DC Comics
Shazam: The Monster Society of Evil (Oct., $29.99) by Jeff Smith. The writer-illustrator of the Bone comic book series delivers his first mainstream superhero work.
Wonder Woman: Love and Murder (Nov., $19.99) by Jodi Picoult, art by Terry Dodson et al., explores Wonder Woman’s conflicting identity and unresolved relationship with her dead mother.
DC Comics/Wildstorm
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier (Oct., $29.99) by Alan Moore continues the story of the League as England falls under the control of an iron-fisted regime.
Grand Central Publishing
Shooting War (Nov., $21.99) by Anthony Lappé and Dan Goldman spoofs network news, the war in Iraq and the burgeoning “citizen journalism” movement. Ad/promo. 6-city author tour.