HARLEY & IVY: LIFE & CRIMES #3 by Erica Henderson. Inside of Ace Chemical, Harley and Ivy find a lot of dead bodies with Joker’s grins, not to mention a giant heart shaped from dead bodies. Harley seems to like what she sees as a romantic gesture. The Joker arrives and seems to want to go back to him. But it’s all a ruse and Ivy uses her powers to defeat him. Then the two women have a long romantic session of their own. And that is when the police arrive and Ivy tells Harley to run.
HARLEY QUINN #58 by Elliot Kalan and Carlos Olivares. Sheldon Marcisak is dead at Dolores’ hands. Either way, the residents of Throatcutter Hill are slowly rebuilding and that means Harley is ready to finally settle things with Althea Klang, who she wants to leave Throatcutter Hill, after which they can go out on a date. Before things can be settled, a zeppelin arrives and Colonel Blimp puts Klang in danger. He knows of a change in criminal leadership in Gotham, he has come here to seek refuge. But Guy Mandrake has also arrived, looking to kill Blimp, who begs for his life. Harley tasks Amygdala to stop Mandrake, but he can’t fly and falls to the ground. Mandrake fires a rocket by an armored Richie redirects it, blowing up Mandrake’s helicopter. With Mandrake dispatched and Blimp promising to behave, Harley and Althea prepare for their date.
JSA #15 by Jeff Lemire and Gavin Guidry. At the Tower of Fate, those gathered debate if Jim Corrigan is ready or even worthy tpo be The Spectre. Meanwhile, Corrigan and Green Lantern leave The Flash to continue their investigation into Degroot’s murder when Johnny Thunder shows up, revealing he knows The Flash is Jay Garrick and also producing his genie. Elsewhere, Wonder Woman and The Atom team up to take down Cheetah. At Starco Headquarters, Hourman and Sandman confront Cyclotron, who quickly takes them down and captures them, where they find a metal skinned man chained to a wall. In the end, Dr. Fate visits Jim Corrigan and tells him that he needs to become The Spectre or it will mean the death of everyone.
JUSTICE LEAGUE RED #6 by Saladin Ahmed and Clayton Henry. The Crimson Cloud has repurposed Red Tornado, who is being used as Crimson Cloud’s CPU. The team is then forced to experience their worst, most traumatic moments but Red Canary finds the strength and attacks. While Simon and Kara continue to fight the Crimson Cloud, Cyborg, Red Canary and Deadman while they work up a plan. Ultimately, they want Canary to fire a pinpoint energy blast at Red Tornado to wake him, even though it may cost Canary her life. She unleashes her power, eliminates the Crimson Cloud and frees Red Tornado. Later, as Canary recuperates, Tornado tells the others he has plans to deactivate himself but is talked out of it. In the end, Canary muses that Justice League Red is over but Power Girl arrives and says that they are just getting started.
JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED #15 by Mark Waid and Dan Mora. There is a blackout affecting the Watchtower as the League continues evacuations. Blue beetle goes to check the possible cause of the blackout and finds a portal opening with Air Wave emerging. He explains how he was fighting Shadow Lass to liberate the Vanishing Point. Then a team is put together to help Kid Flash and his friends in Oklahoma who are battling the villains empowered by Neron.. Neron hits Kid Flash with a vision that if the souls of the people Neron has captured are taken from the jar he has them in, they will be stranded on this decimated Earth. Meanwhile, Terrific’s team continues through Hell, with this portion being nothing but ice and snow and a demonic creature that Superman Blue sacrifices himself to destroy it. God Hawk hears a person in danger in a black sea and becomes possessed by it. Doctor fate casts a spell that vanquishes Hawk but Future’s End Batman dies in the process. Terrific alone is allowed into Neron’s throne room with Owlwoman and Doctor Fate waiting outside. They are attacked by demons with fate dying. Terrific offers Neron a new deal: end the deal with the supervillains and Terrific will be his agent. Although tempted, that position has already been filled…by Owlwoman.
NIGHTWING #134 by Dan Watters and V. Ken Marion. Stuck in the Fifth Dimension, Nightwing is forced to face off against The Zanni in a game where a tin can version of Bludhaven has been built. The Zanni tells Nightwing that each with throw a baseball and knock down the cans with the caveat being that if Nightwing can knock down more cans, he can save the children. But the cans in the Fifth Dimension are connected to buildings in the real Bludhaven, meaning the damage would translate into the real world. The Zanni throws first and building collapse, shocking Barbara and Martian Manhunter , who spring into action. The Zanni tasks the children to attack Nightwing but he eventually throws what turns out to be Nite-Mite, allowing Dick to defeat The Zanni. But the headless Colombina construct throws her head at the model city, destroying both the model Titans Tower and the real one; the same one where Nightwing Prime is.
