ACTION COMICS #1002 by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael
Gleason. A petty criminal is dropped to his death, allegedly by Superman and
that leads Clark and the Planet crew to investigate. Goode continues to be
shady and continues her infiltration of The Planet. The Guardian shows up to
deal with the criminal element, but runs into Red Cloud, which puts him in the
hospital in critical condition. In the end, Clark finds out that Lois’ book has
been published and is surprised to see her back in Metropolis and in disguise.
ADVENTURES OF THE SUPER SONS #1 by Peter J. Tomasi and Carlo
Barberi. Robin and a newly returned to Earth Superboy battle a giant Superman
statue that is being controlled by The Puppeteer. After defeating him, they
head off to their recently rebuilt headquarters and then taken on Shaggy Boy.
He is a member of The Gang: a team of intergalactic kid villains made up of Ice
Princess, Kid Deadshot, Joker Jr., Brainiac 6 and Rex Luthor. Luthor whips out
some Gold Kryptonite and proceeds to beat on Superboy.
AQUAMAN #39 by Dan Abnett, Rob Williams and Joe
Bennett. SINK ATLANTIS PART TWO.
Atlantis has risen and Task Force X has been tasked to blow it up, leading to
dissention in the ranks. Aquaman and Mera discuss options and Arthur decides he
needs a Black Ops mission and needs to acquire some help.
BATGIRL #25 by Mairghread Scott, Marguerite Bennett, Paul
Dini, Emanuela Lupacchino, Tom Derenick, Dan Panosian, and Paul Pelletier. In a
quartet of tales, Batgirl deals with the death of an acquaintance killed in the
Joker church rampage, spends quality time with Dick Grayson, goes up against
the March Hare and continues to track down Grotesque.
BATGIRL #26 by Mairghread Scott and Paul Pelletier. Batgirl
continues her crusade against Grotesque while having problems with having
issues with implants. In the end, she goes to Gotham Police, steals some
information off a computer and then passes out, foaming at the mouth, in her
father’s arms.
BATGIRL ANNUAL #2 by Mairghread Scott and Elena Casagrande.
There is a serial killer in Gotham and Batgirl goes to talk to her brother, as
it looks like his M.O. She discovers he as been getting letters from female
fans and she investigates them. In the end, she finds the killer and it looks
like she may have been inspired by her brother, who is well on is way to
acquiring his newest follower.
BATMAN #52 by Tom King and Lee Weeks. Bruce and the jury
continue to debate on the innocence of Mr. Freeze, with Bruce arguing for his
release. In the end, Bruce says he can prove that Batman is not the hero
everyone thinks he is.
BATMAN #53 by Tom King and Lee Weeks. Bruce continues to try
and convince the jury as to why they should acquit Mr. Freeze. In the end, he
does and decides to go back to his original costume to fight crime.
BATMAN BEYOND #23 by Dan Jurgens and Will Conrad. Batman and
Robin battle the new Scarecrow and the mindless minions of Gotham that is being
controlled by the villain. The heroes gas the controlled and head to the
Batcave, where Bruce and Jack Ryder are meeting. They determine that Scarecrow
is using something other than gas to control the city, which leads Jack to find
Adalyn, who reveals herself as The Scarecrow. Batman and Robin head to find the
source of her power, when Gordon takes them down and Robin turns on his
brother.
CATWOMAN
#2 by Joelle Jones. Catwoman finds herself in a battle with an army of
Catwomen, taking them all out and finding out that it may have been set up
through the Governor’s wife. When the Governor’s wife finds out that the
mission went south, she has one of her goons break the girl’s hand…for
starters. Later, Carlos sets Selina up with some special weapons to put in her
arsenal. Governor Creel holds a press conference to announce he is resigning
due to hi having Prostrate Cancer. That night, Selina shows up at a Creel
fundraiser and Creel’s son, who is doing his mom’s bidding, introduces himself
to her.
THE
CURSE OF BRIMSTONE #5 by Justin Jordan, Philip and Jose Luis. The siblings end
up in Marienbad, West Virginia: a town where the children have all been
possessed by a dark evil. They meet Jack Smith, who explains it all and he
tries to convince Joe to turn into Brimstone to fight their leader, now named
Slackjaw.
DAMAGE #8 by Robert Venditti, Diogenes Neves and Tom
Derenick. Ethan wakes up in a Veteran’s Hospital in Missouri to find the
Unknown Soldier by his side. Jonas sends her newest hires after them, which
leads to a massive fight with Ethan and the Soldier getting away. Soldier
explains that he was responsible for making sure he got free when he was
captured. Ethan transforms and takes down the hired hands, leaving him face to
face with Jonas.
