DC UNIVERSE Month 103, Part 2

HARLEY QUINN #65 by Elliott Kalan and Carlos Olivares. Harley and Batquinn continue to battle each other, even as Chicken Fingers arrives and tries to knock some sense into Batquinn. Badly injured, Batquinn declares she is dying, just as Detective Philo Charles arrives, threatening to take her into custody. A new Harley, formerly Harley Quinn’s brain, uses what is left of the Omega Energy to merge with Batquinn, transforming Batquinn into a newly revised Harley Quinn-new costume and all. Reunited with her Throatcutter Hill family, Harley decides she must get Ivy and convince her to change her ways.

JSA #22 by Jeff Lemire and Diego Olortegui.  The Spectre descends upon Belle Reve, making its way past the defenses to seek out the guilty inside. The JSA arrives and the Spectre forces its’ way into Wildcat’s subconscious. As Yolanda struggles with her recent losses, the Spectre takes control and seeks out Queen Kobra. Obsidian is able to reach Yolanda telepathically, breaking her anger, leading to her rejecting The Spectre’s control. As the entity leaves her, it moves to the afterlife and take possession of Ted Grant,

JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED #22 by Mark Waid and Dan Mora. Guy Gardner, Hawkgril, Metamorpho and Mr. Terrific are involved in a fierce battle with alien creatures high above the Powers Plant when their leader, Despero, arrives and reveals he arranged for the ship crash so he could steal the displaced superpowers for himself. They initially fight off an onslaught of wild alien beasts that have been bizarrely infused with familiar metahuman abilities and he quickly overwhelms the heroes. After Metamorpho is torn in half by Despero, Mr. Terrific draws out the planet’s superpowered energy and uses his godlike powers to defeat Despero, even as it seems the power may be corrupting him. When Kanjar Ro arrives, it seems things will get worse before they get better. Meanwhile, on the Watchtower, The Atom raises concerns about the Villiam Amnesty Program, which leads to Ray Palmer starting his own investigation of the tournament’s survivors. He discovers an anomaly within the databanks about the survivors, leading him to an off-the-books meeting with Air Wave, Blue Beetle, The Question, Black Canary, and Doctor Occult.

LOBO #6 by Skottie Young, Riley Rossmo, and Jorge Corona. Lobo’s newest bounty requires him to go to hell, so he makes his way into Limbo where he demands that Derek Dodd, the Managing Administrator of the Afterlife, gives him access to Hell so he can hunt down and assassinate the Tooth Fairy. Upon his arrival, he gets a light from John Constantine before encountering some fairy guards, where he eats one and captures a second who brings him to the office of the Tooth Fairy. One of her guards tears out Lobo’s teeth but he is unfazed as he has a bomb hidden in one of the teeth, leading to the death of one of her guards. She agrees to let Lobo collect on the contract and he gets a new pair of teeth in the process. In the end, it looks as though the Batman Who Laughs is seeking revenge on the bounty hunter, leading to the LAST DEATH OF LOBO storyline.

NEW TITANS #38 by Tate Brombal and Sami Basri. Jon Kent welcomes Static to Mount Titans, giving him a tour and introducing him to the group. What he sees is a team severely fractured.  Jon and Red Devil are butting heads because of their egos. Dick is pushing Stephanie’s physical and mental limits, leading to their relationship becoming strained. Cyborg has isolated himself from the rest of the team as he continues to be obsessed with his study of the Heart of Apokolips. Yara is haunted by dreams and voices when she realizes that she is being watched by Eva, who does not understand personal space. All of this stress provides an emotional outburst that causes an electromagnetic explosion. Before the team can discuss what has happened, Poitra arrives, warning of a sinister threat emerging in the Amazon rainforests.

NEXT LEVEL: ONE SHOT #1 by Gerry Duggan and Fernando Blanco. Deadshot has been contracted to kill a high-profile corporate figure and finds himself heading to Chicago. As he pulls the trigger to take out his target, the bullet impact exposes that this is an synthetic duplicate and he finds himself ambushed by a security team. As he makes his way through the team, known as the Wardogs, he learns that Project Cadmus is responsible; especially after seeing that the Wardogs are mutated human dogs. This is not the first time he has encountered these security teams as he previously encountered them during a clandestine meeting with Colonel Rick Flag. But he also has learned that the corporate threat also involves his daughter. After a confrontation with Batman and a Cadmus creature known as the horrific Kingbatshark, Floyd is confronted by Starro corrupted Trinity clones who are ready to add him to their version of the Suicide Squad.

NIGHTWING #141 by Dan Watters and Denis Cowan. A crowd has gathered in downtown Bludhaven as they wait to see if Nightwing will turn himself in. Nightwing is in the crowd dressed in plain clothes and is dealing with his own internal conflict; believing that he should do the right thing but knows that doing so will leave the city defenseless against the Witch. Manhunter Kate Spencer makes her way through the crowd, saying he should not turn himself in but, if he does, she will represent him as his attorney. As time runs out, Dick prepares to put his mask on and turn himself in until a woman named Anita Lee steps forward and claims she was responsible for causing the accident that killed nine. As the woman is arrested, Dick sees a man leaving the scene and pursues him to his apartment, where he learns that Lee is not the real Witch but was paid to take the fall by Mayor Bisogni. In the end, Bisogni is seen sitting alongside the true Witch of Bludhaven.

POISON IVY #47 by G. Willow Wilson and Leandro Fernandez. Ivy is dreaming of lying on the grass with Harley when she wakes to find herself outdoors and sleeping on The Hill, who informs her that the Parliament of Trees is bringing their army to Gotham. Racing back to City Hall, she is met with angry protestors, forcing her and Sprout to sneak inside. An intern tells her that Janet and Juhi have taken a personal day while Sprout tells her that that Order of the Green Knight have elected Undine as their new leader. Meanwhile, Janet and Juhi go to Harley’s apartment to try and convince her to talk sense into Harley and she refuses unless Ivy issues an apology to her first. Janet returns to Ivy and explains Harley’s response. With nowhere else to turn and refusing to eat her pride, she decides to surrender to the Parliament and let them take the city. She channels The Green and unleashes roots and plants, that rip through Gotham’s power station and wipes out the infrastructure, plunging Gotham into total darkness. To be continued in BATMAN: BAD SEEDS-SUNSET #1.

SUPERGIRL #16 by Sophie Campbell, Joe Quinones, and Paolo Villanelli.KINGDOM OF ZOD PART 1. Supergirl, with the Sun Crystal in hand, heads towards El Caldero. Seven hours earlier, she was attempting to break up a fight between Conner and Superboy-Prime with Krypto finally being able to do just that. Supergirl learns that there has been a coup d’etat in El Caldero with the new leader wanting Lois and the Daily Planet to come to El Caldero. Supergirl puts a team together consisting of herself, Lois, Tomorrow Man, Prime, Conner, Lena, Luna, Nightflame, Thundergirl, and Phantasmagoria, with them all appearing to be reporters for the Daily Planet. Those who are affected by Kryptonite have been outfitted with an Anti-K device. They are greeted by the new leader: General Zod and his Krypto Knights, with Zod claiming her Kryptonian abilities are actually stolen from him and he uses her as a weapon against her teammates. The Eradicatrix appears and battles Supergirl as the battery on the Anti-K devices begin to deplete. Zod, who has secured Lois to a device to drain her Superwoman abilities, enacts Phase Three: a K-Zone field trapping the heroes. To be continued in ACTION COMICS #1101.

SUPERMAN #41 by Joshua Williamson and Eddy Barrows. KINGDOM OF ZOD PART 4. Superman, in the Kryptonian war suit, battles against Zod while Lois and Tomorrow Man make their way through the fortress to free President Castilho. Superman demands to know what happened to New Kandor, Lor-Zod, and Ursa, incensing Zod, who smashes the faceplate of Superman’s war suit. He then focuses his heat vision and destroys Superman’s right eye, leaving him incapacitated on the battlefield. Before he can issue a final blow, Conner and Prime arrive in a Super-Mobile and spirit him away. Zod goes to the mines and resurrects Ursa, who repays him by killing him. Supergirl and the young Superboy discover that Zod’s forces, now controlled by Ursa, have hijacked Booster’s time ship as she plans to go back in time and change things, despite being warned this will mess with the timeline. To be continued in SUPERGIRL #17.

SUPERMAN UNLIMITED #16 by Dan Slott and Rachael Stott. KINGDOM OF ZOD PART 3. Conner and Superboy-Prime, with Green Kryptonite shields, face off against Zod, but are soundly defeated, with Zod admitting that the Green K radiation is weakening him. Telepathically realizing that Kal-El has arrived inside the city, he sends the Eradicatrix to find him and execute him. J’onn, who is travelling with Superman along with Mary Marvel, Booster Gold and the time-displace young Clark Kent. Tells him to send his younger self away out of the city. Before that can happen, the Eradicatrix attacks. Mary uses her lightning to create a screen allowing them to slip away, with a group of resistance fighters moving Superman into a series of lead-lined underground tunnels. As he recovers, he learns that Zod has captured Lois and, thanks to a hidden hologram of his father, learns of a chamber containing Kryptonian war suits and makes his way to Zod’s citadel. Elsewhere, Jon Kent, Steel, Natasha, and Lana begin to create a cure to counteract the planetary infection. In the end, Supergirl manages to get the rest of the team through the fortress and meets the younger version of Clark. To be continued in SUPERMAN #41.

WONDER WOMAN #36 by Stephanie Williams and Clayton Henry. Steve and Trinity travel the River Styx, with her father agreeing to continue the origin of her mother. Diana wins the first trial: the trial of aim. The second trial was the endurance trial, with Diana almost losing it as she had stopped to help an Amazon get back on her feet after a fall but eventually won. Diana won the third trial against Emelie. The fourth trial was a trial of wisdom, which she also won after coming up with a clever way to remove a tyrant from power by not killing them. In the final trial, defending oneself against arrows by only using their bracelets, Diana passed the trial but was injured defending Mala from harm. Hippolyta demanded Diana remove her mask, revealing herself to her mother. Hippolyta declared her daughter to be the champion of the Amazons. Taking her to a chamber, Hippolita gave her the uniform she had worn in her time in man’s world, along with her breastplate, bracelets, tiara and the gold lasso of Hestia. Waith her outfit complete, Diana escorted Steve back to man’s world.

