JUSTICE LEAGUE RED #2 by Saladin Ahmed and Clayton Henry. Cyborg has gone to Taiwan where he enters Quantum Computing Solutions to retrieve a stolen quantum processor, stealing a semiconductor at the request of Red Tornado. At the Red Tower, Green Lantern and Power Girl confront Red Tornado regarding how he has been lying to them about their missions. Cyborg arrives and Tornado says he formed the team to stop the future consequences of the Justice League Unlimited and the Titans. Power Girl says she will tell the League but Tornado says that this will unleash great evil, revealing a vision where Brother Blood’s cult will sacrifice Red Canary. Power Girl decides to stay And help while Cyborg and Green Lantern head off to save Red Canary. In the end, Tornado shows Kara that her parents are alive and they recognize her.
JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED #11 by Mark Waid and Carmine Di Giandomenico. While Metamorpho tries to save the Time Trapper, his natural defenses are aging the Watchtower, or what is left of it. As the birthed Parademons continue their assault, Mr. Terrific figures to use the Trapper’s temporal field to eliminate the threat.Deep below Markovia, Power Girl, Geo-Force, Captain Atom and Cajedo fight against Darkseid’s Legion. A restored Time Trapper is about to reveal why he is here but Superman, on Earth with a rescued Booster Gold, sends out a distress call for everyone to go the the Watchtower as he sees dark energy in the skies above him. To be continued in JUSTICE LEAGUE: THE OMEGA SPECIAL #1.
JUSTICE LEAGUE VS. GODZILLA VS. KONG #4 by Brian Buccellato and Christian Duce. Inside the Hollow Earth, Lex and Shaw have concerns about the Suicide Squad, not having heard from them. When Lex tells him that Godzilla has made landfall, Shaw tells them to head to The Hollow Earth. Meanwhile, the League has opened a portal to the home of these Titans, where Hal tries to reason with Kong. Flash explains that they have travelled back in time to before they had previously met Kong. Superman arrives, telling his friends to hide because Godzilla is here, then he leaves with Supergirl and Hal giving an assist. Batman tells the Kryptonians that the energies of this world are affecting their superpowers. Mr. Terrific prepares a Titan formula but needs a test subject, with Wonder Woman and Flash being rejected by him. Wonder Woman flies to the fight with Godzilla and he takes the serum which makes him as large as Godzilla, but reduces his intellect in the process. The two fight each other until they collapse…just a Ghidorah and Rodan arrive at Skull Island, leading Hal to ask whose side they are on.
KRYPTO: THE LAST DOG OF KRYPTON #4 by Ryan North and Mike Norton. It’s Spring and Krypto meets another dog who becomes his best friend. Along the way, they come across a group of kids and one of them names the new dog Brownie. The kids then head to their secret fort, which turns out to be Brainiac 0, Brainiac gets reactivated by one of the kids and it prepares to delete them when Brownie and Krypto attack, leading to Brownie being smashed away and dies. Krypto attacks and destroys Brainiac. Later, the children return with their parents, searching for both Brainiac and Brownie. Krypto cradles Brownie for some time before hitting the road again and arriving in Kansas.
MISTER TERRIFIC: YEAR ONE #5 by Al Letson and Valentine De Landro. In the present, Mr. Terrific is in the Palace of Eternity and gets much needed backup from his son, Fairplay. In the past, Black Lightning meets with Michael Holt, with Holt telling him that Dre was murdered by Athena Prescott. Despite her injuries, Prescott insists going to the turning on of the Nexus Engine. But an explosion rocks the power plant and the heroes head there to stop Cormorant, with Mr. Terrific finally stopping the rampage.
THE NEW GODS #10 by Ram V, Evan Cagle and Pye Parr. Maxwell Lord now has his hands on Kamal and that leads Lord into direct conflict with Serifan who realizes Lord is working for Darkseid and Apokolips and has been fooled; even having his trigger finger broken by Desaad. This leads the team to making an assault on Lord’s facility, arriving just as he and Desaad take off with Kamal in tow. While Wonder Woman and Barda fight the Furies, Mr. Miracle and Orion pursue Lord. Mr. Terrific notices an incursion by alien ships that are running from some sort of energy signature emerging from a black hole.
