ND 09-2020

STARRO WARS #3
Plot by EXCITER
Written by ROBERT KIRKMAN and MARK MILLAR
Art by FRANK CHO and JOE MADUREIRA
“IN LEAGUE”
Nothing and no one, not even the Universe’s greatest guardians, have been able to stand against the massive onslaught of Starro’s swarm. Earth is about to fall. The conqueror has mentally enslaved an incalculable number of warriors, all working in league pursuant to its expansionistic will. If there is to be any hope, our heroes will need a league of their own...
The Martian Manhunter has a plan. He can read minds, but cannot understand the language Starro uses to control his drones. Yet one hero does speak echinoderm... Arthur Curry, the Aquaman! If J’onn can form a psychic link with the Atlantean and get in range of Starro, he may be able to sever or even usurp control of the swarm! But the plan to get in range is even more audacious.
A team of heroes unlike any other must come together. The last son of Krypton, Superman! The dark knight, Batman! The Amazonian princess, Wonder Woman! The fastest man alive, the Flash! The Green Lantern, John Stewart! The genius engineer, Steel! Together with Martian Manhunter and Aquaman, this Justice League must board a unique space vessel and fight their way to the heart of the swarm... for only there can they hope to accomplish an impossible victory!
But they’re not alone, for Vandal Savage has been preparing to mercilessly destroy any threat to humanity for 50,000 years. He has his own ship and his own assemblage of metahuman “heroes” - the Children of the Light. They’re following the League into the fray, but are sworn to save Earth at any cost - even if it means the lives of a quintillion innocent victims controlled by Starro!
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
BAT-WING #14
Written By MALCOLM JONES
Art By DEXTER SOY *new artist!*
Plot By MARVELL2100
LOAD UP ON GUNS, BRING YOUR FRIENDS!
Agent Kia Okura has been undercover for weeks posing as a buyer for the illegal hi-tech weapons making it onto the streets of the DRC! Now she is face-to-face with the mastermind behind the entire operation, the mysterious Shadowlord! But she isn't prepared when she not only meets Shadowlord but the person supplying the weapons: Tasha al Ghul, daughter of the most dangerous terrorist in the world Ra's al Ghul!
Later on, David heads back to the agency after his date with Dakota, the thoughts of his brother still not far from his mind. His commander, Lt Kinde Obu hands him information about complaints of a company that has been forcing people out of their homes and buying up real estate around the DRC. The Camus Corp is a company on the cutting edge of bio-engineering tech. So what interest does a high profile compancy like Camus have in the Congo? Lt. Obu thinks David should meet with the head of Camus, Lena Killian to find out!
32 PGS./Rated T+...$3.99
DC EXTENDED UNIVERSE #12
Plotted by Clark_Kent
Written by Dan Jurgens
Art by Dan Jurgens & Jay Oliva
"Krypton Rises" Part Five
As Superman and Faora continue to battle over the Indian Ocean, Arthur and Mera find the first Phantom Zone device. After Arthur fails to dismantle it, Mera forms blades out of water and slices it in pieces. One down...who knows how many more to go? Victory is short lived, however, as more Parademons appear! Where are they coming from? And....are they working with Faora?
On Apokolips, Victor frees Diana from her bonds and they set off. Using the Apokoliptian technology within him, Victor is able to bypass security systems as they search for a way to activate his boom tube technology...
24PG / Rated T+ / $2.99
DEADLY HANDS OF CONNOR HANDS HAWKE #14
Plotter: MARVELL2100
Writer: JEFF LEMIRE
Artist: ANDREA SORRENTINO
THE ASSOCIATION OF ASSASSINATION Part 2: HERE WE ARE NOW, ENTERTAIN US!
The Temple of Hao Shu Sin! As Connor enters the temple that was the birthplace of The Guild, mists begin to swirl around him. The chamber is dark and much bigger on the inside than it appears. There is an eerie glow and a form begins to take shape of a large bear. Connor prepares for a fight when he realizes the bear is in pain, an arrow stuck in his front paw. Connor cautiously approaches the bear and pulls the arrow from the injured paw. The bear stands upright and begins to speak! "Listen closely boy as I tell you the story of The Guild!"
Meanwhile, Jax, Naomi and Magus stand outside of the temple waiting. Jax and Naomi don't trust him and are there to protect Connor. The wind is blowing harder and snow begins to fall much faster. Magus senses that something is wrong and tells the others to be alert! Suddenly, ninjas spring from the snow armed to the hilt making a path for their leader, one of the most dangerous people on the planet, Shiva!
