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fullregalia · 4 years ago

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20/20.

This year, in hindsight, was a real write-off. I had grand plans for it, and while I ushered it in in a very low-key manner since I was recovering from the flu, I’d expected things to look up. Well, you know what they say about plans (RIP, my trip to Europe). I got very, very sick in early February, and I’m not entirely sure it wasn’t COVID. Since March, the days have been a carousel of monotony: coffee, run, work, cook, yoga, existential spiral, sleep. My Own Private Year of Rest and Relaxation, if you will. Of course, life has a way of breaking through regardless; I attended protests, completed my thesis, graduated from grad school, took a couple of road trips upstate, and celebrated the accomplishments and birthdays of friends and family from a safe social distance. It was all a bit of a blur, and not ideal circumstances to re-enter the real world, or whatever this COVID-present is.

Throughout it all, in lieu of happy hours, coffee dates, and panel discussions, I’ve turned even more to culture and cuisine to fill the the negative space on my calendar where my social life once resided. However, since a global pandemic ought not to disrupt every tradition, here’s my year-end round up of what made this terrible one slightly more tolerable.

After an ascetic fall semester abstaining from TV in 2019 (save for my beloved Succession), I allowed myself to watch more as the year wore on, and especially after graduation. I caught up on some cultural blind spots by finally getting around to The Sopranos, Ramy, Search Party, and Girlfriends. I wasn’t alone in bingeing Sopranos, it absolutely lived up to the hype and then some; this Jersey Girl can’t get enough gabagool-adjacent content, pizzeria culture is my culture!

Speaking of my culture, there was also a disproportionate amount of UK and European shows in my queue. Nothing like being in social isolation and watching the horny Irish teens in Normal People brood. I’m partial to it because I share a surname with the showrunner, so I have to embrace blind loyalty even though there was, in my opinion, a Marianne problem in the casting. Speaking of charming Irish characters with limited emotional vocabularies, I belatedly discovered This Way Up a 2019 show from Aisling Bea and Sharon Horgan. And while Connell and Marianne are actually exceptional students, I found the real normal people on GBBO to bring me a bit more joy. Baking was abundantly therapeutic for me this year, and watching charming people drink loads of tea and fret over soggy bottoms was a comfort. I also discovered the Great Pottery Throw Down, and as a lifelong ceramics enthusiast, I cannot recommend it highly enough if you care about things like slips, coils, and glazing techniques. GPTD embraces wabi sabi in a way that GBBO eschews flaws in favor of perfection, and in a time of uncertainty, the former reminded me why I miss getting my hands in the mud as a coping mechanism (hence all the baking). Speaking of coping mechanisms, like everybody else with two eyes and an HBO password, I loved Michaela Cole’s I May Destroy You; though we’ve all had enough distress this year for a lifetime, watching Cole’s Arabella process her assault and search for meaning, justice, and closure was a compelling portrait of grief and purpose in the aftermath of trauma. Arabella’s creative and patient friends Kwame and Terry steal the show throughout, as they deal with their own setbacks and emotional turmoil. Where I May Destroy You provides catharsis, Ted Lasso presents British eccentricity in all its stereotypical glory. At first I was skeptical of the show’s hype on Twitter, but once I gave in it charmed me, if only for Roy Kent’s emotional trajectory and extolling the restorative powers of shortbread. For a more accurate depiction of life in London, Steve McQueen’s series Small Axe provides a visually lush and politically clear-eyed depiction of the lives of British West Indians in the 60s, 70s, and 80s. Lastly, how could I get through a recap of my year in tv if I don’t mention The Crown. Normal People may have needed an intimacy coordinator, but the number of Barbours at Balmoral was the real phonographic content for me.

Turning my attention across the Channel, after the trainwreck that was Emily in Paris, I started watching a proper French show, Call My Agent! It’s truly delightful, and unlike the binge-worthy format of "ambient shows” I have been really relishing taking an hour each week to watch CMA, subtitles, cigarettes, and all.

Honorable mention: The Last Dance for its in-depth look at many notable former Chicago residents; High Fidelity for reminding me of the years in college when my brother and I would drive around listening to Beta Band; and Big Mouth.

Music

My Spotify wrapped this year was a bit odd. I don‘t think “Chromatica II into 911″ is technically a song, so it revealed other things about my listening habits this year, which turned out to remain very much stuck in the last, sonically. I listened to a lot more podcasts than new music this year, but there were some records that found their way into heavy rotation. While I listened to a lot of classics both old and new to write my thesis (Paul Simon, Leonard Cohen, Prokofiev, and Bach) the soundtrack to my coursework, runs, walks, and editing was more contemporary. Standouts include:

Saint Cloud by Waxahatchee, which makes me feel like I’m breathing fresh air even when I’m stuck inside all day

La Bella Vita by Niia, which was there for me when I walked past my ex on 7th avenue (twice!) and he pretended that I didn’t exist

Fetch the Bolt Cutters by THEE Fiona Apple, because Fiona, our social distancing queen, has always been my Talmud, her songs shimmering, evolving, and living with me every year

Shore by Fleet Foxes, for the long drive to the Catskills

Women in Music, Pt. III by HAIM, because these days, these days...

Musicians have been reckoning with tumult this year as much as the rest of us, and the industry has dealt with loss on all fronts. I’d be remiss not to talk about how the passing of John Prine brought his music into my life, and McCoy Tyner, who has been a companion through good and bad over the years.

Honorable mention to: græ by Moses Sumney; The Main Thing by Real Estate; on the tender spot of every calloused moment by Ambrose Akinmusire; Punisher by Phoebe Bridgers; folklore by you know who; and songs by Adrianne Lenker.

Reading

What would this overlong blob be without a list of the best things I read this year? While I left publishing temporarily, books, the news, and newsletters still took up a majority of my attention (duh and/or doomscrolling by any other name). I can’t be comprehensive, and frankly, there are already great roundups of the best longform this year out there, so this is mostly books and praising random writers.

Last year I wrote about peak newsletter. Apparently, my prediction was a bit premature as this year saw an even bigger Substack Boom. But two new newsletters in particular have delighted me: Aminatou Sow’s Crème de la Crème and Hunter Harris’ Hung Up (her ”this one line” series is true force of chaotic good on Blue Ivy’s internet). Relatedly, Sow and Ann Friedman’s Big Friendship was gifted to me by a dear friend and another bff and I are going to read it in tandem next week.

On the “Barack Obama published a 700+ page memoir, crippling the printing industry’s supply chains” front, grad school severely hamstrung my ability to read for pleasure, but I managed to get through almost 30 books this year, some old (Master and Margarita), most new-ish (Say Nothing, Nickel Boys). Four 2020 books in particular enthralled me:

Uncanny Valley: Anna Wiener’s memoir has been buzzed about since n+1 published her essay of the same name in 2016. Her ability to see, clear-eyed, the industry for both its foibles and allure captured that era when the excess and solipsism of the Valley seemed more of a cultural quirk than the harbinger of societal schism.

Transcendent Kingdom: Yaa Gyasi’s novel about faith, family, loss, and--naturally--grad school was deeply empathetic, relatable, and moving. I think this was my favorite book of the year. Following the life of a Ghanaian family that settles in Alabama, it captured the kind of emotional ennui that comes from having one foot in the belief of childhood and one foot in the bewilderment that comes from losing faith in the aftermath of tragedy.

Vanishing Half: Similarly to Transcendent Kingdom, Brit Bennett’s novel about siblings who are separated; it’s also about the ways that colorism can be internalized and the ways chosen family can (and cannot) replace your real kin. It was a compassionate story that captured the pain of abuse and abandonment in two pages in a way that Hanya Yanagihara couldn’t do in 720.

Dessert Person: Ok, so this is a cookbook, but it’s a good read, and the recipes are approachable and delicious. After all the BA Test Kitchen chaos this summer, it’s nice we didn’t have to cancel Claire. Make the thrice baked rye cookies!!!! You will thank me later.

Honorable mention goes to: Leave The World Behind for hitting the Severance/Station Eleven dystopian apocalypse novel sweet spot; Exciting Times for reminding me why I liked Sally Rooney; and Summer by Ali Smith, which wasn’t the strongest of the seasonal quartet, but was a series I enjoyed for two years.

Podcasts

I’m saving my most enthusiastic section for last: ever since 2018, I’ve been listening to an embarrassing amount of podcasts. Moving into a studio apartment will do that to you, as will grad school, add a pandemic to that equation and there’s a lot of time to fill with what has sort of become white noise to me (or, in one case, nice white parents noise). In addition to the shows that I’ve written about before (Still Processing, Popcast, Who? Weekly, and Why is This Happening?), these are the shows I started listening to this year that fueled my parasocial fire:

You’re Wrong About: If you like history, hate patriarchy, and are a millennial, you’ll love Sarah Marshall and Michael Hobbes’ deep dives into the most notable stories of the past few decades (think Enron and Princess Diana) and also some other cultural flashpoints that briefly but memorably shaped the national discourse (think Terri Schiavo, Elian González, and the Duke Lacrosse rape case).

Home Cooking: This mini series started (and ended) during the pandemic. As someone who stress baked her way through the past nine months, Samin Nosrat and Hrishikesh Hirway’s show is filled with warmth, banter, and useful advice. Home Cooking has been a reassuring companion in the kitchen, and even though it will be a time capsule once we’re all vaccinated and close talking again, it’s still worth a listen for tips and inspiration while we’re hunkered down for the time being.

How Long Gone: I don’t really know how to explain this other than saying that media twitter broke my brain and enjoying Chris Black and Jason Stewart’s ridiculous banter is the price I pay for it.

Blank Check: Blank Check is like the GBBO of podcasts--Griffin Newman and David Sims’ enthusiasm for and encyclopedic knowledge of film, combined with their hilarious guests and inevitable cultural tangents is always a welcome distraction. Exploring a different film from a director’s oeuvre each week over the course of months, the podcast delves into careers and creative decisions with the passion of completists who want to honor the filmmaking process even when the finished products end up falling short. The Nancy Meyers and Norah Ephron series were favorites because I’d seen most of the movies, but I also have been enjoying the Robert Zemeckis episodes they’re doing right now. The possibility of Soderbergh comes up often (The Big Picture just did a nice episode about/with him), and I’d love to hear them talk about his movies or Spike Lee (or, obviously, Martin Scorsese).

Odds & Ends

If you’re still reading this, you’re a real one, so let’s get into the fun stuff. This was a horrible way to start a new decade, but at least we ended our long national nightmare. We got an excellent dumb twitter meme. I obviously made banana bread, got into home made nut butters, and baked an obscene amount of granola as I try to manifest a future where I own a Subaru Outback. Amanda Mull answered every question I had about Why [Insert Quarantine Trend] Happens. My brother started an organization that is working to eliminate food insecurity in LA. Discovering the Down Dog app allowed me to stay moderately sane, despite busting both of my knees in separate stupid falls on the criminally messed up sidewalks and streets of Philadelphia. I can’t stop burning these candles. Jim Carrey confused us all. We have a Jewish Second Gentleman! Grub Street Diets continued to spark joy. Dolly Parton remains America’s Sweetheart (and possible vaccine savior). And, last, but certainly not least: no one still knows how to pronounce X Æ A-12 Boucher-Musk.

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junker-town · 6 years ago

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Giannis is taking over the NBA, one playoff game at a time

MILWAUKEE — More than any young player in the game today, Giannis Antetokounmpo is staking his claim as the Next One in the great player lineage. He not only possesses the requisite combination of awesome talent and extreme competitiveness, he also has the rare gift of an easy, unforced charisma.

Antetokounmpo exudes both joy and unrelenting passion in his work. There is nothing dour about his persona, no great weight of the world resting upon his broad shoulders. Perhaps that’s still to come. Or perhaps we are witnessing his take over in real time with events happening too fast to even put it into proper context.

Consider Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals, which was over a few minutes after it began. On the game’s first possession, Antetokounmpo rebounded his own miss and threw down a vicious two-handed dunk. On the second, he blocked Toronto’s Marc Gasol into oblivion. On the third, Giannis got loose for yet another dunk. And a few plays later, he kicked it out to Nikola Mirotic for a wide-open 3-pointer.

Over four possessions in the span of two and half minutes, Giannis imposed his will on the game and left no doubt that the Bucks were heading to Toronto with a 2-0 series lead. He showed it all in those opening minutes: the rim-rattling dunks, the imposing deterrent at the basket, and the crafty passing that has taken his game to an entirely new level.

“To script those first three possessions — and the blocked shot, to me, is the one that stands out,” said Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer said. ��I think when Giannis is active and protecting the paint, protecting the rim — he plays so hard. He lays it all on the line all the time.”

That, right there, is the essence of Giannis. He is not waiting his turn or asking for permission. Instead, he is taking this postseason and making it his own. Just as he did during the regular season when he led the Bucks to the best record in the league en route to what looks like the first of many Most Valuable Player seasons.

In the aftermath of yet another tour-de-force performance that featured 30 points, 17 rebounds, and five assists there was still a feeling that we still haven’t seen the best of what he can offer. Like, this dude is only scratching the surface of a potential so vast that it belies description or even categorization.

“I’m beyond fortunate to have Giannis,” Budenholzer said. “He’s incredible, and then you’re like, I think he can be even better. The great part about Giannis is he wants to be better. We’re coaching him and we’re on him. We think he can be doing more, and he just soaks it up. It’s just so unique to have a player like that that just wants to be great and you feel like he has more, and yet he’s been phenomenal. You can’t say enough good things about Giannis.”

Throughout NBA history there has been a well established protocol for any young player seeking to ascend to the pantheon of the immortals. First, there is the phenom stage when everyone marvels at the talent and dreams impossible dreams. Giannis enjoyed an extended version of this honeymoon phase because he arrived before us so raw, and so unknown.

Then, there is the reckoning, when playoff disappointments are tabulated and the challenge reveals itself. That’s where weaknesses are magnified and improvements become mandatory.

This is the path that Michael Jordan and LeBron James took. For MJ, it was developing a post game and learning to trust his teammates. For LeBron, it was adding a jump shot and understanding the proper balance between facilitating and domination.

On rare occasions, the struggle comes after the validation. Think Magic Johnson filling in for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as a rookie and leading the Lakers past the 76ers in the 1980 Finals. Or Larry Bird winning a championship in his second season. Both players had to deal with post-championship fallout before reaching their prime years.

Antetokounmpo lies at the crossroads of those two journeys. Having absorbed the lessons of three first-round exits in the relative anonymity of low-key expectations, his Bucks are now two wins away from reaching the Finals. It’s a sudden turn of events that’s actually six years in the making, but it’s still staggering to consider how far he’s come in his career.

A setback, even at this stage, would set him on the familiar course established by LeBron and MJ. Winning it all would cast his trajectory into unchartered territory. However you want to frame it, Giannis has arrived as a force to be reckoned with for the next decade.

