MIDNIGHTER AND APOLLO #1 by Steve Orlando and Fernando Blanco. Our super powered lovers are back together again and fighting evil. Meanwhile, Henry Bendix is at the Oblivian bar trying to get someone of a supernatural and villainous nature to climb into battle for him against them. Midnighter ends up being trapped by Bendix and Apollo goes to Hell.
NEW SUPER-MAN #4 by Gene Luen yang and Viktor Bogdanovic. The Justice League of China faces off against the Freedom Fighters of China, freeing Dr. Zheng and capturing all but Flying Dragon General in the process. Later, Folding Paper Man and Ghost Woman lead a breakout of the Freedom Fighters from the Crab Shell. In the end, Kenan goes to visit his dad only to find out that he is actually the Flying Dragon General.
NIGHTWING #6 by Steve Orlando, Tim Seley and Roge Antonio. In NIGHT OF THE MONSTER MEN Part 5, Nightwing has been turned into a monster and it’s up to Batwoman, Gotham Girl and Duke to stop him. He gets cured and reverts back to Nightwing, allowing him to team up with Spoiler. They observe the now-combined monster and Spoiler finds a way to defeat it. They also find Hugo Strange’ location and Batman goes off to a final battle with him.
NIGHTWING #7 by Tim Seeley and Javier Fernandez. Tiger and Nightwing team-up to find out that Kobra is utilizing genetically enhanced Kobra converts to kill of Owls. Nightwing heads to Raptor Air in Turkey where he confronts Raptor about being involved in the rigging of the Book of Wisdom. In the process, he finds out that there is some sort of connection between Raptor and Mary Grayson. Later, Raptor shows up at a public gathering and kidnaps Bruce Wayne, even as he admits that he knows Bruce is Batman, leading to Dick going off alone to solve the mystery and save his adoptive father.
RAVEN #2 by Marv Wolfman and Alisson Broges. Raven adjusts to life in her new school and the fact that many of the townspeople are being abducted and possessed. She tries her best to to stop it but fails. In the end, someone with a costume appears to be poised to join the fight. But what side are they on?
RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS #3 by Scott Lobdell and Dexter Soy. While Artemis admits she only came to Gotham to retrieve the Bow of Ra, she and Red Hood discover that Black mask has Bizarro in suspended animation. They get gassed, with Artemis being held in a cell. Meanwhile, Red Hood observes as Black Mask’s people revive Bizarro. With the blessing of the villain, Bed Hood acts as a mentor to the creature who insists he is not Superman…”me am Bizarro”.
SUICIDE SQUAD #4 by Rob Williams, Jim Lee, and Gary Frank. The team, or what is left of it, continues to battle it out with the Russian Metahuman team and General Zod. With some help from Katana, Flag manages to get Zod back in his prison bubble and Hack transports them home to Belle Reve, where Waller and Harcourt try to decide what to do with the Black Sphere. In the back-up, Harley and Flag go on a secret mission where she saves the day and they bond..
SUICIDE SQUAD #5 by Rob Williams, Jim Lee, and Stephen Byrne. The team adjusts to having lost Boomerang in battle and having come back with General Zod in tow. Waller decides that she wants Zod as part of Task Force X but Flag wants know part of it and, aiming his pistol at her, pulls the trigger. In the back-up, Hack reveals her life story to Waller, from living in the Korogocho Slums to becoming one with the machines.
SUPERGIRL #2 by Steve Orlando and Brian Ching. Supergirl battles with the Cyborg Superman who may or may not be her father. Later, she ends up in prison visiting Mastrocola. After getting a job working for cat Grant, Kara goes home and naps. But it seems that her dreams may become reality as it looks like her mother is coming for her.
SUPERMAN #8 by Peter Tomasi, Patrick Gleason and Doug Mahnke. Superman, Jon and Krypto get transported to Monster Island where they discover various monsters and remains of a Japanese World War II pilot. They also discover the graves and remains of The Losers: Gunner, Sarge, Johnny Cloud and Fighting Devil Dog.
SUPERMAN #9 by Peter Tomasi, Patrick Gleason and Doug Mahnke. Captain Storm returns to his cave and meets with Superman, Jon and Krypto. They mention the transporter device and, with his pet Pterodactyl, they head off and fight a giant white ape who has an eye exactly like the octopus had that they fought in issue #2. They find they transporter cube and transport home, even as Storm stays behind, saying he is home. In the end, a mysterious figure seems to have access to more than he/she should.
SUPERWOMAN #3 by Phil Jimenez and Emanuela Lupacchino. Superwoman battles the Atomic Skull, even though Steel begs her to stop because the Skull knows information about his brother. Once subdued, he explains about the cruelties happening at Stryker’s Island. With his help, Superwoman, Steel and his niece get the power in Metropolis turned back on. Meanwhile, Lena Luthor has managed to capture her brother and with the help of her bizarro clones, she takes his armor and plans her revenge.
TEEN TITANS #1 by Benjamin Percy and Jonboy Meyers. Robin has captured Beast Boy, Raven, Starfire, and Kid Flash. Startfire breaks them free and they defeat Goliath, which proves Damian’s point: together they are unstoppable. Introducing himself as the son of Batman, he instructs them to join his as the New Teen Titans. They don’t have much of an option as Ra’s Al Ghul has instructed the Demon’s Fist to kill them.
TITANS #4 by Dan Abnett and Brett Booth. Kadabra and his team of fake Titans has abducted Linda Park and has given Wally West an hour to save her. The team splits up to help try and find and save her, but they run into the fakes in the process. As it turns out, Wally has a choice: save his friends or save Linda…he can’t do both.