32 PGS./Rated T+...$3.99
THE FLASH #14 *Starro Wars Tie-In*
Plot by EXCITER
Written by ROBERT KIRKMAN
Art by FRANK CHO
“START YOUR ENGINES”
Barry Allen’s father managed to free him from Starro’s control only to wind up controlled by a spore himself. The Flash promises that his father’s sacrifice will not be in vain and, after a mental visit from the Martian Manhunter, is given an opportunity to join a League dedicated to stopping the space conqueror... with a critical role in the mission!
Flash Fact: Micro-inverters, such as those in wind turbines, built inside a treadmill can be used to convert the harnessed direct current (DC) power into an alternating current (AC) that can be sent to a grid.
The Javelin-7 is a space vessel created using the best of combined Earth, Kryptonian, and Green Lantern technology. It’s fast as hell, but to be fast enough to get past Starro’s defenses it will need an extra-special engine booster... the Flash’s legs! Can Barry, on a custom warp treadmill, leverage the Speed Force enough to save the day? He’s givin’ her all he’s got, Captain, but doesn’t know how much more he can take!
Meanwhile, unbeknownst to the assembled heroes, there’s a stowaway on board: a creature who seeks to match his own formidable mental powers against Starro’s. What mayhem will the 800 pound Gorilla Grodd in the room cause?
Plus, back home, Central City’s last line of defense is... Captain Cold!?!
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
GREEN LANTERN #14 *Starro Wars Tie-In*
Plot by EXCITER
Written by MARK MILLAR
Art by JOE MADUREIRA
“LOW BATTERY”
Obey.... Obey... Obey...
The line did not hold. Starro now advances towards Earth with the full might of its seemingly endless swarm. In its wake, the Green Lantern’s Central Power Battery has been destroyed. Unable to recharge, the Corps only has the energy left within their rings. Once that is used up, the Corps is powerless. The Green Lanterns... have been blown out.
Obey.... Obey... Obey...
After the furious battle, Hal Jordan’s ring sits at 7%. He needs power to keep fighting, and after seeing Starro’s path of destruction and conquest, he’s just angry enough to consider a change in color. To save the universe, will he take the Red Lantern Oath?
Meanwhile, John Stewart’s fallback position on Earth has led him to join the Justice League on a Hail Mary mission to defeat Starro. But he doesn’t know he won’t be able to recharge his ring when it’s power runs out...
Obey.... Obey... Obey...
Plus, the unscrupulous alien Despero uses his mental powers to protect his home planet, Kalanor, from Starro’s wrath. Willing to overlook his criminal past given this feat, his people now view Despero as a hero... which is exactly what he wanted given the upcoming election for Prime Minister! He’s confident Earth’s heroes will defeat Starro, and when they do... Kalanor, under his iron fist, will be there to fill the power vacuum!
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
LEGENDS OF THE MULTIVERSE #12
Plotted by Clark_Kent
Written by Grant Morrison
Art by Kenneth Rocafort
"The Slayer of Earth 4" *Extra-Sized Conclusion!*
Vampire Superman snarles, steam pouring from his hot retinas. Henshaw, having met defeat at the hands of Kal-El more times than he cared to admit, knew this was his opportunity to fight back. His chance for revenge on the Kryptonian, even if it's not his Kryptonian. He launches into him at full speed, knocking him out of the tower and up into the sky.
Vicki jumps through the air, stake in hand, but Vampire Batman is ready for her! A fast roundhouse kick sends her flying back, and Batman is on top of her in an instant! As they wrestle, the support of the tower begins to weaken under the impact of their fight.
In the air, Eradicator and Superboy arrive to help Henshaw. During the battle, Henshaw explains to them how Vampire Superman is powered by moonlight. Unfortunately, sunrise is still hours away...Superboy tries to hold him off as Henshaw and Eradicator fly into space on a last-ditch effort.
John Henry, his armor damaged, fights valiantly against the vampire horde. Making his way to the top of the tower, he quickly begins to regret it as the walls literally are shaking as Vicki and Batman battle.
In space, Henshaw and Eradicator reach the moon. Working together, they shift it slightly away from its position, changing how the sunlight reflects! For just a moment, they have an opportunity to strike, and they hit the Vampire Superman with everything they have. Without the light of a full moon, Vampire Kal-El is no match for Henshaw, Eradicator, and Superboy all at once. Choosing to fight another day, he launches himself into orbit, disappearing into the cold vacuum of space...