His emergence comes at a pivotal time for the league as it transitions from what could be the final act of the Warrior dynasty along with the latter stages of LeBron’s career. If these playoffs were first shrouded in uncertainty without LeBron’s immense star power, they have instead turned into a showcase for Antetokounmpo’s sublime gifts.

His talent is as undeniable as it is evolutionary. Like LeBron, he can do things that players his size would have never even considered, let alone attempted. Whether it’s getting to the basket with two giant strides from the mid-court line or flying in for a chasedown block, Giannis is good for a handful of transcendent players each night that leave you shaking your head in awe.

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Giannis Antetokounmpo shoots the ball as LeBron James and Russell Westbrook defend during the 2018 NBA All-Star Game at Staples Center.

As Toronto’s Pascal Siakam put it, “Giannis is Giannis. I don’t think there’s anybody like him.”

What has separated him this postseason is his patience. Still just 24 years old, he plays with a poise and purpose that belies his age and experience. Consider the obvious hole in his game, which is the lack of a reliable jump shot. That may still come, and when it does, “We’re f--ked,” as a scout put it before the game. And by ‘we,’ he means the whole league.

Yet, Giannis has come up with a counter, which is reading the defense and making the right play. With shooters spread all over the court, his ability and willingness to kick it to open teammates out of double and triple teams is just as effective as doing it all himself. In fact, it’s even better since it involves every one of his teammates who have proven to be elite role players.

Some of Antetokounmpo’s most impressive work during the playoffs has come from elevating others. One night it’s Brook Lopez. The next it’s Malcolm Brogdon or Ersan Ilyasova. Playing with Giannis is a Podium Game waiting to happen for whoever has the hot hand. That’s the genius of the Bucks roster, and that was the message Coach Bud imparted to him before the season.

“That’s one of the things that Bud told me the first time we met,” Antetokounmpo said. “He told me, ‘You can be good. We know that. But how can we make your teammates be effective?’”

After the Bucks only loss of the postseason against Boston, Giannis set the tone by not taking the bait and trying to do it all by himself. Instead, he made the right passes and his teammates thrived. In the opener of the Eastern Conference finals, his 24-and-14 seemed ordinary by his standards. Yet, his effort was underscored by an understanding that trying to do too much would be detrimental to his team’s performance.

“This is the beauty of basketball,” Antetokounmpo said. “This is the beauty of our team, that we trust one another.”

And then there’s the competitiveness. Tales of his late night workouts are legendary, so much so that Budenholzer noted off handedly that it wouldn’t be a bad thing if he toned some of it down and allowed his body more time to rest and recover. There’s a balance that comes with age, but Giannis has the one thing you can’t teach, which is internal drive.

“It’s elite,” Budenholzer said. “There’s a lot of good players. There’s a lot of talent in this league. I think there’s a lot of great competitors in this league. And then there’s others that competitiveness just is on that next level. And it just stands out to you when you talk to him, when you watch him work and practice. He wants to win. And the great thing about him is, I think he’s happy when his teammates succeed. He’s happy when others are playing well, and he just — he’s all about winning.”

He’s all about winning.

Those four words are the ultimate compliment in this league. Beyond the glitz and glamour, it’s that drive to win that separates the great talents from the truly elite. This is what Giannis is delivering night after night and this is what we’ve come to expect. It’s all happening right now before our very eyes. Ready or not, the future of the league is here and he’s not waiting his turn.

Say What?!

“This is just one more positive chip at this point, and if Anthony Davis is trying to decide if he can trust if we can build a winner, I hope we can build evidence of that day after day. And if AD wants to be part of that, wonderful. And if he doesn’t buy into what we’re trying to do, that’s okay too. This isn’t something for me that’s answered in a conversation. The answer is revealed over a period of time.”

—David Griffin after the Pelicans landed the top pick.

Reaction: Count me among those who will be shocked if Griff can convince AD to sign that supermax extension, but if winning the lottery moves the needle ever so slightly then it’s worth trying.

“I can’t remember. When he had 33 in the second half, were they trapping then? They were? And he scored 33 in the second half? OK. Yeah, we’ll look at that.”

—Blazers coach Terry Stotts

Reaction: Terry Stotts has wrung solid defensive teams during his tenure by dropping his big man into the paint and taking away the rim. That doesn’t work against Steph Curry. Stotts is no fool and he adjusted his coverages in Game 2.

“I talk about it all the time, so I blame you guys for not exposing it more. I don’t know. I think Klay gets lost in the shuffle a little bit around here just because we’ve got Steph and K.D., two MVPs, past MVPs. Draymond gets a lot of attention, as he should. He’s an All-Star player, and he’s kind of the emotional heartbeat of our team. Klay just kind of blends in sometimes. But you ask any coach around the league, he’s one of the most respected players in the game because of his ability to play both ends.”

—Golden State coach Steve Kerr on Klay Thompson

Reaction: Kerr has a point. There have been times over the years when I’ve had a vote — whether it’s for All-Star or All-NBA or All-Defense — when I’ve thought about Klay and then voted for someone else whose impact seems a little bit greater because they don’t have so much talent around them. Honestly, that does him a great disservice.

“When they got Draymond with the ball in his hands and Steph and Klay moving around, coming off screens, you got to go to the ball because those guys shoot so well and once Draymond gets it, somebody has to step up and he’s great about making the next play. You know, one guy is getting a lot of attention and you’ve got to find somebody who can get the ball and then make the next play because it’s basically four-on-three. He’s just really good at it.”

—Portland guard Damian Lillard.

Reaction: My favorite thing about the playoffs has been the resurrection of the Steph-Draymond pick-and-roll. Obligatory note that enjoying the way the Warriors play without Kevin Durant does not make them ‘better’ without KD.

“I think you have to as a player. You know, we can’t sit and look over our shoulder and say, “Hey, man, when is K going to be back.” We just got to play with whatever we got.”

—Draymond Green on Kevin Durant’s absence.

Reaction: Players are way better than everyone else at contextualizing things like injuries and not worrying about them. Seems like a good life lesson.

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Consumable NBA thoughts

It’s been a while since a lottery affected the course of NBA history the way this one did. Here are five thoughts on the ping pong balls, or whatever it is they use now.

The lottery gods love Griff

In addition to being an astute executive, David Griffin has a lock on lottery luck. He’s been with teams that grabbed the top overall pick in 2011, 2013, 2014, and now 2019. OK, so one of those picks became legendary bust Anthony Bennett, but Griff used those other choices to draft Kyrie Irving and Andrew Wiggins (who he turned into Kevin Love.) There’s been some talk about how the Pels don’t deserve the top pick since they squandered Anthony Davis’ first years, but that’s not how this works?

The lottery gods also looked kindly on Memphis

The Grizzlies took some heat from the basketball nihilism wing for actually trying down the stretch. Turns out that effort was rewarded with the second overall pick. Take that nihilists! That choice should be Murray State phenom Ja Morant. That, in turn, will make trading Mike Conley a little bit easier to justify. Good for the Grizz. Tanking is overrated. Trying is good for the soul.

This isn’t that bad an outcome for the Knicks

It’s very New York to be disappointed with only getting the third pick in a lottery in which Phoenix and Cleveland tumbled out of the top four. Sure, missing out on a chance to draft Zion Williamson is a tough beat, but the Knicks will still have control over the draft once Zion and Morant go 1-2. Considering Memphis won’t get into the Anthony Davis sweepstakes, the Knicks have the best trade asset in this draft. Is that enough to get AD? Maybe, maybe not, but it might get you someone else, should you decide to move the pick. The Knicks have options. That’s a good thing!

The Lakers have to decide what kind of team they want to be

Los Angeles went into this draft looking at a late lottery choice and wound up with the fourth pick. That gives them four top-four picks in the last five years, which should have been enough to construct a vibrant young roster. They messed up with D’Angelo Russell and arguably goofed by going with Lonzo Ball over Jayson Tatum and De’Aaron Fox. (It’s early yet, so we’ll reserve full judgment.) The larger issue is that developing young talent doesn’t go hand-in-hand with an enjoyable LeBron James experience. So, what it will be? Feels like a decision is necessary.

The lottery changes worked

By leveling out the odds at the top of the lottery, the NBA gave less of an incentive for teams to tank. And by expanding the draw to the top four picks, it allowed for a team like the Lakers to move up to four providing a further degree of volatility. We’ll never have a perfect system, but this was an improvement on the old way of doing things. Hooray for progress.

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theconservativebrief · 6 years ago

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As soon as Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement after 31 years on the Supreme Court, picking his replacement immediately became one of Donald Trump’s most important acts as president. Kennedy is a center-right figure who is solidly conservative on most business and First Amendment cases but strongly pro-gay rights and cautiously supportive of reproductive rights. His replacement is sure to be a more doctrinaire conservative along the lines of Neil Gorsuch, Trump’s first pick for the Court.

Unusually, Trump has been releasing shortlists of candidates he’d consider for the Court ever since the presidential campaign. His current list, issued in November 2017 in the aftermath of Gorsuch’s appointment, has 25 names. It’s largely a list of solidly conservative options who’d be on most Republican nominees’ shortlists for the Court.

Not all 25 are likely to make it very far in Trump’s vetting. Prediction markets can help us winnow down the list. The following nine people are listed on PredictIt as having the best odds of being tapped by Trump to replace the departing Kennedy. They are listed according to their ranking as of Wednesday at 9 pm Eastern.

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Current position: Federal appellate judge (DC Circuit Court of Appeals)

Why Trump picked him: Brett Kavanaugh has about as long and high-profile a record in Republican legal circles as anyone on this list. A former clerk to Anthony Kennedy, as well as appellate judges Alex Kozinski and Walter Stapleton, he represented Cuban child Elian Gonzalez pro bono during the conservative battle to keep him from returning to Cuba, and was one of the George W. Bush campaign’s lawyers in the Florida recount.

Before that, though, Kavanaugh was a protegé of Kenneth Starr, whom he served both in the solicitor general’s office under George H.W. Bush and as independent counsel during the investigation into the Clinton family’s Whitewater real estate deal. He was a principal author of the Starr Report, which detailed Bill Clinton’s affair with Monica Lewinsky and misrepresentations of that affair in sworn testimony.

“As a prosecutor, Kavanaugh set a bracing literary standard (‘On all nine of those occasions, the President fondled and kissed her bare breasts…’),” the New Yorker’s Jeffrey Toobin recalled in 2012, “but his work as a judge may be even more startling.” Toobin cites Kavanaugh’s opinion on the DC Circuit when considering a constitutional challenge to the Affordable Care Act:

[A]ccording to Kavanaugh, even if the Supreme Court upholds the law this spring, a President Santorum, say, could refuse to enforce ACA because he “deems” the law unconstitutional. That, to put the matter plainly, is not how it works. Courts, not Presidents, “deem” laws unconstitutional, or uphold them. “It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is,” Chief Justice John Marshall wrote in Marbury v. Madison, in 1803, and that observation, and that case, have served as bedrocks of American constitutional law ever since. Kavanaugh, in his decision, wasn’t interpreting the Constitution; he was pandering to the base.

It’s hardly his only stridently conservative opinion on the DC Circuit. In a profile for Ozy, Daniel Malloy notes, “Kavanaugh this year declared that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is unconstitutional, given the agency’s independence and unitary structure, and he has voted repeatedly to slap back aggressive regulations from Barack Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency.”

At the same time, Kavanaugh knows how to do the DC song and dance of pretending not to believe what he clearly believes on key questions of jurisprudence. He told senators during his confirmation hearings that he’d respect precedent on abortion and declined to share his views on Roe v. Wade. But there’s little doubt that he’d be a doctrinaire conservative on the Supreme Court, and one with a strong belief in presidential power, similar to Samuel Alito.

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Current position: Federal appellate judge (Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals)

Why Trump picked her: Amy Coney Barrett, only 46, is relatively new to the bench; her first appointment came from Trump in 2017. She only got her commission last November. But Clarence Thomas was barely on the circuit court for a year when he was elevated to the Supreme Court, and there’s no reason Barrett couldn’t follow in his footsteps.

A clerk to conservative appellate Judge Laurence Silberman as well as Antonin Scalia, and a longtime professor at her alma mater Notre Dame Law School, Barrett’s confirmation hearings earned headlines due to a controversial line of questioning from Democratic Sens. Dick Durbin (IL) and Dianne Feinstein (CA), who asked her repeatedly about her Catholic faith. Durbin asked, “Do you consider yourself an orthodox Catholic?” while Feinstein commented, “When you read your speeches, the conclusion one draws is that the dogma lives loudly within you.”

Liberal groups, while not defending the precise questioning, highlighted some of her writing on questions of Catholic faith and constitutional interpretation as concerning, noting a piece she co-authored that rejected Justice William Brennan’s argument that Catholic judges should always hold the Constitution as more important than their religious faith. In her confirmation hearing for the Seventh Circuit, Barrett asserted that these were her co-author’s views, not her own.

Barrett also argued that the birth control benefit in the Affordable Care Act impinges on religious liberty, argues that cases like Roe v. Wade might not need to stand as precedents if future courts judge them to be wrongly decided, and has explicitly asserted that the “original public meaning” of the Constitution must be upheld, even though that “adherence to originalism arguably requires, for example, the dismantling of the administrative state, the invalidation of paper money, and the reversal of Brown v. Board of Education.”

Barrett was ultimately confirmed with only three Democrats (Joe Manchin, Joe Donnelly, and Tim Kaine) voting in favor. But an elevation to the Supreme Court would force a much larger dispute about what, exactly, she believes the original meaning of the Constitution requires.

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Current position: Federal appellate judge (Third Circuit Court of Appeals)

Why Trump picked him: Donald Trump’s been known to say that “the police in our country do not get respect.” That is assuredly not Thomas Hardiman’s fault.

On the Third Circuit, Hardiman has consistently sided with law enforcement against defendants and inmates. He ruled that a policy of strip-searching jail inmates didn’t violate the Fourth Amendment’s protections against unreasonable search (an opinion the Supreme Court upheld). He’s also written, in dissent, that the First Amendment does not give citizens the right to tape police — something with which every state in the union currently disagrees.

Hardiman’s pre-judicial career is full of the kinds of things liberals and Democrats don’t like: He donated to Republican candidates before being appointed to the bench (something that is neither illegal nor, to most legal experts, a big deal), and he represented plenty of political clients and political cases while he was in private practice. Most of this is insignificant: Just like it’s a defense lawyer’s job to defend murderers, it’s a civil lawyer’s job to defend companies accused of discrimination.

But it’s ironic that one of Hardiman’s most high-profile cases was a housing discrimination suit against a company accused of conspiring to keep out low-income clients — given that the president who might appoint him to the Supreme Court, early in his own career, settled a housing discrimination suit of his own against the federal government.

Perhaps most relevant to Hardiman’s chances, though, is that he was reportedly Trump’s second choice after Neil Gorsuch to replace Antonin Scalia. Despite his conservative record, grassroots right-wing activists freaked out when his name was floated, arguing he could be a stealth liberal (the evidence for this was shockingly weak). Perhaps, then, second time’s the charm?