TRINITY #2 by Francis Manapul. The Trinity, cradling an injured Jonathan Kent are discovered by young Clark Kent, who immediately flees. Johnathan awakes and believes Superman is Clark’s father. They all go off looking for Clark, who is following a mysterious voice through the woods. They eventually find Clark and reunite him with his father. In the end, it’s all a dream they Trinity are experiencing courtesy of Poison Ivy.
VIGILANTE SOUTHLAND #1 by Cary Phillips and Elena Casagrande. Donnie likes to hang out in South Central Los Angeles while his girlfriend has issues with him not being a productive member of society. Soon, she is killed in a hit-and-run incident. It seems that this may not be a simple hit-and-run and soon Donnie is knee deep in an investigation with “Pop” into her death. He finds a costume and an electronic made weapon and it certainly looks like she was involved with some heavy stuff. In the end, it may cost one of the pair their lives as an explosion threatens to kill them.
WONDER WOMAN #8 by Greg Rucka and Bilquis Evely. As a child, Barbara Minerva was fascinated by the legends of the Amazons. As an adult, she became an archeologist. On a dig in the Ukraine, she comes across the resting place of the twelfth queen of the Amazons, but a cave in wipes out her chance of digging further. The good news is that she captured images on her phone. Unfortunately, she ends up in a bar with someone named Viktor, passes out and then realizes that Viktor took her phone. This leads to a worldwide search for Viktor and finally finds him dying in Tunisia. She figures out that he was going the wrong way, which eventually leads her to an island in the Black Sea where she seemingly comes up empty again. Although there is a strange single tree that resembles the one tattooed on dead Viktor’s chest.
WONDER WOMAN #9 by Greg Rucka and Liam Sharp. In Part Five of THE LIES, Steve Trevor delivers the god Urzkartaga to Director Bordeaux. Meanwhile, Wonder Woman is causing quite a stir as she goes shopping at a local mall with Barbara. In the end, Diana and Steve meet and discuss their past relationship and hers’ with the late Superman. Then they kiss, before a phone call interrupts them. It seems that Themyscira isn’t a literal; place but a divine one and that leads to Steve and Diana heading there…where she meets her mother.
Monday, November 28, 2016
Sunday, November 20, 2016
DC REBIRTH Month 5, Part 1
Because it’s Con season and I have a million photo jobs staring me in the face(not a true million…but a lot!), I’m changing things up a little. I’ll be doing synopsis’ only this month, without doing an actual review on the books. Hopefully, that will change with the October titles. Thanks for understanding.
ACTION COMICS #965 by Dan Jurgens and Stephen Segovia. Pre-Flashpoint Lois Lane reports for work at the Daily Planet where she is determined to continue the work that the New 52 Lois Lane began before she died. She runs into several colleagues and acquaintances including Jimmy Olsen, Steve Lombardi, Clark kent, and Lex Luthor. That also means moving into Lois’ apartment, where she runs into a transformed Lana Lang, who is now the sole Superwoman.
ACTION COMICS #966 by Dan Jurgens and Stephen Segovia. Superman is continuing the training of his son Jon while also dealing with suddenly being a single parent with Lois on special assignment. Meanwhile, Superwoman is meeting with Lois, leading to her calling Superman. He quickly arrives, leading to the first meeting between the childhood friends of two parallel worlds. Lois gets into New 52 Lois’ laptop, where she sees a tearful message to those she left behind. Later, Lois goes back to the Planet and continues her masquerade. Meanwhile, two mysterious alien bounty hunters arrive in search of Superman.
ALL STAR BATMAN #3 by Scott Snyder, John Romita Jr., and Declan Shalvey. Batman, still chained to Two-face, battles the former KGB Beast. Duke arrives to save them and get them away from the fray. The Royal Flush Gang also arrives and are quickly dispatched by The Beast. Duke drives them to a walnut farm where long time Batman associate Harold Allnut operates on Dent to save his injured eye. Later, as Duke and Batman leave with a recuperating Dent, an assault team arrives and rescues Dent, who proceeds to pour acid on batman’s face. In the back-up, a recovered Duke tries to solve the mystery of the murder of Rita Noles and that leads him to Diana Boone
AQUAMAN #8 by Dan Abnett and Scot Eaton. While Mera goes to the Tower of Widowhood to learn how to be a proper queen, Aquaman and his fellow Atlantean warriors take on the Shaggy Man. He quickly learns that the target that Black Manta has set the creature on course for is Amnesty Bay.
AQUAMAN #9 by Dan Abnett and Scot Eaton. Mera continues her schooling while the Shaggy Man attacks Amnesty Bay. Aquaman and the Atlanteans battle the creature to little avail when Aquaman gets an idea. He places his JLA transporter card on the creature and sends the beast into deep space, saving the town. When he collapses, Murk pleads for help from the townspeople, who appear less than thrilled with the thought.
BATGIRL #4 by Hope Larson and Rafael Albuquerque. Batgirl battles for her life against Teacher’s followers, eventually fleeing to go and try to save Kai who is in Shanghai and being tortured. She learns , thanks to Frankie, that Kai is carrying a bio-encrypted formula that is designed for the students to be able to pass their college entrance exams. As Batgirl, she visits with Kai and threatens him to leave Barbara alone. Then she searches for an online ad that leads her to one of the culprits. A tussle leads to the chemist being doused in her own formula that turns her into…?
