THE JOKER #9 by James Tynion IV, Sam Johns, Stephano Raffaele and Rosi Kampe. While Oracle and Julia search for a connection between Joker’s past and the present, Jim and Vengeance head to The Joker’s hideout. After arriving and finding a massacre, they find The Joker and Dr. Frederich Baum: a scientist and a part of The Network. Among the work he shows off is his body duplication project and how he has been using his work to creature a body farm where his work ends up on the tables of many five-star restaurants. One of his genetic creations turns out to be Vengeance. That is when the Sawyer family arrives, kills Baum, wounds Gordon and absconds with The Joker. In the backup, Kelly reveals that she and Punchline were high school friends. But things changed and many students turned up dead. Meanwhile, Punchline plots her revenge against Orca for turning against the villainess.
THE JOKER 2021 ANNUAL #1 by Matthew Rosenberg, James Tynion IV and Francesco Francavilla. In a throwback tale from early in Jim Gordon’s career as Commissioner, Gordon tries to weed out corrupt cops in the GCPD, leaving the force undermanned. During al of this, The Joker stages a heist at a candy factory. Gordon arrests Falcone’s capo and tries to get him to talk. In the end, the crooked cops get what is coming to them and GCPD find a warehouse filed with giant pinatas containing dead bodies…including the capo. It’s all a gift from The Joker to Gordon.
THE JOKER PRESENTS: A PUZZLEBOX #4 by Matthew Rosenberg, Jesus Merino, Vanesa Del Rey and Ricardo Lopez Ortiz. The multiple stories in the search for answers in the death of The Riddler continues. In the jungle of Tropidor, Bane, Penguin and Ivy struggle for possession of the box, with Ivy pulling a switch. Later, the tale of Pyg and Scarecrow at the Gotham Museum sees the unity of the villains cracking. In present day, Mad Hatter finds he cannot control people like he thought. And Pyg tries to stage an escape, but Batman intervenes.
JUSTICE LEAGUE #69 by Brian Michael Bendis, Ram V, Phil Hester and Sumit Kumar. The team battles the teams of Deathstrokes. They discover that this is all a part of a plan for world domination by the Royal Flush Gang. But before they can fully plan a wake to take them down, there is a problem. The Fortress of Solitude has been stolen. In the backup, Constantine and Ragman confront Zatanna, who has started to unleash the Upside-Down Man within her. Meanwhile, the rest of the team has to deal with Merlin who has managed to resurrect Arion and made him his servant.
JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK 2021 ANNUAL #1 by Ram V, Dan Waters and Christopher Mitten. Justice League Dark has defended Atlantis, in events in JUSTICE LEAGUE #70 and #71(not shipping until late December) and Wonder Woman tells of a vision from the Goddess of Time and Space, Hauhet. Hauhet explains there is a dangerous gd unleashed because of Merlin. Randhir Singh, who Elnara and Batman had saved from Merlin, arrives and further explains there is a great darkness coming and Merlin will try to destroy the Tower of Fate. Mr. E show up and reveals that Merlin has been possessed by Yuga Khan- the father of Darkseid. In the end, Mr. E cuts a deal with Zatanna which could give him the power to kill magicians.
JUSTICE LEAGUE INCARNATE #1 by Joshua Williamson and Dennis Culver, Brandon Peterson, Andrei Berssan and Tom Derenick. On Earth-8, Tartarus invades, and the Retaliators fight back. Meanwhile, Flashpoint Batman and Earth-23 Superman draft Avery Ho to join the Justice League Incarnate to their team, so they can save Barry Allen and stop Darkseid. They head to Earth-8 and find Tartarus has decimated the team. Darkseid arrives and battles Tartarus, killing him. This gives Doctor Multiverse the distraction she needs, teaming with Avery to send the Multiversal tear to another Earth. At the Hall of Heroes, Orion of New Genesis arrives and warms them that Darkseid’s army is here.