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Current position: Federal appellate judge (Sixth Circuit)

Why Trump picked him: Thapar was a US attorney turned district court judge appointed by George W. Bush when Trump first floated him as a Supreme Court candidate in September 2016. But district court judges are almost never elevated directly to the Supreme Court (the last person to make that jump was Edward Terry Sanford in 1923), and so nominating him for a circuit court was a natural stepping stone for an eventual Thapar Supreme Court bid.

Brian Fitzpatrick of Vanderbilt Law, who researches federal courts, told Bloomberg BNA that Thapar was ”very Scalia-like and Thomas-like” in his jurisprudence. The liberal group Demand Justice has, accordingly, already mobilized to stop his prospective nomination. They highlight a 2016 decision in which he ruled that a Kentucky state prohibition on political contributions by judges violated the First Amendment; his judgment was later overturned by the Sixth Circuit, which argued the restriction furthered a “compelling interest in preventing the appearance that judicial candidates are no different from other elected officials when it comes to quid pro quo politics.”

The left-wing Alliance for Justice highlights five other decisions sure to come up should Thapar be nominated, including one where he ruled that a male employee alleging a male coworker sexually harassed him had to provide “credible evidence that the harasser was homosexual,” and another where he imposed harsh sentences on antiwar activists, including a nun, for an anti-nuclear protest that he alleged threatened national security (their convictions were later overturned).

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Current position: Federal appellate judge (Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals)

Why Trump picked him: Raymond Kethledge appears to be the kind of judge who very much enjoys telling people why they’re wrong.

In 2014, he wrote an opinion upholding the use of credit checks to screen potential employees at Kaplan, a for-profit education firm, defending the company from an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) lawsuit. The opinion noted, pointedly, that use of credit checks was permitted by the EEOC’s own hiring guidelines — an act of gotcha jiujitsu that was praised by the Wall Street Journal. More recently, in a case involving the IRS’s alleged persecution of conservative political groups, Kethledge forcefully ordered the agency to turn over information — and rejected the tactic it had tried to use in its defense as an “extraordinary remedy” not appropriate for a suit like this.

But if you’re picturing Kethledge as a mini Scalia, all flashy rhetoric and black-and-white conservative principle, you’re off the mark. He was a Senate Judiciary Committee staffer under Michigan Republican Spencer Abraham in the 1990s, but Abraham, while a founder of the Federalist Society, was also a pro-immigration Arab American who lost (to Debbie Stabenow) after being attacked as a terrorist sympathizer. And during his confirmation hearings before the committee in 2003, he emphasized his pro bono work with criminal defendants and low-income residents trying to keep their homes.

A 2013 Kethledge opinion, which is already being cited outside his home circuit, says “there are good reasons not to call an opponent’s argument ‘ridiculous’” — not the least of which, he elaborates, is that you might be wrong. It’s hard to imagine hearing that sentiment from Scalia — or from the president now offering to appoint Kethledge to the highest court in the land.

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Current position: Federal appellate judge (Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals)

Why Trump picked her: Judicial conservatives have historically believed in a restrained executive. Donald Trump very much does not.

Then again, neither did President George W. Bush. So Trump could do worse than to appoint someone who worked in the Office of Legal Counsel during Bush’s administration — and wrote one of the legal memos on which he based his administration’s activities in the early days of the war on terror.

Joan Larsen was a deputy assistant US attorney general from 2002 to 2003. While that’s the period during which the Office of Legal Counsel (led by John Yoo) churned out memos authorizing waterboarding and other forms of torture, Larsen claims she didn’t have the security clearance to know anything about those. She did, however, write a memo about indefinite detention — one that still hasn’t been released to the American Civil Liberties Union, despite a lawsuit.

Larsen has some experience in the judicial branch: She was a clerk for Antonin Scalia himself before going to the executive branch. (After his death, she wrote a eulogy for the New York Times in which she said her proudest moment was persuading him “that a criminal defendant should win a case that none of the justices originally thought he should win.”) She was appointed by Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) to the state’s Supreme Court in 2015. Between the two, she taught constitutional and criminal law at the University of Michigan and served as counsel to the dean.

Her tenure in the Bush White House didn’t sink Trump’s nomination of her to Sixth Circuit in 2017, to which she was confirmed by a 60 to 38 vote (with both Michigan Democrats voting yes). But it will be newly relevant if she is nominated to replace Kennedy.

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Current position: State Supreme Court justice (Georgia)

Why Trump picked her: Grant, 40, was appointed to the Georgia Supreme Court in 2017 by Republican Governor Nathan Deal. She’s since been offered a promotion of sorts: Trump tapped her as a judge for the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. She faced a relatively uneventful Judiciary Committee hearing in May — though her confirmation is currently caught up in Sen. Jeff Flake’s (R-AZ) fight on tariffs.

Grant is one of the younger of Trump’s potential nominees, but, based on her resume, she’s a reliably conservative, Federalist Society card-carrying justice. She worked in the George W. Bush White House on the Domestic Policy Counsel, did a stint at the white-shoe Kirkland & Ellis LLP as an associate, and clerked for Kavanaugh.

Her judicial resume is a bit thin for Supreme Court territory, though the bulk of her litigation experience comes from her time as Georgia’s solicitor general from 2015 to 2017, and before that, her work as the counsel for legal policy in the Office of the Georgia Attorney General. Liberal groups have objected to Grant for her work on amicus briefs in politically charged Supreme Court cases, including Shelby County v. Holder, regarding the Voting Rights Act, which Grant said she “edited and reviewed.”

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Current position: United States Senator (Utah)

Why Trump picked him: It might not seem surprising that Donald Trump would put the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution on his Supreme Court long list. But back in 2016, when Donald Trump put out the first edition of the judge list, Lee was very much not on it.

Lee, stung by Trump’s treatment of his close friend Ted Cruz during the Republican primary, went on rants against Trump during the presidential campaign — and even called for Trump to stand aside after the Access Hollywood tape was released.

After all that, it’s somewhat surprising that Trump is willing to give Lee the time of day, much less consider him for a Court spot. But Lee, like most congressional Republicans, has tamped down his criticism substantially since Trump became president. He’s criticized Trump’s comments after Charlottesville and about “shithole countries,” but praised, for the most part, the president’s actions.

Trump isn’t just nominating Lee for partisan reasons, either. After all, the man wrote a book about the Constitution. Lee is more comfortable in conservative legal circles than most senators, and frames his opposition to progressive legislation or regulation in terms of the constitutional commitment to federalism and a limited national government.

Lee’s constitutionalism has given him something of a civil-libertarian streak: he’s cautiously supportive of sentencing reform; he has attacked both Obama and Trump for engaging in military action without authorization; and his book attacks the National Security Agency’s use of widespread surveillance. That isn’t likely to jibe with a president who doesn’t appear to appreciate any limitations to his power.

But he has plenty of admirers among Washington conservatives. As Vox’s Jane Coaston wrote, “Conservatives reacting to Wednesday’s announcement of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement already have a popular choice for his replacement: Sen. Mike Lee.”

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Current position: Federal appellate judge (Eleventh Circuit)

Why Trump picked him: Pryor has been on Trump’s shortlist since a GOP primary debate in February 2016, where he came up as an example of the kind of justice Trump would like to appoint. Pryor, 54, has among the highest profiles of the judges on this list — due to his starring role in the 2005 showdown between President Bush and Senate Democrats over judicial appointments.

He was initially nominated in 2003 and faced fierce opposition for his unusually strident and blunt recitation of conservative dogma. Asked about a statement he made calling Roe v. Wade “the worst abomination in the history of constitutional law,” Pryor said, “I stand by that comment. I believe that not only is [Roe] unsupported by the text and structure of the Constitution, but it has led to a morally wrong result. It has led to the slaughter of millions of innocent unborn children.”

He also, as attorney general of Alabama, wrote an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to uphold laws banning sodomy and, in the words of Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI), “equated private, consensual sexual activity between homosexuals to prostitution, adultery, necrophilia, bestiality, incest and pedophilia.” He also purposely rescheduled a family trip to Disney World to avoid attending during “Gay Day,” lest his children see gay people enjoying theme park rides.

Pryor eventually got a recess appointment to the 11th Circuit in February 2004, and was finally officially confirmed in 2005 as part of the “Gang of 14” compromise. In his position he’s mostly been a doctrinaire conservative, the most notable exception being a ruling arguing that discrimination against trans people violates the Equal Protection Clause.

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We’re back with another installment in our ongoing fan casting series, Canon Casting! If you’re unfamiliar, we take a canon, non-film project, assign a budget to it, and cast it! Aside from our podcast, Canon Casting gets the most feedback from fans and we are so stoked you guys like them! For today’s update, I am going to keep it short and sweet, and fan cast a novel that flies under the radar for most fans, but one that is among the best – Battlefront: Twilight Company! If you’re unfamiliar with Canon Casting, here’s how it works:

We tackle a non-film project and fan cast it – with a few rules. Actors have to be alive, and age appropriate. So, in other words, you can’t cast an actor who’s passed away, even if it means a recast. Same deal with not being able to ‘time travel’ to find the perfect actor – no, Marlon Brando isn’t available… Lastly, if one of my current or previous Canon Casting choices actually gets cast in an official Star Wars film, I have to recast them. Yes, it happens, ask Thandie Newton…. Make sense, good? I also approach each Canon Casting project with what I feel is an appropriate budget, etc., as not every story will be made into a billion dollar movie. For Twilight Company I’ve chosen the route of a premium, direct-to-consumer movie (i.e. Disney Now, Netflix, HBO, Showtime, etc.) OK, let’s get to it:

There are a TON of characters in Twilight Company, but not a lot of major ones. For this update I’ve focused on the ten characters I feel made the most impact on the story and/or left the largest impression on me after running through the book a few times. Let’s start with a couple of the minor members of Twilight Company, but two that made an impression on me:

Roach and Pol ‘Charmer’ Andrisius:

Annalisse Basso asRoach

Doug Savant as Pol Charmer Andrisius

For the role of recovering spice addict and new Twilight Company ‘fresh meat’ recruit Roach, I tapped up-and-coming actress Analisse Basso. I recently watched Electric Dreams on Amazon Prime, and while the series itself was up-and-down, I loved Annalisse’s performance in the episode Safe and Sound. The role of Roach is small-but-important, and I have no doubts that Annalisse will be amazing playing the part. For veteran company member Pol ‘Charmer’ Andrisius, I went with a leftfield kind of choice (which I’m known to do..) in Doug Savant. Charmer is a battle-hardened solder for the Rebellion who’s good looks were marred by an explosion a few years back. While he still carries the nickname Charmer, it’s obvious those days are long past for him. I’ve always liked Savant, sue me. Based on his previous work I have no doubts that he will step right into the role of Charmer and perform admirably.

Gadren and Brand:

Terry Crews as Gadren

Aisha Hinds as Brand

For the pivotal roles of Brand and Gadren, two of Twilight Company’s veteran members, I am tapping Aisha Hinds and Terry Crews (in a voice/mo-cap performance). Brand, the former bounty hunter-turned rebel, and Gadren, the gruff Besalisk warrior, both play important roles in not only the action but also the character arc and development of our main protagonist, Hazram Namir (more on him in a bit). I first came across Hinds in True Blood, and quite frankly she’s the first actress that came to mind when I was listening to the Twilight Company audiobook. Brand is a reluctant leader who does so by example, and I would be stoked to have Hinds in this role. Since a Besalisk is a large, four-armed alien (think Dexter Jettster from Attack of the Clones), the character of Gadren would certainly have to be brought to life via motion capture. In the audiobook Gadren is Namir’s compass in regards to how and when to do the right thing. And although Jonathan Davis’ (the narrator of the audiobook) performance is deep and commanding, I decided to go a slightly different route and tap retired NFL player and an accomplished actor in his own right, Terry Crews. I think Crews would deliver on both the gruff mentor role that Gadren provides to Namir, but would also lighten the role up a bit from the portrayal in the audiobook. If you follow Canon Casting you know that I will take a chance out of left field once in a while, and this would probably qualify here.

Thara Nyende:

Taylor Hickson as Thara Nyende

Thara Nyende was a stormtrooper on her homeworld of Sullust and is yet another prime example of allowing the readers to get inside the head of the everyday men and women under the employ and in service of the Empire, something the stable of authors Lucasfilm is employing for their new canon stories is excelling at. We see that she is shunned by many of the locals of Sullust who oppose the oppression of the Empire, yet still feels a sense of duty to fulfill what she believes is right. In the end, it blows up in her face and Nyende is left to face some hard truths about war and the galaxy… For this role, I went with up-and-coming actress Taylor Hickson, best known for her role in the TV series Aftermath. I would love to see the lives of female troopers and officers explored a bit deeper in future on-screen Star Wars projects, and for our Canon Casting series Taylor as Thara would be a great place to start!

Micha ‘Howl’ Evon:

Scott Glenn as Micha Howl Evon

As the battle-hardened founding member and leader of Twilight Company, Micha ‘Howl’ Evon, I went with the no-brainer choice of veteran screen and film actor Scott Glenn. Glenn needs absolutely no introduction, and he’s the very first name and face that came to mind when I first heard Jonathan Davis’ portrayal of the reserved and calculating Captain. Our main protagonist, Hazram Namir, doesn’t always understand how and why Howl made decisions for Twilight Company, and it was this brand of leadership that gives our hero the foundation he needs to step in and lead the battalion once Howl is cut down at Echo Base on Hoth by none other than Darth Vader. Hell, if any actor in Hollywood deserves an on-screen death by the most famous Dark Lord of the Sith in the galaxy it’s Scott Glenn!

Prelate Verge and Captain Tabor Seitaron:

Freddie Highmore as Prelate Verge

Mitch Pileggi as Tabor Seitaron

Now we are getting down to the meat and potatoes of this edition of Canon Casting, as we tackle the two main antagonists of the book, the young Prelate Verge and the former Academy Instructor and present Captain, Tabor Seitaron. The latter was easy – as I love Mitch Pileggi. The man needs no introduction to any fans of the sci-fi genre, as he portrayed FBI Director Skinner on The X-Files for a decade. Seitaron is a man who is at the end of his career and certainly doesn’t like being put under the incredibly young and ambitious Prelate Verge, at least at first. However, as the story progresses he learns to appreciate and respect the youthful leader but has to make a difficult decision in the end regarding that relationship… And that leaves us with Prelate Verge. Young. Very young. Brash. Ambitious the point of considering to scar is visage to more closely resemble Emperor Palpatine. I had a few actors in mind for this role, but I decided Freddie Highmore of Bates Motel fame was the man for the job. Equal parts babyfaced and psychotic in his portrayal of Norman Bates on the show, there is no doubt in my mind he would crush it in the role of Verge.

