Wednesday, July 7, 2021

DC UNIVERSE Month 41, Part 2

JUSTICE LEAGUE: LAST RIDE #2 by Chip Zdarsky and Miguel Mendonca. In a flashback, the forces of Apokolips are fighting our heroes on Earth. Batman and Martian Manhunter are trying to stop Darkseid from sending bombs through Boom Tubes by shutting down his control center. At the same time, Superman and Hal Jordan are fighting Parademons and trying to protect the Guardians. But everything they are doing doesn’t keep Darkseid from arriving. In the present, Batman, Wonder Woman, and Wally West are taking Lobo to Apokolips while John Stewart, Hal Jordan and Superman save an alien ship from a black hole.

LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT #2 by Darrick Robertson. Batman and The Joker both survive the helicopter crash, but both are suffering from the Joker Toxin. Batman uses a little of his antidote to save himself and the rest to save The Joker. They are eventually rescued by GCPD. Gordon shows him a clue from The Riddler, but Batman questions the authenticity. It leads him to a broken down casino at the end of the Amusement Mile. Still suffering from the toxin, he ends u in the casino in the clutches of The Quiz: a female villainess dressed in Riddler apparel.

MAN-BAT #5 by Dave Wielgosz and Sumit Kumar. Man-Bat faces off against a Batman possessed by the rage virus while Scarecrow continues to work on using the sonic cannon on Gotham. Francine thwarts Scarecrow and gets saved by Man-Bat, who has had an inner dialogue with Kirk, allowing him to take control. He defeats Scarecrow and uses the cannon to free everyone. He apologizes to Francine before allowing Batman to take him to Blackgate. Several months later, Wonder Woman meets with Man-Bat and convinces in to join her in what became known as Justice League Dark.

MISTER MIRACLE: THE SURCE OF FREEDOM #2 by Brandon Easton and Fico Ossio. Mister Miracle battles N’Vir Free, the daughter of Scott Free and Big Barda. But Shilo has no idea who they are, as they are obviously from another Earth in the Omniverse. He has his Mother Box transport him away from the battle and ends up in Northwest Australia. He also realizes that part of his face has been exposed, setting off a firestorm of issues when people realize that Mister Miracle “ain’t a white guy.” He transports to Vito’s office, where he discovers this situation has escalated. Vito takes Shilo to Thaddeus Brown’s house, where he finds the urn containing Brown’s ashes. N’Vir Free attacks again and Shilo transports again. When he touches a button on the urn, his energy level is increased by 1,000 % per second.

THE NEXT BATMAN: SECOND SON #3 by John Ridley and Travel Foreman. Jace sets up an assault on Eabha O’ Roark so he can see how tough she is when he tries to take her down and get to Arkadine’s courier. Elsewhere, Jace’ mother serves Montoya with a court order to seal evidence in the Enrique Acevedo case. Jace gives his testimony regarding Enrique Acevedo. He went to a party and afterwards was talking on his cell phone when we ran down Acevedo and then fled the scene, allowing Acevedo to die. What doesn’t get revealed during the deposition is that Lucius Fox and his team went into damage control mode, painting Jace as the innocent victim in all of this. Tim was sent away to the Sanford Military Academy, where he eventually would learn his fighting skills.

NIGHTWING #81 by Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo. Melinda Zucco is getting sworn in as the new mayor of Bludhaven, but it is revealed that Blockbuster is truly running the show. Meanwhile, Nightwing faces off with Heartless, who sets the ier on fire, trapping the children. Nightwing puts out a maritime distress call and the kingness of strangers saves the children. Back at his apartment with Tim, Barbara and his dog, now named Bitewing, Dick learns that Melinda Zucco is now Mayor, leading him to break into her apartment to investigate. But she surprises him and capturing him. He screams at her, saying he knows she is the daughter of the man who killed his parents. She explains her real father is John Grayson…and she is Dick’s sister!

ROBIN #3 by Joshua Williamson and Gleb Melnikov. Damien does his best to try and fit in at a beach party with the other competitors. Later, he meets with Connor and a tenuous friendship develops until the League of Shadows arrives and castigates Connor. The pair fight, leading to Connor throwing Robin off a cliff. When he finally washes ashore, he is discovered by his grandfather: Ras al Ghul.

STATIC (SEASON ONE) #1 by Vita Ayala, Chrisscross and Nicholas Draper-Ivey. Virgil Hawkins is still trying to adjust to his life after gaining powers during the Big Bang. If that wasn’t bad enough, Hot Streak is looking for payback from their fight in MILESTONE RETURNS. The pair renew that fight, resulting in Hot Streak setting the Hawkins house on fire.

