Tuesday, April 9, 2019

DC UNIVERSE Month 16, Part Two


JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #9 by James Tynion IV, Alvaro Martínez Bueno and Miguel Mendonça. The Lords of Order have appeared, while Khalid Nassour explains that Kent Nelson hasd a disagreement about the Helm of Nabu, which caused him to take control of Kent and capturing Khalid. He has also managed to release the Otherkind to destroy magic. When Etrigan tries to stop him, he separates Etrigan from Jason Blood, sending Blood to Hell. Blue Devil has Bobo use his sword to teleport themselves away from The Lords of Chaos. Back on Earth, Wonder Woman and Zatanna meet with Circe in an effort to find Mordru. Bobo’s team appears as The Lords of Chaos begin their destruction of Myrra.

JUSTICE LEAGUE ODYSSEY #7 by Dan Abnett and Will Conrad. Blackfire has realized that Darkseid has a plan and she unleashes her army to take down and kill the team, even if that means killing her sister Starfire. Starfire takes out the Tamaran army and tries to kill Blackfire, until Cyborg stops her. The team leaves and heads off to Aeolon,, where Darkseid is now, and has been mortally wounded by the Eskaton. The team fights off the Eskaton, leaving Darkseid to claim that he had tricked them and they are the weapon he needs. Back on Tamaran, Rapture touches down.

NAOMI #3 by Brian Michael Bendis, David F. Walker and Jamal Campbell. Naomi confronts Dee about who she is, leading to him explaining how he and the woman he loved were part of an elite secrete Thanagarian squad. Dee is not her father and the woman in the picture is not his mother. Naomi’s adoptive parents show up and take her away, causing her father to leas her to a secret cave where he reveals his spaceship and what appears to be his Rannian uniform.

NIGHTWING #58 by Scott Lobdell, Zack Kaplan and Travis Moore. Councilman Pollard has a bomb strapped to his chest, all thanks to the Joker’s Daughter. The Nightwings have to find a way to break in and save everyone. When they get in, they desperately try to defuse the bomb while Joker’s Daughter tries to bring the building down around them. The bombs get diffused and Ric takes out Joker’s Daughter, who manages to escape in the confusion. In the end, Ric has a heart to heart talk with Barbara Gordon.

RED HOOD OUTLAW #32 by Scott Lobdell and Stephen Segovia. Jason Todd is now in charge of the Penguin’s casino and has brought along some friends, and former enemies, to help him, like Bunker and Suzie Su. Batman shows up and Jason dares him to take him to jail for killing The Penguin, who is actually locked up in the Iceberg Lounge.

SHAZAM #4 by Geoff Johns and Dale Eaglesham. Freddy and Darla have ended up in the Wildlands and are powerless. They get captured and are going to be fed to the tigers. Tawny the Tiger has been captured because he is reading forbidden literature. Eugene and Pedro are in the Gamelands where they find that they need to defeat the Gamesmaster to get out. In the Funlands, Shazam finds out that all of the kids who have been captured as they became adults and were put to work. Among the captured is Mary, who is now being put to work. While Billy foster parents and real dad deal with their missing kids, someone shows up at the Rock of Eternity-Black Adam.

THE SILENCER #15 by Dan Abnett and V Kenneth Marion. Hope and Raze go about their mission at Jonah Nine to kill their genetic sister. The mission goes sideways when Raze is killed and their sister wants what Hope has. Meanwhile, Hope’s husband learns that his wife is not who he thought she as when two guys from “Domestic Security Response” shows up.

SUPERGIRL #28 by Marc Andreyko and Eduardo Pansica. The clones of Kara are attacking her and the Omega Men and it turns out that the captives they were trying to save are actually Hokum’s sleeper agents. Supergirl uses the axe of Rogol Zaar to take them out. Meanwhile, Zn’dr and Krypto are trying to track down Kara, eventually getting a signal. Kara gets a solar boost from Ryand’r, who kisses her in the process. Because of their genetic makeup, the clones die from the solar blast. Kara chases after Hokum and interrogates him, where he reveals that he got his support from The Circle. He teleports away, minus his hand, and ends up with Gandelo, who interrogates him and executes him. She meets with The Circle and sends out a call for Supergirl’s death. In response, the followers of Rogol Zaar decide to take up the mantle.

