HARLEY QUINN #46 by Elliot Kalan and Mindy Lee. Harley continues her war against those that bother her and her neighbors, taking aim at the decline of neighborhood business because of people ordering online. This leads her into direct conflict with Convoy: the en-truckulated man. With the help of music provided by DJ Local hero, she defeats Convoy and saves the neighborhood stores, despite causing so much damage in the process. In the end, Althea Klang confronts her and promises to destroy her.
JSA #2 by Jeff Lemire and Diego Olortegui. In a flashback to one week ago, Jade, Dr. Mid-Nite, and Sand rescue attendees at a benefit event and have been held in a suspended state. Meanwhile, the other JSA members inform Jade that Kobra had broken into Ted Knight’s old observatory. Obsidian, actually a disguised Johnny Sorrow, suggests forming a strike team to go after Kobra. The Injustice Society breaks into the Brownstone and attacks, keeping Jakeem from summoning Thunderbolt and Khalid transports everyone to the Tower of Fate but he and Jakeem are left behind. In the end, in a replay of last issue, Jay finally finds the one door in the Tower that leads them back to the Brownstone but, as the door opens, they are greeted by Red Lantern, Doctor Elemental, and Solomon Grundy. And that is when Hawkman gets run through with a very long sword.
JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED #2 by Mark Waid and Dan Mora. A second team of Justice League members, made up of Star Sapphire, Mary Marvel, Superman, Wonder Woman, Martian Manhunter, Black Lightning, and Dr. Occult, arrive to help Batman and Blue Beetle from the swarm of Parademons. Batman instructs them to split up to where they are most needed. While Black Lightning and Star Sapphire remain behind, Wonder Woman and Mary Marvel head off to handle the egg farm and Martian Manhunter and Dr. Occult search for the kidnapped children. Meanwhile, the Atoms have figured out a way to restore the original powers to the various heroes while Stargirl and Mr. Terrific continue to investigate the mysterious Inferno group. Dr. Occult and Martian Manhunter find the sentient Parademon who was sent to Earth long ago by Darkseid and has been kidnapping the children as an offering to Darkseid to bring him home. J’onn beats on the Parademon, which causes Dr. Occult to muse that J’onn has been adversely affected by the power switch.
METAMORPHO THE ELEMENT MAN #1 by Al Ewing and Steve Leiber. Metamorpho battles against Mister 3, who is trying to steal all of his secrets. He gets joined by the mysterious Element gal, agent of S.H.A.D.E., who we learn was once being handled by Mister 3 on the mission that turned her into Element Gal. The pair work together to stop Mister 3 and Element gal decides to stay on as Metamorpho’s backup. It’s a good thing as he is preparing for his own death as he investigates Project: Sunrise.
MILESTONE UNIVERSE: THE SHADOW CABINET #2 by Joseph Illidge, Daryl Banks, and Atagun Ilhan. Dharma reveals to Rocket that they were the world’s first superhero and their powers allowed the formation of The Shadow Cabinet. When she tells them they are doing an awful job, Rocket is informed that the Cabinet was responsible for sealing the time fissure that Metcalf had created. Despite an offer to join the Shadow Cabinet, she turns it down and leaves. She makes a side trip to visit Static, telling her that he has no need to leave his neighborhood and join whatever fight is coming. Elsewhere, Paris Island is under attack by the mysterious assassin and the Blood Syndicate takes a beating. But Wise Son gets transported to the home of the Shadow Cabinet where he is told he has to repay his debt to Dharma. Meanwhile, Angela Alva, with Transit by her side, engages in a full takeover of Alva Industries. Tashana invades Metcalf’s lab and takes him down, apparently repaying her debt to Dharma. She drags him to Alva’s and he is forced to meet with Angela Alva.