ZATANNA #5 by Jamal Campbell. Zatanna tells her audience about her ties to the Hidden City of the Homo Magi, where her mother was born and died. For the first time in years, Zatanna returns there, where she finds chaos and anxiety gripping the residents as civil unrest threatens the government. Zatanna delivers a stage performance to give the citizens a sense of hope. In the end, Zatanna reconnects with her maternal extended family. But that reunion is short-lived as a cosmic threat forces Zatanna and her family to stand together and fight the Dragon.

DC UNIVERSE Month 103, Part 1

 

ABSOLUTE CATWOMAN #3 by Scott Snyder, Che Grayson and Bengal. In the past, the Calicos had dreams, with Helena wanting to be a pilot, Victoria running the Gotham Gazette and Selina dreaming of being a photographer. Holly arrives and suggests a heist of the wealthiest and most dangerous man in Gotham named Cain. They break in and Holly finds a list that she believes would be there ultimate score. In the present, the

League of Shadows attacks Selina, Helena, and Victoria, who have been searching for the kidnapped Holly Robinson. Selina uses Jonesy to defeat the threat. Selina takes the girls to her headquarters she calls the Cat Cave, where Victoria says that the object Holly left behind is a reality altering A.I. program called The Yarn that can literally rewrite reality. Using Jonesy’s database, Victoria finds the exact location of The Yarn. In the end, the trio don tactical suits to hunt down Cassandra Cain and rescue Holly.

 

ABSOLUTE BATMAN #23 by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta. Alfred meets with Julia, telling her he plans to leave MI6 and stay in Gotham to help Batman, with her saying she hopes he finds what he is looking for and leaves. Back at the Robin headquarters, Jason insists on going out and continuing the hunt for Batman. Later, Batman has become obsessed with the Batman Conspiracy proposed by The Scarecrow, going as far as to say that his friends were in the zoo and how it relates to what they have become. He also believes that his father is alive and being hidden in Bolivia, which is where the bats at the zoo came from. Alfred and Martha walk in and she tells him that Gordon told her that Bruce was Batman and the alleged Batman Project is not real. He accuses her involvement with the Court of Owls is responsible and will eventually lead him to his father. In a flashback, it is revealed that Bruce had been tasked to beat a man named Matches Malone to death with a baseball bat to become a made man. He beats him but is unable to bring himself to do it and two of Falcone’s men prepare to shoot Malone instead. Batman attacks them and tells Malone to run away. Back in the present, he encounters Jason, telling him that he is not here to fight him while a lump of clay transforms into Batman, knocks out Jason and jills Tim. Batman attacks this version of Clayface, who escapes through the sewers. Batman cradles Tim’s body as Scarecrow appears, saying a Robin was destined to die. As Bruce flees with Tim’s body, Jason wakes and accuses Batman of killing his partner.

 

ABSOLUTE FLASH #18 by Jeff Lemire and Nick Robles. A week ago, D.E.O. Agent Hunter Zolomon is called to meet with Director Bones, who introduces him to Elenore Thawne. She explains that Wally is a rogue asset from Project Olympus and he is tasked to capture him as he has the ability to travel one minute into the future. Bones also says that he is having someone called The Old Man with him, even though he cannot be controlled.. In the present, Linda and Grodd try to convince Wally to go public, with Ralph and Sue Dibney saying that would be a mistake. Wally explains that all he wants to do is find his father, when Ralph’s limbs suddenly begin to stretch and he collapses into a boneless heap as eyeballs burst out of Sue’s body and she begins puking up small animals made out of blood. All over Central City, people begin to transform into monsters and attack the populace. As Zolomon watches, Thawne tells him that The Old Man got an upgrade, courtesy of Brainiac. As Wally saves a mother and her child, Zolomon appears, saying this can all stop if Wally comes with him, when he refuses, Zolomon says he looked thirty seconds into the future and saw Wally defeat him so he is changing the future and beats Wally down, with Thawne ordering him to kill Wally.In the end, Grodd and Linda run through the streets when Grodd’s head disappears and his headless body falls to the ground. A man dressed as a magician pulls Grodd’s heads out of his hat and asks Linda if she wants to see a trick. This is The Old Man: Abra Kababra.

ABSOLUTE GREEN ARROW #4 by Pornsak Pichetshote and Rafael Albuquerque. Dinah fights Solomon Grundy and apparently kills him. She finds a room filled with mutated subjects. Meanwhile, Green Arrow accesses Hammond’s computer using his severed hand. Elsewhere, Tom Hallaway is held captive by Hammond who introduces him to Doctor Iker, who mutates Hallaway as payback for having his hand cut off. Dinah breaks in, telling Hammond she knows Slade was providing subjects to Iker Hammond tells her Miraclo is a super steroid able to jump start dead tissue in subjects and they were using Oliver’s corpse for their tests. Hammond takes her to Oliver’s dismembered corpse. Hammond flees and Grundy revives, attempting to kill her when Green Arrow shoots him in the eyes, stunning him. Green Arrow keeps shooting and Grundy stumbles into some electrical equipment that electrocutes him before recovering. Hammond commands Grundy to cut off Green Arrow’s hand with his claws and he does..

ABSOLUTE GREEN LANTERN #17 by Al Ewing and Sid Kotian. In the past, the Controller of MU, known as Thaal, sees a ring of light split into multiple colors and sees what he calls a Face of Steel. He builds a high-tech halo into his own head to bring guidance to the universe, saying the Face called him Sin Es Tro. In 2021, Jessica was driving to Evergreen when they observed a car crash and watch a man shoot the driver before he fired at them, killing her friend Geoff. Later, she was interviewed by Jo and Renee Montoya but is unable to identify the man, leading to her becoming a shut in for the next four years until the day that Abin Sur arrived at her door, with Jessica asking is he could hide her. In the present, Guy uses Salakk as a shield between him and the Controller of MU, with Salakk decapitating himself, allowing the Controller to use an energy blade to cut off Guy’s arm and run him through with the blade. He declares that when Guy dies, Hal will also die and the Controller will now be free to destroy the Lantern with Mogo. Kama Tui says that when Hal dies, he won’t need Mogo and can destroy the Lantern without destroying Rann or killing her and the Blackstars, but he stabs her too. John tears off The Controller’s helmet with The Controller slicing John to pieces, but he immediately reforms, saying that The Controller has not hurt him or the others but their wounds exist because they believed in those wounds. Jo and Jessica attack him with Jessica firing a gun at him with a shrunken Tomar Re acting as the bullet through The Controller’s head, which regrows to normal. Jessica circles around Mogo, causing plants to grow while demanding he simply let go. A Sur symbol appears on the surface as the commander of the Blackstars declares she is in command as Overseer Shade is dead and The Controller is offline. At John’s insistence, she declares the war over. Inside The Controller’s helmet, the word ERROR appears. In the Zero-Zone, Emily Hawke wonders what the Face of Steel is thinking about as Simon Baz appears and says he has ceased to exist.

ABSOLUTE SUPERMAN #22 by Jason Aaron and Juan Ferreyra. After recent events, Lazarus Corp declares bankruptcy. Going through their files, Jimmy and the Omega Men discover a series of labs vacant since the 1940’s although they are still receiving deliveries of chemical supplies. They tell this to Superman and he realizes this must be where Brainiac is, leading to him flying to Cordoba to arrest him, where he ius attacked by an android. He becomes weak and is overpowered, realizing he is being exposed to Kryptonite. He blasts open the robot’s shell and sees that a resurrected Christopher Smith is inside, with Smith declaring his name is Metallo. Metallo spits green blood at Superman which burns him like acid, as the blood is now containing Kryptonite from the bullet the Ra’s used to kill him. Brainiac emerges to watch the fight, even as Superman reminds Metallo that his name is Christopher Smith. Smith has a heart attack and Superman uses CPR to save him, although he attacks back, knocking him into the sewer, blocking him from the sun. As he is being choked, Superman tells him that he went to Smith’s mother’s funeral three weeks ago, where he reveals that he had told her that Smith loved her, leading to Smith falling to his knees and breaking down.

ABSOLUTE WONDER WOMAN #23 by Kelly Thompson and Hayden Sherman. Diana makes her way from Hades and heads to Area 41 to search for Barbara; finding the facility empty. She makes her way to Veronica Cale’s office and neutralizes her security force, demanding answers about the experiments and Barbara’s abduction. As she confronts her, Diana bursts into the basement and found the frozen figure of Cale’s daughter Isadore. She reveals that Zatanna cursed her hands and would only uncurse her from it when Zatanna’s father was freed. Unfortunately, she touched Isadore and froze her. Outside, a blue and yellow lightning bolt rips through the sky, representing Zeus and Ares as Zeus’s massive eye looks down on the city.

ACTION COMICS #1101 by Mark Waid and Montos. Continued from SUPERGIRL #16. KINGDOM OF ZOD Part 2. The Eradicator’s archives relates how Zod battled against the Khund army, with his wife Ursa dying in the process. In the present, a Kryptonite plague has spread across the world and covering cities with Kryptonite shards. Booster Gold, Superman, Superboy, Mary Marvel, and Martian Manhunter exit the timestream and enter El Caldero where there soon become infected. Supergirl and her team continue to fight against the Krypto-Knights, even as Lena and Princess Shark become infected. Lois has been captured with Zod explaining he was responsible for the Kryptonite asteroid that Superman stopped before it hit El Caldero, creating a fake government in the process. Lois tells him she believes he wants people to worship him as he believes humanity worships Superman. As he has now regained his powers, he thinks he has won but notices that the Superboys are missing as Conner and Prime breaking into his palace and challenging him to a battle. Meanwhile, back in Smallville, Steel, Natasha, Tomorrow Man, and Lara prepare to assist in Elk Caldero, even as Steel admits to finding an anomaly in the Kryptonite isotope spreading across the Earth. To be continued in SUPERMAN UNLIMITED #16.

ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN: BOOK OF EL #11 by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Scott Godlewski. The House of El members visit the ruins of Durla, looking for the final God-Aspect. They are met by Pyrrhos, who has come to join them and asks Osul-Ra for his forgiveness while saying that the God-Aspect is in the Phantom Zone along with someone else Pyrrhos needs to make amends with. Superman goes to Kryl-Ux’s fortress to talk with him and avoid a fight, comparing how his actions mirror those of Olgrun millions of years ago. Kryl-Ux reveals his wife and children’s names, sharing memories of them. When he can’t remember his oldest daughter’s favorite song, he attacks Superman. A Boom Tube opens and the House of El, lead by an elderly Superwoman and with the Valkyries and the reanimated corpses of the Promethean Giants, arrive and battles Kryl-Ux’s forces. Superman orders him to surrender but he claims that he has four God-Aspects and Superman has just put the final three within his reach. He kills Thularamm, absorbs the Darkstar Ring and becomes a god like Olgrun.

BARBARA GORDON BREAKOUT #4 by Mariko Tamaki and Amancay Nahuelpan. Barbara is still enduring prison and gets befriended by an inmate who is revealed to be former police officer Myrna Shelton, who ended up here after protecting her captain from Savage’s TUCOs. She has also managed to get her off of Sparrow’s drug cocktail. In the meantime, City Councilwoman Vanessa Woods has been locked up after unsuccessfully trying to avoid Savage’s TUCOs. That night, screams echo throughout the prison and it is presumed that Woods had died. In the end, while doing laundry in the prison’s laundry area, Barbara discovers a body buried in the piles of clothes that is revealed to be Sparrow.

BATGIRL #22 by Tate Brombal and Stephen Segovia. Bronze Tiger leads Jaya and Tanji into the basement of the warehouse where they see the corpse of Victoria Rose along with the comatose form of Cassandra, who is under the mental influence of Dr. Forget-Me-Not. Inside of Cassandra’s mind, she is forced to endure a mental maze caused by her father. Confronting Dr. Forget-Me-Not, he reveals that Cain and himself had a wager to see which project would result in the ultimate weapon and his manipulation has led her to believe she was responsible for Victoria’s death. She re-examines the evidence and realizes that Dr. Forget-Me-Not manipulated her memories but figures out that Victoria died on an assassination mission. That revelation allows her to break the mind control and wake up. Dr. Forget-Me-Not’s programming causes Tenji to attack his father, with Cassandra knocking out both Bronze Tiger and Tenji. Dr. Forget-Me-Not is apprehended and the heroes examine the corpse and deduce this I another murdered girl and that Victoria’s body was never recovered, meaning she may still be alive. In the end, a masked individual is seen speaking with Jaya.

BATMAN #12 by Matt Fraction and Jorge Jimenez. Bruce is seen having a conversation with the “ghost” of Alfred, who tells of the existence of the Society of the Midnight Key: an organization formed to trained the world’s greatest heroes. At the same time, Verity Pennyworth has arrived and Bruce has run background checks and perform a DNA swab. Verity bonds quickly with Damian. Meanwhile, a group of trained killers, including Der Giftmoder, Lord Fantome, Sr. Sueno, Vector, Spyder Black, and The Minotaur, are executing high-profile targets in innovative ways. Batman, Damian, and Verity deduce that these assassins are all here with one target in mind: Bruce Wayne. Verity creates a fake online presence to contact the killers, leading to Der Giftmoder and Lord Fantome to turn on each other. Batman interjects and gets a nasty chemical burn from Der Giftmoder’s poison. Despite that, he subdues them both. In the end, The Joker, still in an isolation tank, receives a mysterious unseen visitor.that causes him to laugh.

BATMAN AND ROBIN YEAR ONE: DYNAMIC DUOS #1 by Mark Waid and Chris Samnee. A cultist named Scorpio, calling himself the Messenger of Barbatos, sacrifices someone in an alley, while believing he has summoned a “bat god”. Meanwhile, Bruce gets accosted by a gang of street urchins, allowing himself to be overwhelmed so as not to reveal his abilities. A woman, possibly Selina Kyle and an orphan named Methabel, send the children away. Bruce later decides that the children were well trained and obviously someone is using children to execute their crimes. This leads to Dick going undercover in the gang.

BATMAN: BAD SEEDS-SUNSET #1by Matt Fraction, G. Willow Wilson, Giuseppe Camuncoli, and Cliff Rathburn. Vandal Savage has branded Gotham’s vigilantes as criminals and is using his paramilitary force to hunt them down. Mayor Ivey has Savage’s army at the front door of City Hall and Savage has captured Juhi, making her realize she has few choices left and orders Janet to leave Gotham and go as far away as possible. It is 6 PM in Gotham City and Poison Ivy has entered into a pact with the Parliament of Trees and the city has been quickly transformed by Prehistoric greenery. Ivy’s plants burst from below the streets and take out the power grid, including the Bat Family’s communications. Batman makes his way beneath the street and is attacked by one of the plants, only to be saved by Killer Croc, who warns him that it is and will continue to hurt the citizens in ways they cannot defend against. He explains that Savage has a poison designed to kill Ivy and that the plants will grow exponentially once sunrise comes. At the same time, Robin and Verity watch as the plants seal off Gotham’s city blocks. Harley wakes to find herself trapped by carnivorous plants. Stephanie Brown and Cassandra find themselves cut-off because of the infrastructure collapse. Gordon and Ezzy find themselves in the middle of e murder investigation as the plants isolate them from their precinct. Among the chaos, Savage orders the city borders to be shut down. To be continued in all Bat Family books through the end of October, along with BATMAN: BAD SEEDS-GOTHAM CENTRAL, BATMAN: BAD SEEDS-GOTHAM GENERAL and BATMAN: BAD SEEDS-STREETS OF GOTHAM.

BATMAN/SUPERMAN: WORLD’S FINEST #54 by Mark Waid and Bruno Frenda. With Bialya and Quarac ready to go to war, a ghost of a Gotham Knights player appears in the Batcave and transports Batman, Superman and many other heroes to hell, where Neron has transported them. Here in Hell, he proposes a baseball game with high stakes: win the game and stop the potential conflict; lose it and the conflict widens. The ghost is revealed to be Steet Wensler who has been relegated to be a third base umpire. The game goes back and forth and it is simply good fortune that the heroes are only one run behind, despite the cheating and dirty tricks from Neron’s team. Flash scores the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning but Neron declares that The Flash never touched third base. An appeal is made to Wensler who declares he has to do what Neron says. But Superman convinces him and he declares The Flash safe, even as it will cause him more pain in Hell. Their win keeps the expected missile strike from occurring and Neron is outwitted by Batman’s legal argument and allows the heroes to leave.

BATWOMAN #6 by Greg Rucka and Jeff Spokes. Seven or eight weeks ago, Kate was unable to save her sister after the pair fall off a high cliff. Kate went back to her father and told him Beth was dead as he bandages her wounds. Her breakdown led to her going to Greece and Petalon, but not before meeting with her psychiatrist and revealing her secret. But Beth, as Kate, did not die and eventually ended up in a nearby town with her severe head injury, where she crossed path’s with Kate’s ex-girlfriend Anna. Anna believes she is Kate and brought her to Kate’s apartment in Gotham, leading to her begin to impersonate her sister as opposed to reverting to Alice: cutting her hair short and getting a back tattoo just like Kate’s. While there, she discovers the compartment that leads to Kate’s Batwoman costume and convinces herself she is Batwoman.

CATWOMAN #90 by Torunn Gronbekk and Davide Gianfelice. Weeks ago, plans a job to rob the Hencht Bank, even while in Katarina’s employ. Now, Black Mask uses the chaos from the explosion to capture Selina and Slam. The pair wake on a cargo boat where they are forced to play a game called Spin the Kitty where one of three captured civilians or two stray cats will die is Selina talks. He then proceeds to spin the wheel leading to him trying to suffocate Slam. She eventually begs him to stop and Roman shoots a harpoon through the chest of one of the captives. He spins it again and this time a cat may pay the price. But, unbeknownst to Selina, Maggie was enroute to the boat, based on her calling Selina’s phone that Roman had answered. When Maggie arrives, Roman embraces her but she stabs him with a nerve agent and he collapses. Katarina arrives and threatens to shoot Maggie but Selina has freed herself and uses her claws to shred the woman’s face, revealing her scarred flesh beneath. The pair fall into the ocean where Katarina drowns. In the end, Holly had been rescued, Carmine offers Selina a safe house and  Maggie and Selina adopt the stray cats.

CLAYFACE: CELEBRITY DIRT #2 by Jude Ellison S. Doyle and Fran Galan. Basil Karlo, still trying to take his life back from the person impersonating him, infiltrates Worldwide International Studios. He has heard rumors about his imposter and how he has become toxic. When he attempts to tell his story to the media, that fails and he transforms into a production assistant to bypass security. Beneath the studio, he discovers a nightmarish pile of distorted flesh. At the same time, a new supplement begins transforming and melting citizens in Los Angeles. In the end, an oozing stranger stalks Basil’s waitress neighbor.

THE DEADMAN #3 by W. Maxwell Prince and Martin Morazzo. Boston and Bobby head into the underworld to investigate the Soul-Eaters called Rakshasa that have been eating souls in purgatory where they travel through the Seven Rings of Hell to meet with Lucifer Morningstar. Through a book, the reader learns about ‘The Man with no wrinkles’: a demon who maintains its youth by eating living people. Finally meeting with Lucifer, he reveals that the Rakshasa are a response to the imbalance of human souls. During the conversation, Boston realizes his mission is unending. In the end, Boston realizes that Rama Kushna has controlled him and demands a conversation with God himself.

