DC Universe Month 72, Part 2

JAY GARRICK: THE FLASH #4 by Jeremy Adams and Diego Olortegui. Jay and his daughter go to S.T.A.R. Labs to see Slate, who reveals that Professor Hughes was the person who was the silent partner who had the money and plans to start S.T.A.R. Labs. It is revealed that Hughes was inspired to begin his experiments after seeing footage of the original Green Lantern on television. With numerous failures at hand, he begins looking for possible candidates in the student population at Midwestern University, ultimately deciding to make Jay Garrick his guinea pig. Hughes purposely caused a table filled with chemicals to fall upon Garrick, transforming him, but not before taking a sample of blood from him. While Jay recuperated, Hughes questioned Garrick’s doctor, learning of the speed powers, before killing the doctor. Over time, with multiple failures, Hughes develops his own lab and creations. What he learns over time is that Judy also possessed the metagene needed but, before he could act, she was spirited away, leaving her parents with no memory of her. S.T.A.R. Labs was created to act as a front for Hughes’ experiments. Slate reveals where Hughes currently is, just as his secretary enters and begins shooting.

JUSTICE LEAGUE VS. GODZILLA VS. KONG #4 by Brian Buccellato and Christian Duce. Atom smasher has been critically injured and Superman is dead. Despite the obvious lack of life signs, the heroes are treating Clark with a solar array to attempt to regenerate the cells in his body. Batman deduces that the Dreamstone is missing from the Fortress of Solitude and that is how Toyman brought the creatures back. On Skull Island, Supergirl is having a staredown with Kong, but then leaves as she hears about her cousin’s condition, leaving Ollie alone with the ape. That is when the League of Assassins shows up and attacks him. Kong attacks the League, allowing Ollie a chance to escape. He ends up on a ship and discovers a giant monster skull on board. Lois arrives at the Fortress and visits  with her comatose husband, showing him the engagement ring she found in his jacket and imploring him to get better so she can wear that ring. The heroes leave to help Auquaman in his undersea fight and Lois observes security footage, seeing Toyman with the Dreamstone and telling the heroes to look for the red stone.  While Luthor has now secured the beacon, the heroes fight an undersea creature when Godzilla arrives to fight the monster. Aquaman makes a bold move and releases the Kraken to hopefully stop the creatures.

KNEEL BEFORE ZOD #1 by Joe Casey and Dan McDaid. On New Kandor, Dru-Zod is tormented and teased by Jor-el, which turns out to be only an illusion. Later, while meeting with his wife ursa, it is revealed that the Forbidden Sector has been breached. Zod goes there to find it is his son who has breached the sector, who accuses his father for plotting for a war by his father building an ultimate weapon. Father strikes son and the two battle with Zod winning and demanding his son leave New Kandor, which he does. A month later, New Kandor is attacked by Khunds, who he defeats. In the end, Zod meets with the Council who have heard of open hostilities in his sector. He tells them it is inaccurate. In actuality, Zod continues his plan and had a Khund captive he is torturing for information.

NIGHTWING #110 by Tom Taylor and Sam Basri. On the first day of Beast World, a tattooed woman calling herself Apex Ava kills a spore and then eats it, transforming her. Later, Jon and Nightwing go to the Iceberg Lounge, as Jon can hear Damian’s heartbeat. What they discover is that there is a fight club where the transformed civilians battle each other. Damian, transformed and now known as Mr. Mittens, has to fight Gail the Slayer, with Damian turning loose on her, with Ava imploring him to tear her throat out. That is when Jon and Dick intervene. The spore exits Gail’s mouth and Dick kills it. They take Damian away and, as the spore goes to leave, Jon destroys it with his heat vision. Damian and Dick head back to the arena and confront Ava, who turns into a bird and flies away. Until a cure can be found, zoologists are tasked to care for the infected.

OUTSIDERS #3 by Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly, and Robert Carey. Luke and Kate head through a “magic door” and it takes them to a twisted version of Wayne Manor, where they find multiple versions of both Batman and Batwoman. One of the Batmen arrives, determined to kill the others. Luke learns that this new Batman is Duke Thomas. Duke has seen what will come and is determined to stop it. Batwoman save Luke and, after inspiration from the other Batman variants, they rejoin Drummer and exit The Bleed. In the end, Batwoman has visions of bats.

