AQUAMAN #38
Plot by EXCITER
Written by GEOFF JOHNS
Art by JIM LEE
“AN ORDERLY LITTLE WAR”
Crablad triumphant! When the returning Arion was attacked by his fellow Lord of Order, Kismet, the anthropomorphic crustacean escaped their Orderly Realm and reached Aquaman - who, in turn, came back with Mera and the sorcerers of Atlantis to rescue Arion! But even with all that magical might at their disposal, they only just managed to escape…
There is no denying it now: a full-blown civil war has erupted between the Lords of Order where Kismet has the distinct advantage of having consolidated power during Arion’s long absence! Aquaman understands that Arion’s only hope is to sway the other Lords of Order, who thus far haven’t gotten involved, to his side. He knows where the avatar of one of them can be found - but can Aquaman convince Dr. Fate to fight on his side? Or has Kismet already gotten to him…
Meanwhile, Kismet begins to systematically dismantle her opposition. She starts at the top: the Table of Elements. This “environmental illuminati” summoned Arion back to Earth in the first place, and now they must pay the price. Having set up a group meeting as a trap, Kisnet destroys the Seat of Air - and Red Tornado with it! Can the Seats of Earth and Fire - Brion “Geo-Force” Markov and Mick “Heatwave” Rory- survive the surprise attack?
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
BAT-WING #53
Writer: Malcolm Jones
Artist: Dexter Soy
Plotter: Marvell2100
A VIEW TO A KILL(IAN)!
"All roads lead to Lena Killian!" That's the thought that keeps repeating in the mind of David as he returns to Tinisha to confront her. The death of Ken Yao. The human-trafficking. The assassin Nemesis, sent to kill him and Deathblow. She's behind it all. But how can he prove it? She's a powerful woman with lots of connections and she's done a good job of covering her tracks. The authorities won't do a damned thing, hell she probably owns half of them anyway. So what will he accomplish by confronting her, she'll deny it all and get away with everything. A strange and surprisingly easy thought enters his mind, "Maybe the only way to stop Lena is to kill her!"
Singapore:Kia and Rick are in the fight of their lives against Kimodo and Kilroy as they try to rescue a group of missing children, including Kia's niece, from the crime lord Father Lost! The are only yards away from a waiting plane when they realize they won't make it. Flagg tells Kia to keep going with the kids, the suddenly runs towards their pursuers, buying them time to escape! The plane takes off with Kia and the children safely aboard as she looks out the window to see Flagg being swarmed by a small army. She got away safely with the kids but Kia can't help but think about how she lust lost another partner!
32 PGS./Rated T+...$3.99
BRONZE TIGER #27
Writer: Chip Zdarsky
Artist: Philip Tan
Plotter: Marvell2100
THE NIGHT PEOPLE! Part 3
David and Ben have uncovered a secret militia under the guise of a commune to help children! Doctor Moon and Sister Eve run the collective called The Children of the Night were they claim to help lost souls but in reality are training them for war! One of the children, David's teenage niece Natalie has been found at the commune but she doesn't want to leave, in fact none of them do. Ben and David quickly find themselves surrounded by the private army hired by Moon and Eve! David grabs his niece and begins to run while Ben fights the guards! They can't return the niece home and put David's sister in jeopardy! Moon and Eve give the order to hunt down the infidels and kill them all, including the girl!
32 PGS./Rated T+...$3.99
CAPTAIN MARVELOUS #6
Plot by NX01A
Written by JAMES TYNION IV
Art by J.H. WILLIAMS III
'MMXXIII' Part 5 'AULD LANG COSINE'
•As legions of gynoid TECHNO-ZOMBIES convert Fawcett City's men and machines into eldritch computational horrors, CAPTAIN THUNDER, HAWKGIRL, and a trio of SUPER-POLICE from an alternate 2023 valiantly hold the line at CAPTAIN MARVEL's front door!
