ND 09-2023

FIRE FROM HEAVEN #3
(LGY: UNCANNY G-MEN #29)
Written by Kieron Gillen
Plot by H-E-D
Art by David Marquez
Act Two, “Purgatorio”, Part Three
Exalting in her unlimited power and her defeat of the combined G-Men/Extremist alliance, Pyra gives Earth a respite as she heads to the stars!
Earth’s gain is the universe’s loss, as Pyra soon grows famished. Only the energy of the stars themselves can sate her hunger!
When a last-ditch effort from the Green Lantern fails to contain her, Pyra wrecks havoc in deep space.
The Omega Men are powerless to stop her, watching helplessly as she consumes the Sun of the Pegaron System in Sector 1313. The resultant supernova destroys the planet Xanshi!
Billions of lives — an entire people, entire cultures — dead, and at the hands of PYRA!
The United Planets — which counted both Xanshi and Earth as members — is terrified and furious in equal measures!
The menace of Pyra must be stopped — by any means necessary.
A hastily assembled armada follows Pyra from a distance as she makes her fearsome, final return to the planet Earth!
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
ADVENTURE COMICS #1
Written by Jim Shooter
Drawn by John Tyler Christopher
Plotted by CaptCleghorn
“Comma Chameleon”
Clive Arno has had a long yet mysterious career. At times, he has worn his own costume and fought as the hero Captain Action. Other times, he has worn the garb and regalia of other heroes and adventurers, partaking in their escapades for unknown reasons. One morning, he wakes up to find himself in a quaint village on an idyllic island. The inhabitants are seemingly content in their existence off the global grid with no discernable contact with the rest of the world. And the quaint and relatively technology free Village does contain surprises of an unusual and potent nature.
Although his arrival was unplanned, was this part of Arno’s plan? If so, will he be able to withstand the inevitable fallout?
“Mirror Image”
Written and Drawn by Scott Shaw
Plotted by CaptCleghorn
Two participants in an Army reunion at the local American Legion are enjoying an adult beverage or two. Charlie Dibble, currently a local police officer, and John Hall, still in the Army but now a Colonel catch up on old times and talk about their current lives. It seems the two have a lot in common as an anthropomorphic alley cat and an Army Sergeant are combing the neighborhood trying desperately to outscheme the other.
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
AQUAMAN #35 *Fire From Heaven tie-in*
Plot by EXCITER
Written by GEOFF JOHNS
Art by JIM LEE
“A LINEAGE OF FLAMES”
As Aquaman and the world reel from the destruction caused by Dark Pyra, the ocean reflects on another primal Zirandian host from ages ago…
The wizard Arion has convinced the host, Sharca, to end her self-imposed exile in the Boiling Sea. She returns with him to Atlantis and joins his super-team, “the Others.” King Atlan II is initially reluctant to permit such a powerful entity to roam about free in his underwater kingdom… until he comes to know Sharca - and love her? Unfortunately, Arion has developed feelings for Sharca as well! One is a noble royal trapped in a loveless marriage, the other a brave but aloof wizard whose greatest passion will always be magic. Are you Team Arion or Team Atlan?
In any event, this love triangle threatens Sharca’s emotional and physical safety. When Atlan II’s wife, Queen Cardarell, finds out, she aims to eliminate her competition! Will she inadvertently release the Zirandian that possesses Sharca and boil Atlantis?
And wait… if the King of Atlantis may have been sleeping with the Zirandian host… does that mean Aquaman is a descendant of the primal force that has possessed Pyra? That’s one hot great-great-grandmother!
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
ASHES OF EARTH #3
“Crisis of Faith”
Written by Kieron Gillen
Plot by H-E-D
Art by Stephanie Hans
The Church of Eternal Empowerment makes a final stand!(?)
Dominic and Nora Darrk thought that a global Gen-Active uprising would be the *perfect* recruitment opportunity for their Anti-Gen-Active religion.
But the Omega Titan of Hypocrisy is looming overhead! Surely this doesn’t say anything about their cause.
The Titan obliterates their henchman Xaxol in an instant. Poor Xaxol.
How many true believers will die for the cause?
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
BAT-WING #50
Writer: Malcolm Jones
Artist: Dexter Soy
Plotter: Marvell2100
WE HAVE A DEVELOPING SITUATION!
Biological Lab in Jarmun: Bat-Wing and Deathblow's investigation into the mysterious death of Chinese spy Ken Yao has brought them face-to-face with Deathblow's former partner Nemesis! Working for the American gov't, Yao uncovered a connection between China and South African company called Han-Barc involving the development of biological weapons! As Deathblow fights Nemesis, Bat-Wing tries to uncover any evidence that would give him proof that the Chinese were behind Yao's death! But what David finds is far worse! Han-Barc is involved in in the disappearance of children across many African nations! Could this be tied to the missing children's case that Kia and Rick are involved in? Is Han-Barc trafficking children as weapons and worse, guinea pigs for biological weapons?
