GREEN LANTERN #17 by Jeremy Adams and Xermanico. Varron and the Durlan warships show up over Oa, where his plan is to gain access to the Source Lantern. Meanwhile, the Unseeing, along with Yellow Lantern Kilowog, continue to interrogate Jessica Cruz when they learn of Varron’s arrival. Hal and John head to Oa to warn them of the upcoming attack by Red Lantern Mogo. At the same time, Thaaros is revealed to still be alive and transforms into Dark Star and also heads to Oa. With all the various forces converging, a battle for the Source Lantern begins just as Red Lantern Mogo arrives and destroys the Durlan warships. Sinestro arrives and crashes into Mogo, absorbing the Red Lantern power. Varron manages to enter the Source Lantern and that causes Kyle Rayner to transform into the White Lantern and head after him.
HARLEY QUINN #45 by Elliot Kalan and Mindy Lee. The Harley Quinn Destructive agency gets a new case that takes her to a garbage dump, where she observes the statue of Mayor James Francis Donn She also meets Chicken Fingers. It is revealed that Althea Klang is planning to unveil a new centerpiece for Throatcutter Hill and Harley plans to stop it. At the ceremony, Klang reveals a giant statue saying ‘Heart’. As Harley attempts to destroy it, Klang reveals her own superhero by the name of The Amenity. The pair fights and Chicken Fingers attempts to help but his age and physical condition is more of a hindrance and Harley tells him so. However, she fights back and takes out The Amenity, knocking him into the statue, which now reads ‘Fart’. In the end, she apologizes to Chicken Fingers, saying she still wants him as her neighbor. And, after all of this, Klang wants revenge.
JSA #1 by Jeff Lemire and Diego Olortegui. Following the events of ABSOLUTE POWER, the Justice Society has reformed and there are now multiple teams; all of whom are fighting injustice in their own way. Infinity Inc. has reformed, with many old members such as Jade and her brother, along with newer members such as Yolanda and Jesse. At the same time, Jakeem remains in critical condition although no one can figure out what is wrong with him. The Mystery Men consists of the classic JSA’ers including Wildcat, Alan Scott, and Jay Garrick, and they are all at the Tower of fate where Khalid is taken out and Hawkman and Hawkgirl find themselves in the fight of their lives. Later, at the Justice Society brownstone, it is revealed that Infinity Inc. has a spy in their midst as Johnny Sorrow is revealed to be masquerading as Jade’s brother. And he has reformed the Injustice Society.
JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED #1 by Mark Waid and Dan Mora. With ABSOLUTE POWER over, the Justice League has reformed as Justice League Unlimited, which now allows ALL of Earth’s heroes to be members. One of the newest members is Air Wave, who came back to this timeline following the conclusion of STARGIRL: THE LOST CHILDREN. As he begins his orientation, Aquaman and his team of heroes face off against Marine Marauder while the Challengers of the Unknown try to fix a problem with the Watchtower’s power core. An alert comes in about War Wheels destroying a mining town in South Africa. Air Wave is able to use his radio wave powers to lend a hand, even as the team learns this is part of a plot by a group calling themselves Inferno. At the same time, Batman and Blue Beetle head to Costa Rica where they discover an entire area covered with weird alien pods. In the end, Air Wave has mixed mentions as he is glad to have helped and is trusted but is also conflicted as he was sent here to kill the Justice League.
MILESTONE UNIVERSE: THE SHADOW CABINET #1 by Joseph Illidge, Daryl Banks, and Atagun Ilhan. On an Alva jet, the members of S.Y.S.T.E.M. are discussing ways to take advantage of citizens following the recent Brainiac invasion. They are interrupted by Angela Alva who executes one of the occupants and declares herself the new head of S.Y.S.T.E.M. Later, Angela Alva meets with Tiffany Evans in an attempt to get the woman whose life she ruined to come work for her. At the same time, Rocket is continuing to fight the good fight, guided by Hardware, who is currently a wanted fugitive. She has little time to rest as she receives an alert about an auction of a train from someone looking to sell Brainiac tech. The entire auction is interrupted by the intervention of Shadow Cabinet members Anasai and Iron Butterfly who, along with Rocket, stop the sale. Rocket gets transported to Shadowspire where she meets Dharma and is offered the opportunity to join them to help save the world. In the end, a contract killer is being tasked to go to Paris Island and kill the Blood Syndicate.
NIGHTWING #120 by Dan Watters and Dexter Soy. Nightwing finds himself chased by security bots inside Spheric Solutions. He is able to disable the central processing unit inside the building by opening the shell of the bot but discovers it is being controlled by a scared rabbit. He rescues the rabbit just before the bot explodes, taking the facility with it. The next day Dick’s sister calls and he learns of a press conference that Olivia Pearce is giving, putting the blame on the Teddies Gang, who Nightwing had previously talked with to cool the rising gang issue. She then releases the upgraded Bludhaven Police Department, now called the Helios Project and equipping them with her new upgraded weapons. Dick goes to talk to the Teddies, but the Helios Project has already gotten there and kills one of the gang, who turns out to be a 14 year old kid.
