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SUPER SONS: THE POLARSHIELD
PROJECT by Ridley Pearson
BATMAN: OVERDRIVE
by Shea Fontana
DC SUPER HERO GIRLS: SPACED OUT
by Shea Fontana
BLACK CANARY: IGNITE
by Meg Cabot
Featuring excerpts from forthcoming DC ZOOM books!
DC ZOOMSpring/Summer 2019 Sampler
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Librarians Retailers:
You’ve asked, and we’ve listened!As superhero storytelling has exploded in popularity in recent years, and both children’s publishing and graphic novels have shown unparalleled growth, we have created our very first imprints dedicated to storytelling for kids! DC Books for Young Readers brings the iconic superheroes of DC Entertainment to graphic novels for middle-grade and young adult readers.
With world-class authors lending their expertise to brand-new standalone stories featuring the characters we know and love, these graphic novels will appeal to DC fans new and old.
DC Zoom targets ages 8–12 with stories that focus on external issues, helping readers explore and understand the world around them. Librarians tell us that DC titles are a great tool to engage reluctant young readers, and DC Zoom makes our characters accessible with new out-of-continuity stories by their favorite authors.
DC Ink is for readers 13 and up, and features coming-of-age stories that encourage teens to ask themselves who they are and how they relate to others. DC Ink features storytelling that focuses on real-world situations and relatablecharacters who are not perfect, but are nuanced and complex—just like our readers.
Happy reading!
Dan DiDio, Publisher Jim Lee, Publisher
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DC ZOOM
presents
Excerpts from:
Super Sons: The PolarShield Project
DC Super Hero Girls: Spaced Out
Batman: Overdrive
Black Canary: Ignite
Bonus Content:
Interview with Art Baltazar and Franco, illustrator and author of
Superman of Smallville
Interview with Michael Northrop, author of Dear Justice League
Interview with Derek Fridolfs and Dustin Nguyen,
author and illustrator of Batman Tales: Once Upon a Crime
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From the New York Times bestselling author of
Kingdom Keepers and Peter and the Starcatchers
Ridley PearsonThe sons of Batman and Superman find their lives pulled apart as the world
hurtles toward ecological disaster.
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ILLUSTRATED BY Ile Gonzalez
2019 APRIL
an original graphic novel
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ART BY ILE GONZALEZ
THE POLARSHIELD PROJECT
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is an Edgar nominee, Fulbright Fellow and a #1 New York Times bestselling author of more
than 50 award-winning suspense and young adult adventure novels. His novels have been published in two dozen languages and have been adapted for both network television and the Broadway stage. Ridley’s middle-grade-reader series include The Kingdom
Keepers, Steel Trapp and Lock & Key. Ridley plays bass guitar in an all-author rock band
with other bestselling writers (Dave Barry, Amy Tan, Mitch Albom, Scott Turow, Greg Iles and
occasionally Stephen King). He lives and writes in the Northern Rockies along with his wife, Marcelle.
RIDLEY PEARSON
illustrated her first comic strip while in kindergarten and she grew up to study fashion design in college. Deciding graphic storytelling was her first true love, she refocused her creative effort and landed her first paid work at the digital storytelling company Madefire, working exclusively for them and co-creating their popular middle grade series The Heroes Club.
ILE GONZALEZ
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From the New York Times bestselling author
Shea FontanaThe DC Super Hero Girls line of original graphic novels
introduces an exciting universe of heroic storytelling, featuring DC’s powerful and diverse lineup of female characters.
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ILLUSTRATED BY Agnes Garbowska
2019 MAY
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is a screenwriter for film and television, as well as a comic book writer. Her work includes the original graphic novels in the DC Super Hero Girls line, as well as TV shows The 7D, Doc McStuffins, Whisker Haven Tales with the Palace Pets, the feature film Crowning
Jules and more. She has also written for DC’s iconic comic book series Wonder Woman
and Justice League.
SHEA FONTANA
was born in Poland and came to Canada at a young age. Being an only child she escaped into a world of books, cartoons and comics.She is best known for her longtime work on My Little Pony (IDW Publishing). She has worked on many all-age titles including Jem and the Holograms (IDW Publishing), Grumpy Cat (Dynamite Entertainment), Boo: The World’s Cutest Dog (Dynamite Entertainment) and Sonic Universe (Archie).
