HARLEY QUINN # 39 by Tini Howard, Natacha Bustos, and Erica Henderson. Mr. Freeze offers Harley a job with him, but she wants to be able to examine his brain, so the offer goes away. Later, she sees Maxie Zeus being arrested and mistreated by the police, leading to her rescue him. Later he interrupts a play based on ancient myth, which leads to Tim Drake becoming involved. Later, Harley and Zeus share snacks and he tells her how he misses his wife, even as Harley offers him a chance to meet for therapy. In the end, she and Ivy see a facility where Mr. Freeze may be training people and realizes he wanted Harley as a teacher, leading to her deciding to go after him. in the backup, it is the nocturnal adventure of Quin-Zell: Cosmic Corsair.
HARLEY QUINN 2024 ANNUAL by Erica Henderson. Harley is involved in a heist and decides to use her earnings to go on a cruise. While dealing with the boredom and food, she discovers that Zatanna is doing a twice daily magic show. But the Zatanna she first meets is only a duplicate created by the real Zatanna, who is enjoying relaxing while her doppelganger does the heavy lifting. That night, during a performance, someone gets murdered, leading the pair to investigate. As it turns out, the murdered person is not really dead and is also Vandal Savage. Zatanna cannot use her magic because she is using all of her power to maintain her fake. Bronze Tiger shows up and attacks followed by Guy Mandrake, who Harley stole from. They flee and Harley eliminates the copy on camera, getting Zatanna off the hook as the murderer. With that done, Zatanna casts a spell causing Mandrake and his men to be stricken by vomit and diarrhea.. They have saved the day and the cruise lines gives them a free cruise. Who knows what could happen then?
JAY GARRICK: THE FLASH #6 by Jeremy Adams and Diego Olortegui. Jay races to save his daughter Judy, who is in the clutches of Doctor Elemental. He is using her as a conduit to unleash his plan to on the world. Mr. Terrific is able to find the source of an energy spike, leading Jay to track it to a small island in the Atlantic. After making his way past Elemental’s shark guards, he confronts Hughes, but it appears to be too late. He races around the world to take down the various conduit points, stopping the process and saving Judy, even though Hughes gets away. In the end, a mysterious stranger offers the escaped Hughes a deal.
KNEEL BEFORE ZOD #4 by Joe Casey and Dan McDaid. Ursa has died and Zod creates a funeral pyre that will burn forever. He also makes the decision to launch the bottled city of Kandor into space, allowing them a chance to survive and thrive. He then orders the Eradicator to initiate Omega Protocols, which destroys his planet and everything on it. He goes after the Khunds, attacking them and destroying their ship and all on it. His lifeless, charred body drifts through space before being picked up by another spacecraft.
NIGHTWING #113 by Tom Taylor, Marv Wolfman, Michael W. Conrad, Daniele Di Nicuolo, Bruno Redondo, and Howard Porter. On this night, Dick Grayson celebrates his birthday and the city will celebrate his contributions to Bludhaven. He meets with Bea, who shows him the body of someone they fished out of the sea that is marked by what Dick believes is a symbol from Heartless. He heads to a warehouse and finds that symbol again along with cameras, revealing he knows Heartless is watching and telling the villain he has an army now. That night Dick accepts the keys to the city along with Barbara. He choses to celebrate at his favorite 24 hour pizza place: Marv and George’s(an obvious homage to Marv Wolfman and George Perez), where Marv says he is proud of him and that George would be too. In the end, Shelton meets with Zucco, reveals he is Heartless and says that it is time for Dick Grayson to fall. In the backup, Nightwing has five minutes to deactivate a bomb and save a train filled with people, which he does with a second to spare.