DEATHSTROKE THE TERMINATOR #6 by Tony Fleecs and Carmine Di Giandomenico. Slade is forced to watch as Adeline shoots Rose in the head so he can feel the pain she felt from the loss of Grant and when Joseph lost his voice. Grabbing a mini-gun, he attacks Adeline, firing indiscriminately. A nurse in the crowd tells him Rose is still alive. Slade shoots both Deathblow and Deadshot before engaging in a sword fight with Adeline who flees to a rooftop and begins firing at the crowd below. Deathblow takes Rose to a nearby hospital as he instructs the nurse to help the injured. Slade continues the battle with Adeline, grabbing a huge piece of steel, using it to impale it into Adeline’s left arm. In the end, Rose lies unconscious in a hospital and writes a letter to Rose, saying he needs to change and he quits as an assassin for hire.

DETECTIVE COMICS #1112 by Tom Taylor and Mikel Janin. Having learned that the Reynoso family had been forced to be trained killers, Prion’s daughter Arabella and his mother Rita have been successfully deprogrammed. Also learned is that Arabella has the ability to kill someone with just a touch. Batman convinces Rita to be his eyes and ears and sends her to meet with her handler, telling him that Batman is dead. Batman, Green Arrow and Black Canary trace the operation to the Klep Corporation. The Klep Corporation has been weaponizing assassins for decades to take out opponents, rig elections and install their own politicians. With the evidence revealed, the trio of heroes burst in and confront Klep, with Arabella controlling herself just long enough to not kill Klep with her touch. With the organization dismantled, Batman promises Rita and Arabella that they will have the resources to put their lives back together.

EMPEROR AQUAMAN #20 by Jeremy Adams and John Timms. Poseidon descends on Atlantis, declaring that Arthur is unworthy of such power and demands he give up the throne and his connection to The Blue. This leads to Poseidon attacking Aquaman. The resulting battle is so titanic it threatens to split the oceans in two., leading to Aquaman teleporting the pair to an uninhabited aliens ocean world. Using all of his power, Arthur freezes the ocean water of space and launches them at Poseidon as razor sharp shards, leading to Poseidon surrendering and deciding to remain on this world. He warns that Earth is no longer safe, even for a god; a possible reference to Darkseid’s ultimate return. In the end, the Justice League realize that Arthur has power now that rivals the strongest in the universe..

THE FLASH #36 by Ryan North and Gavin Guidry. Wally, thrilled about his new ability to save people before tragedy happens, decides to go to Metropolis to do there what he had already done in Central City and Keystone City. He encounters Jon Kent and takes him on a journey where he continues to stop tragic events before they occur. While impressed by it, Jon admits that his father needs to weigh in on it before he can give Wally the green light here. Wally then decides to go to Star City, but Green Arrow shuts him down, calling him a fascist in the process. This leads to Ollie calling an emergency session of the Justice League to discuss his concerns.

THE FURY OF FIRESTORM #5 by Jeff Lemire and Rafael De Latorre.  The Firestorm Matrix has built a huge, crystal fortress in the center of Pittsburgh. Outside the structure, Professor Stein tells Firehawk he has built a machine that could possibly be able to extract Ronnie, but they need to get inside the structure first. Unbeknownst to them, Ronnie is trapped in his fantasy of when he was invited to join the Justice League, which is preventing him from fighting back against the Matrix’ control. Firehawk enters the Matrix but it is fighting back as she tries to get close enough to use Professor Stein’s device. Ronnie begins to fight back, reuniting with Firehawk, and that is when Stein sabotages his machine, as his plan all along was to separate Ronnie and take the Firestorm Matrix for himself.

GOTHAM ACADEMY: FIRST YEAR #6 by Brendan Fletcher, Becky Cloonan, Karl Kerschl, and Marco Ferrari.  On what should be a quiet September day on the campus of Gotham Academy, Olive has suddenly disappeared without a trace. In response, after meeting her new roommate and the girl who is currently in Olive’s room, Maps gathers her detective gear and tries to recruit her brother Kyle to help her search the catacombs; especially after observing Scarecrow seemingly menacing the new girl, who mumbles that Olive is at Professor MacPherson’s. Menaced by The Scarecrow, revealed to be Crane, Kyle rescues his sister. Olive, finally released from the infirmary, reunites with Maps. As Crane is detained by the police, he reveals that her mother and the other patients are being held in a secret hospital.

GREEN LANTERN #38 by Jeremy Adams, Syzmon Kudranski, and Xermanico. With Major Force’s arrival, Kyle and Odyssey immediately attack, while Jade explains the Force is on the heroes’ side due to the Amnesty Program offered to the supervillains, revealing that he has been working with S.H.A.D.E..  Elsewhere, a group of fast food owners have hired the Condiment King to protect them from Big Belly Burger’s group of thugs. At a BBB grand opening, F.E.A.S.T. gets involved, causing complete chaos. As Kyle and Odyssey arrive on the scene. Meanwhile, Hal and company find themselves pursued by a giant space shark across a hyperspatial passageway. As Tobi maneuvers the ship towards one of the blue lights in the passageway, he opens the airlock , exposes his ring to the light, recharges his ring and creates a dolphin construct to drive the shark away. In the end, the Guardians, in an effort to protect their ancient secrets,  create a directive to stop Hal by any means necessary

GREEN LANTERN CORPS #19 by Morgan Hampton and Fernando Pasarin. The Manhunters, led by a sentient Aya, launches a full-scale attack on Oa. The projected version of Aya teams up with Guy, who creates a construct made from all the Emotional Entities that allows them to slice through Aya’s forces and also creates a new version of the White Lanterns, known as the Chrome Lantern Corps, led by Jessica Cruz. With John, Simon, Jo, Keli, Saint Walker and Soranik joining her, they collectively end the war. In the end, an uncorrupted Aya joins the ranks of the Green Lantern Corps and the Emotional Entities become the Alpha Guardians.

 

DC UNIVERSE Month 102, Part 2

HARLEY QUINN #64 by Elliott Kalan and Carlos Olivares. Batquinn is being hunted by the Harley Quinn Revenge Squad and is forced to fight Amenity, Forehand/Backhand, Colonel Blimp, Penny Plunderer, SUPR, and Super-Hunter. She is also looking for Mrs. Grimaldi, who she believes has been kidnapped. Forehand/Backhand take her to meet the “big boss” and there they find Mrs. Grimaldi. But she is not the boss; that would be Harleen who says she had to turn bad to save Harley from herself.

JSA #21 by Jeff Lemire and Diego Olortegui. Metron takes Doctor Fate, Stargirl, Kid Eternity and Jakeem to the Dawn of All Things, where they see Lucifer Morningstar attempt to have a rebellion against God. Lucifer became the Prince of Hell while Aztar was a demon lord. When Aztar went back to Heaven, God made him The Spectre: the dealer of Divine Wrath. Over the centuries, The Spectre acted with vengeance and eventually ended up with Jim Corrigan to be Aztar’s chosen host. Recently, Darkseid tried to be combined with The Spectre but Corrigan and The Spectre refused, but The Spectre was ripped from Corrigan’s body, allowing it to try and find a new host.. Meanwhile, Jade unites with her father to try and dispel The Spectre from Obsidian’s form, with Jade begging to take The Spectre into herself to save her father.Alan begs his daughter to allow him to become The Spectre, but the spirit departs and makes its’ new home in Yolanda Montez. Metron sends the Society members away to find Corrigan, sending them to Gotham in the 1940’s.

JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED #21 by Mark Waid and Dan Mora. The Brainiac Queen has escaped into the Internet and the League is trying to find her. The Queen is looking for Waller but they have no idea where she is after Dreamer had released her from imprisonment. When Red Tornado admits that he knows Waller’s location and knows the Queen will come after him, which she does by infecting the League’s mainframe. As Red Tornado resists, Atom shrinks her and traps her inside a Faraday cage. Tornado reveals he does not know Waller’s location and simply used that as bait for the Queen. Meanwhile, on the planet Dronnda, Terrific’s team is defending itself against the reptilian population and they discover the alien captain and crew were escaping from Despero. Hawkgirl believes they have a numbers advantage but the rest of the team is suddenly vaporized by a blast from Despero’s third eye. Back on the Watchtower, Batman confronts Lex about his actions and the two share a vision about a man, covered in a muck from a swamp, walking through the streets of Gotham: a man who will eventually be revealed as Prometheus. Continued in JUSTICE LEAGUE: KNIGHT VISION SPECIAL #1.

JUSTICE LEAGUE: KNIGHT VISION SPECIAL #1 by Mark Waid, Joshua Williamson, and Miguel Mendonca. Batman and Lex Luthor team up in Slaughter Swamp fighting a group of gunrunners when a displaced crooked house appears; the home of Prometheus. They encounter more gunrunners who have been horribly corrupted by the alien tech in Prometheus’s home. Lex wants to kill them and Batman explains they need to be dispatched but not killed. The pair drop through a trap door and find themselves encountering multiple implanted visions until Batman takes out the projector, where they find more alien tech. Prometheus battles them, with his natural abilities merging with those of the Justice League. To adapt, Batman and Lex change their tactics long enough to remove his helmet, revealing he too has been corrupted by alien tech. The duo race out, carrying the gunrunners, before the house folds up and disappears. In the end, Lex recognizes the tech as coming from Apokolips.

LOBO #5 by Skottie Young and Jorge Corona. Mr. Kzzt has put out a bounty on Lobo. Lobo gets a visit from someone named Lip Bomb and it looks as though they will have some intimate time together when she turns out to be an assassin, leading to Lobo being shot at until he can take her out. Then The Johnnies arrive and they are also poised to kill Lobo and, despite being shot up by them, he defeats them. Next up is Murder Mouth and Fisty Claws, who he viciously defeats before paying Kzzt a visit. Kzzt offers him a lot of money to take out the dental vendor who has raised their prices. Who is the dental vendor? The Tooth Fairy, of course!

