ACTION COMICS #1059 by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Gene Luen Yang, Greg Hahn, Travis Mercer, Viktor Bogdanovic, and Rafa Sandoval. Blue Earth shows up to stop a gang of thieves when Superman, dressed in armor and carrying a sword arrives with Steel to arrest the crooks and stop the Blue Earth “heroes” from misusing their powers. The Super family shows up and, while most are engaging with Blue Earth, Otho-ra is approached virtually by the Blue Earth leader, who tries to corrupt her and bring her to her side. Later, Superman’s powers are restored and, while watching a doctored propaganda video, Superman realizes that she is actually Bruce and Talia’s daughter from another universe. Otho gets kidnapped and taken to Earth Al Ghul. In the first backup, Kenan visits Master iI-Ching in the afterlife, who helps him come back to life. What is discovered is that the reporter who died did so because of the psychic bomb that Luthor had put into everyone’s minds that figured out Clark Kent was Superman. The Bat-Man of China shows up and tussles with Conner, with Kenan eventually stopping the fight and telling Bat-Man he is part of this team now, although Bat-Man promises to investigate them, which could lead to his death if he discovers Clark’s secret. In the second backup, Jon has to juggle his super life with needing some alone time with Jay.
ALAN SCOTT: THE GREEN LANTERN #2 by Tim Sheridan and Cian Tormey. In 1941, Green Lantern is investigating the murder of the bank robber, who appeared to be burned and drowned. Four years earlier, Alan Scott wakes at Arkham, where he was sent after his commanders figured out the homosexual relationship Alan had with his friend Johnny. One of the other inmates, Bill/Billie, creates a train lantern that he has painted green and gifted to Alan. One night, Alan notices Billie is missing and, when he eventually returns, he has been subjected to Arkham’s treatments and is no longer the person he was. Alan is even subjected to some of Arkham’s treatments. One night, he and other inmates break out and Alan spends two years on the rails, creating a railroad business and gaining new lovers along the way. One day, Albert Dekker, his chief competitor blows up Alan’s train, killing forty-two and Alan himself, who is somehow resurrected by power of the lantern. In the end, the Red Lantern watches.
AMAZONS ATTACK #2 by Josie Campbell and Vasco Georgiev. The Amazons find themselves being exposed to the world as terrorists when a man with a mysterious box and a golden apple corrupts the police, leading them to attack the women. Nubia realizes this is one of the Golden Apples of Discord and Eris must be involved. Mary is attacked by the mysterious man, saying he has come with a present from Dr. Sivana. Nubia gets the apple and she is given a vision where she is told she has lef the Amazons to their death. They transport away, looking to get to the Oracle. In the jungle, they find Anah and also a destroyed structure called Asylum.
BATMAN #139 by Chip Zdarsky, Jorge Jimenez, and Jorge Corona. Batman investigates the murder of the heir to the Playtest Toys fortune and discovers what appears to be a map showing places he has visited. He investigates the home of Lohmuller’s grandmother and gets attacked by dolls. He gets attacked by one of Joker’s thugs and, in the process, discovers that The Joker is behind all of this, apparently looking to kill all of Batman’s mentors, as seen in BATMAN: THE KNIGHT. During their encounter, the various versions of Batman take control of him. In the backup, Vandal Savage arrives in Gotham and plans to make his home here…permanently.
BATMAN AND ROBIN #3 by Joshua Williamson and Simone Di Meo. Batman comes face to face with Shush, who informs him that there is a bomb somewhere in Blackgate, meaning he has to let her go. While he disarms the bomb, Robin goes off to find White Rabbit and runs into the Terrible Trio. Shush finds White Rabbit and the villains flee, leading to Batman giving chase. Batman encourages White Rabbit to jump from Shush’s car, which she does, before Shush’s car explodes and the villains make their escape. Batman is convinced that Shush is working for Hush, but White Rabbit tells him he is wrong. Robin goes to Gotham Zoo and finds Dr. Kafira. Before they can leave, Robin is attacked by a Man Bat.
