DC YOUNG ANIMAL

Written by Lee Allred, Michael Allred; Art & Cover by Michael Allred
Forager is just one of the Hive before he breaks out of his cocoon and finds himself in a mysterious house in an unknown realm, where he meets a ghostly girl, a talking teddy bear and otherworldly weirdos. Worst of all is General Electric, who is on the hunt for a reality-bending metal that could alter the fabric of life itself. To preserve the Multiverse, Forager must travel through alternate dimensions to seek the metal before it gets into the wrong hands! Collects issues #1-6. 168 PGS.

Written by Jonathan Rivera; Art by Michael Avon Oeming, Paul Maybury; Cover by Michael Avon Oeming
After a year of Multiverse-hopping and fighting in the Milk Wars, returning to a normal life of digging and cave-diving just isn't the same for explorer Cave Carson. Sure, he's got his podcast, family and that cybernetic eye, but reminiscing about times gone by isn't the same as living. Luckily for Cave Carson and his daughter Chloe, they're about to embark on an all-new adventure when they go spelunking in a black hole! But what's caused this black hole to appear, and what's its connection to the intergalactic music sensation Star Adam? Collects issues #1-6. 176 PGS.

Written by Steve Orlando & Various; Art by Aco & Various; Cover by Frank Quitely
What happens when the Doom Patrol meets the Justice League of America? Working together, can they destroy the evil, interdimensional corporation called RetConn? To kick off its plan to use the radioactive milk of psychic cows to take the edge off the World's Greatest Heroes, RetConn has gone all the way to the top. Meet Milkman Man, previously unknown son of Krypton, who was sent to our planet only to be adopted by an evil dairy farmer and raised to love all things dairy! Collects JLA/DOOM PATROL SPECIAL #1, MOTHER PANIC / BATMAN SPECIAL #1, SHADE, THE CHANGING GIRL / WONDER WOMAN SPECIAL #1, CAVE CARSON HAS A CYBERNETIC EYE / SWAMP THING SPECIAL #1 and DOOM PATROL / JLA SPECIAL #1. 224 PGS.

Written by Gerard Way; Art by Nick Derington, Tom Fowler; Cover by Nick Derington
A blenderized reimagining of the ultimate series of the strange, DOOM PATROL combines elements from classic runs, new directions and things that could not be. Our entry point is Casey Brinke, a young E.M.T. on the graveyard shift to abstract enlightenment, with a past so odd that she's not entirely sure what is real and what is not. Along with her partner, Sam Reynolds, the pair blaze a path through the city and its denizens, finding the only quiet that exists at 3 a.m. is the chaos of the brain. When the pair answer a hit-and-run call, they find themselves face to face with a familiar figure: Cliff Steele, a.k.a. Robotman. This first DOOM PATROL trade paperback collects issues #1-6. 176 PGS. Mature Readers Rating

Written by Gerard Way, Jeremy Lambert; Art by Nick Derington & Various; Cover by Nick Derington
Flex Mentallo, Robotman, Rebis, Crazy Jane and more are back to twist minds and take control. The most prevailing question in Vol. 2? What is S**t, and why is everyone eating it? Cliff doesn't like it, but Casey can't get enough. Sure, Cliff doesn't like a lot of stuff, but that doesn't mean he's wrong to be suspicious this time around. Meanwhile, we find out where Lotion the cat got off to, and how his journey has changed him. Life on the streets has made him an entirely different animal! Collects issues #7-11. 168 PGS. Mature Readers Rating

Written by Jody Houser, Jim Krueger; Art by Tommy Lee Edwards & Various; Cover by Tommy Lee Edwards
There's a new vigilante on the streets of Gotham City, and she's got her own brand of violent justice. Enter Mother Panic! By day, Violet Paige is a celebutante with a bad attitude and a temper to match, whom no one suspects of having anything lying beneath the surface of her outrageous exploits. But Violet isn't just another bored heiress in the upper echelons of Gotham City's elite. Motivated by her traumatic youth, Violet seeks to exact vengeance on her privileged peers as the terrifying new vigilante known only as Mother Panic. Collects issues #1-6 of this new series! 176 PGS.

Written by Jody Houser, Jim Krueger; Art by John Paul Leon & Various; Cover by Tommy Lee Edwards
Gotham City's newest vigilante, Mother Panic, sees a life she once saved struck by tragedy, causing her to look at her mission of revenge and her role in Gotham City. But when she gets a hunch about the murderer, are impulsiveness and a thirst for vengeance really the right tools to stop a killer?
Then Violet hits the Gotham City party scene to dig up more clues for the people behind Gather House. What she finds is a figure from her past whom she thought was long dead. Meanwhile, Violet's allies discover something disturbing about her mother... Collects issues #7-12. 168 PGS. Mature Readers Rating

Written by Cecil Castellucci & Various; Art by Marley Zarcone & Various; Cover by Becky Cloonan
On the planet Meta, young Loma steals the madness coat that once belonged to Rac Shade and makes a break across galaxies to take up residence in a new body: Earth girl Megan Boyer. Only now Loma learns that Megan was a bully whom everyone hated, and Loma has to survive high school with the ever-growing and uncontrollable madness at her side-not to mention there are people back on her homeworld who might just want Shade's coat back. Collects issues #1-6. 176 PGS. Mature Readers Rating

Written by Cecil Castellucci; Art by Marley Zarcone, Ande Parks; Cover by Becky Cloonan
Shade has shed her alien identity. She's stepped out of her original Earth body and into another one. Now free of the burdens of any past life, and finally on her own, she sets out to see more of her new home. But how does she cope when the madness takes all the human emotions she was forced to confront in the Milk Wars and turns them into a bouillabaisse of memory and confusion? And to make it even more challenging, Shade must also face her namesake, the original Changing Man. Collects the entire six-issue miniseries! 176 PGS. Mature Readers Rating