ACTION COMICS #1044 by Phillip Kennedy
Johnson, Riccardo Federici and David Lapham. Superman, Manchester and the team
speak with Orphan, who eveals that during the events of JUSTICE LEAGUE: NO
JUSTICE, a group of space travelers
encountered the breach of the Source Wall. Weeks later, Mongul discovered the
child and decided to make use of it for his own purposes. Orphan explains that
Superman must use the Genesis stone to defeat Mongul. Later, the team heads off
to free Enchantress, leading them into direct conflict with Mother. Orphan’s power
sends Mother back to Mongul who shows his displeasure by killing her. Mongul
decides to Lightray to make his plans come to final
fruition. In the backup, Lois, John Henry Irons and Supergirl try to stabilize
Thao-La with Kara taking her to the sun to try to recharge her life force.
Natasha reaches out from Warworld to tell her uncle that Genesis is the key but
it needs to be refined. At Belle Reve,
Amanda Waller meets with someone she wants as her new recruit and become Conduit.
AQUAMAN & THE
FLASH: VOIDSONG #1
by Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing and Vasco Georgiev. An alien fleet arrives on Earth with the
power to freeze everyone and everything in time. It seems to effect everyone
except for Flash and Aquaman, who need to work together while also thinking of
how to save their loved ones, specifically Iris and Mera.
AQUAMEN #5 by Chuck Brown,
Brandon Thomas and Sami Basri. Jackson meets with Ha’wea, promising to fix
everything after the attack Ha’wea was caught in the middle of. Mera and
Jackson try to use their powers construct a broadcast tower which will send out
the cancellation code that will shut down the sleeper agents. Meanwhile, Arthur and Manta use their team to
try to capture Moss. But Manta goes rogue and attempts to take down Scavenger,
which leads to the pair battling each other. Their battle brings them to where
Jackson and Mera are, breaking Jackson’s concentration but his father convinces
him to continue and let him be. The combined forces defeat Scavenger and take
down the sleepers, except for Moss who gets away and still has plans.
BATGIRLS #7 by Becky Cloonan, Michael Conrad and Robbi Rodriguez. The
Saints are chasing after Seer, which leads to Cassie and Steph to intercept.
But they tell the Saints how Seer tricked everyone into thinking Simon Saint
was still alive and they allow to Saints to take Seer. However this was all a
plan to allow Seer to be bait to capture the Saints. It is revealed that Seer,
whose given name is Kiara, was the daughter of someone who worked for The
Penguin. Left alone, she developed the Seer persona. She is being held at the
Iceberg Lounge and Barbara and Dick Grayson go undercover to try and save her.
BATMAN #124 by Joshua Williamson, G. Willow Wilson, Howard Porter and Dani. In Badhnisia, Abyss is very much alive and still terrorizing
people. Oracle contacts Batman and asks if he wants Batman Inc. to investigate
but Batman is already in Badhnisia. What he discovers during a fight with Abyss
is that THIS Abyss is really Detective Cayha who is using the Abyss character
to investigate the disappearance of her parents. That leads him to tell the
story of his meeting with Joe Chill, just so he could scare Chill. Together
they go after the hit man who was responsible for what happened to her parents
and he reveals they were long dead. Cayha attacks the hit man and looks poised
to kill him but does not. Ultimately, the skeletal bodies of her parents are
discovered. In the backup, Poison Ivy meets with The Gardner and reveals she is
going to find the one person who gave her the powers that she lost. To be
continued in POISON IVY #1.
BATMAN BEYOND: NEO-YEAR
#3 by Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly and Max Dunbar. Most of Gotham’s elite
have gathered for Commissioner Barbara Gordon's
retirement party. Terry is there disguised as Neil Gibson and is shocked
as almost everyone when Lumos that Wayne-Powers will be personally funding the
Neo-Gotham Police Department. At the same time, Gibson learns that the Mayor is
missing. Later, he chats with Detective Beam Boonma, who wonders if he is part
of the crew that kidnapped the Mayor. When he goes to investigate, he ends up
trapped and attacked in the Mayor’s office.