•Under the guidance of the Super-Police's cyborgolden retriever, EXO the WONDER DOG, Billy Batson unlocks a previously unknown function of his ePhone's arcane Historama app: Sync Device.
•The Time Sphere of the AMAZONS! The Worlogog of the NEW GODS! The Time Ship of an achronal android from the 853rd Century! The lost Rings of Kur-Alet! Objects scattered across time and space unite to stop an all-encompassing threat from one of their own: the corrupted Time Machine of URIAH MOWCHER! All these chronal devices and more link with the Historama to strenghten Space-Time but will it be strong enough to repel the invasive mechano-magical infestation and stem the life drain killing our reality?
•MMXXIII concludes in JLβ #11!
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
DEADLY HANDS OF CONNOR HAWKE #53
Plotter: MARVELL2100
Writer: JEFF LEMIRE
Artist: ANDREA SORRENTINO
MOMMY DEAREST
Connor, Avila and Richard Dragon have smuggled into Uzikstan to prevent the assassination attempt on President Bland of Burendia who is there to sign a treaty with President Khisnov! If The Guild succeeds in killing Bland, it will throw the region into turmoil. Even worse, if they don't kill Bland, he will retaliate which means even more people could die! To make the situation even more dangerous, Dragon has learned that The Magus and Tasha al Ghul will lead the strike team into Uzikstan! This means that will have to have a confrontation with Connors' former mentor and his own mother. Can Dragon count on Connor to do the right thing when the time comes, even if it means that he may have to face his mother in a battle to the death?
32 PGS./Rated T+...$3.99
DETECTIVE COMICS #34 *Earth-2 Tie-In*
Plot by EXCITER
Written by MARK MILLAR
Art by JOHN ROMITA, JR.
“JINGLE BELLS”
After a viscous battle with a new costumed-criminal named “Skunk Bro,” Batman is contaminated with a truly awful odor that he cannot seem to wash away. It takes all of his mental discipline to block out the stench while he confronts other emergencies…
Robin, the Boy Wonder, has performed a wondrous act for any boy… he has laid an egg. Is Bernard the father? Is that how it works? How did his genetics change? And what the hell is about to hatch from that egg?
Meanwhile, the Batmobile has been sabotaged… but by whom? And the Joker is driving his own souped-up “Clown Car” away from the scene of his latest felony at the Gotham Dragstrip! Can Batman stop him? Maybe not this time!
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
THE FLASH #53
Plot by EXCITER
Written by ROBERT KIRKMAN
Art by FRANK CHO
Barry Allen is gone, his body possessed by the Black Racer. Wally West has become the Flash, and now he must…
“RACE AGAINST DEATH” part three “NEW METHODS”
Our heroes regroup after a devastating defeat at the hands of the Black Racer and his legion of carrion-eating New Genesian Bugs. The Pegaron System belongs to the Racer, and his touch of death is spreading throughout the cosmos…
John Stewart heroically fell in battle while buying time for his allies to retreat. As is standard practice, his Green Lantern power ring automatically sought out a new wielder upon his death. It found the fastest man alive.
Wally West of Earth. You have the ability to overcome great fear. Welcome to the Green Lantern Corps.
Can the combination of the Speed Force and a Green Lantern Ring elevate Wally to a point where he can defeat the New God of Speed and Death? Hal Jordan has hope. He takes Wally back to Oa, the Green Lantern Corps’ HQ planet, for a rapid training session. Can the Guardian of the Universe, Ganthet, unlock Wally’s ultimate potential?
Meanwhile, the Deicide Squad starts working on a backup plan. Scandal Savage reveals that the reason her formerly immortal father, Vandal Savage, spent 50,000 years putting “humanity first” was to empower the species enough to defeat an alien god like the Black Racer. Vandal had weapons to kill both gods and speedsters which could be salvaged from his still-secret (but highly booby-trapped) base in the Ozarks. Combining ultra-rare Suspendium (nicknamed “Speedster Kryptonite”) and Radion (a substance fatally poisonous to New Gods) could result in a workable weapon. But if they used that weapon, it would also kill the Black Racer’s host. Are they willing to sacrifice Barry Allen?