32 PGS./Rated T+...$3.99
BRONZE TIGER #24
Writer: Chip Zdarsky
Artist: Philip Tan
Plotter: Marvell2100
CULT OF PERSONALITY
After his mission in Uzikistan, Ben and David return to the states for some downtime. A lot has happened that Ben needs to process. He's made peace of sorts with his ex-wife, he settled a score with the man who betrayed him(Red Lion) and managed to make a few allies(Bat-Wing, Connor Hawke) in the process. He even had a hand in the regime-change in Uzikistan. A few weeks later, David receives a frantic phone call from his sister Madilyn. Her daughter has been acting strange lately. She dropped all of her old friends and started hanging out with this new group. She doesn't interact with her family and spends time in an enclosed farming commune outside of Manitou Springs, CO. No one is allowed inside of the commune who isn't a member. Madilyn tells David that she doesn't want to admit it but her daughter maybe a part of a cult!
Next Issue: The Poisoned Mind!
32 PGS./Rated T+...$3.99
CAPTAIN MARVELOUS #3 *Fire From Heaven Tie-In*
Plot by NX01A
Written by JAMES TYNION IV
Art by J.H. WILLIAMS III
'TEAM MARVEL' Part 3 'THE SOUND OF HER WINGS!'
•A clash between the Wisdom of CAPTAIN MARVELOUS and the Artificial Intelligence of CAPTAIN THUNDER over how best to defeat MARVEL the OMEGA TITAN provides an opportunity for the cosmic cadger to drain their powers!
•But who is that winged woman smacking Marvel with a magic mace? KENDRA SAUNDERS didn't want to debut as HAWKGIRL in quite so violent a way but she shrugs, smiles, and smacks Marvel again!
•Wisdom, intelligence, violence... Can the trio find a middle ground before Marvel sucks Fawcett City dry of hope and wonder before moving on to D.C.?
Team Marvel Profile
HAWKGIRL
Name: Kendra Saunders
Affiliation: S.H.A.Z.A.M.!
Powers: •Winged Flight: Biometallic wings with a 16 feet wingspan allow flight at 200 mph (322 kph) at altitudes up to 30,000 feet (9.1 km) above sea level.
•Enhanced Strength, Speed, Durability, Stamina, Regeneration
•Mace of Disruption: Disrupts matter, energy, and magic.
•Magic Negation: Dampens nearby magic.
Intelligence: •••
Strength: •••
Speed: •••
Durability: ••••
Energy Projection: •••
Fighting Skills: •••••
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
DEADLY HANDS OF CONNOR HAWKE #50
Plotter: MARVELL2100
Writer: JEFF LEMIRE
Artist: ANDREA SORRENTINO
THREE THE HARD WAY!
Connor has come to a decision about his future. Instead of building an new organization to go up against The Assassins' Guild, he decides that with the help Richard Dragon and Avila, they will be enough to take down Billy and Anita. But they will have to train Avila so that she will be able to hold her own against the elite fighters of The Guild. Dragon tells Connor not to worry, by the time that he is done with Avila, she will be able to beat anyone, including Connor!
Elsewhere, Billy and Anita continue to build their empire. They have increased the membership two-fold and have assassins in just about every country on the planet. But there is a place where The Guild is not allowed, where their members are killed for daring enter this country. Billy and Anita have decided that this will have to change. In order to become the most powerful organization on the planet, The Red Lion must be destroyed and Burendia wiped off the face of the Earth!
32 PGS./Rated T+...$3.99
THE FLASH #50 *Fire From Heaven tie-in
Plot by EXCITER
Written by ROBERT KIRKMAN
Art by FRANK CHO
Barry Allen is gone, his body possessed by the Black Racer. We now live in the…
“WORLD WITHOUT A FLASH” part four: “WILD, WILD WEST”
As Henry Allen’s “Deicide Squad” prepares for confrontation with the Black Racer by taking down an Omega Titan, Iris West takes steps of her own… onto the Himalayas!
For years, Iris’ nephew Wally West has lived off the grid. Retired from super-heroics, the former Kid Flash found his peace in a hidden monastery deep within the mountains of Asia. There he lived with his wife Linda and their young twin children, learning to center himself and to control the speed force within. Until two things happened…
(1) An ominous, giant Omega Titan appeared atop Mount Everest.
(2) His aunt showed up (can’t hide anything from an investigative journalist) and told him that his mentor, Barry Allen, had been possessed by an alien death god and desperately needs his help.
Wally thought he found peace, but peace without eternal vigilance can disappear as fast as lightning. With evil and danger rapidly approaching from every direction… the world needs a hero quick enough to respond.
His name is Wally West, and he is the fastest man alive! He is… the Flash!
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
GREEN LANTERN #50 *Fire From Heaven tie-in*
Plot by EXCITER
Written by MARK MILLAR
Art by JOE MADUREIRA
“JOHN WENT WRONG”
The President of the United Planets, Arin Sur, contemplated a preemptive attack upon Pyra when she learned that the G-Man may have become host to a Zirandian, a primal force of universal destruction/rebirth. John Stewart, Earth’s U.P. representative, advised against it. Now Dark Pyra has been unleashed, and John Stewart may have made the greatest mistake of his life. He’s got to try and rectify this!
