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It’s that time again… okay, it’s a little past that normal time, thanks to the Mix March Madness wrapup, but here are the preview materials for DC Comics releases for July 2012.

What’s on tap this month? More of the Before Watchmen books, with the debut of Ozymandias from Len Wein and Jae Lee, the conclusion of the Court of Owls storyline and crossover in all the Bat-books, and the debut of the done-in-one book, National Comics, featuring the New 52 Debut (coming right at you) of Eternity.

And in the white elephant of desire category, there’s the $300 statue showing the climactic scene from The Dark Knight Returns.

Once more, into the breach? Banzai!

As always, spoilers may lurk beyond this point.

Before Watchmen: Ozymandias #1

Written by Len Wein

Art and cover by Jae Lee

Backup story art by John Higgins

1:25 Variant cover by Phil Jimenez...

We hold in our hands the covers for DC Comics this February. As a child of four can plainly see, these comics have been hermetically sealed in a Cgc 9.9 slab, and they’ve been kept in a #2 mayonnaise jar under a giant stack of returned copies of Holy Terror since noon today.

What do we have worth noting? The new look of Darkseid, and we’re far enough into the new 52 books that it’s time for Batman to start crossing over in all of them. Plus Mara Jade, the red-haired assassin who fell in love with her blond-haired man she was sent to kill– oh, I’m sorry, that’s from Star Wars. This is Mera in a jade outfit. Our mistake.

Shall we? Surely!

As usual, spoilers may lurk beyond this point.

Justice League #6

Written by Geoff Johns

Art and cover by Jim Lee and Scott Williams

1:...

We’ve received all the covers for DC Comics July solicitations, including the long awaited Games, the New Teen Titans graphic novel from Marv Wolfman and George Pérez. And when I say long awaited, I mean two decades long– which kinda ties in with all the DC Retroactive titles coming out, including our favorite, Green Lantern reuniting the team of ComicMix contributors Dennis O’Neil and Mike Grell.

Take a look.

War Of The Green Lanterns: Aftermath #1

Written by Tony Bedard

Art by Miguel Sepulveda

Cover by Dave Johnson

1:10 Variant cover by Doug Mahnke

The shocking consequences of the blockbuster “War of the Green Lantern” event have shattered the lives of Hal Jordan, Guy Gardner, John Stewart and Kyle Rayner in ways no one will see coming.

Everything you thought you knew about the Corps is no more!

Retailers: This issue will ship with two covers. Please see the...

Flashpoint: Project Superman #1 Covers: Gene Ha Plot by: Scott Snyder Script: Lowell Francis Art: Gene Ha "They Experimented on him in a Lab For Years!" Flashpoint: Frankenstein And The Creatures Of The Unknown #1 Covers: Doug Mahnke Writer: Jeff Lemire Art: Ibraim Roberson "They Can’t Survive Unless they Find Their Maker!" Flashpoint: Kid Flash Lost Starring Bart Allen #1 Covers: Francis Manapul Writer: Sterling Gates Art: Oliver Nome "Where is he? Or should we say when?" Flashpoint: Wonder Woman And The Furies #1 Covers: Ed Benes Writer: Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning Art: Scott Clark and David Beaty "If she can’t save the world – no one will!" Flashpoint: Lois Lane And The Resistance #1 Covers: Eddy Nunes and Sandra Hope Writer: Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning Art: Eddy Nunez "She is ready to reveal the Amazons’ secret!" Flashpoint: Abin Sur – The Green Lantern #1 Covers: Felipe Massafera Writer: Adam Schlagman Art: Felipe Massafera "He survived the crash!

Another week, another This Week in Comics, where we bring you a breakdown of some of the comics that are out to buy, or just read off the shelf, in your local comic store each and every week. And don’t forget to check out Pull List feature every fortnight where we take a closer look at some of the comics worth buying, and some not.

Note: Not all of these titles will actually arrive in all stores due to shipping and fulfillment issues, etc.

Gn = Graphic Novel; Hc = HardCover; Tp = Trade Paperback

Avatar Press

Freakangels Volume 4 Hc

Freakangels Volume 4 Tp

Night Of The Living Dead Volume 1 Hc

Night Of The Living Dead Volume 1 Tp

Boom! Studios

28 Days Later #11 (Cover A Sean Phillips)

28 Days Later #11 (Cover B Declan Shalvey)

Cars #1 (Emerald City Comicon Blank Variant Cover)

Codebreakers #3 (Cover A Julian Totino Tedesco)

Codebreakers #3 (Cover B Brett Weldele)

Incorruptible #1 (Emerald City...