DC UNIVERSE Month 28, Part 2

JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #21 by Ram V, James Tynion IV and Alvaro Martinez. Wonder Woman, Detective Chimp and Animal Man are in Los Angeles fighting off the people who are infected by The Grey. Kent Nelson is keeping guard on the Floronic Man. Meanwhile, Zatanna and Constantine are traveling to the Rot to find Abigail Arcane. What they find there, is a resurrected Anton Arcane.

JUSTICE LEAGUE ODYSSEY #19 by Dan Abnett and Cliff Richards. Some of the New Gods, along with Starfire, Psykot, and Shadowheart have been sent out to check on Jessica Cruz, Blackfire, Orion, Dex-Starr, and Hex, who have been joined by Gamma Knife and Epoch. Epoch is the Lord of Time and is trying to reset time and end the two-prong assaults by Darkseid and Lex Luthor. He explains that the New Gods are on their way and he has worked the scenario multiple times and each time, the New Gods massacre them. He plans on using The Revision Mechanism to reset the entire Multiverse. But someone arrives and may have plans of stopping all of this.

LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #5 by Brian Michael Bendis and Ryan Sook. The Legion is being captured by the police. But this is only an orientation exercise that is part of showing Jon Kent how the Legion came to be formed. It is revealed that Madame President Brande got her inspiration from the Justice League and the Teen Titans. After bringing Saturn Girl, Cosmic Boy, and Lightning Lad together, they go out and recruit Brainiac-5. He reveals that time is not a straight line and they must bring Jon Kent to the future to prepare him for what will come.

LOIS LANE #9 by Greg Rucka and Mike Perkins. Renee Montoya goes to Gotham and meets with Batman, in search of information into what Lois is investigating. Meanwhile,

Jessica Midnight, formerly of Checkmate, travels to Chicago. In the end, Renee and Lis meet with Jessica. It’s revealed she is a witch and they need her help to catch a killer.

  

NIGHTWING #70 by Dan Jurgens and Ryan Benjamin. With Ric wrestling with his memories and Zak, Colleen, and Hutch at the hospital, Sap is out looking for the Talon. What he finds instead, or what finds him, is The Joker.  Over at the Prodigal Bar, Ric does get Bea's help while The Joker breaks into an apartment and finds a necklace…meaning Bea may be his next target.

RED HOOD OUTLAW #44 by Scott Lobdell and Paolo Pantalena. Jason and Bizarro are doing undercover work in a food truck in Qurac, while Artemis is masquerading as the Amazon bodyguard to the ruler of the country, who they believe is working with the Untitled. Elsewhere, Essence has taken over Isabel Ardila and is on her way to 's body as she makes her way to Qurac to join Jason. But Essence crosses paths with Artemis and they may or not work together. Jason and Bizarro find the Untitled and they turn on them. Meanwhile, Ma Gunn has tea with The Brain and it appears Mallah may be jealous.

ROBIN 80^TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL by Marv Wolfman, Chuck Dixon, Devin Grayson, Tim Seeley, Tom King, Judd Winick, Adam Beechen, James Tynion IV, Amy Wolfram, Peter J. Tomasi, Robbie Thompson, Tom Grummett, Scott McDaniel, Dan Jurgens, Mikel Janin, Dustin Nguyen, Freddie E. Williams II, Javier Fernandez, Damion Scott, Jorge Jimenez, and Ramon Villalobos. DC presents ten stories highlighting previously untold stories of Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Stephanie Brown and Damian Wayne: the young men and woman who has been Robin.

  

SUICIDE SQUAD #4 by Tom Taylor and Daniel Sampere. Captain Boomerang is getting drunk in a bar and the Squad has been tasked to find him and apprehend him. Osita reveals she managed to get herself on the team to gain revenge on Boomerang, who was responsible for the death of her wife. They track down Digger and Jog goes to attack him, but Digger triggers a bomb and Jog is set on fire.

SUPERGIRL #40 by Jody Houser and Rachael Stott. As Supergirl relishes in her newfound power, Wonder Woman battles her to save her. Supergirl gets the upper hand and tries to infect Diana, but Krypto steps in to stop her. Gaining a moment of clarity, Supergirl flies towards the sun, hoping the light will burn away her infection. She falls back to the Earth, but the infection still has control of her.

SUPERMAN #21 by Brian Michael Bendis and Ivan Reis. Superman battles Mongul, eventually defeating him. But not really as it appears Mongul has made his way to Earth

Meanwhile, Lois is questioned by Bethany Snow, who claims Superman has declared himself the King of Earth.  Later, Cameron Chase of the F.B.I. shows up looking for Superman.