BATGIRL AND THE BIRDS OF PREY #3 by Julie Benson, Shawna Benson, Claire Roe, and Roge Antonio. After a flashback of Dinah as a young child, we go to the Gotham Watchtower, where the trio is still trying to figure out who Oracle is. They make their way to a Mexican restaurant where the Dallessandro Family is having a party. Turns out that this was a ruse sent by Oracle and that Gordon and company at the safe house are really in danger. They arrive just in time to save them from Lady Viper and her gang, but not before they kidnap Santos. In the end, it is revealed that Fenice is a woman presumed dead and that Santos is in her clutches.
BATMAN #8 by Tom King, Steve Orlando and Riley Rossmo. Gotham Girl and Nightwing have been turned into monsters because of Hugo Strange’ serum and the combined effort of Batman, Batwoman and Clayface battle them. Duke shows up with the cure and injects it into Gotham Girl, transforming her back to normal. Meanwhile, Batwoman battles with Nightwing and she is losing…to the point that she is falling to the streets of Gotham below. And off in Alexander Park, Steph and Cass find a wait to defeat the creature that possesses the citizens. Unfortunately, the individual parts join together to make one monstrous whole. To be continued in NIGHTWING #6.
BATMAN #9 by Tom King and Mikel Janin. Bane tells Psycho Pirate of his early life and then subjects himself to therapy from him. While Claire recovers from the death of her brother and her recent experience as a monster, Bruce plans on putting a team together to go after Bane. Heading to Arkham Asylum, he gathers up the Ventriloquist, Bronze Tiger, Punch, and Jewlee, before adding his last team member: Selina Kyle.
BATMAN BEYOND #1 by Dan Jurgens and Bernard Chang. Dana is being held by The Jokerz, who are intent on bringing The Joker back to life. Meanwhile, Matt brings Max to the Batcave, only to find that Batman is buried under a ton of rumble, which he uses explosives to blast his way out of. Out of shape, he struggles to keep up with a Venom enhanced member of The Jokerz, but eventually cuts off his Venom supply. After battling another gang of Jokerz, Batman flees back to the cave, where he decides to dress like one of them to defeat them.
BLUE BEETLE #2 by Keith Giffen and Scott Kolins. Beetle gets familiar with The Possee and discovers that his mother has been helping them out when they get injured. Most of the team leaves as beetle investigates the mysterious hole, but Blur hangs around. Then she spends most of the book trying to make out with our hero, ending up with her literally stealing a kiss from him. In the end, he confronts his mother about her actions and they come to an understanding.
CYBORG #2 by John Semper Jr. and Paul Pelletier. Cyborg battle Kilg%re, who has actually managed to kidnap Doctor Stone. Cyborg gets captured too and discovers that his father has had a bomb strapped to his chest. He also is in a globe that contains a corrosive gas. Cyborg breaks into the globe and gets covered in the gas, which may ultimately destroy him. As it turns out, the gas it’s not as deadly as Kilg%re led him to believe. Sarah and Professor Morrow shut down the power grid which means Kilg%re can do longer draw power and Cyborg tears him apart. Cyborg removes the bomb and rescues his dad. But it is revealed that THIS guy is actually an imposter.
CYBORG #3 by John Semper Jr. and Will Conrad. Victor is having a nightmare where he and the Justice League are fighting Darkseid and he causes them to be destroyed. When he wakes, he shows Sarah how he can use his new abilities to alter his atomic structure. She takes him out to a club where he runs into his ex-girlfriend, Britton Claire, who he no longer remembers.After the meeting, he goes to Professor morrow and demands that his memories be restored. Superman arrives and the pair fight, although it turns out to be another nightmare only. Still he ends up stuck in the nightmare, preparing to fight the Justice League. Meanwhile, the false Dr. Stone taunts the real Dr. Stone, who is his prisoner.
DEADMAN: DARK MANSION OF FORBIDDEN LOVE #1 by Sarah Vaughn and Lan Medina. Berenice and her friend Sam head to the mansion her boyfriend Nathan inherited. On the way there, she sees Deadman heading into the mansion. Deadman tries to enter his body, but is booted out. Nathan arrives, complaining of terrible headaches while Berenice hears the house tell her the house will kill her. Deadman gets rid of the evil spirits and then possesses her, finding out that she had once broke up with her girlfriend. He is trying to break free from the mansion, but some evil force is keeping him there. Separating from her, they head to the attic where they encounter the ghost of Adelia Ruskin.
DEATH OF HAWKMAN #1 by Marc Andreyko and Aaron Lopresti. Hawkman and Adam Strange are on Rann and badly injured following a battle with an alien army. We flashback in time to Adam trying to head to Rann but the Zeta beam malfunctions and he is stuck on Earth. On Rann, Sardath and Alanna get interrupted by attacking Thanagarians. Back on Earth, Adam discovers that the Zeta Beam is misfiring all over the county. After trips to numerous locations including Belle Reve, Gotham, Metropolis, and Coast City, he gets transported from his apartment…only to find that there has been a war on Rann.
DEATHSTROKE #4 by Christopher Priest and Joe Bennett. Deathstroke and Rose are in disguise and off on a job when her precognitive powers leads to a gunfight with a gang of bikers. Eventually, Rose battles and kidnaps Robin so that Deathstroke can use him as a bargaining chip with Batman.
DEATHSTROKE #5 by Christopher Priest and Joe Bennett. Batman meets with Rose in search of clues as to where Robin is. Meanwhile, Deathstroke is slowly drowning the Boy Wonder. Batman and Rose team up to take out the bad guys and rescue Robin. In the end, Rose makes a phone call looking for help while her boyfriend also makes a call. Looks like he may be responsible for arranging the hit on Rose. Unfortunately for him, her daddy interrupts that call!
