ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN: JON KENT #5 by Tom Taylor and Darick Robertson. Jon has now teamed up with this world’s Harley, Batgirl Catwoman and batman in an effort to stop Superman and his Justice League. Unbeknownst to him, Damian has kidnapped Jay and is planning on using him as bait. Damian has put a tracker on Jon and that leads the League to Batman’s hideout, defeating this rogue group. Jon goes to the Fortress of Solitude, where he speaks with a holographic Lois and meets Superman’s parent, who have been locked here by their son to protect them. Their meeting is interrupted by a message from superman, saying that Barbara and Selina are being imprisoned and that Bruce and Harley will be executed for their crimes.
BATMAN BEYOND: NEO GOTHIC #1 by , Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing, and Max Dunbar. Terry McGuiness defeated the A.I. that was controlling Neo Gotham and is now officially the Batman. But things are not perfect in neo Gotham as children have been disappearing, which leaded Terry into Old Gotham to seek them out. Along the way, he meets with a splicer named Kyle the Catboi and, together, they travel through Old Gotham seeking the answers buried in the city’s past.
BATMAN/SUPERMAN: WORLD’S FINEST #17 by Mark Waid and Dan Mora. Robin tries to get information out of T. M. morrow while Batman, Superman and their allies fight Newmazo. But Will Magnus has the best idea and gathers all the heroes and villains with A.I. to join their fight. In the end, it’s the original Amazo that takes the fight out of him. Still alive, Metamorpho, whose life had been ruined by Newmazo, eventually takes the creature down.
BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #3 by Dennis Culver, Ed Brisson, Christopher Cantwell, Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing, Otto Schmidt, Jeff Spokes, Javier Rodriguez, and Jorge Molina.A new villain called Mr. Baseball is loose in Gotham and has his sights set on Vito Grande, leading to Batman having to protect Mr. Baseball’s target, whether he wants to or not. In the second story, Peacekeep-01 is seriously injured, meaning he is temporarily out of action. Huskk presents Director Bones with a Faraday Cage, so it will allow Stormwatch to capture a malware creature when they infiltrate Halo. The team gets inside and soon discover that the Faraday cage has been rigged to fail and the creature gets loose. Huskk asks Bones what he really had planned for the malware and wants to know who is really running Stormwatch. Working together, the team manages to contain the creature. Later, Flint goes to a bar run by Nigel Keane: the ex-Stormwatch member known at Hellstrike while Ravager decides to bow out of the organization. That is when Insomnia’s attack takes hold of the DC Universe. In the third tale, Superman teams up with Hop Harrigan to fight Dr. Anthelme, who has developed a way to eliminate selective memory, thus giving someone eternal life. Harrigan uses the ring to make use of the power of the black lamp to make their escape, but Harrigan forgets how to fly and they crash into the sea. In the end, Clark can no longer recall who Hop is. In the final tale, Batman battles a strange bat creature.
DANGER STREET #7 by Tom King and Jorge Fornes. One month following the events of last issue, Lady Cop sits waiting for a meeting with The Commodore. The wait is a long one and she doesn’t get to meet with him, but gets to meet with Jack Ryder instead, who gets in to see The Commodore before her. After sitting all day, she never gets to see him and walks out with The Commodore’s secretary, who says that she works for him because he threatened to kill her son, who he has apparently kidnapped. On Apokolips, Mantis informs Darkseid that increased productivity is degrading the planet and Darkseid kills him. The Dingbats are painting out the DA on the road sign DANGER STREET with Non fat getting arrested. He ends up in jail with Warlord. Elsewhere, Orion gets drunk and destroys his Mother Box. ‘Mr. Simon’ finds himself on a beach when he is visited by Manhunter, who claims he is not Mr. Simon. The boy flees with manhunter giving chase, only to be attacked by sea creatures, with the boy saying he is the perfect person to help with The Commodore.
HAWKGIRL #1 by Jadzia Axelrod and Amancay Nahuelpan. Fifty years ago, a strange woman named Vulpecula gives a young girl a necklace in exchange for giving the girl everything her heart desires. But there’s a catch: Vulpecula gets whatever SHE wants too. In the present, Hawkgirl fights alongside the Justice league. But, in the midst of battle, she loses her wings and is saved by the mysterious alien known as Galaxy. Later, Kendra has lunch with her friend Abilene, who makes advance towards Kendra, which she spurns. Kendra has a talk with Batman and, in the process, Vulpecula steals the Nth metal from Kendra’s wings and finds her way to the Nth world, even though she cannot gain access. In the end, Galaxy is with her girlfriend Kat when Hawkgirl unexpectedly drops in…literally.
MULTIVERSITY: HARLEY SCREWS UP THE DCU #5 by Frank Tieri and Logan Faerber. Harley saves the Wayne family from Joe Chill, meaning Bruce never becomes Batman. The two Harleys fight after our Harley learns that her counterpart has been having conversations with Professor Incredulous. Later, in Crime Alley, they encounter the Starro Suicide Squad, eventually defeating them and allowing history to be restored as it should have been. Unfortunately, the other Harley has been shot by Red Tool and appears to be dying.
