ACTION COMICS #969 by Dan Jurgens and Patrick Zircher. L'Call and Zade have taken Lex Luthor to Mideesi. We find out, through flashback, that Zade and L'Call are responsible for stopping future evil that their mentor Ch'arr discovers. L'Call wants to stop the killing and he is troubled by memories of his dead family. But Zade informs him that they need to go capture and kill Luthor, as he will become the new Darkseid. In present time, Luthor convinces L'Call to hold a trial before killing him, in the hopes that Superman will arrive on time to save him. Superman is in the Amazon at the site of the missing Geneticron building, where he realizes that the shattered pods are teleportation devices.
ACTION COMICS #970 by Dan Jurgens and Patrick Zircher. Superman breaks into Luthor’s cell, pulls the nullifier off his armor and that’s when Zade and L'Call show up. It seems that Darkseid had once invaded Mideesi and murdered the people and, specifically, L'Call family right in front of him. And, since he knows Luthor will be the next Darkseid, he must kill Luthor. The survivors of Darkseid's invasions find Lex guilty of future crimes and it seems Superman now agrees.
ALL STAR BATMAN #5 by Scott Snyder and John Romita Jr. Batman and Dwayne continue to try and get Two-Face to the last place Bruce and Harvey were at when they were kids, while fighting off a cadre of villains including the Beast. Harvey produces a cure for his affliction, but there is a trick: it will permanently lock-in the personality that is the strongest. Meanwhile, Alfred calls Batman to tell him that he was responsible for bringing the plane down in issue #1 to protect his identity. Gordon and company make their way to what they believe is the Batcave and it turns out to lead them to a “Man Cave”. Batman injects Harvey, but has actually tricked him and injected him with a compound that Harold made up. The Beast arrives and attacks Batman, but the members of the army of villains arrive and save the day. In the end, Batman shows up at Penguin’s door dressed as The Beast.
AQUAMAN #12 by Dan Abnett and Philippe Briones. N.E.M.O.is attacking the East Coast and making themselves off to be the Atlanteans, causing President Obama to declare was on Atlantis. Aquaman sends out all of Atlantis’ defensive units with strict orders to not fire on the surface folks unless provoked. It turns out one of the warships advancing on Atlantis is a ghost ship that disappeared 35 years ago. An American sub attacks one of the Atlantean warships and destroys it and Arthur still tells them to hold off. At the White House, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shows up with the Aquamarines and they are going to be the solution to the Atlantean problem. While this is going on, the N.E.M.O. crew unleashes monsters on the American fleet. All of that leads to the Justice League showing up and threatening Aquaman.
AQUAMAN #13 by Dan Abnett and Scot Eaton. Aquaman is confronted by the Justice League and he tries to show them evidence that N.E.M.O. is actually responsible for the attacks on America. Commander Stubbs and N.E.M.O. launch an attack on Atlantis, using American codes to avoid suspicion. Aquaman intervenes, destroying the N.E.M.O. ships and capturing the crew. Black Manta triggers something that causes their heads to explode. Superman shows up to present his case for innocence to the United States Chief of Staff, but he decides to let the Aquamarines loose instead.
BATGIRL #6 by Hope Larson and Rafael Albuquerque. Barbara Gordon is leaving China and heading home, applying for a new job as she does so. The passengers smell something foul and she changes into Batgirl to investigate, leading her to discover Poison Ivy. It seems Ivy has woken up a nearly extinct stink plant that takes over the airplane, forcing Ivy to put everyone to sleep with pheromones and eventually killing the plant. Once back in Gotham, Barbara is greeted by Frankie, finds out that she got the job she applied for and we see that an E. Cobblepot was also on the plane.
BATGIRL AND THE BIRDS OF PREY #5 by Julie Benson, Shawna Benson and Roge Antonio. The team is inside the lair of the new Oracle and it turns out he is a Batgirl/Oracle obsessed fan by the name of Gus Yale. He admits he was probably wrong working with Fenice and all, but he did manage to get the Birds of Prey back together. Batgirl agrees to a temporary truce and starts working with him while Black Canary and Huntress head to where Fenice had been Huntress has a chance to take her out when she realizes that Fenice is actually her supposedly dead mother.