DETECTIVE COMICS #942 by Steve Orlando, James Tynion IV, and Andy MacDonald. In the final part of the NIGHT OF THE MONSTER MEN, Batwoman, Nightwing, Spoiler and Orphan each go to a Wayne Watchtower to activate the weapons there and battle the giant monster with Dick eventually jumping into the creature’s mouth to bring it down. Meanwhile, Batman confronts Hugo Strange, taking him out with the aid of Clayface. In the end, the four people who made up the monsters get laid to rest as Bruce and Kate reaffirm their need to be around for Gotham’s future.
DETECTIVE COMICS #943 by James Tynion IV and Alvaro Martinez. Batwoman and Montoya are investigating a crime scene at Wayne Enterprise crime scene that resulted in the defacing of the building and the deaths of three police officers. We see Batman interrogating Jacob Kane before Kate informs him that Steph is under the radar since the Monster Men incident and Tim’s death. It turns out she is visiting with Harper Row at the Thompkins Free Clinic, where she is working. She reveals how much she misses Tim and that only gets broken up when Jean Paul arrives and tells Harper to get back to work. Cass and Clayface are training in the Mud Room in the Belfry and unfortunately he asks the computer to give him the biggest ugliest bad guy…and it’s him! In the end, the whole crew attend a Luke Fox gala when an explosion occurs and the Victim Syndicate, made up of people injured by Batman’s villains, arrives.
THE FLASH #8 by Joshua Williamson and Carmine DiGiandomenico. Flash is battling Godspeed, who is on his way to Iron heights to kill all the prisoners. Wally joins in and transforms into the NEW Kid Flash where they act together to take down August. Later, Barry reveals that Billy Parks didn’t kill August’s brother and his killer is still out there. Wally reveals his secret to Aunt Iris and begins training with The Flash, much to a ghostly Meena’s delight.
THE FLASH #9 by Joshua Williamson and Jorge Corona. Wally West meets Wally West as they team up with Barry Allen to stop a bridge collapse. Then Barry gets hit with a blast of evil energy from within the Speed Force and becomes a horribly abusive monster. Zoom appears and the Wallys work to keep Barry from being sucked into the Speed Force. In the process, Barry reveals that Daniel West is NOT Wally’s Uncle…but his father. Later, our Wally and barry are having a quiet chat when it is revealed that a certain helmet appeared within the Speed Force-Jay Garrick’s helmet.
GOTHAM ACADEMY SECOND SEMESTER #2 by Brenden Fletcher, Becky Cloonan, Karl Kerschl and Adam Archer. Second Semester begins with Maps returning to school and meeting Olive’s new roommate Amy. Later Mr. Scarlet introduces himself, replacing Professor Pio. We get a meeting with the Detective Club, where Maps gives all of her friends dolls she made representing all of her friends. Pomeline steals Eric’s notebook which is filled with symbols from the Wedgewood House. At tennis practice, Coach Humphreys tells Kyle that a bunch of his players have gone missing. Later, Maps sees posters for the Witch Club and it turns out the Witch Club is responsible for the disappearances, as Maps ends up being kidnapped.
GREEN ARROW #8 by Ben Percy and Otto Schmidt. Ollie and Dinah adjust to living life on the island. Meanwhile, John Diggle gets captured and Arrow and canary head off to try and find him.
GREEN ARROW #9 by Ben Percy and Stephen Byrne. Dinah and Ollie search the island and encounter Ata, who claims that this is his island. Meanwhile, Ana, Ata’s husband, is holding Diggle captive and she reveals that Broderick was responsible for the Trans-Pacific Railway that runs through their island. Ata, Ollie and Dinah begin to burn the opium fields and that causes Ana’s followers to jump into the mix. Diggle gets free, reunites with Ollie and Dinah and they make their way onto the Railway.
GREEN LANTERNS #8 by Sam Humphries and Ed Benes. It’s Halloween night and our Green Lanterns are our doing Trick or Treat with Simon’s family while also looking for Rami. When they find him, he flees. The Dominators catch up with him and try to take the box containing the Phantom Ring. The Lanterns show up and take down the Dominators, which allows Rami to take it back. In the end, someone shows up in Dearborn claiming he deserves the Phantom Ring.
GREEN LANTERNS #9 by Sam Humphries and Ed Benes. Frank Laminski is a former pilot who feels that he should have gotten the Green Lantern ring, not Hal Jordan, especially after multiple Green Lanterns popped up. He became a vigilante and, even though he was a failure, a ring came to ring and then decided he was unworthy. Volthoom eventually finds him and convinces him that he needs to be the possessor of the Phantom Ring and he needs to take it from the Lanterns.
HAL JORDAN AND THE GREEN LANTERNS CORPS #6 by Robert Venditti and Rafa Sandoval. Guy Gardner continues to be tortured by Lyssa and her followers while Sinestro continues to rule Warworld and plot revenge against the Green lanterns. Meanwhile, Hal Jordan arrives to save his friend before he is baptized by the Yellow Lantern Underpriests. The Yellow Lanterns attack him but they get called off by Sinestro, who wants him all to himself.
HAL JORDAN AND THE GREEN LANTERNS CORPS #7 by Robert Venditti and Rafa Sandoval. It’s Hal versus Sinestro in a one-on-one contest that leads to an explosive ending which might have killed them both. Meanwhile, Soranik leads a group of rebelling Lanterns to rescue Guy and the other prisoners.