BATMAN/CATWOMAN #12 by Tom King and Clay Mann. In the past, Bruce and Selina discuss her
relationship with Joker and why Selina has broken her ties with the villain. She
explains that she has decided she doesn’t have to change for anyone and she can
be Catwoman and still be with Batman. Later, during a battle with Killer Croc, Bruce
tells Selina that he loves her. In the present, Bruce and Selina get married in
the Gotham Wedding Chapel, with Clark and Lois as their witnesses and an
officiant in a ’66 Batman costume performing the ceremony. In the future, Selina gives a
present to her daughter, Helena, which contains the last piece of evidence to
link Selina to The Joker’s death. Selina leaves Gotham, ending up on the beach
with Andrea Beaumont/Phantasm, where she explains how she wishes Andrea had
been there when she killed The Joker.
BATMAN: FORTRESS #2 by Gary Whitta and
Darick Robertson. Batman gathers Hawkman, Aquaman, Flash, Martian Manhunter,
Cyborg and Wonder Woman to join in an attack on the alien invaders. Things go
badly as the most of the team becomes cocooned inside the ship and Cyborg dies
from his injuries. After this, Batman has a plan and it involves Cyborg disembodied
head. In Kansas, the aliens land on a farm , where they confront a family that
has just moved into the farmhouse there. They explain they must cleanse the
place as the person who lived here did to their home. They burn the farmhouse
down-the farmhouse that belonged to the Kents.
BATMAN: KILLING TIME #4 by Tom King and David Marquez. On March 5, Penguin
meets with Two-Face and arranges to hire some of his men. On the morning of
March 6, The Help kills a worker at a gas station and takes his phone, as he is
in need of GPS. A short time later, The
Help rescues Batman from the tiger he is tangling with. They reach a truce and
The Help now accompanies Batman on the search for the object. Seven years
earlier, he was with Ra’s al Ghul as Bruce Wayne trained. That afternoon, The
Riddler meets with Nuri Espinoza who works for the U.S. Government. He tells
her he doesn’t have the item and cannot get it until he gets the money. Unbeknownst
to him, Espinoza had cleared out the diner earlier and replaced the customers
with her people. Catwoman, who had been hiding in the restaurant, reveals
herself and takes out Espinoza’s backup. She tells Espinoza that they will meet
again tomorrow and the fee is now double. Many hours later, Batman and The Help
arrive, finding the restaurant had been cleaned up and no one had any useable
information.
BATMAN: THE KNIGHT #6 by Chip Zdarsky and Carmine Di Giandomenico. In Northern
Canada, Bruce and Anton have made their way to their next trainer: Luca Jungo,
"The Swiss Mark." Anton is a natural with the bow and arrow,
while Bruce cannot seem to get the hang of it. This leads Anton to want to
learn more deadly techniques. Luca tells his students that he quit the business
after being forced to kill his target, but also the man’s wife and son. Later,
Luka calls Anton a natural killer, which leads to Anton killing Luka. Anrton
and Bruce fight, with Anton getting the upper hand. Saying killing him is too
easy, Anton leaves Bruce behind to dwell on what has happened.
BATMAN/SUPERMAN: WORLD’S
FINEST #4
by Mark Waid and Dan Mora. Batman and Superman are
forced to battle a mind-controlled, magic enhanced Green Lantern. The pair use
their concentration to draw the Lantern ring off Hal’s finger, resulting in the
pair being combined into one superhero. But Kezha has now controlled many other
heroes including Red Tornado, Martian Manhunter, Black Canary, Firestorm, Kid
Flash and Wonder Girl. Meanwhile, in 16th Century Chna, Supergirl and
Robin learns the price that was paid by the Warriors of Ji to trap Nezha the
first time. They head back to the present time and explain what must be done to
get Kezha back into his tomb. The Superman/Batman hero defeats the others and,
with the help of Supergirl, they subdue Kezha. That’s the good news. The bad?
The tomb must be sealed from the inside. So who is going to sacrifice
themselves to jail Kezha?
BLACK ADAM #1 by Christopher Priest
and Rafa Sandoval. Black Adam battles
Darkseid, only to learn this Darkseid is an illusion created by Desaad. Later, Adam
learns that Shakur Nassar, the leader of the reform movement in Kahndaq, has
been murdered. This leads to Adam to go to a hospital where he meets a “doctor”
named Malik who may have been the last person to meet with Shakur Nassar. He is
arrested and later released and, after that, he is brought to Kahndaq, where he
meets with Black Adam. He reveals that Malik Adam is his director heir, that
Black Adam is dying and Malik will be bequeathed the power of Black Adam.
