DC Black Label
Parent company | DC Comics |
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Status | Active |
Predecessor | Vertigo Comics |
Founded | 2018 |
Country of origin | United States |
Headquarters location | New York City |
Publication types | Comic books |
Fiction genres |
DC Black Label is an imprint of American comic book publisher DC Comics consisting of original miniseries and reprints of books previously published under other imprints. The imprint intends to present traditional DC Universe characters for a mature audience with stand-alone, prestige-format series.[1] The first title of the imprint, Batman: Damned, was shipped on September 19, 2018.[2]
With the discontinuation of DC's Vertigo imprint, new and current series, as well as reprints of old titles, are published under the DC Black Label imprint beginning in 2020.[3]
Comic books[]
Single issues of comic books that are issued under the Black Label line will be published in Prestige Format. If a comic book series exceeds a miniseries run length, it will be published in standard format.
hideComic books | |||||
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Title | Issues | Publication date | Writer | Artist | Ref. |
Released | |||||
Batman: Damned | #1–3 | September 19, 2018 – June 26, 2019 | Brian Azzarello | Lee Bermejo | [4] |
Superman: Year One | June 19, 2019 – October 16, 2019 | Frank Miller | John Romita Jr. | [6] | |
Batman: White Knight Presents Von Freeze | #1 | November 20, 2019 | Sean Murphy | Klaus Janson | |
Dark Knight Returns: The Golden Child | December 11, 2019 | Frank Miller | Rafael Grampá | [7] | |
Harleen | #1-3 | September 25, 2019 – December 18, 2019 | Stjepan Šejić | [8] | |
Batman: Last Knight on Earth | May 29, 2019 – December 18, 2019 | Scott Snyder | Greg Capullo | [9] | |
Joker: Killer Smile | #1-3 | October 30, 2019 – February 19, 2020 | Jeff Lemire | Andrea Sorrentino | [10] |
Batman: Curse of the White Knight | #1–8 | July 24, 2019 – March 25, 2020 | Sean Murphy | [11] | |
Birds of Prey | #1 | June 2, 2020 | Brian Azzarello | [12] | |
The Last God: Sourcebook | June 2, 2020 | [13] | |||
Batman: The Smile Killer | June 24, 2020 | Jeff Lemire | Andrea Sorrentino | ||
Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanity - Secret Files | July 21, 2020 | Kami Garcia |
David Mack |
[14] | |
Wonder Woman: Dead Earth | #1–4 | December 18, 2019 – August 18, 2020 | [15] | ||
The Question: The Deaths of Vic Sage | November 20, 2019 – August 25, 2020 | Jeff Lemire | Denys Cowan | [10] | |
The Last God: Songs of Lost Children | #1 | September 22, 2020 | Dan Watters | Steve Beach | [16] |
Batman: Three Jokers | #1–3 | August 25, 2020 – October 27, 2020 | Geoff Johns | Jason Fabok | [17] |
The Last God | #1–12 | October 30, 2019 – January 26, 2021 | [18] | ||
Harley Quinn and the Birds of Prey | #1–4 | February 12, 2020 – February 2, 2021 | Amanda Conner Jimmy Palmiotti |
Arthur Adams | |
Hellblazer: Rise and Fall | #1–3 | September 2, 2020 – February 2, 2021 | Tom Taylor | Darick Robertson | |
Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanity | #1–8 | October 9, 2019 – April 7, 2021 | Kami Garcia | Mike Mayhew |
[19] |
Sweet Tooth: The Return | #1–6 | November 3, 2020 – April 13, 2021 | Jeff Lemire | ||
Batman: White Knight Presents: Harley Quinn | October 20, 2020 – March 23, 2021 | Katana Collins | Matteo Scalera | ||
The Other History of the DC Universe | #1–5 | November 24, 2020 – July 27, 2021 | John Ridley | Giuseppe Camuncoli | [20] |
American Vampire 1976 | #1–10 | October 6, 2020 – August 3, 2021 | Scott Snyder | Rafael Albuquerque | [21] |
Publishing | |||||
