GREEN ARROW #26 by Chris Condon and Montos. Ollie finds out that Roy is in the hospital, suffering from an overdose. He meets Dinah and Lian there, saying it is impossible that he has overdosed, despite his history. He goes to the scene of the incident and finds an arrow, which leads him to meet with Detective Benitez. She reveals that there was a similar incident recently, showing him Ring camera video that shows someone they are calling The Crimson Archer. In the end, Lian goes to visit her father and discovers him to be gone.
GREEN LANTERN #25 by Jeremy Adams and Xermanico. With the Emotional Spectrum destroyed, the Lanterns have to complete the new Central Power Battery. Hal and his team are sent to Gemworld to retrieve the Song Stones which they believe will charge the new Central Power Battery. But they have to make their way through a dragon and, because of Guy’s hotheadedness, it gets away. But Starbreaker and his allies are here now to steal those crystals. Hal wrangles the dragon and the Lanterns fight the villains, but Sorrow steals two of the stones, which he activates even as the Lanterns use the other one to light their battery. Unfortunately, as Keli is told that he glove is not what she thinks it is, Starbreaker’s lantern completely fractures the Emotional Spectrum. To be continued in GREEN LANTERN CORPS #7.
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #6 by Jeremy Adams, Morgan Hampton, and V. Ken Marion. The Guardians of the Universe send Sinestro and Vexar’u to Korugar to retrieve the needed components needed to reconstruct the central power batteries. What they discover is that New Korugar had been rebuilt by Sinestro’s son Korg and General Zod’s son Lor-Zod.Lor-Zod explains they need Sinestro’s yellow battery for New Korugar to continue to thrive. Meanwhile, Jo and Jessica go to Mogo, only to find the planet is slowly healing but creating drong-like creatures in the process. In the end, a mysterious figure is seen at the Castle of Desolate Stone and is preparing for the Starbreaker Supremacy.
JSA #8 by Jeff Lemire and Diego Orletegui. Dr. Midnite, with the unconscious body of Obsidian, battles Scandal Savage, eventually knocking her out. She manages to repair Savage’s transmitter, meaning she has a way to reach the JSA. Meanwhile, the spirits of Obsidian and Jakeem try to make their way out of the labyrinth when Jakeem finds an elderly Johnny Thunder and gets him to say the magic word, bringing forth Thunderbolt, who battles Qwsp, revealing the are trapped in the Fifth Dimension. At the brownstone, Alan Scott reveals the Spear of Destiny is on Blackhawk Island. Unfortunately, he tells it to Obsidian, who is actually Johnny Sorrow, which leads the Injustice Society there. Dr. Midnite gets through to Alan and jade and reveals Sorrow’s ruse as he finally reveals himself.
JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED #8 by Mark Waid and Dan Mora. WE ARE YESTERDAY EPILOGUE. The time-displaced heroes and villains are still anxious to get restored to their own times, with two eras of Michael Holt/Mr. Terrific working to get Air Wave back. But a timequake is disrupting things and the older timeline Mr. Terrific disappears before he can say what he has found. Time Trapper reveals that Grodd’s body has remnants of Omega Energy and that must be physically removed from him to be studied. Holt figures that if a tuning fork is used to generate the right frequency to bring Air Wave home. As the Time Trapper continues to insist that Grodd be killed, Mr. Terrific uses the tuning fork to bring Air Wave back. In the end, the time displaced are still mostly on the Watchtower. In the end, Batman tells Diana and Clark that they made a catastrophic error when they assembled this new League. The fate of the time lost is revealed in JUSTICE LEAGUE: DARK TOMORROW SPECIAL #1.