With Green Lantern Corps and U.P. support, Stewart organizes to blockade Earth and keep Dark Pyra from escaping. But it’s too late. As he approaches his home world , Pyra’s already left and her trajectory suggests she’s heading for the planet Xanshi! With billions of lives hanging in the balance, can Stewart stop her?
Speaking of regrets, Hal Jordan and Sinestro regret entering the body of the fallen Omega Titan of Fear on Qward… as it ignites in flame due uto Pyra’s wrath! Can they escape the giant burning man before they’re immolated?
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
JLβ #8 *Fire From Heaven Tie-In*
Plot by NX01A
Written by RAM V
Art by JAMAL CAMPBELL
'TEAM JUSTICE' Part 3 'SLOW & STEADY WINS THE RACE'
•Here a Flash! There a Flash! Everywhere a Flash! FLASH!!!!
•Too many Speedsters! Too fast! Too furious! The Speed Force is bleeding into normal space thanks to all its human vessels speeding up the sudden yet inevitable entropic heat death of the material universe!
•The SLOW CHILDREN have made WILL WALKER into their mortal vessel (but he refuses to be called Black Flash for obvious reasons), and his very existence will help slow down a universe shaking itself apart. But who are the SLOW CHILDREN?
•And what of JUSTICE the OMEGA TITAN? The world Will, STEEL, and the ÜBERADICATOR reemerge into is quiet. Too quiet. The quiet of the grave.
•Next issue: MMXXIII!
JLβ Profile
WILL WALKER
Name: William Walker Sr.
Affiliation: JLβ, The Slow Children
Powers: •Still Force Conduit: Walker channels the inertial cosmic power called the Still Force.
•Energy Absorption & Negation
•Invulnerability
•Immortality
•Self Sustenance
Intelligence: •••••
Strength: •••
Speed: ••[••••• *Relativistic Time Dilation]
Durability: ••••••
Energy Projection: •••••
Fighting Skills: ••••
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
LOBO: FIRE FROM HEAVEN #1
Plot by EXCITER
Written by MARK MILLAR
Art by JOE MADUREIRA
“FIRE IN THE LOINS”
Space bounty hunter extraordinaire Lobo has been thinking about his legacy lately. As the last Czarnian, he won’t be able to carry on his bloodline. Sure he could produce some watered-down half-breeds, but no more 100% pure, all-beef Czarnians. His species dies with him, and to the Main Man… that’s a fraggin’ shame.
Unless this “Pyra” he heard rumors about could use her life-force powers to reignite Czarnia and bring his people back. Might as well try and kidnap her and force her to do that! What could go wrong?
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
UNCANNY G-MEN: THE DARK PYRA SAGA #3
(LGY: UNCANNY G-MEN #30)
Written by Kieron Gillen
Plot by H-E-D
Art by Pepe Larraz
Act Two, “Purgatorio”, FINALE
One thing has become clear, even to Hans Leckter and the Extremists: they couldn’t kill Pyra even if they tried.
But Pyra’s threat is so great that even her friends, the G-Men, cannot deny that such a thing might be necessary!
They have a final ploy — a power-dampener, hastily but expertly constructed.
The hope is that if her godlike power is removed, she will be able to come back to her humanity. If not, then… a more permanent solution is on the table.
Their equipment alerts them to Pyra’s return — her location, the Pink family residence.
Arriving to confront her, they’re dismayed when she quickly overloads the power dampener!
As a desperate last stand, BASILISK attempts to appeal to the woman he loves. He seems to be succeeding, when PROFESSOR G attacks mentally.
Pyra’s raw power outmatches his, but her soul is divided by the humanity that Basilisk reawakened. The Professor manages to seal her power away!
Reduce back to the state of a mere human, Penelope Pink has the perspective to regain her human nature.
It seems like things are on the verge of the happiest ending they could have hoped for — when, without warning, the G-Men vanish before the Extremists’ eyes, Pyra included!
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
UNCANNY G-MEN #31
Written by Kieron Gillen
Plot by H-E-D
Art by Valerio Schiti
Act Three, “Mother of Darkness and Light”, Part One
The United Planets declare: Pyra must die!
The assembled fleet of the the UP have abducted the G-Men from Earth, and hold them in custody.
This is only possible, however, because Pyra is no more! Her powers sealed mentally sealed away, Penelope Pink is but a mere mortal once more. One who admits her guilt.
That does not satisfy the United Planets, however. Not only do they fear her power should it return, but billions of lives were lost on Xanshi!
Justice must be served, and by an unprecedented unanimous agreement, United Planets sentences her to death.
Intellectually, the G-Men are hard pressed to disagree — but they are human, governed not by logic, but by emotion and passion!
They love Penelope, and in their hearts they believe her time as Dark Pyra is past!
Unable to let their friend be condemned, they object! But their only recourse may be futile.
Professor G invokes an obscure UP law to transfer jurisdiction to the Thanagarian Empire, where they have a right to trial by combat!
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
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