POISON IVY #40 by G. Willow Wilson and Davide Gianfelice. Harley has returned to Gotham and leads her the Order to take down a company that has been covering up their impact on climate change from the American people, but allows herself to be captured in the process. She is brought to a meeting with Savage, asking him to let her stay in Gotham without fear of arrest and she will have her people not commit attacks within Gotham’s city limits. He introduces her to Marie Henley: his “crime prevention tech czar”. He needs Ivy’s help to figure how to solve the issue of their A.I. processors using so many natural resources, so not she is teamed up with Henley. After making threats to Ivy regarding Janet and Harley, Ivy snaps and kills Henley. Unfortunately, that moment is captured on a cell phone..
SUPERGIRL #9 by Sophie Campbell and Joe Qujinones. It’s New Years Eve and Linda, Lesla, and Luna go to a party at Clarissa Giltedge’s home. Luna mentions that she would like to try alcohol, leading to Luna spiking her drink with a distilled form of Periwinkle Kryptonite that causes Kryptonians to lose their inhibitions, so she can experience it. Unbeknownst to Linda when Luna begins acting weird, Linda takes a sip of the drink and is also under the effects of the drink. At midnight, Luna kisses Clarissa and Linda kisses the stranger she met a few issues prior. Luna gets out of control, even as she shrinks in size as a result of the drink, and Linda leaves and returns as Supergirl, forcibly detaining her friend. Even as she continues to shrink back to Kandorian size, the Science Council orders her to return to Kandor. Heartbroken, Kara returns her and Lesla-Lar has an uncomfortable encounter with Zora Vi-Lar, now calling herself Black Flame.
SUPERMAN #34 by Joshua Williamson and Eddy Barrows. In the past, Superman decides to deactivate his Superman robots because they lack his sense of self-sacrifice. In the present, Prime and Lois Lane use one of the robots to transport the hard drive with Darkseid’s information to the Watchtower. Prime and the robot go off to help civilians who turn out to be the Royal Flush Gang. Back in the Fortress, the Legion of Darkseid members destroy Kelex. At the Watchtower, Lois and Robot Superman discover a near death Time Trapper, explaining that Booster Gold was actually Darkseid in disguise and the heroes are quickly captured and tortured by Saturn Girl and Cosmic Boy. The robot refuses to give any information and when the villains turn their attention to Lois, Prime prepares to unleash his full power on them.
SUPERMAN UNLIMITED #9 by Dan Slott and Mike Norton. At the Bronze Swan bar, Vicki Vale, Jack Ryder, Steve Lombard talking about recent freak accidents in Metropolis resulting in death. Perry later sends Clark to cover the mayor’s press conference, where Perry announces the work of the police in getting their hands on Intergang’s weapons, reducing the threat of the group now led by Minnie Manheim. Meanwhile, Manheim is meeting with Oswald Loomis and his protege, the new Prankster and they plot to kill Mayor White. At a baseball game where White is throwing out the first pitch, the ball he is using splits into hundreds and they are thrown at White, leading to Clark disappearing and saving him as Superman. Elsewhere, at Steelworks, Jon gets a visit from Mxyzptlk, saying the Fourth Dimensional demon Master Txyz is coming for Jon. At a ceremony in Centennial Park where Superman is getting another key to the city. The key is Kryptonite coated in gold paint and this forces Superman to go into his golden form to handle a renewed attack on Perry. As his powers fade, one of White’s security team saves him; injured but alive and Superman insists he get the key to the city. Later, Clark reports on the attack, saying it was the result of antics from the Trickster, which enrages the Prankster who vows to kill Clark.
TITANS #31 by John Layman and Pete Woods. The Titans are spread out in different places to help evacuate the planet. Starfire has evacuated refugees to Tamaran, Beast Boy, Beast Girl and the Doom Patrol are with another group on a distant planet, while Nightwing and Raven have brought evacuees to Gemworld. Donna and Roy have stayed on Earth and are battling Grail and her Parademon horde, who offers Donna a chance to become her new ward. She refuses and Roy takes a direct hit from Grail and Donna confesses her feelings for him, as Grail says Donna needs to join her or Roy will die. On Gemworld, Raven confronts Jinx, who Raven attempts to recruit to help Dick, but she refuses, leading to Raven attempting to convince Terra to help. Terra helps but immediately betrays the heroes to seize control of Gemworld..
WONDER WOMAN #29 by Tom King and Jeff Spokes. Diana, fresh from her recent battle with Mouse Man, goes to Themyscira and deals with insecurities about truly being able to protect her sisters or her daughter. At the insistence of her sisters, she leaves baby Elizabeth with the Wonder Girls: Donna, Cassie, and Yara. Yara gets the idea to show the baby, who is refusing all nourishment, combat between her sisters. During their interactions, things get heated, going from “play fighting” to real violence. Nubia believes that something is compelling the Wonder Girls to behave this way and believe that Elizabeth is the source of whatever is affecting them. Nubia steps between them and stops the battle, believing the person responsible must be Eris, the Goddess of Strife. Hiding in the shadows, Eris watches, believing Elizabeth is the catalyst to start conflict between the Amazons.
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