ABSOLUTE BATMAN #8 by Scott Snyder and Marcos Martin. Bruce wakes to find himself in a Cryo chamber . Victor Fries Jr. fills the tank and begins the freezing process, causing Bruce to recall a memorial with his friends for Matches Malone, where it is revealed that Thomas Wayne died because he stayed outside to save Matches. Fries contacts his benefactor and it is revealed that the snow he created contains a marker and will infect everyone in the city whose skin touches the snow. Suddenly, Batman breaks down the door to Fries office and he lets loose an army of zombified frozen individuals, causing Batman to flee. In the end, Waylon is drugged and taken to Ark M.
ABSOLUTE FLASH #3 by Jeff Lemire and Nick Robles. In a flashback of what happened during the lab accident, Barry has his fleshed peeled off of him while still begging to be helped as Wally runs into the desert. In the present, Wally has run to a farm and, when he wakes, he sees that Fort Fox has deployed “the monkey” after him. At Fort Fox, a scientist named Thawne bring up a video feed from Grodd. Grodd reaches out with a glowing finger and Wally touches it and the two of them experience their memories psychically. Grodd tells Wally telepathically tells Wally that they are the same because of their experiences. They exit the barn and see a boomerang shaped drone, which blasts at them and destroys the barn. Wally has a panic attack but Grodd calms him down and then the monkey knocks out all the Rogues but Harkness is immune. As Harkness flees, Wally chases after and knocks him out. Wally and Grodd bury Barry before donning Barry’s suit and they race off.
ABSOLUTE GREEN LANTERN #2 by Al Ewing and Jahnoy Lindsay. Jo and Hal sit in what’s left of the diner and talk about what happened. He asks her what the alien did to her as the green light around her looks like something from him. He also tells her to stay back as he cannot control his Black Hand and he just didn’t have the willpower to stop it from killing everyone in the diner. It is revealed that the alien, Abin Sur, stepped onto the ground in Evergreen and was then surrounded by residents, including Guy Gardner and his deputies, with Guy being blown away by an energy burst from the alien. As the deputies shoot at Abin Sur, he fights back, decapitating Rita and cutting off Roy’s hand. John arrives and convinces Hal not to shoot before the alien flies back to his ship. Later, Jo, Hal, and John meet up and John says that no one is coming to sabe the town, leading him to take Jo’s ring out of his pocket and him saying he knows what can save them. In the present, Jo asks Hal what happened to the guy and it appears in his hand and then his eyes turn black as he tells her to flee.
ABSOLUTE MARTIAN MANHUNTER #3 by Deniz Camp and Javier Rodriguez. John and his Martian companion investigate random people committing arson on homeless people. When Jones interrogates suspects, the Martian detects the influence of the White Martian. It is explained that the White Martian has a need to destroy. Later, Jones reads his wife’s thoughts and realizes their marriage is in trouble. He visits with his son and discovers him playing with the Green Martian. A call comes in saying random people are burning homes and Jones heads off to rescue people. A woman on fire who is revealed to be the White Martian, tells him that “it’s about the smoke.”
ABSOLUTE SUPERMAN #7 by Jason Aaron and
Carmine Di Giandomenico. In the present, the Omega Men enter a base in Nevada,
searching for the Brainiac server that powers Lazarus Corporation’s A.I.;
thinking they can shut the A.I. down if they destroy the data center. But they
are soon obliterated in the grossest way possible, except for one who is taken
hostage. Brainiac proceeds to dismember this Omega Man; going as far as
removing his brain and placing it in a jar while it is still connected to his
body. Brainiac is a cruel being who enjoys torturing humans and destroying the
shrunken cities he keeps in his lab. He then reveals his life story to his
captive. In the past, this Brainiac began as Brainiac 419,732 and was part of a
collective with the job of shoveling waste Brainiacs into the incinerator. This
went on for 137 years until no more bodies showed up, leading this one to
leaves the room and discover all the other Brainiacs dead. Eventually, he
reaches out to the Brainiac Collective Council to get assistance identifying
Superman from the red dust that was collected off his cape. They identify the
sand as coming from Krypton. In the end, Brainiac is seen completing cybernetic
enhancements on Peacekeeper Smith and is ready to send him to Kansas, based on
orders from Ra’s al Ghul himself.
ABSOLUTE WONDER WOMAN #8 by Kelly Thompson and Hayden Sherman. Steve, Barbara, Etta, and Gia find Diana living in the woods new Gateway City, where she uses her magic to create a home called The Hieron. Meanwhile, Veronica Cale enters Area 41 to deliver an item to Dr. Poison: a gas body in a containment suit. Cale offers two hours of outside time in exchange for Dr. Poison reviewing a recording of the Teracide’s death call that she is looking to weaponize. Later, Diana hears a sound that sounds like the Tetracide’s call and heads to Gateway City where she finds robotic spiders releasing the sound. She destroys the spiders and follows them to the sourse, where she find Dr. Poison, who claims she needs Diana’s help in exchange for information about the Amazons.