NEW TITANS #37 by Tate Brombal and Marcus To. Neibros has a baby given to him as tribute and calls upon the citizens of Happy Harbor to face off against the Titans. Meanwhile, Cyborg and Tara are facing off against Draggo, with Cyborg using his powers to force the creature to flee. Nightwing is able to grab Draggo as it heads towards Neibros and the Titans. Eva manages to snatch the baby from Neibros allowing the Titans to detain him until Red Devil can send him back to the Sixth Circle of Hell. In the aftermath, Titans Tower has been smashed and Tara uses her power to rebuild it. In the end, Virgil Hawkin’s long suffering girlfriend breaks up with him, just as Jon Kent arrives, offering him a spot in the Titans.

NIGHTWING #140 by Dan Watters and Denis Cowan. Nightwing is making his way through the seedy underworld, looking for Cannibal Colm. He eventually tracks him down and is told that Colm used to drive for Roland Desmond until he got killed and now drives for the Mayor. Colm reveals a meeting between the Mayor and Charles Halstead, who revealed he was once the Psycho Pirate: a role now attributed to Roger Hayden. The men designed the super highway to purposely make life worse for everyone who lives in Bludhaven. Colm executed Halstead. Nightwing tells him to come with him and testify but the police burst in and kill Colm. They attempt to execute Nightwing but fail.

POISON IVY #46 by G. Willow Wilson and Leandro Fernandez. Juhi and Janet are walking down the street, discusses Ivy’s current state of mind, when they spy the police beating up a boy for loitering. Janet declares her anger to them and one of them strikes her. When they discover Janet works for Ivy’s administration, the police leave and leave the boy, who it is revealed was the person who shot the assassination video, with Juhi and Janet. Hearing a noise that turns out to be a cast, Juhi summons her Familiar. Catwoman arrives and berates both women, saying they work in Ivy’s office and should keep her on a leash. The boy heads back home and soon the women cross paths with Great White Shark, who says that the women are going to mess up his “gig”, causing Janet to kick him in the groin and they run, Later, Juhi says she was responsible for the Shakespeare quotes appearing on the walls. As she starts to explain, a building explodes from a gas leak, leaving Janet more determined than ever to get Harley involved.

SUPERGIRL #15 by Sophie Campbell. Supergirl and Lesla battle The Black Flame. Connor arrives and lends a hand as does Thundergirl who turns her allegiance away from The Black Flame. The Black Flame gets powered up by direct sunlight; unaware that her exposure, thanks to her yellow ring, is overloading her cells, weakening her but raining her to the point of near death. Supergirl takes the ring away and Zora is brought back to Kandor proper, where Surpergirl insists that Zora and the Council should stand trial. Lesla stands up to her father, saying Zora does not belong in the Phantom Zone and how they should all work together to rebuild Kandor. Kara gives Lesla the yellow ring, saying that Kandor needs someone to light the way as Luminary. Back home in the Fortress, Kara decides to put together her Super Force: Lena, Luna, Nightflame, Princess Shark, Thundergirl, and herself.

SUPERMAN #40 by Joshua Williamson and Dan Mora. A resurrected Manchester Black works to torture Prime mentally but Prime manages to take their fight into Asteroid Comics. As the latest issue of SUPERMAN falls off the shelf, Prime and Black emerge. Black wants to steal Prime’s knowledge of the world and Prime opens his mind to him, overloading Black’s mind and putting him into a catatonic state where he is then sent to the Phantom Zone. Mister Terrific is concerned that Prime relinquished the secrets. At Asteroid Comics, Prime apologizes for his lies while his boss promises to protect his secret. He apologizes to Rebecca and promises to stay in touch with her. Supergirl arrives, requesting him for a special mission. Later, he finds himself in a brawl with Connor.

SUPERMAN ANNUAL: YEAR ONE THOUSAND #1 by Joshua Williamson and Eddy Barrows. After winning the King Omega Tournament, Superman has repaired the reality damage but senses trouble and enters the Timestream, eventually landing on Hourman’s Timeship. Hourman tells Superman that the distant figure in the midst of the Timestorm, revealed to be the Infinite Man, is causing the chaos and feeding on it. Superman uses the Alpha Energy to undo the damage in time and he gets pulled through multiple possible futures eventually ending up in the 31^st Century ruins of Metropolis. Noticing a small settlement of houses, he sees Saturn Girl carrying two small children, who explains that she does not want to fight and things have changed. Lightning Lad comes out of the house and explains they have been forced to hide from their enemies and their former master and have been forced to hide for years. Cosmic Boy arrives and shows him the monument to the dead Legionnaires. Superman tells them that, to fix the timestream, he needs to send them back to their original universe. Infinite Man arrives and he is here because this is the last version of the Legion that he can kill while also saying he is becoming the new Time Trapper. Superman blasts him and restores all versions of the Legion along with their timelines, but losing his cosmic power in the process. Powerless and floating in the Timestream, he is being pulled towards the End of Time until he is pulled to safety by his younger self as seen in ACTION COMICS #1100.

SUPERMAN UNLIMITED #15 by Dan Slott and Lucas Meyer. Ultraboy continues his attack on Tomorrow Man and Steel while the mutated Kryptonite crystals continue growing and it looks like it might consume Smallville. Because of exposure to the Kryptonite, Lana has mutated and now has the power to absorb Kryptonite radiation. At the Kent farm, Lois wakes Krypto and powers up the Supermobile, with the two of them protecting the people of Smallville while the Kents sound an alarm to have their neighbors head to their storm cellars. Batman and Robin arrive, with Robin equipped with Blue Kryptonite weapons. He then attacks Ultraboy, revealing he is from Universe-3 and is Ultraman’s son. Batman starts spreading a chemical that will turn Green Kryptonite into Blue, negating its effects. Tomorrow man convinces Ultraboy to save the people of Smallville, resulting in Ultraboy gathering up all the Kryptonite crystals and throwing them into space. As Tomorrow Man unmasks, although both Batman and Lois knew who he was, Txyz arrives, giving Jon a choice: save himself in the past or let Ultraboy stay here. He decides to save Ultraboy. Txyz opens a portal and Superwoman arrives, forcibly dragging Ultraboy away with her back to Universe-3. In the end, Batman agrees to help John Henry find a cure for Lana’s condition while Robin plans to investigate if those Kryptonite samples had been weaponized.

WONDER WOMAN #35 by Stephanie Williams and Clayton Henry. Twenty years from now, Wonder Woman has committed suicide and now the Fates have provided a boat for them to traverse the River Acheron. Along the way, Steve tells the story of how he and Diana met. A long time ago, Diana would spend her free time to stare into the Magic Sphere and see what the outside world looked like. Hippolyta tells her that she is wasting her time and tells of her time with the Justice Society but, because of their apprehension and suspicion, she left man’s world to head back to Themyscira. When Steve’s plane crashed on the shores, the Amazons tend to his wounds and, once he gained Hippolyta’s trust, she decided it was time to send their greatest champion to the outside world to protect Themyscira. Despite forbidding Diana to compete in the tournament, Diana donned a mask and entered the tournament. Steve ends the story there, frustrating Lizzie.

ZATANNA #4 by Jamal Campbell. Zatanna has been dispatched to Zehuti’s home to find out how she became Prime Magus. She creates shadow constructs representing the personalities of the mages. Hecate is the first Prime Magus who spread out pieces of herself when the universe was still young, creating Homo Magi during the Age of Creation. Next shade is the Upside-Down-Man: the second Prime Magus, who was responsible for the Age of Horror. The third shade, Zehuti, explains he brought order to the nature of magic in the Age of Wisdom. She is then called to a fairy-populated forest in the Sea of Dreams as the fairies of the four seasons believe each other to be responsible for the destructions of their gardens but Zatanna helps them restore their forest. She saves a huntress from demonic beasts before going off to stop an edification device from destroying a magical academy in the Sea of Dreams. Returning to Zehuti and tells of her exploits. She heads to Turkey, taking Allura to the hidden city of Homo Magi, only to find it immersed in flames.

DC UNIVERSE Month 102, Part 1

ABSOLUTE CATWOMAN #2 by Scott Snyder, Che Grayson and Bengal.  Nine years ago, at the Gotham Calico Clubhouse, Selina and Holly are making plans for a heist. Selina, Holly, Helena Bertinelli, and Victoria Sage break into an office building and proceed to drain the bank accounts belonging to Falcone, Thorne, Elliott, Crowne and Bertinelli. Now, Selina is in China and not only trying to track Holly’s recent movement but what the story is The Sphere, which she sets up an auction for as bait. Back in Gotham, an unknown person sees the auction posting. At the auction, Selina is greeted by Victoria, who says she had previously met with Holly. Helena arrives and soon the trio find themselves fighting Cassandra Cain and her gang of Shadows. Cain steals The Sphere as everyone flees, thanks to an explosive charge Selina had set. In the end, it is revealed The Sphere is the key to unlocking the map to find something called The Yarn, that can create an “unimpeachable reality”..

ABSOLUTE BATMAN #22 by Scott Snyder and Werther Dell’edera. In the past, Harley Quinn lives in a broken home with her mother and, because of her fear of monsters at night, her mother gives her a mallet to fight them off. As she grew up, she took a DNA test and tracked down her father, who was a doctor living in France. One day, she found a panel at the back of her closet, which set an elevator in motion bringing her to Ark M, where she discovered a captive Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum, along with a dead Calendar Man, who was giving birth to a reborn Calendar Man. Her mother arrived, saying Grimm was helping people. Her mother was Dr. Arkham. Fleeing the space and going back to the surface, she is met by her father: Jack Grimm, forcing her to flee the house. In the [present, she is trying to assist Batman in his battle against the Robins, but he continues to refuse her help. She finally convinces him that they need to hide for now until the Robins give up and agree to reconvene the following day. Bruce goes to his father’s grave and begins to dig, opening the coffin to find it empty. His phone rings and he sees a video the Scarecrow has sent him that shows Thomas Wayne alive and held in captivity.

ABSOLUTE FLASH #17 by Jeff Lemire and Haining. Three days ago, Rick Flagg contacted the Rogues, paying them and saying that they would get the balance when they bring him Grodd-dead or alive. They made their way to Colorado and discovered that Flagg’s troops had been compromised, eventually doing the same to all but Jesse. Currently, Jesse is prepared to kill Grodd until Wally explains that it is Grodd’s father causing all the havoc. Grodd leads them to his father where they find the compromised Rogues. Wally takes them out and they all go outside to see Grodd’s father with a lot of compromised townsfolk. Grodd convinces his father that these people are his friends and there seems to be a peaceful resolution until his father is killed by Jesse, who tells Wally he can find Thawne in Kansas, where she is hiding with Brainiac.