Governor Everi Chalis:

Lara Pulver as Governor Everi Chalis

I absolutely love the character of Everi Chalis. In fact, she’s one of my favorite new characters created within the rebooted canon. Beautiful, cunning, and scorned, the former member of the Imperial Ruling Council and Governor of Haidoral Prime, Chalis is a force to be reckoned with – a force who’s introduction into Twilight Company’s ranks wreaks havoc on the destiny of the battalion and its members. For this role, I chose Lara Pulver, who I first saw playing Irene Adler on Sherlock opposite Benedict Cumberbatch. Her initial episode of that show is quite possibly one of the best entries of any television show in history, and I immediately thought of her when I heard the part of Everi Chalis for the first time – so much so that I don’t think I even considered anyone else! For this role, you have to have a beautiful actress that equal parts vulnerable and ruthless, and Pulver is THE choice. Period.

Hazram Namir:

Ricky Whittle as Hazram Namir

The role of Hazram Namir, the main character in Battlefront: Twilight Company, goes to Ricky Whittle. Best known for his roles on The 100 and American Gods, Whittle is, in my opinion, the best choice for Namir. Hailing from the war-torn world of Crucival, Namir joins Twilight Company after a gruesome battle on his homeworld left him with nothing left to fight for there. A capable soldier, Namir learns leadership as the novel progresses, eventually assuming control of Twilight Company after its leadership is decimated on Hoth. Whittle has the combination of rugged good looks, charisma, and an edge to bring the role of Namir to life on the screen, and I for one would absolutely love to see it happen!

There it is, short and sweet – my Canon Casting of Battlefront: Twilight Company. As I mentioned this book has really flown under the radar for most fans, even those who are all-in on the rebooted canon, and that’s a shame. I for one loved getting down and dirty with the members of Twilight Company, and I have little doubt you’ll enjoy the book as well. Be on the lookout in the coming weeks for a couple more additions to Canon Casting, as I have some rad stuff in the works!

~Todd

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Diego Costa will not return to Chelsea team unless his attitude improves

Antonio Conte has no plans to hold clear-the-air the negotiations with Diego Costa and the onus will be on the send in training to prove he authorizes a swift restoration to the Chelsea side

Antonio Conte had not yet been plans to hold clear-the-air talks with Diego Costa and the onus will be on the Spain forward in developing this week to attest he warrants a swift restoration to the Chelsea side for the visit of Hull City on Sunday.

Costa, the subject of interest from the Chinese Super League golf-club Tianjin Quanjian, who would apparently be prepared to pay him 30 m a year, said he was suffered by a back trauma last week and duly grew embroiled in a row with Chelsea fitness faculty. He was excluded from the force for the game at Leicester City on Saturday. He has since been pursuing his own rehabilitation schedule and worked outside at Cobham on Monday, as he did the previous day, while the rest of the first team and control personnel enjoyed 48 hours off following the 3-0 win at the champions.

Although there is an acceptance the striker may have been suffering some sorenes in his back, the society guess the situation has now come to a heading only as the purposes of the advent of that concern from China and, although they will not countenance selling the discords joint-leading scorer mid-season, it appears increasingly likely he will differ Stamford Bridge in the summer. The episodes of the past few weeks have ensured their original plan to secure Costa to brand-new terms his deal expires in 2019 has effectively been abandoned.

Yet conviction remains at the fraternity that Costa can be reintegrated into the team for the rest of education campaigns, in an effort to ensure the issue does not derail the teams quest of a second Premier League title in three years. Key to that, however, will be the player illustrating an increase in stance and a willingness to fight to retrieve his first-team place.

Conte does not intend to instigate the consultations with the participate to smooth that return to the fold and will merely attempt evidence of a positive action in instruct. The director has always made clear to his players that their prospects of shaping the team hinge upon impressing with work-rate and commitment in training in the buildup to a fixture and Costa, who has been urged to apologise to Conte by fellow senior officials from the side, must now make his recall.

The golf-clubs medical staff are due to assess the striker on Tuesday and, if he is passed fit after the back fus, he will rejoin his team-mates as they begin preparations for Sunday play. Costa, 28, will have to convince the manager that he deserves to play ahead of Willian, Eden Hazard or Pedro Rodrguez, all outstanding in that emphatic win at the King Power Stadium which pulled Chelseas lead at the upper part of the Premier League to seven points.

Costa had agitated for a return to Atltico Madrid over the summer but, having been persuaded to stay, has 14 Premier League goals this season. He was initially been omitted from the force for the fixture at Leicester following a row with a fitness coach last Tuesday after faculty aired doubts concerning the severity of his back question. His rapport with Conte, who had supported his medical personnels appraisal, were tightened further after another heated exchange the following day.

That left him working on his own at Cobham, and later than the rest of the squad, last week and over the weekend, albeit he has been complying with the rehabilitation program stipulated by the medical staff. He did take to social media on the eve of the Leicester game to write a draw on Instagram alongside the theme Come on Chelsea, with that post immediately liked by the Chelsea captain John Terry and the midfielder Cesc Fbregas. That pair were among the elderly participates helping Costa to knuckle down and set speculations of a profitable move to China on hold until the summer.

Conte made a moment of emphasizing his leading scorers absence at Leicester had been born of the back ailment, but did not disavow the schism which flared over the questions. He claimed publicly to have no knowledge of interest from China in the participate, though Chelsea are believed to have been aware for around a month of Tianjin Quanjians eagerness to secure the player for as much as 80 m.

Tianjin Quanjians desire will not be dampened even in the aftermath of the Chinese Football Association reducing the number of foreign participates who can appear for a fraternity at any one time from four to three as they seek to curb insane spending, and their meaning is understood to have been lodged with the players representative, Jorge Mendes.

It remains to be seen whether the Costa issue influences Chelseas actions in the delivery marketplace this month, with their own interest in Swansea Citys Fernando Llorente launched. Certainly, should Costa depart as anticipated in the summer then securing a replacing will become a priority at the end of the season, with Evertons Romelu Lukaku, Christian Benteke at Crystal Palace and the Real Madrid forward lvaro Morata to come into their thinking.

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DC Comics’ July 2017 Solicitations

DC Comics has released solicitation information and images for new comics and products shipping in July 2017. When you’re through checking out these solicitations for new releases, be sure to visit CBR’s DC Comics forum, Batman forum, Superman forum or Wonder Woman forum to discuss these titles and products with fellow readers and fans.

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DARK DAYS: THE CASTING #1

Written by SCOTT SNYDER and JAMES TYNION IV

Art by JIM LEE, ANDY KUBERT, JOHN ROMITA JR. and others

Cover by JIM LEE and SCOTT WILLIAMS

Variant cover by ANDY KUBERT

Variant cover by JOHN ROMITA JR.

The Joker’s surprise attack threatens to lay waste to all of Batman’s carefully laid plans. Will the Dark Knight be able to regain the trust of his closest allies, Green Lantern and Duke, and prevent the forces of darkness from consuming the DC Universe?! Will Hawkman’s warning stop our heroes from peering into the abyss?

The great comics event of summer 2017 is on its way, courtesy of superstar writers Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV with art by a master class of comics artists: Andy Kubert, Jim Lee and John Romita Jr.!

ONE-SHOT • On sale JULY 12 • 40 pg, FC, card-stock cover, $4.99 US • RATED T+

ACTION COMICS #983

Written by DAN JURGENS

Art by VIKTOR BOGDANOVIC and JONATHAN GLAPION

Cover by CLAY MANN

Variant cover by GARY FRANK

“REVENGE” part one! A beaten and battered Superman can barely hold his own against the revenge squad of his greatest foes—but hope rushes from the horizon as the Superman family arrives!

On sale JULY 12 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T

ACTION COMICS #984

Written by DAN JURGENS

Art by VIKTOR BOGDANOVIC and JONATHAN GLAPION

Cover by CLAY MANN

Variant cover by GARY FRANK

“REVENGE” part two! A battle of titanic proportions rages through Superman’s arctic fortress as General Zod reveals his ultimate plan by accessing the Phantom Zone. Superman’s family’s lives hang in the balance as “Revenge” concludes.

On sale JULY 26 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T

ALL STAR BATMAN #12

Written by SCOTT SNYDER

Art by RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE and SEBASTIAN FIUMARA

Cover by RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE

Variant cover by RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE

Variant cover by SEBASTIAN FIUMARA

“THE FIRST ALLY” part three! When Batman discovers the truth about the man under the Nemesis mask, it could change everything between him and Alfred forever.

On sale JULY 12 • 40 pg, FC, $4.99 US • RATED T

AQUAMAN #26

Written by DAN ABNETT

Art and cover by STJEPAN SEJIC

Variant cover by JOSHUA MIDDLETON

“UNDERWORLD” part two! Enraged by rumors of Arthur’s survival in the slums of Atlantis, the ruthless King Rath orders the use of ancient Atlantean techno-magic to track down the Aquaman at all costs! But the ex-king Arthur can’t hide for long when his fate collides with that of a mysterious young woman on the run from Rath’s own secret police. Her name: Dolphin.

On sale JULY 19 • 32 pg, FC • $3.99 US • EACH RATED T

BATGIRL #13

Written by HOPE LARSON

Art by CHRIS WILDGOOSE

Cover by DAN MORA

Variant cover by JOSHUA MIDDLETON

“BATS AND CATS”! When an innocent bystander close to Batgirl’s heart gets caught in between a feud between herself and Catwoman, what started as just another case could become direly important.

On sale JULY 26 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T

BATGIRL AND THE BIRDS OF PREY #12

Written by JULIE BENSON and SHAWNA BENSON

Art by ROGE ANTONIO

Cover by YANICK PAQUETTE

Variant cover by KAMOME SHIRAHAMA

“SOURCE CODE” part two! Oracle crossed half the criminal underworld in his early years—and now, he’s caused a black cat to cross the Birds of Prey’s path! Catwoman’s been waiting for a chance to get her claws on this guy for a while…but at this point, do the Birds even want to stand in her way?

On sale JULY 12 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T

BATMAN BEYOND #10

Written by DAN JURGENS

Art and cover by BERNARD CHANG

Variant cover by MARTIN ANSIN

“RISE OF THE DEMON” part five! Just as Bruce Wayne had feared, the experimental new Bat-suit has altered Terry’s mental state and turned him into a colder, deadlier Batman. Trapped in the lair of Ra’s al Ghul and surrounded by the League of Assassins, the suit may be the only thing that allows Terry and Bruce to survive. But at what price?

On sale JULY 26 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T

BATMAN #26

Written by TOM KING

Art and cover by MIKEL JANIN

Variant cover by TIM SALE

“THE WAR OF JOKES AND RIDDLES” part two! The Riddler and The Joker escalate their bloody feud, and the villains of Gotham City are forced to choose sides or be caught in the crossfire! It’s up to Batman to push himself to the limit and keep innocent citizens out of harm’s way.

On sale JULY 5 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T

BATMAN #27

Written by TOM KING

Art and cover by DAVIDE GIANFELICE

Variant covers by TIM SALE

“THE WAR OF JOKES AND RIDDLES” part three! The war has spread to every corner of Gotham City, and while Batman battles back the forces of Joker and Riddler, an unlikely criminal becomes the pivotal key to its potential resolution…but it could cost him everything.

On sale JULY 19 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T

BATWOMAN #5

Written by MARGUERITE BENNETT and JAMES TYNION IV

Art and cover by STEPHANIE HANS

Variant cover by J.G. JONES

“THE MANY ARMS OF DEATH” epilogue! In this special one-off issue with art by Stephanie Hans (Angela), learn the truth of what went down between Kate and Safiyah, which led to the future Batwoman having to leave Coryana for what she was sure would be forever!

On sale JULY 19 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T+

BLUE BEETLE #11

Written by KEITH GIFFEN and J.M. DeMATTEIS

Art and cover by SCOTT KOLINS

Variant cover by TYLER KIRKHAM

NEW STORYLINE! With an Earth-threatening menace behind him and Jaime now permanently back as Blue Beetle on his own terms, what’s a hero to do? Clean up the mess in his hometown, find places for his friends and family to live and deal with the latest super-menace to hit El Paso…the man called Ghostfire!

On sale JULY 26 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T

CYBORG #14

Written by JOHN SEMPER JR.

Art by WILL CONRAD

Cover by ERIC CANETE

Variant cover by CARLOS D’ANDA

“SINGULARITY AFTERMATH” part one! Mankind is dead! The world as we know it is gone! Welcome to Planet Anomaly, where all life takes the form of soulless cybernetic hybrids. But one spark of humanity remains deep within Cyborg’s robotic husk, and it’s the world’s only hope for restoration. Guest-starring Beast Boy!

On sale JULY 5 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T

DEATHSTROKE #21

Written by CHRISTOPHER PRIEST

Art by DIOGENES NEVES

Cover by RYAN SOOK

Variant cover by SHANE DAVIS

“DEFIANCE” part one! A new day has dawned for Deathstroke. Having emerged from the Speed Force a changed man, Slade Wilson takes aim at living a better life—a life in service of justice. But when the world refuses to accept the new Deathstroke, Slade recruits a group of young heroes to join him including including former Teen Titans, Kid Flash and Power Girl, his children, Rose and Jericho, and the bombastic Terra! But has Slade truly shed his villainous past? And what other shadowy forces are working against him? Find out as Deathstroke’s bold new direction begins here!

On sale JULY 5 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T+

DETECTIVE COMICS #960

Written by JAMES TYNION IV

Art by ALVARO MARTINEZ and RAUL FERNANDEZ

Cover by YASMINE PUTRI

Variant cover by RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE

“INTELLIGENCE” part three! With Zatanna joining the ranks of Batman’s allies, there shouldn’t be any foe the team can’t take on…but does that include their teammate Azrael himself, who just might be cracking up?

On sale JULY 12 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T

DETECTIVE COMICS #961

Written by JAMES TYNION IV

Art by ALVARO MARTINEZ and RAUL FERNANDEZ

Cover by YASMINE PUTRI

Variant cover by RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE

“INTELLIGENCE” part four! Batman and Batwing have thrown every technological trick they have at the powerful A.I. that the order of St. Dumas dubbed Ascalon…now there’s nothing left to do but pray!

On sale JULY 26 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T

THE FLASH #26

Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON

Art by HOWARD PORTER

Cover by CARMINE DI GIANDOMENICO

Variant cover by HOWARD PORTER

“RUNNING SCARED” part two! Barry Allen and Iris West witness a chilling vision of the future courtesy of the Reverse-Flash, who reveals the couple’s legendary romance will yield only darkness for the world of tomorrow. Now, Thawne forces The Flash to make a choice: spend forever alone or doom the future?

On sale JULY 12 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T

THE FLASH #27

Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON

Art by HOWARD PORTER

Cover by CARMINE DI GIANDOMENICO

Variant cover by HOWARD PORTER

“RUNNING SCARED” finale! Barry Allen and Eobard Thawne. Legendary enemies separated by centuries pulled through time itself to battle again and again. Until now. For one year The Flash has been building to this single epic moment: the ultimate showdown between The Flash and Reverse-Flash!