JUSTICE LEAGUE: DARK TOMORROW SPECIAL #1 by Marc Guggenheim, Mark Waid and Cian Tormey. Somewhere in the Time Stream, Waverider by an Omega Demon, as the same thing happens to Extant in the distant past and to Epoch in 1941.Somehow, another injured time traveler makes his way to the Watchtower in the here and now and says “we are dying”. In an effort to fight back, a team known as The Legends, is organized, made up of Air Wave, Amazing Man, Terry McGinns Batman, Marilyn Moonlight, The Huntress, Gold Beetle, Plastic Man, and Jonah Hex. Travelling through various points in time, they fight against the Omega Demons. Along the way, the new arrival, known as Legend, takes Air Wave to Liminal Space, where he realizes that these demons are coming from The Vanishing Point. They manage to destroy the machine responsible for the Omega Demons and try to head back to the here and now, only to be stopped by a Temporal Firewall. To be continued in JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED, SUPERMAN #28 and DC K.O.
JUSTICE LEAGUE VS. GODZILLA VS. KONG #2 by Brian Buccellato and Christian Duce. Kong battles a giant Killer Croc, killing him in the process. Supergirl heads off to reason with Kong, who no longer remembers her, while the rest of the team face off against the combined team of the Legion of Doom, Task Force X, and the Suicide Squad, which results in Flash being critically injured by a bullet fired by Peacemaker. Batman transports Flash away as Superman heads deep into Hollow Earth and battles Luthor. But they find out they are not alone as a handful of giant apes are here too.
KRYPTO: THE LAST DOG OF KRYPTON #2 by Ryan North and Mike Norton. Krypto tries to adjust to his new life with Lex but finds himself being caged and beaten. He observes Lex has he makes a bomb; planning to kill his parents with it. One morning, Lex slams the front door while leaving and it knocks over the bomb and triggers it. Lex sees the smoke and races back to free Krypto. But the dog’s barking alerts neighbors who save Lex’s parents. Calling Krypto a bad dog, the dog flees.
MISTER TERRIFIC: YEAR ONE #3 by Al Letson and Valentine De Landro. At the moment, Mister Terrific, along with mike the Apokoliptian Hellhound, are heading towards the Palace of Eternity, where they immediately encounter parademons. In the past, Luthor has his own plan and Athena has sent a strike team to Michael’s house, but come up empty. He breaks into Athena’s and meets immediate resistance from a member of Team Vantablack, who cracks open his face blame and demands to know who he is.
THE NEW GODS #8 by Ram V, Evan Cagle and Stipan Morian. Mister Miracle suggests naming the new home for the Gods become New Light, which will be followed by the Feast of the Gods. Serifan arrives and joins the Feast. During dinner, Izaya revokes his role as Highfather. Meanwhile, Mr. Terrific and Miss Martian investigated a warehouse owned by Maxwell Lord when they are attacked by a group of armed men. Elsewhere Lord and Desaad investigate a gravitational singularity that he believes represents an echo of their reality and also that they must bring he child to Darkseid, as he believes he is not dead. The Furies along with an as yet unknown traitor are planning to make that happen.
NEW HISTORY OF THE DC UNIVERSE #2 by Mark Waid, Brad Walker, and Michael Allred. Barry Allen continues to tell the story of the DC Universe, following the arrival of Superman, followed by Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Arrow, The Flash, Aquaman, and Green Lantern. He moves forward in time, mentioning most of the heroes of what is known as The Silver Age and, no matter how obscure, The Bronze Age, including Ambush Bug, Amethyst, and Ragman. He details the arrival of many of the superhero teams such as The Outsiders, the New Teen Titans, Justice Leage Detroit, and Infinity Inc. He ends with the arrival of Perpetua’s sons, the Monitor and the Anti-Monitor, resulting in the deaths of the Multiverse, resulting in a single reality, along with the deaths of Supergirl and Barry Allen himself.