ABSOLUTE GREEN ARROW #3 by Pornsak Pichetshote and Rafael Albuquerque. Dinah continues her digging into who the Green Arrow killer is, leading to her interrogating Roy Harper, who tells her that Hammond stole Ollie’s body and that Ollie is still alive. Roy breaks into a secure facility while telling Dinah how Hammond bought Tyler Pharmaceuticals to gain access to the super steroid known as Miraclo, which was used to resurrect Ollie. There, they discover one of Hammond’s test subjects: Solomon Grundy.

ABSOLUTE GREEN LANTERN #16 by Al Ewing and Sid Kotian. Jonny Double had a dream in which Kari Limbo appeared as purple light telling him that he is going to die and that he needs to tell Jo, who apparently will kill him, that there is something bigger than what she learned from the Oracle. He wakes after receiving a call and heads to the D.E.O. parking lot, where Simon attempts to strangle him, stopping the action by tearing off Simon’s mask and showing him his own face in the rear view mirror, leading to Simon fleeing. Jonny yells to Cameron, telling her he did not betray her to Hammond. In response, she shoots him in the head before heading to his office. Inside the Green Lantern, Tomar Re tells Jo that Mogo is pointed at the Lantern and will destroy them all, condemning the people of Evergreen to death whether she goes with Re’s plan or not. Mogo responds saying it will destroy the Lantern and Rann and the Blackstars. Mogo fires at the Lantern, but Hal creates a force field that blocks the beam. Salakk attacks Hal and tears his heart out but ends up with Kari Limbo telling him that he needs to tell Jo about the Big Black Zero. He wakes and finds that Guy is using his own body to link Hal’s circulatory system with Salakk’s, keeping Hal alive. Katma Tui berates Salakk, telling him that destroying Rann is wasteful. Jo tells Re that Evergreen isn’t the ammo but the weapon. One woman, revealed to be Jessica Cruz gives Jo her own power before she grows to giant size and claims she is on Mogo’s side.

ABSOLUTE MARTIAN MANHUNTER #12 by Deniz Camp and Javier Rodriguez. John is dying and Bridget is upset and confused; especially as Despair the Zero tells her she must kill John and save the universe in the process. The Martian arrives and chases Despair the Zero off, arriving at the worldwide conga line, led by a possessed Tyler, with everyone under the influence of the White Martain. The Martian shows John his son in a coffin and then John relives moments in his life, from his birth to when he met Bridget and beyond. All across the known world, the effects are being felt; by Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman. Bridget tells John the world is falling apart and forces him to use his Martian Vision, allowing him to reconnect with Tyler, which causes the end of Despair-the Zero and the White Martian. In the end, the world rights itself and John looks to be able to repair things with his wife and son.

ABSOLUTE SUPERMAN #21 by Jason Aaron and Rafa Sandoval. Before he headed to the moon to fight King Shazam, Superman gave Lois and Jimmy a list of people he helps around the world, so they can take care of them if something happens to him. During the fight, Superman tries to appeal to him to work together, but Shazam refuses and takes back his mace and gains his own Nth metal armor, using the mace to knock Superman through the moon. He says he is no longer Teth-Adam but is Shazam and that triggers his transformation back to Teth-Adam. At the same time, on Earth, Talia uses the Fatherbox to escape her bonds and attacks Lois. When Hawkman arrives, she orders him to kill Lois, but he refuses and takes the Fatherbox. Jimmy runs into the ruined Lazurus Corp basement and shoots Talia in the leg. Teth-Adam begins having trouble breathing and Hawkman arrives and blasts Teth-Adam with lightning from his own mace, then teleports Teth-Adam to an alien planet, where he turns into Shazam again as he is seen by spiked gray aliens. Berating Superman for his own doing what Superman couldn’t, Hawkman flies to Venus as Superman repairs the moon. In the aftermath, Jimmy quits the Planet to go to Thailand and join up with the other Omega Men Lois moves to Smallville to take a job at the Smallville Gazette. John Henry Irons takes up residence on the Kent Farm. Talia is imprisoned and Lois occasionally visits her, reading from the book Superman had given to Ra’s.

ABSOLUTE WONDER WOMAN #22 by Kelly Thompson and Dillon Snook. Diana is in the Underworld where Circe is being held. Determined to free her, Diana fights against Scylla. Circe manages to free herself and joins the battle. But it ends up being Hecate who dispatches Scylla, then tells Circe and Diana how this was a foolish task and that they should consider their future actions. Meanwhile, Barbara is tempted by Urzkartaga and seemingly accepts an offer for her to become a god like Diana.

ACTION COMICS #1100 by Mark Waid, Joshua Williamson, Dan Slott, Ryan Sook, Daniel Sampere, Skylar Patridge, Dan Mora, and Lucas Meyer. In the past, Superboy, in armor and with sword and shield, battles Epoch while Bruce Gordon is trying to find a way to restore Superboy’s powers. Epoch destroys Gordon’s equipment and tries to kill Superboy, who explains that Epoch would not exist if the past is changed. Epoch says he is protected by a “paradox engine”, but Superboy short circuits Epoch’s armor with one of the cables from Gordon’s machine and that also restores Superboy’s powers. This causes Booster Gold, Mary Marvel, and Martian Manhunter to reappear in the timeline and they defeat Epoch. With Epoch defeated, the heroes journey through the timestream, where Booster, despite the objections of Mary and J’onn, shows glimpses of Superboy’s future to him. They eventually reach the end of time where Superboy saves a person trapped in the singularity. The person he saves is the former King Omega-Superman. As they head to the present, we see Lois having a not-so-fun game night with Supergirl, Conner, Jon, and Thundergirl. When Superboy-Prime arrives, Conner tussles with him. In El Caldero, President Castilho is trying to get control of the Kryptonian fortress he had built. He calls his trusted lieutenant, Bruno, to help him and Bruno attacks Castilho, telling him he is not fit to be king. The Krypto-Knights help Bruno put a Kryptonite mask on Castilho and removes his helmet, revealing his name is Dru-Zod and the Krypto-Knights kneel before Zod. To be continued in SUPERGIRL #16.

ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN: BOOK OF EL #10 by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Scott Godlewski. Superman is fighting the Unmade Mongul, telling him he did not deserve the fate from Kryl-Ux. Meanwhile, Brainiac-4 is leading Rowan, Ronan, and Osul-Ra to the wreck of a Warzoon ship, which he can control because they use Brainiac technology, and uses a Boom Tube to send them to Superman. On Tamaran, Prince Doukis tries to escape but is caught by Theand’r. A Boom Tube appears and Bryl-Ux arrives, which excites Doukis until he is crushed by Kryl-Ux, forcing Theand’r to surrender. Superman attacks Kryl-Ux until Theand’r orders them to stop, telling Kryl’Ux she will give him the Passion of Olgrun if he promises to leave in peace. He agrees and she hands it over. When the House of El arrives, he grabs the God-Aspect and leaves saying the next meeting with Superman will be their last. Kryl-Ux finds Thularamm and attacks but Kryl-Ux controls the constructs and stabs Thularamm, telling him to help remake the universe or die.

BARBARA GORDON BREAKOUT #3 by Mariko Tamaki and Amancay Nahuelpan. Barbara is still adjusting to life in prison after numerous beatings. Sparrow keeps feeding her painkillers which bring about horrendous nightmares involving the Grim Reaper. At one point, she notices a strange symbol on the wall of the prison and shifts into another Grim Reaper nightmare, with her falling into the electrified prison fence. As she also struggles with memories of a mission with the Bat Family many years ago, that was actually a trap, she realizes this too is some sort of trap, as a shadowy figure, presumed to be Commissioner Savage, watches it all.

BATGIRL #21 by Tate Brombal and Stephen Segovia. Cassandra remembers Doctor Forget-Me-Not asking her who killed Victoria while also flashing back to training against Victoria. Tenji and Jaya make their way through the GCPD when Bronze Tiger shows up, finding Cassandra’s unconscious body and Victoria’s corpse. As she struggles to remember a particular incident, she discovers who the murderer was: herself.

BATMAN #11 by Matt Fraction and Jorge Jimenez. During a meeting of The Shadow Board, a Mr. Blake is tasked with meeting with The Ojo to tell her that her services are no longer required, leading to her kill Blake by dismembering him. Meanwhile, The Penguin meets with members of the various crime families and has a plan to take down ‘The Minotaur’.  Bruce meets with Dr. Zeller, telling her of his history with Ra’s and Talia. Gordon and Bullock are mourners at Lannie Davis’s funeral, with his widow berating them both. That night, Batman confronts The Ojo, telling her that Zeller is protected, The police arrive and Savage orders them to shoot him, but he escapes. In the end, Verity Pennyworth arrives at one of Batman’s homes, telling him she is his new Majordomo.

BATMAN/SUPERMAN: WORLD’S FINEST #53 by Mark Waid and Adrian Gutierrez. Robin and Mariah deal with Lizardmen, who is slain by her, much to Robin’s disliking it. This villain had super-breath, meaning other of Superman’s powers are still in play. The corrupted Superman and Batman fight against Machiste and Tara. Batman takes Tara out and Machiste is taken down by a Lizardman. In the lair of Tyrant Rex, Shakira has been captured and Tyrant Rex declares that Batman and Superman will secure his exit from Skartaris. Robin unites with Warlord and they attack Tyrant King with Robin purposely engaging in a death-defying fall that snaps the heroes out of their corrupted state. Leading to the villain being defeated.

