THE JOKER: THE MAN WHO STOPPED LAUGHING #1 by Matthew Rosenberg, Francisco Francavilla, and Carmine Di Giandomenico. Over the last few days, The Joker has reappeared and is killing off his rivals. Currently, two men in Gotham find a body with a sack over its’ head and a bullet hole in the sack. The man gets up and kills the pair. Simultaneously in Los Angeles, The Joker meets with another boss, threatening to take over HIS territory. So The Joker kills him. He goes on television to announce he is taking his crime operation to a bigger audience than just Gotham. The man in the sack sees that broadcast and removes the sack…revealing himself to be…The Joker? In the backup, The Joker goes on a rampage to try to get Power Girl to come to him, as he is crushing on her. In the end, the dejected clown walks the streets. In a restaurant he passes, he does not see Power Girl with…The Joker?
MONKEY PRINCE #7 by Gene Luen Yang and Bernard Chang. Monkey prince is in Atlantis with Shifu, as he continues to search for his missing parents, currently working for Black Manta. Under water, they discover a piece of Monkey King’s staff, which has grown to enormous size. When Marcus tries to control the staff, it speaks back to him. At the same time, Manta arrives and battles Aquaman. Eventually, his ship makes it’s way to the surface, allowing Manta and Marcus’ parents to escape. This leads the Monkey Prince into battle with Aquaman.
MULTIVERSITY: TEEN JUSTICE #5 by Ivan Cohen and Luciano Vecchio. Most of the team is still missing, leaving the rest to try and figure out what to do. Later, they are attacked by the Core. During the battle, Raven returns and then pays the ultimate sacrifice to save the team, getting sucked into a Lantern ring.
NIGHTWING #97 by Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo. Maroni is in custody and learns that Blockbuster is dead and his files are in police hands. He agrees to testify and Renee Montoya shows up to escort him to Gotham to keep him safe. When that transport is attacked, Nightwing and Batgirl show up and agree to transport him, stashing him in one of Batman’s safe houses. The heroes tranquilize Maroni and share a kiss and more. In the end, a cab shows up with someone claiming to be…Ric Grayson? And he insists that Dick get in.
POISON IVY #5 by G. Willow Wilson, Marcio Takara, and Brian Level. Ivy relives the torture she went through with Woodrue through a series of visions caused by the spores in her body. After having hallucinations involving Batman, she again encounters The Green Man, temporarily defeating him. But he revives and explains that the spores are not designed to kill everyone but induce mind control. And now, he threatens to have her kill herself at his insistence.
PUNCHLINE: THE GOTHAM GAME #1 by Tini Howard, Blake Howard, and Gleb Melnikov. A young man gets beat up outside of a club until Punchline comes to his rescue. Not totally, as she partially blinds him in the process. Later, she meets with the former King and Queen of the Royal Flush Gang and decides to build a new Royal Flush Gang, with the idea of distributing a nontraceable and totally legal drug. She also has a doctor who uses nanotech technology to change the young man she “rescued” into her Ace. Her plan: acquire a building in Alleytown that is used by Eiko Hasagawa, which will bring her into eventual conflict with Selena Kyle. In the end, it seems Batman is aware of much of this, as he was disguised in the club where Ace stated his night.
SWORD OF AZRAEL #3 by Dan Watters and Nikola Cizmesija. Jean Paul comes out of his visions to find himself in Greece where many children have gone missing. That leads him to a visit with Azrael and he eventually finds the severed body arts of the children. This also leads him into a confrontation with the God Satan.
SUPERMAN: SON OF KAL-EL #16 by Tom Taylor and Cian Tormey. While waiting for his father’s return, Jon deals with an incident at Stryker’s Island, that leads him into a battle with the Ultra-Humanite, who reveals that someone wants Jon dead…possibly Lex Luthor, based on pot points running in ACTION COMICS. In the end, Jon and his father reunite while Red Sin plans on using some stolen technology to tae down Jon Kent.
TIM DRAKE: ROBIN #2 by Meghan Fitzmartin and Riley Rossmo. Tim is accused of stealing a diamond, until he is able to give the detective the right culprit. Meanwhile, there is still a series of murders going on, leading to Tim going to the library to track down the unknown suspect. While there, the head librarian is murdered, leading to him being chased by the police again. He meets with the detective at a soup kitchen and signs a baseball bat for a kid named Gus. Later, a child revealed to be Gus, goes to a safety deposit box and is confronted by Tim, later telling him a man paid him money to get something out of the box. A mysterious man orders in the Robins and, before Tim can get back to the boat, he’s attacked by multiple Robins.
WONDER WOMAN #792 by Michael W. Conrad, Becky Cloonan, Jordie Bellare, Marguerite Sauvage, and Paulina Ganucheau. Diana tries to talk to an animalized Cheetah, who attacks her until she gets tranquilized by a security guard. More security show up and Cheetah attacks. Diana quizzes the security guard about the milk and he commits suicide. She and Cheetah flee with guards in tow, only for them t be taken down by members of the Esquecida tribe. Cheetah declares she wants to heal, even as Diana tells Etta she will send her a sample of the flower. Elsewhere, Hera is informed that Wonder Woman has found the lab and she instructs Phobos and Deimos to handle it. Eventually, it is revealed the FDA is pressuring to get Milk X-Tra recalled. In the end, Cheetah joins the team and Diana reunites with Kal-El. In the backup, young Diana continues to be taken over by her new powers, leading to her attacking both her mother and Antiope.
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