th of September. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode()[...]

Popverse has been granted the PR from DC for news of a new Jenny Sparks comic book series from Tom King and Jeff Spokes under their Black Label imprint And Bleeding Cool has granted ourselves the right to press CTRL-C and then CTRL-V. Jennifer Sparks was created by Warren Ellis and Tom Raney during their 1997[...]

James Tynion IV & Álvaro Martínez Bueno's Return To DC Black Label With The Nice House By The Lake Sequel, The Nice House By The Sea

Zatanna: Bring Down the House is a new Black Label graphic novel written by DC's graphic novelist of choice Mariko Tamaki, drawn by artist Javier Rodríguez, out for June this year And it's only for grown-ups. "In this DC Black Label series (17+), Zatanna Zatara is the greatest entertainer in the worst hotel and casino off[...]

The new Superman mini-series, Superman: Lost is written by the extraordinary Christopher Priest and drawn by Carlo Pagulayan and Jason Paz.

On the 15th of August 2021, Bleeding Cool reported that Bryan Hitch was working on a new Superman comic book, for DC's Black Label line, then in September that it would be written by Mark Waid and inked by Kevin Nowlan. Mark Waid/Bryan Hitch/Kevin Nowlan Black Label Superman From DC Comics Once upon a time, Mark Waid[...]

We may not know when we'll get a second season of the HBO Max Peacemaker series, (though we are definitely getting one, says James Gunn), but fans of John Cena's adult-oriented portrayal of the character may take solace in the newly-announced six-issue DC Black Label miniseries, Peacemaker Tries Hard! No, we weren't shouting that opening[...]

Now, DC has revealed some pages from the book, along with a ton of details about the four-issue Black Label limited series. From the press release: In the late 1980s, as the Cold War stubbornly refuses to thaw, a new battle heats up, this time for the soul of the intelligence agency Checkmate As the agency's super-heroic[...]

Swamp Thing: Green Hell is a three issue limited series from DC Comics/Black Label by Jeff Lemire and Doug Mahnke, that had its first issue published in December 2021 and even got a second printing Issue 2 was scheduled for February, which then slipped into March, and the third and final issue was solicited for[...]

Jamie McKelvie has tweeted a little about working on his upcoming Batman: One Bad Day: Catwoman graphic novella from DC Comics. "Really enjoying working

The Dark Knight Returns. Arkham Asylum. Miracleman. Elektra Assassin. The One. Bratpack. Maximortal. The reconstruction of the superhero became quite the

Breaking with the tradition of every Black Label comic starring Batman, Aquaman: Andromeda #1 gives someone else a shot Will this crazy idea work? There's only one way to find out Check out the preview below. AQUAMAN: ANDROMEDA #1 DC Comics 0322DC040 0322DC041 – Aquaman: Andromeda #1 Bryan Hitch Cover – $6.99 (W) Ram V (A/CA) Christian Ward Deep in the[...]

(It's the DC Black Label mini from Ram V and Christian Ward, whose art feels like the center of the whole thing It's visually stunning, maybe my favorite thing he's done.) One of the original impulses behind Black Label was to create evergreen, continuity-free stories featuring DC characters — this 100% succeeds; I could see[...]

Credit: Black Label/DC Comics Walter is an extraterrestrial who has been living on earth for years, knowing all the while that the planet's time was running out He was secretly making a list of people who would be placed in a safe place away from the literal end of the world However, his friends were all[...]

Tom King, Jorge Fornes, and Dave Stewart, the creators who took a massive crap all over the wishes of Alan Moore and creator rights in general by participating in the creation of the unauthorized sequel to Watchmen, Rorschach, are getting the band back together for Danger Street, a new DC Black Label 12-issue series described[...]

When DC first launched Black Label, a mature readers label for creators to tell stories featuring DC characters like Batman, The Joker, Batman, Harley Quinn, and Batman, it was one of the most seminal moments in comics since that Alan Moore thing with the ejaculating fish demon that, despite being published by Avatar Press, the[...]

Finally answering fan complaints that there simply are not enough Batman titles on the stands each month, DC Comics has announced a new entry in the Black Label White Knight Universe Batman: Beyond the White Knight, by Sean Murphy (no Gordon in the credits), sees Bruce Wayne break out of prison after 10 years to[...]

Third date lucky? The wait is over, and the entire story of the Amazons can finally be told! Best-selling DC talent Kelly Sue DeConnick (Aquaman) and Phil Jimenez (Wonder Woman By Phil Jimenez Omnibus) will explore the ancient history of the Amazons, expand the mythology and world of Wonder Woman as we know it, and launch[...]

The same time I wrote this series I also wrote another 3-issue oversized Black Label book for one of my all-time favourite artists, Doug Mahnke! That one will be announced this coming month and when it is I'll get more into it here." And this is it A three-part mini-series for DC Black Label, Swamp[...]

Credit: DC Black Label Twelve people were invited by their friend Walter to vacation in Wisconsin at a luxury home Some knew each other in different stages of education, some as adults drinking in New York City bars, but Walter was the connective tissue However, Walter was an alien and set them all aside as his[...]

Venom in October, the introduction to Redcoat in November, Superman Black Label next year with Mark Waid inked by Kevin Nowlan (yeah, spoilers), Redcoat series and something truly massive I'm not even mentioning But it's HUGE Yeah, I've been busy this year Each new project from Venom onwards is more challenging and exciting than anything[...]

Earlier this month, Bleeding Cool was first to run a DC Comics letter to comic book retailers, talking about upcoming delays to plenty of comic books,

She was the heart and soul of our original Black Label group under Mark Doyle, assisting me on nearly all my books and contributing to every line: Sandman Universe, Young Animal, Hill House, Vertigo, and Black Label Most readers won't know that Maggie has been running point on the phenomenally successful WHITE KNIGHT line since[...]

DC Comics has released a preview of Superman vs Lobo #1, a new comic by Tim Seeley, Sarah Beattie, Mirka Andolfo, and Arif Prianto hitting stores on Tuesday from… wait a minute… from DC Black Label?! A Black Label comic that isn't about Batman, The Joker, or Harley Quinn? Who approved this?! Heads are going[...]