THE PENGUIN #6 by Tom King and Stevan Subic. In a tale set in the past, Oswald Cobblepot is working as a bartender in the Iceberg lounge, which gives him access to many of Gotham’s underworld, whose intimate plans he eagerly gives to Batman. He also is dealing with his foster mother, who seemingly could care less about him. he turns on Falcone, allowing Batman to apprehend him. In the process he gains ownership of the Iceberg Lounge. Finding himself at the top of the world, he pushes his mother off the top of their apartment building.

POISON IVY #18 by G. Willow Wilson and Luanna Vecchio. Ivy, Croc and Grundy team up to fight the zombies, which they defeat. Later, as she considers how to defeat this plague, Batman arrives and he and Ivy talk, with her telling him about the potential zombie outbreak. He accepts the vial of her antidote. As he leaves, she is wracked by pain and something moving in her stomach. Janet from HR arrives bringing donuts. As ivy continues to work, she again is struck with intense pain and is suddenly split open in her midsection as Jason Woodrue bursts forth from her.

POWER GIRL #5 by Leah Williams and David Baldeon. It’s a cat’s tale as Squeaky saves a group of captured small animals that are being used for testing. In the end, Supergirl visits Power Girl and suggests they team-up..

SHAZAM #7 by Mark Waid and Gordon Sudzuka. The captain battles Bizarro Captain. He defeats him and discovers that Bizarro captain is a creation of Felix Faust, who is discovered robbing a bank vault. Meanwhile, in Kahdaq, Black Adam confronts the space dinosaurs who have come looking for their missing companion. They find where the Batson home is and fire a missile to distract Black Adam. Back in Fawcett City, Billy finds that the foster parents have purchased them a new home. Tawny calls Billy and tells him the dinosaurs have arrived here. He transforms into the Captain and confronts them. But Adam also arrives and attacks the dinosaurs. Billy begs him to leave and Adam insults Billy’s foster parents, leading the them brawling throughout the new home. When Billy finally gets him to stop, they realize they have destroyed the new home.

SPEED FORCE #3 by Jarrett Williams and Daniele Di Nicuolo. Ava and Roundhouse are training with Mr. terrific while Wallace and Jaime  are getting their hair cut. Later, Superboy and Wallace attack Music Meister and Mas Y Menos, but Music Meister manages to corrupt Superboy, who now may find himself joining Mas Y Menos.

SUPERMAN #10 by Joshua Williamson and Bruno Redondo. Superman and Marilyn Moonlight are in the Western past where Superman and Marilyn comes face-to-face with Terra-Man, who took his time machine to the past. While Superman confronts him, Marilyn notices a woman and she notices her too. Terra-Man, believing Superman to be powerless, challenges him to a gunfight, where he shoots Superman who, to his surprise, is uninjured. When Terra-Man attempts to leave, he is captured by Marilyn. She reveals that she is the woman who saw her in town and that inspired her to become Marilyn Moonlight. After she died, someone resurrected her and turned her into a ghost, and will stay that way until she finds who did this to her. As they talk, Superman uses the time machine to bring them back to the present. He heads back to Supercorp only to be attacked and subdued by the Lex Luthor Revenge Squad, who tells him to join them or watch Metropolis fall.

TITANS #7 by Tom Taylor and Travis Moore. Cyborg and Raven search for Garth below Titans Tower while Starfire battles Xand’R, who was masquerading as Brother Eternity. He was responsible for allowing Starfire’s parents to be killed, in exchange for the Dominators giving him the last pieces of the Necrostar, which he took to Earth. He has a spore go into Cyborg, but he cannot be turned because he is only half human. A transformed Nightwing attacks Barbara and Wally and garth arrives to join the attack against his teammates. Garth undergoes flash dehydration and that causes the spore to leave him and be destroyed. With Garth restored and Xand’R defeated, Starfire chokes Nightwing, forcing the spore out into her mouth, where she chews it and kills it.  Later, Starfire sends Xand’R to the Phantom Zone, before the team goes out to help save the world.