HARLEY QUINN #5 by Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti and John Timms. Harley, at the request of the Mayor, goes undercover along with Tony, Eggy and Red Tool as a punk rock band known as Harlin and the Skull Bags band to help take down a rival rock band called Purple Satin.
HARLEY QUINN #6 by Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti and John Timms. Harlin and the Skull Bags band tear up the stage and kill many rock fans in the process. After the show, Harley goes off to party with Purple Satin and discovers that their lead singer is wearing a soap heart bearing the initials J+H. She says the heart was a gift from a fan but Harley reveals that she got the gift when she was still a doctor at Arkham and the gift was from The Joker. In the end, Harley and Purple Satin go to a party at a Superhero and Super Villain Fetish Club.
THE HELLBLAZER #3 by Simon Oliver and Moritat. Constantine falls into a tunnel and meets Map, who speaks in riddles and sings “Do You Know the Muffin Man?” At the Tate Club, Clarice has one of her old boyfriends torn in half before she is forced to age horribly. She reveals that they need to find Chas. Constantine goes to Chas’ flat to find that he is tied up by a buinch of thugs…including Chas’ bookie. Meanwhile, Mercury and Swamp Thing go into the Rot and they get to a wormhole that Mercury exits through.
JUSTICE LEAGUE #6 by Bryan Hitch, Matthew Clark and Tom Derenick. The team is battling an unknown entity that fills everyone with fear. After the victory, the members are still affected. Barry and Jess go on a date and she freaks out while Superman decides he needs to kill Batman.
JUSTICE LEAGUE #7 by Bryan Hitch and Jesus Merino. Superman attacks batman in the Bat Cave while Aquaman pulls up a sunken ship and swears to Wonder Woman that he is going to show America how small it is. Meanwhile, Jess is still reacting to her freak-out from last issue and she has to do everything she can to muster up the strength to use her ring to defeat the fear creature. In the end, she decides to leave the League and and she and Barry will take their relationship slowly.
ACTION COMICS #965 by Dan Jurgens and Stephen Segovia. Pre-Flashpoint Lois Lane reports for work at the Daily Planet where she is determined to continue the work that the New 52 Lois Lane began before she died. She runs into several colleagues and acquaintances including Jimmy Olsen, Steve Lombardi, Clark kent, and Lex Luthor. That also means moving into Lois’ apartment, where she runs into a transformed Lana Lang, who is now the sole Superwoman.
ACTION COMICS #966 by Dan Jurgens and Stephen Segovia. Superman is continuing the training of his son Jon while also dealing with suddenly being a single parent with Lois on special assignment. Meanwhile, Superwoman is meeting with Lois, leading to her calling Superman. He quickly arrives, leading to the first meeting between the childhood friends of two parallel worlds. Lois gets into New 52 Lois’ laptop, where she sees a tearful message to those she left behind. Later, Lois goes back to the Planet and continues her masquerade. Meanwhile, two mysterious alien bounty hunters arrive in search of Superman.
ALL STAR BATMAN #3 by Scott Snyder, John Romita Jr., and Declan Shalvey. Batman, still chained to Two-face, battles the former KGB Beast. Duke arrives to save them and get them away from the fray. The Royal Flush Gang also arrives and are quickly dispatched by The Beast. Duke drives them to a walnut farm where long time Batman associate Harold Allnut operates on Dent to save his injured eye. Later, as Duke and Batman leave with a recuperating Dent, an assault team arrives and rescues Dent, who proceeds to pour acid on batman’s face. In the back-up, a recovered Duke tries to solve the mystery of the murder of Rita Noles and that leads him to Diana Boone
AQUAMAN #8 by Dan Abnett and Scot Eaton. While Mera goes to the Tower of Widowhood to learn how to be a proper queen, Aquaman and his fellow Atlantean warriors take on the Shaggy Man. He quickly learns that the target that Black Manta has set the creature on course for is Amnesty Bay.
AQUAMAN #9 by Dan Abnett and Scot Eaton. Mera continues her schooling while the Shaggy Man attacks Amnesty Bay. Aquaman and the Atlanteans battle the creature to little avail when Aquaman gets an idea. He places his JLA transporter card on the creature and sends the beast into deep space, saving the town. When he collapses, Murk pleads for help from the townspeople, who appear less than thrilled with the thought.
BATGIRL #4 by Hope Larson and Rafael Albuquerque. Batgirl battles for her life against Teacher’s followers, eventually fleeing to go and try to save Kai who is in Shanghai and being tortured. She learns , thanks to Frankie, that Kai is carrying a bio-encrypted formula that is designed for the students to be able to pass their college entrance exams. As Batgirl, she visits with Kai and threatens him to leave Barbara alone. Then she searches for an online ad that leads her to one of the culprits. A tussle leads to the chemist being doused in her own formula that turns her into…?
BATGIRL AND THE BIRDS OF PREY #3 by Julie Benson, Shawna Benson, Claire Roe, and Roge Antonio. After a flashback of Dinah as a young child, we go to the Gotham Watchtower, where the trio is still trying to figure out who Oracle is. They make their way to a Mexican restaurant where the Dallessandro Family is having a party. Turns out that this was a ruse sent by Oracle and that Gordon and company at the safe house are really in danger. They arrive just in time to save them from Lady Viper and her gang, but not before they kidnap Santos. In the end, it is revealed that Fenice is a woman presumed dead and that Santos is in her clutches.
