ABSOLUTE BATMAN #3 by Scott Snyder and
Nick Dragotta. In a flashback, Selina leads Bruce around Gotham, teaching him
how to conquer his fear of heights. The pair eventually end up in a movie
theater where Selina has arranged a screening of ZORRO, later being joined by
their friends. In the present, the monstrous Batmobile, with Alfred atop it,
races through Gotham while being pursued by the Party Animals. Alfred explains
that he has been pursuing Roman Sionis who he believes is Black Mask and the
leader of the Party Animals. He convinces Batman to take Black Mask’s deal to
allow them both to investigate. Later, former Mayor Hill brings Chief Bullock
to a meeting with Roman that would get Gotham Police vehicles and weapons to
fight the Party Animals. Meanwhile, Bruce meets with Edward who has his own
A.I. version of himself he has named Al, asking about how the masks on the
Party Animals work. Edward calls Harvey, who reveals that Black Mask is funded
by various criminals and cartels. It is also revealed that the newest project
is called Ark M. and is a private prison.. With his mother taking the job of
Deputy Mayor behind Mayor Gordon, Bruce accepts Black Mask’s offer.
ABSOLUTE SUPERMAN #2 by Jason Aaron and
Rafa Sandoval. Six years ago, a young Kal-El is being criticized by his teacher
for writing his own report instead of using the AI connected to the Science
Leagues’ storehouse. In the present, Lois has handcuffed herself to Kal-El as
he is surrounded by Peacemakers and Lazarus Corp soldiers. Kal’s suit, named
Sol, uses a plasma tentacle to try to undo the cuffs while the soldiers decide
to open fire, sacrificing Lois if needed. Sol unleashes something like a cape
made of Kryptonian dust to shield Kal and Lois. Kal and Lois flee, eventually
being shot down by a helitank, causing them to crash into a village church. As
kal tends to the wounded with the Kryptonian dust, Lois observes, with him
finally starting to tell her where he is from, just as the cuffs unlock and he
flies away. Later, Lois writes her after action report and becomes frustrated
how the Brainiac AI interpreted it. In the end, in a flashback, we see Kal’s
parents inventing Sol. Finally, the Peacemakers massacre the villagers who Kal
had just saved.
ABSOLUTE WONDER WOMAN #3 by Kelly Thompson and
Hayden Sherman. In the past, Diana teaches Steve how to defend against the
hydra, telling the creature to choose peace so it can live. After he tells her
about his home, she finds a spell in one of her mother’s books; a spell calling
for a sacrifice. Later, she tells her mother that Steve’s appearance was a test
and she has sacrificed by cutting off her right arm; the dominant arm of a
warrior. In the present, Diana tells the troops that the Tetracide is resistant
to magic and that it kills in four ways: death of fear, of mind, of body, and
of soul. She orders them all to leave before they are killed. Steve wants to
stay. Diana goes up against the Tetracide and fails to defeat it, losing the
arm that she had replaced with with one created by magic. She replaces it with
a metal arm and she again implores everyone to leave or be devoured. She runs
into a woman named Barbara Minerva, instructing her to hide out with Steve and
the others. Barbara refers to Diana as Wonder Woman, identifying Diana as an
Amazon. Commandeering a television news broadcast, Diana tells the television
audience she will be casting a spell to make them all deaf to protect them from
the Tertacide.
ACTION COMICS #1078 by Mark Waid, Mariko
Tamaki, Clayton Henry and Skylar Patridge. An alien ship is falling to earth
and threatens to kill millions. The Super Family struggles to keep it in the
air and do, but they find themselves falling to the ground only to be saved by
the returning Kal-El. Later, mister Terrific informs them that there is
something inside the sun that is causing the energy to be pulled from the sun.
Superman, even in his weakened state,
decides he is the only one who can enter the sun, so Nat and Mister Terrific
set about to build him a super suit. Kal-El
decides that, to save lives, he will empty the Phantom Zone, which
causes the ire of the head of Kandor’s Science Council who threatens to
permanently exile him from Kandor if he does that. With the decision made,
along with the Super Suit, he heads into the sun, only to find out that the
Phantom Zone criminals have been free and at full power because of the yellow
sun. In the backup, 8912 puts Supergirl to sleep and seizes control of the ship
but Power Girl, back on Earth, senses it and uses her telepathy to pull her
friend out of it. 8912 crashes the ship in an effort to commit suicide and then
tries to get Supergirl to kill her. Supergirl asks who her brother is and she
replies that he is ”death for all”.