On sale JULY 26 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T

GREEN ARROW #26

Written by BENJAMIN PERCY

Art and cover by OTTO SCHMIDT

Variant cover by MIKE GRELL

“HARD TRAVELING HERO” part one! Unwilling to let another city suffer the same fate as Seattle, Green Arrow kicks off a new quest to hunt down the Ninth Circle across America! To stop disaster before it can happen, the (in)famously hot-headed Oliver Queen must mend fences with those he’s alienated in the past, starting with THE FLASH! The second epic year of GREEN ARROW REBIRTH begins here!

On sale JULY 5 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+

GREEN ARROW #27

Written by BENJAMIN PERCY

Art by JAMAL CAMPBELL

Cover by OTTO SCHMIDT

Variant cover by ESAD RIBIC

“HARD TRAVELING HERO” part two! Oliver Queen is a pillar of morality. A champion of ethics. The essence of truth. Or at least he thought so. The self-described people’s hero Green Arrow crosses paths with the Justice League’s real paragon of virtue, Wonder Woman, when his cross-country fight against the Ninth Circle puts both heroes’ muscle and mettle to the ultimate test.

On sale JULY 19 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+

GREEN LANTERNS #26

Written by SAM HUMPHRIES

Art by RONAN CLIQUET

Cover by MIKE McKONE

Variant cover by EMANUELA LUPACCHINO

“OUT OF TIME” part one! Ten billion years ago, Volthoom nearly wiped out the Guardians of the Universe. What power was able to stop him, and where did it go? Learn more about the history of the First Lantern as “Out of Time” begins!

On sale JULY 5 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T

GREEN LANTERNS #27

Written by SAM HUMPHRIES

Art by RONAN CLIQUET

Cover by BRAD WALKER and DREW HENNESSEY

Variant cover by EMANUELA LUPACCHINO

“OUT OF TIME” part two! Cast back in time, Jessica and Simon must survive on the savage Earth of ten billion years ago! With a single ring between them, can the Emerald Knights locate the first Green Lanterns?

On sale JULY 19 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T

HAL JORDAN & THE GREEN LANTERN CORPS #24

Written by ROBERT VENDITTI

Art and cover by ETHAN VAN SCIVER

Variant cover by KEVIN NOWLAN

“FRACTURES” part three! Secrets are out and battle lines are drawn. The partnership of the Green Lantern Corps and the Sinestro Corps begins to crumble before it explodes!

On sale JULY 12 • 32 pg, $2.99 • FC • RATED T

HAL JORDAN & THE GREEN LANTERN CORPS #25

Written by ROBERT VENDITTI

Art and cover by ETHAN VAN SCIVER

Variant cover by KEVIN NOWLAN

“FRACTURES” part four! In this extra-sized issue, it’s Lantern vs. Lantern as the GLC and Sinestro Corps duke it out over the murder of Sinestro Corps members. And a Lantern turns his back on their friends, embracing the darkness.

On sale JULY 26 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T

HARLEY QUINN #23

Written by AMANDA CONNER and JIMMY PALMIOTTI

Art by JOHN TIMMS

Backup stories written by PAUL DINI and JIMMY PALMIOTTI

Backup stories art by BRET BLEVINS and J. BONE

Cover by AMANDA CONNER

Variant cover by FRANK CHO

“RED ROSES” part three! The tension between Harley, Poison Ivy and Red Tool hits the boiling point! Who’s gonna stay—and who’s gonna go? And in the backup story, “Harley Loves Joker” part seven, Batman is back on the deranged duo’s trail!

On sale JULY 5 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+

HARLEY QUINN #24

Written by JIMMY PALMIOTTI and AMANDA CONNER

Art by JOHN TIMMS

Backup stories written by PAUL DINI and JIMMY PALMIOTTI

Backup stories art by BRET BLEVINS and J. BONE

Cover by AMANDA CONNER

Variant cover by FRANK CHO

“THE PARENT TRAP”! Harley has faced every challenge even she could possibly imagine, but can she survive…a visit from her parents?! And in “Harley Loves Joker” part eight, the duo’s new headquarters comes with some unforeseen complications!

On sale JULY 19 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+

THE HELLBLAZER #12

Written by SIMON OLIVER

Art by DAVIDE FABBRI and JOSE MARZAN, JR.

Cover by TULA LOTAY

Variant cover by YASMINE PUTRI

“THE SMOKELESS FIRE” part six! Constantine finally gets what he wants—just in time to discover he’s a better man than he used to be. Maybe. But will that matter in the confrontation he and Marid have been building to?

On sale JULY 26 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T+

JUSTICE LEAGUE #24

Written by BRYAN HITCH

Art by FERNANDO PASARIN and OCLAIR ALBERT

Cover by BRYAN HITCH

Variant cover by NICK BRADSHAW

“AFTERLIVES” part three! Our heroes’ mission into the afterlife goes horribly wrong when the Demons Three trap the Justice League in a hellish realm where they’re haunted and tortured by the ghosts of fallen heroes, dead villains and innocent civilians whose lives they failed to save.

On sale JULY 5 • 32 pg, $2.99 US • FC, RATED T

JUSTICE LEAGUE #25

Written by BRYAN HITCH

Art by FERNANDO PASARIN and OCLAIR ALBERT

Cover by BRYAN HITCH

Variant cover by NICK BRADSHAW

“AFTERLIVES” part four! With the Justice League locked out of reality, the secret mastermind behind their predicament makes his move on the world of the living. Luckily (or unluckily), the JL is trapped in the afterlife with Felix Faust, who works with the heroes to fight their way out of limbo! The team-up no one saw coming kicks off in this extra-sized epic!

On sale JULY 19 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T

JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #10

Written by STEVE ORLANDO

Art by ANDY MACDONALD

Cover by IVAN REIS

Variant cover by DOUG MAHNKE

“CURSE OF THE KINGBUTCHER” part one! The Ray never thought he would go back to Vanity, but the citizens of America’s most depressing city have found themselves caught in the middle of a mystic feud between order and chaos. The mysterious force known as the Might Beyond The Mirror has been granting Vanity’s greatest wishes; disabilities are healed, romances are restored and hope is rekindled. But it’s not meant to be, as a ruthless Lord of Order will stop at nothing to destroy the city’s dreams.

On sale JULY 12 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T

JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #11

Written by STEVE ORLANDO

Art by ANDY MACDONALD

Cover by IVAN REIS

Variant cover by DOUG MAHNKE

“CURSE OF THE KINGBUTCHER” part two! The JLA face off against the Lord of Order called Kingbutcher! In a battle that forces Ray Terrill to confront his own dark past in full view of his new teammates, the heroes struggle with the question of returning reality to its proper state or allowing the people of Vanity — including Ray’s estranged mother — to fulfill their fondest desires.

On sale JULY 26 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T

NEW SUPER-MAN #13

Written by GENE LUEN YANG

Art by BILLY TAN

Cover by PHILIP TAN

Variant cover by BERNARD CHANG

“THE ZERO ULTIMATUM” part three! Shanghai falls—and Emperor Super-Man rules the ashes! With an army of super-villains on the streets, the Justice League of China leads the movement to take the city back. New Super-Man’s head isn’t in the game upon discovering the shocking secret of his mother’s true identity, and Wonder-Woman has been transformed and Bat-Man is overwhelmed! It’s up to I-Ching and the New Flash of China to snap Kenan out of it and save Shanghai!

On sale JULY 12 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T

NIGHTWING #24

Written by TIM SEELEY

Art by MIGUEL MENDONÇA and MINKYU JUNG

Cover by PAUL RENAUD

Variant cover by YASMINE PUTRI

“BLOCKBUSTER” part three! Nightwing is trapped on a submarine, and in order to escape he must defeat the most lethal villains in the DCU, led by Tiger Shark! And if he can’t escape, Blockbuster will get what he wants: all of his criminal competition at the bottom of the sea, along with Nightwing!

On sale JULY 5 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T

NIGHTWING #25

Written by TIM SEELEY

Art by MIGUEL MENDONÇA and MINKYU JUNG

Covers by PAUL RENAUD

Variant covers by YASMINE PUTRI

“BLOCKBUSTER” part four! In this special oversize issue, the boardwalk is the heart and soul of Blüdhaven, and Tiger Shark and Blockbuster are willing to kill each other and whoever else stands in their way to rule it. Nightwing has to find a way to stop them both or suffer a Blüdhaven ruled by crime!

On sale JULY 19 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T

RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS #12

Written by SCOTT LOBDELL

Art by DEXTER SOY

Cover by CLAY MANN

Variant cover by GUILLEM MARCH

“THE LIFE OF BIZARRO” part one! Bizarro’s final days are upon us! As Red Hood and the Outlaws rush home to Gotham City in an effort to save Bizarro’s life, a new threat is unleashed in the form of Solomon Grundy! Can the Outlaws stop Grundy’s rampage without their most powerful member? Who unleashed the monster in the first place? And can Grundy defeated in time to save Bizarro from certain death? Find out in the start of a brand new adventure!

On sale JULY 12 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T+

SUICIDE SQUAD #21

Written by ROB WILLIAMS

Art by GUZ VAZQUEZ

Cover by EDDY BARROWS and EBER FERREIRA

Variant cover by WHILCE PORTACIO

“KILL YOUR DARLINGS” part one! Devastated by Rustam and his Burning World, the international conspiracy known as the People reveal themselves to Amanda Waller in a desperate move to secure their mysterious endgame for Planet Earth! Meanwhile, the walls tighten for Boomerang as Harley Quinn gets closer to discovering the traitorous murderer within Task Force X…

On sale JULY 12 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+

SUICIDE SQUAD #22

Written by ROB WILLIAMS

Art by GUZ VAZQUEZ

Cover by EDDY BARROWS and EBER FERREIRA

Variant cover by WHILCE PORTACIO

“KILL YOUR DARLINGS” part two! Face to face with the Russian mastermind she’s been tracking since SUICIDE SQUAD: REBIRTH #1, Amanda Waller is horrified to find the Suicide Squad commanded by her own dark mirror, the enigmatic Direktor Karla, who’s surpassed the Task Force X leader in the one game she cannot afford to lose: control.

On sale JULY 26 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+

SUPERGIRL #11

Written by STEVE ORLANDO

Art by BRIAN CHING

Cover by ROBSON ROCHA and DANIEL HENRIQUES

Variant cover by BENGAL

“ESCAPE FROM THE PHANTOM ZONE” part three! Supergirl must quell the maelstrom tearing apart the Phantom Zone, as Batgirl faces down the Phantom King one on one. If they fail, they’ll be lost in the Phantom Zone forever!

On sale JULY 12 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T

SUPERMAN #26

Written by PETER J. TOMASI and PATRICK GLEASON

Art by SCOTT GODLEWSKI

Cover LEE WEEKS

Variant cover by JORGE JIMENEZ

“ROAD TRIP” part one! It’s been an emotional and physical rollercoaster for Superman, Lois, and Jon: the Eradicator, Dinosaur Island, Frankenstein and the Bride, Multiversity, Reborn and Black Dawn—a barrage of terror and horror! What does the family need right now? Yep, you got it…a vacation!

On sale JULY 5 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T

SUPERMAN #27

Written by PETER J. TOMASI and PATRICK GLEASON

Art by SCOTT GODLEWSKI

Cover by RYAN SOOK

Variant cover by JORGE JIMENEZ

“ROAD TRIP” part two! As the Kents’ family road trip takes some strange and unexpected turns that will reveal a foreboding threat reaching out to touch their lives, you can bet that their gonna need a vacation after their vacation!

On sale JULY 19 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T

SUPER SONS #6

Written by PETER J. TOMASI

Art and cover by JORGE JIMENEZ

Variant cover by DUSTIN NGUYEN

“TEEN TITANS TANGO” part one! Robin has a new member in mind for the Teen Titans, and—spoiler alert—it’s Superboy! But something sinister is at work, and Damian’s real motives for introducing Jon to the team are revealed to devastating consequences!

On sale JULY 19 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T

SUPERWOMAN #12

Written by K. PERKINS

Art by STEPHEN SEGOVIA and ART THIBERT

Cover by KEN LASHLEY

Variant cover by RENATO GUEDES

“REDISCOVERY” part three! Superwoman has taken matters into her own hands, and has engaged in battle with the deadly Skyhook! The tragic origin of Crash is revealed, and the dark secret he carries has made him public enemy number one!

On sale JULY 12 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T

TEEN TITANS #10

Written by BENJAMIN PERCY

Art by KHOI PHAM and WADE VON GRAWBADGER

Cover by BRAD WALKER and DREW HENNESSEY

Variant cover by Paolo Pantalena

“BLOOD OF THE MANTA” part two! After learning he’s the son of the villainous Black Manta, Jackson Hyde is forced to join his father on a journey to find the ocean’s greatest treasure—a game-changing weapon that would spell disaster for anyone in Manta’s way. Meanwhile, Damian’s status as team leader is challenged by Starfire, who recruits Tempest to help track down their missing member! Will the Teen Titans find their friend before Black Manta gains ultimate power?

On sale JULY 26 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T

TITANS #13

Written by DAN ABNETT

Art by V KEN MARION and NORM RAPMUND

Cover by KENNETH ROCAFORT

Variant cover by DAN MORA

“JUDAS AMONG US”! As Omen begins her investigation into the identity of the team’s traitor, the Titans launch a full assault on H.I.V.E., who they believe hold the key to restoring Bumblebee’s broken mind. Meanwhile, tensions rise when Roy discovers Wally and Donna’s blossoming romance—which threatens to tear the Titans apart!

On sale JULY 12 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T

TRINITY #11

Written by FRANCIS MANAPUL

Art and cover by FRANCIS MANAPUL

Variant cover by BILL SIENKIEWICZ

“DEAD SPACE” part three! Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman are in for the fight of their lives against the combined might of the Justice League and the mysterious alien force inhabiting their bodies and controlling the Watchtower! The trinity may have found a way to save their friends—but the cost is high, and time is running out!

On sale JULY 19 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T

WONDER WOMAN #26

Written by SHEA FONTANA

Art by MIRKA ANDOLFO

Cover by JESUS MERINO

Variant cover by JENNY FRISON

“HEART OF THE AMAZON” part one! Writer Shea Fontana (DC SUPER HERO GIRLS) steps in for a new story! Wonder Woman finally takes a moment to catch her breath and attend a friend’s wedding…but unfortunately, horror’s followed her even there!

On sale JULY 12 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • FC • RATED T

WONDER WOMAN #27

Written by SHEA FONTANA

Art by MIRKA ANDOLFO

Cover by JESUS MERINO

Variant cover by JENNY FRISON

“HEART OF THE AMAZON” part two! Someone close to Diana is behind the most recent attack on her and her friends…but what has this person learned about her powers that she never even knew herself?