SPIRIT WORLD #3 by Alyssa Wong and Haining. Xanthe Zhou and John Constantine fight tentacled creatures in the spirit world when Batgirl arrives to lend a hand. Following the creature’s defeat, Xanthe is reunited with Po Po Bowen and Constantine prepares to taske Cass home, but she refuses, saying she promised to help people here. Xanthe learns that a deal was brokered with Shen, who wants a piece of Cass’ living flesh. When Shen bites her, Cass sees visions of a horrific nature. , learning that her mother had killed her and then brought her back and that when she was last in the spirit world, a spirit had attacked her. After striking a bargain with Shen, they are all transported to Mr. Hong’s, only to learn that everyone is gone. Well…everyone human is gone.
STATIC: SHADOWS OF DAKOTA #5 by Nikolas Draper-Ivey and Vita Ayala. While Virgil deals with the pain he is feeling following Quincy’s death, Theo continues his plan. But he and his crew run across the super-powered vigilante who is trying to bring Theo down. That may mean actually teaming up with Virgil to get the job done.
STEELWORKS #2 by Michael Dorn and Sami Basri. John and Natasha fight back against Shawn Kerry, who has escaped during the battle. The next day, Kerry goes to Walker Inc., where Walker offers Kerry the chance to become the Silver Mist and gain revenge on Irons by infiltrating Steelworks Tower, steaking the energy source and blowing up the tower. At the tower, where Jay Nakamura now works, John meets with the Super Family, explaining how his Energy Core is designed to put a barrier around Metropolis but not replace the existing heroes. During the meeting, Nat tracks a noise and runs headlong into The Silver Mist.
SUPERBOY: THE MAN OF TOMORROW #4 by Kenny Porter and Jahnoy Lindsay. Connor and Travv team up to fight Infinity, but Travv has an ulterior motive and brings his gang of cloned Metas into the battle, killing Infinity. The Cosmoteers team up and take Connor out. When he wakes, he finds out that Travv has used Connor’s DNA to create his own Superboy. Green Lantern Dal Tornan captures the Cosmoteers, but they break free and Pira blasts a hole into his chest, killing the Green Lantern. On Earth, Kal finds out that Connor has gone on a mission and decides it is time to get Jon and Kara and start searching for him. In the end, Travv takes the fight directly to Dominator X while Connor is stranded on Planet Decidia, where he is found by some alien children wearing Superboy themed clothing.
TALES OF THE TITANS #1 by Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, and Javier Rodriguez. Starfire meets with visitors from her home planet who have sent out a distress signal. This leads her back to her home planet where she must figure out how to destroy the creatures that are attacking and killing their poggerts. After finding the solution, she returns home and helps her fellow teammates defeat Queen Bee, using similar tactics that she used to save the poggerts.
THE UNSTOPPABLE DOOM PATROL #4 by Dennis Culver and David Lafuente. Inside the Shelter, Dr. Synchro is engaging in a therapy session with a metahuman named Maurice and others, including Elastigirl, Negative Man, Robotman, and Kareli, revealing some of their origins and traumas. In the end, Dr. Synchro tries to get The Chief to be included, but she declines, saying even Jane is in a good mental place, although the look in the mirror may tell otherwise.
THE VIGIL #3 by Ram V and Lalit Kumar Sharma. Saya wakes in bed with two women before changing his face and leaving. Later, he heads to Nia’s apartment and puts his mask upon her. When she wakes, she plays back the team’s last mission in Cambodia, where they find an elderly shaman who is being kept alive artificially and is responsible for keeping an ancient city together. When Castle puts him out of his torment, the city collapses. In the end, Saya tells the team they can trust her and Castle sends them to Lexcorp, where someone or something is being kept.
WILDC.A.T.S #9 by Matthew Rosenberg, Danny Kim, and Tom Derenick. Cole meets with this world’s Adrianna to rescue her, but she refuses, telling him she doesn’t have enough energy to send him home but he should know how to do that himself. Cole is set to kill her when Max arrives to talk him out of it. This world’s Zealot also arrives, killing Max in the process. Cole has no choice but to kill Zealot and then executes Adrianna. Back at the home of the Beef Boys, Lynch tells the team he has a plan to have them work for him and destroy Halo. At Halo, Voodoo is held captive and refuses to cooperate so Threshold uses his ability to read her mind, revealing Marlowe’s off the book apartment’s location. Warblade and Pike arrive but are taken out by a well placed bomb. When that goes south, it’s back to trying to gain information from Voodoo, but she breaks free and takes out Threshold, Backlash, and Maul before being stabbed by Talon.. Injured, Halliday sends the revived team after her but she leaps out of the skyscraper through a broken window.
WORLD’S FINEST: TEEN TITANS #1 by Mark Waid and Emanuela Lupacchino. The Teen Titans, Kid Flash, Aqualad, Wonder Girl, Speedy, Robin, and Bumblebee, fight a variety of villains on a variety of different fronts. After trying to figure out who should be the leader, the team goes after the Separated Man, working together to defeat him. Speedy is all about using social media to capture their actions but Robin shuts him down, leading to Roy wanting to know Robin’s real name, which he refuses to give., storming off in a huff. In the end, a shadowy villain interviews potential gang members as he builds what he calls a “better Teen Titans”. The villain kills the interviewee, saying he’s ready for the next candidate.
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