ACTION COMICS #1079 by Mark Waid, Mariko
Tamaki, Michael Shelfer, and Skylar Patridge. The freed Phantom Zone prisoners
begin to rampage across Earth and the Super-Family, along with Justice League
Unlimited, fight against them but find the only people able to slow them down
are magic users. Batman orders Firestorm to start transforming Kryptonite but
he does not know how. Two days later, Superman awakes in a lead mine in India
with Jimmy and Mon-El. Mon-El explains the prisoners overpowered him when they
escaped. They also attacked the Fortress and destroyed the Phantom Zone
Projector. He also says he repurposed Aethyr’s sphere which allowed him to be
both solid and phantom at the same time. Superman suggests getting Gold K but
Mon-El reveals the prisoners already have it. The combined teams finally round
up the prisoners and Firestorm outfits them with Kryptonite gauntlets. Those
prisoners who took the Fortress get hit with Red K light and they are detained
there. Despite this, some of the most dangerous Zoners are still on the loose
and they are attacking places all across the galaxy. In the backup, Supergirl attacks 8912’s brother but he is
too strong for her. He attempts to take over 8912’s mind but Supergirl manages
to get her free of his control. Supergirl attacks him and, even though he says
she cannot defeat him alone, 8912 and Power Girl add their psychic abilities to
her own.
ACTION COMICS #1080 by Mark Waid, Mariko Tamaki, Clayton Henry and Skylar
Patridge. The Super-Family, along with the JLU, use handheld Phanton Zone
Projectors to recapture the prisoners. Supergirl brings Kandor back to the moon
and asks for their help but she is turned down and she is threatened with
permanent exile. She leaves but warns them that the Zoners will come and the
Super Family won’t be there to stop them. On Braal, Superman and Mon-El battle
Jax-Ur, who pulls out the containment vessel for Gold K. Mon-El blocks it but
it damages the circuitry that is keeping him alive. Superman sends Jax-Ur back
into the Zone and he insists Mon-El also goes back but he refuses. Meanwhile,
Xa-Du climbs out of the rift he was in on Rann and swears revenge on Superman.
In the backup, 8912 becomes one with Supergirl with 8912’s brother saying they
will fail. Supergirl realizes that 8912’s brother is an alternate personality
of herself. He hits Supergirl and splits she and 8912 apart. Supergirl tells
her that if they are truly one, she can control him. She grabs him and begins
to reabsorb him.
ACTION COMICS #1081 by Mark Waid, Mariko
Tamaki, Clayton Henry and Skylar Patridge. As the Super team figures how to
fight against the Zone criminals, Mon-El insists on staying to fight, even as
the lead poisoning eats away at him. Superman explains that although sending
him back to the Phantom Zone feels more like a punishment, he promises to never
stop fighting to find a cure for him. The Zone criminals arrive and overpower
the Superman Family, waking up on an orbital platform that, when the criminals
use their heat vision, will mimic the detonation of Krypton and they will all
be transformed into beings of Kryptonite. A dimensional rift opens and a second
Xa-Du appears, tossing the first one onto the platform and causing him to
transform back into Martian Manhunter. The super team gets free and Superman
fights with the real Xa-Du and the super team fire their heat vision at the
platform, revealing it to be a Phantom Zone Projector that sends all the
villains back where they came from. Back to the Fortress, Supergirl convinces
the Science Council of Kandor to allow the possibility of parole to reformed
inmates and also to allow Mon-El to be the warden. In the backup, 8912’s two
personalities have merged, meaning she has killed and saved them at the same
time. She rebuilds the courthouse and appoints the bailiff as the new judge,
where he sentences 8912 to learn everything about the wrolds she destroyed.
Supergirl reports to the Thanagar outpost, returning the contact lens she was
given to erase people’s memories..
BATGIRL #2 by Tate Brombal and
Takeshi Miyazawa. Batgirl and her mother continue to fight enemies, eventually
escaping into the alleys of Gotham. Cass wants to call on the Batman Family but
Lady Shiva convinces her to hold off for one more night. They go to the kitchen
of Ba Bao seeking medical help. After a conversation with Ba Bao, Shiva reveals
the history of the Unseen; how they gain their powers from a special blue
flower. More ninjas arrive led by their blind leader Kalden the Unseen. Cass’s
skills are useless and they are again forced to flee, leaving Ba Bao and her
family at the mercy of Kalden.
