DC Universe New Weekly Releases 19 October, 2021

I’m not sure when it started but it sure seems like DC has been releasing less than 10 comics a week these days.  There are a bunch of other issues that show up on DC Infinite that are new to the platform – some are digital firsts and others are new to digital but the basic new release schedule for DC only has 8 issues this week from April 13, 2021.

Anyway, here’s what I found for the week…

DC Universe Infinite New Releases October 19, 2021:

• American Vampire: 1976 #7
• Batman: The Detective #1
• Batman: Urban Legends #2
• Rorschach #7
• Superman #30
• Sweet Tooth: The Return #6
• The Joker #2
• Wonder Woman #771

TOP RELEASES OF THE WEEK

8 new comics released today (last week had 8).  Anyway, looking at Comic Book Roundup which aggregates a bunch of review sites, here are the top issues from this batch of comics. This week I found 3 issues that I wanted to look further into.

• Sweet Tooth: The Return #6
  by Jeff Lemire.
  Published by Vertigo, 2021.
  Once upon a time a young boy with antlers lived in a little house under the earth. He had a father and two nannies. They raised him to be good and to obey their every command. They said they loved the boy, and maybe some of them did, but Father? Well, he only loved himself. Father says the boy is a weapon against those who stand in opposition to humanity, while the rebellious Undersider dissidents believe the child to be the second coming of a mythological savior from the past. Haunted by dreamlike memories of a life he never lived and hunted by the man who created him, the boy must choose what and who he will be, and bring this chapter of his life to a close.
• Batman: Urban Legends #2
  by Cecil Castellucci, Matthew Rosenberg, Brandon Thomas, Chip Zdarsky, Eddy Barrows, Ryan Benjamin, Max Dunbar, Marguerite Sauvage, and Marcus To
  Published by DC Comics, 2021.
  The new Batman anthology series continues! In part two of Chip Zdarsky and Eddy Barrows’s epic Batman/Red Hood story, Jason Todd has taken a man’s life, and now his mission is to keep the dead man’s young son safe. But Batman plans to take down Jason before he can make another mistake.
  Then, in chapter two of Matthew Rosenberg and Ryan Benjamin’s senses-shattering tale, Cole Cash earns his pay as personal bodyguard to billionaire Lucius Fox, but what led him to Gotham in the first place? How does the mysterious HALO Corporation play into it all? And which Bat-Family character does he have an unfortunate meeting with in this chapter?  And in part two of Brandon Thomas and Max Dunbar’s epic Outsiders story, see Katana’s perspective on what brought the Outsiders to Japan, who wants her dead, and what her ultimate punishment will be for no longer having her husband’s spirit in the Soultaker sword.  Plus, Barbara Gordon has identified a citywide system hack from a foe she faced before as Batgirl…but this time around, Babs may have found a way to defeat her for good as Oracle!
• The Joker #2
  by San Johns, James Tyrion IV, Mika Andolfo, and Guillem March.
  Published by DC Comics, 2021.
  As the dust settles on Arkham Asylum and tragic recent events, The Joker is the most wanted man in the world-and powerful forces are lining up around the globe to hunt him…but where exactly is the Clown Price of Crime? Jim Gordon, facing his twilight years haunted by the madman, knows where to start the hunt, and he’s been given the go-ahead to pursue him…but will he be willing to pay the price? And what shocking revelation will Gordon stun Batman with before he departs?  And in the backup story, within the walls of Blackgate Penitentiary, Punchline has become the target of the Queen of Spades from the Royal Flush Gang. It’ll take everything Punchline has just to survive, while on the outside, Bluebird digs deeper into Punchline’s horrific past!

COMICS CORNER | DC UNIVERSE NEW WEEKLY RELEASES October 19, 2021