It's a bird! It's a plane! It's the WORST DAY EVER! It's the 100% UNauthorized children's book parody as only MAD magazine can do it in SUPERMAN AND THE MISERABLE, ROTTEN, NO FUN, REALLY BAD DAY! Superman is supposed to be indestructible—but this day may just defeat him! In fact, it's a day so terrible that only the Man of Steel could possibly hope to survive it! On this miserable, rotten, no fun, really bad day, Superman will face rampaging super-villains, angry editors, boring chores, a cranky Justice League, and, worst of all, bad pizza. Superman's home planet, Krypton, exploded, so he's no stranger to bad days—but even so, this is one for the record books!

Bane returns to Santa Prisca, the island nation of his birth, to reclaim it as his own. But before he can embark on another chapter in his ongoing saga, he crosses paths with the only other person on the planet who can claim to be Batman's equal: Ra's al Ghul.

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!

Lords of Luck' part 1! Batman and Green Lantern team up and head out on the trail of what could be the greatest weapon in the DCU. The trail leads to Ventura, the gambling planet, and if they don't recover the weapon soon, you can bet the entire Universe will be at risk!

A DC ONE MILLION tie-in! The Catwoman of the future may be the only person on the prison planet of Pluto who can circumvent the state-of-the-art security of the Batcave to steal a teleporting Boom Suit from the cavern that is the home of the Dark Knight of tomorrow!

It's the big, bad Lobo book that has something to offend everyone! In these fast-shooting, gut-wrenching tales from the 1990s, Lobo's out for revenge on whoever wrote an unauthorized biography of his life as a gun for hire! Then, the Easter Bunny hires Lobo to kill his biggest rival: Santa Claus! And Lobo signs on to kill the galaxy's greatest criminal, but promptly gets killed. And 200 of the main man's illegitimate offspring team up to knock off dear old dad! Collects LOBO #1-4, LOBO PARAMILITARY CHRISTMAS SPECIAL #1, LOBO'S BACK #1-4, LOBO: BLAZING CHAIN OF LOVE #1 and LOBO CONVENTION SPECIAL #1.

In the era of the Legion of Super-Heroes, there also exists a group of heroes known as the Wanderers. They've met the Legion before, and we've seen how they operate outside the limits of the United Planets to aid the citizens of the universe. But times have changed for this incredible group of wandering heroes, and their lives will never be the same. Who are they? Where did they come from? And what is the mysterious and dangerous destiny that awaits the Wanderers at the end of their mission?

Jack Kirby reinvented the superhero genre with his sprawling saga of the Fourth World—a bold storytelling vision that was decades ahead of its time. In honor of this extraordinary talent's centennial, DC Comics is proud to re-present the groundbreaking work of the King of Comics in a brand-new series of trade paperback editions collecting his classic DC titles in all their four-color glory! At the heart of the Fourth World is The New Gods, a series whose scale and grandeur have astonished readers for generations. And at the center of Kirby's startlingly original pantheon of larger-than-life characters are two of comics' greatest adversaries: Orion of New Genesis and Darkseid of Apokolips! Ranging across space and time, these implacable foes are locked in a ceaseless struggle to control the fundamental forces of the universe. But this pair are more than mortal enemies—they are also father and son! Raised in exile as a living instrument of peace between Apokolips and New Genesis, Orion swore to uphold the life-affirming values of his adopted world. But the bottomless rage and thirst for combat that course through his veins cannot be extinguished. In the end, will he defeat Darkseid and thwart his quest for the Anti-Life Equation—or will he forsake his vow and seize the ultimate power for himself? See cosmic fury unleashed—and thrill to the imaginative power of one of the medium's greatest masters—in New Gods by Jack Kirby, collecting issues #1-11 of the legendary series together with the King's two concluding tales, "Even Gods Must Die!" and "The Hunger Dogs!"

A WORLD WITHOUT A SUPERMAN Superman was Earth's greatest hero until he sacrificed his life to stop the monster known only as Doomsday. Now the world and those who loved him must learn how to continue on without the Man of Steel. In this time of need, heroes like Supergirl, the Guardian and Gangbuster rise to the challenge and try to continue the Last Son of Kryton's legacy. But can they really fill the void left by Superman's death? As the planet mourns the man who symbolized the best humanity had to offer, Ma and Pa Kent truly grieve the death of their only son, while Lois Lane shoulders on the only way she knows how...by being a reporter. Through all this, a greater mystery begins to unfold, where is Superman's body? DAN JURGENS (SUPERMAN: LOIS & CLARK), JERRY ORDWAY (ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN), LOUISE SIMONSON (SUPERMAN: THE MAN OF STEEL) and many more continue this seminal moment in the history of the DC Universe and the world itself. The second of four volumes chronicling the epic saga of the Death and Return of Superman. Collects ACTION COMICS #685-686, ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #498-500, JUSTICE LEAGUE AMERICA #70, LEGACY OF SUPERMAN #1, SUPERGIRL/LEX LUTHOR SPECIAL #1, SUPERMAN #76-77 and SUPERMAN: THE MAN OF STEEL #20-21!

The saga of ECLIPSO: THE DARKNESS WITHIN has concluded, and Lar Gand emerges as a hero named Valor. Now, his adventures continue in the ongoing monthly series VALOR. Due to his lengthy possession by Eclipso, Valor is obsessed with Eclipso's evil and is compelled to prevent the villain's plans to build a new base called Lunar City. VALOR is a complement to the ongoing ECLIPSO title, also debuting this month. But where ECLIPSO is a dark, grim series, VALOR is the story of a young hero discovering what it's like to be so powerful. VALOR is set in the 20th century, before the Legion of Super-Heroes brings Lar Gand to the future, and charts the DC Universe as Valor travels from one planet to another. On his journeys, he discovers new characters and encounters some that are rarely seen. In the first issue, Lex Luthor II appears to befriend Valor!