BATMAN #12 by Tom King and Mikel Janin. While Batman is making his way to Bane and the Psycho Pirate, we get a long letter from Bruce Wayne to Selina Kyle...a letter from Bruce Wayne. Even though he defeats all of Bane’s men, he ends up on his knees in front of Bane, Psycho Pirate and Catwoman.
BATMAN #13 by Tom King and Mikel Janin. While Batman and company are in Bane’s clutches, Amanda Waller drops into the Batcave to visit with Alfred. It seems she may have been the reason for Batman going to Santa Prisca, as this leads into JUSTICE LEAGUE VS. THE SUICIDE SQUAD. In Santa Prisca, turns out that Catwoman was faking it all after all and she snaps Bane’s back. Scarface is back, in a way, and takes down Psycho Pirate, allowing Bronze Tiger to take out the Ventriloquist. In the end, the team heads off on a raft made of Bubble Gum while bane cries for venom and is probably looking for revenge.
BATMAN BEYOND #3 by Dan Jurgens and Bernard Chang. Terry has cozied up to the Jokerz, disguising himself as Matches Malone’s son. Dana attempts an escape and Terry goes after her, returning her back to the Jokerz. Later, she shows him the cryogenically frozen Koker and tells him about the Jokerz plan. Wilson and his crew show up, telling Terry that they knew who he was all along. They take Terry and Dana, string them upside against “The Wall” and toss acid “pebbles” at them. Meanwhile, Wilson visits with The joker, who he reveals is actually Bruce Wayne.
BLUE BEETLE #4 by Keith Giffen and Scott Kolins. After a flashback involving Dan Garrett, who is ultimately hunted and murdered by Dr. Fate, who takes his scarab, we move to the present where Jaime gets introduced to Brenda’s friend Naomi, telling him that Naomi wants Jaime to ask her out. Later, Jaime is being tested by Teri and tells how he, Brenda, and Paco came across the scarab while swimming several months ago. In the end, Teri tells Ted that the scarab is bonded Jaime and also mutating his skeletal structure. Ted experiences a flashback from when he first became Blue Beetle. This was when he got a chance to meet archeologist Dan Garrett, who shows him the scarab he had found. And we end where Jaime asks out Naomi.
CYBORG #6 by John Semper Jr. and Will Conrad. Cyborg manages to bring Agent Taylor to her new life as a cyborg and becomes her friend, taking her out and trying to make her forget everything that happened in Iraq. He goes about training her on her new talents and she goes on to call herself Variant. He even teaches her how to change her form into a human one, resulting in them having sex. She remembers something from Iraq and they go off to investigate this guy and his Invasion Force he is creating. Unfortunately, she turns out to be a double agent
CYBORG #7 by John Semper Jr. and Paul Pelletier. Cyborg has been betrayed and been captured. It seems Terrence Fisher, the ex-C.I.A. guy controlling his Invasion Force, was a field agent with Scarlett and they came up with a plan that would allow her to be transformed. So she purposely allowed herself to get killed, because she had a brain tumor anyway. Cyborg had Sarah hack into Variant’s system and now she finds out that Fisher had planned on letting her die when it was all done anyway. So she teams up with Cyborg and they defeat him. Unfortunately, the government decides they need to shut her down, because she is a risk. In the end, Victor’s “dad” reveals his true self and shuts Cyborg down.
DEADMAN DARK MANSION OF FORBIDDEN LOVE #2 by Sarah Vaughn, Lan Medina and Phil Hester. Deadman and Adelia try to figure out why they’re trapped in Glencourt Manor. Berenice tells them that Adelia was married to the Manor’s first owner. Berenice heads into town to do research at the library and discovers that Adelia went missing just after her wedding. Then she heads over to the antique store and makes up, and out, with Sam. Back at the Manor, Nathan announces that he has finished the first draft of his book, which means he and Berenice can move out. Just to make things better, he proposes to Berenice, but then the haunted house produces a monster that threatens to kill Nathan.