DAMAGE ANNUAL #1 by Robert Venditti and Aaron Lopresti. In a
tale before current continuity, Damage is sent to Bialya to confront a bunch of
failed Damage type creatures. He battles them all, killing most, but when he
discovers the last one has turned back into a man, the conscience that is Ethan
takes over and spares him. As the man flees for home, Colonel Jonas arrives and
has him gunned down, while she commands her team to develop a cover story for
the whole incident.
DEATHSTROKE #34 by Christopher Priest and Carlo
Pagulayan. Deathstroke ends up in Bruce’s mansion and forces him to go down to
the Batcave. There, he explains that he knows Damian Wayne is Robin and Robin
is Batman’s son. The two battle fiercely until they both pass out from their
wounds. Meanwhile, Federal Agents storm the house and Deathstroke’s ex meets
with Jim Gordan.
DETECTIVE COMICS #986 by Bryan Hill and Philippe Briones.
Batman goes off to confront Fleet Delmar while Orphan, as the only member of the
team still capable of action, goes off to try and save the kidnapped children.
Lucky for her, Black Lightning tags along. The kids are wired to an explosive
and Lightning, using his powers, is able to contain the blast and save their
lives. Batman stabs Delmar with a special Batarang that sends the villain away
from the scene and allows him to escape for another day. In the end, Batman
believes he needs someone who can truly teach him how to beat Karma. And that person
is Katana.
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DETECTIVE COMICS #987 by Bryan Hill and Miguel Mendonca.
Karma is still on the loose and that means Batman puts a new team of Outsiders
together, made up of Katana, Black Lightning, Orphan and The Signal. The new
team goes off to free some hostages thatKarma’s men have taken wile Batman
confronts Karma. Using what he was taught by Katana, Batman is able to block
Karma’s mind powers until the right moment, when he allows all of his memories
to flood into the villain, driving him mad. Batman promises to get him help
provided he tells hat he knows about Markovia. In Markovia, Martina flexes his
might and reveals it is time to stop playing dead, ordering one of her henchmen
to get Roderick.
THE
FLASH #52 by Joshua Williamson and Christian Duce. Flash meets with the other
Speedsters from the Multiverse at the House of Heroes to explain that there is
three new Forces that were released by the destruction of the Source Wall. No
one here knows about it but the suggestion is Flash go on a Force Quest.
Meanwhile, Trickster is meeting to tell his tale of mistreatment in Iron
Heights when he gets kidnapped by Para-Angels. Flash and Commander Cold arrive
to lend a hand and Trickster escapes, but is dragged beneath the streets into a
fiery pit. With Trickster at large, Barry meets with Iris, who remembers more
moments in the past, including their wedding day. Cold texts him and says he’s
found Trickster, who has mutated into a monster and takes down Flash and Cold.
THE FLASH #53 by Joshua Williamson
and Christian Duce. Flash and Commander Cold team up to stop the genetically
altered Trickster. Once contained, they bring him back to Iron Heights, where
Flash wants to see how they are going to help him. But thigs go wrong and Flash
also becomes a genetic monster, leading old to believe the only way to stop
them is to kill them. Meanwhile, Iris memories continue to come back to her and
she thinks she may have actually heard of all these various Forces before.
GREEN ARROW #43 by Julie Benson,
Shauna Benson and Javier Fernandez. Arsenal and Arrow team up to rescue some
people from a tenement that slum lord Jubal Slade is blowing up. Later, a
mysterious villain broadcasts that he is about to take down rich criminals and
Slade is his first target. Ollie and Canary race to save Slade, but he has been
beheaded in a home-made guillotine. The villain then announces his next
target…is Oliver Queen.
GREEN LANTERNS #52 by Dan Jurgens and Marco Santucci. While
most of the Lanterns are fighting a losing battle around the planet Penelo, the
Guardians, still mourning the loss of one of their own, watch as John Stewart
hovers near death. Hal, off on a little vacation, received a garbled
transmission and heads to join the teams near Penelo. During this, Simon goes
off on a mission of his own that his ring has sent him on. Soon Jessica also
leaves, meeting with Simon. Both their rings try to convince them that the
other is a traitor.
GREEN LANTERNS #53 by Dan Jurgens and Marco Santucci. Sion’s
ring is sending him back to Earth to help out on a situation there. Meanwhile,
Jessica, Hal and the other Lanterns battle Eon and his followers. Eon orders
the command ship blown up, killing some of his men, the flees. This leave the
Lanterns to try to save the survivors of Penelo. Simon ends up at Superman’s
Fortress of solitude, with Superman saying he is trapped inside. In actuality,
the “Superman” inside is the Cyborg Superman.