THE NEW GODS #1 by Ram V, Evan Cagle and Jorge Fornes. With Darkseid’s death, there has become an imbalance of power in the universe. Metron delivers Highfather a prophecy regarding a special child born on Earth and Highfather sends Orion off on a special mission. Orion visits Scott Free who is struggling to maintain family life with Barda working for the Birds of Prey while also dealing with his newborn daughter Olivia. Orion explains that Highfather has tasked him to find this child and kill it within the next seven days. It is something he does not want to do and tells Scott to find the child and escape with it. Meanwhile, in India, Maxwell Lord’s mercenaries hunt a child named Kamal who apparently is the child Orion is tasked to kill as he reveals his power.
NIGHTWING #121 by Dan Watters and Dexter Soy. A young member of the Teddy Gang is dead and Dick meets with Olivia Pearse, asking her if she would be interested in having him invest in Spheric Solutions. While Barbara investigates Spheric, Dick meets with the Teddy gang, only to have that meeting interrupted by the upgraded police force. He leads the Teddy gang away and gets them into a satellite safe house. In the end, Barbara tells Dick that Olivia Pearse may actually be someone he met when he was Robin.
POISON IVY #28 by G. Willow Wilson and Marcio Takara. Icy continues to deal with the terrorists who think that she is the Green Knight and, when they begin to crowd her, she uses her power to put them to sleep. Back inn the deserted city, she encounters Xylon: a shepherd of the Grey, as she is told by the Bog Venus. She is also told that her actions have torn a rift between the Green and the Grey. Meanwhile, Janet and Croc awake at a knock on the door, as the pair have apparently had sex. Croc leaves and an embarrassed Janet stammers as Ivy tells her about the bog creature. She goes out to look for the creature and, when the fog lifts, she finds herself in Seattle.
POWER GIRL #16 by Leah Williams and Adrianna Melo. With Omen at death’s door, Power Girl battles against Electa. During the battle that takes them to the Fortress of Solitude, Ejecta reveals that Symbio infiltrated the Gamorra Compound before the Amazos were shut down and stole the powers of the Super Family, resulting in an upgrade to her own powers. She also reveals that she was always a homicidal maniac; even before Symbio got her. Power Girl ultimately defeats her with a Kalanorian rocket launcher and then violently beats her before sending her back to Symbio. Her adoptive father promises to rebuild her so no one can do this to her again. In the end, Omen, who had a miraculous recovery, and Power Girl move into a new headquarters.
THE QUESTION: ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER #2 by Alex Segura and Cian Tormey. Kenn Kawa of the Challengers has been gravely injured by a Thanagarian leopard and it happened in The Question’s bedroom. Security footage reveals that Batwoman was the person who allowed the creature in for the attack. That leads her to Nightshade’s Bar to find out if Kate had been acting unusually and discovering that, just about the time Conduit was taken down, Kate raced out of the place. Elsewhere, Bulleteer is minding the Amory when a flash of light occurs followed by the appearance of The Eradicator. Renee goes to visit Kenn and finds Kate there, confronting her with the evidence. She says she remembers none of it and Kenn wakes, screaming how someone wants the secrets to the Atom Project. The Eradicator arrives and brawls with The Question, producing a Green Lantern ring at the same time. But he finds the ring is off as Blue Beetle and Bulleteer arrive, with the latter carrying a piece of Kryptonite that allows him to be subdued. Later, as Jaime monitors systems, he is called away and suddenly the Phantom Zone containment unit is disabled.
SHAZAM #18 by Josie Campbell and Emanuela Lupcchino. Finding herself trapped beneath Society Tower, Mary defends herself but is ultimately captured although Hoppy escapes. Georgia Sivana has managed to enhance herself with a combination of magic and technology and blasts Mary, disintegrating her. She then sends the robots out to attack the city. Meanwhile, on the Rock of Eternity, Billy and The Captain sense something has happened to Mary even as Darla calls and says that Freddy is attacking citizens including Uncle Dudley. The Captain arrives right before The Commander is ready to kill Dudley but The Commander attacks back, as he is still possessed by the Amber Lightning. Beau saves The Captain by getting him into her van and driving him away. Billy realizes The Captain is dying and he takes control of the body to allow The Captain to return to The Rock and heal himself. Billy insists that Beau take him back so he can save Freddy. As it turns out, Mary has been sent to a distant planet where she finds Georgia with a group of Venusian worms similar to Mr. Mind.
