ABSOLUTE POWER #1(FCBD EDITION) by Mark Waid and Mikel Janin. by Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly, and Robert Carey.and Clock King meet with a captured Meta with electrical based abilities. Clock King tells him of Amanda Waller’s early life, while the Meta observes members of the Squad, along with Green Arrow, who Clock King tells him is part of the team now. He is brought into a room to measure the full extent of his powers. But the robot he is training his powers on creates a feedback loop that kills him, just as it had three other Metas. Waller meets with dreamer and demands she tell Waller her future. Dreamer insists she cannot see it, even though she actually sees the Justice League members in manacles and defeated. Failsafe enters and says that an extraterrestrial vehicle has entered the atmosphere and that it may have what they require.
ACTION COMICS #1065 by Joshua Williamson and Rafa Sandoval. HOUSE OF BRAINIAC PART 3. Superman and Lobo take the fight to General Chacal and his men before leaving the fight to even the playing the field. They end up at Hardcore Station where they meet with Space Cabbie, who tells them that Brainiac has been sending the Czarnian army down to any planet with powers. Chacal and his men show up, with Chacal saying he wants Lobo to succeed his rule and convinces Lobo to join him and take out Superman. Meanwhile, inside Brainiac’s ship, Supergirl and Kon are free of their prison, but have been reduced in size. The miniaturized superheroes free Livewire and Parasite and, after going to the ship’s armory, they battle with the Brainiacs, until Supergirl is captured by Brainiac Prime. He takes her to Luthor and she observes a miniaturized city which Luthor enlarges, revealing a city Brainiac had saved from the destruction of Colu. Supergirl breaks free and, kidnapping Luthor, flees. In the backup, Brainiac’s son meets with his father. Brainiac has his men take his son to the reborn Colu, where the young man sees his mother. To be continued in SUPERMAN #14.
ALAN SCOTT: THE GREEN LANTERN #6 by Tim Sheridan and Cian Tormey. The JSA along with Alan and Red Lantern fight against the Russian team, with Red Lantern being killed in the process. But he is resurrected and kills the Russians with his power, angering Alan. Red Lantern, now without his ring, is jailed but somehow still has access to the Crimson Flame. In the present, Alan speaks with his son before a final epilogue explaining how he was able to deal with mastering time travel, just to go back and write a letter to his future self.
BATMAN #147 by Chip Zdarsky, Jorge Jimenez, and Miguel Mendonca. Failsafe saves Vandal Savage, who has been appointed Police Commissioner, from an assassination attempt. Meanwhile, Bruce heads to Happy Harbor: the former headquarters of the Justice League. Tim arrives and offers his help, with Bruce saying he cannot do this alone and needs his family. Elsewhere, Waller sends her assault team to Wayne Manor and take out Failsafe, but they only find Damian, as Failsafe is in her headquarters and she tries to bring him to her side. Later, Damian observes Failsafe building an army of Amazos that he has uploaded with variations of Batman from across the Multiverse. Damian realizes Failsafe is not his father and has been collecting Zue-En-Arrhs, He captures Damian and reveals he has made his own version of Robin. In the backup, Riddler and Two-Face have been captured by The Warden. After being beat down by some of The Warden’s men, The Warden offers to have Riddler be better and allow him to make him that way.
BATMAN AND ROBIN #9 by Joshua Williamson and Nikola Cizmesija. Batman has been captured by Man-bat, who declares he created these followers and that he is now more popular than Batman himself. Meanwhile, Damian tells Nika that he is sure Principal Stone is his former trainer Mistress Harsh. Ater initiating a food fight, Damian and Nika get called to Stone’s office where she sets Shea on Damian, who is quickly dispatched. Stone admits who she is an appears to prepare to kill Shea when Ms. Hall saves Shea, leading Damian to call her out as Shush. She reveals how Tommy Elliot was her mentor and she would cover for him when he would leave the hospital to engage as Hush, which caused her to be stripped of her medical license. She discovered the Man-Bat cult and convinced him to join with her and take down Batman. She explains she was wrong and they can work together to stop Man-Bat. She has also been injured by Man-Bat and Damian leaves Nika to care for her. Damian tracks down Man-Bat, who leaves the area with his followers and a captured Batman in tow.
BATMAN DYLAN DOG #3 by Roberto Recchioni, Gigi Cavenago, and Werther Dell’Edera. The Joker has returned to Gotham along with a resurrected Killex, who now returns to his murderous ways. Killex is conflicted and he leaves The Joker behind. Meanwhile, Dylan has come to Gotham and meets with Gordon, telling him that these murders are not like Killex’s previous ones, meaning he is still learning. Batman captures The Joker, who reveals that Killex is an empty shell and he wants Dylan to find him. Dylan sets himself up as bait to capture Killex, which Batman does. Through magical means, Killex is sent to a version of heaven, which is hell for him and for all time.
BATMAN/SUPERMAN: WORLD’S FINEST #27 by Mark Waid and Dan Mora. With Batman and Superman turned into two-dimensional figures, it is up to the Justice League to fight the invaders and their Earth counterparts. Meanwhile, Bat-Mite ventures into the 2-D world to free them but accidentally takes them to the Sixth Dimension. Mxyzptlk gives Jimmy Olsen powers, tapping into his history as Turtle Boy and others. The master villain behind it all has decided that Jimmy is Earth’s mightiest hero and now must prepare to die.
BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #13 by Tim Seeley, Mark Russell, Delilah S. Dawson, Joshua Hale Fialkov, Jason Shawn Alexander, Kelley Jones, Jon Mikel, Serg Acuna, Lisandro Estherren, and Rodney Barnes. Nightwing observes a woman commit suicide but when he tries to stop her he ends up falling and now can’t find the woman. This leads to a team-up with Deadman, which leads them to…The Unfallen. In the second tale, Booster Gold screws things up and lands in a time where the Jurassic League are the heroes. Because of his interference, he ends up in 2471 C.E. where he finds the world has changed and the Jurassic League is in charge. In the third tale, the mission to take out Artemis ends, with her escaping back to Themyscira. In the fourth tale, Batman and guy Gardner team up in a search for gray aliens who may have been here since Roswell. In the final story, The Joker is murdered by someone who only wants to help Batman get rid of his arch enemy.
BIRDS OF PREY #9 by Kelly Thompson and Javier Pina. The Birds have ended up somewhere and are now actively looking for Barbara. They find her and follow her until they realize it is not their friend but a twisted Bat creature. Dinah subdues it and they flee, leaving Barbara behind, wherever she may be. Meanwhile, Meridian ends up visiting Zealot in Star City and the pair head to Gotham, where they find the portal that had been opened.
BLUE BEETLE #9 by Josh Trujillo and Adrian Gutierrez. Victoria Kord has her Pinnacle and Jaime is appalled. He goes to visit Brenda, who admits she knew about Pinnacle and how Victoria was filling it with the powers of the scarabs. Later, Victoria destroys Pinnacle and says she would rather be a villain than a victim. Brenda leaves and takes a fragment of Pinnacle with her but soon is attacked by Victoria’s drones, being shot down before Jaime can get to her. Victoria does not know what to do and that is when Ted Kord arrives and they decide they need to fix this. Jaime gets to the remains of Brenda’s ship, but the fragment of Pinnacle is not there, as it has grown again and is now prepared to take out all enemies.
CATWOMAN #65 by Tini Howard and Carmine Di Giandomenico. Selena has died again, but she is given one more chance at life by and wakes in a freezer in a morgue, which she quickly escapes but not before finding the trove of artifacts that belong to Viceroy. Later, she heads to Brazil and meets with Scandal and unveils her plan to hire some of Viceroy’s hired thieves away from her.
DETECTIVE COMICS #1085 by Ram V and Stefano Raffaele. Batman is back in Gotham but he is a changed man and is preparing to take the fight to the Orghams. His first strike is to light up a flaming bat in the city. Later, he meets with Mr. Freeze, telling him he may need Freeze’s “eternal winter” to help defeat the Orghams. In the end, the Orghams have a new partner of sorts: Dr. Jonathan Crane. In the backup, Freeze meets with Magda: a woman who once helped him out in his early days. She asks him to help her find more time in her life and Freeze gives her something. It doesn’t extend her life, it ends it.
THE FLASH #9 by Si Spurrier and Ramon Perez. The Crown of Thawnes, made up of the various consciousness of Multiversal Reverse-Flashes, forces Barry to try and attack Iris, Linda and Wade but Barry resists all attempts. Barry continues to resist the Crown so they call on Abra Kadabra to try to put pressure on him. Meanwhile, at the Linear Bureau, Jai is able to observe the Gallery of Moments, where she sees Wally turning all of the statues away from him, although Nightwing’s keeps looking back at him. Wally teleports to Nightwing who tells him that, no matter what is going on, Wally is the best person he knows. As Barry fights Kadabra, Rathway and Pilgrim arrive and take Wade away for his own safety. Hartley plays his flute and this causes the previously invisible Barry to appear, as the flute has broken Kadabra’s spell, and she punches the villain out. Pilgrim unmasks and Linda allows him to take Wade away. At the Bureau, Pilgrim explains that the Arc Angles wanted him to destroy the speedsters to save the universe but he decided to imprison them instead, revealing himself as future Wade. As Barry tries to get rid of a missile, he realizes that he has been followed by Failsafe.
GREEN ARROW #12 by Joshua Williamson and Sean Izaakse. Ollie fights against the creations from Sanctuary but he does not fight alone as his family joins him, allowing him to fight Merlyn one-on-one. With Merlyn defeated, Diggle arrives and takes custody of the villain, meaning the Arrow Family can all go back home to the island. To enjoy a family vacation.
GREEN LANTERN #11 by Jeremy Adams, Xermanico, and Kevin Maguire. Thaaros destroys the power battery on Zamaron and decrees that it is time to eliminate the Star Sapphires. Back on Earth, Carol tells Nate she wants to get married today and the couple head to Las Vegas. Along the way, she thinks of her youth and some of the trouble she and young Hall got into. Just before the marriage ceremony can be completed, a Star Sapphire rings arrives, seeking out carol. Meanwhile, Hal and the Lantern resistance meet with Thaaros, declaring that he is the problem, which he admits to. He then dispatches members of the council, shape shifting Durlans, to attack them. In the backup, Guy and Lobo team up and end up in a bar. But before the bar fight can begin, Brainiac arrives along with more of Lobo’s people.
GREEN LANTERN: WAR JOURNAL #9 by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Montos. As Shepherd tries to decipher the Book of Oa, Stewart and the survivors try to escape from the dark light that will turn them into Fenn. On Earth, Varron continues to threaten John’s mother and has not realized that John’s sister is only a construct.
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