GREEN LANTERN CORPS #10 by Morgan Hampton, Ig Guara, Will Conrad, Oclair Albert and Fernando Pasarin. With things back to something resembling normal, the newest Lanterns are run through Kilowog’s Corps Academy with Guy Gardner as their chief instructor. Their first test is an endurance drill called the No-Win Dilemma-without the benefit of their rings. As expected, they do not win but they do prove their ability to work as a team. Elsewhere, John comes back to say goodbye and return to his newfound peaceful life but an escaped prisoner situation reels him back into action again. During the attempted apprehension, John sees the prisoner is his ex, Yrra Cynril. Glinn is tasked with taking a baby made of some sort of goo to the infirmary and is soon possessed by the creature. John and Yrra end up fighting all the way to Larfleeze’s island, where John tells her she is not the last of the Xanshis and her home still exists in the Dark Sectors. She agrees to go to the families of the Lanterns she has killed to try and make amends. Glinn has been tasked with accompanying her but she finds Glinn is now a withered husk and the creature known as Enquar suggests they both get revenge on the Lanterns.
HARLEY & IVY: LIFE & CRIMES #1 by Erica Henderson. In the “definitive origin” of their love story, Ivy is in the old Ace Chemical Plant and working on something to stop the toxic poisoning of the planet and Harley is in the same place, debating if she wants to go back to Mr. J. Harley attempts to stop Ivy from blowing it up because she insists the chemicals here are not poison. The two fight and Ivy’s creation blooms just as The Joker arrives, knocking out Harley and accusing Ivy of trying to take her from him. Ivy grabs Harley and flees, leaving The Joker behind to plot his next move.
HARLEY QUINN #56 by Elliot Kalan and Carlos Olivares. Harley and Mayfly are on the run from Gunbunny’s father while Gunbunny finds herself held captive by her father and his manservant Winifred. She convinces him to go off and take the others down without his guns and he agrees. Meanwhile, Mayfly and Harley encounter Convoy, who was last seen getting blown up by Harley in a smoothie shop. Brock Blomquist arrives and, in the process, takes out Convoy, who ends up teaming up with Mayfly, who gets a message from Gunbunny, telling her to head to the manor house where there is an armory stashed. Blomquist attempts to sedate Harley but Quinty helps her fight it off. Just then, Convoy and Mayfly arrive riding gnus and head off to the manor house. Gunbunny meets them there but so do Blomquist and Winifred who are quickly dispatched. The girls agree to team up, steak all the weapons and head back to Throatcutter Hill, where all hell has broken loose due to The Deconspirator’s influence; the same guy who is with Mrs. Grimaldi. She is resisting his influence and that leads to him trying to convince her son Richie to kill his mother.
JSA #12 by Jeff Lemire and Gavin Guidry. It’s the Summer of 1940 and the members of the future JSA are engaged in their regular activities. Alan Scott has dinner with his friend Gordon, who is shaken by something going on involving Starco and the tunnel expansion project. Gordon leaves in a hurry and later, Alan, as Green Lantern, finds his friend stabbed through the heart. Elsewhere, Hourman makes his way into Starco, only to find The Sandman there, revealing he had a dream about him dying in this place.Hawkgirl and Hawkman are in their lives as archeologists near the borders of Ecuador and Peru when they are attacked by Sportsmaster, who threatens to kill Hawkwoman. Johnny Thunder meets with Jay Garrick and accuses him of being The Flash. In Gotham’s East End, The Atom bursts into a card game and, upon further investigation, find Nazi items and a pamphlet about the Committee for a Pure America meeting.
JUSTICE LEAGUE RED #4 by Saladin Ahmed and Clayton Henry. Red Canary is still dealing with his recent capture and the manifesting of her powers. In a team meeting, they are all shocked to find that the Red Tornado construct they have been dealing with is the result of him dissecting his body and removing emotion from his being, allowing him to see future events brought on by The Feast of Worlds that Black Adam is about to perform. The feast itself is a ritual that will transform Black Adam into a being who will be looking to seize Darkseid’s power. Tasked with killing Black Adam, despite their reservations, the team heads to Kahndaq and are quickly defeated.
JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED #13 by Mark Waid and Dan Mora. Mr. Terrific and his team of time displaced heroes go to Hell and are immediately attacked by the Demons Three. Power Girl and Guy Gardner fight the creatures so their companions can escape, which costs them their lives. The remaining team arrives at a large gate guarded by a demon and Terrific, to save his team, offers to play a game of true or false with the demon, which he wins by tricking her with a paradox. She unleashes an army of snakes against them but they have all breached the gate, escept for Alan Scott is who torn to pieces. In the end, Neron watches and sends out reinforcements to face off against the surviving heroes. Meanwhile, at the Watchtower, Blue Beetle announces that many villains, who made a deal with Neron, stayed behind during the evacuation and are heading for Oklahoma City. On Earth, Wallace West, Martian Manhunter, and Doctor Occult face off against a trio of villains and Rainbow Raider. Once defeated, Wallace reveals he knows what the villains are planning and, in his own words, “it’s really bad”.
JUSTICE LEAGUE VS. GODZILLA VS. KONG #5 by Brian Buccellato and Christian Duce. Ghiddrah and Rodan have arrived on the scene, making this battle even more perilous than it was as the displaced League members now have to contend with these creatures AND Godzilla. They get a momentary saving grace when King Kong shows up and engages the creatures. Just when things are looking up, Superman’s serum wears off and Ghiddrah escapes, taking down Godzilla and opening up a hole that Kong falls into. Meanwhile, The Flash has the Rogues locked up and learns that Waller is dead and that Colonel Shaw is responsible for everything they have been dealing with. Inside of Hollow Earth, Lex tells what is left of his team that they need to be ready for what he calls Phase Three.
THE NEW GODS #12 by Ram V, Evan Cagle and Phil Hester. The final battle is set to begin as Kamal is driven deeper into the Singularity and Scott battles various traps set in place by Desaad; fighting back and defeating the villainous god, allowing him to make his way to Orion. He goes after Kamal and rescues him from potential annihilation. The Black Racer arrives and takes out the invading forces. But Kamal ascends and finishes the job by deconstructing them. In the end, Scott Free is poised to become Highfather and Orion leaves with Metron to stop Darkseid and pursue his ultimate destiny.
NIGHTWING #132 by Dan Watters and Dexter Soy. Bryce is comatose, having been badly injured in the last issue. Seeking Zanni, Nightwing goes after Pearce, who is now almost evenly matched with Nightwing in her abilities because she is wearing the suit he had worn. She reveals that she had been part of Zanni’s gang under the name Columbina and had hoped the Dynamic Duo would come so Zanni could finish his plan. But they never came and Zanni beheaded her. She is as she always has been: a living corpse inhabited by Zanni. As Nightwing confronts her, the confrontation is broadcast to the world and, as her head falls off, all viewers see is Nightwing apparently beheading Olivia Pearce. Nightwing, devastated, demands to know where the children are and Zanni tells him they are at Cirque du Sin and invites Nightwing to enter.
POISON IVY #38 by G. Willow Wilson and Marcio Takara. Angered at how she was betrayed by Janet, Ivy takes Janet deeper into the woods; still trying to decide if she is going to kill the woman or not. Janet passes out and Ivy confronts Bog Venus, who explains that The Grey wants to accelerate Earth’s destruction so the Undeath can rule. Ivy proposes an agreement where Bog Venus hides Marghview away and she will tell Cylon that she is no longer an ambassador between the Green and the Grey. Ivy tells Janet she is not going to kill her and will take her home. Once inside, Ivy gets a large knife and corrupts it with her to, then kisses Janet as Bog Venus arrives. Ivy detains Bog Venus with her power, with the creature admits she poisoned Janet, leading to the two women attacking the creature with their knives, killing it. But not before a I final warning that they will die tomorrow.
