Detective Comics #1001
(DC Comics)

After 1,000 issues, you'd think Batman could finally have a break... but no: as a new era dawns, he's facing the most dangerous threat of his career! The Arkham Knight has arrived in Gotham City with an entire round table of deadly allies, and their first encounter will leave Batman shaken to his core!

Batman is making his way to the end of his Knightmares, but his unseen enemy has a few more tricks up his sleeve. It's time once again to stick a knife into the Caped Crusader's broken heart, letting the groom-that-could-have-been peer in on the bachelorette (or should that be Catchelorette?) party that never was. Artist Amanda Conner (Harley Quinn) rejoins the Bat-family for this month's special story-because who else you gonna invite to a shindig like this?

The world at war! Asgard. Alfheim. Heven. Jotunheim. Muspelheim. Niffleheim. Nidavellir. Svartalfheim. Vanaheim. All of the Ten Realms have fallen to Malekith and his army except one: Midgard. Home to Thor’s beloved humans. Home to heroes and gods alike. Now, at last, it burns. And Thor won’t even be there to see it. All hell breaks loose in New York City as Malekith and his allies begin their invasion - and the greatest heroes of the Marvel Universe watch as the Earth falls!

The Justice League pulls back the curtain on their futures and learns that not everything is what they've seen. The team goes to confront the Justice League of Tomorrow for the truth, but can they handle it? Meanwhile, with his powers waning, Superman struggles to remain hopeful on a world with no sunlight.

Hal Jordan's final initiation test to join the Blackstars? Kill Adam Strange! In this issue, Controller Mu and his Blackstar goon squad have invaded and occupied the planet Rann, and its protector is at their mercy! When planet after planet has fallen to the Blackstars-and these monsters are at Rann's gate-does the galaxy have any hope to survive?

The Multiverse is teetering on the brink, and Lex Luthor's Legion of Doom is poised for victory. But as the combined intellects of Brainiac and the world's smartest man make their move toward conquering the keys to the sixth dimension, a much bigger power grows on the horizon. At last, the final form of Perpetua takes her shape, and the DCU will never be the same again!

Hunted part 2. • Kraven's plan begins to unfold in Central Park! • He lets the prey loose and the hunt begins. • But Kraven isn't the hunter this time. Who has Spider-Man in their crosshairs?!

Hunted part 3. Something horrible happened last issue that's galvanized all the villains! Spidey desperately needs to get out of this horrible situation, but there are lives (innocent and otherwise) at stake and... well... he's Spider-Man.

Superman and Superboy venture forth into the cosmos to stop Jor-El before he tips the galaxy into utter chaos. Also, Superman would like to have a word with his father about what happened to his son. All this and the fate of General Zod. The Unity Saga continues in the pages of Superman, named one of the best superhero comics of 2018 by Paste magazine!

Cyclops and the X-Men have set out to save mutantkind... but the Mutant Liberation Front isn't going to just wait for it to happen! Led by one of the X-Men's own, the MLF is willing to do whatever it takes to stop mutant oppression... even kill any mutant who stands in their way...

Captain of Nothing continues! No costume, no shield, trapped behind bars with a thousand villains and killers who'd like nothing more than to see him dead, Steve Rogers fights back - and he can do it all day!

• Once upon a time, Rick Jones was the Hulk's best friend. Now Rick Jones is dead...and gone. • To learn why, Bruce Banner will have to face roaming gamma experiments, an assassin out for his blood... • ...and the one thing that can cage the Immortal Hulk.

Set sail on a ship of the dead! • Conan leaves the land for the life of a pirate! • How did he survive disaster during the most ominous voyage of his life on a ship surrounded by dead men? • And the Crimson Witch's dark plans for King Conan become grimly clear! • Plus: The fifth chapter in the all-new Conan novella Black Starlight, begun in issue #1 of Conan the Barbarian!

How do you fight a giant? Use a bigger giant! Unfortunately, the strongest one Wonder Woman knows hates her guts...so what will Diana have to promise to Dr. Doris Zuel, a.k.a. Giganta, to get her to join the fight against the mythological Titans demolishing Colorado?

The Deathbringers don't know what hit them when all of Carter Hall's past lives descend on the streets of London to defend the planet. With an army of hundreds at his back, Hawkman starts to turn the tide of battle. It's a war for the fate of the universe as these two armies clash!

Wonder Woman and Giganta must stare down the largest Titan that Olympus and the Earth have ever seen... but even if they defeat him, they must answer the question: Can Giganta ever be trusted to use her powers for good? Can Diana get through to her-or do some big bads just get bigger and badder?

Symbiote Spider-Man #1
(Marvel Comics)

Everyone knows that Spider-Man's infamous black suit would someday become the wicked web-slinger called Venom - but what happened before Peter Parker discovered the black suit's sinister secret? Find out in this dynamic tale from comics legends Peter David and Greg Land! Set during the original Black Suit Saga, this is an all-new tale that pits the wall-crawling wonder against that most mystifying of menaces... Mysterio!

The knock-down, drag-out fight you can't miss! Nuclear Man reveals his secret weapon: The X-Man Rogue! It's been years since Rogue stole Carol's powers and memories in a fight that changed Carol forever. Though Carol and Rogue have become somewhat uneasy allies in the years since, a wound like that never fully heals. And now, isolated from her allies and facing her worst nightmare, how far will Carol go to stop history from repeating itself?

Wonder Twins #3
(DC-Wonder Comics)

Exiled from their homeworld and still trying to adjust to life on Earth as normal teenage high school students and interns for the Justice League, Zan and Jayna find themselves attacked in their own home by the League of Annoyance. Now separated and unable to use their amazing powers of transformation, the twins find themselves forced to rely on Zan's new pet monkey Gleek for help-but does the plucky purple primate even like his new owner enough to give a monkey's butt about these young heroes?

The classic Marvel Team-Up returns! • After a science demonstration at Empire State University goes awry, Ms. Marvel and Spider-Man find themselves tangled up in the same chaotic adventure. Is it destiny? Or disaster?! • Eve L. Ewing (Ironheart) and Joey Vazquez (Spider-Geddon) team up for the first thrilling arc of a mind-bending and magnificent new series!