ABSOLUTE BATMAN #20 by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta. A horrific looking Joker is seated in a chai watching images of Batman on a video monitor; appearing to be fed by the bodies of babies! Batman is in his basement, listening to a news report hyping up the Robin Initiative while musing about Gordon’s death. Harley and Alfred eventually break in to find him gone, with Harley finding Gordon’s files. Meanwhile, Waylon visits Eddie and asks for updates on Harvey and Oz. Harvey, bearing the light and dark, is hanging outside of Cosmo’s and Oz is upset that his place is empty and decides to go to Cosmo’s. Waylon convinces Eddie that they should seize back control together. Batman makes his way into Blackgate and meets with Chill, telling him he has read Gordon’s files and knows everything around the zoo incident was a setup to kill Thomas Wayne. But Scarecrow is also inside Chill’s cell, who tells him everything was done because his mother was a member of the Court of Owls and Batman was created as a joke between Grimm and himself. Because of Crane’s apparent influence, Chill hangs himself. Spotted by a guard, Batman flees but runs into a giant mech suit and the rerst of the Robins.
ABSOLUTE FLASH #15 by Jeff Lemire and Nick Robles. Wally wakes to seen Linda and Ralph being menaced by the Black Flash, who kills both of them. Heartbroken, Wally goes after it but is stopped by a future version of Wally who tells him to stop looking for his father. In actuality, this is simply a future vision. Linda shows him that she has been researching things and has discovered an upstart super-lab made up of Barry, Ray Palmer, Elias Stone and Sam Scudder. There is no information on Scudder, Palmer is apparently dead and Stone is working out of Detroit. Meanwhile, the Rogues are hiding out in Missouri when a drone arrives with a message saying that vacation is over. The message is from Colonel Rick Flag and he tasks them with killing Grodd. In Detroit, Wally is greeted by a hologram of Ray Palmer who talks about the Dark Particles and instructs Silas to destroy his lab and find Barry and Thawne and destroy their work as well. But Wally now has a notebook with notes, including information on…Still Point.
ABSOLUTE GREEN ARROW #1 by Pornsak Pichetshote and Rafael Albuquerque. While Jubal Slade, the cofounder of Greenarrow’s Trading, is talking to someone on the phone, he discovers that his bodyguards have been slain by someone firing arrows. A hooded man arrives and kills Slade too. Through news reports, it is revealed that there was a very public feud between Slade and the recently murdered Oliver Queen. Meanwhile, Dinah Lance is struggling as a bodyguard for hire in order to help pay her father’s medical bills. Despite her better ideas otherwise, she considers a job from Malcolm Merlyn to take a job protecting Reese Tyler, who has been named the head of Hammond Pharmaceuticals. She learns there are three suspects in Stone’s murder: Roy Harper, Mia Dearden, and Tom Hallaway. She refuses and Hammond cancels her father’s medical insurance in response. Later, in her new assignment, the mysterious archer arrives at the Archer Cave and kills Tyler with a poisoned arrow. Unleashing another arrow, an explosion occurs and the archer attacks, killing the bodyguards and cutting off Hammond’s right arm. In the end, Merlyn and Lance investigate the Cave and discover a long deceased boy with eyes all over his body.
ABSOLUTE GREEN LANTERN #14 by Al Ewing and Sid Kotian. The spirit of Hal Jordan meets with Ain Aur(John Stewart) and Ain Rao(Guy Gardner), with the spirit of Tomar Jo(Jo Mullein) arriving, explaining that Todd Rice is alive and turned into a monster in an obsidian shell. John tells her they are inside the Green Lantern, in the presence of Oa. Jo tells Tomar Re that she is not leaving Cam again, but he tells the story of how Tomar’s mother passed her red flame to him before she died, as the planet of Xudar was destroyed and Tomar Re went about killing every Blackstar he encountered. He tells the gathered Lanterns that they are going off to kill Mogo. Blackstars Katma Tui and Salaak arrive and Hal, Ain Aur, and Ain Rao are sent to fight them while Tomar Re holds Jo back, but she fights back against him. Back on Earth, Cameron tells Simon that it was Tomar Re who was responsible for Jo and Hal being abducted. That is when Hammond’s private army arrives, leading to the pair heading into the garage where Simon grabs Rice as Cameron gets the car. Jumping inside, the trio heads off. .