POISON IVY 2025 ANNUAL #1 by G. Willow Wilson and Mark Buckingham. On a trip to the Tree of Knowledge, Ivy learns of an ancient tale about a sorceress who ends up coming into a kingdom and, after a brief Romantic interlude with the king, becomes known as the Lady of the Lake. The sorceress crafts a special sword for the king as a wedding present. At the wedding, a mysterious magician shows up to train the new queen but his intentions are evil and the sorceress warns the queen. But she is soon attacked by the magician, who drowns her. Sometime later, the queen goes out in a boat and the Lady of the Lake hands her the sword she had crafted. Revenge is enacted by the Lady of the Lake and the evil magician is transformed into a tree. Over the years, despite a promise to keep the woods and everything as it was, the kingdom prospers and is transformed. Many years later, the queen arrives at the edge of the lake, carrying the broken sword. Both are now aged and the sorceress says that, because of the broken promises, the Green will never aid the kingdom ever again. The lesson taught in present day to Ivy is to never give up.
SUPERGIRL #7 by Sophie Campbell and Tamra Bonvillain. Supergirl has been turned into a mermaid, meaning she has to go underwater to survive. There she meets Princess Shark, who reveals she needs the hero’s help. She reveals that a sea hag is responsible for her transformation but she wants to transform back as she can no longer communicate with her brothers and sisters. She also reveals that she was doing Sea Hag’s bidding because of the curse. She accepts the request and the pair go off to meet with Sea Hag, who threatens top curse Supergirl too. Sea hag reveals she simply wants her leg back that the shark had eaten. What is found is a baby haggling in the shark’s belly that Supergirl withdraws and presents to the creature. She tells Supergirl the curse on her will end at sundown and Princess Shark no longer has to serve Sea Hag, but the change to her true form is permanent. Meanwhile, the Danvers are preparing for Thanksgiving when Superman and Lois arrive, causing Lesla to leave. She goes to visit Lena who wants to pass on Thanksgiving with the Danvers. Luna arrives and also tries to convince her with no good results. Supergirl invites Princess Shark to dinner and Lena actually attends. All seems well except someone may be looking to come into the world, exiting from a tree.
SUPERMAN #32 by Joshua Williamson, Eddy Barrows, and Eber Ferreira. With the spectre of an all-out fight to become King Omega looming, the decision is made by Mr. Terrific to send the villains they have there, Starro, Giganta, Cheetah, and King Shark, to the Phantom Zone against their wishes. But, unbeknownst to the heroes, Luthor has managed to redirect them to his hideout. He poses the idea of taking their own plaxce in the tournament by going into the Nexus that will take them to the site of the tournament in Skartaris in their Kryptonian battlesuits. In the first round, a two out of three battle to the death, Superman is forced to battle Captain Atom while Luthor fights Etrigan. Meanwhile, inside the Fortress of Solitude, Lois, now with her Superwoman powers back again, takes on Sun Boy and other Legion of Darkseid members while being cheered on by Prime, whjo is trying to defend the Kryptonian archives. Superman arrives and the trio defeat the Legion. But Superman is revealed to be one of the old Superman robots, even though Lois first thinks it is Cyborg Superman. Prime tells her that they need to get this robot to Time Trapper so that the real Superman can be fully informed. To be continued in DC K.O.: SUPERMAN VS. CAPTAIN ATOM #1..