JUSTICE LEAGUE: LAST RIDE #7 by Chip Zdarsky and Miguel Mendonca. A reborn Martian Manhunter teams up with Jon Stewart to take on Darkseid. Meanwhile, Batman battles Cyborg Superman and gets stabbed with a Kryptonite knife. Hal Jordan shows up and the combined efforts of the Lanterns saves Batman. Diana beheads Lobo and Darkseid is defeated and flees, leading Hal to kill him. In the end, Lobo stands trial and the team declares the they shall now be the Justice League Universal.
LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT #7 by Brandon Easton and Karl Mostert. Batman travels to Italy in search of Ras al Ghul, who is searching for the vessel of St. Januarius, which he can use to enhance his Lazarus pits. But that leads him into a confrontation with Azrael, who is not about to let Batman take the artifact. Ras shows up and the two heroes need to team up to stop him. In the end, Azrael blows up the location, seemingly killing he and Ras. In actuality, Azrael lives on, returning the artifact to its’ rightful place.
MISTER MIRACLE: THE SOURCE OF FREEDOM #6 by Mister Miracle continues his fight with N’vir, who has created Worldkiller to eliminate Shilo and conquer her world. Oberon tracks down Shilo’s long missing parents and their energy help Shilo to defeat N’vir. They reveal time is fluid and they had stepped into the time stream to fight against N’vir. Oberon fires up a Boom Tube, sending Shilo back to the 21st Century. In the end, Shio reveals his identity to the world.
NIGHTWING #86 by Tom Taylor and Robbi Rodriguez. The Clock Tower has blown up and there is a desperate search for the Batgirls. The Batgirls get found and it’s revealed that the Magistrate wasn’t responsible, but Seer was. That leads them to lead an assault on Skybase-01. They progress through the ship and find Simon Saint. But Seer is one step ahead and brings down the ship, leading to a mass evacuation. Although Skybase-01 is destroyed, Seer escapes and is ready to hide in sight.
NIGHTWING 2021 ANNUAL #1 by Tom Taylor, Daniel HDR and Cian Tormey. Oracle shows Dick Grayson footage of Jason killing FBI agents and an informer. This leads to a flashback of Dick mentoring a young Jason. Back in the present, Dick confronts Jason, who declares his innocence. After some detective work, they discover the fake Red Hood is actually Clayface, who reveals he was hired by a drug kingpin who actually was responsible for drugs Jason’s mom had taken. When he tries to flee, Jason uses the Batmobile to crash the kingpin’s jet.
NUBIA & THE AMAZONS #2 by Stephanie Williams, Vita Ayala and Alitha Martinez.to invade the bodies of multiple Amazons. Is this related to the dreams Penelope keeps having about the destruction of Themyscira?
ROBIN & BATMAN #1 by Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen. In the earliest days of Robin in training, he constantly breaks Batman’s rules of crime fighting. During the day, Dick dreams of being Robin and that night, he creates a costume and goes out after Killer Croc. Things go badly and Batman has to save him. In the end, Batman presents Dick with a costume he designed, angering Dick, as he knows Bruce has read his journal. Meanwhile, Croc is still on the loose.
ROBIN #8 by Joshua Williamson, Gleb Melnikov and Max Dunbar. Damian fights Connor Hawke in the finals of the tournament and dies for a second time in the process. Resurrected, Damian is ready to continue the fight, but the pit on the island has been opened and the demon within kills Connor.
ROBIN 2021 ANNUAL #1 by Joshua Williamson and Roger Cruz. Taking place before issue number 6 of ROBIN, Damian hacks into the Bat Computer to gleam information about the tournament competitors. At her grandfather’s deathbed, Flatline’s powers activate, which allows her to see her grandfather was a serial killer. This leads to her becoming a protégé of Lord Deathman and eventually entering the tournament. He continues to dig into the history of other competitors before heading off to the tournament. In the end, a meditative Ras al Ghul is attacked…leading to a meeting with his daughter.