BATMAN BEYOND: NEO GOTHIC #5 by Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing, and Max Dunbar. Terry and Kyle face off against the future versions of Ivy, Black Orchid, and Swamp Thing. They split up, with Kyle looking for the captured kids. Terry heads inside the tree, looking for that taproot and finds John Constantine, saying he has done what he did because the world is dying. Back in Neo-Gotham, Lumos is set to unleash his new vision onto Gotham. But, when the countdown goes to zero, a hyge sinkhole emerges and the creatures from underneath Neo-Gotham emerge.
BATMAN: OFF WORLD #1 by Jason Aaron and Doug Mahnke. A small spaceship lands inside a much larger one and when the alien crew see the occupant, it turns out to be Batman, who makes his way violently through the crew. When he comes up against Captain Syyn, his efforts fail and he is taken captive. In captivity, he meets a tough Tamaranian named Nyreek, who clues him in on an escape plan, which he rejects. His job as a prisoner is to patch up robots and mop floors. We ;earn that previously, Batman had faced what appears to be Captain Synn or one of his crew and was beaten by him. So this mission is to toughen himself up for a rematch.
BATMAN/SUPERMAN: WORLD’S FINEST #21 by Mark Waid and Dan Mora. David lashes out against Batman and Superman, claiming they deserted him and forgot about him. Elsewhere, this Earth’s Clark Kent hears of the fight and hides himself away in an experimental sleep pod., allowing him to change into Superman and attack our Earth’s Superman. Evenly matched, our Superman lures Earth 22’s into a cave and brings it down around him. This world’s Bruce Wayne suits up in an experimental flight suit and attacks Batman. The two are evenly matched until this world’s Dick Grayson arrives, but Batman prevails, saying he is here for Thunderman. Later, Batman and Superman meet up at the Kent Farm while this world’s Superman and Batman have questions about who David really is and what he is saying. While they debate this, Gog arrives. At the Kent Farm, Gog’s followers, all of the superheroes of this world arrive.
BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #7 by Guillem March, Kyle Starks, Gabriel Hardman, Matthew Rosenberg, Fernando Pasarin, and Matteo Scalera. Batman, still suffering from amnesia after his battle with The Joker, meets with Catwoman, who reveals only to help people, including the family that is currently caring for him. He then goes to meet with Jim Gordon, who attempts to have him arrested for being involved with a break-in. As he tussles with police, another Batman, the REAL Batman, arrives, explaining that the other person is really Frank Freeman: a hacker and martial artist who truly is responsible for the break-in. As his memories, especially of his daughter, come back, he gets a call from Aurora, telling him bad men were breaking in. This leads to the pair to team up and head to Aurora. In the second story, Wild Dog patrols the streets dishing out his own violent brand of justice. But there is someone who is hunting him as well and cannot wait to meet the vigilante and apparently someone named Alan has been served up to him. In the third tale, Aquaman faces off against The Dominators and then discovers that someone from Gorilla City needs his help. In the final tale, Batman crosses paths with The Demon, who is here to collect on a plea from a desperate woman. Batman catches the perpetrator, but lets him free, meaning The Demon can continue his hunt.
BIRDS OF PREY #3 by Kelly Thompson and Leonardo Romero. The Birds make their assault on Themyscira to free Sin. Dinah fins Sin and is prepared to bring her home. Meanwhile, in Washington, Green Arrow attacks Wonder Woman. But she soon deduces that this is simply a distraction to keep her away from what is happening in Themyscira, which is exactly where she heads.
BLUE BEETLE #3 by Josh Trujillo and Adrian Gutierrez.Traci B. takes Jaime to the Oblivion Bar, where Madame Zanadu tells his fortune and has Traci take him to Egypt. They enter Kha-Ef-Re’s tomb, where the two of them are attacked by the Blood Scarab. Looking at defeat and maybe death, Traci transports them away, telling him he needs to concentrate and decide how far he is willing to do to save the people he loves.
