Aquaman: Death of the Prince, Batman: Imposters lead new DC 2011 solicitations

It's that time again! As we reach the end of summer, we're also passing DC's established trade paperback solicitations, so let the hints and guessing begin. Here's some tidbits:

The big headline is a book called Aquaman: Death of the Prince with art by Jim Aparo. Indeed, Aparo drew Adventure Comics #452 where Aquaman's son died, and given the attention that event received in Blackest Night, at least, it's probably overdue to be collected. This is listed as a paperback, but the price suggests we might see a hardcover.

It may be somewhat ghastly, but if DC's publishing this, I dare say another story deserving of collection is the issues around the death of Green Lantern Katma Tui ...

Additionally, there's some Bat-books to report. David Hine's four-part Detective Comics story (collecting #867-870) arrives in Batman: Imposters (with art by Scott McDaniel); Batgirl: The Flood picks up with issue #9 after Red Robin: Collision and goes at least to issue #12 (though I'm hoping it's #14). The next Paul Dini Streets of Gotham trade is House of Hush, starting with issue #12 (is Paul Dini rocking this series? Should I be reading it?); also, if you've been waiting for the paperback, Judd Winick's Batman: Long Shadows makes its debut in May.

That's all for now, but my guess is that it's the start of plenty more to follow.

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