DEATH OF HAWKMAN #3 by Marc Andreyko, Aaron Lopresti, and Rodney Buchemi. Adam Strange fills Hawkman in on what's going on over on Rann, where the high council is wondering if Adam is off betraying Rann to Thanagar. But on Thanagar, the authorities are looking for Adam too. We also find out that Despero has an army behind him and is ready to take on the universe. Adam and Hawkman steal a ship and head to Kalador. Meanwhile, Alanna puts a bounty out on her husband.
DEATHSTROKE #8 by Christopher Priest, Larry Hama and Carlo Pagulayan. It’s Deathstroke versus Superman and Deathstroke's Ikon Armor actually hurts Superman and causes him to bleed. They continue to fight and, in the end, Deathstroke kills off his target, much to Superman’s dismay. Superman knocks him out and allegedly delivers him to the governor of Rota-at least that what he tells Adeline. Over in Los Angeles, Rose finds out that Etienne is working for a think tank and Richard is working for Deathstroke. In the end, she plans her next move and is off to Vietnam..
DEATHSTROKE #9 by Christopher Priest and Cary Nord. In Los Angeles, Jericho meets with his father’s personal physician, Dr. A. Villain. Deathstroke is in a Supermax in Colorado. Rose, who learns her real name is Xia, is in North Vietnam. In a flashback, we get a story of Deathstroke and Wintergreen in Srebrencia, where they agree to bring down the war criminal Dragas.
DETECTIVE COMICS #946 by James Tynion IV and Eddy Barrows. We begin with a flashback of Batman discuss the idea of the Team with Tim. In the present, Batman battles the First Victim while Steph meets with the AI that is Tim. Clayface is off with Glory, who wants to be known as Mudface. He has her put on the device that changes him, altering her back to her original self and that shocks her…literally! We also have Batwoman and Batwing taking on Madame Crow and Mister Noxious. The issue ends with Batman and the First Victim apparently ending their fight when Spoiler shows up as a potential new member of the Victim Syndicate.
DETECTIVE COMICS #947 by James Tynion IV and Alvaro Martinez. Spoiler takes down Cassandra, Batwing, Batwoman and Clayface, who she tears apart with an app. on her phone, before taking on Batman. She tells Batman if he doesn't retire she will release every bit of information on Batman and the crew to the public. Luke and Clayface tells her why they disagree with her and Batwoman gets the phone away from Spoiler, who declares she will be standing in their way until they agree with her. And then she leaves. Three days later, the Syndicate is in Arkham and Batman is looking to add Jean Paul and Harper to the team. In the end, Tim Drake escapes the cell that Mr. Oz put him in and gets out a distress signal, but gets imprisoned yet again.
THE FLASH #12 by Josh Williamson and Davide Gianfelice. Flash and Kid Flash are travelling through Shadowlands with Shade as they move towards the Queens of the Shadowlands. Barry and Wally get attacked by the Shadows and struggle until Barry uses the Speed Force to free time. After being told why Barry can’t reveal his identity, time is restored and Wally uses his lightning to eliminate the Shadows. It also causes Iris to become her old self again, while Shade works on freeing Hope. The two Flashes fist bump and that eliminates Shadowland, bringing everyone back to Central City. In the end, Barry asks Iris out on a date.
THE FLASH #13 by Joshua Williamson and Neil Googe. Barry and Iris go out on a date while Kid Flash has to deal with Tar Pit. It seems the bad guy is actually trying to do good and deal with even badder bad guys and Wally decides to help. In the end, the bad guy gets justice and Iris and Barry may make this new relationship work.
