The city of San Diego, California has sunken into the Pacific Ocean after a devastating earthquake. With the government mired in red tape and thousands of now-waterbreathing citizens struggling to survive, Aquaman has taken the city as his new kingdom, if not in title at least in duty. But even as the remaining survivors struggle to adapt to their new lives, dangers swim in from all around. Weapons smugglers to drug dealers to Ocean Master himself ply the waters of Sub Diego, and it's up to Aquaman and the new Aquagirl to serve and protect Sub Diego! Continuing the tragic story from AQUAMAN: SUB DIEGO, John Arcudi (ABE SAPIEN), Patrick Gleason (ROBIN: SON OF BATMAN), Christian Alamy (JUSTICE LEAGUE) and others continue Aquaman and Aquagirl's tale in a post-apocalyptic, sunken wasteland. Collects AQUAMAN #23-31.

Batman investigates what appears to be a government cover-up regarding a mysterious crash site in downtown Gotham. Plus, the animosity between President Luthor and Bruce Wayne reaches a fever pitch, setting the stage for an upcoming story line in the Batman titles.

Gotham City has endured much through its dark, twisted history, and even the cosmic changes wrought by the Crisis on Infinite Earths couldn't give the town a fresh start—the grime is in its DNA. The Crisis did, though, allow for the reintroduction of familiar foes, albeit with a fresh take on the Caped Crusader featuring a back-to-basics approach to crime-fighting. Criminals don't always wear a colorful costumes: some just stalk the shadows with sinister plots and evil intentions. A new threat, a fearsome assassin known as the KGBeast, is prowling the streets of Gotham City and he's out to dismantle America's Strategic Defense Initiative. After saving the United States government, Batman must then solve the mystery of ten murdered women before the killer claims even more victims! An all-star cast of talent, led by writer Jim Starlin (Batman: The Cult, Mystery In Space) and the dynamic art duo of Jim Aparo (The Brave and The Bold, Batman & The Outsiders) and Mike DeCarlo (The Legion Of Super-Heroes), present Batman: The Caped Crusader Vol. 1, collecting Batman #417-425 and #430-431 and Batman Annual #12! Don't miss out on the companion series, Batman: The Dark Knight Detective, to chronicle all of Batman's post-Crisis adventures!

As a part of the acclaimed DC Comics—The New 52 event of September 2011, it's Frankenstein as you've never seen him before, in a dark new series from acclaimed writer Jeff Lemire and artist Alberto Ponticelli! Frankenstein is part of a network of strange beings who work for an even stranger government organization: The Super Human Advanced Defense Executive, also known as S.H.A.D.E. Leading his new field team, The Creature Commandos, Frankenstein and company must fight against supernatural threats even more strange and dangerous than themselves. This volume collects issues 1-6 of Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E. , part of the DC Comics—The New 52 event.

Prepare to see the Dark Knight as you've never seen him before! Batman, a forgotten icon from the past, is wanted for murder in the future. In the year 2039, a federal agent has been murdered in Gotham. Now a contingent of Washington's best spooks are hot on the suspect's trail. Amid the chaos, GCPD's Detective Gordon, grandson of the former commissioner, launches his own investigation and discovers that the man they are chasing is a man who shouldn't exist at all. It's a dark dystopian world devoid of privacy, filled with government conspiracies, psychic police, holographic caller ID and absolutely no room for "secret identities." A sci-fi future where everything is known by everyone, yet there is one bizarre anomaly…The Batman! Visionary writer-artist PAUL POPE (HEAVY LIQIUD), with JOSÉ VILLARRUBIA (SWEET TOOTH), brings his unique style to Gotham City and beyond! BATMAN: YEAR 100 AND OTHER TALES includes such stories as "Batman of Berlin," "Broken Nose," and "Teenage Sidekick," along with the Eisner Award-winning four-issue miniseries BATMAN: YEAR 100 #1-4. Visionary writer-artist PAUL POPE (HEAVY LIQUID), with JOSÉ VILLARRUBIA (SWEET TOOTH), brings his unique style to Gotham City and beyond! BATMAN: YEAR 100 AND OTHER TALES includes such stories as "Batman of Berlin," "Broken Nose," and "Teenage Sidekick," along with the Eisner Award-winning four-issue miniseries BATMAN: YEAR 100 #1-4.

The new Elite team of the JLA sets out on their first mission, deep under cover! Its mission: to infiltrate a small brotherhood of assassins gathering to hit a major political target!

ONE OF THE LEGENDS OF TOMORROW IN HIS OWN EXPLOSIVE ADVENTURE! Gifted with the power of the atom, the superhero known as Firestorm has the building blocks of the universe at his fiery fingertips…but pulling himself together is his biggest challenge of all. Because Firestorm is not just one hero-he's a matrix of minds, including the minds of students Ronnie Raymond and Jason Rusch and the brilliant Professor Stein. Fused together, the fury of Firestorm is a force to be reckoned with. But broken apart, they're a ticking time bomb…and everyone from their worst adversaries to the U.S. government wants to have their fingers on the button. Now Jason, Ronnie and Professor Stein are locked in a race against time-and fearsome foes like Danton Black and Major Force-to preserve the Firestorm Protocol before it falls apart. Can they outrace their enemies and harness the power, or will the fire consume them one by one? Find out in FIRESTORM: THE NUCLEAR MAN, a red-hot action-adventure saga from comics legend Gerry Conway and artist Eduardo Pansica! Collects FIRESTORM: THE NUCLEAR MAN stories from LEGENDS OF TOMORROW #1-6.

Written by Paul Levitz Art by Steve Lightle, Ernie Colon, Keith Giffen, Larry Mahlstedt and others Cover by Steve Lightle & Larry Mahlstedt Bursting out of the 1980s comes this tale starring the far future's greatest heroes! In this volume, you'll find LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #7-13 as the team discovers a factory hidden between dimensions creating a Sun-Eater. Plus, it's team leader election time!

Two members of Task Force X are back in these all-new adventures! First up: "REVENGE OF KOBRA" by writer Mike W. Barr and artist Philippe Briones. To oppose the terrorist Kobra is to earn his un-dying hatred, and that's what the samurai Katana did when she killed his beloved Eve. Now Kobra stalks Katana beyond the bounds of the Earth itself, to a supernatural world where he will steal from her everything that she has-including her very soul! And in "SUICIDE SQUAD BLACK," by writer Jai Nitz and artist Scot Eaton, Sebastian Faust, the U.S. government's top arcane operative, has gone rogue! To track down America's most dangerous magician, Amanda Waller assembles a special-ops team unlike any other: an expendable coven of dark-arts experts including El Diablo, Enchantress and Gentleman Ghost. They are Suicide Squad Black, and they will take you to places where even the dead can die!

The world's strangest super-team faces against the government's dirty little secret. But if the Doom patrol and the Suicide Squad are going to survive this latest caper, they will have to set aside their differences and work together.