HARLEY QUINN # 37 by Tini Howard, Erica Henderson, Logan Faeber, Sweeney Boo, Kelly Jones, Elena G. Bansh, Stefano Raefaele, Mindy Lee, and Marguerite Sauvage. With the help of her students, Harley slips into the Dark Multiverse, where she experiences different lives in a bunch of different settings. In some she is a hero and others a villain and she has to deal with A.I. Harley in all of them. Back on Earth, she surrenders and goes to Quark, where they find that there is nothing inside her that made her a figure of Multiversal power other than her will to be herself. Ivy arrives and they go home, In the backup, she has a Blair Witch inspired dream filled with almost every version of The Joker in existence, from his earliest appearance through to today.
JAY GARRICK: THE FLASH #5 by Jeremy Adams and Diego Olortegui. The robot from last issue, which contains the voice and attitude of Hughes, kills Slate and then explodes but not before Jay and Judy save everyone but Slate. Jay and Judy, looking to take the fight to Doctor Elemental, go to Brazil to meet with Pieter Cross, who is actually Dr. Mid-Nite, and visit his lab, where they discover that Ro-Bear is back. And is here. Jay and Mid-Nite battle Ro-Bear as Doctor Elemental kidnaps her, telling her it is time to fulfill her destiny. Ro-Bear is defeated and, now powerless, is told that he needs to reveal where Judy is…or else.
JUSTICE LEAGUE VS. GODZILLA VS. KONG #5 by Brian Buccellato and Christian Duce. With Superman still in a comatose state, Lois reaches out to Mercy Graves, who tells her that the Dreamstone is responsible for the monsters. Meanwhile, Aquaman, Mera, Flash and Wonder Woman try to stop the undersea battle with the monsters, which manages to crack the undersea dome. The Green Lanterns arrive to seal the dome, but so does Godzilla who attacks the Kraken. Aquaman uses a giant lock and chain made of Nth Metal to secure Godzilla. Elsewhere, Oliie is forced to flee the boat where he has discovered the monster skull. Supergirl heads to Kong Island looking for Ollie and finds Grodd and the gorillas of Gorilla City meeting with the ape. Grodd uses his powers to get Kara to knock Kong out. Shazam, bothered by the guilt that he may have been responsible for Superman’s injury, invades the Legion of Doom headquarters but is stopped by Giganta. In the end, Lex brings Mechagodzilla online.
KNEEL BEFORE ZOD #2 by Joe Casey and Dan McDaid. Zod tortures a Khund prisoner looking for information but all he gets is that they knew he was planning something nefarious. Zod reveals to his wife that he is preparing for a war but she strokes him, seeing him as becoming weak and more concerned with building himself a throne before anything else. She berates him, even as he prepares his people for war. His wife, in the end, says that when they are victorious, Zof will kneel before her.
NIGHTWING #111 by Tom Taylor, Michael W. Conrad, Francesco Francavilla, and Sam Basri. In Gotham, a man dies suddenly, leaving his young son Iko without a father. The death at first appears to be the work of Heartless, but further investigation seems to represent a copycat. Dick begins to bond with Iko, until he is released to his uncle. In the end, the uncle, upset that superheroes are involved with his plan, takes Iko away. In the backup, set in the 14th Century, a young man attempts to avenge his family, meeting with the leader of those attackers: someone who bears a striking resemblance to The Joker. The young man? He is the son of Gray.
OUTSIDERS #4 by Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly, and Robert Carey. Many years ago, a girl named Jennifer Cressi was born. Her powers, as was soon discovered, were connected to her emotions. When she was happy, things in the world were good. When she was depressed, things went wrong. Two days ago, she met a girl and fell in love. But that was not meant to be and that has unleashed death and destruction across the world. The Outsiders track her down and she and Drummer have a long conversation. She refers to herself as Jenny Crisis, even as she is told she needs to find a way to control her emotions. She is invited to join The Outsiders, which she turns down.
THE PENGUIN #7 by Tom King and Stevan Subic. The Penguin now runs the Iceberg Lounge but is still acting as a snitch to Batman. He kills one of his men but then blames it on the Bertinellis, hinting at the start of a gang war. After killing another of his men, he tells Batman this is all happening because of his relationship with The Dark Knight. Later, he bathes with Lisa St.Claire who convinces him to upgrade his image, convincing him to embrace what became his trademark look, complete with monocle and cigarette in an opera holder. Again meeting with Batman, he convinces him to beat him up to convince people that he is not working with Batman. In the end, The help hands Oswald a note with a name on it: Bruce Wayne.
POISON IVY #19 by G. Willow Wilson and Mariko Takara. Gravely injured, Ivy recalls how she was a promising student who fell for Jason Woodrue. Woodrue gets Ivy and Linda Holland to work with him on a special experiment. As time goes on, their romance becomes more intense and he eventually shows her his secret lab, but also asks her to steal some supplies to continue his experiment. She breaks into the university but is discovered and finds herself on the run as the issue ends.