TITANS: BEAST WORLD #4 by Tom Taylor and Lucas Meyer. Peacemaker, after killing  Chester Runk’s transformed son, kidnaps him for Amanda Waller’s devious purposes. In Ivy Town, Giganta gets transformed by one of the Starro creatures and she begins to destroy the town. Leading the Titans to band together with Jon Kent and Swamp Thing to both stop her and save her. Of course, Sgt. Steel becomes the face of the government, claiming that if the Titans won’t save the Earth, he and his people will. Nightwing agrees that the Titans will do everything they can to save Gar. Meanwhile, Waller and Peacemaker meet with Luthor and use his Justice League teleporter to send Runk into space where he finds himself inside Garro. Runk’s power is a internal Black Hole and that kills both him and, apparently, Gar.

TITANS: BEAST WORLD #5 by Tom Taylor Ivan Reis, and Eduardo Pansica. Gar is dead, apparently, and now the Titans not only mourn but must find out who is ultimately responsible. The official stance, led by Amanda Waller, is that the Titans are responsible, Chester Runk is a hero, and she is going to unleash an attack to target those people who have been corrupted by the spores, meaning the death of a potential million people. Raven consults with Donna Troy, telling her she is torn about what to do, but that she is tempted to release the demon side of her within her gem. Raven, Nightwing and Flash head to the Bureau of Sovereignty to stop the mass executions. Nightwing confronts Waller and Peacemaker, defeating Peacemaker and discovering that Waller has already launched the drones. This leads to Cyborg hacking into the military’s system and that the government is no longer in control of the drones. That makes Waller smile as she knows this will not sit well with the public. Raven arrives and attacks Waller but she is saved by Doctor Hate, who reveals herself as Raven’s demon side..

TITANS: BEAST WORLD #6 by Tom Taylor, Ivan Reis, Lucas Meyer, and Eduardo Pansica. Raven finds herself face to face with Doctor Hate, who is the evil side of herself. She sends Nightwing back to Titans Tower so she can find herself. Dick says he knows the spores are attracted to the most powerful people, so he reaches out to Jon Kent, who is able to finally free Batman from his spore. The gathered heroes proceed to go out and stop the planned assault on the infected, using their abilities to free the infected. Along the way, they discover that Gar’s consciousness is in the spores, even though they have been eliminating them. To get him back to something resembling what he once was, they now have to capture the spores and not kill them. Starfire joins Raven’s fight against her evil self, with Flash stealing Doctor hate’s helm, which allows Raven to fight back and contain her evil self in the gem. They take the captured spores and are able to rebuild Gar, but he is only a physical body with half-memories. The heroes go to the Boomerang Nebula and retrieve the biggest piece of the creature and manage to combine the piece with Gar, restoring his mind. Amanda Waller tells the world that the Titans are not heroes and renames the Hall of Justic as the Hall of Order. In the end, it is revealed that Raven lost to her evil self and the real Raven is trapped in the gem.

TITANS: BEAST WORLD ATLANTIS #1 by Sina Grace, Frank Tieri, Meghan Fitzmartin, Riccardo Federici,  Valentine De Lando, and M.L. Sanapo. Aquaman, garth and Tula battle the sea creatures that have been affected by the spores. In the spores, a spore ends up in Arthur and he is transformed, forcing them to lock him up until they can save him. In the second tale, police in Amnesty Bay find a dead body and then the mayor, who refuses to close the beach, it attacked by a mutated stingray, cutting him in half. Captain Boomerang, Vixen and Deadeye arrive and go off to find the creature, which turns out to be a transformed Black Manta. Deadeye gets inside and removes the spore, saving Manta. While Deadeye and Vixen talk with Manta, Boomerang calls Waller and informs her of Deadeye’s plan to put a team together. When she hangs up, she admits she is responsible for all of this and now a captured Dolphin  is infected by a spore. In the final tale, Jackson and Mera go off to save some of the underwater creatures. But Mera is infected by a spore and immediately goes after her daughter. Andy uses her powers to repel her mother, who flees into the ocean.