Strange Adventures | #1–12 | March 4, 2020 – September 28, 2021 | Tom King | |
[22] |
Rorschach | October 13, 2020 – September 14, 2021 | [23] | |||
Batman/Catwoman | December 1, 2020 – TBD | Clay Mann | [24] | ||
The Nice House on the Lake | June 1, 2021 – TBD | James Tynion IV | Álvaro Martínez Bueno | [25] | |
Batman: Reptilian | #1–6 | June 22, 2021 – November 23, 2021 | Garth Ennis | Liam Sharp | [26] |
Suicide Squad: Get Joker! | #1–3 | August 3, 2021 – October 5, 2021 | Brian Azzarello | Alex Maleev | [27] |
Superman vs. Lobo | August 24, 2021 – TBD | Tim Seeley Sarah Beattie |
[28] | ||
Upcoming | |||||
Batman vs. Bigby! A Wolf in Gotham | #1-6 | September 21, 2021 – TBD | Bill Willingham | Brian Level | [29] |
Batman: The Imposter | #1–3 | October 12, 2021 – TBD | Mattson Tomlin | Andrea Sorrentino | [30] |
Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons | October 19, 2021 – TBD | Kelly Sue DeConnick | Phil Jimenez | [31] | |
Catwoman: Lonely City | #1–4 | October 19, 2021 – TBD | Cliff Chiang | [32] | |
Human Target | #1–12 | November 2, 2021 – TBD | Tom King | Greg Smallwood | [33] |
Batman: One Dark Knight | #1–3 | December 7, 2021 – TBD | Jock | [34] | |
Batman/Catwoman Special | #1 | December 21, 2021 | Tom King | John Paul Leon | [35] |
Fables | #1-12 | May 2022 | Bill Willingham | Mark Buckingham | [29] |
Unproduced | |||||
Batman/Joker: Deadly Duo | limited series | TBD | Marc Silvestri | [36] | |
Wonder Woman: Diana's Daughter | Greg Rucka | [31] | |||
Batman: Beyond the White Knight | Sean Murphy | [37] |
Black Label lines[]
The Sandman Universe[]
In August 2018, The Sandman Universe was unveiled by creator Neil Gaiman, initially published under Vertigo. DC closed Vertigo in January 2020 as part of a reorganization of age-directed imprints. As of November 2019, all Sandman Universe titles are published under DC Black Label.
Hill House Comics[]
Hill House Comics is a pop-up horror line of comics founded and curated by Joe Hill under DC Black Label. The first release, Basketful of Heads #1, written by Joe Hill, was released on October 30, 2019. There is also a backup story, Sea Dogs, written by Joe Hill in every comic series, with each chapter of this story following the order of when each comic issue under Hill House Comics was released.[38]
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Title | Issues | Publication date | Writer | Artist | Ref. |
Released | |||||
Basketful of Heads | #1–7 | October 30, 2019 – May 27, 2020 | Joe Hill | [39] | |
#1–6 | November 13, 2019 – May 20, 2020 | Mike Carey | Peter Gross Vince Locke | ||
December 18, 2019 – June 23, 2020 | Carmen Maria Machado | ||||
January 8, 2020 – June 10, 2020 | |||||
February 19, 2020 – August 25, 2020 | Joe Hill |
The Murphyverse[]
On March 2 via a Twitter Q&A, Sean Murphy announced that he would be overseeing a mini-pop-up imprint set in the world of Batman: White Knight, with him writing the bones of the stories and with other writers and artists fleshing it out. The books are planned to be released in-between the main volumes of White Knight.
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Title | Issues | Publication date | Writer | Artist | Ref. |
Released | |||||
Batman: White Knight Presents Harley Quinn | #1–6 | October 20, 2020 – March 23, 2021 | Katana Collins Sean Murphy |
Matteo Scalera Dave Stewart |
[40] |
Upcoming | |||||
Nightwing[a] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | [41] |
Batgirl[a] |
- ^ Jump up to: a b name not final
Collected editions[]
Sean Murphy's Batman: White Knight was originally released as a regular DC Comics comic book miniseries, but the collected edition was released under the DC Black Label imprint.
