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’.
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