SUPERMAN: THE KRYPTONITE SPECTRUM #4 by W. Maxwell Prince and Martin Morazzo. In out world, Clark is still in a dream state where he is working as a reporter in the Fifth Dimension. Batman calls in Doctor Fate to assist with the situation, who declares that they must find a way to get him out of the Fifth Dimension or Superman will die. In the Fifth Dimension, Clark is visited by Myxzptlk, who tells him that Superman needs to find a way to stop Bianiac…not Brainiac…from destroying the Fifth Dimension and he is sent through a cartoon universe as he fights Brianiac and his paper bag wearing minions. In our world, Superman is in great distress and Batman insists that he be sent into the Fifth Dimension to help him, which he reluctantly does. After interactions with Bat-Mite, Batman finds his friend and tells him to quickly dream up something and he produces Kal-Elf. Despite their fight, everyone but Superman gets sucked out of the Fifth Dimension. Superman is told by Brian that none of what happened actually happened but Superman uses what he learned from Captain Shazamarvel to bring Batman, Bat-Mite, Kal-Elf, and Myxzptlk back, with Bat-Mite sending Brian to the North Pole. With the fifth Dimension saved, Batman and Superman come back to their own Earth, only to find out that Lex has an army behind him and his very own Kryptonite Man.
SUPERMAN UNLIMITED #7 by Dan Slott, Jeremy Adams, and Lucas Meyer. Jon Kent is training with Steel and Lana, before making his way to Smallville where his mother has set up a satellite Daily Planet office, since he is now expected to become a reporter. She challenges him to find a story, write it and pubish it within the next two days. Besides going back to Steelworks to begin writing his story, he lerns that Steelworks has been working on producing alien corn that can be used to create a renewable form of ethanol. Jon is aware of missing farmers in Smallville and a missing cow and he puts things together, heading back to Smallville, where he finds the cow. But he also finds and is attacked by a mechanical mole. With help from Steel and Lana, they learn the mole is here because of miners digging. Inside of the robotic mole are…mole men: straight from the 1951 film SUPERMAN AND THE MOLE MEN. They all head over the the malt shop and Jon gets his story, as Smallville welcomes their newest neighbors.
TITANS #29 by John Layman and Pete Woods. As the crisis continues, Nightwing and Raven evacuate much of the population to Gemworld. While there, the heroes are asked to find the missing parents of a little girl. But before they can do much more, they are confronted by Jinx, who declares she is now the Princess of Gemworld. Outnumbered by creation made by Jinx’ magic, Raven heads below and frees Terra. Starfire is having problems with her refugees as their ships are now surrounded by The Furies. Luckily, she doesn’t have to fight alone as the Green Lantern Corps arrive and so does Starfire’s sister, Queen Blackfire. Beast Boy and Beast Girl have brought their refugees to what was supposed to be an uninhabited planet…but is not! In the end, Cyborg has to convince himself to go off into battle as part of the contest to be King Omega.
TRINITY DAUGHTER OF WONDER WOMAN #5 by Tom King and Belen Ortega. Lizzie continues her tale, since she still needed to rescue Super Corgi. She actually found the corgi, but then she saw Robin giving chase to Mad Hatter and, smitten from their last encounter, decides to assist him, telling him she is still looking for the missing dog and they go out on patrol together to search. They fight criminals and eventually share a picnic basket lunch that Alfred had prepared for him. The entire time, the curgi is around and Lizzie purposely ignores his presence. Eventually, they interrupt a robbery by The Scarecrow. Later, Robin sees the corgi right in front of him but Lizzie claims he is only seeing it because it was a side-effect of The Scarecrow’s gas. He confesses that he is afraid the real corgi will show up and then he will lose Lizzie. With the dog finally secured, Lizzie got back in the bubble and came back to her selves, expressing how alone she feels and that she is waiting for a miracle.
WONDER WOMAN #27 by Tom King and Daniel Sampere. In a recent flashback, Etta, Emilie, and Trinity have made their way to Etta’s father’s ranch. But snipers in support of Mouse Man have also arrived and they kill Emilie. Diana is dealing with Mouse Man, who demands she gets on her knees, as she has been told that he has Trinity, but she refuses and fights back. At the same time, the girl is being interrogated and has begun to say words, including the name Wonder Woman. Diana beats up Mouse Man, throwing him through several walls. Seemingly defeated, she tosses a gun towards him and he fires at her, but her bracelets deflect them, injuring Mouse Man. The girl arrives and says she has changed, with Diana saying she has changed too.
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