BATMAN/SUPERMAN: WORLD’S FINEST 2026 ANNUAL #1 by Mark Russell, Mark Waid, Tyron Hitch, Clayton Henry, and Pat Boutin. It is Father’s Day and Clark and Bruce are entertaining Jonathan Kent and Alfred at a steakhouse. Alfred does not seem entirely interested while Jonathan is all about enjoying himself and needling Alfred. When Batman gets a distress call regarding The Flash being missing, he leaves, finding Barry in a trap that he is also stuck in; one where either of them attempting to leave will trigger an explosion somewhere in the city that will kill hundreds. Clark gets antsy and he tracks Batman and also gets stuck in the trap. Alfred and Jonathan bond and then go after their “boys”, using Alfred’s SAS skills along with Jonathan’s strength to take out the guards and make their way into the trap, allowing the heroes to escape and deactivate the bombs. In the end, Jonathan says it was his best Father’s Day ever while Alfred says it was his first. In the second tale, Bat-Mite and Mr. Mxyzptlk mess around with Superman and Batman as Bruce is tasked with watching over Lois and Superman does his best to embarrass the civilian Bruce Wayne, complete with Bruce having to wrestle a pig.

BATWOMAN #5 by Greg Rucka and Dani. Kate is determined to find her sister and she and The Question head to where Despina and Pagona have her and convinced her she is Alice. The Question encounters one of Despina’s guards, leaving Kate to find her sister, who is wearing the spare Batwoman costume. Kate convinces Beth that she is actually Batwoman and she should save her sister, while also explaining that batwoman does not kill. The pair leave but Beth may not have broken free from her Alice persona, if Despina has anything to say about it.

CATWOMAN #89 by Torunn Gronbekk and Davide Gianfelice. Selina has a dilemma: save Slam Bradley or find the bomb planted by the fake Selina and dispose of it. Selina saves Slam while Holly discovers Maggie ina water trap and manages to free her. Of course, Selina and Slam allow themselves to be captured, with her tossing the live grenade at Black Mask.

CLAYFACE: CELEBRITY DIRT #1 by Jude Ellison S. Doyle and Fran Galan. In Los Angeles, an assistant brings a new wig to an actress known as Lorna, only to find her having a literal meltdown, as she is made of clay. In Arkham Tower, a doctor meets with an inmate who is a Clayface and insists that he is Basil Karlo, although the doctor informs him that he is not. Later, Clayface escapes, discovering that Basil Karlo is making movies, leading Clayface to question who he really is. Clayface sees a news broadcast, complete with interviews from a reformed Karlo. In the end, “Basil Karlo” kills a woman named Maria.

THE DEADMAN #2 by W. Maxwell Prince and Martin Morazzo. Batman, Plastic Man, and Deadman go on a mission dealing with the Bestiary of Bedlam, which exists in the mind of Tomas Vahrilong. While interrogating him, at Blackgate Prison, Mr. Bloom attacks, killing Plastic Man. While Batman battles Bloom, Deadman calls upon Brahmans to save his life. Bloom explodes with Batman revealing it was actually a vivipary. In the end, Rama Kushna tells Deadman to go the underworld to fight the soul-eaters.

DEATHSTROKE THE TERMINATOR #5 by Tony Fleecs and Carmine Di Giandomenico. Slade accepts a contract from a woman who wants him to kill her husband Dylan. Meanwhile, Deathblow and Deadshot meet with the fake Deathstroke, who has kidnapped Ravager. He finds the target and is preparing to act when the fake Deathstroke kills Dylan, denying Slade his bounty. Slade fights the trio of villains, with the fake Deathstroke revealed as his ex-wife Adeline, who has killed Wintergreen and threatens to kill Rose. In the end, a gunshot goes off. Is Rose dead?

DETECTIVE COMICS #1111 by Tom Taylor and Mikel Janin. In the past, Prion is presented with his own uniform, made for him by Batman. Later, in a sparring session with Dinah, a misplaced blow caused him to have a heart attack and die. In the present, Dinah explains this to Arabella, trying to convince her to leave Rita and go with her but Rita attacks. Arabella stops the attack and she and Dinah flee, meeting up with Batman and Green Arrow, who fly away. Dinah gets a notification that her gym is on fire and the heroes head there. As Batman puts out the fire, Rita confronts him, telling him to turn over Arabella to her or everyone Batman knows will die. He zaps her with an EMP and hands the egg to her which breaks the brainwashing she has been subject to for the last decade. Batman decides he needs to find the people responsible.

DETECTIVE COMICS 2026 ANNUAL #1 by Tom Taylor, Dave Wielgosz, Nicola Scott, and Fran Mariscal. Batman is enjoying a nice tea and toasting to his departed friend Alfred when Lobo shows up to arrest Batman for a murder he did not commit. During their fight, Batman tosses the heart of a shrunken yellow dwarf star down Lobo’s throat and threatens to blow him up with the push of a button. Together, they go off to the planet Durghan where Batman interrogates people, leading them to the Burghanian president. When they go to investigate the body of the slain king, the president infects them with a Black Mercy. This leads to Bruce ending up in a dream where he is married to Selina, has two children named Helena and Damian, and his parents are still alive. He manages to push himself out of the dream, freeing Lobo from his own. Batman goes home on Lobo motorbike while Lobo gets a dose of Black Mercy, where he visualizes himself as a space dolphin. In the second tale, Batman teams up with the citizens of Carol Street to rid themselves of Professor Pyg. 

EMPEROR AQUAMAN #19 by Jeremy Adams and Paolo Villanelli. Aquaman returns to Earth and is greeted by Batman and Wonder Woman, telling him they need to talk. He meets with members of the Justice League on the Watchtower, where he tells them he has not told them about his new powers as he had seen “the end” coming. He then tells the members that, if he turned evil, there is nothing any of them could do about it. Meanwhile, outside of Atlantis, Mera, Vivienne, and Lori spot the Manta-Sub, overpower the guards and investigate, finding Lolanna speaking with Manta, Siren and Ocean Master, among others, where Lolanna has a plan to attack Aquaman the next time her goes off-world. The trio is attacked and captured by Scavenger, except for Vivienne who manages to teleport away. Hila tries to murder Mera but Manta stops her, saying Mera is more useful as a hostage. Vivienne teleports into the Manta-Sub and takes control, freeing the others. They teleport to the area of the Curry Lighthouse and Mera warns Arthur, along with Jackson and Garth, that her mother is coming. That is when Poseidon arrives and says Aquaman has angered him.

THE FLASH #35 by Ryan North and Gavin Guidry. Heat Wave has managed to find the once sunken HMS Bulldog and claims Maritime Law allows him to salvage it. But a quick check by Wally reveals he cannot salvage it because it is considered to be an historically significant ship, leading to the villain to attack. Wally disarms him and convinces him to sell his story of how he found the ship. Later, he meets with Mr. Terrific, as Wally continues to figure out his predicting powers. Hye takes Linda with him as he goes to a bank and, with his new powers, is able to stop Captain Boomerang from a heist in rather humorous fashion. Having saved everyone and everything in Central City, Wally turns his attention to Metropolis with plans to do the same there.

THE FURY OF FIRESTORM #4 by Jeff Lemire and Rafael De Latorre. Lorraine meets with Stein, who reveals that Will Magnus, Simon Stagg, Niles Caulder, and himself had been working together on The Superman Project. She accuses him of grooming Ronnie and then asks if he was responsible for her creation, with him admitting that he engineered the “accident” that created her. He shows her a device he has created that he believes should contain the matrix and, with the huge device strapped to the roof of her car, they head to Pittsburgh, where a giant obelisk is in the center of the city, with soldiers saying that Firestorm is in there.

GREEN LANTERN #37 by Jeremy Adams and Xermanico. A streamer is playing video games in her apartment and gets killed by an unseen assailant he believed was delivering his food. Later, Kyle and Odyssey are watching news coverage of the movie premiere, with her being upset by all the negative comments left on her social media. Kyle decides to answer those comments which only makes things worse. After fourteen hours of answering the comments, he gives up and goes to breakfast with Jade. Odyssey gets a visit from a stranger and gets kidnapped, with the assailant calling Kyle to arrange a meeting to save Odyssey’s life. Kyle and Jade confront Odyssey’s kidnapper who is revealed to be an actual troll named Zmora who feed off negativity from the internet. Kyle uses a construct to cut up Zmora but the troll survives and is stopped only after Osyssey reveals Excalibur. After visiting with General Frankenstein at S.H.A.D.E. Headquarters, Major Force arrives and demands Zmora be released to him. Meanwhile, Hal and Jayna, stuck in outer space, finally get their ship working again, thanks to Tobi, and head off to the source of Hal’s visions.

 

GREEN LANTERN CORPS #18 by Morgan Hampton and Fernando Pasarin. At the Citadel, Guy and Jessica argue about how to proceed when Jo lets them know that they need to enact Oan defense protocol against the Manhunters. Guy and Jessica end up in the Emotional Expanse so they can speak directly to the Emotional Entities. Jo bands the Lanterns together to create a massive robot from the various parts of the emotional spectrum to fight against the Manhunters. But it may be too late for Jessica and Guy as the Manhunters, led by a corrupted Aya, want the entities inside Guy or they will kill Jessica.

DC UNIVERSE Month 101, Part 2

JUSTICE LEAGUE: DREAM GIRLS #1 by Jadzia Axelrod, Nicole Maines, Greg Rucka, Nicola Scott, J. Bone, Brandt & Stein, and Claire Roe. On Themyscira, Dreamer and Galaxy find a man in the water and it turns out to be Steve Trevlor. In actuality, it is the villain known as The Key in disguise. As Nia tends to Trevor, Galaxy heads off with Kasia and they exchange a kiss. Nia is preparing to leave with Trevor and he inserts a key into her forehead and shuts off this particular dream. That leads to a new dream, where Nia is Batgirl fighting against The Key and other villains. When that results in the apparent death of Galaxy, The Key shuts off this fantasy. It is revealed that these are only dreams, as Dreamer and Galaxy are comatose on the Watchtower. In the backup, Kate Kane gets involved with Ayla Raatko before finding out that she is the person responsible for an attack on a Data Center in Greece.