SUICIDE SQUAD #4 by Robbie Thompson and Eduardo Pansica. Red X has been captured by the Suicide Squad. He reveals he allowed himself to be captured. A prisoner escape sends the team into action, leading to a battle between Red X and Peacemaker. Red X takes him down and makes his way to Waller. She threatens to explode the room they are in, but Red X is one step ahead and has already set off some explosives, leading to his escape. Apparently, Rick Flag is free now too.

SUPERGIRL: WOMAN OF TOMORROW #1 by Tom King and Bilquis Evely. Ruthye Marye Knoll’s father is killed by a man named Krem. While her siblings decide to let their god deal with Krem, Ruthye takes Krem’s sword and decides to seek justice on her own. She stops at a pub and attempts to hire a bounty hunter to do the deed, who takes the sword as he reneges on the deed. A very drunk Supergirl, celebrating her 21st birthday, disarms him. Ruthye tries to hire Supergirl to help her, but she repeatedly turns her down. Supergirl enters a spaceship but then is shot in the chest by Krem, who ended up there thanks to the bounty hunter. Wounded because she is vulnerable under this planet’s red sun, Krypto attacks Krem, but is also shot with an arrow. Supergirl attacks the bounty hunter and knocks him out while Krem enters the spaceship. In the end, Supergirl and Krypto are lying on the ground bleeding as Krem rockets away in the spaceship.

SUPERMAN #32 by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Sean Lewis, Scott Godlewski and Sami Basri. Superboy finds himself up against one of the biggest threats he's been up against as he fights to rescue his father from the Shadowbreed. They work together to defeat the Shadowbreed, setting Jon up to be the Superman he was always meant to be. In the backup, Bibbo teams up with Acrata to defeat the Projectress.

THE SWAMP THING #4 by Ram V and Mike Perkins. Alec Holland shows Levi the threat the Contagion poses to both the Green and to all of humanity. Alec convinces Levi that he must assume the power of the Green to beat the Contagion and establish mastery over the Wodewos. Levi confronts the Wodewos but is overwhelmed until Ivy arrives to lend a hand and gets him to focus all the memory of the Green and control  the Wodewos. Meanwhile, Jennifer follows Woodrue to find a way to get to Levi but she fears Woodrue is leading them into dangerous places and flees. She sees the Levi Swamp Thing coming at her and faints. He brings them back to the world, cleans up the lab and they leave. In the end, agents find computer backups and some plant matter left by the tests. A call is made to Amanda Waller briefing her on the situation and asking her what she knows about the Holland Phenomenon.

TEEN TITANS ACADEMY #4 by Tim Sheridan and Steve Lieber. The Bat-Pack team up to try and figure out who Red X is. After eliminating most of their suspects, they deduce that it is Billy Batson, but Donna Troy blows up that hypothesis. Still not convinced, that changes when they run into Billy and then, immediately after, Red X. So…who is Red X?

TEEN TITANS ACADEMY 2021 YEARBOOK #1 by Tim Sheridan, Bernard Chang, Marco Santucci, Darko Lafuente and Rafa Sandoval. In the first story, Stitch gets elected Class President. Next, Beast Boy and Raven go on a date and continue to enjoy each other’s company, even after she has a premonition of death and destruction involving the school. Third, Matt ends up at Toobey’s house, fights a fire and saves a cat. In the end, the original Red X breaks up a scheme where foster children are eventually trained to work for Black Mask. In the end, one of the kids is heading to Titans Academy. But is HE the new Red X and, if so, which kid is it?

WONDER WOMAN #773 by Michael W. Conrad, Becky Cloonan, Jordie Bellaire, Travis Moore and Paulina Ganucheau. Wonder Woman meets with the Valkyries, when Thor arrives, leading to an all-out battle. Diana deduces that Thor is behaving this way because of Cizko's cursed weapons, leading to Diana crushing his hammer. She passes out and confronts Cizko in her mind, where she defeats him and Deadman takes him away. When she awakens, a truce is arranged and a way to save Yggdrasil is figured out. Diana shares one last night with Siggy before leaving for Olympus, which she finds has been destroyed. In the backup, young Diana receives the missing pages from the Amazonian text and questions the Amazonian way.

WONDER WOMAN #774 by Michael W. Conrad, Becky Cloonan, Jordie Bellaire, Andy MacDonald and Paulina Ganucheau. Wonder Woman and Ratatosk are standing in the ruins of Olympus. They find a wounded man and Diana gets the Rod of Asklepios to heal him. He reveals he is the other half of a person named Janus and his other female half used The God Scraper, forged from the same metal that created The God Killer, to kill the gods. She communicates with Deadman through Athena’s reflecting pool and she and Ratatosk head to the Graveyard of the Gods.  In the backup, young Diana meets with Clio regarding the missing book pages. But the pages get ripped in the process. And Clio, with gleaming red eyes, says that everything will be fine. But is she to be believed?

  

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