Aquaman (vol. 3): Throne of Atlantis by Geoff Johns, Ivan Reis, Paul Pelletier and Pete Woods collects Aquaman 0, 14-16 and Justice League 15-17 Why I Bought This: I liked the first volume of New 52 Aquaman quite a bit. While volume 2 was not nearly as good, I still bought volume 3 on preorder from Amazon because of the quality of the first one. But even if I hadn’t read the other volumes I likely would have picked this up to see a JLA story with Aquaman in the lead. The Plot: Atlantis declares war on America leaving Aquaman caught in the middle.   (spoilers below)

Waiting for the Trade by Bill Miller   Demon Knights: Seven against the Dark. by Paul Cornell, Diogenes Neves and Oclair Albert Collects Demon Knights 1 – 7 Why I Bought This: This has a Camelot connection which always peaks my interest; but I was wary of buying it at first because I never cared for characters like Morbius or Ghost Rider in Marvel and Demon (who has top billing) seems like he’s just DC’s version of Ghost Rider (at least viewed superficially from the outside). Eventually my curiosity led me to buy issue 1 in a $1 bin and it was quite good so on Free Comic Book Day 2013 I bought the first trade at 25-percent off. The Plot: In the Dark Ages an unlikely group of characters with a connection to Camelot or who happen to be immortal and that are still active in the current DCU find themselves in a bar in a small town just as an unstoppable horde descends upon the town forcing those characters to band together for survival. Spoilers lurk below ...

Waiting for the Trade by Bill Miller   Batgirl New 52 Vol. 1 – The Darkest Reflection by Gail Simone, Ardian Syaf and Vicente Cifuentes collects Batgirl 1 - 6   Why I Bought This: I always liked Batgirl best of the core Batman characters dating back to the Adam West series. Since I mostly enjoyed the first three New 52 books I sampled, and with Barbara Gordon finally returned to that role, this my next pick-up from that line.     The Plot: Barbara Gordon has regained the use of her legs and decides to resume her career as Batgirl only to come across a new costumed serial killer known as Mirror.  

Waiting for the Trade by Bill Miller   Justice League International: Volume 1 – The Signal Masters by Dan Jurgens, Aaron Lopresti and Matt Ryan collects Justice League International 1-6. Why I Bought This: This was the third of my first three New 52 samples on Cyber Monday. In this case the original comedic JLI series is the only DC book I ever bought off the racks on an issue by issue die-hard basis, so a relaunch of that title is something I would of course be interested in. The Plot: The United Nations decides it needs a Justice League of its own that it can control so they hand-pick a team of international heroes just in time for them to deal with an emerging cosmic threat.

Waiting for the Trade By Bill Miller   Aquaman vol 1: The Trench By Geoff Johns, Ivan Reis and Joe Prado Collects Aquaman 1 – 6   Why I Bought This: As I’ve said before Aquaman is my favorite DC character, so if I was going to sample New 52 titles of course I’d pick this one up.   The Plot: Aquaman and Mera try to start a new life for themselves in the small coastal New England town of Amnesty Bay when a new species of carnivorous humanoid creatures emerge from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean .