WEBVTT 00:00.031 --> 00:11.558 [SPEAKER_00]: On today's episode, we're looking through some of the highlights from DC Comics March 2026 solicits for their all-intitles, including Wonder War, rain of the super boys, and much much more. 00:11.638 --> 00:15.627 [SPEAKER_00]: This is Comic Book Club News from December 19, 2025. 00:29.242 --> 00:43.742 [SPEAKER_00]: After dropping the solicits for the March debuting DC next-level titles and what's coming from Vertigo, we now got the March 2026 solicits for DC Comic Second Act of DC all in, meaning the main line in continuity books. 00:43.762 --> 00:55.738 [SPEAKER_00]: And after the end of DC KO not only does Wonder War begin in Wonder Woman, had Batman introduces a brand new take on the Joker, but the reign of the Super Boys begins in the absence of Superman. 00:55.758 --> 00:56.920 [SPEAKER_00]: Wait, hold up. 00:56.900 --> 00:59.383 [SPEAKER_00]: Does that spoil the end of DCKO? 00:59.684 --> 01:00.925 [SPEAKER_00]: Well, maybe maybe not. 01:00.945 --> 01:13.942 [SPEAKER_00]: There's a lot to unpack here, so let's start off with Green Lantern number 600, and oversized anniversary issue that maybe finds how Jordan and Carol Ferris getting married as well as a glow in the dark variant cover from Gill and March. 01:14.082 --> 01:18.688 [SPEAKER_00]: And in Batman number 7, the Joker returns that it looks like he's floating in a back-to-tank. 01:18.668 --> 01:19.008 [SPEAKER_00]: Bat. 01:19.469 --> 01:20.089 [SPEAKER_00]: Kat. 01:20.249 --> 01:20.590 [SPEAKER_00]: I don't know. 01:20.710 --> 01:33.641 [SPEAKER_00]: Also, DCT says that the issue sports a quote, Brett taking interior gatefolded sequence that plunges readers directly into the clown prince's fractured psyche, redefining his relationship with the Cape Crusader for DC's mainline comics. 01:33.902 --> 01:38.646 [SPEAKER_00]: Not only that, but the issue will reflect the new status quo seen in Poison Ivy number 42. 01:39.247 --> 01:41.509 [SPEAKER_00]: She's now the mayor of Gotham City. 01:41.529 --> 01:48.675 [SPEAKER_00]: That in Wonder Woman number 31, the Wonder War begins at 20 years or XX years if you 01:48.655 --> 01:52.842 [SPEAKER_00]: In the future, as the meaty arc is declared herself Queen of America. 01:53.022 --> 02:01.797 [SPEAKER_00]: Whether this will be contained in the main title or spin out further is TBA, but for this month at least it seems to be just in the book by Tom Kagan Daniel Sampere. 02:01.897 --> 02:04.341 [SPEAKER_00]: Remember that whole Superman is missing thing? 02:04.462 --> 02:09.550 [SPEAKER_00]: Well, running through the Superman family of titles is a sort of event called Rain of the Super Boys. 02:09.530 --> 02:13.218 [SPEAKER_00]: Which puts the spotlight on the various characters who sport that name. 02:13.238 --> 02:21.557 [SPEAKER_00]: That will run through action comics, Supergirl Superman Unlimited, and in Superman number 36, which finds Superboy Prime taking over the title. 02:21.697 --> 02:25.486 [SPEAKER_00]: Now, before you think, oh, Superman clearly wins DCKO. 02:25.526 --> 02:29.074 [SPEAKER_00]: There's another strong possibility suggested by the solicits. 02:29.054 --> 02:38.756 [SPEAKER_00]: Aquaman is now titled Emperor Aquaman with issue number 14 and finds Arthur traveling the cosmos to grapple with his infusion of Omega Energy. 02:38.877 --> 02:47.316 [SPEAKER_00]: Also, juice up and ready to go, Guy Gardner is now called the All-Sight on OA, something that will be dealt with in Green Lantern Core number 14. 02:47.296 --> 03:00.535 [SPEAKER_00]: There's a new creative team on the flash with issue number 31, Ryan North and Gavin Gwejry, which focuses on Wally West and seems to find him as the one guy not impacted by Omega energy, but instead having to pick up the slack. 03:00.636 --> 03:11.552 [SPEAKER_00]: Titans is now called new Titans with issue number 33, and also as a new creative team, date Bromble and Sammy Bosery, and a new mystery that this team may not be the real Titans at all. 03:11.732 --> 03:12.493 [SPEAKER_00]: Other highlights? 03:12.473 --> 03:13.214 [SPEAKER_00]: Catwoman No. 03:13.234 --> 03:18.342 [SPEAKER_00]: 85 finds Selena finally returning to Gotham City to find things are vastly changed. 03:18.542 --> 03:19.444 [SPEAKER_00]: In Batgirl No. 03:19.464 --> 03:25.753 [SPEAKER_00]: 70 the title character receives the power to wield your blood like a weapon in the aftermath of DCKO. 03:25.914 --> 03:26.555 [SPEAKER_00]: Harley Quinn No. 03:26.575 --> 03:38.413 [SPEAKER_00]: 60 finds Harley becoming Bat Quinn also in the aftermath of DCKO, Detective Comics 1,1017 finds Batman teaming up with Green Arrow who now lives in Gotham and also Black Canaries. 03:38.393 --> 03:45.461 [SPEAKER_00]: And Justice League, on the limit of number 17, has Wonder Woman and Batman trying to rebuild the league in the absence of Superman. 03:45.661 --> 03:49.646 [SPEAKER_00]: For comic book club news, I'm Alex Albert, and yeah, Superman is going to win. 03:49.726 --> 03:50.347 [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, come on. 03:50.387 --> 03:51.388 [SPEAKER_00]: We all know it. 03:51.408 --> 03:53.350 [SPEAKER_00]: Got tips or stories you'd like us to cover? 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