ADVENTURES OF THE SUPER SONS #8 by Peter J. Tomasi and Carlo Barberi. Lex has his new Injustice Army in place and thy take don the prison warden and take control of the prison. Meanwhile Damian gives Jon and Joker Jr. a tour of the Batcave he built. Together, they all go off to find the Green Lantern recruit. With the four of them masquerading, Jon and Damian are delivered to Luthor and crew, but Luthor sees through the ruse. Rex blasts Joker Jr. and jettisons the remainder of the team into space.
AQUAMAN #46 by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Robson Rocha. The Old Gods arrive on the island while Aquaman battles Cailleach. Namma reveals that Caillie was created to hold Namma’s missing component, through which her ultimate power will be released. Knowing this will kill Caille, Aquaman battles Namma, which frees her control of Caille, before Namma turns into a giant dragon. Things look bad for our hero, but that is when the Old Gods arrive to lend a hand.
BATGIRL #33 by Mairghread Scott and Elena Casagrande. It’s Election Day in Gotham and Barbara should be helping at Congressperson Luciana Alejo’s headquarters, but she has found out that her brother James has been released from prison. This sends her on a citywide search
for her brother, encountering Bard, her father and eventually James along the way. James claims he is under control of his urges due to the drugs he is on, but he fights the urge every day. In the end, it’s obvious that James is being plagued by The Batman Who Laughs.
BATMAN #66 by Tom King and Jorge Fornes. The Question interrogates Selina about how she met Batman and their relationship.
BATMAN #67 by Tom King and Lee Weeks. Batman spends the entire issue chasing after a masked criminal, who turns out to be The Joker. Hen he asks Joker why this all happened, Joker replies “Beep Beep”.
BATMAN BEYOND #30 by Dan Jurgens and Doc Shaner. It seems that The Joker isn’t really dead and he’s poised to kill Matt. But it’s only a nightmare of Matt’s. In actuality, Barbara reveals that The Joker has died of a heart attack. That lads Terry to go out and take down the remaining four members of the Jokerz. Matt follows in an attempt to help, but that leads to him almost getting killed by a momentary distraction by Hearts. In the end, the Bat Family insists that Robin needs to retire. And what appears to be an aged Harley goes to the morgue and takes Joker’s body.
THE BATMAN WHO LAUGHS: THE GRIM KNIGHT #1 by Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV and Eduardo Risso. The Grim Knight has captured Commissioner Gordon and reveals his origin. His Bruce Wayne took revenge on the perp who killed his parents, which led him to a life of violent vigilantism. On his world, he kills all of the bad guys, until he got arrested by Jim Gordon. Back in the present, he is ready to kill our Jim Gordon until The Batman Who Laughs arrives and stops him, saying he has plans that are worse than death for Gordon.
CATWOMAN #9 by Ram V and John Timms. Selina pulls off a heist tpulls it off and gets back a stolen bracelet for her friend Carlos.
THE CURSE OF BRIMSTONE #12 by Justin Jordan and Denys Cowan. Brimstone battles it out with the Elemental known as The Home Office. He pushes his powers to the limit and sets off a nuclear blast which kills all of the other world villains and strips him of the power. But the cost is that the power has gone to Annie.
DAMAGE #15 by Robert Venditti and Aaron Lopresti. Ethan finds himself being chased through the jungle by a bunch of monsters including the Shaggy Man, the Beast of Belmora and Death Dog. Congo Bill arrives and uses his ring to scare the monsters away. He explains that Ethan needs to solve his problems eventually comes to his aid, calling the beasts off with his ring powers, explaining to Ethan that he will have to without Damage’ help. Ethan agrees to let Congo Bill train him. Echidna, the Mother of all Monsters, gains control of all the monsters and creates one big super monster. The super monster arrives and takes down Bill, forcing Ethan to let Damage loose. Echidna declares that she will claim Monster Rock for herself.
DEATHSTROKE #41 by Christopher Priest and Fernando Pasarin. Slade has broken out of Arkham and is now being hunted for killing people, who were really aliens. That’s when Damian gets involved.
DETECTIVE COMICS #1000 by Scott Snyder, Kevin Smith, Paul Dini, Warren Ellis, Denny O'Neil, Christopher Priest, Brian Michael Bendis, Geoff Johns, Peter J. Tomasi, Tom King, Greg Capullo, Jim Lee, Dustin Nguyen, Becky Cloonan, Steve Epting, Neal Adams, Kelley Jones, Alvaro Martinez-Bueno, Tony S. Daniel, Doug Mahnke and Alex Maleev. In a series of vignettes by some of the legendary names in comics, we travel through stories in Batman life. The highlight is the introduction of the Arkham Knight.
