DC UNIVERSE Month 98, Part 2

GREEN LANTERN CORPS #14 by Morgan Hampton, Oclair Albert and Fernando Pasarin. As Guy tells of his rise to becoming Allsight while being haunted to psychic visions of reincarnated baby emotional entities. Jessica Cruz puts him in charge of assembling a multicolor Lantern team to retrieve them. The teams are assembled and Guy’s trio goes to Biot, where they encounter a force of Manhunters. Elsewhere, Soranik returns to Korugar, where she she volunteers to be an entrant in Borga street fights, where she ends up bonding with Parallax. Meanwhile, John is dealing his dedication to duty and with Kalma Tui’s frustration over him being away so much and he agrees to take her to New Korugar.

HARLEY & IVY: LIFE & CRIMES #4 by Erica Henderson. Naked and still on the run, they eventually steal a car, with Ivy using her powers to cover herself and Harley having to make do with a used garbage bag. They eventually end up in Bensonhurst where they drop in on someone who used to help her out while she was in high school. The person turns out to be Abigail Hunkel.

HARLEY QUINN #60 by Elliot Kalan and Carlos Olivares. Harley has adopted a new persona to protect Throatcutter Hilly: Bat Quinn. This brings her into direct conflict with Penny Plunderer. She gets assistance from a superpowered Chicken Fingers, who has gained powers from the Alpha energy he got from Harley. Together they defeat the villain. In the end, Bat Harley returns home to be greeted at the door by…Harleen Quinzel?

JSA #17 by Jeff Lemire, Mark Waid, Gavin Guidry, and Joey Vazquez. Alan is being strangled by the Ultra-Humanite when he transforms into green Lantern and unleashes his power upon him. Soon, he is joined by Hawkman and Hawkwoman and the villain flees, with the heroes in pursuit. Baze, his body broken and failing, meets with Satanna, Sportsmaster, and Cyclotron and they prepare to head to Germany to meet with other Fifth Columnists. Elsewhere, The Atom and Wonder Woman arrive at Starco, finding Johnny Thunder and The Flash already there. They end up meeting up with Sandman, Hourman and the freed Amazing Man. Suddenly, they hear a ticking sound and the Starco Building is rocked by an explosion set in motion by Satanna before they left. In the backup set in the present, The Flash and Green Lantern reminisce while also mourning the loss of Wildcat. Alan’s children arrive and say they are in the process of adding heroes to the roster. That is when Stargirl and Atom Smasher arrive, saying they are ready for duty.

JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED #17 by Mark Waid and Clayton Henry. In Bialya, a group of terrorists are going to kill some hostages when they are interrupted by the Justice League: an armored Lex Luthor, Starro, and Giganta. Three days earlier, Blue Beetle, Red Tornado and others noticed the earth is healing and soon the heroes from the tournament arrive, fully restored.; all that is except for Superman. Many of them have seen their own vision of the future and a debate occurs on what to do with the villains who they have kept in The Phantom Zone. In Keystone City, Air Wave, Stargirl and Kid Flash try to stop Tar Pit and Girder from destroying a bridge only to learn they were trying to stabilize it, while also complaining how they should not have been imprisoned but should have been allowed to help in the tournament. Later, Batman, Wonder Woman and the Captain visit the Phantom Zone, meeting with Mon-El As they try to decide what to do with those prisoners; possibly giving them amnesty to help with a future Darkseid attack.

LOBO #1 by Skottie Young and Jorge Corona. Lobo, after having been triggered by an anti-hero movie called MURDER MOUTH AND FISTY CLAWS reality show, gets contracted for a bounty hunter job. He finds his target but, just before he is able to kill that target, he is informed that the bounty has been cancelled and Naco announces he is retiring, meaning Lobo won’t get paid. This leads him to Omni Mega+ Entertainment Corporation to collect his fee. What he discovers, after trashing the company’s security team, is that Omni Mega+ bought our Naco’s business and now they want to make Lobo the star of their new reality show.

NEW TITANS #33 by Tate Brombal and Sami Basri. It’s a great day for the Titans to enjoy friendship and coffee before they get attacked by The Fearsome Five, who they defeat. Tomorrow, another day of friendship and coffee but this time they are attacked by Terra. Every day is the same: coffee and villains, over and over. Eventually, Dick hears voices from the coffeemaker, insisting they stop drinking the coffee. Day in, day out until Dick cannot take it anymore and destroys the coffeemaker. Donna passes out and seemingly dies. That is when the New Titans, Jon Kent, Stephanie Brown, Red Devil and Wonder Girl, arrive.