SUPERMAN #21 by Joshua Williamson and Dan Mora. Clark takes Lois on a date night that begins with them playing darts on the moon. He admits that he is distracted by the Doomsday situation and also the effects of the Red Kryptonite dose from some time ago. Amethyst shows up asking for help because House Onyx has been invaded. Superman tries to fight the Onyx Army but Lois manages to broker the peace between the two factions. Lady Akira says that Onyx needs gems to make medicine. Resuming their date, a fleet of alien ships arrive, claiming they are The Aftermath. They demand that Doomsday is turned over to them or they will kill everyone on the planet. Elsewhere, Lex, still missing his memory, claims he can’t stop thinking about Mercy and presents her with her favorite coffee.
SUPERWOMAN SPECIAL #1 by Joshua Williamson, Edwin Galmon, Laura Braga, and Nikola Cizmesija. The story of jhow Lois became Superwoman is explained to Lara and Kara. During ABSOLUTE POWER, Lois put on a supersuit that was somehow connected to the Amazos. When the Amazos were defeated, Lois received a shock and passed out, later finding herself on the roof of the Daily Planet. With life back to normal, Lois goes back to work and, when she loses a pencil, she lifts a couch and discovers she has super powers. At Super Corp, she is scanned and finds that her cells have been super charged by the yellow sun, like Superman’s. After doing some super things, she meets with Clark and demonstrates her new power, later joining the whole Super family and surprising her son.
TITANS #18 by John Layman and Pete Woods. The Titans are moving into a new headquarters, affectionately dubbed Titans Tunnels as it is in New York City and 300 feet underground. While arguing among themselves, an alert comes in leading them into Manhattan where they see Mammoth and his sister Shimmer causing destruction, as she claims the Titans have been going after her. The work together to fight them with Gar, as an 800 lb. gorilla taking Shimmer out, leading to Mammoth begging the team not to kill her. Donna promises to fix whatever is wrong with her and Mammoth flees, promising to be back to get Shimmer. In the end, it appears the Clock King is behind this and that meets the approval of Deathstroke, who announces that the Crime Syndicate has been reformed and they have the power.
TWO-FACE #1 by Christian Ward and Fabio Veras. Harvey Dent, still dealing with both personalities within him, holds court in something he calls The White Church, where Zsasz is on trial for the murder of Anthony Reynolds: lieutenant in the Falcone Crime Family. Harvey proves that Zassz did not kill Reynolds but apparently Jimmy the Thin did. With the use of his coin, Harvey finds Jimmy guilty and kills him. In the end, he enlists Lake Cantwell to be a part of his new organization, even as he continues to try and keep Two-Face at bay inside his mind.
WONDER WOMAN #16 by Tom King, Khary Randolph, and Bruno Redondo. While Diana cares for her newborn daughter, Detective Chimp arrives at the home of the Sovereign to question what he might know about Steve’s murder. His questions are answered vaguely but that isn’t enough for Detective Chimp who spends the next few weeks pursuing and asking more questions and catching him in multiple lies. Realizing he has made one mistake too many, he sends Circe to Trevor’s office to steal back a key piece of evidence. But Chimp was prepared and. Along with The Spectre, she was interrogated, eventually revealing how the Sovereign was the secret King of America. That information is revealed to the world thanks to an exclusive news story by Clark Kent. In the backup, .the story is revealed. The Sovereign’s family used a magic lasso to convince the Founding fathers into thinking they were running a democracy when it was Sovereign’s family pulling the strings. Much of the information was gathered by Clark interviewing the Queen of America: the destitute older sister of the Sovereign, revealing that her brother killed their father and used the lasso to take control.
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