The shift in moonlight draws Batman's attention from Vicki, leaving John Henry an opening! He grabs Vampire Batman from behind, momentarily holding him in place. Vicki leaps forward, driving the stake deep into Batman's heart! In a scream of anguish, Vampire Batman slowly turns to dust. His ashes scattered to the wind, John Henry grabs Vicki and helps her out of the tower. Moments later, the tower falls and Vicki smiles. The long dark nightmare of the Justice Masters is over...for now. As Henshaw and Eradicator put the moon back where it belongs, Vicki wonders: what is left for a Slayer in a world without Vampires?
54 Pages / Rated T / $5.99
OUTSIDERS #11
Written by BRIAN BENDIS
Plot by randomideaguy
Art by STEVE RUDE
"Highway to Hell"
The Outsiders Bus is ready to rumble and the team is headed to their first town - Chicago! They narrowly avoid killing each other on the short trip there, and upon arrival run into an old frenemy. Blockbuster! And he's got a bone to pick with the Outsiders, and Helena Bertinelli in particular.
Blackfire apparently turns heel, joining up with Blockbuster (who she has worked with before) and collecting a bounty on delivering Helena alive. But as she keeps stalling Blockbuster's attempts to execute the heroine, it leaves one to wonder who's side she is on?
Meanwhile, the rest of the Outsiders (Arrow, Canary, Katana, Lightning, & Tiger for those keeping count) have to fight their way through a stadium full of gangsters who have been outfitted with an experimental knock off of the Blockbuster formula. Will they make it to Huntress in time? Or will it be up to Blackfire to save the day?
32 PGs./Rated T...$3.99
THE QUESTION #14
Plotter: CaptCleghorn
Writer MARK RUSSELL
Artist BILL SIENKIEWICZ
“Quo Vadis 2: What?”
More about the mysterious link between media mogul Lee Travis and Merry, the Girl with a Googleplex of Gimmicks is discovered. Vicki.Vale wants to know the truth behind Vic’s on-air fight with the Sportsmaster and although he doesn’t want to tell Vicki everything, a problem with a cast full of competent reporters is that they are usually pretty good at getting to the truth.
And before you think this issue’;s a talkfest, be warned that after Sportsmaster’s drubbing the control he had over many Hub City criminal factions has faded and they are looking to gain credibility and clout in the resulting power vacuum. Vic has a few busy nights keeping the peace in Hub City
32 PGS./ Rated M for Mature Readers...$3.99
RED X: SEASON TWO #1
Written by Marjorie Liu
Plot by H-E-D
Art by Declan Shalvey
It’s been six months since Dick Grayson saved the world and freed humanity from the Starheart.
Six months since he returned to Blüdhaven, with Dr. Emily Sung.
Six months since he’s even so much as considered putting on a costume and fighting crime.
Six months since he was Red X.
Dick may have saved the world, but what about himself?
He might not have moved on from the past yet, but the world has. Blüdhaven has a new Nightwing; and she even seems to have the Bat-Family’s approval. They still think he’s dead, after all.
Dick is content to let her pick up the mantle, until he learns of a new crime spree. The prime suspect?
Red X!
32 PGS./ Rated T...$2.99
SENSATION COMICS #14
Written by Kieron Gillen
Plot by H-E-D
Art by Stephanie Hans
CIVIL WAR IN AMAZONIA
Cenculiana gets a reprieve as the forces of Bana-Mighdall retreat to deal with Artemis’s scheme.
Her scheme being the release of its prisoner, the dark goddess known as Osira!
Diana has to decide whether the benefit to removing Bana-Mighdall out of the war truly outweighs letting a mad god loose. Will she leave the city to it’s fate, or will she fight by their side?
Zealot and Troia lead a Thymesciran force against Tarhuntassa — but are Zealot’s feelings for Troia truly stronger than her bond to her home?
Meanwhile, a surprise ally arrives to help Maria Mendoza defend Manõa from Valkyrie — Berzerker!
32 PGS./ Rated T...$2.99
STARRO WARS: CLAW THE UNCONQUERED #3
Tie-In Miniseries
Plot by EXCITER
Written by R. A. SALVATORE
Art by JAE LEE
“DC&D”
Then: The enemy came from the stars, just as once a meteorite that made Vandar Adg immortal did. To stop the vile star demon, an unlikely fellowship must embark on a most epic quest. A warrior, a wizard, a thief, a priest, and a kingtravel to the stars in the maw of a great dragon. This journey, Claw senses, may determine the fate of the world...