BATMAN #8 by Tom King, Steve Orlando and Riley Rossmo. Gotham Girl and Nightwing have been turned into monsters because of Hugo Strange’ serum and the combined effort of Batman, Batwoman and Clayface battle them. Duke shows up with the cure and injects it into Gotham Girl, transforming her back to normal. Meanwhile, Batwoman battles with Nightwing and she is losing…to the point that she is falling to the streets of Gotham below. And off in Alexander Park, Steph and Cass find a wait to defeat the creature that possesses the citizens. Unfortunately, the individual parts join together to make one monstrous whole. To be continued in NIGHTWING #6.
BATMAN #9 by Tom King and Mikel Janin. Bane tells Psycho Pirate of his early life and then subjects himself to therapy from him. While Claire recovers from the death of her brother and her recent experience as a monster, Bruce plans on putting a team together to go after Bane. Heading to Arkham Asylum, he gathers up the Ventriloquist, Bronze Tiger, Punch, and Jewlee, before adding his last team member: Selina Kyle.
BATMAN BEYOND #1 by Dan Jurgens and Bernard Chang. Dana is being held by The Jokerz, who are intent on bringing The Joker back to life. Meanwhile, Matt brings Max to the Batcave, only to find that Batman is buried under a ton of rumble, which he uses explosives to blast his way out of. Out of shape, he struggles to keep up with a Venom enhanced member of The Jokerz, but eventually cuts off his Venom supply. After battling another gang of Jokerz, Batman flees back to the cave, where he decides to dress like one of them to defeat them.
BLUE BEETLE #2 by Keith Giffen and Scott Kolins. Beetle gets familiar with The Possee and discovers that his mother has been helping them out when they get injured. Most of the team leaves as beetle investigates the mysterious hole, but Blur hangs around. Then she spends most of the book trying to make out with our hero, ending up with her literally stealing a kiss from him. In the end, he confronts his mother about her actions and they come to an understanding.
CYBORG #2 by John Semper Jr. and Paul Pelletier. Cyborg battle Kilg%re, who has actually managed to kidnap Doctor Stone. Cyborg gets captured too and discovers that his father has had a bomb strapped to his chest. He also is in a globe that contains a corrosive gas. Cyborg breaks into the globe and gets covered in the gas, which may ultimately destroy him. As it turns out, the gas it’s not as deadly as Kilg%re led him to believe. Sarah and Professor Morrow shut down the power grid which means Kilg%re can do longer draw power and Cyborg tears him apart. Cyborg removes the bomb and rescues his dad. But it is revealed that THIS guy is actually an imposter.
CYBORG #3 by John Semper Jr. and Will Conrad. Victor is having a nightmare where he and the Justice League are fighting Darkseid and he causes them to be destroyed. When he wakes, he shows Sarah how he can use his new abilities to alter his atomic structure. She takes him out to a club where he runs into his ex-girlfriend, Britton Claire, who he no longer remembers.After the meeting, he goes to Professor morrow and demands that his memories be restored. Superman arrives and the pair fight, although it turns out to be another nightmare only. Still he ends up stuck in the nightmare, preparing to fight the Justice League. Meanwhile, the false Dr. Stone taunts the real Dr. Stone, who is his prisoner.
DEADMAN: DARK MANSION OF FORBIDDEN LOVE #1 by Sarah Vaughn and Lan Medina. Berenice and her friend Sam head to the mansion her boyfriend Nathan inherited. On the way there, she sees Deadman heading into the mansion. Deadman tries to enter his body, but is booted out. Nathan arrives, complaining of terrible headaches while Berenice hears the house tell her the house will kill her. Deadman gets rid of the evil spirits and then possesses her, finding out that she had once broke up with her girlfriend. He is trying to break free from the mansion, but some evil force is keeping him there. Separating from her, they head to the attic where they encounter the ghost of Adelia Ruskin.
DEATH OF HAWKMAN #1 by Marc Andreyko and Aaron Lopresti. Hawkman and Adam Strange are on Rann and badly injured following a battle with an alien army. We flashback in time to Adam trying to head to Rann but the Zeta beam malfunctions and he is stuck on Earth. On Rann, Sardath and Alanna get interrupted by attacking Thanagarians. Back on Earth, Adam discovers that the Zeta Beam is misfiring all over the county. After trips to numerous locations including Belle Reve, Gotham, Metropolis, and Coast City, he gets transported from his apartment…only to find that there has been a war on Rann.
DEATHSTROKE #4 by Christopher Priest and Joe Bennett. Deathstroke and Rose are in disguise and off on a job when her precognitive powers leads to a gunfight with a gang of bikers. Eventually, Rose battles and kidnaps Robin so that Deathstroke can use him as a bargaining chip with Batman.
DEATHSTROKE #5 by Christopher Priest and Joe Bennett. Batman meets with Rose in search of clues as to where Robin is. Meanwhile, Deathstroke is slowly drowning the Boy Wonder. Batman and Rose team up to take out the bad guys and rescue Robin. In the end, Rose makes a phone call looking for help while her boyfriend also makes a call. Looks like he may be responsible for arranging the hit on Rose. Unfortunately for him, her daddy interrupts that call!
DETECTIVE COMICS #942 by Steve Orlando, James Tynion IV, and Andy MacDonald. In the final part of the NIGHT OF THE MONSTER MEN, Batwoman, Nightwing, Spoiler and Orphan each go to a Wayne Watchtower to activate the weapons there and battle the giant monster with Dick eventually jumping into the creature’s mouth to bring it down. Meanwhile, Batman confronts Hugo Strange, taking him out with the aid of Clayface. In the end, the four people who made up the monsters get laid to rest as Bruce and Kate reaffirm their need to be around for Gotham’s future.