NIGHTWING #128 by Dan Watters and Dexter Soy. Nightwing finds himself inside the creature that may be the Fifth Dimension. He gets attacked by Deathwing, who should be dead, and turns out to be a Fifth Dimension creation that is eliminated because Nightwing’s suit is radiating Kappa energy. He battles an endless supply of these creations until he is saved by Nightwing-Prime of Kandor. Prime reveals that he is Van-Zee and he took up the Nightwing mantle after his predecessor left. While trying to find out how Nightwing-Prime got here, they are attacked by caretoon versions of Robin that are exactly like Dick’s childhood drawing. The Nightwings arrive at this version of Titan Tower while Prime wonders if he is even real. The pair enter and come face to face with the Beast of Titans: a corrupt version of Dick’s own dog! Meanwhile, Maggie Sawyer meets with the injured Mayor, who knows something is wrong Olivia Pearse but cannot recall what it is. .
SECRET SIX #5 by Nicole Maines and Roger Cruz. In captivity with Deadshot and Black Alice, Dreamer has a vision of Gossamer standing over a group of dead people he has shot. Jeanette the Banshee arrives and releases them, taking them to see a captured Amanda Waller, who is scheduled to go to trial but Checkmate’s plan is to put a helmet on Waller and permanently remove her secrets from her subconscious. But they need Dreamer’s help for that to happen and she refuses, based on what she has seen in her dreams. Banshee attacks and Black Alice transforms into Athena and fights against her. Dreamer breaks Waller out of her prison and gives chase after Waller steals Deadshot’s gun. What she finds is Gossamer standing over all these dead bodies and holding documents showing how everything Waller did was approves by the U.S. Government. He convinces Dreamer that he needs to do this because of what Waller has done, including killing his mother in Gamorra. He places the helmet on Waller’s head and pushes the button that will remove those secrets from her mind.
SUPERGIRL #3 by Sophie Campbell. Kara is now in a new costume and gaining fans in Midvale. But Lesla also has a new costume and uses a Black Kryptonite gun to change Kara and Krypto into evil Satan Girl and her equally evil dog. She then proceeds to cause havoc throughout the town, eventually trashes the garden at the Danvers house, complete with digging Lesla’s lab from underground. When Kara threatens the Danvers, Lesla’s had enough and destroys the Kryptonite machine. Streaky arrives with Tinytano, who uses his Kryptonite beams to change Kara back. Kara agrees not to punish Lesla and give her a second chance. But Lesla’s parents arrive and are going to take the pair back to Kandor for sentencing.
SUPERMAN #28 by Joshua Williamson and Dan Mora. Superman goes back to the Kent farm to get over his dealing with Validus. Saturn Girl psychically contacts him, although this is a Darkseid corrupted Saturn Girl who torments me with horrific visions including one where Ma Kent dies. At the same time, corrupted Cosmic Boy and Lightning Lad launch an attack on the Watchtower, leading to Superman retaliating. In actuality, he is still in a field and all of this is in his head. Time Trapper arrives and breaks Saturn Girl’s hold on Superman and rescues him, taking him to a “pocket timeline” version of Smallville, where he meets someone to help him-Superboy Prime.
SUPERMAN UNLIMITED #3 by Dan Slott and Rafael Albuquerque. In a flashback to a young Clark on the farm, we see how Krypto is struggling to not be playful and contain himself. In the present, Lois encourages Clark to cover the Science Expo, even if he will be exposed to Kryptonite. In Gorilla City, Tee-Nah heads to Metropolis to meet with Lois, as she has assigned her to run the Planet’s I.T. Department. Jon has been tasked with walking Krypto, which takes him across the world with a stop in Smallville. Jon goes to have a conversation with his grandmother and instructs Krypto to go back to Metropolis by himself, but he smells a familiar scent related to Toyman and gives chase, catching up to a truck driven by someone resembling Toyman. At the Expo, Toyman activates a giant robot and Krypto tears into the heart of the robot and discovers it is powered by Green Kryptonite, making Krypto very sick. Superman takes his dog to the Fortress to heal and Toyman sends a gift to apologize for the misunderstanding: Superdog toys.