CATWOMAN #59 by Tini Howard and Nico Leon.. Following the end of the Gotham War, Selina discovers she now has a series of nine marks on her back, one of which has already been colored black, representing a life lost. Catwoman has travelled to Medellin, Columbia where she intends to return Duchess the cat to her original owner, Santa Espada. The two end up in conflict, where Selina tells Santa Espada that Valmont is dead and that she killed him. In response, Santa stabs Selina and kills her again. That does not last long and said they should be friends, which Selina denies. Selina says she came because Valmont . In the end, she returns Duchess back to her partner in crime and then later realizes she has now died three times.
CITY BOY #7 by Greg Pak and Minkyu Jung. City Boy’s powers are out of control and Dr. Mokkarison and Intergang are looking to take advantage. He creates a version of his mother and it looks like Darkseid will win. His creatures that Camron has created are loose in Bludhaven, Gotham and Metropolis, along with Darkseid’s Parademons. Superman reaches out to him telepathically, telling him Darkseid is winning. Cameron realizes all of this is a lie and he unleashes the control on his constructs. The Parademons leave, grabbing Mokkarison and the Intergang members to take to Darkseid. In the end, Swamp thing tells Cameron the Green will grow back and, along with Nightwing, Batman and Superman, they pay respects to Cameron’s mother.
CYBORG #5 by Morgan Hampton, Tom Raney, and Travis Mercer.With the arrival of Jinx, Gizmo, Mammoth, See-More, A.T.L.A.S., and Billy Numerous, Cyborg transports to Titans Tower, seeking help. With backup in place, Cyborg heads to S.T.A.R. Labs and rescues Sarah. Later, he learns from his A.I. father that Markus has downloaded his consciousness into Solace. As Solace threatens his creator, Cyborg shows up. But it seems the A.I. construct has the upper hand.
DANGER STREET #11 by Tom King and Jorge Fornes. Jack Ryder visits Lady Cop, in an effort to try to get the helm of Dr. Fate away from her. He transforms into The creeper, forcing her to shoot and kill him. parked outside her house, Warlord hears the shots and goes to investigate, leaving Non-Fat in his vehicle. When he enters the home, Lady Cop shoots and kills Warlord. Non Fat enters and sees the carnage, which leads to him telling his story and how Orion said there is a way to resurrect his dead friend. She goes to the police station, stealing the helm and the bag of diamonds. Non Fat gathers the rest of the Dingbats, along with their deceased friend, and they go to Lady Cop’s apartment, where she is about to recite the spell that was taken from The Green team. Reconvene. Elsewhere, Highfather has fallen, telling Darkseid there will be no Fifth World. The Commodore has been captured by the Outsiders and, as Lady Cop reads the spell, the diamond sword once again reverts into Metamorpho’s arm. .
DETECTIVE COMICS #1077 by Ram V, Dan Watters, Jason Shawn Alexander, and Caspar Wijngaard. It’s three days before Batman is ready to be hung in front of the citizens of Gotham. Meanwhile, Selina and Jim Gordon are in the process of rallying allies to help him. Among those already in the group, including Jade, Cassandra, and Eiko, it is revealed that Mr. Freeze has also been brought into the fold. Selina visits with Bruce and tells him that they will come for him. In the end, it appears she may have a new ally in the form of Azrael. In the backup, Jade and her daughter meet and, despite her daughter rebuking her at first, the two team up together to fight their enemies.
DETECTIVE COMICS #1078 by Ram V, Dan Watters, Jason Shawn Alexander, and Caspar Wijngaard. Batman is about to be hanged in front of the citizens of Gotham, much to the delight of The Joker, among others. Hours before this, Jade gets to the cages and is prepared to release the prisoners. Meanwhile, the rest of the team puts their plan in place, complete with Azrael, who takes on the devil-beast. Catwoman slips inside the Orgham’s home and threatens to kill the prince unless they release batman. His mother says to go ahead and then orders the batman to be hanged. Someone pulls the switch and the Dark Knight’s feet dangle. In the backup, Eiko and Bette try to take the romance to the next level, but Eiko’s job gets in the way. In the end, Eiko calls Bette and tells her she is beneath her.