HAL JORDAN AND THE GREEN LANTERNS CORPS #50 by Robert
Venditti and Rafa Sandoval. John Stewart and the Lanterns and their accomplices
battle the Darkstars while Hal battles Tomar-Re. Hal defeats him, which allows
Hammond to arrive and take down the telepathic link on the Controllers. Hal
then uses his ring to infuse all of the Darkstars with ill, causing them all to
stop fighting. Zod, craving revenge, leaves the Lanterns and heads over to Hal
and Tomar, seeking to kill Tomar. Tomar takes matters into his own hands and
commits suicide. Later, it’s a new day and John welcomes the newest recruits.
Hal takes a much-needed vacation and visits with Carol Ferris which ends with a
kiss.
HARLEY QUINN #47 by Sam Humphries
and John Timms. Granny’s girl Bernadeth is trying to scramble the brain of
Harley Quinn, but to no avail. Harley breaks out of prison with Petite Tina and
they end up in Granny’s creepy boudoir. After hearing Tina’s tale of being
degraded, the to team up. Granny has fixed her Subjekator and is preparing to
do her worst, when Darkseid shows up. Actually, it’s Harley in disguise and she
and Tina battle Granny, destroying the Subjukator and freeing the prisoners.
Granny demands the Splinter of Destiny, but Harley tosses it into a Boom Tube.
Tina defeats Granny and we discover that the Splinter is now in the hands of
Lobo. Harley and Tina go back to Earth, where Coach informs Harley that her
building is being torn down.
HARLEY QUINN #48 by Sam Humphries
and Alisson Borges. Harley’s Secret Headquarters is being torn down, which
leads her and Tina into action to stop it. Solution: she needs to get a job.
Lots of jobs. That sends her out looking for Lord Dead Man, ho has a huge
bounty on his head. She catches up with him, kills him and removes his heart as
proof of the deed. She grinds it up and pours it into a glass. But someone is
here to drink from the glass. Proof that you just can’t kill Lord Dead Man!
HAWKMAN #3 by Robert Venditti and
Bryan Hitch. Hawkman finds himself on Dinosaur Island where he fights dinosaurs
and Hawkmen. Eventually, he connects with the oldest Hawkman, who sends him on
a search for an ancient relic. He finds a planetarium with the image of Kalmoan
on the walls, which triggers a memory for him. But he doesn’t have time to
dwell on it as he is transported to Thanagar, where he is held at gunpoint by
Katar Hol of the Thanagarian police force.
THE IMMORTAL MEN #5 by Jmes Tynion
IV and Tyler Kirkham. A gentleman goes into a toy store and reveals that it is
an A.R.G.U.S. Black Site, which leads to him being captured, all the while
insisting he needs to meet with Amanda Waller. Meanwhile, the Immortal Man is
dead and the team prepares to bury him. Caden meets with a woman known as
Communion and he gets covered in a goo she calls the Bloodmask. When he returns
to the team, they see him as the nee Immortal Man and together, they go off to
save Reload.
JUSTICE LEAGUE #5 by James Tynion IV and Doug Mahnke. Lex
reveals how he ended up knowing how to become the leader of his Legion of Doom.
In the recent past, Sinestro learned of the truce and Luthor came to him and
told him he had discovered the key to everything. He also met with Grodd. Luthor
revealed that, after NO JUSTICE, he re-engineered his Mother Box and used it to
travel to one million years in the future. There, he discovered that he was
revered as a god, but that people finally had embraced the ideals that he
believed in, creating Lexor City. He was also known as The Geat Tragedy because
he missed the one thing which could have given him power…something called Doom.
He went back to the remains of his father’s destroyed Legionnaire’s Club and
discovered the doorknob which would, when all the components were out in place,
allo him to unlock the hidden energies of the universe. After unlocking the
Ultraviolet Spectrum and finding Turtle, ho gave him access to the Still Force,
he made his way into Superman’s brain and now controls him in the fight for
Doom.
JUSTICE LEAGUE #6 by Scott Snyder and Jorge Jimenez. Just
when Lex thinks he has everything he needs to control the Universe, Batman
arrives and battles him, having used his Kryptonite ring to keep Supeman’s
cells from eating him. So Joker takes over Martian Manhunter and tries to use
him to defeat Superman, by sliding his tendril like fingers inside the Man of
Steel. Hawkgirl gets free and defeats Joker, allowing J’onn to get free and all
of them to transfer back to the Hall of Justice. With Flash still frozen in
time, John Stewart pilots Flash’ car and uses the Speed Force to circumnavigate
the Earth. The world gets brighter, but that is because it is being lit by a
worldwide image like that on Luthor’s doorknob.
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