DC UNIVERSE Month 26 Part 2

JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #19 by James Tynion IV and Alvaro Martinez Bueno. Injustice League Dark has broken into the Black Vault. But the Upside-Down Man has given Wonder Woman the power to fight against Circe. During their battle, Eclipso breaks free and infects Wonder Woman. This leads to Khalid, as the new Doctor Fate, to join the battle and uses his power to contain Eclipso long enough for Diana to take Circe out of the fight. Diana gives Circe the power she wants, but traps her in a mirror for all time. With the Injustice League Dark defeated, it’s time to find Swap Thing.

JUSTICE LEAGUE ODYSSEY #17 by Dan Abnett and Will Conrad. Darkseid's group of New Gods, led by Xotor and Cyborg, have caught up and captured Orion and Jessica Cruz, although Gamma Knife escapes. She contacts her boss, who wants her to save the team and get the Eskaton block. At the same time, Blackfire, Dex-Starr, and Hax are attacked by robots while attempting to scavenge parts to fix the ship. An unconscious Jessica replays Cyborg’s message, but he has updated it, telling her he is sorry and should kill him when she gets the chance. Orion gets freed by Gamma Knife and he attacks the New Gods. Blackfire and company use a device to block the signal controlling them and make their way to their leader: Epoch-the Lord of Time.

LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #3 by Brian Michael Bendis and Ryan Sook. On Rimbor, Ultra boy’s father, Craz, ants to know where his son is and where Aquaman’s trident is. Elsewhere on Rimbor, Mon-el unintentionally becomes the ruler. Meanwhile, Saturn Girl, Lightning Lad, Light Lass, and Chameleon boy convince December Sevenbergen, to let them interrogate Mordru. Jon brings Damian Wayne to the 31st Century, which causes major issues with the Legion, based on what Damian’s future holds, with them referring to him as “Baby Hitler”. After a diplomatic incident with the team and Craz, Saturn Girl erases Damian’s recent memory and sends him back to the 21^st Century. In the end, Craz says that Brainiac 5 was responsible for stealing the trident and needs to explain why.

LOIS LANE #8 by Greg Rucka and Mike Perkins. After the explosive end to last issue,

Renee Montoya fights off the assassin known as Kiss of Death. The pair are interrogated by the police and then go on a search for Lois' former maid, who has gone missing. Elsewhere, former Checkmate agent, Jessica Night is on her way to Chicago.

METAL MEN #4 by Dan Didio and Shane Davis. Gold is alive and proud of us nakedness. He is a new Gold as his responsemeter has been destroyed by Nth Metal Man, giving him something closer to free will. Will Magnus and Janet Klyburn go off on a date, leaving Nth Metal Man alone with Platin, where they are guests and have a chance encounter with their biggest fan, Kevin Kho.  Chaos occurs when a Con worker is taken over by a cybernetic, leading to Kho becoming…O.M.A.C.

NIGHTWING #68 by Dan Jurgens and Travis Moore. Ric come to his senses, as his mind is flooded by memories of being Robin, Nightwing and the Teen Titans. But he is also confused as he believes some of his implanted Court of Owls memories may be valid. He battles Cobb and gets saved by Hutch, allowing Cobb to escape. In the end, he confesses to Bea that he is confused but they share a kiss in the end.

RED HOOD OUTLAW #42 by Scott Lobdell and Paolo Pantalena. Artemis, Bizarro and

Generation Outlaw settle in art Ma Gunn’s, where she tells Jason she didn’t tell him about his father as she was afraid how he would react. He leaves with Artemis and tells her of everything that has occurred while she was gone, including the entire HEROES IN CRISIS event. They talk about the kiss and kiss again, realizing it feels weird and they should just remain friends.

SHAZAM #10 by Geoff Johns, Dale Eaglesham and Scott Kolins. King Kid has brought the Earthlands to Philadelphia and now has to deal with the Shazam Family. King Kid realizes he has been bad, blaming it on being bullied, and Shazam takes away his wishing stick, leaving him to cower and cry. Elsewhere, Dr. Sivana and Mr. Mind breach the Monsterlands, where Sivana meets a prisoner who promises to take down Billy Batson. In the end, the Wizard shows up in Billy’s bedroom and takes him down, saying he is going to ruin his plans.

