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.
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