TITANS: BEAST WORLD STAR CITY #1 by Joshua Williamson, Ryan Parrott, Robert Venditti, Brandt, Jamal Campbell, Roger Cruz, Gavin Guidry, and Stein. Connor and Ollie are trying to deal with the Beast World situation, which brings them face to face with the Resurrection Twins. Ollie gets captured, meaning it is up to Connor to save his father. Connor rescues his father and they team up to capture the infected. In the second story, Red Canary and Black Canary team up to fight the people infected by the spores. In the process, Dinah is infected, turning into a giant canary. In the third story, Jay Garrick and Alan Scott have been infected, leading to Stargirl and Huntress teaming up with Red Arrow to battle them. Together they capture their friends.

WESLEY DODDS: THE SANDMAN #4 by Robert Venditti and Riley Rossimo. Wesley experiences nightmares of the past, present, and future after being exposed to his own gas. When he eventually comes out of the nightmare, he believes that Colonel Breckinridge is the boss responsible for setting things into motion and he goes to visit Wheeler Vanderlyle, only to find him being assaulted by the man who attacked him at his home. The two fight and the man falls through a window to the street below. With his journal now gone, he believes it has ended up with the military and that means he could face treason charges.

WONDER WOMAN #5 by Tom King, Daniel Sampere, and Belen Ortega. Sergeant Steel goes out to recruit villains to help him kill Wonder Woman, bring Giganta, Circe, Dr. Psycho, Grail, Silver Swan, and Angle Man. Meanwhile, Diana has a series of skill tests with her fellow Amazons, Wonder Girl, Yara, and Donna Troy, telling them if she defeats each of them, they must swear to not interfere in Diana’s forthcoming fight. In the end, despite all of them being defeated, they all refuse to stay on the sidelines. In the backup, Lizzie, Jon and Damian engage in a kangaroo race on Themyscira, with her winning. She declares the three of them represent a new generation of heroes, that gets referred to as ‘Gen-S’.

 

DC Universe Month 72, Part 1

ACTION COMICS #1061 by Jason Aaron and John Timms. Bizarro goes to the Sorcerer’s World, battling them and absorbing their magic and killing the sorcerers in the process. Six weeks later and Bizarro has made his way to Earth and battles Superman. Bizarro has a number of magic artifacts and that is powering him, when he goes to use the last one, he finds himself dragged into a portal and he disintegrates inside of it. Even with Bizarro dead and gone, Superman still hears his voice in his head. Maybe that is because Bizarro is now within everyone.

ALAN SCOTT: THE GREEN LANTERN #4 by Tim Sheridan and Cian Tormey. Alan’s former lover, now revealed to be the Red Lantern, tells his story. In 1923, Johnny, who reveals he is actually Russian and his name is Vlad, joins the Russian military, where he began researching the Crimson Flame of Death. He gets assigned to infiltrate the U.S. Army, to become friends with Alan Scott and find a way to get the Crimson Flame, which the government had. The two becomes lovers and Vlad finds a way to access Project Crimson. During that moment with the pair on the ship, Vlad is captured by the Crimson Flame and dies. However he is filled with the power of the Crimson Flame and is saved by the Russian navy. During his recovery, the Russian government crafts a ring and give it to him, along with a lantern. In the present, he finds the ring he had given to Alan, revealing that Alan should have known that Johnny’s story was false, telling him how Florida State did not have a baseball team. Alan attacks and the two fight but, during the fight, Alan touches memories of the two of them together, giving him time to use the Red Power battery to recharge himself, giving him the Red Lantern’s powers.

AMAZONS ATTACK #4 by Josie Campbell and Vasco Georgiev. Themyscira is in flames and Nubia finds Io there. Nubia is confused as she sees Hippolyta and Io facinf Herakles army.. Meanwhile, Yara meets with Cassie at a safe house in Brazil, learning that all the Amazon safe houses are deserted and the words ASYLUM painted on all of them. They get attacked by A.X.E. troopers and flee. They head to Belle Reve, where Mary Marvel is battling with Count vertigo, who has been tasked with killing Mary by Amanda Waller. In the Garden of Hesperides, Faruka  realizes that they have a traitor in their midst and that person was responsible for Eris’ death. That is when Peacekeeper and A.Z.E. arrive, telling Faruka to surrender or he will execute Nubia.