SUICIDE SQUAD #2 by Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo. We begin with a mission going very wrong, which turns out to be in the future. Going back a day, we get the lead in to what led to this. The team is sent out to take out the President of Badhnisia. During the course of the mission, the President is captured, by Deadshot decides to capture but not execute him. Osita gets injured during the siege, but he decides to follow orders and shoots the President in the head.

SUPERGIRL #38 by Jody Houser and Rachael Stott. Krypto tracks down the Infected Supergirl, who is on a mission to change the world, so it won’t end up like Krypton by infecting everyone. But the townspeople of Smallville are not buying what she is selling and revolt against her. Before she can hurt anyone, Wonder Woman shows up and they battle. Wonder Woman gets her lasso around Supergirl and, for a brief moment, she begins to change to her old self.

SUPERMAN #19 by Brian Michael Bendis and Ivan Reis. Following Superman’s revealing his identity, Perry White fires Clark Kent…and hires Superman. Later, he tangles with Mongol and loses.

SUPERMAN’S PAL JIMMY OLSEN #7 by Matt Faction and Steve Leiber. Jimmy and his sister continue to investigate who tried to have him killed and why. To continue their search, and keep Jimmy alive, they head to Opal City. But when he sees everyone dressed like him, they leave.

TEEN TITANS #38 by Adam Glass and Bernard Chang. The Other traps Damian in Djinn’s ring, where she shows him the future The Other is offering him. While it is everything he ever wanted, he turns it down, knowing Djinn will be trapped in the ring forever. Freed from the ring, Damian fights with The Other and gets help from all of the team, complete with Crush beating The Other badly. In the end, the reborn team goes off to confront and take down Elias.

THE TERRIFICS #24 by Gene Luen Yang and Sergio Davila. The team, paired up with The Terribiles, race through the end of time and end up at the Noosphere. They learn this is all part of a simulation, but band together, and with the help of Paula, now an avenging angel, they face off against the Terribles. Noosphere gives them their escape as a gift and Paula takes a page out of our book fr future use. In the end, she goes off on a mission from God. Later, at the Treehouse of Solitude, Bizarro Jr sees his father fighting forever within the comic page.

WONDER TWINS #11 by Mark Russell and Stephen Byrne. The Hall of Justice computers, and all computers, have been infected by the Colonel 86 virus. In the end, the Wonder Twins, along with Polly and her father, end up at the source computer, where Polly’s dad makes a hard choice and shuts down his creation.

WONDER WOMAN #750 by Vita Ayala, Marguerite Bennett, Kami Garcia, Dean Hale, Jeff Loveness, Steve Orlando, Greg Rucka, Gail Simone, Mariko Tamaki, Nicola Scott, Elena Casagrande, Colleen Doran, Jesus Merino, Phil Hester, Riley Rosso, Laura Braga, Amancay Nahuelpan, and Bryan Hitch. In the main story, Diana, Hera and Silencer face off against Cheetah. Diana, Hera and Cheetah have a lengthy discussion before Diana gets the Golden Perfect back. In the real world, Silencer gets injured by the God Slayer and Cheetah gets temporarily gets captured by the lasso. She gets away and Diana severs ties with Hera. Back on Themyscira, she and Hippolyta reforge Diana’s wrist bands. Back in Boston, Diana gets arrested. The backups feature a bunch of moments throughout her career including a continuation of the Star-Blossom story, a meeting with Ares, an attempt to reform Cheetah and a Bombshells tale. In the end, we see Diana in the 1940’s, which looks to be a new beginning and a new DC timeline.

YEAR OF THE VILLAIN: HELL ARISEN #2 by James Tynion IV and Steve Epting. Lex squares off against and defeats the Infected. He later meets with Mercy Graves, claiming blood samples he took from Shazam and Supergirl will help him defeat The Batman Who Laughs. But The Batman Who Laughs has been busy and infected any more heroes including Hawk and Dove, Booster Gold and more. Elsewhere, The Batman Who Laughs has captured the Phantom Stranger and it seems The Joker is poised to get involved with it all.

YOUNG JUSTICE #12 by Brian Michael Bendis and John Timms. Wonder Girl and Teen Lantern make their way to the Hall of Justice, where they meet the Wonder Twins. They are trying to get help from the Justice League against Dr. Glory, but they are unavailable. They “borrow” Wonder Woman’s invisible jet and head to the site of Connor’s disappearance and, just when they think he is coming back, Miguel and Summer from DIAL H FOR HERO arrive. They all team up and go off to take down S.T.A.R. Labs.