Wednesday, September 9, 2020

DC UNIVERSE Month 31, Part 2

JUSTICE LEAGUE ODYSSEY #23 by Dan Abnett and Will Conrad. Two different Epochs from different times, the "Presently me" and "currently me" are at work to reset the universe in their image and eliminate Darkseid from the timeline. Meanwhile, Darkseid and his new New Gods are fighting the Eskaton. While it looks like Eskaton will win, Darkseid kill the Eskaton. As he recovers, he sends Cyborg to go kill Epoch. The team attack Cyborg, who defeats them But Jessica reaches into the real Cyborg inside the one controlled by Darkseid and succeeds in bringing the real Cyborg back to life. Hax kills both Epochs and it is revealed she has been working for Darkseid all along.
 
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #8 by Brian Michael Bendis, Mike Allred, Andr Lima Arajo, Bilquis Evely, Sanford Greene, Cully Hamner, Dan Hipp, Joelle Jones, Dan Jurgens, Jeff Lemire, David Mack, Alex Maleev, Fabio Moon, Dustin Nguyen, Michael Avon Oeming, Yanick Paquette, Darick Robertson, Duncan Rouleau, Evan Shaner, Liam Sharp, Ryan Sook, and John Timms. The Legion battles Craz, but that goes against United Planet law and The President orders the team to be arrested and sent to trial.
 
METAL MEN #9 by Dan Didio and Shane Davis. Iron, Lead, Mercury and Tin battle Chemo, defeating him but allowing his hazardous chemicals to run into the sewers. Meanwhile, the Nth Metal Man returns to the Nth Metal pool in an attempt to seal it. But The Phantom Stranger arrives and informs him that Dark Multiverse Metal Man are coming for Nth Metal Man and plan to take him back to his homeworld.
 
NIGHTWING #73 by Dan Jurgens and Ryan Benjamin. Batgirl has been captured and she is forced to face off if a battle to the death with Nightwing, who is now controlled by the Joker. She manages to escape by Nightwing has a plan to take down Batgirl, Jason Todd, and Tim Drake all at once and destroy the Alfred Pennyworth Children's Hospital in the process.
 
RED HOOD OUTLAW #48 by Scott Lobdell and Brett Booth. Red Hood comes to Gotham and gets involved in the Joker War. He finds Punchline, who has captured
The Joker's Daughter. Jason is forced to fight a clown mask wearing Dick Grayson but, after it looks like he has won, he gets knocked out by Punchline. When he wakes, he finds the building he was in burning to the ground and recovers the dead body of The Joker’s Daughter. But that turns out to be the body of a homeless girl, as Punchline, Dick and some of the clowns are actually in an ambulance with the real Duela Dent.

SUICIDE SQUAD #8 by Tom Taylor and Daniel Sampere. The team is in Badhnisia. Aerie reveals how she had been experimented on by The Post Human Project and ended up in captivity, which is where she met Wink. They also met the T.N. Teens, one of whom ended up being separated from her brother Javier. Aerie and Wink eventually break out, taking Javier with them. We also see that Lola and someone else are in captivity and Ted Kord is the evil genius who plans on using her to get Badhnisia.
 
SUPERMAN #24 by Brian Michael Bendis and Kevin Maguire. Dr. Fate and Superman face off against Xanadoth, who has possessed the body of DEO Agent Bissette. With the help of Zatanna and the Justice League Dark, they defeat the Lord of the Lords of Chaos and life goes back to normal. But a recovering Agent Bissette may still have traces of
Xanadoth inside of her.
 
TEEN TITANS #44 by Robbie Thompson and Javier Fernandez. Robin has snapped and lopped off the arm of the KGBeast, leading to him fighting the Titans while Kid Flash brings the KGBeast to Arkham. Elsewhere, the freed villains (Mammoth, Gizmo, Swerve, Joystick and Black Mask) have a plan and that means they’ve hired Deathstroke, who is more than thrilled to take out the Titans. The Titans brawl with Robin…and that’s when Batman shows up. The story continues in TEEN TITANS ANNUAL #2.
 
TEEN TITANS ANNUAL #2 by Robbie Thompson and Eduardo Pansica. Batman is here to confront Damian and split up the Titans. Deathstroke shows up and levels the team with a bazooka, allowing Robin to get away. Robin and Deathstroke face off with each other before the rest of the Titans, including Emiko, who is surprised and relieved that she didn’t kill Deathstroke. Robin uses his sword to take down Deathstroke and injured Emiko in the process. Batman intervenes and Robins beats on him. Batman refuses to fight his son, so Robin tears off the R logo and leaves, leaving the team in disarray.
 
THE TERRIFICS #29 by Gene Luen Yang and Max Raynor. Simon Stagg is dead and Sebastian Stagg has shown up to claim his father's company.  Sapphire and Metamorpho stay with Sebastian while the T-Council and the Terrifics head off to save Gateway City from meteorites which have the Terrifictech logo on them. The Terrifictech Space Station is being torn apart by Lobo, who has been hired by Sebastian. If that wasn’t bad enough for the team, it seems that Silas Stone has joined up with Sebastian, meaning a disheartening betrayal by him.
 
WONDER WOMAN #760 by Mariko Tamaki and Mikel Janin. Diana and Maxwell are facing off in Stryker's Island Penitentiary. Diana leaves and later meets with Etta Candy, who informs Wonder Woman about the widespread hallucinations happening all over the country. The next day, the hallucinations start up again and Diana fights Parademons from Apokolips. But that isn’t real either and now Diana has been affected by the hallucinations.
 
WONDER WOMAN #761 by Mariko Tamaki and Carlo Barberi. The mass hallucinations continues and we learn that a phone app connected to Lord Industries may be responsible. This leads to Diana and Max teaming up. There is a Army man ho has been affected and he has launched a nuclear missile. In the end, it looks like Diana’s neighbor Emma is responsible and that Max Lord may be her father.
 
WONDER WOMAN ANNUAL #4 by Steve Orlando and Jack Herbert.  Diana is been summoned to the Amazons’ floating embassy where she is told about a disturbance in Brazil where a small oceanside city has appeared, surrounded by an energy field that distorts reality around it. Diana heads to investigate and discovers that the Dark Fates are here and they distort reality so they can continue to live in our world. She faces off against the Dark Fates and, with the help of the people in the town, wins the day. It is revealed that this is a hidden city of Amazons, meaning here are three tribes and now they become one.
 
YOUNG JUSTICE #17 by Brian Michael Bendis, David Walker and Scott Godlewsky. The team helps to put the city back together after the battles with the Legion of Doom, Leviathan and Red Cloud. Through it all, a young girl named Yolanda Chan learns that not all heroes wear capes and gets an internship at the Hall of Justice.

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