JUSTICE LEAGUE: DREAM GIRLS #2 by Jadzia Axelrod, Nicole Maines, Steve Underwood, Morgan Hampton, Alitha Martinez, Vincent Cecil, Brandt & Stein, Stephen Sadowski, Dan Jurgens, Norm Rapmund, and Joe Quinones. While the League debate whether they should trust Dreamer and galaxy, the women are still suck in a dream, with the pair fighting to protect a Pride parade from protesters, with Kat arriving and taking Galaxy to a quiet location to talk. The Key shows up and films a documentary with Dreamer, until they are interrupted by Galaxy, who declares that none of this is real. That leads to multiple scenario changes in different outfits, including fighting Despero and becoming Western gunfighters, before ending up in a castle. Dreamer expresses her ability to sleep forever and forces Nia out of the dream. When she wakes, she learns of the Justice League’s plans for her and Dreamer. In the backup, Jo relives an important moment in her ast before battling Lafleeze with the assistance of Guy Gardner.  

JUSTICE LEAGUE: DREAM GIRLS #3 by Jadzia Axelrod, Nicole Maines, G. Willow WIlson, Maria Llovet, Brandt & Stein, Jan Bazaldua, and Rosi Kampe. With Galaxy fighting to keep her place in the Justice League, Dreamer is still in The Key’s dreamland, where he turns into Superboy and she gets the fantasy life she has always dreamed of. At one point, he kisses her and turns into a monster in front of her. Meanwhile, Nia looks for some alone time and is met by Kate Godwin: the former Doom Patrol member known as Coagula, who convinces her to go back into the meeting and fight for her place on the team. She does so and then goes back to Dreamer’s body, forcing herself back into her dream, only to find that The Key has her and has made his way into the Akashic Records, where he has gained the infinite knowledge of the cosmos. In the backup, it’s a quiet day with Harley and Ivy and some strawberry shortcake. Unfortunately, Bud and Lou have gotten to things first, leading to Ivy creating lots of strawberry plants, telling Harley she can now have strawberries every day if she wants.

JUSTICE LEAGUE: DREAM GIRLS #4 by Jadzia Axelrod, Nicole Maines, Brandt & Stein, Rosi Kampe, and Klaus Janson. The Key has Dreamer and has made his way into the Akashic Records. Galaxy fights back against him but goes to Dreamer’s side, allowing The Key to get his hands on the book, where he discovers it to be blank as Dreamer, in her costume, has snapped out of her trance and uses her power to send him to the deepest part  of the Dream Realm. Upon awakening, Galaxy reunites with Kasia before being told she has leadership potential, even if the Lanterns have classified her as an intergalactic threat.  Galaxy tries to convince Dreamer to rejoin the League but she says she needs to learn her powers better and she is not ready. In the backup, Klaus Janson tells is autobiographical tale and embraced his art and his sexuality.

JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED #20 by Mark Waid and Dan Mora. Brainiac Queen has arrived, looking for Waller, attacking the Justice League. Air Wave manages to communicate with her and calms her down, until Luthor uses his power suit to injure her, with plans to have Warp create a portal and have Giganta throw her into the sun, which would kill Air Wave also. As the League garbs Brainiac Queen to keep her safe, she compromises Warp and transports herself to an unknown destination. Meanwhile, the Power Bank has ended up on an alien planet, thanks to Guy Gardner, along with their ship being damaged by the Hykraius warfleet, and that group of Leaguers find themselves under attack by creatures known as Dronndans.

LOBO #4 by Skottie Young and Jorge Corona. Lobo gets his bounty hunting license back and heads off on a new mission, gathering his friend Maynard for the assist. They end up at an off world version of the Fortress of Solitude to steal a “box full of crows”. Once inside, they run into Supergirl and the pair begin to fight. In the midst of it, some officers who up informing them that their dogs have been out causing mayhem, which results in Supergirl and Lobo being arrested. In the end, Supergirl is told that a princess has arrived to see her. Continued in SUMMER OF SUPERGIRL #1.

NEW TITANS #36 by Tate Brombal and Marcus To. Cyborg runs tests on Eva, who eventually tries to connect with the Titans as they take their place on Happy Harbor and try to get used to their new headquarters. She is rebuffed by almost all except for Superboy. Among all of this, Tara discovers something that shocks her and Starfire tells Nightwing she is leaving as she needs to find someplace that feels like home to her.  Later, many of the team go to town and meets with a police officer who reveals that the townspeople regularly sacrifice babies to Nebiros. Tara discovers Cyborg’s secret Omega base, saying she sensed something, which turns out to be a giant monster.  

NIGHTWING #139 by Dan Watters and Denis Cowan. Nightwing meets with Eastbourne and tells her everything about the crash and the ‘witch’, but she responds by holding a press conference and claims that an arrest warrant has been issued for Nightwing. Sometime later, a group of dead bodies, fused together, appears in the harbor. Working with a former pathologist, Nightwing unravels the identities of most of the bodies except for one and that leads him to meet with a priest who killed that person who was a drifter who confessed to some horrible crimes. During a chase, the priest saves Dick and, although he will not reveal what this individual had done, asks Nightwing to decide what happens to him next.

POISON IVY #45 by G. Willow Wilson and Leandro Fernandez. Ivy is out of control and does not seem to care who gets in her way, even Comissioner Savage. She is also dealing with how she treated Harley and tries to write a note to ask her forgiveness. But she ends up meeting with the Kettle Hole Devil, telling the creature that she killed the Bog Venus and she won’t be the last if the Kettle Hole Devil bothers her again. After that, Xylon arrives and says Ivy is no longer protected by The Grey from the Parliament of Trees and proceeds to drop her to the streets far below.

SUMMER OF SUPERGIRL #1 by Sophie Campbell, Gail Simone, Mark Waid, Belen Ortega, Emma Kubert, and Cian Tormey. Continued from LOBO #4. Lobo, Supergirl, Princess Shark, Krypto, and Dawg are brought in front of a space judge for their crimes. Three of them are released but Lobo is sentenced to 30 days of rehabilitation while Dawg is released into Krypto’s custody. Once out, those who are freed are met by Crush and the go out for Mac and Cheese sandwiches. One week later, Supergirl has to chase after Dawg, who is chasing Streaky, leading to some neighborhood destruction and Streaky being temporarily put on ice. Lobo comes back, finally having served his sentence, and fights with Supergirl before making friends again with Dawg after feeding him a Mac and Cheese sandwich. But by fighting with her, he violates part of his sentence and goes about doing good deeds with Supergirl as part of his community service. In the first backup, Supergirl and Mary Marvel become friends, with Kara acting as her big sister. In the second backup,  Natasha Irons and Connor try to unravel the various histories of Supergirl

SUPERGIRL #14 by Sophie Campbell. After her long fall, Lena is rescued by the Super Substance Science Scouts and, seeing that Superboy has been captured by Zora, she heads off and meets with Kara and Lesla. She gives Kara a drive with the cybernetics and the S-Matrix and Kara uses it, just as Black Flame arrives and freezes Lena. But Supergirl has transformed from being cybernetic to completely flesh and blood again, now in a white suit, and the pair brawl. Zora appears defeated until she captures Lesla and threatens to kill her unless Supergirl surrenders. But Lesla has a trick of her own, pressing a button on a device that turns her into Luminary and she and Supergirl defeat Black Flame.

SUPERMAN #39 by Joshua Williamson and Dan Mora. Superboy Prime finds himself in the midst of a fight with several superheroes including Superman from Earth-2. He soon discovers this is all Manchester Black’s doing and ends up in a variety of comic inspired scenarios including a cartoon version, several Science-Fiction adventures, and even a Romance comic. He is eventually attacked by many Superman variations and even Wonder Woman, dispatching all of them. Manchester Black has used his powers to get Prime to strike a specific spot and free him, saying it is time to reboot something.

SUPERMAN UNLIMITED #14 by Dan Slott and Lucas Meyer. Superboy and Tomorrow Man face off against Thaddeus Kilgrave and, later, Volcana, where young Jon has a panic attack. Meanwhile, Lois visits with the Kents, expressing that she is unsure if her young son is truly her son. Later, Tomorrow Man and young Jon help Metallo, who has had his Kryptonite heart removed by Dabney Donovan and his clones. At Steelworks, Steel, Lois, and Lana are looking at a Kryptonite specimen from the El Calderan when the sample breaks free, infecting Lana. Tomorrow Man and Jon arrive, with Jon in a panic as he goes to free Beppo. When he discovers the ape is in a containment cell and Steel suggests Jon be placed in one also, the young man reacts violently, picking up Steel’s hammer and attacking. In the end, Batman has deduced that Jon is actually from Earth-3 and the child of Ultraman and Superwoman, making him Ultrababy. 

WONDER WOMAN #34 by Tom King, Daniel Sampere and Bruno Redondo. In the past, the Matriarch has killed John Stewart and has taken his Lantern ring. Soon after, she kills a Guardian of the Universe, declaring herself stronger than any Lantern or guardian. Twenty years from now, Diana faces off with The Matriarch, with Diana wielding the God Killer sword and The Matriarch with her own Lantern powered sword. Diana gets disarmed and, as The Matriarch is preparing to deliver the killing blow, Diana grabs her hand and the ring goes to Wonder Woman, as it belongs with someone with honor. Powered by the ring, Diana punches The Matriarch and defeats her. She visits the Three Fates and they fear for their lives until Diana says the God Killer sword was never meant for them, but for her alone and she runs herself through with it.

ZATANNA #3 by Jamal Campbell. After what happened in the previous issue, Zatanna travels to met with The Loa, who grants her three gifts, provided she deal with three labors: an issue with the Hidden City of Homo Magi, helping Elodie in the future, and swearing. Papa Midnite rebukes her for casting the spell that blew up the theater. She travels to Hades, meeting with Persephone and Mnemosyne, requesting their aid. In the Maison D’Aede, Agent Di Manes has brutally captured the spirit, leading to Zatanna fighting him, with Di manes casting a silence spell upon her. As much as she fights against him, he manages to make his escape with Dr. Gui. She is finally able to cast a spell of remembrance on Aede, reuniting her and Clara.