ABSOLUTE MARTIAN MANHUNTER #11 by Deniz Camp and Javier Rodriguez. John continues to struggle with everything as the Agency battles with The Martian, with John threatening to kill himself but ultimately firing at Despair-O, but ultimately kills the agents instead by mistake. Meanwhile Bridget tries to find a way to escape even as Tyler is currently possessed. Despair-O takes John to Death Row where an inmate named Derrick is executed, with Despiar-O telling John that “free will is a fairy tale”. Bridget finally escapes and reunites with John, who is in a very bad state physically and mentally.
ABSOLUTE SUPERMAN #19 by Jason Aaron and Rafa Sandoval. In the recent past, John Henry Irons, who developed the Peacemaker helmet for Lazarus, was working at a minimum wage job at a meat processing plant where he is seen preparing to use his hammer to kill a cow. In the present, he is in the basement of the Lazarus building, planning to kill Ra’s al Ghul but King Shazam has been freed and has disrupted those plans. King Shazam is upset by the noise in the world and finding he has been dead for many centuries. When Superman tries to calm him down, he is punched and sent thousands of miles away. Ra’s tries to convince Talia to give him the Father Box but she refuses. King Shazam turns his anger to Talia and demands to know where the Wizards Brainiac are. When Ra’s tells him that he had only been Pharaoh for eight days and died 3,000 years ago, King Shazam says he has the wisdom of Solomon, declares Ra’s a liar and kills him using his cloak of black sands. Superman returns and, finding Ra’s dead, unleashes his rage upon King Shazam. Burning off his beard, King Shazam returns and Superman tries to explain that murder is wrong but the two fly off and battle in the sky. Irons activates the jets in his boots and flies towards the battle, hitting King Shazam in the jaw with his hammer. After battling across the sky and even through Gotham where Absolute Batman watches, they land on a beach, continuing their battle. That is when Hawkman arrives.
ABSOLUTE WONDER WOMAN #20 by Kelly Thompson and Hayden Sherman. Diana sends Zatara and his daughter away so she can battle the Iron Maiden, which leads to Cale changing the Prime Directive of the robot to capturing Wonder Woman, which happens and she is brought to Area 41.X. As she is tortured, she begs Hecate for help. In the home of the king and queen of the underworld, Hades and Persephone try to patch their fractured relationship. And, in the process, Diana is transported to the Wild Isle. Cale meets with a captured Minerva and tells her that her friend Diana has left her behind.
ACTION COMICS #1098 by Mark Waid and Skylar Patridge. Epoch has stolen Clark’s spaceship and Martian Manhunter believes the villain is looking to weapon that could kill Clark and possibly the Justice League. While Booster wants to pursue him, the ultimate decision is to stay and protect Superboy. At the Kent farm, John and Martha explain how they had spent years trying to have children when the ship crash landed and how they had to clear legal requirements to adopt Kal. Later, Jonathan found a crystal that projected images of both Krypton and Kal’s parents. Clark says how he is scared about his friendship with Lana and Mary has a solution which has her going to school with him, making her jealous and inviting him to study with her. When Clark and Mary return, the team track Epoch to the abandoned farmhouse, finding Epoch who uses his weapon on Kal and it has no effect because Superboy is actually Martian Manhunter in disguise. Epoch manages to use a red solar energy net to trap the heroes but, when he threatens to kill Superboy and his parents, Superboy breaks free and damages his armor, causing the villain to disappear. Superboy falls to the ground as he realizes his senses have weakened following the fight and his powers are gone.
ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN: BOOK OF EL #8 by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Cian Tormey. Superman, Otho-Ra, Khan-El, and Alura Van-El head to Tamaran to recruit the daughter of Brandon Kent, Theand’r Ban-El but have to fight there way through Kry-Ux’s forces first. Theand’r debates whether she should send forces to help but her husband declares Kry-Ux has been an ally and they should send a diplomatic mission instead. As Kry-Ux’s forces attack, Theand’r orders an evacuation of the planet.