ROBINS #1 by Tim Seeley and Baldemar Rivas. The team, made up of former Robins, takes down the Disciples of Anarky, with Jason accidentally blowing up the one person they need to shut off the bomb the disciples planted, leading to the team using their detective skills to crack the password. Later, they are visited by a man named Declaine who informs them that crooks from the individual team member’s first cases are being targeted. During the revelations, he gets assassinated by a mysterious woman who claims to be the first Robin.
STATIC: SEASON ONE #4 by Vita Ayala and Chriscross. The A.T.F. and Francis show up at the Hawkins home looking for Virgil. Later, Virgil opens the package from Metcalf’s storage unit, revealing kinetic metal sand which, when coupled with his powers, enhances his ability. He throws on his costume and goes out to meet up with his team. The team gets attacked and Francis arrives, but Static’s powers fail on him as Francis lights him up.
SUICIDE SQUAD #9 by Robbie Thompson, Eduardo Pansica, Julio Ferreira and Dexter Soy. Rick Flag has broken into many black-site prisons and freed Mirror Master, Cheetah, Lor-Zod and Ghkeyy’t, with this new team looking to recruit the Fisherman. Waller meets with Rodriguez and plots her escape while sending the team off on another mission. While enroute, Culebra chats with Talon, who reveals he is not crazy and is working with Rodriguez to take down Waller. The team lands on Oa, where they cross paths with Jo Mullein. They find a mysterious alien, which is who Waller sent them for, the Thangarians attack and their ship explodes.
SUICIDE SQUAD: KING SHARK #3 by Tim Seeley and Scott Kolins. The tournament continues even as Defacer plots with Vik to make Nanue lose. As the next round begins, Etrigan Gentleman Ghost, Bison and Pigeon Person, calling themselves the Limbo Legion, show up to disrupt the event. Vik transports Defacer to where Queen Tiger is, with Defacer promising to reveal the secret to defeat Nanue.That backfires and Nanue wins. He and Defacer get transported to their next place: a world filled with cockroaches.
SUPERGIRL; WOMAN OF TOMORROW #5 by Tom King and Bilquis Evely. Ruthye and Kara end up on a planet where there is a Kryptonite sun and monsters. This forces Ruthie to act as Kara’s defender until the sun eventually sets. Once it does, Supergirl gets her strength back and they continue on their search for Krem.
SUPERMAN: SON OF KAL-EL #5 by Tom Taylor and John Timms. Jon has had his powers super-charged by Henry Bendix's solar beam and he struggles to save people all over the world while fighting the sensory overload. Aerie takes him to Jay so he can get some rest. After a nine-hour sleep, Jon is off again…but not before he can kiss Jay goodbye.
THE SWAMP THING #9 by Ram V and Mike Perkins. Jennifer Reece is brought to the Prescot Corporation, where she learns the history of The Green. It was first discovered in the 18th Century and is revealed that the Green contains all the memories of the world. Allegedly, all medical technology is the result of research gleamed from their experiments with The Green. It is also revealed that the Corporation has the corpse of the previous Swamp Thing, but they want a living conduit. Jacob arrives and launches an attack the Prescott, with the idea to destroy it all. Levi arrives and orders everyone to run, while he and Jacob battle. The goal of the fleeing Corporation members: send the facility, along with Levi and Jacob, into a deep freeze.
TASK FORCE Z #2 by Mathew Rosenberg and Eddy Barrows. Bane and Man-Bat are dead again, Bloom has left and Jason has been frozen and is about to be eaten by the Arkham Knight. Bloom takes down Freeze, returning with a supply of Lazarus Resin, which distracts Arkham Knight. Later, Jason learns that Bane and Man-Bat have been brought back to life with a limited amount of the resin. The team is sent out again, to meet with a potential new member, with Hobart in tow. The meeting place has been taken over by the reformed Cult of Kobra, forcing them into a fight, With the lights out, Hobart transform into a demon and dispatches the cult. In the end, they find the potential new member, who shoots Jason. The new member? Deadshot.
