The Tornado flies alone in this mini-series from writer Kevin VanHook and artist Jose Luis, shining new light on the true origins of the Justice League’s resident android. Not only will you meet a new slew of characters, but you’ll also get to meet Reddy’s true android family, to boot. But with the influx of android relative, what happens to Red Tornado’s adopted human family? We’re not telling. But the pages below will help give you a hint.

RED TORNADO #1 hits 9/2.

Two new members sign up in the third issue of writer James Robinson and artist Mauro Cascioli’s CRY FOR JUSTICE mini-series. Just in time, too. With Prometheus captured and his evil plans revealed, the team will need all the additional manpower it can muster to defeat the villain’s master plan. Click below for some pages from the issue, which hits 9/2.

Happy Monday, Source readers. To ease you into the work week and to avoid a case of the Mondays, we’ve got some pages from SUPERGIRL ANNUAL #1, from writer Sterling Gates and artist Fernando Dagnino. As faithful SUPERGIRL readers know, in SUPERGIRL #34 the Girl of Steel adopted the new secret identity of Linda Lang. But how long until someone finds out her secret? Find out with this issue, as Gates and Dagnino chronicle Supergirl’s initial attempt to live a double life in “Linda Lang: Day One.”

SUPERGIRL ANNUAL #1 hits 9/2.

Yesterday we gave you a sneak peek at the second issue of BLACKEST NIGHT: BATMAN, so why not cap off the week with a look at the second SUPERMAN issue? Sure, why not? Writer James Robinson and artist Eddy Barrows unveil a crisis in Smallville, as the Black Lantern Psycho Pirate attacks. And what happens when Superman’s dead bride returns as a Black Lantern? Nothing good, I’d wager. So give these pages a look, enjoy your weekend and be sure to reserve a copy.

BLACKEST NIGHT: SUPERMAN #2 hits 9/23.

Happy Friday, DC Nation! Elisabeth Gehrlein here, DCU editor of…well, a really nice range of titles. One of the things I love about my current slate of books is how varied they are – I’ve got everything on my plate from JONAH HEX to TINY TITANS, with ADVENTURE COMICS and DOOM PATROL and WONDER WOMAN in between. So every day is a genre-bending journey where one minute I could be thinking “Where did those penguins get rocket packs in the first place?” and then suddenly a colorist calls with this disturbing question: “What color should I make the fragments of his shattered legs?”

To give you an idea of what I’m talking about, I’d like to show you some of the fantastic stuff that has crossed my desk recently.

Let’s start with WONDER WOMAN, where Aaron Lopresti’s beautiful covers are a joy to get in my inbox every month. Here’s a sneak peek at the cover for #39, first in sketch form and then with full tonal work:

Oh, and I just got an email from Tony DeZuniga, co-creator of JONAH HEX, who is hard at work on the art for the Hex hardcover graphic novel, due in-store next spring. Tony and writers Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti have teamed up before on Hex, and here’s what the results looked like:

I thought you might like to see some of Tony’s work-in-progress, though. Here are three pages of his roughs from the hardcover, also written by Jimmy and Justin, that tell an awesome little story all their own. That story is “Don’t mess with this man while he’s drinking.”

Moving on to ADVENTURE COMICS, where Francis Manapul and Brian Buccelato are turning out some gorgeous variant covers. Here are Francis’s inks for the #2 variant:

And then Brian takes Francis’s lovely ink washes to a whole new level with his color. Here it is with color and all:

Sticking with variant covers for a minute – you’ve seen the Matthew Clark/Kevin Maguire jam variant covers for DOOM PATROL issues #1 and 2 in previous posts. I love these covers very much, so I wanted to show you the final one for issue #3, starring Negative Man and a Metal Men obstacle course. We’ll start with Keith Giffen’s layout, and then there’s Kevin Maguire’s inks, Matthew Clark’s pencils over Kevin’s inks, Matthew’s and Kevin’s inks together at last, and finally the color by Guy Major.

Oh, and speaking of DOOM PATROL, remember that thing about the shattered legs? Yeah. When BLACKEST NIGHT comes to Oolong Island, things do not go well for the Chief. These wonderfully creepy cover pencils for issue #5 by Justiniano tell the tale:

Writer Keith Giffen’s comment? “Well, he won’t be getting far on foot.”

Yeesh.

But let’s end on a lighter note, shall we? TINY TITANS! This month in issue #20, Art Baltazar and Franco answer the age-old question, “After you win the Eisner for Best Publication for Kids (AW YEAH EISNER!), where oh where do you put the award for safe-keeping?” Well, where could be safer than Wayne Manor?

OK, I think I’ve spilled enough beans for one day. More to come next time – stay tuned!

Tying into his recent debut in the pages of R.E.B.E.L.S., the origin of the real Starro the Conqueror is revealed. Why have we never seen this cosmic barbarian before? And how did he amass his army of super-soldiers? The answers are all here, courtesy of writer Tony Bedard and a collection of top artists — including Kalman Andrasofszky, Derec Donovan, Joe Prado and Karl Moline — with each one handling a chapter of the story. Check out some preview pages below. R.E.B.E.L.S. ANNUAL: STARRO THE CONQUEROR hits 10/7.

If any hero should worry amidst the events surrounding BLACKEST NIGHT, it should be Batman. Boasting one of the strongest, creepiest and deadliest Rogues Gallery in the DCU, just the idea of some of the fallen villains returning as Black Lanterns sends a chill up my spine. Will the new Batman’s career be cut short? Will Red Robin have to face off against his own father? You’ll have to pick up the issue to find out. We’ll have an extended, lettered preview out for the world to see soon, but in the meantime, click below to check out a few pages from the second issue of BLACKEST NIGHT: BATMAN, from writer Peter Tomasi and artist Adrian Syaf. The issue hits 9/9.

The cover to December’s AZRAEL #3, by Jock.

Black Lanterns, of course. Here’s the cover to TEEN TITANS #78, by Joe Bennett, Jack Jadson and Rod Reis.

Greg Rucka and artist J.H. Williams continue to put the pressure on Gotham’s newest hero with the third part of ‘Elegy,” as Batwoman unites with an unlikely ally to momentarily defeat the fairytale villain known as Alice. But when Kate is forced to attend another high society event, she soon learns that her worlds are crashing together. Want more? Check out a few pages below. And then, head on over to your local shop. Simple, right?

DETECTIVE COMICS #856 hits today.