AQUAMAN #52
Plot by EXCITER
Written by GEOFF JOHNS
Art by JIM LEE
“SUPERFIENDS”
Beneath the waves, he’s the King. On land, however, he’s not as well known as some of the other members of the Justice League like Superman or Wonder Woman. When a shady television studio cashes in by making a completely unauthorized cartoon called “Aquaman and the Reef Rascals,” the tide turns humiliating!
This goofy, slapstick travesty paints Arthur as a comically arrogant fool who does nothing but talk to fish (and toss starfish like shurikens), while being utterly useless when he steps onto land. He even dries up and curls into a little helpless ball if he doesn’t stay wet… Meanwhile, his trusty kid sidekick, the wisecracking crustacean Crablad, is depicted as the real hero!
Furious at the mockery, Aquaman confronts the producers behind this animated atrocity. But it seems there’s a deeper plot lurking beneath the toon’s tacky surface…. How is the sorceress Circe involved?
Can Aquaman reclaim his dignity, shut down the show, and uncover the true machinations of the producers? Or will his reputation be sunk for good?
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
ATOMICA #8
Plotter: CaptCleghorn
Writer: Grant Morrison
Art: Frank Quitely
“Whatever Happened to Rhonda Pineda?”
Astra is timelost in this current day and age. The future possible daughter of our heroine would like to get home. Whenever that is, of course. While Rhonda Pineda was a physics graduate student she did some extensive study of quantum mechanics and has an amazingly large amount of knowledge in the area. Cut something small enough and you never know what’s going to happen.
Rhonda and Astra shrinking to an almost subatomic size might theoretically allow passage through time, but of course, there is no known way to direct or control or even start a temporal shift. The answer lies in plagiarism. There has been work done by other scientists. Beckett, Choi, Cooper, Einstein, Fowler, Hawking, Hunter, Palmer, Pym… So Rhonda is going to try a B&E (breaking and entering for those of you who were raised properly) on computer files for those scientists and their work. The trick here is that she will shrink into the files and examine the data firsthand. You’ve seen the phoneline trick but have you seen the computer file trick? You will this issue.
And an appearance by two aliens from the future.
32pp $2.99 rated T
BAT-WING #67
Writer: Malcolm Jones
Artist: Dexter Soy
Plotter: Marvell2100
JUSTICE IS SERVED
Bat-Wing and the new Massacre are not only in a physical fight but it's also a battle of ideologies! Kinto Raxsum believes that everyone who had a hand in allowing these warlords to recruit children, to destroy families and entire villages deserve to be punished. It's the same belief that David's brother Isaac, the original Massacre used for his for all of the murders that he committed! And in some ways, David believes the same way. All the memories come rushing into his mind: his parents murdered, he and Isaac taken away and their lives changed forever. Those people who benefitted from gangs turning children into soldiers, who turned innocent young lives into a nightmare need to pay. But is this the way to do it? Should families have to go through the pain and suffering of losing a loved one no matter the circumstances.
David asks Kinto this same question. Should children be made to pay the price and suffer because of circumstances beyond their control? These questions make Kinto pause for a moment, giving David the opening he needed in their fight! He pushes his advantages and finally gets they upper hand. He tells Raxsum that he understands his pain, that they both went through hell. But this isn't the way to heal or make their past go away. At that moment, David feels that he's breaking through when suddenly a bullet rings out of nowhere striking Raxsum, leaving a gaping hole in his chest. David looks in the direction of where the shot came from to see a lone figure on a rooftop in the same costume as massacre, who gives him a chilling message: Justice is served!
32 PGS./Rated T+...$3.99
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THE FLASH #66
Plot by EXCITER
Written by ROBERT KIRKMAN
Art by FRANK CHO
“CATLIKE/GODLIKE“ part three
The fastest predator alive is unleashed! Wally West, the azure accelerator, has been overtaken by Bouda, the ancient Cheetah God, turning him into the ferocious *Cheetash*—a blur of claws, fangs, and unrelenting speed! Gorilla City trembles as Wally’s possessed form tears through its streets, a primal force of destruction that nobody can touch!
