DC UNIVERSE Month 51, Part 2

JUSTICE LEAGUE #75 by Joshua Williamson and Rafa Sandoval. Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, John Stewart, Zatanna, Martian Manhunter, Aquaman, Hawkgirl, Black Adam, and Black Canary are transported to the House of Heroes by the Justice Incarnate to get them to help them fight against Pariah and the Great Darkness. They all get transported to a dead Multiverse where Pariah sends his Dark Army to battle the heroes. The battle rages back and forth until John Stewart unleashes the Godstorm. But the tables quickly turn when the Spectre, now the Spirit of Darkness arrives and kills Stewart. Ollie fires an explosive arrow which seems to cause the Darkness to flee. Then Doomsday kills Ollie, leading to Pariah using his power to seemingly kill the heroes of both teams. Black Adam says his magic word causing a huge explosion. Later, Wally, Jon, Naomi, Firestorm AND Detective Chimp investigate where the League has gone. A huge crash sends the heroes outside to find Black Adam telling them the Justice League is dead.

MONKEY PRINCE #3 by Gene Luen Yang and Bernard Chang. Marcus continues his training with Shifu Piggy, gaining a mask to hide his identity in the process. Later, Shifu Piggy goes to get a hot dog from a street vendor, only to find that it is demons in disguise. At the same time, Monkey Prince meets with Kaya and finds out that The Riz is her brother. She asks him to go find her brother and that leads him into a fight with Robin, who has captured The Riz. Monkey Prince rescues him and brings him back to Kaya, who rewards him with a kiss. Elsewhere, Laura and Winston, Marcus’ parents, try to escape the demon possessed Penguin, who wants to use them for “Bat Bait”. Penguin reaches out to Monkey Prince and he discovers that this demon possessed Penguin has captured his parents.

NAOMI: SEASON TWO #2 by Brian Michael Bendis, David F. Walker and Jamal Campbell. Two weeks ago, the Justice League checked out Naomi and try to figure out what has caused the change in and addition to her power set. Currently, she discovers her dad digging through Dee’s place, where he reveals he has found a Thangarian artifact. She meets with Hawkgirl who reveals it is a pin connected to the Thangarian Gestapo. Later, she goes to S.T.A.R. Laboratories, where she learns that a winged person came with Multiverse coordinates and demanded the scientists open a portal. When she goes to follow, Cyborg comes through the portal and demands she close it now.

NIGHTWING #91 by Tom Taylor and Geraldo Borges. Waly helps Dick defeat KGBeast. Later, Barbara cracks KGBeast’s phone and finds a reference to the legendary La Agente Funebre: an agent with every assassin in the world at their disposal. This sends Waly and Dick to Costa Rica where they face off with La Agente Funebre and her assassins. Defeating them all, Dick decides to use her assassin contacts and send them out on assignment, so they can be captured by members of the Titans and others. In the end, Lady Shiva meets with Blockbuster. She tells him that Dick Grayson is protected and that if Blockbuster wants him dead, he will have to kill him by himself.

ONE-STAR SQUADRON #5 by Mark Russell and Steve Lieber. There has been a fire which has burned the HEROZ4U branch office to the ground. Suspects are interviewed and it seems that Power Girl is the chief suspect, as she had recently been fired. Later, Red Tornado meets with MinuteMan at the site of the former building and he confesses that he burned the building down after he discovered that Lex Luthor owned the Seashell Company and he bought HEROZ4U. When Luthor wanted to exchange Miraclo pills for all of HEROZ4U’s records, MinuteMan decided to burn the building down to prevent it. Unfortunately, Gangbuster was hiding out in the building and now he’s dead. Tornado empties the HEROZ4U safe and gives MinuteMan $50,000 and tells him to go away and start a new life.

ROBIN #13 by Joshua Williamson and Roger Cruz. SHADOW WAR PART 4. Damian and Ravager battle with Deathstroke and Respawn. Despite Deathstroke’s escape plan, the heroes catch up with them, leading to Respawn revealing his true identity as a clone of Damian. Damian is thrilled he has a brother but Respawn insists they continue their fight. Batman arrives and is briefed on the situation. Deathstroke gets a call from Dr. Moon, where he reveals he is being held captive by Talia’s assassins. He reveals he gave up intel on Deathstroke to save Phobia’s life, but they assassinate Moon anyway. Deathstroke creates a diversion allowing he and Respawn to get away. In the end, Batman and son team up to find out who really killed Ra’s. And apparently there is going to be some help. Not from the true Bat Family, but from Ghostmaker and his newest protégé.

ROBINS #6 by Tim Seeley and Baldemar Rivas. Cormac Dodge was once known as the Escape Artist and was the most invasive hacker Batman had ever faced. He adopted a girl named Anita Jean, but Batman convinced her to be his insider to help bring down Dodge. When Batman captured him, Dodge threatened to reveal his identity and his network, so Jean killed him. So distraught, she apparently killed herself. But Jenny Wren faked her own death using Autonomous Hard-Light technology. Dodge also faked his death and now Batman is after him. The Robins help him defeat Dodge and Jenny Wren.

SUICIDE SQUAD #14 by Dennis Hopeless, Eduardo Pansica, Julio Ferreira and Dexter Soy. The War For Earth-3 is over and the team attempts to put their lives back together. Talon is a ghost and he bids goodbye to Culebra who is also a ghost. Bloodsport and all of his multiverse versions of himself have also come back to Earth-0. Waller’s team attacks Belle Reve and destroys it. Weeks later, Flag is recovering from his injuries and Peacemaker and Ambush Bug are on a mission to steal caskets filed with Match clones. Rodriguez, now transformed in Lady Clayface invades a military installation filled with dangerous weaponry. She flees and meets up with Peacemaker and Ambush Bug, who have secured one Match clone. Mirror Master gets a visit from Culebra and Chet Manheim, who wants his Mind Dancer gem back, forcing them to flee. Everyone meets up and Flag tells them their next assignment is to kidnap Lex Luthor..

