DC UNIVERSE Month 23, part 2

JUSTICE LEAGUE #33 by Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Bruno Redondo and Daniel Sempere. The Monitor, Anti-Monitor and World Forger face off with Lex and Perpetua, forcing them to join together and becoming the Ultra Monitor. In 1941, our heroes head to Atlantis along with Aquaman, where they come across a captured Poseidon, the Legion of Doom and Vandal Savage with his Legionnaires Club. In the future, Kamandi goes for help while the Justice League is getting beat down by Brainiac One Million. Luckily, Kamandi fins some allies in the form of Batman Beyond and his friends.

JUSTICE LEAGUE #34 by Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Bruno Redondo and Howard Porter. While Cheetah orders Poseidon to destroy Atlantis, John Stewart tells Vandal Savage everything about the future, leading Savage to agree to help the team. In the future, Brainiac One Million is about to destroy everything when Kamandi and his new allies arrive. Starman of the past reaches out to the Starman of the present and the future and manages to bring everyone together against Luthor and Perpetua. Despite that, Perpetua rises and promises the give the Anti-Monitor back his Anti-Life, getting him to her side. With the upper hand, she kills the Starman of the present.

JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #16 by James Tynion IV, Alvaro Martinez Bueno and Fernando Blanco. Circe is holding Diana in another dimension while she tells her she needs Eclipso’s Black Diamond to gain ultimate power. Back in our world, Eclipso begs to be freed and Chimp and Khalid are forced to deal with a mutated Man-Bat. Constantine shows up to find that Swamp Thing has gone to find Abby. When all seems dark, Zatanna brings Diana back. But it’s really Circe in disguise. The world is changing and that’s because of Perpetua’s symbol appearing.

JUSTICE LEAGUE ODYSSEY #14 by Dan Abnett, Cliff Richards and Crisscross. Jessica and her team head off to Sepulkore looking for the Eskaton. Her biggest gripe is who Okkult is. After much arguing, Blackfire blasts Okkult and reveals he is Orion of the New Gods. In the end, the Eskaton has found them.

LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES: MILLENIUM #2 by Brian Michael Bendis, Ryan Sook, Nicola Scott, Jim Cheung, and Jeff Dekal. Rose continues to travel through time. She runs into Michael Jon Carter, who decides to become a superhero. Then, further along, she crosses paths with OMAC.  She continues further through time, finally ending up at the Legion of Superheroes, where she tells them that she has a lot to tell them about.

LOIS LANE #4 by Greg Rucka and Mike Perkins. Renee Montoya and Vic Sage try to figure out their relationship, especially since Vic is supposed to be dead. Over in England, police visit a suicidal girl and find evidence of Leviathan’s influence. Jon reveals to Lois that he’s going to the future. Later, Renee and Vic meet with Lois, who reveals that she knew Vic was alive and never

METAL MEN #1 by Dan Didio and Shane Davis. Will Magnus has created the Metal Men many times, as they die and get reborn. What Gold has found is the remains of all those Metal Men, forcing Magnus to reveal that they are all parts of his psyche. In the end, a discovery is revealed.

NIGHTWING #65 by Dan Jurgens and Ronan Cliquet. Ric faces off against William Cobb, who explains he is Ric’s great grandfather. Perpetua’s symbol appears and a distracted Ric is compromised by Cobb, becoming a Talon in the process.

NIGHTWING ANNUAL #2 by Dan Jurgens and Travis Moore. Richard Grayson’s time after being shot is recalled. He was taken to a hospital, where he was placed in a medically induced coma. Upon awakening, he did not know his Bat family. Throughout, we see Richard meeting with Dr. Haas: the specialist that Bruce Wayne flew in from Switzerland. His clearest memory is his visiting old relatives in Bludhaven during Thanksgiving. In the end, it is revealed his relatives were members of the Court of Owls and so is Dr. Haas.

RED HOOD OUTLAW #39 by Scott Lobdell and Kenneth Rocafort. Red Hood’s new team battles Monster Arm and his team while Hood watches. They finally defeat the team and ask Doomsday Jr. to join them. Back in the Quantum Place, Pup-Pup explains how he is alive because of Chairzarro’s A.I. They get transported to Mexico and see Perpetua’s symbol, as Pup-Pup keeps hearing the word “Doom” in his mind.

SUPERGIRL #35 by Marc Andreyko and Eduardo Pansica. At the Fortress of Solitude, the new Brainiac creates a new body for himself, but it is defective. In the process, he destroys Kelex. Elsewhere, Kara reunited with Jeremiah but finds Eliza is dead. As they leave, they are ambushed by one of Leviathan’s followers. Based on the attacker’s moves, Jeremiah realizes he is fighting Eliza. Leviathan tells Supergirl they should work together, but she retaliates, leading to the attackers to transport away. Supergirl gets a distress signal from the Fortress and she flies there, seeing Perpetua’s symbol in the process. As she enters, she sees Kelex and is approached by…?