BATMAN #141 by Chip Zdarsky, Dustin Nguyen, and Jorge Jimenez. In the past, Zur-En-Arrh creates Failsafe. In the present, Batman confronts Failsafe, who has declared himself the new Batman. Knowing he cannot defeat him, being that he is controlled by Zur, Batman flees. Meanwhile, Dick meets with Lucie, who explains that she was take by The Joker. Batman flees to a safe house but, when Failsafe catches up to him, he defeats Batman, who later wakes in a prison cell with The Joker, who promises to tell Bruce how he is involved with all of this. In the backup, Zur-En-Arrh makes his way into the mind of Failsafe, where he meets and battles other Batmen, finally promising to unite them and they will help him free the world.

BATMAN AND ROBIN #5 by Joshua Williamson and Nikola Cizmesija. Bruce Wayne is serving breakfast to students at Jason’s school, following a night working together to stop Orca. During the day, Damian is observing his principal, who he believes is Shush. Bruce meets with Damian’s Biology teacher, Ms. Heather Hall, who tells Wayne that Damian should consider getting started on college courses now. Damian’s chief rival at school is a student named Zach Shea. Later, Batman and Robin observe Zach and discover that he is Victor Zsasz’s son.

BATMAN AND ROBIN 2024 ANNUAL by Joshua Williamson and Howard Porter. Bruce and Damian go on a road trip, ending up at a gas station where Damian sees a collection of posters showing people who have gone missing. They set up at the Full Moon Campground and Damian finds several of the corpses of the missing people. They soon discover they are being detained by a force field. That is because Roulette is hosting a high-priced hunting party and the Waynes are the prey. Among those hunters are Bloodsport. The Waynes have no real weapons, so they have to rely on their wits to save themselves. The pair manage to defeat all of the hunters and capture Roulette.

BATMAN: OFF WORLD #3 by Jason Aaron and Doug Mahnke. Nyreek meets with Akkari, looking for batman, who has been off training with the barbed wolves. The pair, along with the wolf, leave the planet, in search of their previous captors. Along the way, Batman creates a new armored suit and also crafts weapons while Nyreek tries to seduce him. They pass through a space hurricane and Batman attacks, eventually coming face-to-face with the alien who defeated him on Earth and also tormented him in space. Using the skills he has learned, Batman defeats him, telling Nyreek he needs to know about the Blakksun Mining Company. Elsewhere, the Blakksun Twins prepare for Batman’s potential arrival.

BATMAN/SUPERMAN: WORLD’S FINEST #23 by Mark Waid and Dan Mora. The heroes of two worlds team up, with the Batmen fighting with David, who is now Magog, and the Supermen battling Gog. Gog tells them that his upcoming war with Apokolips is so his super-powered followers can die in combat and go to Valhalla. The Batmen convince David that he is a good person and he turns on Gog, with the other super-powered beings of this world siding with David. Gog uses Metron’s chair to open a bridge to Apokolips. Batman comments that Gog’s ability to corrupt free will and end it is the Anti-Life Equation. They know that if he has it and makes his way to Apokolips, it could be the end of everything. They defeat Gog but it may be too late as Darkseid arrives.

BATMAN/SUPERMAN: WORLD’S FINEST 2024 ANNUAL by Mark Waid, Cullen Bunn, Dennis Culver, Stephanie Williams, Christopher Cantwell, Edwin Galmon, Travis Mercer, Rosi Kampe, and Jorge Fornes. Iin the Fifth Dimension, there is a meeting of the Just-Us League, during which Green-Mite is killed by this world’s version of the Legion of Doom. The heroes make the decision to flee dimensions and the villains are ready to follow, which will be continued in BATMAN/SUPERMAN: WORLD’S FINEST #25. In the second story, Metamorpho goes on a treasure hunt for Simon Stagg, which ends up with him meeting his estranged father, Montana Mason. In the third story, Karen beecher, before she became Bumblebee, helps to take down Bucklin Mart, even though it will affect Stagg Industries. In the last story, the Challengers of the Unknown travel through space-time to stop a possible world ending calamity. But not everyone will come out alive.

BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #9 by Tom King, Kyle Starks, Gabriel Hardman, Bruno Redondo, Mitch Gerads, Fernando Pasarin, and Matt Hollingsworth. Batman confronts The Joker in the first battle, resulting in the Dark Knight victorious. Batman visits him in prison and tells the villain a joke, with The joker saying they are going to have a great time together. In the second story, Wild Dog decides he is not cut out to be a hero. But that changes when Gizmo holds an entire stadium hostage in an effort to extort five million dollars. Wild Dog suits up and takes Gizmo and his crew done. In the end, Wild Dog learns that a copycat is looking to duplicate Gizmo’s actions, meaning the hero may be moving on. In the third tale, Aquaman teams up with the residents of Gorilla City to fight back against the Dmoniators. Together, they defeat the invaders, even as Konar betrays the Dominators, at the cost of his own life. In the final tale, Batman battles The joker, defeating him, but also getting severely injured in a fall from the roof with the villain. In the end, Lucius Fox shows Batman his newest invention: A grappling hook gun.

BIRDS OF PREY #5 by Kelly Thompson and Arist Deyn. The Birds fight Megaera and the creature captures Sin in the process, Inside Megaera, the creature tries to convince Sin to join her, but she refuses. Dinah makes her way inside and reunites with sin, who tells her of Megaera’s plan, which is to kill someone to become her host. Dinah offers herself but Megaera tells her that Sin had made a wish and now she needs to accept this. Dinah uses her sonic scream to attack Megaera from the inside. Meanwhile, the rest of the Birds fight Diana and the Amazons, who have been corrupted by Megaera.

BLUE BEETLE #5 by Josh Trujillo and Adrian Gutierrez. Gimmix is alive again and meets with Paco and company, explaining that she saw an image of the Blood Scarab in her mirror. Starfire explains that they need to gather Nitida and The horizon to fight . Meanwhile, Jaime meets with Victoria Kord so they can find something to fight the Blood Scarab, which she says she will build. Jaime meets with the others and he rallies them to join him in the fight. The team fights the Blood Scarab and his followers and Jaime orders Victoria to launch her weapon. She does but it only seems to disrupt Jaime, who now must fight the Blood Scarab alone and with no powers.

CATWOMAN #61 by Tini Howard and Stefano Raffaele. Dario and ‘Catwoman’ are fighting crime in Gotham City while Selina Kyle is in Markovia pursuing the radioactive heart of a melted down nuclear reactor for a client. She battles her way inside the reactor, knowing exposure to that item will certainly make her deathly ill, perhaps even kill her because of radiation poisoning. She battles through gun wielding men in radiation suits, even as the poison begins to kill her. In delirium, she converses with an Egyptian goddess, explaining that her ability for rebirth is actually a gift and not a curse. She flees the site and, out in the snow, is visited by Superman, who tries to convince her to go to the hospital. She gives him the sample from the reactor and asks him to destroy the rest. Telling him she is not afraid, she dies in Superman’s arms.

DETECTIVE COMICS #1081 by Ram V, Dan Watters, Hayden Sherman, Riccardo Federici, and Stefano Raffaele. Talia takes an injured Batman to Aras, where he encounters a number of visions, along with Dr. Hurt. Later, he meets with a vision in the form of Farhad I Parethes. He wanders through the desert, eventually reuniting with Hurt and a group of his masked followers, with Hurt telling Batman that he had come to the Gotham that the Batman saved. Meanwhile, The Question continues to investigate the murder of Detective Henry Fielding, crossing paths with his partner’s mother in the process. Later, she finds Fielding’s partner, dead by a self-inflicted gunshot wound. She also finds a confession from him. In the backup, a group of people are in a group therapy session, describing their experiences that resulted in their lives being ruined. What they discover is all of their lives were impacted by Doctor Hurt, and the person leading the session gives them all the chance to kill Hurt.