Meanwhile, Ronan and
Rowan head to where Brainiac-3 has sent them to seek out the children, but find
them on an island in space surrounded by a force field. Once inside, they find
that the island resembles Ancient Greece and realize they have been led to the
home of Pyrrhos the Red and he attacks, draining their powers. Inside his
castle, Pyrrhos takes Osul-Ra out of the dungeon, explaining that he was
created when Superman broke the magic hourglass and freeing Circe in ACTION
COMICS #1060. He explains he plans to take the Fire of Olgrun from him and use
it to defeat Kryl-Ux, although it will also kill Osul-Ra.Elswhere, Ronan and
Rowan manage to telekinetically move Brainiac-3 into an old Superman robot, who
may or may not kill the pair.
BARBARA GORDON BREAKOUT #1 by Mariko Tamaki and Amancay Nahuelpan. Continued from BATMAN #9. As part of the Bat Family’s plan to figure out what Vandal Savage’s ultimate plan is, Barbara Gordon has allowed herself to be arrested and sent to the Supermax, where prosecutors and cops have been housed with criminals. Jennifer Peck, former Gotham A.D.A. has already died there, labeled a “suicide”, as has former police captain Daniel Rascott. While helping to break up a fight, Barbara gets into it with Die: “daughter” of Two-Face. That night, while in her cell, she hears noises and is surprised by what she sees .
BATGIRL #19 by Tate Brombal and Takeshi Miyazawa. While fighting against Wu Bin and her spirit ninjas, Wu Lin seemingly turns and joins with the Midnight Eye. But he turns on Wu Bin and slays her, asking The Midnight Eye to remove batgirl’s curse as the contract is voice because of Wu Feng breaching his own contract, provided she agrees to allowing herself to one day work for him. She agrees, all are returned to the land of the living and Wu Lin is resurrected.
BATMAN #9 by Matt Fraction and Ryan Sook. With the Bat Family being considered outlaws by GCPD, Batman and Oracle decide it is time to change their tactics. He sends Duke and Stephanie out with items they need protected from GCPD and send them to various locations around the city, with orders to use their burn bags if needed as they make their way to various bunkers. At the same time, he tells them to get to the catacombs in Harborview and leave their equipment with “Father Michael(Azrael)”. As the team members head out, he meets with Damian and swaps missions with him. As Duke flees the police, Batman activates Bat-Bollards from under the street to stop the chasing vehicle. Oracle sends out a message that GCPD hears, basically saying she is signing off. This leads the police to the Clock Tower and she is arrested. Damian’s mission was a simple one: set explosives and blow up Wayne Manor. To be continued in BARBARA GORDON: BREAKOUT #1.
BATMAN #163 by Geof Loeb, Jim Lee, and Scott Williams. As Batman fights with The Joker, the villains tries to convince him they are on the same side in the ongoing battle with Hush. Bane, Croc, Mister Freeze, Penguin, Ivy, Scarecrow and Clayface all claim that Hush has betrayed them and follows them, sending Clayface as a decoy to fool the Bat Family. They find ‘Batman’, who is revealed to be Clatface and their combined might defeats him. Batman and the villains he has teamed up with find Hush, Jason and Silence. Batman tries to convince Jason to join him but he is mortally wounded by Hush. Talia arrives and kills Hush. In the end, Talia takes batman to a Lazarus Pit. When he rises, she notes he is different and something is wrong, even as her kisses her.