SUPERMAN #9 by Brian Michael Bendis and Ivan Reis. Superman is with his family on World Peace Day when Jor-El shows up and kills everyone. This is only a fantasy is his mind as Jon continues to tell of his meeting with the Crime Syndicate. Ultraman captures him and Jon spends an undetermined amount of time being mentally tortured by Ultraman, who spends hours talking, crying and raging. Eventually, Jon gets free and heads to what he thinks is this world’s version of the Hall of Justice. The results in him meeting Superwoman…

TEEN TITANS #28 by Christopher Priest, Adam Glass and Bernard Chang. THE TERMINUS AGENDA Part One. After the recent events with Deathstroke in Arkham, Damien decides the team must go out and take down Deathstroke. With Djinn’s help, the team infilitrates a barbershop and tries to take Deathstroke down. While they defeat Deathstroke and take him to Damien’s jail, Roundhouse’ body seems to fall apart and he turns into a living blob of sorts. Later, Damien interrogates Deathstroke, Kid Flash shows up and questions what is up with this jail he wasn’t aware of.

THE TERRIFICS #14 by Jeff Lemire and Joe Bennett. On Earth-30, the reunited team, where their other worldly counterparts, battle Java and his team of Dreadfuls. Together, they take them down and turn them over to the House of Heroes, where they already have a jail filled with Java’s from the Multiverse. With the addition of Mrs. Terrific, Offspring and Element Dog, the new team is ready for action.

TITANS #35 by Dan Abnett and Bruno Redondo. Lord Travesty has killed Ernest and Beast Boy is attacking the Titans, while Raven is battling her evil half. Travesty frees the good side of Raven’s soul self, revealing he has planning on helping them all along. Ernest isn’t dead and uses his magic to free Steel and Kyle. They convince Raven’s soul self to rejoin with her other side and restore order. Kyle carves a message into Steel’s hammer and they transport it back to the Hall of Justice. Raven’s restored soul self enters Raven again and she uses her new powers to stop Beast Boy’s rampage. But Mother Blood has reinforcements and they arrive to continue the fight.

WONDER TWINS #2 by Mark Russell and Stephen Byrne. Scrambler uses his mind control powers to break out of Lexicon Prison. He tries to join Lex and the Legion and ends up with the League of Annoyance. Zan and Jayna head off on an Honor Club field trip to Lexicon Prison. Later, they meet up with Beast Boy, who is making a commercial for Hot Mess Fruit Pies. Later, Zan orders himself a pet monkey and the pair take on Drunkula, who was trying to quit drinking blood but that becomes a fail after he is incarcerated. In the end, Gleep arrives.

WONDER WOMAN #66 by G. Willow Wilson and Cary Nord. In Rocky Mountain National Park, Maggie and the mythical animals are looking for a place to hide. Meanwhile, Diana and Aphrodite are on their way to help them. When they arrive, they find two Titans fighting Maggie and the animals. Mid-battle, Diana leaves and goes off to talk to Amanda Waller and ask for one of her prisoners to help. In the end, Wonder Woman returns with some muscle-Giganta.

WONDER WOMAN #67 by G. Willow Wilson and Cary Nord. Diana and Giganta face off and defeat the Titans before going off to breakfast together. Meanwhile, Maggie and the animals continue their journey, with she and Eirne sharing an intimate moment. In the end, Maggie goes into a lake and retrieves a sword

YOUNG JUSTICE #3 by Brian Michael Bendis and Patrick Gleason. Impulse and Superboy have a brief reunion before being challenged by the warriors from the Court of Opal. In a flashback, we see how Connor Kent was once struggling with high school life and was discovered by a secret organization that was experimenting a giant gem, which transported him to Gemworld. Back in the present, Superboy introduces Impulse to his wife and son. Elsewhere, the team finds itself being held in an underground jail.

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