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Title | Material collected | Format | Writer | Artist | Pages | Publication date | ISBN | Ref. |
Batman: White Knight | Batman: White Knight #1–8 | SC | Sean Murphy | 232 | October 3, 2018 | 978-1401279592 | [citation needed] | |
Batman: Damned | Batman: Damned #1–3 | HC | Brian Azzarello | Lee Bermejo | 160 | September 4, 2019 | 978-1401291402 | [citation needed] |
Superman: Year One | Superman: Year One #1–3 | HC | Frank Miller | John Romita Jr. | 160 | November 12, 2019 | 978-1401291372 | [citation needed] |
Harleen | Harleen #1–3 | HC | Stjepan Šejić | 160 | February 11, 2020 | 978-1779501110 | [citation needed] | |
Batman: White Knight – The Deluxe Edition | Batman: White Knight #1–8 | HC | Sean Murphy | 232 | March 4, 2020 | 978-1779500649 | [citation needed] | |
Batman: Last Knight on Earth | Batman: Last Knight on Earth #1–3 | HC | Scott Snyder | Greg Capullo | 184 | April 7, 2020 | 978-1401294960 | [citation needed] |
Basketful of Heads | Basketful of Heads #1–7 | HC | Joe Hill | Dave Stewart |
184 | September 8, 2020 | 978-1779502971 | [citation needed] |
Batman: Curse of the White Knight | Batman: Curse of the White Knight #1–8 and Batman: White Knight Presents Von Freeze #1 | HC | Sean Murphy | 272 | September 15, 2020 | 978-1779504487 | [citation needed] | |
Joker: Killer Smile | Joker: Killer Smile #1–3 and Batman: The Smile Killer #1 | HC | Jeff Lemire | Andrea Sorrentino | 160 | September 15, 2020 | 978-1779502698 | [citation needed] |
Dark Knight Returns: The Golden Child – The Deluxe Edition | Dark Knight Returns: The Golden Child | HC | Frank Miller | Rafael Grampa | 80 | September 15, 2020 | 978-1779503916 | [citation needed] |
The Low, Low Woods | The Low, Low Woods #1–6 | HC | Carmen Maria Machado | Dani | 160 | September 29, 2020 | 978-1779504524 | [citation needed] |
The Dollhouse Family | The Dollhouse Family #1–6 | HC | Mike Carey | Peter Gross Vince Locke |
160 | October 13, 2020 | 978-1779504647 | [citation needed] |
Daphne Byrne | Daphne Byrne #1–6 | HC | Laura Marks | Kelley Jones | 160 | November 3, 2020 | 978-1779504654 | [citation needed] |
Batman: Three Jokers | Batman: Three Jokers #1–3 | HC | Geoff Johns | Jason Fabok | 160 | November 17, 2020 | 978-1779500236 | [citation needed] |
Plunge | Plunge #1–6 | HC | Joe Hill | Jeremy Wilson | 168 | November 17, 2020 | 978-1779506887 | [citation needed] |
The Question: The Deaths of Vic Sage | The Question: The Deaths of Vic Sage #1–4 | HC | Jeff Lemire | Denys Cowan | 200 | November 24, 2020 | 978-1779505583 | [citation needed] |
Wonder Woman: Dead Earth | Wonder Woman: Dead Earth #1–4 | HC | 200 | December 1, 2020 | 978-1779502612 | [citation needed] |
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- ^ Johnston, Rich (July 11, 2018). "DC Comics' Black Label Series to Be Oversized – Starting with Batman: Damned". Bleeding Cool. Avatar Press.
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- ^ Polo, Susana (September 13, 2019). "Frank Miller returns to the Dark Knight yet again, in The Golden Child". Polygon.
- ^ "DC BLACK LABEL REIMAGINES HARLEY QUINN'S ORIGIN IN HARLEEN FROM WRITER AND ARTIST STJEPAN ŠEJIĆ". DC Comics. June 14, 2019.
- ^ Arrant, Chris (July 24, 2018). "SNYDER & CAPULLO's BATMAN: LAST KNIGHT ON EARTH Double-Sized". Newsarama. Future US. Archived from the original on July 24, 2018.
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- ^ "American Vampire Returns for Its Final Chapter!". DC Comics. July 16, 2020.
- ^ "King, Gerads and Shaner's Highly Anticipated 'Strange Adventures' Secures DC's Black Label Treatment". DC Comics. February 4, 2020.
- ^ "Announcement: DC Proudly Presents 'Rorschach' #1". DC Comics. July 15, 2020.
- ^ "Batman/Catwoman Begins!". DC Comics. September 10, 2020.
- ^ "DC Announces 'The Nice House On The Lake' by James Tynion IV and Álvaro Martínez Bueno". DC Comics. March 11, 2021.
- ^ "BATMAN: REPTILIAN - A New Predator Stalks the Streets of Gotham in this DC Black Label Limited Series!". DC Comics. March 12, 2021.
- ^ "DC Announces 'Suicide Squad: Get Joker!' by Brian Azzarello and Alex Maleev!". DC Comics. April 23, 2021.
- ^ "Superman vs. Lobo Pits The Man Of Steel Against DC's Best Bounty Hunter". Screen Rant. May 28, 2021.
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- ^ "Batman: The Imposter - A Gritty, Noir Version of Gotham City Greets the Dark Knight!". DC Comics. July 14, 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "DC LAUNCHES NEW PUBLISHING IMPRINT DC BLACK LABEL". DC Comics. March 8, 2018.
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- ^ Matadeen, Renaldo (March 2, 2020). "Sean Murphy to Oversee White Knight Imprint With Nightwing, Batgirl & More". Comic Book Resources.
External links[]
- "DC LAUNCHES NEW PUBLISHING IMPRINT DC BLACK LABEL". DC Comics (Burbank, California). March 8, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
- Beedle, Tim (June 15, 2018). "Shedding New Light on DC Black Label". DC Comics (Burbank California). Retrieved August 17, 2018.
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