GOTHAM ACADEMY SECOND SEMESTER #4 by Brenden Fletcher and Jon Lam. The Carnival Midnight has arrived in town and a mysterious boy named Bernard gives Maps and Pomeline a flyer, prompting the Pizza Detective club to check it out. Headmaster Hammer confronts the Ringmaster and tells him to pack up the carnival. Back at the Academy, the Club researches it, with little luck. They do find a picture from a hundred years ago with two boys and one who looks like the Headmaster. Back at the carnival, Maps notices that Bernard reflection in a mirror is that of an old man. Olive manages to scare away a giant Snake Lady. The ringmaster is revealed to be a demon and Headmaster Hammer kills it with a silver blade. Bernard ages in Hammerhead's arms and then dies.
GREEN ARROW #12 by Ben Percy and Otto Schmidt. While Seattle has mixed emotions about whether Green Arrow is a hero or not, we see that Ollie, Dinah, Diggle and Henry have made a tree house base in the Rainier Wilderness. Later, Green Arrow takes out an abusive policeman. The following day, Ollie, in disguise, meets with Nathan Domini, looking for a big favor, which is to have him bug a meeting with Broderick. Before it is all over, Broderick is making sure that Seattle hates Green Arrow by killing people with arrows like his.
GREEN ARROW #13 by Ben Percy and Otto Schmidt. Oliver and Dinah end up at a crime scene where it looks like Ollie was the murderer. The police start shooting and that leads to Oliver and Dinah heading back to their place in the forest. Officer Notting gets put out on paid leave, which gives him time to have his team cause havoc in Pennytown. Henry uses his skills to figure that quarterback Cy Samson may be the next victim. Nathan Domini and Broderick have a meeting that includes Domini eating a fly, before engaging in drink, drugs and girls. In the end, Oliver is at Queen Industry Field when an arrow takes down Cy Samson and leaving Green Arrow as the #1 suspect in a hostile crowd.
GREEN LANTERNS #12 by Sam Humphries and Eduardo Pansica. The Green Lanterns are doing all the can to survive and beat Frank Laminski and his Orange Lantern. They have to back off to save lives and allow him to escape in the process. Frank heads back to his apartment in Coast City, where Volthoom is pulling all emotion out of Rami. Frank becomes a Green lantern and shows up at a Memorial Park, where he offers to let “regular people” take selfies with him. Simon and Jessica show up, just in time for Frank to become an Orange Lantern again and unleash a pair of constructs upon them.
GREEN LANTERNS #13 by Sam Humphries and Ronan Cliquet. 10 billion years ago, the Guardians find themselves having to deal with Volthoom, causing them to unleash the Green Lantern rings upon the universe. In the present, the Green Lanterns are battling Frank, who is now channeling the power of the yellow and using constructs. Rami and Volthoom chat, and we learn that the Guardians were responsible for putting a Lantern Battery in Volthoom’s chest, making him the first Lantern. In the end, Sam and Jessica need to find a way to save Frank, before he explodes!
HAL JORDAN AND THE GREEN LANTERNS CORPS #10 by Robert Vendetti and Ed Benes. Brainiac is enjoying his Xudar collection, that features the Green Lantern Corps and the Sinestro Corps. Ganthet and Sayd, along with Kyle Rayner, are on Nok, where they tell him that he is the only person who can bring Hal Jordan back from the Emerald Space. Abin Sur and all of the Lanterns who have died in action are in Emerald Space with Hal as Kyle fights to bring Hal home. Eventually, Hal comes back to reality. Back to Brainiac where he delivers Xudar to the Grand Collector- Larfleeze.
HAL JORDAN AND THE GREEN LANTERNS CORPS #11: Robert Vendetti and Rafa Sandoval. In the not so distant past, Larfleeze ended up with Brainiac’s head and brought him back to life. He now serves Larfleeze and has captured all of the Green Lantern and Sinestro Corps. They stage a fight that forces Larfleeze to open their container. Over on Planet Nok, Hal Jordan is back and Kyle Rayner is filling him in on what has been happening, leading Hal and the others to head off to Mogo. Once there, Mogo tells them the Lanterns are on Okarra.