BATMAN: URBAN LEGENDS
#16 by
Vita Ayala, Josh Trujillo, Che Grayson, Mark Russell, Nikola Cizmesija, Rosi
Kampe, Serg Acuna and Karl Mostert. Batman, Zatanna and Constantine team up to
lock away the conjured creature and seal it back in it’s own dimension. Later,
the patch up their friendship and enjoy dinner with the Wayne family. In the
second tale, Alfred goes undercover at an assisted living facility to solve the
series of murders being conducted by a corrupt doctor. In the third tale, the
Birds team up to take down the Memory Lane app., but not until they learn
Miracle Molly has an ulterior motive and betrayed her teammates. In the final
tale, the Bat Pets break up the auction for Batman to save him.
BLOOD SYNDICATE: SEASON
ONE #2
by Geoffrey Thorne and ChrissCross.
After the escape last issue, Carlos explains how many folks got powers after
the Big Bang. Hannibal is having trouble adjusting as his parents are having
issues with him, the mother of his child refuses to let him visit and doesn’t
understand his military absence or his converting to Muslim. Meanwhile, the Blue
Street Gang is gathering all its members, including Hannibal, as they set their
sights on owning the city. the make preparations to own the city. But a visit
by Holocaust ruins those plans as they go up in smoke and fire.
CATWOMAN #44 by Tini Howard and Bengal. Red Claw battles Selina while the
Gotham City Siren continue their Roller Derby battle. Selina and Harley escape
but that doesn’t end, as Red Claw comes after them again, along with the guy
who tried to attack them last issue. They all come together as Selina reveals
that this guy wasn’t hired by Black Mask. In the end, Black Mask is sure he has
been delivered the captured Selina, but it turns out to be the guy who had
attacked them. The issue ends with Harley and Selina still on the road
together.
DARK CRISIS #1 by Joshua Williamson and Daniel
Sampere. The Justice League is dead and the heroes of the world gather at the
Hall of Justice. Later, as various villains all over the world step up their
game, Wally West and Jon Kent battle Kobra. Hal Jordan arrives and learns that
the League is dead. Black Adam tells them what had happened, as best as he
could recall. Dr. fate, D.E.O., The Atom and others explain that they find no
evidence of the Great Darkness. In Brazil, Jon meets with Wonder Girl and tries
to get her to join him in building a new League, which she declines. He later
goes to New York and tries to convince Jace Fox to join him but is told that
the last time a Batman teamed up with anyone it cost him his life. He manages
to attract a new league made up of Supergirl, Dr. Light, Haley Quinn, Robin,
Aqualad, Killer Frost, both Blue Beetles and Frankenstein. Elsewhere,
Deathstroke and his team attack Titans Tower and he apparently executes Beast
Boy. In Multiverse-2, Pariah plans on using the deaths of the Justice League to
destroy the Mutiverse.
DARK CRISIS: YOUNG
JUSTICE #1
by Meghan Fitzmartin and Laura Braga. With the League dead, Young Justice meets
to figure out what to do next. During their meeting, Connor, Robin and Impulse disappear
into the past where they learn that computer records do not go beyond the death
of Superman. The trio fight the Mighty Endowed. In the present, the heroes search
for their missing colleagues to no avail. That night, Cassie convinces herself
that she will find her friends and somehow ends up in the past with the trio.
DEATHSTROKE INC. #10 by Ed Brisson and
Dexter Soy. In the distant past, Slade Wilson is being operated on, suffering
from effects of the experimental A.C.T.H. derivative. He is discharged from the
military and takes up a job with a security company, but he still has the itch
to go back into action. Some time later, he is approached to take up a job to
kill Dr. Francis Campbell, which he readily agrees to.
DETECTIVE COMICS #1061 by Mariko Tamaki, Nadia Shammas, Sina Grace, Ivan Reis and David Lapham. Talia meets with Edward here it’s
revealed Talia used Riddler to get at Darby Turner while Riddler used her to
get to Deb Donovan. In the past, Dr. Chase Meridian runs a group therapy
session where she encourages those in attendance to confesses their crimes. In
the present, Caroline disappears in a puff of smoke after she admits killing
Perry was the right thing to do. Batman goes after Riddler as he puts the
pieces together. Caroline threw out cases for the D.A., who was a client of Chase
Meridian. He deduces the Chase is at the center of all of this. This leads him
to finding Caroline and Chase captured and being held on a statue of the Lady
Justice. With the help of Cass, he saves
them both. But after her confession, she breaks free and falls into Gotham Bay. In
the end, Talia meets with Bruce, explaining she worked with Edward because she
needed some favors. In the backup, Gotham Girl and Chase find the person behind
the relaunching of Project A.A. While that does not bring back Andre, all of this
plays into Talia’s plans to create her own Superman in the for of Gotham Girl.