DIAL H FOR HERO #1 by Sam Humphries and Joe Quinones. Miguel wanted to be a daredevil as a kid and once got saved by Superman. Now he lives with his Uncle Brent and works on his Uncle’s Mayonnaise food truck. He helps out a runaway girl named Summer, before trying to jump a gap on his bike after work. He seemingly is falling to his death when a red phone appears, telling him to dial H if he wants to live. He ends up in a magical phone booth which takes him to an alternate dimension. The dialing of the phone alerts a host of DC heroes including Robin, Lobo, Snapper Carr, Angel and the Ape, Harley Quinn, and Alfred. Miguel transforms into the hero Monster Truck, who allows him to leap out of the dimension and to safety on our world. But the police are after him for the damage he apparently caused and Summer, in the stolen Mayonnaise truck, comes to his rescue. The phone rings again and a mysterious figure known as The Operator, who is from a place called the Heroverse, tells him that the Thunderbolt Club is coming for the phone and ill kill him if needed.
DOOMSDAY CLOCK #9 by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank. After the energy blast that occurred in Moscow, many DC heroes head off to Mars to find the source of that explosion. The team faces off against Dr. Manhattan, who easily defeats them. He then shows Ron how Dr. Stein actually planned the merge that happened because of the “accident” that created Firestorm. Captain Atom shows up and destroys Dr. Manhattan. But he quickly reassembles and seemingly eliminates the gathered heroes. Meanwhile, Wonder Woman is testifying at the U.N., when Black Adam and his team arrive, saying that he is ready to make his move.
THE FLASH #66 by Joshua Williamson and Scott Kolins. The original Trickster James Jesse reveals how he grew up in an unhappy home with his parents, who patterned themselves after The Flying Graysons. He is forced to do a very dangerous stunt and that changes his life. But he actually is playing a part and that wins over the crowd, as his scared state is only an act. The parents actually pick-pocketed the crowd and the lesson was to succeed you must deceive. He talks about his life of crime and we see that Warden Wolfe was using torture to hurt him while in Iron Heights, eventually escaping to try to win back his name from the new Trickster.
THE FLASH #67 by Joshua Williamson and Scott Kolins. The Flash takes on the Dark Church of the Black Hand. After he defeats them, he discovers that everyone likes and appreciates The Flash, including Warden Wolfe and Director Singh. Also, Kristen introduces everyone to her new boyfriend- James Jesse, also known as The Trickster.
GREEN ARROW #50 by Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing and Javier Fernandez. Black Canary has been charged with taking down Green Arrow, and to take back the box he received from Martian Manhunter that has the potential to take down the Justice League if needed. In the end, Dinah turns on her team, allowing Ollie to be rescued and told to leave. He gets his box and finds it’s empty, leading him to go off on his own, promising that he will face the Justice League one day soon.
THE GREEN LANTERN #5 by Grant Morrison and Liam Sharp. On the planet Vorr, Countess Belzebeth gives Hal Jordan three trials to complete in order to get all the pieces of the Blackstar suit. In the end, he completes the trials and becomes a Blackstar. What Belzebeth may not know is that the Guardians has assigned him to go undercover to infiltrate the Blackstars. Belzebeth gives him a final test to prove his loyalty-kill Adam Strange.
HARLEY QUINN #59 by Sam Humphries and Sam Basri. Harley wakes up as a cockroach and sends the entire issue trying to figure how to change back. After Petite Tina is humiliated at a dunk tank event, Harley takes her place, learning the lesson that you shouldn’t judge someone because of how they look. But that also allows her to complete her second trial.
HAWKMAN #10 by Robert Venditti and Bryan Hitch. The Deathbringers have arrived and Idamm battles Hawkman. Hawlman finally figures out what all of his trips to his past selves men and calls together his own army of his past selves to battle Idamm aitting nd the Deathbingers.
HEROES IN CRISIS #7 by Tom King and Clay Mann. Harley Quinn is hitting Booster Gold’s force field with her mallet while Batgirl and Blue Beetle watch. Batgirl realizes that Beetle is powering the force field and she knocks him out. Batgirl tells Harley not to kill him, but Booster is prepared to die. The pair realizes that each thinks the other is responsible and become friends. When Beetle wakes he remarks how today is five days since Wally died and, since Wally’s body was five days older when he died, they need to go find him. Wally is in a field of flowers, where he creates Poison Ivy out of a flower, before apologizing to her for having to witness his death. That’s when another Wally West shows up.
JUSTICE LEAGUE #19 by Scott Snyder and Jorge Jimenez. To help with their mission against the Legion, the League calls in Mr. Mxyzptlk, who puts them through their paces until they convince him they need all the help they can get to defeat Perpetua. He explains that beyond the Fifth Dimension is the Sixth Dimension, which is the home of Perpetua, the Monitor, Anti-Monitor and the World Forger. The Fifth Dimension is dying because of the Source Wall being destroyed, so he needs their help as much as they need his. Superman goes to the Sixth Dimension and comes back moments later, explaining he had been thee for over a decade and, based on his older looks, he has. They all proceed to the Sixth Dimension, where they meet older versions of themselves.
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