NIGHTWING #136 by Dan Watters and Denis Cowan. Following the events involving the circus, Dick Grayson is like a man lost. Bludhaven, under the new mayor, has also changed, with a super highway having been built in the center of the city, with the promise that it will bring business to the city. Nightwing encounters a strange woman walking down this super highway and gives her a ride. The woman, who want to be taken to “The Crossroads” is a strange one and references how the settlers of this city killed women presumed to be witches. She pulls an unusual looking knife on him and presses it to his throat. He notices that she is bleeding from her eyes and he attempts to drive her to a hospital, which leads her to cut him and then try to take control of the car, causing a catastrophic crash that takes the lives of nine people.

POISON IVY #42 by G. Willow Wilson and Marcio Takara. A lot has happened since the last issue as Ivy is now Mayor Isley and her trusted team in made up of Janet, Great White Shark, Peter Undine, and Juhi. Juhi and the create she has summoned continue to plot when she realizes that the Arcane Perimeter she has set up around Ivy’s office has been breached. That is because Ivy has gotten a visit from a very angry Xylon. The creature eventual flees when Juhi arrives and exhibits her magic. In the end, Ivy is overwhelmed by the list of things she needs to do that she had promised during her campaign and she is totally broken up because what she has done has cost her Harley.

SUPERGIRL #11 by Sophie Campbell. Kara has gone to Kandor in search of Lesla where she rescues Kandorian Ryla from something called Cut: a part of Black Flame’s Science Scouts. She eventually finds Lesla and her cousin Zora: AKA The Black Flame. As she tries to take Lesla away, Lesla removes kara’s Yellow Ring of Nor-Kann and Black Flame attacks a now powerless Supergirl. During the fierce battle, Zora stabs Kara and tosses her into the deep blackness below.

SUPERMAN #36 by Joshua Williamson and Dan Mora. After breaking the fourth wall, Superboy-Prime proceeds to take out a group of super villains. He may be dreaming of becoming a Justice League member, the League is uncertain of his change of heart, based on his previous actions. Lois, who has lost her powers again, debates with Mr. Terrific, who is concerned that Superboy-Prime knows so much about their fictional lives. Lois meets with Prime, telling him he needs to do what Superman would do and insists he needs to get a job, which he does at a local comic shop. In the end, he goes to his apartment and reads comics, while dreaming of being part of a new Trinity. Unbeknownst to him, he is being watched by an old foe of Superman: Manchester Black.

SUPERMAN UNLIMITED #11 by Dan Slott and Lucas Meyer. Master Txyz, a demon from the Fourth Dimension who claims he is Jon’s archenemy,  confronts Jon, verbally badgering him as he shows him how unimportant he is to the legacy of Superman, including moments such as his captivity in Universe-3 and his journey with Joe-El. He fights back against what he is exposed to, including being attacked by dinosaurs and war planes, eventually tearing off his damaged uniform and grabbing one from one of the pilots, declaring himself to be Tomorrow Man..Txyz admits he has created a time paradox and decides to leave Jon alone, but opens a time portal as a present for Jon. Jon pulls a screaming boy from the portal and finds it is a younger version of himself still dressed as Superboy.

WONDER WOMAN #31 by Tom King and Daniel Sampere. Twenty years from now, an older, white-bearded Lex Luthor is preparing to gift the Matriarch the God Killer Sword. But he has planned well for this as he has tasked Jon Kent, Damian Wayne and Elizabeth Rpince-the current Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman-to assassinate her. The Matriarch, currently attended to by Mouse Man, now lives in Wayne Mansion. When the time arrives, after the heroes have a final goodbye with each other, Batman bursts in and steals the God Killer and battles with the Matriarch. Superman bursts in and steals the Green Lantern flight ring she wears. But that turns out to be a ruse and is actually a Kryptonite ring. As Elizabeth fires an arrow meant to kill the Matriarch, Luthor shoots the arrow and breaks it, saving Matriarch, allowing her to kill the two heroes. Heartbroken, Elizabeth heads to a secret passage at the base of the Washington Monument where she has a rendezvous with mother. It is revealed that Jon had swapped out the God Killer when they met with Luthor and now Diana possesses it.