AGNES GARBOWSKA
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More than 300,000 copies in print!
The DC Super Hero Girls line of original graphic novels introduces an exciting
universe of heroic storytelling, featuring DCs’ most powerful and diverse
lineup of female characters.
9781401274832 • TR • $9.99/$13.50 • Ages 6-12 • Grades 3-7 • On Sale: August 7, 2018
Written by Shea Fontana • Illustrated by Marcelo DiChiara & Agnes Garbowska
TM and © DC Comics
“Perfect for younger readers.” —A.V. Club
DC SUPER HERO GIRLS: OUT OF THE BOTTLE
“A neat entry
point into the world of
comic books for
new audiences.”
—io9
“A youthful twist
on popular
characters.”
—Los Angeles
Times
DC SUPER HERO GIRLS: FINALS CRISIS
Written by Shea Fontana Art by Yancey Labat
9781401262471 • TP $9.99 • Now Available
DC SUPER HERO GIRLS: SUMMER OLYMPUS
Written by Shea Fontana Art by Yancey Labat9781401272357 • TP $9.99 • Now Available
DC SUPER HERO GIRLS: HITS AND MYTHS
Written by Shea Fontana Art by Yancey Labat
9781401267612 • TP $9.99 • Now Available
DC SUPER HERO GIRLS: PAST TIMES AT SUPER HERO HIGH
Written by Shea Fontana Art by Yancey Labat
9781401273835 • TP $9.99 • Now Available
DC SUPER HERO GIRLS: DATE WITH DISASTER
Written by Shea Fontana Art by Yancey Labat
9781401278786 • TP $9.99 • Now Available
DC SUPER HERO GIRLS: SEARCH FOR ATLANTIS
Written by Shea Fontana Art by Yancey Labat
9781401283537 • TP $9.99 • On sale 10/2/18
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From the New York Times bestselling author
Shea FontanaDriven to solve the mystery of his parents’ murders, teenage loner Bruce
Wayne hones his detective and combat skills as he scours Gotham City’s underbelly looking for clues.
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ILLUSTRATED BY Marcelo DiChiara
2019 AUGUST
an original graphic novel
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WRITTEN BY SHEA FONTANAART BY MARCELO DiCHIARA
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is a screenwriter for film and television, as well as a comic book writer. Her work includes the original graphic novels in the DC Super Hero Girls line, as well as TV shows The 7D, Doc McStuffins, Whisker Haven Tales with
the Palace Pets, the feature film Crowning Jules and more. She has also written for
DC’s iconic comic book series Wonder Woman and Justice League.
SHEA FONTANA
started his comic book career working on Marvel’s Iron Man and Power Pack, Marvel Adventures and Super Hero Squad. He has also illustrated DC Comics’ Smallville: Continuity and Chaos, DC Super Hero Girls and DC Comics: Bombshells, in addition to being a regular artist for the Teen Titans Go! series. Marcelo is excited to finally draw one of his all-time favorite characters: Batman.
MARCELODICHIARA
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Princess Diaries
Meg cabotDinah Lance knows exactly who she is and where she’s
going . . . or so she thinks. Once she discovers her voice, she will change in ways she could never have imagined. And so will Gotham City.
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ILLUSTRATED BY Cara McGee
2019 OCTOBER
an original graphic novel
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is an award-winning author. Her books for adults, teens and tweens have
included multiple #1 New York Times bestsellers, selling well over 25 million copies worldwide. Cabot’s Princess Diaries series has been published in more than 38 countries and was made into two hit films by Disney. She is also the
author of the popular Mediator series and the Heather Wells mystery series. Meg was
born in Indiana during the Chinese astrological year of the Fire Horse, a notoriously unlucky sign,
but has been working hard ever since to give herself a happy ending. She currently lives in Key West with her husband.
MEG CABOT
is a BFA graduate of SCAD’s sequential art program. Since graduating in 2010, she has worked on a number of personal mini comics, as well as comics, covers and illustrations for companies like BOOM!, DC Comics, IDW and Cards Against Humanity. She currently lives in the woods in the middle of nowhere and travels as much as her schedule allows.