DUO #2 by Greg Pak and Khoi
Pham. David deals with the murder of Kelly, which has resulted in her
consciousness merges with his and also his gaining super powers. Later he gets
attacked by drones while members of the family of immortals looks on, realizing
that this is not of their doing. At Kelly’s funeral, a detective meets with him
and arranges to meet later. At the
meeting, she begins quizzing him about Kelly’s death, insinuating that he may
have been responsible. After that meeting, he realizes his connection with
Kelly is gone.
THE FLASH #783 by Jeremy Adams and Amancay Nahuelpan. The search for Barry
Allen starts here as Wally, Wallace, Jay Garrick, Max Mercury, and Jesse Quick decide
to breach the Speed Force to track down Barry signature throughout the
Omniverse. But Irey, and Jai decide that they need to do it too and everyone
ends up in different spots in the Omniverse. Irey, and Jai end up in a dark
looking world where there is a shadowy Flash who may or may not be Barry. Max and
Jesse end up in a desert here it seems Barry is in some sort of Post-Apocalyptic
road race. Wally and Wallace observe Barry and Wally capturing the Rogues. Is
this the real Barry living in Pariah’s perfect world?
FLASHPOINT BEYOND #2 by Geoff Johns, Tim
Sheridan, Jeremy Adams, Xermánico and Mikel Janín. Dr. Wayne visits the remains
of his casino, where he learns that Psycho-Pirate was in Arkham saying he came
to Hypertime to take refuge from a Dark Crisis. Wayne makes his way into Arkham
and discovers that Psycho-Prate is dead from an apparent staged suicide. He
also discovers that Hayden left cryptic notes including saying he did not think
he was the real Roger Hayden. He talks with Dent’s widow who explains that she
heard Hayden strangled with his own bed sheets. After she taunts him, he
assaults her, turning her into Two-Face. Later, he breaks up a robbery being engaged
in by the Rogues. Just as it seems he is going to execute Boomerang, this
version of Superman arrives, telling him that “everything matters”. On our
Earth, Corky Smith tells Bruce that there
are Tachyons on the snow globe that he took from Rp Hunter’s vault. He warns
that the person who owns that globe is coming and that will mean trouble.
FUTURE STATE GOTHAM #14 by Dennis Culver, Tim
Seeley, Giannis Milonogiannis and Juan Fereyra. A new Batman is in town in the
form of Damian Wayne: Batman 666. Jace Fox Batman is working with Red Hood and
Hunter Panic to make things right while Nightwing meets with Oracle, examining
he is Batman now. That leads to a fight between Jace and Dick. Bruce Wayne is
back as Batman and tells Talia that he is going to find Damian. Meanwhile, Hush
has a new plan: he’s masquerading as Batman. He meets Damian, disguised as
Bruce, and tells him they can burn don Gotham together. In the backup, a future
version of Damian fights his way through Gotham, dealing out death and
destruction to his enemies.
HARLEY QUINN #16 by Stephanie Phillips and Riley Rossmo. Sam reveals how
she was a police officer who was part of a group of officers transporting
Harley to prison. But it seems some of the officers were on Joker’s payroll and
the arranged escape results in two of the officer’s deaths, including her
partner. Later she discovers her Captain was also in on it, leading her to kill
the surviving officer. In the present, Harley shows up at Kevin’s apartment,
leading to Sam shooting someone.
I AM BATMAN #10 by John Ridley and Christian Duce. Jace Fox continues his
hunt for Manray while also attempting to
warn Mayor Villanueva that he may be the next victim. Later, Manray goes after the
Mayor, wiping out his entire security detail. Luckily Batman arrives to save
him, resulting in a face-off between the two. Chubbs and her partner arrive on
the scene, but so does Keenan and Desante. Keenan goes up to a defeated Manray
but, before he an kill Manray, Chubbs shoots Keenan.
