JUSTICE LEAGUE: DREAM GIRLS #1 by Jadzia Axelrod, Nicole Maines, Greg Rucka, Nicola Scott, J. Bone, Brandt & Stein, and Claire Roe. On Themyscira, Dreamer and Galaxy find a man in the water and it turns out to be Steve Trevlor. In actuality, it is the villain known as The Key in disguise. As Nia tends to Trevor, Galaxy heads off with Kasia and they exchange a kiss. Nia is preparing to leave with Trevor and he inserts a key into her forehead and shuts off this particular dream. That leads to a new dream, where Nia is Batgirl fighting against The Key and other villains. When that results in the apparent death of Galaxy, The Key shuts off this fantasy. It is revealed that these are only dreams, as Dreamer and Galaxy are comatose on the Watchtower. In the backup, Kate Kane gets involved with Ayla Raatko before finding out that she is the person responsible for an attack on a Data Center in Greece.
JUSTICE LEAGUE: DREAM GIRLS #2 by Jadzia Axelrod, Nicole Maines, Steve Underwood, Morgan Hampton, Alitha Martinez, Vincent Cecil, Brandt & Stein, Stephen Sadowski, Dan Jurgens, Norm Rapmund, and Joe Quinones. While the League debate whether they should trust Dreamer and galaxy, the women are still suck in a dream, with the pair fighting to protect a Pride parade from protesters, with Kat arriving and taking Galaxy to a quiet location to talk. The Key shows up and films a documentary with Dreamer, until they are interrupted by Galaxy, who declares that none of this is real. That leads to multiple scenario changes in different outfits, including fighting Despero and becoming Western gunfighters, before ending up in a castle. Dreamer expresses her ability to sleep forever and forces Nia out of the dream. When she wakes, she learns of the Justice League’s plans for her and Dreamer. In the backup, Jo relives an important moment in her ast before battling Lafleeze with the assistance of Guy Gardner.
JUSTICE LEAGUE: DREAM GIRLS #3 by Jadzia Axelrod, Nicole Maines, G. Willow WIlson, Maria Llovet, Brandt & Stein, Jan Bazaldua, and Rosi Kampe. With Galaxy fighting to keep her place in the Justice League, Dreamer is still in The Key’s dreamland, where he turns into Superboy and she gets the fantasy life she has always dreamed of. At one point, he kisses her and turns into a monster in front of her. Meanwhile, Nia looks for some alone time and is met by Kate Godwin: the former Doom Patrol member known as Coagula, who convinces her to go back into the meeting and fight for her place on the team. She does so and then goes back to Dreamer’s body, forcing herself back into her dream, only to find that The Key has her and has made his way into the Akashic Records, where he has gained the infinite knowledge of the cosmos. In the backup, it’s a quiet day with Harley and Ivy and some strawberry shortcake. Unfortunately, Bud and Lou have gotten to things first, leading to Ivy creating lots of strawberry plants, telling Harley she can now have strawberries every day if she wants.
JUSTICE LEAGUE: DREAM GIRLS #4 by Jadzia Axelrod, Nicole Maines, Brandt & Stein, Rosi Kampe, and Klaus Janson. The Key has Dreamer and has made his way into the Akashic Records. Galaxy fights back against him but goes to Dreamer’s side, allowing The Key to get his hands on the book, where he discovers it to be blank as Dreamer, in her costume, has snapped out of her trance and uses her power to send him to the deepest part of the Dream Realm. Upon awakening, Galaxy reunites with Kasia before being told she has leadership potential, even if the Lanterns have classified her as an intergalactic threat. Galaxy tries to convince Dreamer to rejoin the League but she says she needs to learn her powers better and she is not ready. In the backup, Klaus Janson tells is autobiographical tale and embraced his art and his sexuality.
JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED #20 by Mark Waid and Dan Mora. Brainiac Queen has arrived, looking for Waller, attacking the Justice League. Air Wave manages to communicate with her and calms her down, until Luthor uses his power suit to injure her, with plans to have Warp create a portal and have Giganta throw her into the sun, which would kill Air Wave also. As the League garbs Brainiac Queen to keep her safe, she compromises Warp and transports herself to an unknown destination. Meanwhile, the Power Bank has ended up on an alien planet, thanks to Guy Gardner, along with their ship being damaged by the Hykraius warfleet, and that group of Leaguers find themselves under attack by creatures known as Dronndans.
LOBO #4 by Skottie Young and Jorge Corona. Lobo gets his bounty hunting license back and heads off on a new mission, gathering his friend Maynard for the assist. They end up at an off world version of the Fortress of Solitude to steal a “box full of crows”. Once inside, they run into Supergirl and the pair begin to fight. In the midst of it, some officers who up informing them that their dogs have been out causing mayhem, which results in Supergirl and Lobo being arrested. In the end, Supergirl is told that a princess has arrived to see her. Continued in SUMMER OF SUPERGIRL #1.
NEW TITANS #36 by Tate Brombal and Marcus To. Cyborg runs tests on Eva, who eventually tries to connect with the Titans as they take their place on Happy Harbor and try to get used to their new headquarters. She is rebuffed by almost all except for Superboy. Among all of this, Tara discovers something that shocks her and Starfire tells Nightwing she is leaving as she needs to find someplace that feels like home to her. Later, many of the team go to town and meets with a police officer who reveals that the townspeople regularly sacrifice babies to Nebiros. Tara discovers Cyborg’s secret Omega base, saying she sensed something, which turns out to be a giant monster.