NIGHTWING 2024 ANNUAL by Travis Moore and Alex Guimaraes. Twenty years ago, young Destiny watches her mom get killed in an attack on their boat. Lucky to be alive, she grows up in a homeless encampment until it is bought out by the Ascendek Group, who her mother worked for. She makes her way on the yacht of the C.E.O., which gets boarded by pirates, who take her in and train her over the next five years. Revealing that she discovered messages between the C.E.O. and someone named “Revenant”, she heads off to find answers, bringing her into contact with Carmen Navarro, who tells her that her mother had been subject to a hit by La Agente Funebre.Carmen sends Destiny to St. Hadrian’s Finishing Schiool,: a training ground for Spyral and becomes a secret agent named Siren. While on a mission in Moscow, she crosses paths with Ice from Checkmate and saves her life, even as Ice tells her that her mother worked for Checkmate. Carmen sends Destiny off on a new mission: shadow Dick Grayson, who is now Ric Grayson and recovering from being shot by KGBeast, who she reveals is Revenant. Under the alias of Bea Bennett, she spends time with Ric and falling in love with him. Eventually, Ric gets his memory back and goes back to being the original Nightwing. Her friend Shan, now operating as Condor Red, informs her that Bea’s mother was a double agent, working for both Checkmate and Spyral. Bea meets with KGBeast, with the intentions of killing him, until he reveals that he wasn’t Revenant but was hired by Revenant, who worked for Spyral. Later she finds that she is now on a hit list and she learns that carmen is Revenant, who has been working for La Agente Funebre. She gets saved by Ice and decides to move on with her life, going back to her adoptive family. But it seems her mother is actually still alive and watching from the shadows.
OUTSIDERS #6 by Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly, and Robert Carey. Fourteen months ago, Lucius Fox assembled the Outsiders team and after investigating the Carrier, which tells them this is the “landmark final issue”, the team finds themselves in a strange city that resembles something out of the 1950’s. There they meet the Golden Age Superman, working as a mailman and them a living version of The Carrier, who tells Drummer they are about to explode. Luke and Lucius end up in a milk bar where they meet many DC characters who have been written out of continuity including Cave Carson, Zauriel, and most of the cast from GOTHAM CITY GARAGE. They tell Lucius this is a place of peace and he reveals to Luke that he had a stroke 14 months ago. Drummer meets with Richard Dragon who tells her she should go home and she begins rampaging throughout the town. Drummer is stopped by The Carrier, who takes them all home, but not before kissing Kate and telling her a secret. Kate later reveals that The Carrier told her Drummer’s real name, which is Jakita Wagner. Drummer takes out the Planetary Guide and tells them that she is not part of their story but they have always been a part of hers.
THE PENGUIN #9 by Tom King and Rafael De Latorre. Silent Majority and Major Victory set off a bomb at the Martha Wayne Day Care Center as eleven other bombs are set off throughout Gotham, killing and injuring many. Batman meets with Penguin and wants to know who was responsible and he is told Aiden and Addison Cobblepot. Batman tells him to give him the real names or he will drop him to the pavement below. Another bombing, this time by Black Spider, who gets apprehended by Batman, who tells him the twins were responsible for ordering the bombings. Later, as batman goes to meet the twins tat the Iceberg Lounge, Penguin begs for a meeting with Rita and then breaks down in her arms, telling her there is nothing good inside him.
POISON IVY #21 by G. Willow Wilson and Mariko Takara. Pam Isley is inject with Jason Woodrue’s serum and she suddenly gains her powers. Later, when she learns what her powers can do, she becomes the eco-terrorist known as Poison Ivy. She commits crimes, ends up in Arkham but is eventually released to do it all again. In the here and now, she is fighting against Woodrue’s creations and orders Janet from H-R to get behind her.
POWER GIRL #8 by Leah Williams and Eduardo Pansica. A HOUSE OF BRAINIAC tie-in. In a story running at the same time as ACTION COMICS #1064, Power Girl is trying to learn to roller skate and telling Omen of her recent adventure in Ferimbia when Omen asks her about Power Girl’s apparent crush on Axel., with Power Girl saying she is not even sure if he is interested in her. She texts him just as he is captured by the same device Brianiac has previously used on friends and family of Superman. Omen also gets taken an Power Girl fights a Lobo and some of Brainiac’s robots. She goes to the Kent family apartment and Superman explains how everyone has been taken but not her because she is from Earth-2. She agrees to stay and protect Metropolis and, in the process, is captured by Crush. Elsewhere, other Lobos, having decided not to return to Brainiac, play with a Nanoblaster and, seeing what it can do, plan to have some fun.
RED HOOD: THE HILL #3 by Shawn Martinbrough and Sanford Greene. Croc decides to help ‘Junior’ eliminate both The Watch and Strike and suggest bringing in The Kreckk, who was known as The Projector when he was in Arkham. Later, all of the team members get attacked by some creatures that apparently come from Kreckk’s sleeping mind. Jason defends Dana and kills the creature but the question is what has happened to her friends. And Batman arrives also wanting to know what is going on.
