NEW SUPER-MAN #10 by Gene Luen Yang and Viktor Bogdanovic. Superman is here and the China White Triad attacks him. Bad move! In order to help Superman though, Kenan opens the gates of Chinese hell and that proves to be a worse move as the demons get the better of Superman and prepare to throw Lex into the pits of Hell. I-Ching removes his glasses and reveals his true nature. Kenan sees the dilemma and focuses his Qi so he can get his powers back. The Guardians of Hell, Ox-Head and Horse-Face arrive to close the gates and Kenan asks if there is news about his parents. He is told that they aren’t there, which means they haven’t died. In the end, Bat-Man and Wonder-Woman of China find out Kenan’s dad is alive and in some giant glass tube. And the leader of the China White Triad delivers all but the Ox-Horse door rings to the mysterious man who looks like Fu Manchu. In actuality, it is I-Ching.
NIGHTWING #18 by Tim Seeley and Javier Fernandez. Nightwing and Robin battle against Professor Pyg’s dollotrons. Meanwhile, Deathwing and Dnesh, the fake Robin, talk and Deathwing breaks Dnesh’ neck. Nightwing and Shawn defeat Pyg while Robin goes outside when he sees the Batmobile being stolen. Deathwing finds him and knocks him out, taking him away with Pyg’s benefactor: Dr. Simon Hurt.
NIGHTWING #19 by Tim Seeley and Javier Fernandez. Nightwing and Shawn are making their way through an Egyptian desert, trying to find Robin. They discover that Dr. Hurt plans on sacrificing Robin at dawn. Once inside a hidden ancient temple, Deathwing drops a statue on Shawn and begins to battle with Nightwing. With Shawn’s help, Nightwing defeats Deathwing who finally cracks from what Pyg did to him. Shawn stays with him while Nightwing goes after Hurt, who apparently has already sacrificed Robin. A trap door opens and Nightwing falls into Hell.
RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS #9 by Scott Lobdell and Dexter Soy. Jason and Artemis commandeer a plane, which Bizarro is actually flying, and head off to Qurac in search of the bow. Their Supreme Leader has the plane shot out of the sky and Bizarro attacks the fighter jets. The plane crashes, leading to Jason being captured and Bizarro among the refugees. Jason discovers that his prison is directly across from the place where The Joker killed him, leading to an interesting conversation with himself as Robin. In the end, Artemis is all tied up and in the presence of her dead friend Akila.
SUICIDE SQUAD #15 by Rob Williams, John Romita Jr. and Eddy Barrows Waller is alive, Katana is free and she cuts off Deadshot’s left hand. Harley springs up and it seems she was wearing Kevlar, so the entire team jumps forth attacking Rustam’s team. Some of his team dies, especially Ravan who is beheaded by Boomerang, but Rustam gets to learn that Waller used him to serve Waller’s bidding. Back at Task Force X’ home base, Waller learns from Harcourt that the security cameras were scrambled so who the traitor is and who killed hack is still a mystery. We learn that Waller had made arrangements for Deadshot to shoot her with a Magic Bullet created by The Enchantress, which allowed her to be dead for twelve hours. As a reward, the president gave her control of Task Force X again. In the end, Waller heads to Metropolis to meet with Lex Luthor.
SUICIDE SQUAD #16 by Rob Williams and Tony S. Daniel. Amanda has a dinner meeting with Lex Luthor at LexCorp in order to distract him while the Suicide Squad breaks into the vault beneath his skyscraper. They battle a host of Bizarros before Luthor learns of the ruse and arrives in full costume. He orders everyone to stand down and gives Amanda a gift he tried to give her earlier, which she thought was in the vault, It’s a box of Kryptonite which means Lex knows Amanda’s plan. In the end, a Kryptonite bomb is inserted into the brain of General Zod. Welcome to the Suicide Squad, General Zod.
SUPERGIRL #8 by Steve Orlando and Matias Bergara. Supergirl meets with Superman on the Kryptonian Day of Truth. Soon they are attacked by the Emerald Empress, who claims Kara ruined her life and then disappears. After a tour of National City, they go to the Fortress of Solitude where Kara gets to meet Jon. After dinner, Superman explains the events of SUPERMAN REBORN and asks for her help in the crisis that is coming involving Mr. Oz. In the end, Supergirl gets her next mission from Cameron Chase while Cat Grant sends Ben Rubel onto his next assignment. And Batgirl. Is in the mix too.
SUPERMAN #20 by Patrick Gleason and Peter J. Tomasi. All seems like a fun day at the Kent Farm for the family until Cobb Branden tells Lois of an impending storm and that they should take cover. Batman and Robin show up and, after an interesting dinner, Batman explains he has come here to reveal some of the tests he took involving Superboy. He explains that he should be more powerful than he is and something must be stunting his powers. Noting how much milk Jon drinks, Batman goes to Cobb Branden's and takes a sample of milk from Bessie. The milk turns black and a long tendril captures Batman. Branden tells Bessie he is going to put this trespasser with the other ones.