BATMAN #155 by Chip Zdarsky and Carmine
Di Giandomenico. In a flashback that began thirteen weeks ago, Gordon, not
working with Bullock in their detective agency, is asked to check on a woman’s
cheating husband. The woman is Koyuki Nakano and her husband is the mayor.
Three weeks late and Gordon says he can find no evidence of her husband’s
infidelity. Two weeks later, the pair are attacked by kidnappers, who Jim fends
off. They share a kiss and the affair begins. On the night of the murder,
Gordon arrives at the Nakano home to take her to Metropolis so they can start a
new life. Mayor Nakano is waiting for him. They argue and Gordon pulls his gun.
Now, Gordon is being held and Bullock tells Batman he has enough evidence to
arrest Gordon. Meanwhile, Bruce attempts to meet his half-brother but is
stopped by Leonid Kull. While he is being beaten by security, he places a
tracker on Kull’s shoe. At the same time, Nygma informs Birkemow that he plans
to buy out Wayne Enterprises and take NygmaTech global. In the end, Batman
discovers that Jim Gordon is the killer thanks to an app based on Mad Hatter
tech that was developed by… NygmaTech.
BATMAN AND ROBIN #16 by Phillip Kennedy
Johnson and Javi Fernandez. The memento mystery deepens as a group of
paranormal explorers are killed by spirits while investigating the ruins of
Arkham. The Dynamic Duo investigate and discover that at least one of the
victims has symptoms caused by a hallucinogen exactly like was used in the
original Memento murders. Joining the investigation is Lieutenant Katherine
Lautrec, who Bruce knows from his days in London investigating the original
murders. That night, Batman and Lautrec meet up at Arkham to interview Jonathan
Crane, interrogating him about what he knows about the murders and the
hallucinogen known as the Gravedigger’s Poppy. Crane reveals he was somehow
involved and memento is the Devil and he crossed the ocean to punish Batman.
Just then, the guard clicks his weapon, revealing that he was tasked with
killing Crane and, saying “memento mori” he sets off a bomb in the maintenance
area that releases gas. That is followed by a stream of people led by Memento.
BATMAN/SANTA CLAUS:
SILENT KNIGHT RETURNS #2 by Jeff Parker and Lukas Ketner. With Batman missing,
there is chaos in Gotham which gets quelled by Robin, Zatanna and Klaus. This
leads them to a solstice party at Wintersgate Mansion, where Klaus masquerades
as Batman where Jason Blood tells the story of Sir Brian of Camelot, who apparently
was lost in battle at the same castle Batman and the other heroes are at.
Gentleman Ghost reveals this batman’s true guise and he tells all the gathered
that he came back because the Monsterkind brought Sir Brian of Camelot, to life
and he asks for their help in finding the realm. Felix Faust summons the Knight
but he breaks free and appears to drain Jason Blood of his life force. In the
mysterious realm, the heroes continue to fight their way towards the castle.
BATMAN/SANTA CLAUS:
SILENT KNIGHT RETURNS #3 by Jeff Parker and Lukas Ketner.
Klaus fights against the Knight and gets an assist from The Flash but he too is
drained. The Knight flees and Klaus follows, telling Zatanna and the others to
contact Ulah to find him. Zatanna casts a spell which preserves the heroes in
amber. Later, Robin reaches out to Ulah which they notice a flicker in Jason’s
eyes, causing Zatanna to have him brought outside where, as Mary Marvel,
Metamorpho, and Robotman arrive, Jason transforms and breaks free. A portal
opens and Ulah arrives, wondering where her husband is. In the other realm, the
battle continues when the Knight arrives, followed by Klaus.
BATMAN/SANTA CLAUS:
SILENT KNIGHT RETURNS #4 by Jeff Parker and Lukas Ketner In
the other realm, the Knight stabs Klaus and escapes again. At the Mansion, Ulah
arrives and fights with the heroes as she demands to known where Klaus is.
Zatanna uses a spell to catch Ulah up and she reveals that he carries a crystal
in his belt meaning she can track him and they head out through a portal. That
is when one of Korgus’s creatures arrives and the new arrivals engage him in
battle. The Demon also slays a multi-headed creature and Ulah is reunited with
Klaus. Thunderheart asks about her father and Robin lies saying they came here
before he answered their call. The combined team finally get into the castle
and that is when a veritable horde of creatures arrives to attack.