NEW HISTORY OF THE DC UNIVERSE #3 by Mark Waid, Dan Jurgens, and Dug Mahnke. Barry Allen continues his look at the DC Universe, beginning with the time just after his death during the Crisis on Infinite Earths. He relates the arrival of new heroes and new teams, the crippling of Barbara Gordon, and the deaths of Jason Todd and Superman, leading to the arrival of replacement Supermen. Batman finds himself broken by Bane while the Big Bang leads to the arrival of super-powered individuals in Dakota City. Hal Jordon finds himself corrupted by Parallax before being stopped by the sacrifice of Damage, with Hal eventually becoming The Spectre. Superman marries Lois Lane, Hush debuts and Jean Loring beings a mystery by killing Sue Dibny. Supergirl and Jason Todd both return to life, Max Lord ends Blue Beetle’s life, setting loose the O.M.A.C.s, followed by changes to the Multiverse, resulting in 52 parallel Earths. Jon Kent is born, Damian Wayne teams with his father, and an entire range of Lanterns from the emotional spectrum arrives. Batman is sent into the past and Barry Allen returns, after being trapped in the Speed Force..
NIGHTWING #130 by Dan Watters and Dexter Soy. Nightwing faces off against the Blockbuster gang, who have been enhanced by Venom. When one of the robots being used by the police arrives and targets Nightwing, it gets taken out quickly by Nightwing Prime. Later, Nightwing finds Nightwing Prime at the grave of his brother, with Nightwing giving Night-Hare back to him. Nightwing presents Bryce with what he calls Nite-Mite Soup, with an offer to bryce to drink it and become a child again. Eventually, Nightwing decides to not let Prime drink it and appears to be ready to train him. In the end, a young boy sees a circus tent that belongs to the Cirque du Sin.
POISON IVY #36 by G. Willow Wilson and Atagun Ilhan. At the encampment of the Order of the Green Knight, Ivy contemplates her future while Janet from HR continues to get weaker. Ivy decides to embrace her angry side and encourages the followers to feed their enemies to the land. Janet heads out and calls for the Bog Venus who refuses to heal her. Later, Ivy demands her followers show their phones, as she is looking for whoever it was that previously betrayed her. Before that can be resolved, Undine informs her that Janet is lying out in the woods and Ivy finds that her friend may have died.
SUPERGIRL #5 by Sophie Campbell, Paulina Ganucheau, and Rosi Kampe. In a change of pace, Krypto and Kandy team up to take on Princess Shark, before coming back home. But the girls realize that Tinytano is missing. It turns out that Tinytano and Streaky are having their own adventure as they find a group of kittens that has eaten the remains of the super-substance. Streaky comes up with the idea to feed the cats regular food. They overeat and vomit up the super-substance, returning them to normal. Supergirl and LEsla catch up with Lena, who has wrangled Streaky and Tinytano when, unexpectedly, Supergirl passes out.
SUPERMAN #30 by Joshua Williamson and Dan Mora. LEGION OF DARKSEID PART 3. Saturn Girl recalls her life on Titan during the war with Braal. After her capture, she became a follower of Darkseid. Currently, Superman is facing the Legion of Darkseid and, in his weakened state with Superboy-Prime siding with the Legion, he is soon captured. Saturn Girl is in the process of draining Booster Gold’s Omega infused blood to reincarnate Darkseid when Prime betrays them, allowing Superman to break free as Prime sends Booster Gold back to Earth. Before he leaves, Superman give his Legion ring to Prime, who refuses to leave and punches Superman back to Earth. Then he frees his Legion captives and they take the fight to the Legion of Darkseid. Back on Earth, Superman sends out a distress call to the Justice League, in a scene mirrored in JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED #11. To be continued in JUSTICE LEAGUE: THE OMEGA SPECIAL #1.
