[SPEAKER_00]: DC next level reveals new creative teams.
[SPEAKER_00]: Jude Ellison, S. Doyle, and Caitlyn Yarsky team, a sunstone, gets real small.
[SPEAKER_00]: This is Comic Quick Club News for December 17, 2025.
[SPEAKER_00]: Are you ready to go to the next level?
[SPEAKER_00]: First, announce a new or comicon DC's initiative, spinning out of DCKO will launch a number of new main universe series that, despite being in continuity, are inspired by the standalone success of the absolute universe line.
[SPEAKER_00]: First, out of the gate, Lobo, Batwoman, and Deathstroke the Terminator.
[SPEAKER_00]: Lobo is written by Scotty Young, with Art by Jorge Corona, who have worked together on multiple titles, and will seemingly take a back-to-basic approach for the main man.
[SPEAKER_00]: Book will debut on March 4th, 2026.
[SPEAKER_00]: Raghraka is returning to Batwoman alongside Artist Danny, and finally continuing the story he meant to tell in the title many years ago.
[SPEAKER_00]: It will debut the week after on March 11th, 2026.
[SPEAKER_00]: Those two are previously announced titles, but brand new for this announcement is the team behind Deathstroke, the Terminator.
[SPEAKER_00]: Tony Fleece and Carmine D. Giandomenico.
[SPEAKER_00]: As someone calls a hit on the ultimate assassin, that will its stores, you guessed it,
[SPEAKER_00]: That's just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to announcements.
[SPEAKER_00]: As these three titles will roll out in March with more coming down the road, including the demon Firestorm Barbara Gordon, Zetana, the Teen Titans, and more.
[SPEAKER_00]: An additional creatives behind the titles include, Jeff Limeer, Havier Rodriguez, Jamal Cambo, Mariko Tamaki, James Harron, Kyle Higgins, Joshua Williamson, Daniel D'Niccolo, Michael Walsh, Rafael D'Latore, Amanquena Hulpan, and Dennis Cam.
[SPEAKER_00]: The oppressed release Williamson noted that quote, while the series will be independent reads and not heavily tied to the other books, they will exist alongside DC's ongoing comic book series like Superman, Batman, Justice League, Elimited and Moore.
[SPEAKER_00]: Scott Snyder adds quote, this line will launch similar to DC's absolute line of comics.
[SPEAKER_00]: The DC next-level books are very new reader, friendly, and we'll roll out over time.
[SPEAKER_00]: Like the absolute line, this is an initiative that welcomes new readers that are looking for a jumping on spot for DC's main line of comic books.
[SPEAKER_00]: And one final note from Williamson, not so subtly teasing that he'll be writing Legion of Superheroes for DC next level.
[SPEAKER_00]: Quote this is just the second phase of what we plan for DC all in.
[SPEAKER_00]: There's a Legion of Stories still to be told.
[SPEAKER_00]: Normally, when one says the phrase, Dead Teenagers, it's not a cause for excitement.
[SPEAKER_00]: But then there's the new comic book series, Dead Teenagers from O'Neighbress, which sports a killer creative team and writer Jude Ellison, Estoyle, and artist, Caitlyn Yarsky.
[SPEAKER_00]: In the series, it's 1997 and five friends have been forced to relive prom night over and over again by a mysterious entity who kills them in, quote, new and increasingly insane ways each time.
[SPEAKER_00]: When something appears that may break the loop,
[SPEAKER_00]: What they find on the other side will be the most disturbing revelation of all.
[SPEAKER_00]: Alongside Interior Art, your scheme will provide an iconic film cover homage per issue as a variant dead teenagers number one hit stores on March 18, 2026 from ODPres.
[SPEAKER_00]: Stepping Shoes X series Sunstone is a big hit, queer romance has been released in various formats, now it's about to get even smaller just in time for Valentine's Day.
[SPEAKER_00]: As image comics in Top Cal have announced new 6 inch by 9 inch trim size paperbacks, starting with volume 1 and February of 2026.
[SPEAKER_00]: Very, very much for adults.
[SPEAKER_00]: Theoretic are rated Sunstone focuses on Lisa,
[SPEAKER_00]: Number strained woman who has opened up to domination and submission once she meets Ali.
[SPEAKER_00]: The series was originally posted online as a web comic, but the erotic journey is continued in trade, paperbacks, heart covers, compendiums, and now tiny little compact comics as collections.
[SPEAKER_00]: Even better, same as with DC's popular compact comics, he has come with a price tag of 999 each.
[SPEAKER_00]: Volumes will feature new covers by Sheshirek with Sunstone Volume 1 new edition released February 11, 2026 in comic book shops and subsequent volumes released every two months thereafter.
[SPEAKER_00]: For comic book club news, I'm Alex Albin.
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