NIGHTWING #139 by Dan Watters and Denis Cowan. Nightwing meets with Eastbourne and tells her everything about the crash and the ‘witch’, but she responds by holding a press conference and claims that an arrest warrant has been issued for Nightwing. Sometime later, a group of dead bodies, fused together, appears in the harbor. Working with a former pathologist, Nightwing unravels the identities of most of the bodies except for one and that leads him to meet with a priest who killed that person who was a drifter who confessed to some horrible crimes. During a chase, the priest saves Dick and, although he will not reveal what this individual had done, asks Nightwing to decide what happens to him next.
POISON IVY #45 by G. Willow Wilson and Leandro Fernandez. Ivy is out of control and does not seem to care who gets in her way, even Comissioner Savage. She is also dealing with how she treated Harley and tries to write a note to ask her forgiveness. But she ends up meeting with the Kettle Hole Devil, telling the creature that she killed the Bog Venus and she won’t be the last if the Kettle Hole Devil bothers her again. After that, Xylon arrives and says Ivy is no longer protected by The Grey from the Parliament of Trees and proceeds to drop her to the streets far below.
SUMMER OF SUPERGIRL #1 by Sophie Campbell, Gail Simone, Mark Waid, Belen Ortega, Emma Kubert, and Cian Tormey. Continued from LOBO #4. Lobo, Supergirl, Princess Shark, Krypto, and Dawg are brought in front of a space judge for their crimes. Three of them are released but Lobo is sentenced to 30 days of rehabilitation while Dawg is released into Krypto’s custody. Once out, those who are freed are met by Crush and the go out for Mac and Cheese sandwiches. One week later, Supergirl has to chase after Dawg, who is chasing Streaky, leading to some neighborhood destruction and Streaky being temporarily put on ice. Lobo comes back, finally having served his sentence, and fights with Supergirl before making friends again with Dawg after feeding him a Mac and Cheese sandwich. But by fighting with her, he violates part of his sentence and goes about doing good deeds with Supergirl as part of his community service. In the first backup, Supergirl and Mary Marvel become friends, with Kara acting as her big sister. In the second backup, Natasha Irons and Connor try to unravel the various histories of Supergirl
SUPERGIRL #14 by Sophie Campbell. After her long fall, Lena is rescued by the Super Substance Science Scouts and, seeing that Superboy has been captured by Zora, she heads off and meets with Kara and Lesla. She gives Kara a drive with the cybernetics and the S-Matrix and Kara uses it, just as Black Flame arrives and freezes Lena. But Supergirl has transformed from being cybernetic to completely flesh and blood again, now in a white suit, and the pair brawl. Zora appears defeated until she captures Lesla and threatens to kill her unless Supergirl surrenders. But Lesla has a trick of her own, pressing a button on a device that turns her into Luminary and she and Supergirl defeat Black Flame.
SUPERMAN #39 by Joshua Williamson and Dan Mora. Superboy Prime finds himself in the midst of a fight with several superheroes including Superman from Earth-2. He soon discovers this is all Manchester Black’s doing and ends up in a variety of comic inspired scenarios including a cartoon version, several Science-Fiction adventures, and even a Romance comic. He is eventually attacked by many Superman variations and even Wonder Woman, dispatching all of them. Manchester Black has used his powers to get Prime to strike a specific spot and free him, saying it is time to reboot something.
SUPERMAN UNLIMITED #14 by Dan Slott and Lucas Meyer. Superboy and Tomorrow Man face off against Thaddeus Kilgrave and, later, Volcana, where young Jon has a panic attack. Meanwhile, Lois visits with the Kents, expressing that she is unsure if her young son is truly her son. Later, Tomorrow Man and young Jon help Metallo, who has had his Kryptonite heart removed by Dabney Donovan and his clones. At Steelworks, Steel, Lois, and Lana are looking at a Kryptonite specimen from the El Calderan when the sample breaks free, infecting Lana. Tomorrow Man and Jon arrive, with Jon in a panic as he goes to free Beppo. When he discovers the ape is in a containment cell and Steel suggests Jon be placed in one also, the young man reacts violently, picking up Steel’s hammer and attacking. In the end, Batman has deduced that Jon is actually from Earth-3 and the child of Ultraman and Superwoman, making him Ultrababy.
WONDER WOMAN #34 by Tom King, Daniel Sampere and Bruno Redondo. In the past, the Matriarch has killed John Stewart and has taken his Lantern ring. Soon after, she kills a Guardian of the Universe, declaring herself stronger than any Lantern or guardian. Twenty years from now, Diana faces off with The Matriarch, with Diana wielding the God Killer sword and The Matriarch with her own Lantern powered sword. Diana gets disarmed and, as The Matriarch is preparing to deliver the killing blow, Diana grabs her hand and the ring goes to Wonder Woman, as it belongs with someone with honor. Powered by the ring, Diana punches The Matriarch and defeats her. She visits the Three Fates and they fear for their lives until Diana says the God Killer sword was never meant for them, but for her alone and she runs herself through with it.
ZATANNA #3 by Jamal Campbell. After what happened in the previous issue, Zatanna travels to met with The Loa, who grants her three gifts, provided she deal with three labors: an issue with the Hidden City of Homo Magi, helping Elodie in the future, and swearing. Papa Midnite rebukes her for casting the spell that blew up the theater. She travels to Hades, meeting with Persephone and Mnemosyne, requesting their aid. In the Maison D’Aede, Agent Di Manes has brutally captured the spirit, leading to Zatanna fighting him, with Di manes casting a silence spell upon her. As much as she fights against him, he manages to make his escape with Dr. Gui. She is finally able to cast a spell of remembrance on Aede, reuniting her and Clara.
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