On sale JULY 26 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • FC • RATED T

BATMAN ’66/LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #1

Written by LEE ALLRED

Art and cover by MICHAEL ALLRED

In pursuit of the time-traveling criminal known as Universo, the super-powered kids from the 30th century travel back to the 1960s to enlist the aid of the “greatest teen superhero ever”—Robin, the Boy Wonder! But Batman’s hard-boiled nemesis Egghead has stolen one of their unattended time bubbles and taken off to the Legion’s own time period. Looks like Batman has to head to the far-flung future with one group of heroes while Robin stays in the swinging sixties with another. Holy time-travel paradox!

One-shot • On sale JULY 19 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED E

BANE: CONQUEST #3

Written by CHUCK DIXON • Art and cover by GRAHAM NOLAN

Sure, they may have had to team up to escape Damocles’ clutches—but Batman and Bane can’t keep their hands off each others’ throats for long! The question is, will Damocles be able to use that rivalry to his advantage?

On sale JULY 5 • 32 pg, FC, 3 of 12, $3.99 US • RATED T

BATMAN/THE SHADOW #4

Written by SCOTT SNYDER and STEVE ORLANDO

Art and cover by RILEY ROSSMO

Variant cover by TIM SALE

Variant cover by DAVE JOHNSON

The Shadow must fight his way through Gotham City’s worst rogues in order to stop the Joker and the Stag from carving out Batman’s heart! But if he’s freed, will Batman be able to save the villains from the wrath of the Shadow?

On sale JULY 26 • 32 pg, FC, 4 of 6, $3.99 US • RATED T

DC COMICS BOMBSHELLS #30

Written by MARGUERITE BENNETT

Art by CARMEN CARNERO, RICHARD ORTIZ and ANEKE

Cover by LAURA BRAGA

The original Bombshells lineup discovers how Killer Frost became a killer ice queen and end up tangled in the dangerous delusions of Hugo Strange. Then, as Faora joins the battle in Leningrad, she reveals to Supergirl what her origin is and how she is related to Faora.

On sale JULY 5 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T • DIGITAL FIRST

DC COMICS BOMBSHELLS #31

Written by MARGUERITE BENNETT

Art by CARMEN CARNERO, LAURA BRAGA and ANEKE

Cover by ANT LUCIA

The sound of a metronome echoes through Leningrad’s streets, reminding people they are still alive…for now. Supergirl can feel her father is still alive, and joins Harley’s traveling circus, where Power Girl and Superman have now become part of the show! Then, it’s the return of Bunny Constantine as he and Zatanna fight Nazi-controlled mythical creatures in order to find Raven!

On sale JULY 19 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T • DIGITAL FIRST

INJUSTICE 2 #5

Written by TOM TAYLOR

Art by BRUNO REDONDO and JUAN ALBARRAN

Cover by BRUNO REDONDO

Batman pays a visit to Ted Kord, beseeching him to become part of the team that rebuilds the world—not as Blue Beetle, but as Ted Kord, inventor and industrialist. But Batman’s not the only one who has designs on Ted. A trusted old friend pops in, as does someone else—someone with less noble intentions.

On sale JULY 5 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+ • DIGITAL FIRST

INJUSTICE 2 #6

Written by TOM TAYLOR

Art and cover by MIKE S. MILLER

Get ready for the Origin of Supergirl! Jump back in time to see the early life of Kara Zor-el and the destruction of Krypton. Sent to Earth to be her infant cousin Kal-el’s protector, an accident delays her by decades. She’s met upon her eventual arrival by a most unexpected benefactor and learns a very different version of the story of Superman’s regime.

On sale JULY 19 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+ • DIGITAL FIRST

THE KAMANDI CHALLENGE #7

Written by MARGUERITE BENNETT

Art by DAN JURGENS and KLAUS JANSON

Cover by BILL SIENKIEWICZ

Variant cover by DAN JURGENS and KLAUS JANSON

After the explosive ending of the last issue, writer Marguerite Bennett and artist Dan Jurgens fly us to the land of the Polar Parasites and the malevolent Snow Wizards that control them. Alongside his new allies, the Bulldog Brittaneks, Kamandi must fight to survive the cold. Will Kamandi make it long enough to find new clues about his missing parents? Or will this frost bite back?

On sale JULY 26 • 32 pg, FC, 7 of 12, $3.99 US • RATED T

THE WILD STORM #6

Written by WARREN ELLIS

Art and cover by JON DAVIS-HUNT

Variant cover by JIM LEE and SCOTT WILLIAMS

Variant cover by JASON MASTERS

Michael Cray, the world’s best professional killer, is going to get himself killed for refusing to assassinate an innocent. Angela Spica, whose only mistake was saving someone’s life, is discovering that her life is over forever, and that the people in this strange new world she’s forced to survive in…may not be people at all. Treaties have been breached. Secrets are being told. There’s a war coming.

THE WILD STORM will skip shipping in August and return in September!

On sale JULY 19 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T+

GOTHAM ACADEMY: SECOND SEMESTER #11

Written by BRENDEN FLETCHER, BECKY CLOONAN and KARL KERSCHL

Art by ADAM ARCHER, MSASSYK and SANDRA HOPE

Cover by KARL KERSCHL

“The Ballad of Olive Silverlock” part three! A terrible revelation sends Maps on a quest for answers at Wayne Manor! With Two-Face hot on their trail, Maps and Damian Wayne must work together to stop Olive’s rampage of destruction across Gotham City.

On sale JULY 12 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T

SCOOBY APOCALYPSE #15

Written by KEITH GIFFEN and J.M. DeMATTEIS

Art by DALE EAGLESHAM

Backup story art by JAN DUURSEMA

Cover by CARLOS D’ANDA

Variant cover by JILL THOMPSON

We finally catch up to the migrating monsters—and their destination is even more horrifying than anyone imagined! But before the gang can act, Scrappy-Doo and his pack of smart mutts show up with a heck of a grudge against Scooby. It’s two threats for the price of one! And, in the backup story, Scrappy strikes again—and someone pays the ultimate price!

On sale JULY 12 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T

LOONEY TUNES #238

Written by DEREK FRIDOLFS

Art by WALTER CARZON and HORACIO OTTOLINI

Cover by DEREK FRIDOLFS

Wile E. Coyote’s new Acme universal remote does more than just control his TV. It can slow, pause and speed up anything around it, and might be just the thing he needs to catch the Road Runner once and for all. What could possibly go wrong?

On sale JULY 26 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED E

MAD ABOUT TRUMP TP

Written and illustrated by THE USUAL GANG OF IDIOTS

MAD Dumps On Trump: A Brilliant Look At Our Brainless President is an all-out comedy assault on the most idiotic idiot to ever reach the White House (George W. Bush and visitors included)! In these 128 pages, President Trump is mercilessly mocked, relentlessly ridiculed and savagely satirized. The book features MAD’s sharpest satiric shots at “The Donald,” comically chronicling his rise from obnoxious businessman to really obnoxious reality show host to uber obnoxious “Commander-in-Tweet.” Please note: MAD will not offer refunds on this book when Trump is impeached!

This title also includes a new introduction by CNN’s Jake Tapper!

On sale JULY 5 • 128 pg, FC, 8.125” x 10.5” • $12.99 US

SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP #28

Written by SHOLLY FISCH

Art and cover by DARIO BRIZUELA

The gang uncovers a tale of their great-great-grandparents (and grand-dog!) in the old West. When monstrous rumors bring the Weirdness Wagon to town, will they find a fearsome beast, or just come face-to-scarred-face with the lawman Jonah Hex?

On sale JULY 26 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED E

SCOOBY-DOO, WHERE ARE YOU? #83

Written by DEREK FRIDOLFS

Art by WALTER CARZON and HORACIO OTTOLINI

Cover by DEREK FRIDOLFS

Howdy partners! There’s a Wild West mystery to be solved by a crew of city slickers and their dog. Ya see, the cattle have skedaddled, and there’s a ghost in cahoots up in them there hills. Can our sleuths solve the mystery and send this yokel to the hoosegow? Or will these greenhorns miss the hoedown? Time to pony up. Giddy up, li’l Scooby, let’s go!

On sale JULY 12 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED E

BUG!: THE ADVENTURES OF FORAGER #3

Written by LEE ALLRED

Art and cover by MICHAEL ALLRED

Backup story and art by JAMES HARVEY

Variant cover by AARON CONLEY

Forager’s latest tumble through time and space lands him in a rough wilderness. There he meets the muscleman Atlas, who himself has run afoul of Chagra, the mysterious figure that caused the reality shards that put Forager on this multidimensional trip to begin with. What happens when a Bug of New Genesis teams up with a legendary powerhouse like Atlas? It’s a story we could only call “Atlas Bugged”!

On sale JULY 5 • 32 pg, FC, 3 of 6, $3.99 US • MATURE READERS

CAVE CARSON HAS A CYBERNETIC EYE #10

Written by GERARD WAY and JON RIVERA

Art and cover by MICHAEL AVON OEMING

Backup story written by MARK RUSSELL

Backup story art by BENJAMIN DEWEY and BRANDON BIRD

Variant cover by BENJAMIN DEWEY

Things aren’t just weird for Team Carson, they’re mega- weird, as their trans-dimensional adventure brings them to a world unlike any they have ever seen before (with or without cybernetic enhancement!), filled with sentient plant life and megafauna. Plus, a new installment of “The Wonderful World of Rocks with Marc Bartow” by Mark Russell (THE FLINTSTONES) and Benjamin Dewey (Autumnlands) and “Bane’s Coloring Corner” by Brandon Bird!

On sale JULY 19 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • MATURE READERS

DOOM PATROL #7

Written by GERARD WAY

Art by MICHAEL ALLRED

Cover by MICHAEL ALLRED

Variant cover by NICK DERINGTON

How have you been, Niles Caulder? The Chief is back, and he’s ready to reshape the new Doom Patrol to be just like the old Doom Patrol—a prospect not everyone is happy with. But the team’s former leader hasn’t grown less manipulative in his old age, so nobody make any rash decisions. Pretty sure he’s up to something. Michael Allred (iZOMBIE, Silver Surfer) joins the team for this special issue.

RESOLICIT • On sale JULY 26, 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • MATURE READERS

MOTHER PANIC #9

Written by JODY HOUSER

Art by JOHN PAUL LEON

Backup story written by JIM KRUEGER

Backup story art by PHIL HESTER

Cover by TOMMY LEE EDWARDS

Variant cover by PHIL HESTER

As Mother Panic zeroes in on Remains, Violet’s augmentations continue to lock up, making her unbelievably vulnerable. Will she be able to defeat her mysterious nemesis in time, or will Dr. Varma’s warnings and predictions finally be actualized? Also includes the next installment of “Gotham Radio” by Jim Krueger (JUSTICE) and Phil Hester (GREEN ARROW)!

On sale JULY 26 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • MATURE READERS

SHADE, THE CHANGING GIRL #10

Written by CECIL CASTELLUCCI

Art by MARLEY ZARCONE and ANDE PARKS

Backup story art by LEILA DEL DUCA

Cover by BECKY CLOONAN

Variant cover by JILL THOMPSON

Following her encounters in Gotham City, Shade decides to head out west and check out Los Alamos, New Mexico, the one-time location of nuclear test sites, and also the setting of her favorite TV show, “Life with Honey.” But it’s been half a century since those bombs went off—and since “Honey” went off the air. So what kind of ghostly memories await Shade in the desert? Plus, a brand new “Life with Honey” backup story.

On sale JULY 5 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • MATURE READERS

AQUAMAN VOL. 3: CROWN OF ATLANTIS TP

Written by DAN ABNETT

Art by BRAD WALKER, ANDREW HENNESSY, SCOT EATON, WAYNE FAUCHER and PHILIPPE BRIONES

Cover by BRAD WALKER and ANDREW HENNESSEY

Recovering and rebuilding after the “Deluge,” Aquaman finds himself locked in a ferocious battle with Warhead, a monster awakened during Atlantis’ war with the surface. Then, Deadwater makes an unwelcome return! Collects AQUAMAN #16-24.

On sale AUGUST 30 • 216 pg, FC, $19.99 US

BATMAN VOL. 3: I AM BANE TP

Written by TOM KING

Art by DAVID FINCH, DANNY MIKI, MITCH GERADS and others

Cover by DAVID FINCH

The man who has physically tested the Dark Knight like no one before is back to finally break the Bat for good. Can a battered, exhausted Batman fend off one of his greatest foes? Plus, catch up with Catwoman as she and the Dark Knight battle a collection of villains and plan for the future! Collects BATMAN #16-20, 23 and 24.

On sale AUGUST 30 • 176 pg, FC, $16.99 US

BATMAN: REBIRTH DELUXE EDITION BOOK ONE HC

Written by TOM KING and SCOTT SNYDER

Art by DAVID FINCH, MIKEL JANIN and others

Cover by DAVID FINCH

In the wake of DC UNIVERSE: REBIRTH, Batman faces his most challenging foe ever—the idealistic hero known as Gotham, who wants to save the city from Batman himself! Then, in order to retrieve Psycho-Pirate and save Gotham Girl, Batman must recruit a team from Amanda Waller to break into the most impenetrable prison in the world and steal from one of the Dark Knight’s greatest foes…Bane. The next great Batman story begins here! Collects BATMAN: REBIRTH #1, BATMAN #1-15.

On sale AUGUST 30 • 400 pg, FC, 7.0625” x 10.875”, $34.99 US

CYBORG VOL. 2: DANGER IN DETROIT TP

Written by JOHN SEMPER JR.

Art by WILL CONRAD, PAUL PELLETIER, TONY KORDOS and SZYMON KUDRANSKI

Cover by WILL CONRAD

With a fearsome high-tech terror cell threatening to invade the country, Cyborg participates in the creation of an experimental cybernetic female counterpart—code name Variant—whose abilities might exceed his own! But when the process ravages her memories, Cyborg must retrieve crucial national security secrets from her mind before it’s too late. What’s on the line? Control of the nation’s most powerful nuclear weapons that could start a new world war! Collects CYBORG #6-13.

On sale AUGUST 9 • 192 pg, FC, $19.99 US

GREEN ARROW VOL. 3: EMERALD OUTLAW TP

Written by BENJAMIN PERCY

Art by OTTO SCHMIDT, ELEANORA CARLINI, GUS VASQUEZ, CARLOS RODRIGUEZ and JUAN FERRERYA

Cover by JUAN FERRERYA

In this volume, green arrows fly—and people are dying! But when the media and police point their fingers at Green Arrow, it’s up to Ollie and Black Canary to find the real killer of high-profile Seattleites. Their prime suspects? A who’s who of archers including Emiko Queen and a deadly Green Arrow villain not seen in years! Collects GREEN ARROW #12-17.