SUPERMAN: SON OF KAL-EL #10 by Tom Taylor and Cian Tormey. Lex Luthor calls a press conference, where he declares Superman a menace that killed two of the Gamorran heroes. Lois interrupts the press conference, decaring that at least one of those killed had a bomb planted inside his head. Lois puls out the Lasso of Truth and demands answers from Luthor, who leaves the conference. When one of the Gamorrans arrives to apprehend her, Jon shows up and begs him to embarrass himself in front of all the cameras. Later, Lois reveals that the Lasso of Truth was just gold painted rope. She also reveals that she knew Jon was in a relationship with Jay. Batman arrives and demands that Lois and Jon go to a Justice League safe house, where Ma and Pa Kent are already hidden. Jon requests jay come with them and Batman denies that request. Enroute, Batman says he knows who Jay is and who he is working for and that he cannot be trusted.

THE SWAMP THING #12 by Ram V and Mike Perkins. With the help of his girlfriend and Tefe Holland, Levi returns from his sleep in the Green. Jacob is now a seed needing nurturing and Harper Pilgrim has recovered from his surgery to become the Avatar of Industry. Meanwhile, Jack Hawksmoor is  in Detroit where he learns about the force of Urban Decay and Global Warming. In the end, the shards of glass and ember left over from nuclear bomb tests in the United States have formed a new avatar called Trinity.

TEEN TITANS ACADEMY #14 by Tim Sheridan and Tom Derenick. It’s graduation day for Kid-Flash, Red Arrow, and Roundhouse, but someone has refused to attend. This is the newly combined Changeling and Cyborg, who got this way after Gorilla Gregg and Addison saw this as the only way to save their lives after the collapse of Titans Tower. Meanwhile, Young Justice Dark discovers that  Billy Batson is being attacked and that takes them to what they think is the Rock of Eternity. This leads them to Apokolips, where they team up with Billy’s friend Amoreena to fight Parademons. When things look bad, Billy and Dane arrive to lend a hand. Meanwhile, Chupacabra meets with his  uncle Jorge Perez, who's an artist and wants to draw him.

TRIAL OF THE AMAZONS #2 by Becky Cloonan, Michael Conrad, Vita Ayala, Stephanie Williams, Joëlle Jones, Elena Casagrande, Laura Braga, Skylar Partridge and Adriana Melo. TRIAL OF THE AMAZONS FINALE. The various tribes band together to battle against Chaos. During the battle, Cassie carries Magala to meet with Nubia, which leads to them finding a secret stash of weapons including Diana’s invisible jet. While the Amazons pick out weapons, Cassie heads off to free Artemis to help in the fight. Chaos is eventually defeated as Antiope and Atalanta contain Chaos and sacrifice themselves by locking themselves away behind Doom’s Doorway. In the end, Diana presents Yara with a new headpiece and the title Wonder Girl. And Nubia becomes the new Queen of the Amazons.

TRIAL OF THE AMAZONS: WONDER GIRL #2 by Joëlle Jones and Adriana Melo. TRIAL OF THE AMAZONS PART 6.  Cassie Sandsmark discusses the potential suspects involved in the murder of Hippolyta. After ruling out numerous suspects, she implicates the person who was in Brazil with Yara and herself: Artemis. Artemis admits to the crime but refuses to divulge the reason why. Diana finally arrives from being trapped in the catacombs and the Palace collapse, destroyed by the arrival of Doom’s Doorway. To be concuded in TRIAL OF THE AMAZONS #2.

WONDER WOMAN #786 by Becky Cloonan, Michael Conrad, Jordie Bellaire, Paulina Ganucheau and Rosi Kämpe. TRIAL OF THE AMAZONS PART 5. The tournament to decide the Amazon Champion begins. But before it can go far, Altuum, blows his horn which causes a cave-in and the four potential champions find themselves underground in a tomb, where they face Echidna. Working together, they defeat the creature, but then the catacomb begins to collapse and Diana stays behind to allo the others to escape. Now they must head to see Nubia and the others to let them know Chaos is coming. To be continued in TRIAL OF THE AMAZONS: WONDER GIRL #2. In the backup, Young Diana continues her lessons regarding farming and eventually meets Antiope.

WONDER WOMAN: EVOLUTION #6 by Stephanie Phillips and Mike Hawthorne. Diana is saved by Donna Troy, who takes her to a post-apocalyptic New York. All of the heroes have died and no one is safe anymore due to climate change. The building the survivors are in collapses and they find themselves in the environment ith only a few hours left to live. So Diana heads off to destroy the already dying sun, which has caused all of this. In the end, we see Diana is captured in a lab running various scenarios in the hopes of creating a new Wonder Woman for the mysterious Dr. Hill.

WORLD OF KRYPTON #5 by Robert Venditti and Michael Avon Oeming. Zod continues to use his military might to capture and kill protestors, imprisoning the ones he does not kill in the Phantom Zone. Jor-El informs his very pregnant wife that Krypton is doomed and has known for six months, even though he hasn’t told anyone else. Meanwhile, Kara visits her father, who is still trying to find what he calls a survival zone that people can be transported to. Jor-El, dressed in a super powered suit with the El crest on it, confronts Zod while Lara looks for a place in the universe to send her son once he is born.