TEEN TITANS ACADEMY #7 by Tim Sheridan and Rafa Sandoval. Gorilla Gregg has turned against his friends and joined up with Gorilla Grodd, taking the townspeople and the Titans kids under their control. But Gregg isn’t totally with Grodd as he uses his powers to block Summer Zahid from being controlled. Grodd finds out about the betrayal leading to a fight between the Titans and Gregg. But it’s a staged fight, as Gregg has used his powers to block the mind control. Grodd is defeated, but he may not be imprisoned for long.
TEEN TITANS ACADEMY #8 by Tim Sheridan and Mike Norton. It’s potential student day at the Academy when Wally West shows up, freaking out parents and students alike who know him as a murderer. The students notice a change in Dane since returning and Raven has a vision of him being evil. Red X shows up to prove that Wally is the bad guy here and will result in the end of the Titans. Meanwhile, a group of students steal the H Dial in an effort to communicate with the dead Roy Harper. Miguel stops them, but a living Roy shows up, wondering why there is a statue of him out front of the building.
TITANS UNITED #3 by Cavan Scott and Jose Luis. Connor has been taken captive by Blackfire where she tortures him and tests his powers. Elsewhere, the other Titans face off against Lady Vic and her bodyguards, who have Beast Boy’s powers. Lady Vic flees in her jet and Jason hitches a ride by lassoing himself to the plane, forcing Donna and Raven to lend an assist. Vic teleports away but not before it appears that an alien invasion is impending.
WONDER GIRL #5 by Joëlle Jones and Adriana Melo. Yara Flor finds herself on Mount Olympus where she is being goaded into drinking the Elixir of Life to become Hera's champion forever. She refuses to be in service forever, leading to her fighting the armies of Hephaestus before calling for Jerry and flying off. In the process, Jerry is killed. Hephaestus destroys Yara’s sword and Hera arrives, leading to Yara possibly having to submit to Hera. Meanwhile, Cassie learns from Hermes what is transpiring with Yara. She goes off to talk to Potira. She apologizes for Artemis running off and Potira takes her to Aahim: the home of the Esquecida. Once there, Potira reveals that once Yara is captured, she will be used to lead the Esquecida in an attack on Themyscira. But they already have a secret weapon…Donna Troy.
WONDER WOMAN #781 by Becky Cloonan, Michael W. Conrad, Vita Ayala, Marcio Takara and Skylar Patridge. Diana has lunch with Etta and debates seeing Steve Trevor, now that she is back. She sees Doctor Cizko on tele vision hyping his new book, so she goes to see him and figure out his motives. After keeping a man from committing suicide, she meets with Deadman, who tells her where they need to go to sing Siggy’s body. Cizko meets with a strange man who gives him a guitar case. Steve gets a visit from Diana, but it is not her. Later, Diana and Deadman are flying off to find Siggy when she notices an army of Wonder Woman outside of the plane. In the backup, the new arrivals try to adjust to their new life, even as the kingdom is being attacked.
WONDER WOMAN 2021 ANNUAL #1 by Michael W. Conrad, Becky Cloonan and Andy MacDonald. A strange man named Altuum chats up Etta while Diana stops a hostage situation. Later, Diana tours a museum exhibit on Themyscira and meets Altuum, who claims he has been to Themyscira. He explains he is a part of a race that was thrown out of Themyscira and they are waiting for the coming war where the Amazons will eradicate themselves. The two battle to a standstill before Altuum sets off a bomb in the building and flees. To be continued in THE TRIAL OF THE AMAZONS #1.
WONDER WOMAN: EVOLUTION #1 by Stephanie Phillips and Mike Hawthorne. Silver Swan takes hostages at the Museum of Natural History, leading to a fight between her and Diana. Silver Swan takes a child hostage forcing Diana to save the child and allows Vanessa to flee. Later, Diana meets with Superman, where they race. He has to leave to stop a tsunami and Diana finds herself transported away to a tournament of some sort.
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