FIRE & ICE: WELCOME TO SMALLVILLE #3 by Joanne Starer and Natacha Bustos. The girls continue to do their best to keep their salon running, so jimmy Olsen can give them a good review. With some trickery and some magic, he decides to give them that much needed review. Unfortunately, a cat causes him to sneeze and become a giant turtle. As they try to deal with that, it turns out that Gina has eaten Beefeater.
THE FLASH #3 by Si Spurrier and Mike Deodato Jr. Unable to figure out what is going on, Max Mercury meets with Wally and, by concentrating, Wally takes them to the Spirit Realm. Then they get taken to an alternate reality where the Folding Man is responsible for much of this. Max sends Wally away and, after ending up in another alternate reality, he comes back to Central City, where Impulse asks where Max is.
GREEN ARROW #6 by Joshua Williamson, Sean Izaakse, Trevor Hairsine, and Phil Hester. Ollie has been shot and relives his life before ending up in the circus along with his older self. The two of them fight before ending up trapped on a batch of land where they are met by Merlyn, thought to be dead. With the help of some time-travel tech, he has shown up and has been responsible for making Ollie’s life hell as of late. At his lowest and ready for death, Connor arrives as does Lian and they save Ollie. The three of them transport away and Ollie wakes on an island, where he is visited by Dinah, along with Connor and Lian, who asked where her father is. Roy and Jade are making their way into one of Waller’s safe houses when Jade and Roy are shot by Amanda Waller, Peacemaker, and Peacekeeper.
GREEN LANTERN #5 by Jeremy Adams, Peter J. Tomasi, David Lafuente, and Xermanico. Sinestro has sent the drones to Hub City and proceeds to decimate the downtown area. But there are other drones heading throughout the world. Hal realizes that Sinestro feeds off of fear, so he makes a public announcement, encouraging people not to give in to fear. He sends constructs to take out the other drones and then heads to Tuscon, where Sinestro has been tracked to. There he finds that Sinestro is no longer powered by people’s fear, but is now filled with rage. In the backup, Sinestro’s son continues to struggle with his place in life and also the rules of his foster father.
GREEN LANTERN: WAR JOURNAL #3 by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Montos. John Stewart has been infected by Varron, which is hampering his fight. At the same time, Varron unleashes an attack on the train tracks containing the train Stewart’s mother is riding in. This leaves him the choice of either letting the Radiant Dead consume him as he saves her or continues his fight and lets her die. Varron gets carried away by constructs created by Lantern Caolan Shepherd. His constructs also lift the train off their tracks, saving all on board. Stewart, seeing a apocalyptic vision while he sleeps, wakes to find himself at Steelworks. He flies out to meet Shepherd, who takes Stewart to the Space Between Moments, when John meets with Kyle Rayner, who tells him he is not the person he needs to be at the moment. John says his goodbyes to his mother, as he is going to go off and fight both his affliction and Varron. Meanwhile, in the Amazon rainforest, Varron and the citizens corrupted by the Radiant Dead attack some soldiers.
HARLEY QUINN # 34 by Tini Howard, Grace Ellis, Steve Lieber, and Sweeney Boo. While Harley is still dealing with Bud and Lou, Lady Quarkhas created her own A.I. version of Harley, who shows up on Earth and creates a number of problems for her. She goes to visit Lux Kirby, explaining her problem to him. The pair travel to Earth-43, where Harley has already been killed. Inside Slaughter Swamp, where a dejected Ivy reveals that Bud and Loud tried to protect Harley. The pair travel again, with Harley getting back home with Ivy. But it appears her A.I. version may have other plans. In the backup, a dreaming Harley gets caught up in the various stages of her own comic book.
HAWKGIRL #4 by Jadzia Axelrod and Amancay Nahuelpan. In the past, Trina is visited by Vulpecula, where she rebukes her offer. At that point, Hawkgirl shows up and, unknown to everyone else in the room, battles Vulpecula. The two of them continue to time slide through moments in Trina’s life, ending at a place four years ago when she attempted suicide when she sees all of her past lives. , which helped save her life. In Metropolis now, Hawkgirl is captive but the energy from the Nth metal causes an explosion and Hawkgirl finds herself in the Nth World.
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