ACTION COMICS #1086 by G. Willow Wilson and Gavin Guidry. Kilg%re reveals that he wants Superman to join him in destroying all humans so machines can rule. Superman gets attacked by cybernetically altered orca whales, leading to him creating an ice barrier to keep them from the lab. He attacks Kilg%re and destroys his circuitry and Superman tosses him into a low orbit. The next day, Clark returns to Metropolis and Lois reminds him that he doesn’t have to fight every battle by himself.
AQUAMAN #5 by Jeremy Adams and John Timms. In a city within The Blue, a starving family is sentenced to death for breaking Dagon’s law about hunting within The Blue. Meanwhile, Aquaman, Vivienne and Arion see a man being hassled by guards and, of course, Aquaman gets involved, chasing the guard away. The man reveals himself to be Captain Nemo. He tells them he ended up in The Blue after sailing his submarine The Nautilus into it; eventually being arrested and sentenced to death for treachery. Aquaman asks if he encountered Atlantis on his way here and he says he did. To get to where the sub is, Aquaman finds a way to get arrested. When brought in front of the magistrates, he breaks free, and after interrogating their attackers, make their way to the sub and escape. Elsewhere, Dagon tells Mera that Aquaman is coming and, instead of having him killed, he wants him to see what has become of Atlantis.
BATGIRL #7 by Tate Brombal and Takeshi Miyazawa. While riding on a train to home, Cass opens a mysterious package she has received, which contains a Walkman and a book. The Walkman contains a recorded message from Lady Shiva, who begins to tell her life story, who saying that if she is hearing this then she must be dead. Ming-Yue and her older sister Mei-Xing were nomads in the Himalayas when they are attacked by ninjas who kill their parents as the girls flee. They end up training in the martial arts by monks. Sometime later, Ming-Yue saves an old woman being assaulted and that leads to them being recognized and are on the run again. They return to the temple and the monks are attacked. The girls help in the fight until they are told to flee and live..
BATMAN #160 by Geof Loeb, Jim Lee, and Scott Williams. Batman reviews his security tape and discovers that Hush told Red Hood not to kill The Joker as he is needed for his plan, while also reminding Jason that Hush is the only one to save him from a failing brain injury. Meanwhile, Gordon finds a tablet that shows Batman rescuing The Joker. Riddler tells Nightwing and Batgirl that he knows everyone’s secret identity and that no one should race off to confront Jason unless they are all together; advice that Nightwing ignores. Nightwing find The Joker strapped to a table at the top of a lighthouse, Jason attacks and a awakened Joker picks up the two pistols Jason left by his bedside and points them at the heroes. Batman heads to Wayne Med Tower and is attacked by Armor Damascus and Hush’s henchman. He gets backup as Damian arrives with Bane but that ends quickly as Hush arrives and takes Damian hostage.
BATMAN AND ROBIN #21 by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Javi Fernandez, and Carmine Di Giandomenico. In the past, Memento apparently kills Professor Blye. In the present, Lautrec meets with Batman at the Vauxhall Opera House. Memento arrives during the production, with dynamite strapped to his chest. He cannot stop the explosion but is able to save the cast, even as Memento flees. He captures Memento, who is revealed to be Travis Grimwell: the organizer of the International Mementist Society, Even with clues presented to him, Batman seeks the help of the Gotham Irregulars: a gang of Gotham urchins. In the end, Robin sees his captor-Aticus Blye.
BATMAN/SUPERMAN: WORLD’S FINEST #39 by Mark Waid and Clayton Henry. WE ARE YESTERDAY PART FOUR. In the present, there is a confused reunion as Batman finds himself elated that Dick is on the Watchtower, saying Robin had been missing for years and he only knows him as Nightwing. Even Superman is confused but understands that time is apparently broken. Nightwing and Robin shake hands and Robin disappears. Actually, the current Batman and Superman are in the past on the Justice League Satellite and the past Superman, Batman and Robin are in the present where Superman sees Lois as Superwoman. Sinestro and the Scarecrow arrive and attack while, in the past, Superman, Nightwing and Batman go to the Batcave, where they meet with a very much alive Alfred. Sinestro fires the time gun and that trio ends up in a desert. The past team travel in a Legion Time Bubble but hit a firewall and disappear.
BIRDS OF PREY #21 by Kelly Thompson and Sami Basri. The Birds are in disarray. Black Canary is in a fight with Copperhead in Tokyo while Cass and Sin are battling against her own assailants. Once they have defeated their enemies, Oracle orders them back home, where she tells them that Barda has crash landed in the Dubai desert where she continues to be attacked by Inque. Oracle puts a call out to other Birds even as Inque returns to Daemon Prime, possessing Barda’s body.
BLACK CANARY: BEST OF THE BEST #6 by Tom King and Ryan Sook. In the recent past, Dinah is met by Vandal Savage, where she agrees to the deal while they share a sandwich. Later, she is at home, removes her wig, and tries to convince herself to say the words “I surrender”. In the present, it is Round Six and Shiva is issuing a tremendous beating, actually ripping Dinah wig off during the brawl. This inspires her to fight back, knocking out Shiva with one solid kick. Then she stands in the ring and loudly says that she surrenders. Afterwards, she visits her mother, who is recovering thanks to Savage keeping his promise.