On sale AUGUST 2 • 152 pg, FC, $16.99 US

HAL JORDAN AND THE GREEN LANTERN CORPS VOL. 3: THE QUEST FOR HOPE TP

Written by ROBERT VENDITTI

Art by ETHAN VAN SCIVER, RAFA SANDOVAL and JORDI TARRAGONA

Cover by RAFA SANDOVAL and JORDI TARRAGONA

In the latest collection of the hit series, Hal Jordan and Kyle Rayner are on a quest to find Saint Walker and restore the Blue Lantern Corps while Guy Gardner deals with a personal grudge. The events lead straight into “The Prism of Time” in which a mysterious time traveler threatens the future of the Green Lantern Corps! Collects issues #14-21.

On sale AUGUST 16 • 192 pg, FC, $19.99 US

JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA VOL. 1: THE EXTREMISTS TP

Written by STEVE ORLANDO

Art by IVAN REIS, JOE PRADO, FELIPE WATANABE and others

Cover by IVAN REIS and JOE PRADO

The new Justice League of America is here—and now, in these stories from issues #1-6 of the new series, they’re going to meet the Extremists—self-proclaimed saviors from another Earth, they thirst for peace, prosperity and total submission to the will of their leader, Lord Havok! How can the newly assembled JLA stop this group of misguided maniacs before the Extremists unleash their own unique—and dangerous—brand of law and order on our chaotic world?

On sale AUGUST 9 • 168 pg, FC, $16.99 US

SUPERMAN VOL. 3: MULTIPLICITY TP

Written by PETER J. TOMASI and PATRICK GLEASON

Art by IVAN REIS, JOE PRADO, RYAN SOOK, CLAY MANN, ED BENES, JORGE JIMENEZ, TONY S. DANIEL and SEBASTIAN FIUMARA

Cover by IVAN REIS and OCLAIR ALBERT

All around the Multiverse, Supermen are going missing— someone is collecting them! Joining forces, the collective of Men of Steel must find a way to escape their cells and defeat their captor. Plus, Superman meets Swamp Thing! Collects SUPERMAN #14-17 and ANNUAL #1.

On sale AUGUST 2 • 144 pg, FC, $16.99 US

WONDER WOMAN VOL. 3: THE TRUTH TP

Written by GREG RUCKA

Art and cover by LIAM SHARP

As Wonder Woman picks up the pieces of her shattered psyche in the wake of “The Lies,” Barbara Ann Minerva walks into the devil’s lair to defend her…or is she being led into a trap? And Diana, Steve and Etta come face to face with their newest foes—the deadly group known as Poison! But what do they have to do with the plot to unravel Wonder Woman’s life? Collects WONDER WOMAN #13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23 and 25.

On sale AUGUST 23• 176 pg, FC, $16.99 US

BATMAN: ARKHAM — CLAYFACE TP

Written by BILL FINGER, LEN WEIN, MIKE W. BARR, DOUG MOENCH, A.J. LIEBERMAN and others

Art by BOB KANE, JERRY ROBINSON, SHELDON MOLDOFF, MARSHALL ROGERS, DICK GIORDANO, KEITH GIFFEN, KELLEY JONES, AL BARRIONUEVO and others

Cover by GUILLEM MARCH

Clayface, one of the most recognized villains in Gotham City, is the star in this new best-of collection featuring stories from Detective Comics #40, 298 and 478, Outsiders #21, Secret Origins #44, Batman #550, Catwoman #4, Batman: Gotham Knights #23 and 69-71 and Batman Villains Secret Files #1.

On sale AUGUST 9 • 280 pg, FC, $19.99 US

BATGIRL: STEPHANIE BROWN VOL. 1 TP

Written by BRYAN Q. MILLER • Art by LEE GARBETT, TREVOR SCOTT, PERE PEREZ and others

Cover by STANLEY “ARTGERM” LAU

Stephanie Brown is Batgirl—and now, she must learn to balance school and crime-fighting or face the wrath of Barbara Gordon! With guest appearances from Batman and Robin and villains like Man-Bat and Scarecrow, Batgirl steps up to the mantle! Plus, Batgirl must stop a nanovirus that will turn the citizens of Gotham City into mindless techno-zombies! Collects BATGIRL #1-12.

On sale AUGUST 16 • 296 pg, FC, $29.99 US

BATMAN: SHADOW OF THE BAT VOL. 2 TP

Written by ALAN GRANT

Art by NORM BREYFOGLE, JOE STATON, STEVE MITCHELL, BRET BLEVINS, MIKE MANLEY, VINCE GIARRANO and others

Cover by BRIAN STELFREEZE

Follow Bruce Wayne through Gotham City’s underworld, a crazed carnival, the streets of London and even into the deep, dark recesses of the Batman’s mind in these 1990s stories! Collects BATMAN: SHADOW OF THE BAT #13-24 and BATMAN: SHADOW OF THE BAT ANNUAL #1. In stories that tie into the “Knightquest” epic, Jean-Paul Valley, formerly known as Azrael, takes over as Batman to battle Scarecrow and more!

On sale AUGUST 30 • 352 pg, FC, $29.99 US

BATMAN: KNIGHTFALL OMNIBUS VOL. 2: KNIGHTQUEST HC

Written by ALAN GRANT, CHUCK DIXON, DOUG MOENCH and others

Art by VINCE GIARRANO, BRET BLEVINS, GRAHAM NOLAN, MIKE MANLEY and others

Cover by KELLEY JONES

The next movement of the “Knightfall” saga is collected for the first time in its entirety! In this volume, Jean-Paul Valley assumes the mantle of the Dark Knight and faces the Scarecrow, the Joker, Gunhawk and others! Collects for the first time all of “Knightquest” in a single hardcover edition including DETECTIVE COMICS #667-675, ROBIN #1, BATMAN: SHADOW OF THE BAT #19-28, BATMAN #501-508, CATWOMAN #6-7 and JUSTICE LEAGUE TASK FORCE #5-6.

On sale OCTOBER 25 • 888 pg, FC, $99.99 US

BATMAN: THE GOLDEN AGE VOL. 3 TP

Written by BILL FINGER, JOSEPH GREENE, DON CAMERON and others

Art by BOB KANE, JERRY ROBINSON, JACK BURNLEY and others

Cover by MICHAEL CHO

In these classic tales from the 1940s, the Dynamic Duo faces off with The Joker, the Conjurer, the Penguin, Two-Face, Tweedledee and Tweedledum and more! Collects BATMAN #8-11, DETECTIVE COMICS #57-65 and WORLD’S FINEST COMICS #4-6.

On sale AUGUST 30 • 384 pg, FC, $29.99 US

BATMAN/SUPERMAN VOL. 6: UNIVERSE’S FINEST TP

Written by PETER J. TOMASI and TOM TAYLOR

Art by ROBSON ROCHA and DOUG MAHNKE

Cover by YANICK PAQUETTE

The final days of Superman are here! Batman and Superman are working to prepare the world for the loss of the Last Son of Krypton, but nothing can prepare the planet for what’s to come. The superheroes will find friends and foes as they traverse the Earth in a desperate last attempt to save the Man of Steel! Collects BATMAN/SUPERMAN #28-32, plus never-before-published stories originally slated to appear in BATMAN/SUPERMAN #33-34 and ANNUAL #3!

On sale AUGUST 16 • 224 pg, FC, $19.99 US

WONDER GIRL: ADVENTURES OF A TEEN TITAN TP

Written by ROBERT KANIGHER, BRUNO PREMIANI, JOHN BYRNE and others

Art by ROSS ANDRU, BOB HANEY, NEAL ADAMS, JOHN BYRNE and others

Cover by NICOLA SCOTT and DOUG HAZLEWOOD

The adventures of Wonder Girl are collected for the first time! These stories include appearances by Wonder Woman, the Teen Titans and more from the pages of WONDER WOMAN #105 (1959), THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #60, TEEN TITANS #22, ADVENTURE COMICS #461, WONDER WOMAN #105 and 113, WONDER WOMAN: DONNA TROY #1 and WONDER GIRL #1.

On sale AUGUST 30 • 168 pg, FC, $14.99 US

DEADMAN BY KELLEY JONES: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION TP

Written by MIKE BARON

Art by KELLEY JONES, VINCE GIARRANO, TONY DEZUNIGA and PABLO MARCOS

Cover by KELLEY JONES

Deadman has gone from supernatural hero to insane spirit of evil, and with a tide of demons threatening humanity, his true power can only be unlocked if he faces the secret within him that has driven him mad. Collects DEADMAN: LOVE AFTER DEATH #1-2 and DEADMAN: EXORCISM #1-2, plus stories from ACTION COMICS WEEKLY #618-621 and 623-626.

On sale AUGUST 30 • 272 pg, FC, $24.99 US

EARTH 2: SOCIETY VOL. 4: LIFE AFTER DEATH TP

Written by DAN ABNETT

Art by BRUNO REDONDO, VICENTE CIFUENTES and others

Cover by BRUNO REDONDO

Earth-2 is dead! Following a climactic battle with Ultra-Humanite and his super- powered army, a handful of the Wonders awaken in a twilight limbo. Are they the only ones to have survived? Has their desperate gambit to save their world ended in total disaster? In the wreckage, the surviving heroes have failed in their effort to save the world. As they struggle to accept the disaster they have caused, something in the phantom mist begins to hunt for them. In the Ghost World, no heroes can be allowed to exist. Collects EARTH 2: SOCIETY #17-22.

On sale AUGUST 9 • 136 pg, FC, $14.99 US

GRAYSON: THE SUPERSPY OMNIBUS HC

Written by TOM KING, TIM SEELEY and others

Art by MIKEL JANIN, STEPHEN MOONEY, CARMINE DI GIANDOMENICO, ROGE ANTONIO and others

Cover by MIKEL JANIN

Collects all of Dick Grayson’s adventures as Agent 37 for the spy organization known as Spyral! Faking his death, and entering a game of cat and mouse, Dick must take down Spyral from the inside in order to save his loved ones. This omnibus edition collects GRAYSON #1-20, SECRET ORIGINS #8, GRAYSON ANNUAL #1-3, GRAYSON: FUTURE’S END #1, ROBIN WAR #1-2 and NIGHTWING: REBIRTH #1, with appearances by Batman, Superman and more!

On sale OCTOBER 18 • 792 pg, FC, $99.99 US

LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT: JIM APARO VOL. 3 HC

Written by BOB HANEY, MIKE W. BARR, GERRY CONWAY, CARY BURKETT, ALAN BRENNERT, ROBERT KANIGHER and others

Art and cover by JIM APARO

In these classic tales, the Caped Crusader crosses paths with Metamorpho, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, Supergirl, Green Arrow, Swamp Thing and more. Collects Aparo’s art from THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #152, 154-178, 180-182, DETECTIVE COMICS #444-446, 448, 468-470, 480, 492, 493, 495-499, 501, 502, 508 and 509, plus BATMAN FAMILY #17 and THE UNTOLD LEGEND OF THE BATMAN #1-3.

On sale AUGUST 23 • 552 pg, FC, $49.99 US

LOONEY TUNES GREATEST HITS VOL. 3: BEEP BEEP TP

Written and illustrated by various

Cover by DAVID ALVAREZ and MIKE DeCARLO

Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Taz, Tweety Bird and all your other favorite Looney Tunes are at it again! Will Elmer E. Fudd ever catch that wascally wabbit? Will Wile E. Coyote finally catch the Road Runner? Will Pepé Le Pew get the girl? Don’t miss all the action with this third collection of the greatest adventures from the Looney Tunes! Collects LOONEY TUNES #47-53.

On sale AUGUST 23 • 144 pg, FC, $12.99 US

HARLEY’S LITTLE BLACK BOOK HC

Written by AMANDA CONNER and JIMMY PALMIOTTI

Art by JOHN TIMMS, AMANDA CONNER, MAURICET, NEAL ADAMS, DAVE JOHNSON, JOSEPH MICHAEL LINSNER, WILLIAM TUCCI and SIMON BISLEY

Cover by AMANDA CONNER

It’s the sensational team-up series in which Harley meets (and annoys) DC’s greatest heroes and villains! Harley meets up with Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Lobo and more! But can she keep up with beings of this caliber? Collects HARLEY’S LITTLE BLACK BOOK #1-6.

On sale AUGUST 2 • 256 pg, FC, $29.99 US

HARLEY QUINN BY KARL KESEL AND TERRY DODSON DELUXE EDITION BOOK ONE HC

Written by KARL KESEL

Art by TERRY DODSON, RACHEL DODSON, CRAIG ROUSSEAU, PETE WOODS and others

Cover by TERRY DODSON and RACHEL DODSON

Terry Dodson and Karl Kesel’s original run on HARLEY QUINN is now in hardcover! In these tales, Harley must do without her beloved Mister J’s “calming” influence and take on the world on her own. From jailbreaks to shopping sprees to her origin story, this book is jam-packed with over-the-top action! Includes appearances by Two-Face, Poison Ivy, Catwoman and more. Collects HARLEY QUINN #1-8.

On sale SEPTEMBER 6 • 216 pg, FC, $29.99 US

ABSOLUTE JUSTICE LEAGUE: ORIGIN HC

Written by GEOFF JOHNS

Art by JIM LEE, SCOTT WILLIAMS, GENE HA, CARLOS D’ANDA, IVAN REIS and JOE PRADO

Cover by JIM LEE and SCOTT WILLIAMS

For the first time, Geoff Johns and Jim Lee’s stellar run on JUSTICE LEAGUE from the dawn of DC: THE NEW 52 is collected in DC’s Absolute Edition format! First, Batman discovers an evil that requires him to unite Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Aquaman, The Flash and Cyborg for the first time as the Justice League! Then, find out who has joined the team after its origin! And why does Green Arrow want to join their ranks so badly? Plus, someone is out to get the Justice League, and he is determined to show the world how mortal these godlike beings really are!

On sale SEPTEMBER 27 • 360 pg, FC, 8.25″ x 12.5″, $99.99 US

JUSTICE LEAGUE: THE DARKSEID WAR SAGA OMNIBUS HC

Written by GEOFF JOHNS, PETER J. TOMASI, FRANCIS MANAPUL and others

Art by JASON FABOK, JIM LEE, FRANCIS MANAPUL, PHIL JIMENEZ, FERNANDO PASARIN, SCOTT KOLINS and others

Cover by JASON FABOK

The Justice League originally united to stop the forces of Darkseid from destroying Earth! Now the ruler of Apokolips is back, but this time he’s set his sights on the world-shattering Anti-Monitor. Will the combined might of the Justice League be enough to protect Earth from becoming collateral damage as gods fight? This new title collects JUSTICE LEAGUE #40-50, a story from DC COMICS DIVERGENCE #1 and the DARKSEID WAR specials starring Batman, The Flash, Green Lantern, Superman, Lex Luthor and Shazam!

On sale OCTOBER 11 • 512 pg, FC, $75.00 US

JUSTICE LEAGUE: AN ADULT COLORING BOOK TP

Art by JIM LEE, JASON FABOK, BRYAN HITCH, GEORGE PEREZ, NEAL ADAMS, MIKE SEKOWSKY and others

Cover by JIM LEE and SCOTT WILLIAMS

The World’s Greatest Heroes unite in black and white in this new adult coloring book! Featuring the art of top talents including Jim Lee, Jason Fabok, Bryan Hitch, George Pérez, Neal Adams, original Justice League of America artist Mike Sekowsky and many others!