SUPERMAN’S PAL JIMMY OLSEN #9 by Matt Fraction and Steve Lieber. The Annihilator Junior Junior, now going by the name of The Porcadillo, explains how he knows Jimmy from a photo shoot and how Jimmy asks for his help if some super villain tried t kill him. Also, Jimmy meets with Lex, who tells him that it’s Jimmy’s brother who is trying to kill him.

  

SUPERMAN VILLAINS #1 by Brian Michael Bendis, Matt Fraction, Jody Houser, Michael Gaydos, Riley Rossmo, Scott Godlewski, Bryan Hitch, Cully Hamner, Steve Lieber, Jim Mahfood, Ivan Plascencia, Gabe Eltaeb, Alex Sinclair, Dave McCaig, Nathan Fairbairn, Dave Sharpe, Clayton Cowles, Tom Napolitano, Troy Peteri and Josh Reed. This book presents a series of vignettes with villains and Superman’s family and friends reacting to Clark revealing his identity to the world.

TEEN TITANS #40 by Adam Glass, Robbie Thompson and Eduardo Pansica. Damian convinces his teammates to drink a fluid which will paralyze them and temporarily stop their hearts, allowing them to go to the Gates of Hell and save Djinn. Once there, they are each forced to face their darkest fears. They reach the Gates of Hell and find Djinn, who tells them they are too late and are already dead. Back in the real world, it appears they have all flatlined.

THE TERRIFICS #26 by Gene Luen Yang and Sergio Davila. Simon Stagg learns he has Pancreatic Cancer and only has three months left to live. Later, The Terrifics and Stagg unveil their new rapid transit to Gateway City. There is a crash and it seems that Stagg, Luke, and the other riders are gone and there are claw marks inside the transport. They discover that Staggatron, Simon’s personal security is responsible. But so is Stagg and when they find him hiding underground, the team is attacked by creatures. But that is when The Council, made up of Tom Strong, Blue Beetle, Man Bat, Atom and others, arrive to assist.

WONDER WOMAN #753 by Steve Orlando and Max Raynor. Wonder Woman continues her fight against the Chromium Minotaur, who is made of the same quantum metal that Captain Atom is. Valda mans up and attacks the Minotaur sacrificing herself to save the day. Elsewhere, Von Gunther tells Armageddon and Devastation they still need to recruit two more Horsemen. After the battle, Diana goes to her apartment where she finds Princess Maxima.

WONDER WOMAN #754 by Steve Orlando and Gleb Melnikou. Maxima apologizes for coming to Diana, but she needs help. She is betrothed to Ultraa, who is the king of Almerac. But this is not who she loves, even if it is designed to continue the bloodline. She and Diana. They are met by Primaa and together they break up Ultraa’s coronation. Diana subdues Ultraa with her lasso as Maxima reveals that the founders were not a man and a woman, but both female. This allows Maxima to marry Primaa. Meanwhile, Von Gunther, Armageddon and Devastation go to the Tyrrhenian Sea where Von Gunther creates her newest Horsewoman, Genocide.

YEAR OF THE VILLAIN HELL ARISEN #4 by James Tynion IV and Steve Epting.

Lex squares off against The Batman Who Laughs. During the fight, Luthor injects The Batman Who Laughs with a fluid that blocks the dark energy and this causes the Infected to be returned to normal. Lex teleports himself, Mercy Graves, and the Batman Who Laughs off to the Godhead, where he meets with Perpetua. He convinces her that she needs him and not Lex, who attacks. Perpetua strips Lex of his power and sends he and Mercy back to Earth, where Lex declares that they are all dead now. To be continued…in DEATH METAL.

YOUNG JUSTICE #14 by Brian Michael Bendis, David Walker, John Timms and Michael Avon Oeming. Young Justice needs to find Superboy, who is trapped in Skartaris. This means bolstering their team, so they recruit Sideways, Arrowette, Spoiler and Aqualad. They all end up in New Mexico, where they attempt to shut down Dr. Glory and S.T.A.R. Labs for good. While the rest of the combined team fight monsters, Impulse, Wonder Girl and Sideways get to Glory and manage to control the transportation device, sending them to Skartaris and saving Conner. In the end, the reunited team reaches Glory who promises to tell them what really happened to Young Justice and why they don’t remember each other.