CATWOMAN #76 Torunn Gronbekk and Patricio Delpeche. In the past, Shota saves Evie during their bungled operation. In the present, Evie is on a boat with Shota and learns that Suzy is in trouble. In a flashback, Shota is seen at the house when Evie broke into the vault and he stood and watched with someone else when Theodore Belov died from poison.. Who was the other person?
DETECTIVE COMICS #1097 by Tom Taylor and Lee Garbett. Ambrose executes Warden Slattery. Elsewhere, Batman meets with Bullock, who is investigating the murder scenes that Aesma was responsible for. Batman offers to hire Bullock, now a private investigator, to help him shut down Elixir. Bullock tells of something that happened when he was a rookie and finds Ambrose torturing a man but his partner, Sulley, pulls him away. He says that people who interfere in Elixir business end up dead. Bullock meets with Sulley, off the force and possibly dying, and he agrees to give Bullock a file for a fee. Bullock sends the information to Batman on a line that leads to Oracle. A group of armed men break in on Bullock and they fight. Batman arrives at Bullock’s apartment and finds him missing and signs of a struggle. Oracle traces the van that was there to Pokolistan, leading Batman to give chase. He breaks into the van and finds a hooded prisoner, but it’s not Bullock. It’s The Penguin.
FIRE AND ICE: WHEN HELL FREEZES OVER #2 by Joanne Starer and Stephen Byrne. Fire and Ice may have gotten their powers back, but now they have ended up in each others’ bodies, meaning they are still having issues. Later, at the New Kooey Fair, Tora, in Bea’s body, mistakenly undresses while trying to remove her sweater, exposing herself to the crowd. Bea accidentally unleashes what she hoped would be a snowstorm but it results in balls of ice. Even later, while Grodd prepares to come and get his sister, Bea has a meltdown that results in all of their friends swapping bodies. Zach explains all of this is due to the bracelet and the Chaos Magic within and the only way to fix things is with the Ring of Nabu. Bad news: it is in Hell!
THE FLASH #21 by Simon Spurrier and Vasco Georgiev. As F8-3-1459 sneaks into Heliophage’s space to overhear him briefing the Rogues, Wally argues with his family about his motives in tis war. Jai teleports Barry Allen to talk sense into her father. F8-3-1459 heads back to headquarters with an assist by Max Mercury, now known as Max Mercy. Wally shows Barry the results and death on the battlefield and his mentor is horrified. They go to a bunker where Inspector Pilgrim is waiting with Sliders to deploy and it is revealed these clones go out into the Spectraverse and die screaming. Barry demands his ring back and Wally tells him it was lost by the first clone. Max and F8-3-1459 arrive, with the clone saying Heliophage’s plan is to move the moon to block out the sun. Wally orders F8-3-1459 to merge with a clone called Dead Drop as Barry is sent back to Earth. As Dead Drop prepares to merge with F8-3-1459, he refuses, saying he is going rogue.
GREEN ARROW #24 by Chris Condon and Montos. Ollie meets with the arrested Kenny Gordon, telling him he has arranged to level Freshwater and rebuild it. He later meets with Benitez, telling her he plans to have a conversation with the person he left in charge when he left. Later, he breaks in to Max’ office, gives him a list of people affected by Horton’s dealings and tells him this will be his next investment. In the end, he has a family dinner with the Arrow family.
GREEN LANTERN #23 by Jeremy Adams and Xermanico. In Hell, G’Nort, who explains he has been trapped her for some time, joins Hal, Zuriel, and the Phantom Stranger as they search for the next item to stop Sorrow Lantern from building his Power Battery. Uriel opens a prison door and they find Aidia, who was imprisoned here when Hal was The Spectre. Hal takes Aidia’s necklace, breaking a Hal previously had made and Aidia swears revenge. Leaving the cell, The Spectre arrives, demanding Hal reclaim that mantle. Hal refuses and the pair fight., with Hal telling The Spectre to find another host. Elsewhere, Kyle, Odyssey, Kon-El, and the Silver Scarab escape getting eaten by a space creature. In the end, Starbreaker visits Aidia and turns him into Disgust Lantern.
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #4 by Jeremy Adams, Morgan Hampton, and V. Ken Marion. Guy Gardner is stuck with taking Narf out on patrol. Guy takes him to Necrocopia-a dead Starro that has become a trading post so Guy can meet with Evil Star for information about where Starbreaker is. That leads to the two of them becoming trapped by Evil Star. Meanwhile, Keli and Ellie meet with Simon in search of a psionic battery. Ultimately, he decides to take them to Necrocopia to celebrate Keli’s birthday. With Ellie staying in the construct car, Simon meets with a shop owner who deals in contraband. He ends up activating a sphere that traps Simon and Keli in a mind maze, as he wants to steal Keli’s gauntlet. This forces Keli to confront a memory that may change everything the reader’s know about her origin.
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