SHAZAM #10 by Mark Waid and Emanuela Lupacchino. Freddy reveals that he got his driver’s license and bought a vehicle he calls the Shaz-Van. The family moves into their new home and Billy meets his attractive neighbor Beau. Once inside, he and Mary discover that they have a doorway to a Greek temple and the Domain of Zeus, which he created using the same magic Shazam used to create an extra dimension to hold the Rock of Eternity. Apparently all of the doors in the house, from closets to the refrigerator, all contain doorways including one that unleashes a three eyed lizard that attacks Zeus, causing Billy and Mary to transform into the Marvels. In the end, Freddy and the Shaz-Van come to the rescue and seals the doorways. The family are told that adoption proceedings are being put in place as Darla observes The captain, or a version of him, burning something in the family fireplace.
SINISTER SONS #3 by Peter J. Tomasi and Vasco Georgiev. The sons of Sinestro and Zos meet Major Tom, who is thrilled to be free from the creature he is stuck inside for so long. But the boys are not about to let him take their ship and they fight. But they soon discover their powers do not work inside the creature and the gun they stole from Major Tom has a palm print identifier and only Major Tom can use it. They work together to survive inside of Melville but then they have to deal with space pirates hunting the creature.
SPEED FORCE #6 by Jarrett Williams, George Kambadais, and Tom Derenick. Wallace and Avery fight against the “rap avatars” and get some unexpected help from Superboy, who has broken free from the brainwashing. The app is defeated, although Sebastian Stagg takes advantage and acquires it. And the Fiddler runs away, only to be visited later by Klarion. With everything fixed, the team gets together and play video games.
SUICIDE SQUAD: DREAM TEAM #2 by Nicole Maines and Eddy Barrows. With Bizarro on a rampage in Gamorra, Clock King deduces that the team was deployed under false pretenses. That is when Dreamer and Harley arrive trying to tell the others how wrong they are about what they are doing. During the scuffle, Clock King drops the barrier and Bizarro attacks Dreamer who manages to transport away. Later, Waller arrives, putting almost all of the existing team to sleep, except for Bizarro, who she sends on a special mission. Later, President Nakamura is attacked and apparently killed by someone she thinks is Superman, meaning it may be Bizarro. Later, while Amanda sleeps, she is visited by Dreamer who shows Amanda her past while Amanda also shows her the world where another Superman destroyed it. Her plan is to eliminate all Metas. When she wakes, she continues to put her plan in place.
SUPERMAN #13 by Joshua Williamson and Rafa Sandoval. HOUSE OF BRAINIAC Part 2. In the Warriors Bar , Lobo is trashing the place, leading to a fight with Superman, who demands to know where Brainiac is, with Lobo saying he doesn’t know what Superman is talking about. Brainiac is in his space ship with his captives and apparently suffering , which leads to him getting assistance from multiple Brainiacs. Lobo teams up with Superman, having found out there are Czarnians working with Brainiac. En route to his ship, they are attacked by the Czarnians. Meanwhile, Brainiac frees Luthor who promises to give Superman to Brainiac provided he agrees to leave his daughter out of it. Supergirl and Kon manage to free themselves, but they are now facing a bigger problem…much bigger.
TITANS #10 by Tom Taylor and Lucas Meyer. Trilogy, looking for his father, meets with Servillius, taking an axe which increases his size and strength. He wants to get noticed more by his father and Servillius suggests he should go after Raven. Trilogy opens a portal from Hell and fights with the Titans in his search for Raven. Raven confronts him and, by opening a portal of her open, severs his arm holding the axe. Separated from the axe, he reverts to his original self and Raven takes him back to Hell. In the end, Amanda Waller meets with Dr. Morrow, who is building an ultimate weapon he calls Vanadia, but who was someone else previously.
WONDER WOMAN #8 by Tom King, Daniel Sampere, and Belen Ortega.Diana finds herself as a perfect housewife with Steve Trevor as her demeaning husband. She is actually being held captive by The Sovereign, who has her bound with his own special lasso. She continues to struggle in this dream until she is visited by her mother who tells her that even though she always said the lasso could never be broken, she asks Diana when she ever believed her mother. Wirth that, she breaks free and, despite being attacked by his followers, tells him that he broke his toy. Meanwhile, Cassie, Donna, and Yara use Steel for a version of William Tell. In the backup, Wonder Girl goes to feudal Japan to learn how to sword fight without changing the future, which of course she does for a while,
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