BATMAN/STATIC: BEYOND #6 by Evan Narcisse and Nikolas Draper-Ivey. Batman and Static continue to battle against Melvin and, during the process, his parents are injured. In the aftermath, he is teleported away and not by his own doing. In space, the Justice League battles the invaders who have captured Melvin. Batman and Static figure it out and make their way onto one of the ships, fighting the aliens
BATMAN/SUPERMAN: WORLD’S FINEST #51 by Mark Waid and Adrian Gutierrez. Superman, Batman and Robin head off to try and find two SR-71 pilots who have gone missing. In the process they hit a magnetic field that forces them down to what turns out to be Skartaris, where they meet not only a T-Rex but Travis Morgan: one of the missing pilots who is known as The Warlord. Warlord shows them a battle going on between the residents of Skartaris and lizard men controlled by someone calling himself Tyrant Rex. In the process, Superman is stabbed and captured.. Batman and Robin and Warlord’s allies-Machiste, Tara, Mariah, and Shakira defeat the lizard men. Travis explains time moves differently and that the other pilot is Tyrant Rex. What they do not know at this moment is Kreitzer has been transformed into a lizard man himself.
BATWOMAN #3 by Greg Rucka and Dani. In Petalon, the police are dealing with the aftermath of Batwoman’s killing of the attackers from last issue. In the sanitarium, Kate is missing and Dr. Agelastos is not even certain she is in the place. At the Palas Tyche Casino, Despina tells Pagona that Batwoman has declared war on them and they plan to counter attack. Kate’s father visits Dr. Sidaris and demands to see his daughter. She refuses but notices he is bleeding and, as he leaves, he demands they restrain and sedate her and don’t let her out. Sidaris meets with Kate and she insists that she was there all night, even though her father implied Kate left the grounds last night. Jacob has a video conference with batman, asking for the Dark Knight’s help. Elsewhere, Gores goes to the police station to speak with Brigadier General Verdanis, bribing him to drop any investigations into his business and the murders. That night, Batwoman goes into Eschaton Tower where she battles with Pagona. Renee shows up as The Question and the pair battle Pagona, who manages to escape.In the end, the two kiss but Batwoman stabs Renee and then flees, leaving her former lover bleeding on the floor.
CATWOMAN #87 by Torunn Gronbekk and Davide Gianfelice. Black Mask has captured Holly and is now having an unnamed woman, possibly a part of the False Face Society, masquerade as Selina, traumatizing Holly. Elsewhere, Catwoman is searching for clues regarding Holly when she receives a call from Black Mask, showing Holly in some sort of padded cell.. The room is running out of oxygen and he had provided her with a syringe in case she wants to take a quicker way to her ultimate death. Catwoman, believing she has figured out where Holly is, heads off to rescue her, ending up at the ruined Seagate Home for Troubled Teens, where she meets with a contact named Phillip, who tells her where Holly is before being shot by a member of the Society. Catwoman battles and defeats the attacker and makes her way to Holly, who is petrified to see Selina, even as she explains that she was not the person who tormented her. Elsewhere, Maggie Kyle realizes that Black Mask has been in her home and is coming for her. In the end, the fake Selina puts a package in a locker in Burnley Station before calling 9-1-1- to tell them there is a bomb there.
DEATHSTROKE THE TERMINATOR #3 by Tony Fleecs and Carmine Di Giandomenico. Many years ago, Wintergreen had called together a group of assassins, including Deathstroke, Captain Boomerang, Cheshire, KGBeast, Black Spider and others to discuss the need for them to all have guidelines. At that point, Ra’s al ghul and his League of Assassins attack. Woreking together, they fight the ninjas and Slade captures Ra’s, who orders the League to stand down. Among the established rules is to follow orders and family is off-limits. In the present, Deathstroke, still reeling from the death of Wintergreen, faces off against Deathblow and Deadshot, demanding to know who killed Wintergreen. What gets revealed to Slade is that he was actually the person who killed Wintergreen and it has been caught on camera..
DETECTIVE COMICS #1109 by Tom Taylor and Mikel Janin. In the past, a young man, revealed to be Prion, arrives at Wildcat’s gym, seeking training. In the present, Ollie is falling after having been pushed off the top of a building but saves himself because of his acrobatic ability. Batman and Ollie go back up top to confront Reynoso’s granddaughter and she flies away with a parachute, but Batman catches her and they end up fighting on the ground. An explosive in her backpack stuns Batman and she attacks him with some sort of unknown power she possesses. Green Arrow arrives and his gas arrow disrupts her attack and she is ordered to flee. She ends up at a safe house with Black Canary and Mr. Muniz.