BATMAN/SANTA CLAUS:
SILENT KNIGHT RETURNS #5 by Jeff Parker and Lukas Ketner.
The team finds themselves wracked by nightmares that make them feel lost and
alone until Ulah’s backup in the form of yeti arrive. They manage to break free
thanks to listening to Batman’s voice but Klaus tells Thunderheart that the
death of her father is true, although he believes it can be reversed. En route,
a giant flower appears and squirts water, leading to a giant frog oracle
appearing and asking a question to be answered
before they actually enter the Hollow Kingdom. Perched in front of the
oracle is a box and the creature asks what is in the box. Batman deduces that
the box is a gift and what is in it is what we put in it. Batman and Superman
are the first to arrive and the Knight flees as the other teammates have turned
the tide against the monsters they were facing.
Jason Blood transforms into the Knight of the Hollow Kingdon with
Metamorpho as his shield. This distraction allows the heroes to capture the Silent Knight and force
him into the castle, destroying him but restoring all the people of the
kingdom, along with bringing Wally back to life. Ulah invites them all to their
home, where they feast and Klaus gives Superman and Batman gifts.
BATMAN/SUPERMAN:
WORLD’S FINEST #34 by
Mark Waid and Fran Galan. On Altos-9, the World’s Finest team fight against
Galtar, who has used his Golden Eye to corrupt the citizens of Altos-9. He is
defeated by Robin notes that eyes usually come in pairs. One year later,
something causes Krypto and Ace the Bathound to freak out, leading to Jimmy
becoming Elastic Lad and teaming up with Batgirl. What they discover is that
Galtar has arrived with the other eye and is using it to corrupt the inmates at
Arkham. He tries to subvert Jimmy and Batgirl when Superman, Batman and Robin
arrive and Galtar tries to corrupt them too. But Ace grabs the Golden Eye and
Jimmy uses his powers to subdue him.
BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND
THE BOLD #20 by
Ty Templeton, Dave Wielgosz, Hassan Otsmane-Elhou, Mivhael W. Conrad, Simone Di
Meo, Monica Kubina, Nikola Cizmesija, Travis Mercer, Tom Derenick, and Christopher
Mitten. Bat-Mite gets involved with Zatanna in a tale that is told in reverse
and shows that he had been in her life longer than either know. In the second
tale, Plastic Man faces off against Roulette while Diana deals with Guilborg.
She gets her lasso back and turns into Wonder Woman but Plastic Man gets
wrapped in it and reverts to plain old Eel O’Brien. Once they escape, he
reverts back and tells his sordid past, where she tells him that, despite his
past, he has done good. In the third tale, Onomatopoeia has to deal with
contract hits but is also driven crazy by a maintenance man he is convinced is
following him. In the fourth tale, Martian Manhunter fights to help Animal Girl
break free from The Red. In the final tale, Bruce Wayne is driven crazy as he
believes he finds himself filled with fear and anxiety when he believes his
body is being covered in tattoos.
BIRDS OF PREY #16 by Kelly Thompson and
Sami Basri. Cassandra is trapped underneath the Ninth Day Corporation and
fights against a dog creature who was once a human named Bella, eventually
making friends with the animal.by destroying the electric collar on his neck.
The pair escape and that allows Cassandra to break into where another Amazon is
being readied for experimentation. She frees the girl but gets gassed I the
process but not before she can send out an emergency message to the other
Birds. They Boom Tube their way into the Ninth Corporation and smell the gas.
They fight against the already transformed Amazons and they defeat them, only
to find that Cass has been transformed too.
BLACK CANARY: BEST OF
THE BEST #2
by Tom King and Ryan Sook. In the distant past, Dinah watches her mother go off
to fight crime. On this particular night, Dinah Lance comes back wounded, which
Dinah sees, even as her father orders her back to bed. In recent past, Dinah’s
mother puts her through a rigorous, almost torturous training regimen. While
massaging Dinah after one of her workouts, her mother collapses to the floor.
Once recovered and after she puts in a call to her mother’s doctor, her mother,
suffering the effects of her cancer treatment, tells her daughter that she must
win to show everyone who they are. In the present, with the start of Round Two,
Lady Shiva again takes the upperhand, even as Dinah struggles to stay in the
fight.
