Thursday, December 10, 2020

DC UNIVERSE Month 34, Part 2

LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #11 by Brian Michael Bendis and Ryan Sook. Dr. Fate is disintegrated on Xanthu, causing Superboy and Saturn Girl to fly to New Krypton just as Rogol Zaar is attacking it. Rose, Blok, and Lightning Lad go to Daxam where Mordru attacks them.

NIGHTWING #76 by Dan Jurgens and Ronan Cliquet. KGBeast has returned to actually kill Nightwing this time. He has taken Bea hostage and plans to kill her first, leading to a battle between himself and Nightwing. Dick uses his baton to blow up KGBeast’s gun and subduing him. In the end, Dick tells Bea that he doesn’t remember much and they should just be friends, leading her to storm away as Dick cries.

PUNCHLINE #1 by James Tynion IV, Sam Johns and Mirka Andolfo. Alexis Kaye is on trial but still has numerous fans. Cullen Row tells his sister that she should listen to Punchline’s podcasts. Over the next few days, Cullen listens to all of her podcasts and eventually meets the boy who turned him on to them. In the end, they end up together at a rally supporting Punchine.

RED HOOD #51 by Shawn Martinbrough and Tony Akins. Jason Todd moves back to, "The Hill" and moves back into his old apartment. He also reconnects with Dana Harlowe, who has been watching a property he owns for twelve years. Meanwhile, a guy who makes designer shoes based on Gotham villains gets himself in trouble with other gangs…and with Killer Croc.

SUICIDE SQUAD #11 by Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo. Jog is dead, but gets a visit from the Black Racer, who brings him back to life, inferring that he is Jog’s father. Jog travels to Badhnista and, together, they keep Lola’s blast from destroying everything. Just as they are about to exact revenge on Black Mask when the Justice League arrives and stops them, but not before Black Mask gets his legs shot. The League takes Black Mask away, the team celebrates and Harley gives the sad news to Deadshot’s daughter. In the end, the Revolutionaries gather up everyone responsible for Task Force X and tell them to shut their actions down or else.

SUPERMAN #27 by Brian Michael Bendis and Ivan Reis. Superman battles the Synmar in the Phantom Zone. They team up to defeat the Phantom King of the Phantom Zone, but after the leave the Zone and head to where Synmar was, Superman is no longer affected by the yellow sun, leaving him powerless. Synmar finally speaks and says he accepts Superman’s surrender. Elsewhere, Lois and Lana have coffee.

TALES FROM THE DARK MULTIVERSE: BATMAN HUSH #1 by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Dexter Soy and Sergio Davila. In the Dark Multiverse, the Elliot family was with the Waynes when they died. They deiced to adopt Bruce. Flash forward twenty years. Tommy Elliot is the Senator for Gotham. He is helped by Talia, the League of Assassins and the Court of Owls. Even Lincoln March is involved, as he is the President of the United States. Bruce Wayne is out of the picture as Tommy had him committed to Arkham almost ten years ago, giving Tommy control of the Wayne fortune. Bruce and several inmates break out of Arkham and he transforms into the Bloody Bat of Arkham, taking revenge on Tommy and moving into the Batcave with his fellow inmates.

TEEN TITANS #47 by Robbie Thompson and Javi Fernandez. Joystick is back and he has over the bodies of Red Arrow and Kid Flash, using them against Roundhouse and Crush. Red Arrow eventually breaks control and takes down Joystick, leading to Kid Flash being freed. And they eventually kiss. In the end, the team meets with Nightwing, who presents them with Titans Tower.

WONDER WOMAN #766 by Mariko Tamaki and Steve Pugh. Dianaattles and defeats Count Vertigo, freeing the citizens of Vlatava. But one of them gets taken over by Maxwell Lord and delivers a message to Diana. This leads to the Amazon hunting the man who wants to kill her.

WONDER WOMAN #767 by Mariko Tamaki and Rafa Sandoval. After a flashback detailing Maxwell Lord's troubled childhood, we go to Wonder Woman continuing to look for him. Inside Vertigo’s castle, she finds Maxwell’s daughter, but this is only Maxwell using his powers to cause Diana to choke herself and then stab herself. In actuality, she just cuts herself and then beats him down. Maxwell gets taken into custody and then gets to share a cell with his daughter, who stabs him.

YOUNG JUSTICE #20 by Brian Michael Bendis, David Walker and Scott Godlewski. The team goes to Mount Justice, where they find the deactivated Red Tornado. But he detects them as trespassers and attacks them. The team defeats and destroys him and then John Stewart arrives, questioning why Teen Lantern has the gauntlet that gives her the Green Lantern powers. He eventually leaves, telling her she needs to go to the Hall of Justice for training. In the end, the team has a party in the hideout.

 

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