HARLEY QUINN #9 by Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti, Brandon Peterson and Michael Kaluta. Harley is having Wizard of Oz themed dreams that stars The Joker, which Frank explains means she is afraid of the future. She goes off to Skate Club and tangles with her old nemesis Bertha, who is content on killing Harley. And she might have succeeded if it weren’t for The Joker showing up and killing Bertha. Harley passes out and, while she’s unconscious, Harley has a psychedelic dream courtesy of Michael Kaluta. When she wakes, she heads to the hospital to get her head X-rayed, then heads to a pizza place for a snack, where she breaks up a robbery, getting her a lifetime supply of free pizza. After giving pizza to a homeless guy, she heads home to find Mister J. waiting for her.
HARLEY QUINN #10 by Jimmy Palmiotti, Amanda Conner, Moritat, Joseph Michael, Linsner, Bret Blevins, and Inaki Miranda. It’s Christmas time and Harley ends up being shrunk down to FANTASTIC VOYAGE size to go into a Department Store Santa’s brain to save him. That means fighting multiple “Creatures of the Id” to save his mind.
HARLEY’S LITTLE BLACK BOOK #5 by Jimmy Palmiotti, Amanda Conner, and Neal Adams. In a parody of/tribute to the classic SUPERMAN VS MUHAMMAD ALI comic, an alien named Scrubb visits Harley and, convinced that she is one of Earth’s greatest warriors, abducts her to fight his champion. Superman arrives and he has to fight Harley to take her place. They go to the Fortress of Solitude where he depowers himself, allowing her to knock him out during their fight. With Harley facing Hun’ka, Jimmy Olsen reveals himself as Superman and, after taking a restoration pill, breaks out of his prison, causing the invading armada to be recalled by Scrubb. In the ring, Harley pulls down Hun’ka’s pants, leading to her knocking him out of the ring and winning. In the end, Superman and Harley go back to Earth and she returns most of his Kryptonian balls to him, except for the one she used in the LAST ISSUE.
THE HELLBLAZER #5 by Simon Oliver and Pia Guerra. Constantine has put Mercury in charge of finding Abigail, since the Swamp thing is currently out of commission. Along the way, Mercury takes Constantine to a mental institution to visit her mom, who he once had a relationship of some sort with. Oh yeah: and the Djinn want to destroy the world.
JUSTICE LEAGUE #10 by Bryan Hitch and Neil Edwards. The Justice League have arrived at the Palmer household to see what connection James Palmer has to everything that has been going on. It turns out that his daughter Lily took his code but it was Bobby, playing a game on his Ipad, that is responsible for the Genie. Suddenly, everyone gets attacked by the combined forces of Giganta, Gizmo, Plastique, Girder, Psimon, Coldsnap, Shimmer, Major Disaster, Mammoth, Jinx, and Heatstroke. Batman takes the family into the house, where Scarecrow is waiting. Meanwhile, Amazo shows up.
JUSTICE LEAGUE #11 by Bryan Hitch and Neil Edwards. The two teams continue to battle. Eventually, Lily manages to use the Ipad to hack into Amazo’s system and convinces him that his team is the Justice League, leading to a quick surrender.
JUSTICE LEAGUE VS. THE SUICIDE SQUAD #1 by Joshua Williamson and Jason Fabok. A mysterious figure walks into the top-secret underground prison known as the Catacombs and frees some of the worst of the worst. Meanwhile, the Suicide Squad are in Badhnisia where they have been tasked to stop a cult leader from using an earthquake pulsar to destroy the place. The Justice League goes to Badhnisia, where they try to take the Squad in, but the Squad is told by Waller that they must take down the League or die
In the end, it is revealed the criminals broken out of The Catacombs were Doctor Polaris, Emerald Empress, Johnny Sorrow, Rustam and Lobo and Maxwell Lord was the guy responsible.
JUSTICE LEAGUE VS. THE SUICIDE SQUAD #2 by Joshua Williamson and Tony S. Daniel. While Max Lord explains that he wants the freed criminals to take ouot Amanda Waller, the Justice League battles the Suicide Squad. In the end, Killer Frost steals some of Superman’s power to freeze EVERYONE, allowing the League to be captured and taken back to Belle Reve. As Waller says: Welcome to the Suicide Squad.
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