DC Comics News - Identity Crisis #5 is Top Comic for October

IDENTITY CRISIS #5 IS DIAMOND' S TOP-SELLING COMIC FOR OCTOBER

The fifth issue of the blockbuster miniseries IDENTITY CRISIS is the
best-selling comic released in October, according to Diamond Comic
Distributors. IDENTITY CRISIS #5 (AUG040390) topped both the units and
dollars charts for the month.

Written by bestselling author Brad Meltzer with art by Rags Morales &
Michael Bair and a cover by Michael Turner & Peter Steigerwald, the
issue features the heroes of the DCU continuing to hunt for Sue Dibny '
s killer.

" Issue #5 was a roller coaster of emotions for me, " says
Morales. " I kept thinking about my father while I was drawing it, and I
wanted to dedicate the issue to him. I 'm glad it struck a chord
with the readers. Thank you all. "

" The retailer and reader response to IDENTITY CRISIS has been
phenomenal from the start, " says Bob Wayne, DC ' s VP - Sales &
Marketing. " With the miniseries ' finale only a month away, we
recommend that retailers make sure they have plenty of every issue in
stock. "

Other IDENTITY CRISIS issues are available as follows:

*IDENTITY CRISIS #1 Third Printing (APR045290) is available for
advance reorder and is scheduled to arrive in stores on November 17.

*IDENTITY CRISIS #2 Second Printing (MAY045410) is available for
order now and is scheduled to arrive in stores on December 1.

*IDENTITY CRISIS #3 (JUN040402), #4 (JUL040630) and #5 (AUG040390)
are available for reorder.

*IDENTITY CRISIS #6 (SEP040323) is available for advance reorder
and is scheduled to be in stores on November 10.

*IDENTITY CRISIS #7 (OCT040285) is available for advance reorder
and is scheduled to be in stores on December 15

DC COMICS SENDS SOLD-OUT GREEN LANTERN REBIRTH #2 BACK TO PRESS!

A full two weeks before its in-store date of November 24, GREEN
LANTERN: REBIRTH #2 (SEP040317) has sold out at DC Comics. Now, DC
announces that the issue will go straight back to press, with GREEN LANTERN:
REBIRTH #2 Second Printing (SEP048386) scheduled to arrive in stores on
December 1.

Written by Geoff Johns with art by Ethan Van Sciver, the Second
Printing will feature a variant version of Van Sciver> '> s cover art.

" This is absolutely unbelievable, " says Van Sciver. " I am
so very grateful to the fans of Green Lantern, to the retailers, and
especially to DC Comics for putting us in the position to be so widely
read. "

" With two issues back on press in the same week, it' s clear
that reader interest in this miniseries couldn' t be higher, " says
Bob Wayne, DC's VP - Sales & Marketing. " We urge retailers
to increase their orders on upcoming issues, as well as the third
printing of issue #1, before we run out of those as well. "

GREEN LANTERN: REBIRTH #2 Second Printing (SEP048386) is available
for order now and is scheduled to arrive in stores on December 1 with a
cover price of $2.95 U.S. To ensure delivery on that date retailers
must place orders by Sunday, November 21; please note that quantities may
be limited and may be sold out before November 21. DC recommends that
retailers place orders as soon as possible to avoid missing out.

Upcoming issues of GREEN LANTERN: REBIRTH are available as follows:

* GREEN LANTERN: REBIRTH #1 Third Printing (SEP048378) is available
for order and is scheduled to arrive in stores on December 1.

* GREEN LANTERN: REBIRTH #3 (OCT040283) is solicited in the October
issue of Previews (Volume XIV #10) and is scheduled to arrive in stores
on December 22.

*GREEN LANTERN: REBIRTH #4 (NOV040272) is solicited in the
November issue of Previews (Volume XIV #11) and is scheduled to arrive in
stores on January 24.