POWER GIRL #65 by Leah Williams and Maugerite Sauvage. Supergirl, Power Girl, and Omen team up to investigate a new strain of drug called Avalon that have been causing students to take it and then disappear. Supergirl and Power Girl track down the dealers, who disappear in the middle of a chase. Using the drug to paint an image, the girls find themselves in Ferimbia. They are told by one of the students that they can never leave and discover they have no powers here, which Madame Avice finds interesting. Outside of her castle, students toil endlessly.
RED HOOD: THE HILL #1 by Shawn Martinbrough and Sanford Greene. Some time ago, on the eve of the Joker War, men in joker’s masks burst into a diner, threatening Marcus Samuelson, Dana Harlowe and an old woman referred to as ‘Chief Justice’. The old woman kills the Jokers and then tells Dana and Marcus she will teach them balance. Now, Red Hood and a group of masked vigilantes burst into a ,meeting where masked criminals are threatening a priest. During the fight, one of the men unleash a strobe E.M.P. and flee, revealing Marcus as one of the men. Dana’s sister Denise is an journalist with her own television show who has a valuable information source, which she is hesitant to reveal. Later, it is revealed that Dana is the masked vigilante Strike and meets with a police officer, who is killed during the meeting by Marcus and his men.
SHAZAM #8 by Mark Waid and Gordon Sudzuka. Billy’s family home is destroyed in his fight with Black Adam, who is now wracked with guilt and leaves. Billy tells the dinosaurs that their Auditor needs to stay and the dinosaurs leave but then engage in a leaflet drop asking people if they have seen the Auditor. Billy tells his family what happened and they are devastated. Seeing the leaflets, he convinces Darla to go with him to meet with the dinosaurs, with her endless answering questions with “why”, finally agree to let the Auditor stay. The Captain visits Zeus and asks for a favor to help him rebuild the home. Black Adam arrives and says he agrees with The Captain. Upon returning home, The Captain finds the house rebuilt. He goes to meet with Adam and says he owes him. In the end, Tawny goes to get something from a kitchen cabinet and, unseen by him, is being observed by three strange eyes.
SINISTER SONS #1 by Peter J. Tomasi and David Lafuente. Sinson, the son of Sinestro, is out on his own and has assembled a group of young followers he calls the Sinson Corps. Elsewhere, Lor-Zod has also left his family and, in his spaceship, approaches the planet of Xela, where Sinson and his friends are hunting for creds. Lor-Zod lands on the planet, claiming he is in command.. But he ends up face to face with Sinson when Sinestro’s son steals Lor-Zod’s ship.
SPEED FORCE #4 by Jarrett Williams and Daniele Di Nicuolo. Superboy has gone crazy because of the app and it takes Wallace, along with help from Avery, to defeat him. Also, the full story on the app is revealed and its’ success is due to a mysterious benefactor.
SUPERMAN #11 by Joshua Williamson and David Baldeon. Lena meets with the A.I. version of Lex, who explains that she was given by Lex to Brainiac 13 and raised as his avatar. With Superman missing, Lena decides she must go help him but Supercorp is attacked by an armored individual working for Pharm and Graft. The armored individual reveals herself as Lex’ mother, who complains that she is doing this because Lex stole her company. Superman, who was in the Old West, returns and runs into Lena, but is so taken down the Revenge Squad, where he is given the choice to join them or Lena dies.. Graft exposes Superman to Red Kryptonite which sends him on a rage, instructing him to kill Lex. He takes out the revenge Squad instead, but then turns his rage towards Lex. Lex injects Superman with Green Kryptonite, which counters the Red K. Graft reveals how the ultimate weapon has been released: a Kryptonite gas that will eventually affect all humans. Lex reveals this was not Pharm and Graft’s plan-it was his, created with them many years ago.
TITANS #8 by Tom Taylor and Stephen Segovia. Following the recent events, raven, whose body is now controlled by her evil side, meets with her father Trigon. Because of what happened, the world still mistrusts the Titans, especially Gar. They receive notification that there is a tropical storm heading towards Florida and the team, in their new T-Jet, head there to assist. Gar attempts to save a young boy, but finds himself attacked by the boy’s father, forcing him to let Raven save the child and his father. When Raven later tells her father she is trying to play the good Raven to fool the rest of the Titans, Trigon leads her to what he calls will be her destiny.
WESLEY DODDS: THE SANDMAN #5 by Robert Venditti and Riley Rossimo. After being grilled by the police about the dead assailant on the street below, Wesley breaks into Fort Hamilton where he kidnaps Colonel Brekinridge, eventually getting him to confess to his crimes, which Wesley records. In the end, Wheeler Vanderlyle knocks out Dodds’ butler, claiming he is a casualty of war.
WONDER WOMAN #6 by Tom King, Daniel Sampere, and Belen Ortega. Wonder Woman is meeting with Steve Trevor when the villains attack. She defeats all of those who are sent after her, leading to her having to battle Grail, who she eventually defeats before passing out. In the backup, Damian and Jon do their best to try to put Lizzie Prince to sleep, with exasperating results.
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