Barbara Minerva, once the fearsome Cheetah, is now a mortal woman desperate to bury her past. But when Grodd and Solovar fail to stop Wally’s rampage, Barbara must face her destiny: reforge her bond with Bouda to pull the god out of Wally and back into herself… and then attempt to subjugate him, finally claiming full control of the Cheetah persona. It’s a high-stakes race against a savage deity for her own soul as Barbara risks everything to redeem herself. Can she outrun the curse, or will the ultimate hunter reclaim its prey?
And back in Central City, Barry Allen’s grandfather Mark “PDQ” Thompson gets telepathic word from his ally Gorilla Grodd: the woman that killed Mark’s daughter (Barry’s mom) upon Vandal Savage’s orders, and whom PDQ personally killed in retaliation, is alive again. And that just won’t do…
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
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JLα/β #24 *Penultimate Issue!*
Plot by NX01A
Written by WARREN ELLIS
Art by JEFF SPOKES
'ALPHα & ΩMEGA' Part 7 'ONE WORLD TOO MANY'
•The war raging since 12,000 BC finlly ends as all wars do, with a single victor: Death.
•The OLD MAN & The OLD WOMAN, HUGO HERCULES, L'OISELLE, MOON MAN, NYCTALOPE, AOUR-RUOA, and ÔGON BAT... Heroes and villains of times past enter the fields of history as the present and future sprout from its soil.
•Dial H for HERO CRUZ is at the center of a quantum quake, and he knows his next choice will determine which world and its heroes survive or decay into Schrödinger mulch.
•Will he choose the world he knew first and its JLβ or the darker world of the JLα?
•Can White Martian S'AM SA'RA (Last seen in JLβ #3!) offer a third option?
•Next issue: Ω
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
OATH OF THE GREEN LANTERN #66
Written by Deniz Camp
Plot by H-E-D
Art by Christian Ward
“Green Lantern’s Light”
Lantern 2814.1, Hal Jordan, escorts the newest Lantern, 2814.5 - Kyle Rayner, to Oa for proper induction into the Green Lantern Corps!
After all, Lord Malvolio’s ring might have been malfunctioning, but still, Kyle was judged worthy.
The other Earth Lanterns are there as well.
Lantern 2814.4, Jessica Cruz, has escaped from the broken maze in which Mister Paradox had trapped them both in — and has brought him in for rehabilitation.
Lantern 2814.3, Guy Gardner, is fresh from exposing the Quorum and getting Vuldar inducted into the U.P.
And Lantern 2814.2, John Stewart, is returned from adventures with his new partner in love and justice, the Blue Lantern Katma Tui!
Corps Leader Salakk has some doubts, but at Hal’s urging, instructs Kyle to charge his ring directly from the Central Power Battery.
Now, Kyle is an official Lantern… but something is wrong!
The energy in the Power Battery turns dark, and a frightening figure emerges…
The Lanterns faced MAALDOR OF THE DIMENSION DARK!
This was, in fact, a scheme by Lord Malvolio!
The dark sorcery he used to hotwire the ring included a Trojan Horse, designed to subvert the power of the Battery, opening a rift between dimensions!
Now Malvolio’s dark patron is free!
As a being of pure darkness, Maaldor drains the rings of all the Lanterns to 0% Charge. They’re powerless!
And it’s not just the Lanterns… all across the universe, stars dim. Metahumans with light and energy powers find themselves powerless as well.
Is all Hope lost?
Darkness descends on the DCU… as ALL LIGHT DIES!