BLACK LIGHTNING #2 by Brandon Thomas and
Fico Ossio. Anissa apparently developed powers after the Task Force VII Amazos
were defeated. She tells her story to a robot councilor on the Watchtower while
Black Lightning and Lightning deal with a continuing number of Meta outbreaks.
The pair head to the Watchtower and Anissa demands to be taken home. Black
Lightning gets called away by a Watchtower emergency and Lightning takes Anissa
home, but brings her to meet their mother at Steelworks. While there, Volcana
leads an attack on Steelworks, causing Lightning and Natasha Irons to suit up.
CATWOMAN #71 by Torunn Gronbekk and
Marianna Ignazzi. A decade ago, Selina, as Evie, and Shota are stealing an item
during a party. They had been tasked with it by Ivan Belov. In the present,
Selina is still changing identities while also being hunted. And Ivan is having
another of his parties while still dealing in solen merchandise. Selina makes
her way into the party to gather intel but then gets caught and leaves, running
into Tinsel’s partner. This leads to a rooftop battle with her, telling her
partner to say who hired them or she would drop her to the ground below. He
refuses and she does indeed drop her. She makes her way back into the gathering
and sees Ivan dressed as a Roman emperor. She walks away from the gathering but
is apprehended by someone who is surprised to see her, having heard that Evie
was dead.
CHALLENGERS OF THE
UNKNOWN #1 by
Christopher Cantwell and Sean Isaaske. After the events of the ALL-IN SPECIAL,
where Darkseid was killed and the Absolute Universe was created, the Justice
league Unlimited find themselves investigating abnormalities created by it. The
Challengers have been treated as the B team, stuck with doing menial jobs
including cleaning the septic tank. The team members, specifically Ace, are
given their first assignments with Ace leading Superman to meet with Ms.
Martian to investigate an unusual crystal formation. As Superman attempts to
cut a fragment off the crystal, Ace is haunted by what his life could have
been. With the sample cut loose, they return to the Watchtower, where Mister
Terrific reveals that the anomalies may have also affected the Challengers
themselves.
DC HORROR PRESENTS #2 by LaToya Morgan, Aaron
Sagers, Tom Derenick, and Ryan Kelly. On Halloween night, two people dressed as
Batman and Wonder Woman make their way to the set of Shadow crest. While there, they find a Scarface puppet but
later discovers it has disappeared. Scarface attacks and beheads the man and it
turns out that this was all the woman’s plan as she and the dummy find love. In
the second story, a paranormal investigator is hired by The Penguin, who has
been haunted by many of those thugs who have died in his employ. The
investigator manages to bring the spirits to existence and Penguin apologizes
to them. When the investigator leaves, the spirts leave with him but he knows
they will return again someday.
DC HORROR PRESENTS #3 by Francesco
Francavilla and Patrick Horvath. Batman investigates an incident at the former
Pomona Botanical Observatory, where he finds numerous corpse that have been
transformed into trees. Abby Arcane reveals herself and Batman is put to sleep.
When he wakes and finally frees himself, he discovers that Abby has turned the
world into a growth of trees. In the second story, Adam Strange returns to Rann
after a mission and is told to decontaminate his boots, as they are covered in
spores that could cause infect wherever he goes. It dawns on him that he went
to Earth and had not decontaminated himself. Arriving back on Earth, he sees
what hjis carelessness has done, as people have been mutated and killed by
horrific worms in their brain. In the end, Justice League members, included a
Superman who has been infected, want to ask Adam some questions.
DC HORROR PRESENTS
CREATURE COMMANDOS #3
by David Dastmalchian and Jesus Hervas. Two years ago, Velcro goes after the
Triumph Hill Church but is forced to witness Maggie, who he came to rescue, be
murdered. In the present, he is told he will get time to visit Cruz Graham, the
man responsible for the church and Maggie’s demise. Elsewhere, Wanda finds Mina’s
lab and Mina tells how she gained her condition after a mission that led to her
team dying but she was spared after Morgana LeFay cast a spell upon her. Meanwhile,
brainiac continues to plan for his ultimate attack. In the end, Zatanna tries
to figure out who Lucky is and that leads her to Sgt. Taylor’s grave.
