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Preview Monday: AQUAMAN #20 and THE UNWRITTEN #49

Welcome back for another installment of Preview Monday! This week we’re giving you exclusive first looks at AQUAMAN #20 and THE UNWRITTEN #49.

In the aftermath of the conflict between Atlantis and the United States, the Others find themselves in the Arizona desert in an effort to recover a powerful piece Atlantean weaponry. Will they find it before it falls into the wrong hands? And while in their last adventure, the Others lost two members, they gain a new one in issue #20. But what role does this mysterious new character, Sky, have to play and can this woman who walks between the realms of the living and the dead be trusted? Find out when AQUAMAN #20, written by John Ostrander and illustrated by Manuel Garcia, Sandra Hope, Rob Hunter, Ray McCarthy, Wayne Faucher, and Pete Pantazis, surfaces in stores this Wednesday,

Meanwhile, when you find yourself in Hades, the only way out is up! In the third and final chapter of the “Orpheus in the Underworld” arc, Tom must lead Lizzie, Cosi, Leon and his father out of the realm of the dead using one of man’s most tragic tales as his guide. Can Tom deliver a happy ending or is history doomed to repeat itself? Pick up this incredible issue to find out and to get ready for the long-awaited UNWRITTEN FABLES event! Written by Mike Carey with art by Peter Gross and Chris Chuckry, THE UNWRITTEN #49 hits stores this Wednesday.

AQUAMAN, BATGIRL and SWEET TOOTH spotlighted in THE NEW YORK TIMES’ 2012 Graphic Novel Holiday Gift Guide

Last week, we told you about the various DCE titles making the best-of-the-year lists over at AMAZON.COM and BARNES AND NOBLE.

 

Today, we’re pleased to announce that THE NEW YORK TIMES has published their 2012 Holiday Gift Guide, and making the Graphic Novels list was AQUAMAN, VOL. 1: THE TRENCH and BATGIRL, VOL. 1: THE DARKEST REFLECTION.

 

“Two of the best series to emerge from DC Comics’ decision to reintroduce its heroes feature characters that embrace what came before and move forward,” wrote THE NEW YORK TIMES. “In AQUAMAN: THE TRENCH, the writer Geoff Johns is providing the building blocks to make the undersea hero an A-lister, and the artwork by Ivan Reis is magnificent. Over in BATGIRL: THE DARKEST REFLECTION, Gail Simone has returned Barbara Gordon to the cowl, after a miraculous end to her paralysis at the hands of the Joker — though the post-traumatic stress lingers.”  

 

Also mentioned on the list was Jeff Lemire’s SWEET TOOTH, which THE NEW YORK TIMES described as “engrossing.” Click here to check out the full list and congratulations to all!

 

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