DETECTIVE COMICS #943 by James Tynion IV and Alvaro Martinez. Batwoman and Montoya are investigating a crime scene at Wayne Enterprise crime scene that resulted in the defacing of the building and the deaths of three police officers. We see Batman interrogating Jacob Kane before Kate informs him that Steph is under the radar since the Monster Men incident and Tim’s death. It turns out she is visiting with Harper Row at the Thompkins Free Clinic, where she is working. She reveals how much she misses Tim and that only gets broken up when Jean Paul arrives and tells Harper to get back to work. Cass and Clayface are training in the Mud Room in the Belfry and unfortunately he asks the computer to give him the biggest ugliest bad guy…and it’s him! In the end, the whole crew attend a Luke Fox gala when an explosion occurs and the Victim Syndicate, made up of people injured by Batman’s villains, arrives.
THE FLASH #8 by Joshua Williamson and Carmine DiGiandomenico. Flash is battling Godspeed, who is on his way to Iron heights to kill all the prisoners. Wally joins in and transforms into the NEW Kid Flash where they act together to take down August. Later, Barry reveals that Billy Parks didn’t kill August’s brother and his killer is still out there. Wally reveals his secret to Aunt Iris and begins training with The Flash, much to a ghostly Meena’s delight.
THE FLASH #9 by Joshua Williamson and Jorge Corona. Wally West meets Wally West as they team up with Barry Allen to stop a bridge collapse. Then Barry gets hit with a blast of evil energy from within the Speed Force and becomes a horribly abusive monster. Zoom appears and the Wallys work to keep Barry from being sucked into the Speed Force. In the process, Barry reveals that Daniel West is NOT Wally’s Uncle…but his father. Later, our Wally and barry are having a quiet chat when it is revealed that a certain helmet appeared within the Speed Force-Jay Garrick’s helmet.
GOTHAM ACADEMY SECOND SEMESTER #2 by Brenden Fletcher, Becky Cloonan, Karl Kerschl and Adam Archer. Second Semester begins with Maps returning to school and meeting Olive’s new roommate Amy. Later Mr. Scarlet introduces himself, replacing Professor Pio. We get a meeting with the Detective Club, where Maps gives all of her friends dolls she made representing all of her friends. Pomeline steals Eric’s notebook which is filled with symbols from the Wedgewood House. At tennis practice, Coach Humphreys tells Kyle that a bunch of his players have gone missing. Later, Maps sees posters for the Witch Club and it turns out the Witch Club is responsible for the disappearances, as Maps ends up being kidnapped.
GREEN ARROW #8 by Ben Percy and Otto Schmidt. Ollie and Dinah adjust to living life on the island. Meanwhile, John Diggle gets captured and Arrow and canary head off to try and find him.
GREEN ARROW #9 by Ben Percy and Stephen Byrne. Dinah and Ollie search the island and encounter Ata, who claims that this is his island. Meanwhile, Ana, Ata’s husband, is holding Diggle captive and she reveals that Broderick was responsible for the Trans-Pacific Railway that runs through their island. Ata, Ollie and Dinah begin to burn the opium fields and that causes Ana’s followers to jump into the mix. Diggle gets free, reunites with Ollie and Dinah and they make their way onto the Railway.
GREEN LANTERNS #8 by Sam Humphries and Ed Benes. It’s Halloween night and our Green Lanterns are our doing Trick or Treat with Simon’s family while also looking for Rami. When they find him, he flees. The Dominators catch up with him and try to take the box containing the Phantom Ring. The Lanterns show up and take down the Dominators, which allows Rami to take it back. In the end, someone shows up in Dearborn claiming he deserves the Phantom Ring.
GREEN LANTERNS #9 by Sam Humphries and Ed Benes. Frank Laminski is a former pilot who feels that he should have gotten the Green Lantern ring, not Hal Jordan, especially after multiple Green Lanterns popped up. He became a vigilante and, even though he was a failure, a ring came to ring and then decided he was unworthy. Volthoom eventually finds him and convinces him that he needs to be the possessor of the Phantom Ring and he needs to take it from the Lanterns.
HAL JORDAN AND THE GREEN LANTERNS CORPS #6 by Robert Venditti and Rafa Sandoval. Guy Gardner continues to be tortured by Lyssa and her followers while Sinestro continues to rule Warworld and plot revenge against the Green lanterns. Meanwhile, Hal Jordan arrives to save his friend before he is baptized by the Yellow Lantern Underpriests. The Yellow Lanterns attack him but they get called off by Sinestro, who wants him all to himself.
HAL JORDAN AND THE GREEN LANTERNS CORPS #7 by Robert Venditti and Rafa Sandoval. It’s Hal versus Sinestro in a one-on-one contest that leads to an explosive ending which might have killed them both. Meanwhile, Soranik leads a group of rebelling Lanterns to rescue Guy and the other prisoners.
HARLEY QUINN #5 by Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti and John Timms. Harley, at the request of the Mayor, goes undercover along with Tony, Eggy and Red Tool as a punk rock band known as Harlin and the Skull Bags band to help take down a rival rock band called Purple Satin.
HARLEY QUINN #6 by Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti and John Timms. Harlin and the Skull Bags band tear up the stage and kill many rock fans in the process. After the show, Harley goes off to party with Purple Satin and discovers that their lead singer is wearing a soap heart bearing the initials J+H. She says the heart was a gift from a fan but Harley reveals that she got the gift when she was still a doctor at Arkham and the gift was from The Joker. In the end, Harley and Purple Satin go to a party at a Superhero and Super Villain Fetish Club.