TITANS #25 by John Layman and Pete Woods. The Titans continue to battle Deathstroke and his team but, before the fight, Beast Boy concocted a plan and during the fight, Raven draws Clock King into her darkness, asking him if he wants to be remembered for being Slade’s flunky. Once he is out, he argues with Slade, telling them that he believes the Justice League will soon arrive. The person who DOES arrive is Shimmer, telling her brother that the Titans saved her and it was Clock King who was controlling her. Below the battle, Cyborg has overridden Vanadia because of a device he installed in her head. As a show of faith, he offers to give her the controller. Everything falls apart for Slade as those Clock King has controlled are now restored. Slade deserts his team, leaving Terra behind, who the Titans but into stasis.
TITANS ANNUAL 2025 #1 by Phil Jimenez. Donna Troy is on her way to visit her birth father and recalls moments in her life from being rescued by Wonder Woman to being raised on Themyscira, her first kiss with Robin, to joining the Titans and New Teen Titans, to her current relationship with Roy. When she gets to her father’s house, she meets his husband, who informs her that her father has passed away and never responded to her letters because he was afraid she wouldn’t accept him because he was gay. In the end, Donna goes on a date and we learn that Donna has a sister, named Zoe Casas Rivera.
TRINITY DAUGHTER OF WONDER WOMAN #2 by Tom King and Belen Ortega. Mid-aged Lizzie, while searching for Robin Corgi, crosses paths with Jason Todd Robin and teams with him, resulting in some uncomfortable potential romantic moments. Despite trying not to reveal his future to him, she blurts out that the Joker is going to kill him while the pair are searching in the sewers. As it turns out, Killer Croc arrives, holding Robin Corgi and then choking Robin. Lizzie kicks Croc and dispatches him, while Robin saves the dog. In the end, Lizzie kisses Robin on the cheek and says goodbye.
WONDER WOMAN #23 by Tom King and Daniel Sampere. Despite being told not to by League members not to do what she is planning, Diana heads to Moray Island after a desperate message from Etta, telling her she has found Emelie and her daughter. Everything about the island is about Mouse Man and are only allowed to say either “Mouse Man knows” or “mice have ears”. A young girl, on her way home from school, is stopped by Mouse Man’s soldiers and she watches her father be savagely beaten. She is rescued by Diana, who had Lizzie strapped to her back, and Diana tells her she is now free to speak her mind and this causes the girl to scream.
ZATANNA #6 by Jamal Campbell. In the distant past, we see two sister princesses, both named Allura, who represent light and dark. They were separated by an arch-made named Sindella, who was Zatanna’s mother, which caused Dark Allura to be created and want to get revenge on Zatanna. Allura convinced Lady White, whose peaceful afterlife was taken by Brother Night, that she could remove the blood magic collar controlling her. She gives her the Laevateinn, a weapon made by Loki’s tongue. In the present, Lady White has stabbed Brother Night with the Laevateinn, telling her that she was lied to about the power of the weapon. Brother Night casts a spell awakening the Crimson Palace which begins to consume all the bodies and souls here, including his own, making him become one with the Crimson Palace. Zatanna returns with the Justice Leaguem who begin to free the trapped people. She makes her way into Blue Devil’s mind and finds he is under the control of the Laevateinn and she breaks the spell, producing an image of Blue Devil bathed in heavenly light and wearing angel wings. Zatanna and Clayface confront Allura and Lady White, destroying the Laevateinn and trapping Lady White in a cage. Zatanna enters her mind and sees the memories, with Zatanna telling her that Allura was never a twin sister but a dark elemental who tried to consume the princess’ soul and was defeated by Sindella. Zatanna offers Lady White a deal: help her beat Allura and she will give Lady White back control of her life. She accepts and attacks Allura, allowing Zatanna to stab Allura with a copy of the Laevateinn and casting a spell reducing her to a simple spirit, eventually turning her into a bunny. She asks what happened to Adam and Lady White, who is still keeping him as a servant, lies and says she has no idea.
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