EMPEROR AQUAMAN #17 by Jeremy Adams and John Timms. The Crimson Queen and the Old Crone meet with Black Manta, with Lolanna suggesting they need to work together to achieve both the destruction of Atlantis and the death of Aquaman. In Atlantis, there is some concerned that Aquaman has opened up the undersea kingdom to everyone. Aquaman is off in O-World where he and Jarro are meeting with the being known as Father Star.Captain Nemo detects a large heat signature and Jarro attempts to save Aquaman my attaching himself to Arthur’s face in an effort to save him. Jarro believes that Father Star is going to release his children and Jarro believes that he and Aquaman must destroy this world to save other worlds. Jarro harnesses Aquaman’s power of the Blue and destroys Father Star.
THE FLASH #33 by Ryan North and Gavin Guidry. Seeking the nuclear bomb, Flash races across both Central and Keystone City with a Geiger counter. He tracks down Robby Eve’s office but finds it empty. He meets with Linda who tells him the man behind the website is George Stebbings. He gets Captain Cold and they head to a government bullion depository, deducing the bomb is inside the safe. Wally opens the vault and they find the bomb with one second left. Cold defuses the bomb and then Wally sends him away so he cannot steal anything. Flash then heads to Stebbings’ office in Brooklyn, with Stebbings saying he planned to destabilize the United States’ economy and make money in the process. Wally gets a vision of where Stebbings’ servers are located and heads off to shut it down. The next morning, Wally has multiple visions of what happens to people around him and uses his super-speed to prevent accidents from happening to them. He now realizes he can look into the future whenever he wants to.
THE FURY OF FIRESTORM #2 by Jeff Lemire and Rafael De Latorre. In the past, Ronnie Raymond struggled to be something great, so he lied to get a position working with Professor Martin Stein in order to impress a girl named Doreen Day. Stein takes pity on Ronnie and brings him on to help with his research, acting as his mentor. One day, Stein discovers a bomb which goes off and merges the two into Firestorm.. But, after years together, Firestorm has seemingly become sentient and Ronnie has been separated from Stein. After the events of last issue, the Justice League has arrived and hopefully will be strong enough to stop the rogue Firestorm.
GOTHAM ACADEMY: FIRST YEAR #4 by Brendan Fletcher, Becky Cloonan, Karl Kerschl, and Marco Ferrari. Following the fire at Arkham, where she was saved by a bat version of Tristan, Olive has a series of time gaps. She is also crossing paths with Madigan who blames her for everything happening to him. She flees Madigan and ends up being saved by Tristan, with the pair landing in a cornfield where she sees a vision of Jonathan Crane as Scarecrow. Later, while still having memory gaps, she sees that someone has been in her room and torn up letters from Kyle. Tristan visits her and dresses in a fantasy inspired outfit before they fly off together. When she wakes, wearing his sweatshirt, she wonders what has happened. In the end, she once again begins taking the medicine she got from Crane.
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #16 by Morgan Hampton, Juan Jose Ryp, and Will Conrad. Guy, Razer, Yrra and the projected form of Aya make their way back to the Interceptor to find it smashed, as the real Aya, currently controlled by a Manhunter, reunites with the other Manhunters within the Biot and they are all reformed in Aya’s image. Their plan is to use the Entities’ power to control the universe. Guy and the Lanterns head to Oa, with Guy using his new powers to see that the reformed Manhunters have captured Butcher and Predator-the red and blue entities. Seeing that Effigy is going after orange entity Ophidian, the Lanterns head off to stop them, with Soranik using Parallax and Yrra doing the same with Proselyte. Effigy allows Ophidian to possess him before the Manhunters can take it and, as Yrra and Soranik arrive, Effigy makes Oa’s sun into a supernova to destroy the Manhunters, with the two heroes being pulled into a black hole. As Guy, Jo, John, Razer and Larfleze approach the black hole, they are all pulled in.
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