SUPERMAN: THE KRYPTONITE SPECTRUM #2 by W. Maxwell Prince and Martin Morazzo. Right now, Atom Smasher is trying to subdue Superman who has grown to giant size and is trashing Metropolis after due to his exposure to Cobalt Kryptonite. When he arrived there, he tried speaking to people until Luthor ordered Dr. Hamilton to unleash Chemo. Luthor arrived and shot Superman with a Red Kryptonite arrow that sent him into a frenzy. Batman arrives and shoots his friend with Speckled K that reverses the effects of the Red K. To stop Chemo, John Stewart punches a hole through the villain and Superman sucks out the poison within him. But there is a side-effect: he reverts to Superboy just as The Captain arrives.
SUPERMAN UNLIMITED #5 by Dan Slott and Rafael Albuquerque. Clark learns that the Kobra Cult was planning to steal the Kryptonite reserves from El Caldero’s capital Emerald City. In a private conversation, Clark reveals that Kobra wants a Kryptonian sun crystal and he says Superman needs to retrieve it and, wearing lead armor and flying in the Supermobile, he heads to the Kryptonite Kingdom. He arrives to find the city greets him with open arms. He tell President Castilho of his mission but is rebuffed, telling Superman that the crystal is property of El Caldero. Superman senses the crystal’s presence and Castilho gets a crew together to explore the mines. As they progress through it, Castilho says the tunnel was originally dug to save Superman when he was trapped after saving Earth from the Kryptonite asteroid. It is revealed that there are Kobra cultists here and Castilho is saved by Superman, but his suit gets damaged in the process. Castilho catches up to the cult leader and grabs the crystal, revealing a message from Jor-El and Lara. Rather than tell anyone, Castilho keeps the secret to himself and attempts to strangle the cultist. But he is observed by the Planet camerawoman. When he wig is removed, she is revealed to be…Lois Lane.
TITANS #27 by John Layman and Max Raynor. Samuel Register, after trying to recreate Beast Boy’s abilities, transformed and is now the greatly altered Zookeeper On South Register Island, Cyborg, Beast Boy and the Doom Patrol find themselves fleeing from dinosaurs that are being subjected to a broadcast which is calling them to be violent. This leads to Beast Boy and Beast Girl heading out and encountering Zookeeper. Luckily, Cyborg and Robot Man find the source of the broadcast, which leads to Zookeeper getting eaten by a pterodactyl. Later, Beast Boy and Cyborg, in specially designed Doom Patrol outfits, head back to the Titans Bunker, only to find the Justice League, who tell them they are just in time for the end of the world.
TRINITY DAUGHTER OF WONDER WOMAN #4 by Tom King and Belen Ortega. Little Lizzie, searching for the Robin Corgi, ends up in Wayne Manor, calling herself as Wonder Robin when she meets Alfred. She has arrived on the day of Bruce Wayne’s wedding to Selena Kyle. She still looks through the Manor, even as Bruce rails at her because he has managed to step in Corgi poop. The Corgi finds Selena, who gives Lizzie a makeover, complete with a set of diamond cat ears. Later, the Corgi ends up with Ace, who traces the Corgi throughout the house, causing damage to the Batcave in the process. In the end, with Robin Corgi secured, Lizzie declares this was the best day ever as she hugs Alfred. Meanwhile, Steve Trevor is still trying to row himself back to the land of the living. An unknown spirit confronts Trevor, saying nothing is impossible.
WONDER WOMAN #25 by Tom King and Daniel Sampere. Twenty years in the future, it is revealed that humanity has been defeated by Emelie the Matrirch, where her daughter, Lyssa, was responsible for the deaths of Bruce Wayne, Oliver Queen, Hawkman, Aquaman, and Superman/ Even in death, they all declare that Wonder Woman will stop her. In the present, Wonder Woman checks on the girl’s injured mother when a group of armed women, apparently a resistance force, arrive. The resistance, along with Wonder Woman, the girl and her mother, travel through the sewers, with Wonder Woman fighting and killing a giant mouse. At the hideout, Wonder Woman learns that Mouse Man is announcing that he knows Diana is here and feeds insurgents to giant mice as punishment. One of the resistance says they need Diana’s help and offer to show her where Emelie and Candy are, but then she must leave them. She is led to a cabin and takes out guards to get closer. The young girl says “Wonder Woman. Help”; representing the first words of dissent Diana has heard. The pair enter the cabin and find Emelie and her daughter Lyssa in her arms.
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