CARA MCGEE
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Coming SoonRidley Pearson Super Sons: The PolarShield Project
Shea Fontana DC Super Hero Girls: Spaced Out
Art Baltazar & Franco Superman of Smallville
Michael Northrop Dear Justice League
Shea Fontana Batman: Overdrive
Gene Luen Yang Superman Smashes the Klan
Meg Cabot Black Canary: Ignite
Derek Fridolfs & Dustin Nguyen Batman Tales: Once Upon a Crime
Minh Lê Green Lantern: Legacy
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Q: What’s your new book about?
ART: Our new book is about a young Clark Kent as a freshman in high school. He’s 14 years old and the only person he knows is Lana Lang—he’s the new kid. He’s Superman, of course, but his parents warn him to be careful not to reveal his secret identity. He runs into all the things normal high schoolers run into—the lunchroom bully, all that stuff.
FRANCO: Everyone in Smallville will find out that Superman is there. All the tribulations of having to deal with going to school will be included. There will be this club where kids go out looking for extraterrestrials, so there’s a lot of fun stuff in the book.
ART: It’s also Lex Luthor’s first time in public school because all throughout his previous academics he was homeschooled. He’s the rich kid from the other side of town and he is REAL smart, and he meets Clark Kent for the first time. It’s gonna be awesome.
Q: Have you always been a DC fan?
FRANCO: Yes, I’ve always been a real big DC fan. When I was growing up, my parents were always working, so I would go with them as they went to go work in restaurants. There was a corner drugstore, and I would get some money in the afternoon to go down and buy as many Superman, Batman and Teen Titans comics as I could. I would always draw them in my free time when I wasn’t reading them. Ever since I can remember, I’ve always been a DC fan.
ART: I’ve been a DC fan since I was a little kid; I used to get those comics from this little Polish deli down the street. That was my first exposure to Aquaman and Green Arrow and Black Canary, and I eventually moved on to the Super Friends cartoons. That interest led to Superman: The Movie, which made me want all of the SUPERMAN comics. I’ve been reading since I was six years old. I had maybe two years where I had to learn to walk and talk and stuff, but then it was DC Comics.
Illustrator and Author ofSUPERMAN OF SMALLVILLE
FRANCOART BALTAZAR &
COMING JUNE 2019
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Q: What’s your new book about?
MICHAEL: My new book is Dear Justice League. It’s basically an introduction to these characters for younger readers in a really relatable way. Sort of the classic lineup: Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, I threw in Hawkgirl because I’ve always really liked her, Green Lantern, Cyborg and Aquaman. The premise is: young fans write to their heroes to ask for advice or just because they have something they want to tell them. The heroes respond with stories from their own lives, maybe an embarrassing story of when that happened to them as a kid. It’s a way to show these heroes when their defenses are down.
Q: HOW EXCITED ARE YOU TO WORK WITH DC?
MICHAEL: I am SUPER excited to be working with DC. The opportunity to write these iconic charac-ters that I grew up on has been amazing. I’ve always been a comic book guy. When I was a kid, I lived in a very small town and the closest comic book store was in Touring, Connecticut. My mother threw my comics away, so my brother and I would pore through the boxes there. So now that I’m not only a proud comic book nerd but also a professional comic book nerd is super exciting for me. DC has been just fantastic. The thing I like best about this project is that there is a lot of latitude in how we present these characters. Whatever we think works best to tell the story and to get young readers into this story has been fantastic. They’ve been so flexible, but at the same time, just the opportunity to work with these iconic characters has been amazing.
Author of
DEAR JUSTICE LEAGUE
MICHAEL NORTHROP
COMING JULY 2019
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Q: What’s your new book about?
DEREK: Our new book is about Gotham but in a sort of fantasy setting. We’re taking the popular fairy tales and weaving the DC characters within them. So we have Damian Wayne envisioning himself as Pinocchio, and trying to become like his father, Batman. He doesn’t just want to be a real Boy Wonder, he wants to be like his dad. And we have a “Princess and the Pea” story, with Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy, as well as an “Alfred in Wonderland” story. This story has Alfred going into Wonderland with the Mad Hatter trying to save the rest of his Bat-Family in there. There’s a Snow Queen story with Batman out in the worst blizzard in Gotham history trying to find someone out in the snow.
