DC in October: DC Comics has released its solicitations for October. Highlights include:

* Devlin Waugh: Swimming in Blood, from 2000AD, by John Smith, Sean Phillips, Siku and Michael Gaydos. The concept of a free-lance supernatural operative for the Vatican doesn't do much for me, but the art team is tough to beat.
* The CMX manga line kicks off with Madara, Land of the Blindfolded and From Eroica With Love. The first two clock in at 200 pages, black and white, while the third is 232 pages. Not bad for $9.95.
* DC continues its celebration of Grant Morrison's exclusive contract with the release of the Arkham Asylum 15th Anniversary Edition hardcover, which includes an annotated final script and thumbnail breakdowns.
* Considering Mark Millar's regular sniping, it's funny that DC is releasing Red Razors as part of its deal with 2000AD.
* Green Lantern: Rebirth kicks off, quieting militant Hal Jordan fans everywhere.
* Solo debuts, allowing top talent to take a crack at their favorite characters. This could either be great, or get really bad really quickly.
* Dave Gibbons' black and white hardcover, The Originals looks fun.
* At last, DC releases collections of Sandman Mystery Theatre, with Vol. 1, The Tarantula, and Vol. 2, The Face and the Brute.
* Have I mentioned lately how much I love James Jean? Just look at this cover for Fables #30.
* DC smartly collects Mike Carey's My Faith in Frankie in a 112-page black and white digest. The price? Just $6.95. The trade also previews Jill Thompson's upcoming The Dead Boy Detectives.
* In a similar vein, the first two collections of Teen Titans Go! -- Truth, Justice, Pizza! and Heroes on Patrol! -- are rolled out as digest-sized trades with a $6.95 pricetag.
* Can it be? Planetary #21 comes out?
* Ed Brubaker and Dustin Nguyen launch The Authority: Revolution, which means the series should, at long last, be readable again.
* The weirdest solicitation of the month has to be for Outsiders #17, which guest-stars ... John Walsh of America's Most Wanted?