SUPERMAN #16 by Brian Michael Bendis and David Lafuente. Damian has a strange reunion with a grown-up Jon. They team up for one last set of adventures before Jon meets with his father and then heads off to the future.

SUPERMAN’S PAL JIMMY OLSEN #4 by Matt Fraction and Steve Leiber. He reveals to Lois that Timmy Olsen has become an Internet sensation, angering Batman and others in the process. He explains to Lois that his family screwed over the Luthor’s back in the day before his family became really rich. He also reveals that the whole bit with him destroying Luthor’s valued statue, along with everyone that has been murdered, has manipulated by Luthor, including the assassination attempt on Jimmy. So now he’s pissed off Lex and Batman and now he’s signaling for Superman.

TALES FROM THE BLACK MULTIVERSE: BATMAN KNIGHTFALL #1 by Scott Snyder, Kyle Higgins and Javi Fernandez. Tempus Fuginaut takes us to a world where Batman is broken by Azrael, who takes over the role in a cruel way. Although he has killed Batman he has been kept in some sort of life and visited once a year by Azrael. Later, Jason Todd frees him and starts an uprising along with the son of Bane. In the end, Azrael is defeated by a revitalized Bruce, who plans on using his pent-up anger to continue his fight.

TALES FROM THE BLACK MULTIVERSE: THE DEATH OF SUPERMAN #1 by Jeff Loveness and Brad Walker. Tempus Fuginaut takes us to a world where Superman dies, but The Eradicator gives Kryptonian energy to Lois. She proceeds to do what Superman could not, righting wrongs with a vengeance and killing Lex Luthor. She proceeds to Gotham where she kills The Joker and, after a confrontation, killing Batman. She then goes after Superboy and Steel. The Cyborg Superman arrives and he kills Superboy and Steel. The real Superman, miraculously reborn, arrives and is killed again, this time by the Cyborg Superman. Lois becomes The Eradicator; the Dark Avenging Angel of the Multiverse.

TEEN TITANS #35 by Adam Glass and Bernard Chang. Roundhouse stole Djinn’s ring and explains how Robin’s fight with a bad guy some time back resulted in his sister’s death and his transformation, thus his wanting revenge. Robin says he can forgive Roundhouse and that just angers him and he traps Djinn in her ring. Crush loses it and beats on Roundhouse, before everyone notices Perpetua’s symbol in the sky.

THE TERRIFICS #21 by Gene Luen Yang and Stephen Segov. The team continues to make their way through the Eighties, crossing paths with the Rocket Red Squad along the way. In the end, Perpetua’s symbol lights the sky.

WONDER TWINS #8 by Mark Russell and Mike Norton. A high school reunion may result in the principal finally getting together with his lost love. Meanwhile, Polly tries a prison break which Jayna stops. In the end, she informs Polly that she believes her father is still alive.

WONDER WOMAN #80 by G. Willow Wilson, Jesus Merino and Tom Derenick. While everyone deals with the loss of love, Diana gets a package from Veronica Cale containing her scientist's formula. Diana battles Cheetah and splashes the formula on the God Killer. But her turns out Cale was in cahoots with Cheetah and the formula is ineffective. Cheetah has a demand: take her to Themyscira or everyone dies.

WONDER WOMAN #81 by G. Willow Wilson and Tom Derenick. Perpetua’s symbol has appeared, meaning Doom has won. Atlantiades convinces Steve to help Diana just before she becomes the new God of Love. She and Steve arrive at the battle between Cheetah and Wonder Woman, giving her armor and weapons to defeat Cheetah and destroy God Killer.  Atlantiades takes Cheetah to an eternal prison and, with love restored, all is well again...except for the relationship between Steve and Diana. Cheetah promises revenge on Cale before she is visited by a trio looking to free her from their prison.

WONDER WOMAN ANNUAL #3 by Steve Orlando and V. Ken Marion. Twelve years ago, Wonder Woman saved Helen Paul from a group of terrorists who killed her parents. She grows up and becomes one of A.R.G.U.S.’ best, accompanying Steve and Diana in an adventure in Gorilla City to bring peace. In the present, Leviathan visits her and says her past was a lie by Diana. It seems her parents WERE the terrorists and A.R.G.U.S. killed them. Helen Paul is really descended from a group that had a feud with the Amazons. Helen Paul is actually Paula Van Gunther and she becomes the Warmaster.

YOUNG JUSTICE #9 by Brian Michael Bendis, Andre Lima Araujo and John Timms. In the past, Keli Quintela is a smart girl from Bolivia who discovered a gauntlet and backpack that turned her into Teen Lantern. In the now, the team still struggles to survive on Earth-3 before discovering a map of the Multiverse which may help to get them home.