SUPERMAN #21 by Patrick Gleason and Peter J. Tomasi. Damian and the Kents prepare to go searching for Batman when Cobb Branden shows up delivering Bessie’s milk. As he leaves, Branden talks to Krypto, saying that they always need to keep an eye on Jon. As the search begins, the mysterious voyeur dropped the giant octopus from the beginning of this series into the middle of the Hamilton County Fair. Superboy saves the day, which leads to the towns people berating Superman. Later, Damian mentions their trip to Dead Man's Swamp, leading Superman to go there to search for Batman. Superboy is grounded, he and Damian begin to rumble and Kathy Branden shows up to use her psychic powers against the boys, taking Jon’s heat vision from him. As Superman enters the house in Dead Man's Swamp, Kathy tells Jon that the mysterious person will keep him safe until he’s ready.
SUPER SONS #3 by Peter J. Tomasi and Jorge Jimenez. We begin with a moment from several months ago, where Providence’ newest superheroes, the Super Duffys, have defeated Titano. Then we head back to Jon and Damian battling robot versions of their fathers. Sara arrives and gets the robots to stop, telling the boys that the Amazo Virus has given her the gift of controlling machines. And it’s a good thing because her brother Reggie has been corrupted by his Amazo power and he is actually capable of splitting himself into these creatures. Then it turns how that he has control of Sara now too and Jon and Damian have to battle robot copies of themselves. They may be in over their head, even if Damian says he has a plan.
SUPERWOMAN #9 by K. Perkins and Stephen Segovia. Lana has awakened and she is now powerless. Elsewhere, the Atomic Skull is now working as a member of the Metropolis Special Crimes Unit and he has plans to go after Remnant. Later, Lana tells Superman she can’t be Superwoman if she is powerless and he takes her to Metropolis to show how much of an impact she has had. That’s when the fight between Remnant and Atomic Skull comes into play and Superman and Lana end up as the heroes.
TEEN TITANS #7 by Benjamin Percy and Khoi Pham. The team battle King Shark, who gets away and heads underneath Alcatraz to meet up with his army of shark inmates. Jackson pleads to join the team, even as Robin blows him off. The news reports that Bonnie Chung is being held at Alcatraz by King Shark and company, so they head into action. The team takes out the inmates, but Robin is almost about to be killed by King Shark when Jackson saves him. Robin makes Jackson a probationary member of the team as we learn that King Shark is working for Black Jack. And Black Manta shows up wanting to know more about Jackson.
TITANS #10 by Dan Abnett and Brett Booth. Wally and Dick are being held captive by the Fearsome Five, where they are planning to strip them of their powers. Just in time, the rest of the team shows up and gets seriously beaten down. Bumblebee arrives and she single-handedly takes on Psimon, leading to him stripping away part of her mind, making her not recognize Mal or even that she has a baby. Lilith takes down Psimon and the Fearsome Five get arrested. Back at Titans Tower, Dick reveals that the Fearsome Five were working for H.I.V.E.
TRINITY #8 by Cullen Bunn and Emanuela Lupacchino. Superman battles Superman in a dream he explains to Batman and Wonder Woman. He also mentions seeing the Multiverse in the dream. In the end, Mr. Oz is apparently watching it all.
WONDER WOMAN #20 by Greg Rucka and Bilquis Evely. GODWATCH Part 3 begins with showing what Veronica Cale has gone to cure her daughter. That includes summoning Circe who is excited that Veronica wants to free Izzy and punish Phobos and Deimos. She summons the Twins while Circe confronts Wonder Woman in Qurac. Veronica casts her spell and turns the twins into hounds. Circe returns to Veronica and claims the soulstone for herself. The dogs reveal that they no longer have Izzy. She is with their father, Ares.
WONDER WOMAN #21 by Greg Rucka and Liam Sharp. In THE TRUTH Part Four, we see that Diana has survived being shot by Colonel Poison and takes down Colonel Poison and her troops. Meanwhile, Veronica, Izzy, the dogs who are Phobos and Deimos, and Cheetah head to where Veronica believes the portal to Themyscira is. Steve and Diana arrive and that means a brawl between Diana and Cheetah. Suddenly, the gigantic dead tree appears. Diana’s blood causes a burst of energy to emerge from the tree with Deimos, Phobos, Izzy, Veronica, and Diana being sucked into the tree. Inside, Veronica and Diana find Izzy, with her face restored. They also find Ares, who claims that this is his prison.
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