DETECTIVE COMICS #1092 by Tom Taylor and Mikel Janin. Kai, the boy Robin rescued and hid away
at the end of last issue, is murdered by the female who has been killing many
of Gotham’s youth, which causes Robin to blame himself. While investigating the
crime scene, the pair of heroes run into agents from an organization called LXR
that has a mysterious symbol which seems tied to Sangraal. After a visit to the
facility, Bruce takes Scarlett out to dinner which ends when they find
themselves fighting off muggers. After they defeat the assailants, they share a
kiss and later go to bed, where she sees his scars and suggests he is hiding something
from her. He later meets with oracle and finds that Scarlett is somehow connected
to the Faultless Juvenile Detention center.
THE FLASH #16 by Simon Spurrier and Vasco Georgiev. As the West family head towards
the gap in the mysterious cloud, Linda suggests they should treat this
adventure like a Role Playing game. Soon, they encounter Weather Wizard who
suggests he and Wally fight while also sounding like a badly created Fantasy
character, which leads Linda to realize this place is creating things from
their ideas and they should share stories instead of fighting. Weather Wizard
responds by creating a whirlwind and trapping he and Wally inside, where
Weather Wizard saying that in this place, science is magic.. Irey tells Jai of
her new powers and she admits that jai has changed too. Jai tells her he
believes that the dog has actually been born from the Deep Change, even though
Irey’s memories show that Foxy has been around through most of her father’s
life. The dog releases some Speed Force energy that breaks Wally from whatever
mind control he was under. Jai manages to transport he and his sister to the
Watchtower where they see the duplicate of their father. Jai leaves his sister
behind, telling her he will pick her up in an hour, despite the temporal time
difference. He sees what is happening as Weather Wizard is about to stab Wally
when he is hit with a magic crossbow by Warlord. As Warlord tries to comfort
Jai, the boy sees darkness flowing out of Warlord’s eyepatch.
GREEN ARROW #19 by Chris Condon and
Montos. The issue begins with a young girl becoming ill because of the polluted
water. Meanwhile, Ollie, Detective Benitez and her dog Arrow discuss the case
of the Fresh Water Killer, who has just killed Senator Foley. As they
investigate, with tech guy hayes looking over every camera feed from the
Senator’s place, Benitez takes Arrow for a walk and Ollie realizes the killer
has never left. Then he sees her about to be attacked and springs into action,
taking down the would-be assailant thanks to help from Arrow the dog. When they
unmasked the person, it is a disfigured woman who says she is sorry for
everything.
GREEN LANTERN #18 by Jeremy Adams and Xermanico. Dark Star has ordered his possessed
Lanterns to attack the planet. Unable to defeat them, Hal sends the other
Lanterns off to attack Dark Star directly. Kyle attacks Varron to keep him from
absorbing the energy from the Source Lantern. But he is too late and when the
Lantern explodes, Varron tosses Kyle away. Varron heads off to fight Dark Star
for the right to rule the galaxy but they eventually team up to fight the
Lanterns. Hal sees that Dark Star is drawing energy from a portal created to
bring the Old Gods through and he plans to find a way to shove the villains
through the portal and sealing them in it. Elsewhere, Kilowog is strangling
Jessica but she is able to use her willpower to break him out of his
possession. Kilowog and Jessica arrive in time to send the villains away. In
the end, the Guardians return now changed by the fact hat anyone can use any
color in the spectrum. Carol, as Star Sapphire, confronts and defeats an alien
beast, leading her to once again feel whole. And the Sorrow Lantern is summoned
by Starbreaker.
GREEN LANTERN/GREEN ARROW: WORLD’S FINEST SPECIAL #1 by Jeremy Adams, Travis Mercer, and Lucas Meyer. In a tale set in 1980,
Hal and Ollie set off on a cross-country road trip when they are suddenly
attacked by a masked man with a rocket launcher. Hal gets shot but manages to
fight back and allow them to escape. After being attacked a second time, they
end up in a gas station somewhere on Route 66, taking refuge so Ollie can
attempt to patch his friend up. Ollie calls for a jet and heads out to find the
attacker. Hal wakes to find himself being cared for by Dinah and immediately
heads out to find What he finds is Ollie
in the midst of a fight with the would-be assassin, who is revealed to be
Deathstroke and who is apparently auditioning to join the League of Assassins.
The pair defeat him and flee, but Deathstroke is soon tasked with another
mission involving The Flash. Hal joins him to protect him and they defeat
Deathstroke, who is arrested. The group “arresting” Deathstroke is presumed to
be from the League but the assassin reveals he knows they are actually from
H.I.V.E. This gets continued into 1980’s NEW TEEN
TITANS #2.