THE HELLBLAZER #3 by Simon Oliver and Moritat. Constantine falls into a tunnel and meets Map, who speaks in riddles and sings “Do You Know the Muffin Man?” At the Tate Club, Clarice has one of her old boyfriends torn in half before she is forced to age horribly. She reveals that they need to find Chas. Constantine goes to Chas’ flat to find that he is tied up by a buinch of thugs…including Chas’ bookie. Meanwhile, Mercury and Swamp Thing go into the Rot and they get to a wormhole that Mercury exits through.
JUSTICE LEAGUE #6 by Bryan Hitch, Matthew Clark and Tom Derenick. The team is battling an unknown entity that fills everyone with fear. After the victory, the members are still affected. Barry and Jess go on a date and she freaks out while Superman decides he needs to kill Batman.
JUSTICE LEAGUE #7 by Bryan Hitch and Jesus Merino. Superman attacks batman in the Bat Cave while Aquaman pulls up a sunken ship and swears to Wonder Woman that he is going to show America how small it is. Meanwhile, Jess is still reacting to her freak-out from last issue and she has to do everything she can to muster up the strength to use her ring to defeat the fear creature. In the end, she decides to leave the League and and she and Barry will take their relationship slowly.
Thursday, November 3, 2016
DC YOU Month 16
DOCTOR FATE #17 by Paul Levitz and Brendan McCarthy. Khalid and Akila are protesting outside of Freedom Tower when he notices threads coming out of everyone’s head. He turns into Doctor Fate and follows the threads to some spider creatures that call themselves The Dreamspinners. The threads lead back to a giant worm called Clothorus.
Khalid winds up back at the Sphinx, who tells him he must embrace Clothorus and her children to save Akila.
EARTH 2 SOCIETY #17 by Dan Abnett and Bruno Redondo. The world we knew has ended and the surviving heroes are existing in an empty white void. Fury believes she has destroyed the world, even as a mysterious voice claims that cohesion will begin in eighty seven minutes. In the end, the team gets attacked by duplicates of Sandman. Luckily they get saved by Val-Zod.
SIX PACK & DOG WELDER HARD TRAVELIN HEROEZ #3 by Garth Ennis and Russ Braun. Dogwelder is at the bar with Sixpack, Constantine and the rest of Section Eight. Dogwelder ends up going to the house of his ex-wife where he tells her that he still loves her. Section Eight arrives on a cosmic surfboard, just as Dogwelder realizes that his ex-wife loves her new husband and that he is scaring the children. Constantine blasts the family with a ray that makes them gain amnesia and then the team heads to the pyramids of Egypt. Once inside one of the pyramids, they see hieroglyphics of an Ancient Egyptian welder creating Anubis. And that’s when the angry mummies show up!
SUICIDE SQUAD’S MOST WANTED: EL DIABLO AND BOOMERANG #3 by ai Nitz, Cliff Richards, Christopher Sebela and Brian Level. In the opener, El Diablo and Azucar are being attacked by Vulcan and luckily Deadshot takes Vulcan’s ship out. After Azucar reveals her origin, she and Santana have sex and then he heads off to Cluemaster’s place to steal the Checkmate laptop. Unfortunately, he’s a little late as Catwoman gets to it before him. The two fight it out before Cluemaster convinces her to let him take it, so long as he uses the laptop to hurt Waller. He and Azucar head over to Ace Chemicals where Sin Tzu and his band of transform meta-humans ambush them. In the back-up, Killer Croc ends up on an island filled with monsters on a mission for Amanda Waller. The terrorists on the island are threatening to destroy the place when he bursts in with the creatures. Cut off from Waller’s control, Croc is about to take matters into his own hands.
Khalid winds up back at the Sphinx, who tells him he must embrace Clothorus and her children to save Akila.
EARTH 2 SOCIETY #17 by Dan Abnett and Bruno Redondo. The world we knew has ended and the surviving heroes are existing in an empty white void. Fury believes she has destroyed the world, even as a mysterious voice claims that cohesion will begin in eighty seven minutes. In the end, the team gets attacked by duplicates of Sandman. Luckily they get saved by Val-Zod.
SIX PACK & DOG WELDER HARD TRAVELIN HEROEZ #3 by Garth Ennis and Russ Braun. Dogwelder is at the bar with Sixpack, Constantine and the rest of Section Eight. Dogwelder ends up going to the house of his ex-wife where he tells her that he still loves her. Section Eight arrives on a cosmic surfboard, just as Dogwelder realizes that his ex-wife loves her new husband and that he is scaring the children. Constantine blasts the family with a ray that makes them gain amnesia and then the team heads to the pyramids of Egypt. Once inside one of the pyramids, they see hieroglyphics of an Ancient Egyptian welder creating Anubis. And that’s when the angry mummies show up!
SUICIDE SQUAD’S MOST WANTED: EL DIABLO AND BOOMERANG #3 by ai Nitz, Cliff Richards, Christopher Sebela and Brian Level. In the opener, El Diablo and Azucar are being attacked by Vulcan and luckily Deadshot takes Vulcan’s ship out. After Azucar reveals her origin, she and Santana have sex and then he heads off to Cluemaster’s place to steal the Checkmate laptop. Unfortunately, he’s a little late as Catwoman gets to it before him. The two fight it out before Cluemaster convinces her to let him take it, so long as he uses the laptop to hurt Waller. He and Azucar head over to Ace Chemicals where Sin Tzu and his band of transform meta-humans ambush them. In the back-up, Killer Croc ends up on an island filled with monsters on a mission for Amanda Waller. The terrorists on the island are threatening to destroy the place when he bursts in with the creatures. Cut off from Waller’s control, Croc is about to take matters into his own hands.
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