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
GREEN LANTERN #53
Plot by EXCITER
Written by MARK MILLAR
Art by JOE MADUREIRA
“RACE AGAINST DEATH” part four “RISE”
First as a United States’ Marine, and then as a Green Lantern Corpsman, John Stewart cheated death many times… but not this time. This time he finally meets… her.
Standing before John is a member of the Endless, an inconceivably powerful being, who has taken the form of a pale-skinned goth girl. “Death” was there when the first living thing came into existence, and will be there when the last living thing dies. And in her infinite fairness, everyone gets the same thing: everyone gets a lifetime. But there was profound unfairness surrounding this particular Corpsman’s fate - and that calls for some special attention.
Long ago, something was taken from Death. Something indescribable. Part of her power. The Lord of Apokalips stole it and infused it into this “Black Racer.” It’s been bothering her for a while (read: millennia), though she’s been very busy and hasn’t had the opportunity to address it. But now things have changed. This Black Racer has regained his speed and has started interfering with the grand design. So, there’s no more screwing around or letting it slide. It’s time to shut him down.
John Stewart wants to know how he can help.
“Why, with a ring of course! That’s your thing, isn’t it?”
Death hands John a Lantern Battery and a ring, both glowing and infused with some of her own power. She smiles.
“John Stewart of Earth. Rise. And welcome to the Black Lantern Corps!”
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
JLβ #11
Plot by NX01A
Written by RAM V
Art by JAMAL CAMPBELL
'MMXXIII' Part 6/Finale 'TIME IN DISGUISE'
•A union of sentient time machines has pushed back the Chronoverse incursion into normal Space-Time but what of corrupted time machine at the center of that voracious cosmos?
•The Chronoverse's avatar, CHRONOVORE FRITZ WEED, is weakened without an extradimensional power source but he still controls the Magic Crystal of History while in turn being controlled by the malignant Time Machine of scientist URIAH MOWCHER!
•Now an unholy union of machine and necromancy himself, the ÜBERADICATOR interfaces and interferes with the Time Machine directly while STEEL disrupts the techno side of the TECHNO-ZOMBIE hordes.
•WILL WALKER's will power and powers bestowed by the SLOW CHILDREN wrestle with the madness and unending hunger of Fritz the Chronovore for control of the Magic Crystal of History! Their battle will have consequences not only for the Chronoverse but for our reality, too!
•Next Issue: Everything changes!
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
TARZAN: LORD OF THE JUNGLE #2
(ADVENTURE COMICS #3)
Story from lost notes, recently uncovered, by EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS, set in his classic TARZAN continuity!
Adapted by EXCITER
Art by DAN MORA
“TARZAN AND THE REPTILE MEN”
The mayor of New York City visits Tarzan at his African bungalow, but the Lord of the Jungle is uninterested in an almost certainly corrupt politician from so far away… until he’s shown evidence of a unique threat: the body of a Horib!
The year prior, Tarzan joined an expedition to Pellucidar, an unknown realm inside the Hollow Earth (see Tarzan at the Earth's Core (1929)). There, he was nearly slain by Horibs - cold-blooded, lizard-like humanoids that feast upon human flesh.
Today, they’ve discovered Horibs living under Manhattan - the apparent truth behind the “alligators in the sewers” rumor. The Mayor has been covering this up, as thus far they’ve only fed on downtrodden immigrants, but he needs someone to track the extent of this “infestation.” Only Tarzan has the skills and experience to lead such an investigation…
Taken from his element to a concrete jungle, it becomes clear to Tarzan that the Mayor is beholden to organized crime when the “investigation” is supported by mob enforcers! Tarzan and a crew led by Vinny “the Ape” Lomonte descend into the depths below Manhattan where they find far more than they bargained for!