On sale OCTOBER 11 • 96 pg, B&W, $15.99 US

TEEN TITANS: EARTH ONE VOL. 2 TP

Written by JEFF LEMIRE

Art and cover by ANDY MACDONALD

After months on the run from the twisted project that created them, Cyborg, Terra, Beast Boy and Garth are near the breaking point, barely surviving on what they can steal, squatting in the ruins of an abandoned subdivision. But as they reach their lowest ebb, their creator, Dr. Niles Caulder, is ready to make his move…and they’re about to learn that they weren’t the only kids to go through Caulder’s twisted process! There are more children with powers out there, and unlike our heroes, they were raised to be the living weapons Caulder wants all his Titans to be!

On sale AUGUST 16 • 144 pg, FC, $16.99 US

THE NEWSBOY LEGION BY JOE SIMON AND JACK KIRBY VOL. 2 HC

Written by JOE SIMON and JACK KIRBY

Art by JOE SIMON, JACK KIRBY and others

Cover by JOE SIMON and JACK KIRBY

In these 1940s tales from STAR-SPANGLED COMICS #33-64, the scrappy inner city boys known as the Newsboy Legion work together to stop crime in their home of Suicide Slum. Watched over by adult hero the Guardian—a.k.a. policeman Jim Harper—the Newsboy Legion battle crime through their own newspaper reporting, taking on crooked politicians, slum lords, fifth column agents and more.

On sale AUGUST 2 • 368 pg, FC, $49.99 US

NEW TEEN TITANS VOL. 7 TP

Written by MARV WOLFMAN and GEORGE PEREZ

Art by GEORGE PEREZ, STEVE RUDE, DICK GIORDANO and others

Cover by GEORGE PEREZ

From the retirement of Robin and Kid Flash to the birth of Nightwing and the introduction of Jericho to the ultimate betrayal of a Titan—“The Judas Contract” riveted readers during its initial run in the 1980s, and it still has fans talking today. This new title collects TALES OF THE TEEN TITANS #42-48 and TEEN TITANS ANNUAL #3.

On sale AUGUST 23 • 224 pg, FC, $19.99 US

SIXPACK AND DOGWELDER: HARD-TRAVELIN’ HEROZ TP

Written by GARTH ENNIS

Art by RUSS BRAUN

Cover by STEVE DILLON

When John Constantine comes calling, Dogwelder finds himself face to face with destiny as the truth about his powers and origin suddenly seem to lie within his grasp. Could his journey of discovery be just what Sixpack needs to snap Section Eight out of its funk? Now the pair are off on the road trip from hell, leaving a trail of mayhem (and empty bottles and canine corpses) from Gotham City to Egypt to outer space. This title collects SIXPACK AND DOGWELDER: HARD-TRAVELIN’ HEROZ #1-6.

On sale AUGUST 16 • 144 pg, FC, $16.99 US

SUPER POWERS TP

Written by ART BALTAZAR and FRANCO

Art and cover by ART BALTAZAR

Aw yeah, the World’s Greatest Heroes are back in a new all-ages tale—except for Batman! Superman helps out by cleaning up in Gotham City, where he discovers a clue that sends Wonder Woman into space to locate the lost Caped Crusader. Her journey brings her a step closer to Batman, but can she uncover the truth behind his disappearance? It’s not going to be pretty—it involves Darkseid and Apokolips!

On sale AUGUST 9 • 136 pg, FC, $12.99 US

SWAMP THING: THE BRONZE AGE OMNIBUS HC

Written by LEN WEIN, DAVID MICHELINIE, GERRY CONWAY, MARTIN PASKO, BRUCE JONES and others

Art by BERNIE WRIGHTSON, NESTOR REDONDO, TOM YEATES, JAN DUURSEMA, TOM MANDRAKE, STEPHEN BISSETTE, JOHN TOTLEBEN. MARK TEXEIRA and others

Cover by KARL KERSCHL

The Swamp Thing faces a plethora of monsters and the uncaring savagery of his once-fellow men in these original stories! This giant hardcover collects HOUSE OF SECRETS #92, SWAMP THING #1-24, SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING #1-19 and SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING ANNUAL #1.

On sale OCTOBER 4 • 928 pg, FC, $99.99 US

WILDSTORM: A CELEBRATION OF 25 YEARS HC

Written by BRANDON CHOI, J. SCOTT CAMPBELL, WARREN ELLIS, CHRISTOS GAGE and others

Art by JIM LEE, SCOTT WILLIAMS, J. SCOTT CAMPBELL, BRYAN HITCH, PAUL NEARY, DUSTIN NGUYEN, BRETT BOOTH and others

Cover by JIM LEE and SCOTT WILLIAMS

In 1992 Jim Lee changed the course of comics history with the founding of WildStorm Productions, which would revolutionize the business and launch the careers of so many top creators. Now, the WS crew is back to celebrate 25 years of WildStorm with new short stories of the imprint’s greatest heroes by their classic creative teams, including WildC.A.T.s by Brandon Choi and Jim Lee; the Authority by Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch; Gen13 by J. Scott Campbell; WildCats by Christos Gage and Dustin Nguyen; Backlash by Brett Booth, and more!

This new hardcover also includes a massive pinup gallery featuring new art by WS alumni including John Cassaday, Tim Sale, Adam Hughes, Carlos D’Anda, Adam Warren, Tony Harris, Lee Bermejo, Ryan Benjamin, Neil Googe, Fiona Staples, Cully Hamner and more, plus behind-the-scenes material that will blow your mind, and epic reprints of some of WildStorm’s greatest stories! This new hardcover is a must-have for old fans and new readers alike!

On sale AUGUST 23 • 240 pg, FC, $29.99 US

AMERICAN WAY: THOSE ABOVE AND THOSE BELOW #1

Written by JOHN RIDLEY • Art and cover by GEORGES JEANTY

It’s been a decade since the Civil Defense Corps was exposed as a fraud created by the U.S. Government for propaganda purposes. While most of the heroes who survived the catastrophe have retired or disappeared, the New American still carries on, trying to keep communities safe amid the social turmoil of the 1970s. But with the nation split in two over civil rights and the changing political landscape, this isn’t easy. Some of the American’s former colleagues are on opposite sides of the law: Amber Waves joined a group of domestic terrorists, while Missy, a.k.a. Ole Miss, has thrown her hat into the political ring. As the ground shifts beneath his feet and new threats arise, which side will the American choose?

This sequel to the hit miniseries by the original team of writer John Ridley (Oscar-winning screenwriter of 12 Years a Slave and creator of TV’s American Crime) and artist Georges Jeanty (Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season Eight, Serenity: No Power in the ‘Verse) moves the story forward in history, factoring in how real-life events might be affected by the presence of superheroes, and how those events change the heroes in turn.

On sale JULY 5 • 32 pg, FC, 1 of 6, $3.99 US • MATURE READERS

ASTRO CITY #46

Written by KURT BUSIEK

Art by BRENT ANDERSON

Cover by ALEX ROSS

The final chapter in the Broken Man’s century-spanning revelations about Astro City, music, rebellion, heroes and the threat of the Oubor. The Broken Man is mounting a defense—but does it stand a chance, or is it as cracked as he is? Featuring Honor Guard, the First Family and more, in a story that sets the stage for everything that is to come for Astro City.

On sale JULY 19 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T

EVERAFTER: FROM THE PAGES OF FABLES #11

Written by DAVE JUSTUS and LILAH STURGES

Art by TRAVIS MOORE

Cover by TULA LOTAY

The Shadow Players are fractured and under siege by some of the Lone Star State’s darkest legends! Connor spills his guts to La Llorona, Bo tries not to get rammed and Peter bites off more pain than he can swallow while he searches for ancient artifacts! Meanwhile, back at Plano South, the rest of the crew gets an education from the mysterious Kara Bass in this arc’s pulse-pounding penultimate chapter!

On sale JULY 5 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • MATURE READERS

SAVAGE THINGS #5

Written by JUSTIN JORDAN

Art by IBRAHIM MOUSTAFA

Cover by IBRAHIM MOUSTAFA

New York has succumbed to chaos. Devastating attacks by Black Forest have brought the city to its knees. Abel and Kira are trying to quell the situation, but it’s hard to tell the good guys from the bad guys in the confusion, so not only do they have to contend with Cain’s goons, but local law enforcement and scared citizens alike. Amid all the violent disorder, Abel begins to realize Cain’s real target is much bigger—and potentially deadlier—than anyone imagined.

On sale JULY 5 • 32 pg, FC, 5 of 8, $3.99 US • MATURE READERS

THE LOST BOYS TP

Written by TIM SEELEY

Art by SCOTT GODLEWSKI

Cover by TONY HARRIS

The stakes are raised in this nostalgic and unstoppable sequel to the ’80s cult classic vampire film, The Lost Boys. Santa Carla, California, is on edge. The eccentric coastal town and haven for the undead was finally returning to “normal” after its last supernatural scuffle left the local coven’s head vampire dead and gave newcomers Michael and Sam Emerson a housewarming both violent and bizarre. Now the brothers must team up with militant vampire hunters Edgar and Allan Frog when a new gang of ruthless, stunning, life-sucking nightcrawlers known as the Blood Belles emerges to collect Michael’s love interest and their lost sister, Star. Collects THE LOST BOYS #1-6.

On sale AUGUST 9 • 144 pg, FC, $16.99 US • MATURE READERS

UNFOLLOW VOL. 3: TURN IT OFF TP

Written by ROB WILLIAMS

Art by MIKE DOWLING, SIMON GANE and JAVIER PULIDO

Cover by MATT TAYLOR

It’s the conclusion to UNFOLLOW in these tales from issues #13-18! First, learn how Akira plans to defeat Larry Ferrell’s 140 experiment and move the world toward peace. Then, the last survivors of the original 140 meet for a final showdown with Larry Ferrell! And what will become of Rubinstein’s mask when it returns home?

On sale AUGUST 2 • 144 pg, FC, $16.99 US • MATURE READERS

JUSTICE LEAGUE MOVIE STATUES: BATMAN, CYBORG AND SUPERMAN

The World’s Greatest Heroes unite on the big screen for the first time this November in the Warner Bros. feature film Justice League! Now, DC Collectibles captures the likenesses of BATMAN, CYBORG and SUPERMAN in these spectacular new statues!

BATMAN—12.75″ high Sculpted by Alterton

CYBORG—13″ high Sculpted by Alterton

SUPERMAN—13″ high Sculpted by James Marsano

Limited Editions of 5,000

Each statue sold separately

Each $150.00 US

On Sale NOVEMBER 2017

Allocations May Occur

WONDER WOMAN BRACELETS WITH LASSO AND TIARA PROP REPLICA

Sculpted by JOE MENNA

Three of Wonder Woman’s most recognizable accessories in her battle for justice—her tiara, bracelets and lasso—are united in this exciting new prop replica. Celebrate Wonder Woman’s new movie with this amazing tribute to the Amazon Princess!

Limited Edition of 5,000

Measures Approximately

14.50″ high x 10.50″ wide x 10.50″ deep

$300.00 US

On Sale NOVEMBER 2017

Allocations May Occur

BAT-SIGNAL PROP REPLICA

This exquisite metal prop replica of the Bat-Signal will light your night! This powerful Bat-Signal comes with three Bat symbols: one inspired by the Batman movies, one “Knightfall” symbol and a traditional symbol from the pages of the Dark Knight’s comics. Comes with USB cable, removable power adaptor and LED light source.

Limited Edition of 5,000

Measures Approximately 12.75″ high x 9″ wide x 8″ deep

$300.00 US • On Sale NOVEMBER 2017

Allocations May Occur

DC ICONS: THE DEATH OF SUPERMAN ACTION FIGURE 2-PACK

“The Death of Superman” epic grabbed headlines in 1993, and the story remains one of DC’s most memorable. Now, DC Collectibles commemorates it with a new action figure 2-pack that includes two interchangeable Superman heads, snap-on heat vision and punch-blast effect, two displayable sound effects captions plus a battle base with a tattered-cape flag!

DOOMSDAY—7.1″

SUPERMAN—6.1”

$75.00 US

On Sale NOVEMBER 2017

Allocations May Occur

DCTV: THE FLASH — KID FLASH ACTION FIGURE

From the hit CW series, it’s Wally West, a.k.a. Kid Flash! This young hero comes with extra hands and an extra head without his familiar mask.

KID FLASH—6.69”

$28.00 US • On Sale NOVEMBER 2017

Allocations May Occur

DCTV LEGENDS OF TOMORROW: THE ATOM ACTION FIGURE

DC’s own Legends of Tomorrow are here in a new DCTV action figure series! The Atom includes alternate hands and energy blasts.

THE ATOM—7″

$28.00 US

On Sale NOVEMBER 2017

Allocations May Occur

DCTV LEGENDS OF TOMORROW: WHITE CANARY ACTION FIGURE

DC’s own Legends of Tomorrow are here in a new DCTV action figure series! White Canary appears with her own battle-lance plus two sets of alternate hands.

WHITE CANARY—6.74″

$28.00 US

On Sale NOVEMBER 2017

Allocations May Occur

DC ICONS: BATMAN REBIRTH ACTION FIGURE

As seen in the DC REBIRTH: JUSTICE LEAGUE ACTION FIGURE 7-PACK, the Dark Knight is back in a new solo action figure featuring his appearance in DC’s smash-hit Rebirth titles!

BATMAN—6.25

$28.00 US • On Sale OCTOBER 2017

Allocations May Occur

DC ICONS: SUPERMAN REBIRTH ACTION FIGURE

As seen in the DC REBIRTH: JUSTICE LEAGUE ACTION FIGURE 7-PACK, the Man of Steel is back in a new solo action figure featuring his appearance in DC’s smash-hit Rebirth titles!

SUPERMAN—6.25

$28.00 US • On Sale OCTOBER 2017

Allocations May Occur

DC BOMBSHELLS VIXEN STATUE

Sculpted by AMY SHARPE

Her claws may be hidden by those evening gloves, but make no mistake—Vixen is dangerous! She’s also the latest Bombshells statue designed by Ant Lucia!

Limited Edition of 5,000

Measures Approximately 10.55” Tall

$125.00 US

On Sale NOVEMBER 2017

Allocations May Occur

DC DESIGNER SERIES: BATMAN BY ANDY KUBERT MINI STATUE

Legendary writer/artist Frank Miller returned to Batman with DARK KNIGHT III: THE MASTER RACE, teaming with superstar artist Andy Kubert! Now, the DC Collectibles statue based on Kubert’s rendition of the Dark Knight is back in a new, miniaturized edition!

Limited Edition of 5,000

Measures Approximately 7” Tall

$80.00 US • On Sale SEPTEMBER 2017

Allocations May Occur

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