FIRE & ICE: WELCOME TO SMALLVILLE #5 by Joanne Starer and Natacha Bustos. Fire wakes up to find lobo is gone. Tamarind wakes to find Honey gone and The Big tease on fire, leading to Bea saving her., leading to an argument between Bea and Ice. Meanwhile, the villains wake to find that Lobo has stolen all their loot and make the decision to rob the town. Tora goes to the diner and meets with Rocky, who declares that she needs her, even though it appears she is being controlled. As vines envelop her and other diner customers. Later, Tora and Bea make up, with Tora saying that an ancient creature named Crave is the person responsible for all of this. Rocky shows up wearing the strange mask, which apparently is the host for Crave, declaring that Kooey Kooey Kooey is going to rise again. As the destruction continues, they get a video call from Martha and see that crave is with her and looking for Tora.

THE FLASH #5 by Si Spurrier and Mike Deodato Jr. Jai West is learning more about his powers and now he finds himself wrestling with responsibility, even as his father seems wrapped up in his own problems. With he help of Inspector pilgrim, jai finds himself able to slip through time and observe his father at different points in time, finally ending up where his father is in the middle of conducting experiments. The Stillness arrives and a fight ensues. When it is over, as the cleanup begins, Jai tells his father he does not want to be a superhero.

GREEN ARROW #8 by Joshua Williamson and Phil Hester. Oliver Queen is dead and his son mourns him, while also going out to find his assassin. That leads him to track down Onomatopoeia, who apparently is the shooter. Onomatopoeia has left Star City, meeting with Brick: the man who hired him. Connor arrives and attacks, but Onomatopoeia reveals himself to be Green Arrow and his death had been faked. They ask Brick about what they have heard regarding Waller making some deal to kill of superheroes. Ollie asks him where Waller has taken Roy, but brick says that Roy has not been captured, but is instead working for Waller.

GREEN LANTERN #7 by Jeremy Adams, Peter J. Tomasi, Amanxay Nahuelpan, and David Lafuente. Some time ago, the Lanterns meet the new people in charge on Oa: the United Planets , led by Lord Premier Thaaros. Thaaors declares that Sector 2814 has been quarantined, meaning the Lanterns are banned from protecting Earth. Thaaros assigns Hal and Kilowog to accompany him to Korugar, where they meet with Sinestro. Jordan is evicted from the meeting but sees the beginning of an assassination attempt on Thaaros. Jordan and Kilowog team up, but Kilowog and the assassins are killed when the power battery on Korugar explodes. In the present, Razer tells Hal that the power battery on Odym has been destroyed. In the backup, Ngaf destroys Korg’s handmade rocket ship. In response, Korg shows that Ngaf was living large and stealing from the city, leading to a minor revolt by his followers. Korg defeats Ngaf and now Korg has his own team. To be continued in SINISTER SONS #1.

GREEN LANTERN: WAR JOURNAL #5 by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Montos. At Steelworks, John is told that is mother is awake, talking to his deceased father and his deceased sister Ellie. John visits her, with her realizing that she is not in her home and that Ellie is missing. John uses his ring to transform the room into their home and also construct Ellie, which calms his mother down. Later, he and Shep go to the Amazon rainforest, where they find marking of the Darkstars. Green Lantern allies of Varron arrive, calling Stewart a traitor. The Radiant Dead arrives, kills the Lanterns and attacks John and Shep.

HARLEY QUINN # 36 by Tini Howard, Alexis Quasarano, Sweeney Boo, and Steve Beach. The Brother Eyes are looking to capture Harley and the monarchs also have been converted. In the middle of all this, with Bud and Lou protecting her, Harley gets a call from Ivy. Harley and Lux head out through the Multiverse to try and find her friend Kevin. And also to see what Harley will do in various situations in her Multiversal timelines. She finds and saves Kevin and now has to fight against her students, who have been corrupted, and not injure them in the process. She is told that if Harley gives herself up, her students will be released. She agrees but wants to visit Ivy first. Before she gives up, she asks for heroes to help her and the only person who does is Ivy. But the Brother Eyes have a plan and that is to show the whole world how horrible a person Harley really is. In the backup, Harley dreams she is a barbarian tasked to save Ivy in a fantasy world. She saves Ivy but, as always, she wakes before she gets to kiss the love of her life.