DUSTIN: What he said.
Q: Have you always been a DC fan?
DEREK: I grew up reading a lot of comics as a kid, but I never got into DC until much later. It wasn’t until Batman: The Animated Series that I got into DC, and then from there I picked up a lot of DC Comics.
DUSTIN: I’ve always been a DC fan. My first dip into comics was a Batman sampler. It’s really hard for me to draw anything else. Working with Batman, he has an expanded universe with the rest of the Gotham characters, which made it really easy to like and experiment with other characters. It made working on Li’l Gotham really great.
Author and Illustrator of
BATMAN TALES: ONCE UPON A CRIME
DEREK FRIDOLFS
DUSTINNGUYEN&
COMING NOVEMBER 2019
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Q: What’s your new book about?
MINH: My new book is called GREEN LANTERN: LEGACY—it’s about a grandmother who passes away and her jade ring gets mysteriously transferred to her grandson. The grandson discovers that his grand-mother had been a superhero for most of her life. He discovers her story while coming to terms with this new, awesome power and the responsibility that comes with that. It’s very much a family story. For me, it’s a great opportunity to pay tribute to grandmothers; they were the heroes in my life.
Author of
GREEN LANTERN: LEGACY
MINH LÊ
COMING DECEMBER 2019
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Q: Have you always been a DC fan?
MINH: I’ve been a fan of comics for a very long time. I spent a lot of my junior high years trying to sketch comics, but my art skills never evolved to where they needed to be. But I love comics, I love DC. I grew up on Greek mythology, fairy tales—and folktales and comics, to me, are kind of like that new mythology. When you see the pop culture I think it makes sense. I’m really excited to be a part of that mythology now.
Author of
GREEN LANTERN: LEGACY
MINH LÊ
COMING DECEMBER 2019
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DC Ink features storytelling that focuses on real-world situations and relatable characters
that help readers understand the ultimate coming-of-age question: “Who am I?”
Ages: 13+Grades: 8-12
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DC Ink features storytelling that focuses on real-world situations and relatable characters
that help readers understand the ultimate coming-of-age question: “Who am I?”
Marie Lu Batman: NightwalkerLaurie Halse Anderson Wonder Woman: Tempest Tossed
Melissa de la Cruz Gotham High
Coming Soon
Mariko TamakiHarley Quinn:
Breaking GlassSummer 2019
Danielle PaigeMera:
TidebreakerSpring 2019
Kami GarciaTeen Titans:
RavenSummer 2019
Lauren MyracleUnder the Moon:A Catwoman Tale
Spring 2019
All-new original graphic novels from world-class authors
Covers not final
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DC ZOOM SAMPLER. June, 2018. Published by DC Comics, 2900 W. Alameda Avenue, Burbank, CA 91505. GST # is R125921072. Copyright © 2018 DC Comics. All Rights Reserved. All characters featured in this issue, the distinctive likenesses thereof and related elements are trademarks of DC Comics. DC Zoom is a trademark of DC Comics. The stories, characters and incidents mentioned in this publication are entirely fictional. DC Comics does not read or accept unsolicited submissions of ideas, stories or artwork. This paper is made with sustainably managed North American fiber. For Advertising and Custom Publishing contact dccomicsadvertising@dccomics.com. For details on DC Comics Ratings, visit dccomics.com/go/ratings Printed by Transcontinental Printing Interweb Montreal, a division of Transcontinental Printing Inc., Boucherville, QC, Canada. 6/8/18.
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Look for these exciting upcoming titles from
DC ZoomAGES 8-12 DC INK
AGES 13+
DC Books Young Readers!
for
Danielle Paige Mera: Tidebreaker
Lauren Myracle Under the Moon: A Catwoman Tale
Mariko Tamaki Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass
Kami Garcia Teen Titans: Raven
Marie Lu Batman: Nightwalker
Ridley Pearson Super Sons: The PolarShield Project
Shea Fontana DC Super Hero Girls: Spaced Out
Art Baltazar & Franco Superman of Smallville
Michael Northrop Dear Justice League
Shea Fontana Batman: Overdrive
Meg Cabot Black Canary: Ignite
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