Earlier this week, DC Comics announced that this September will be Villains Month, a special event in which all titles in The New 52 will be replaced by Villain-centric books. What happens when the heroes of the DC Universe fall and there’s nobody left to stop the villains from taking over? Find out this fall during Villains Month, which will spotlight 52 of the DC Universe’s biggest rogues in their own one-shots.
Today, take a more in-depth look at Villains Month by checking out specifically which big bads will be taking over. Below, find a comprehensive breakdown of where you can check out the 3D motion image covers and full solicitation text for each of the Villains Month books, and sound off in the comments section about which ones you’re looking forward to most!
- BUZZFEED exclusively announced Villains Month and revealed select GIFs of the event’s 3D motion image covers.
- USA TODAY exclusively announced FOREVER EVIL, the seven-part mini-series that sets into motion this first New 52 universe-wide crossover event, and interviewed the creative team of writer Geoff Johns and artist David Finch.
- THE HUFFINGTON POST exclusively announced the JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA family of titles for Villains Month, and interviewed writer Matt Kindt about Deadshot.
- THE LOS ANGELES TIMES’ HERO COMPLEX exclusively announced the JUSTICE LEAGUE family of titles for Villains Month, and interviewed writer Greg Pak about Darkseid. Coverage also ran on the official DC Comics website.
- MTV GEEK exclusively announced the GREEN LANTERN family of titles for Villains Month, and interviewed writer Robert Venditti about Relic.
- IGN exclusively announced the SUPERMAN family of titles for Villains Month, and interviewed writer Scott Lobdell about H’El.
- THE NEW YORK POST exclusively announced the BATMAN AND ROBIN family of titles for Villains Month.
- MAXIM exclusively announced the SWAMP THING family of titles for Villains Month, and interviewed writer Charles Soule about Arcane.
- NERDIST exclusively announced the EARTH 2 family of titles for Villains Month, and interviewed writer Paul Levitz about Desaad.
- GAWKER’s KOTAKU exclusively announced the GREEN ARROW family of titles for Villains Month, and interviewed writer Jeff Lemire about Count Vertigo.
- CRAVE ONLINE exclusively announced the DETECTIVE COMICS family of titles for Villains Month.
- COLLIDER exclusively announced the JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK family of titles for Villains Month, and interviewed writer Ann Nocenti about Creeper.
- ZAP2IT exclusively announced the ACTION COMICS family of titles for Villains Month, and interviewed writer Michael Alan Nelson about Cyborg Superman.
- COMIC BOOK RESOURCES exclusively announced the BATMAN family of titles for Villains Month, and interviewed writer Scott Snyder about The Riddler.
- NEWSARAMA exclusively announced the FLASH family of titles for Villains Month, and interviewed writer Brian Buccellato about Grodd.
- COMIC VINE exclusively announced the TEEN TITANS family of titles for Villains Month, and interviewed writer Marv Wolfman about Trigon.
- GAMMA SQUAD exclusively announced the WONDER WOMAN family of titles for Villains Month, and interviewed writer Brian Azzarello about First Born and writer John Ostrander about Cheetah.
- COMICS ALLIANCE exclusively announced the BATMAN/SUPERMAN family of titles for Villains Month, and interviewed writer Greg Pak about Doomsday.
- IFANBOY exclusively announced the AQUAMAN family of titles for Villains Month, and interviewed writer Tony Bedard about Black Manta.
- The DC Comics website exclusively announced the BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT family of titles for Villains Month.