POISON IVY #27 by G. Willow Wilson and Marcio Takara. Ivy finds out she is now wanted for murder and that leads to a confrontation with Batman, where she tells him she is not the ecoterrorism leader. She meets with Janet and the pair head off to the ghost town before heading back to town, where she confronts one of the terrorist group, who tells her that because she defeated the Green Man the world will be reborn through her. Meanwhile, Janet, scared and lonely, calls Croc and asks him to come over, which he does. They explore the sewers under the ghost town, finding graffiti declaring ‘We Tried’ before sharing a kiss.
POWER GIRL #15 by Leah Williams and Adrianna Melo. Some time ago, seven year old Abigail Weathers, who suffered from a rare form of Albinism, was in a car crash that killed her parents. She is saved from the crash by Symbio and taken to Dolira, where she was raised and trained by him. Fifteen years later, he gives her special armor he had crafted for her from his living biotech and sends her to take out Power Girl. In Asgard, Power Girl learns all of this thanks to the mirror in the Charnel House of God-Thought revealing this to her, which sets her off as she confesses that Symbio, who she had already killed once, was her abuser. While Omen fights for her life, Power Girl meets with Ejecta, demanding she ask Symbio about what really happened with the death of her parents. As if things weren’t bad enough, Omen flatlines in the hospital.
THE QUESTION: ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER #1 by Alex Segura and Cian Tormey. Following the events of ABSOLUTE POWER, Renee Montoya finds herself serving as the Head of Security aboard the newly built Watchtower. As it turns out, Batman and Superman asked her to take this job to help her not only sort out her life but to try and find the person or persons trying to infiltrate the Watchtower. Her specific team consists of Ted Kord, Jaime Reyes, Animal Man, and her former lover Batwoman as her agent in the field. While she is taking the tour of the facility with Wonder Woman, an alert informs them of an intruder that turns out to be Conduit and they are looking to find and kill Montoya. Conduit is eventually stopped and revealed to be a robot and this attack was simply a distraction that allows a member of the Challengers of the Unknown to be killed.
SHAZAM #17 by Josie Campbell and Dan McDaid. The Commander is now being endorsed by Society and that brings him to a major disagreement between himself and Billy, leading him to have a conversation with The Captain. The Captain reveals that Freddy took an artifact from the Rock of Eternity that is called the Amber Lightning, which leads to the pair meeting with Hephaestus, the god of the forge. The god reveals the origin of the Amber Lightning and explains that it is not evil but simply a test, proving the wearer to have to choose between good and evil. Meanwhile, Mary and Hoppy take a tour of Society and find a secret area, leading to them being attacked. In the end, The Commander arrives at a homeless camp with a look that says he may be heading towards the darker side of his personality.
SUPERMAN #20 by Joshua Williamson and Dan Mora. Doomsday has escaped from Hell but time has been frozen by the Time Trapper, who reveals himself to be an evolved Doomsday from the future and he is here with a warning. He explains that every time Doomsday dies, he evolves and the Time Trapper cannot become his ultimate being and transform into a god until he himself dies and he needs Superman to kill him, which he refuses to do. Unfreezing time, he warns Superman that those he cares for will die until Time Trapper gets what he wants. With Superman engaged with Doomsday and Superwoman fighting the Hell Hounds, he directs Mercy to call out Parasite to stop Doomsday. He manages to drain enough energy to weaken Doomsday but ultimately is torn in two by the creature. Super Corps manages to incapacitate the creature and take it into custody. In the end, Doomsday’s arrival has given Calaton some interest and hope.
TITANS #17 by John Layman and Pete Woods. The Clock King, following the events of ABSOLUTE POWER, has not only had the bomb removed from his brain but also discovered he now has the power to control time because of a growth on his hippocampus. It has also given him the ability to go through the memories of individuals and has led to him capturing the Titans. He has hooked them up to a machine and is intending to use their memories to unlock their various secrets. But Donna has found a way to compartmentalize her memories and use them against Clock King. He escapes and the team deals with how much they had to fight back against their fear. In the end, Clock King is met by someone with an offer to help him…someone with issues with the Titans: Deathstroke.
WONDER WOMAN #15 by Tom King, Khary Randolph, and Daniel Sampere. Following the death of Steve Trevor and the “birth” of her daughter, Wonder Woman is ready to take out the Sovereign. Cassie crashes a jet onto an automated battleship and destroying it, while also taking the wealth stored inside of it. Yara goes on a bank robbing spree, stealing seventeen priceless Sovereign items in the process. Donna tracks down Solomon Grundy and, after beating him bloody, cuts him open and removes a rare, expensive Sovereign diamond from within him. Cheetah meets with a finance broker in hopes of him having sex. But she cuts him up and gains access to all the codes needed to move all of Sovereign’s assets to the charities of her choice. All the while, Diana cares for her newborn daughter. In the backup, Steve Trevor is seemingly enjoying Paradise, although he still longs to be with Diana.
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