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
ORION OF APOKOLIPS #7 [Legacy #51]
Writer: Mark Evanier
Art: David Marquez
Plot: Marvell2100
THE EYE IN THE WELL
In their quest to learn more about what brought about Ragnarok and the end of the Old Gods, Orion, Forager, Valkyie and Lightray have travelled a long and arduous journey to reach the end of the known world! They are here at the base of The World Tree Yggdrasill to seek answers about Bauldar the Brave, the Last King of Aesgard! They have come to the well of Mimir to seek the Eye of Odinn which was traded a millenia ago by the All-Father in exchange for knowledge! But to get those answers, they have to deal with the new Guardian of the Well, the all powerful Vas-Goth the Slayer! Will they get the answers they need or will Vas-Goth dispatch another band of eager fools to an early death?
On New Genesis, Scott and Barda have agreed on their plan. Instead of joining with Haedes to kill his mother and sister, they have decided to offer the first born daughter of one of New Genesis' greatest warriors in exchange for a child of Apokolips. Jacen and Artune have agreed to send their one-year old daughter Akira to be raised on Apokolips while they will accept a new child, Krynn into their home. This exchange will keep the peace between New Genesis and Apokolips but Scott and Barda know that this is tenuous at best. It is only a matter of time before the truce is broken and both worlds will be at war. As Scott leaves to escort Akira to her new home, Barda begins to think. Perhaps they should have taken Hades up on his first offer. Maybe they should have agreed to kill Tigra and Minerva!
32 PGS./Rated T+...$3.99
ROBIN: SON OF BATMAN #7
Plot by EXCITER
Written by MARK MILLAR
Art by JOE MADUREIRA
“LEGACY OF ASHES”
Robin knew he was being hunted by the current Azrael. However, he was surprised to learn that so was his alter-ego, Damian Wayne! After narrowly escaping death at Azrael’s hands, he uncovers the long history of enmity between his mother’s side of the family and the Order of St. Dumas… and by long, we mean centuries!
In the blood-soaked chaos of 1453, the Ottoman Empire lays siege to Constantinople!
Ra’s al Ghul—centuries before siring Damian’s mother, Talia—stands with the Ottoman forces. The cunning warrior and master swordsman was then 129 years old but appeared to be in his prime thanks to his discovery of the Lazarus Pits. Seen as a valuable if enigmatic ally by Sultan Mehmed II, the fall of Constantinople aligns with Ra’s’ goal of dismantling old world orders to forge a new one. By his side is his beloved first son and intended heir, Iskander al Ghul.
Azrael, the blazing sword of the Order of St. Dumas, fights alongside the Byzantine defenders under Emperor Constantine XI Palaiologos with righteous fury and a blade of holy fire. This incarnation of Azrael is Michael de Valois, a zealot who believes he’s chosen by God to smite the enemies of Christendom. The Order sees Constantinople—the last bastion of Eastern Christianity—as a pivotal buffer against Muslim expansion into Europe. Moreover, it sees R’as al Ghul as a blasphemous, unholy demon that imperils the world with his vile alchemical pits.
What these two do to one another will begin a grudge that echoes through the ages… and not everyone survives when the walls come down!
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
SEVEN SOLDIERS OF VICTORY: SEVEN DAYS #1 (of 7)
Story by ALAN BRENNERT
Art by JERRY ORDWAY
Plot by CAPTCLEGHORN
“MONDAY”, starring the Seven Soldiers of Victory
It’s 1943. A second World War rages on in Europe, Africa, and the Pacific Ocean. The Seven Soldiers of Victory adventure team fights in the United States trying to keep the home front safe from those who would take advantage of a nation with its attention spread elsewhere in the world.
Slaughter Swamp is an area just outside of Gotham City and is eerie and scary even for Gotham. The Soldiers are working on a tip that a nazi scientist is planning some sort of terrorist plot. Without any further details, the team hunts down Hans Kronitz, a scientist desperate to make his mark against favored scientists like Mengele, von Braun, Blome, and Heisenberg. He has selected a small team of B list scientists and mystics desperate to come up with a plan that will appease the fuhrer.
The plan works as a large, powerful chalk white being is created from a corpse. The 7SV ask if it can be stopped; the Nazis ask if the process can be repeated.
32pp, $2.99, rated all ages
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