Enter the lost city of “Lucertola,” where thousands of Horibs rule and keep a population of destitute Italian immigrants as cattle! Can Tarzan and Lomonte rescue the human captives, including the group’s unofficial “Princess” Lolita Benato, and escape? Can they stop the Horibs from leaving Lucertola and wreaking havoc on the surface?
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
NEXT DAWN HOLIDAY SPECIAL #5!
An anthology of non-stop holiday cheer!
“FIVE GOLDEN BOOSTERS!”
Plot by EXCITER
Written by ROBERT KIRKMAN
Art by FRANK CHO
In the future, everyone knows Johnny “Christmas” Crump - legendarily merry philanthropist! So when Booster Gold meets him in 2023, he is shocked to discover that Crump… is a miserly, hum-buggin’ asshole! How could this be? It looks like it’s up to Booster to play the “Ghost of Christmas Future” and wake Crump up to his inner-jolliness!
The only problem? Crump is now being targeted by a criminal undead necromancer: Ebenezer Scourge! Can Booster Gold possibly turn this horrific nightmare into a fond holiday memory?!
"FAMOUS FUNNIES"
By NX01A, RODOLPHE TÖPFFER & ADOLPHE BARREAUX
December 31, 1934... OBADIAH OLDBUCK's real name is lost to time, one of the bêtises or perhaps miséricorde of immortality. Four coloured and flashy, a new age will dawn with the new year but those like Obadiah who came before aren't sure about leaving the world's safety to these upstarts. LA SOCIÉTÉ SUPRÊME forsees unprecedented upheaval throughout Space-Time, and its membership will save the next generation from itself! (Prepare for La Société Suprême in 2024 issues of JLβ!)
Wonder Woman ‘74 in “Wonder Woman ’74: Day -6”
Story: Linda Blair
Art: Adam Hughes
Plot: CaptCleghorn
Something almost beyond comprehension is happening to a girl on this street, in this house ...and a woman has been sent for as a last resort. This woman is Diana Prince. It’s Boxing Day 1973 and Diana Prince is starting a new position with the US government. Being new, she, of course, gets stuck working Christmas week. A woman’s body has been found at the bottom of a set of outside stairs in Georgetown. Normally this would be a DCPD case, but the body belonged to the daughter of a high ranking diplomat. Can Diana solve her first case solo and more importantly, will she see that controversial new movie later that night?
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2 Turtle Doves
ACTION COMICS #10
PLOT by GUANLISHABI
WRITTEN by MATT FRACTION
ART by LEONARDO ROMERO
"Ghosts of Krypton Past"
Superman arrives to help Supergirl.
But this is exactly what Lex Luthor has been waiting for.
The Phantom Zone Projector!
Lex sends both Superman and Supergirl into the Phantom Zone.
And now Lex has done his job. Replace Superman with a New American Superman！
Metallo changes his skin to Superman, the All-American Superman!
Meanwhile in the phantom zone, Superman and Supergirl are ghosts!
How will they escape the phantom zone and stop Lex?
And can they survive the Ghosts of Krypton past?
Kneel before Zod!
30 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
SUPERMAN #10
PLOT by GUANLISHABI
WRITTEN by GENE LUEN YANG
ART by GURIHIRU
"For The Girl Who has Everything"
Supergirl wakes up in Argo City, where her parents give her presents for the holidays.
Her uncle Jor-El is coming over and bringing her cousin Kal-El with him.
Kara is living her best life on Krypton.
It's like Krypton never exploded and all her family and friends never died.
Obviously this is the Black Mercy as Christmas present.
But the question is, who is doing this to our dear Kara?
The Super Swamp Thing from Krypton!
By absorbing Supergirl's life force, the Super Swamp Thing grows ever stronger!
Can Superman and Swamp Thing save Supergirl and save Christmas?
30 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
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