Now: Vandal Savage is nearly as old as the human race, and in his mind has many times saved it from extinction. As a warlord, he led nascent humanity on its campaign for dominance against the Neanderthals. And as an ancient king, he and a party of adventurers fended off an invasion from a lesser Star Conqueror. Since then he’s been preparing his lineal descendants - metahumans - to repel similar threats. Now he is pursuing the Justice League into space to slay Starro and its hordes with his children... but one of them has a demon-like hand! Who is this new “Claw,” and what is his connection to the hero of the Pytharian Age?
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
STARRO WARS: KAHINA #1
Written by Kieron Gillen
Plot by H-E-D
Art by Olivier Coipel
Bana-Mighdall’s retreat has given Cenculiana a much needed respite from the Civil War that’s tearing Amazonia apart.
Dihya, the Kahina of Cenculiana, finally has a chance to catch her breath. Or rather, she would have, if not for the fact that Starro has taken over the minds of some of her fellow Amazons.
Some people just can’t catch a break.
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
STARRO WARS: QUESTION #1
Written by Mark Russell
Plot by CaptCleghorn
Art by John Totleben
"Are These the Spores You’re Looking For?"
A giant alien starfish is trying to control Earth’s population through infecting them with spores? Sounds crazy enough to be true as far as Vic Sage, the Question, is concerned. He’s content with some quiet investigation until federal authorities try to take Tot into custody. His exposure to the spores that the Floronic Man infected him with may provide help in the fight to protect man from the alien threat. So now Vic and Tot are off on a cross country quest to Louisiana swampland to find Jason Woodrue.
The Aquarius Corporation is also after Woodrue, and they’re using Ronin, their cybernetic soldier to find him and get rid of anyone in his way.
Plus, the return of Bandit!
Rated T+, 40 pages, $3.99
STARRO WARS: RED LANTERN #3
Tie-In Miniseries
Plot by EXCITER
Written by GARTH ENNIS
Art by SEAN GORDON MURPHY
“SEEING RED”
You think you’re mad enough to be a Red Lantern?
The Red Lantern Corps under Guy Gardner’s leadership has distinguished itself as an extremely badass force in the universe by being one of the few entities to claim a decisive victory in the Starro Wars. Although Guy didn’t actually *beat* Doomsday, he did manage to kill the super-spore that was controlling him. The living weapon of mass destruction’s adaptive biology means the same trick won’t work on him twice, so Guy just had to point Doomsday in Starro’s direction and now he’s wrecking shit up and causing one hell of a distraction. Some more sadistic members of the Corps float the idea of giving Doomsday a Red Lantern Ring - but that’s a friggin’ terrible idea... isn’t it?
Meanwhile, Guy’s old buddy Hal Jordan shows up to planet Gofuckyaself lookin’ for a favor. The Green Lantern’s Central Battery is toast, but the Red Lantern’s still got theirs and it’s absolutely throbbing with what Guy describes as “big dick energy.” Hal wants in, but is he really rage-fueled enough to wield a red ring? Time to put the boyscout to the test!
32 PGs./Rated M …$2.99
STARRO WARS: STAR-CROSSED #2
Plot by NX01A
Written by MIKE CAREY
Art by STEPHEN R. BISSETTE & JOHN TOTLEBEN
'OF TWO MINDS' part 2 'DREAM'
•As a horribly perverted FIRESTORM escapes with experimental fusion reactors, DOCTOR FATE mystically heals the radiation damage he and the PSYCHO-PIRATE received from the nuclear elemental. The Psycho-Pirate's empathic manipulations were able to drive off this Deathstorm and show that it was definitely not doing the bidding of the main STARRO invading Earth.
•SAND HAWKINS is used to nightmares, and his latest leads him to Pfizer Pharmaceuticals R&D in Amazonas, Brazil just in time to see the workers attacked by overgrown plant life and attacking each other under the influence of psychotropic pollen. ROSE CANTON has a Starro stuck to her face, and her florokinetic split personality, THORN, is wreaking havoc. Good thing Sand always walks with his SANDMAN mask! His terrakinetic powers and sleep gas seem a match for her until a building explodes in a burst of hellfire, and Sandman realizes he's facing another threat: ETRIGAN! Perhaps THE DEMON's human persona, JASON BLOOD, also has a Starro on him.
•When another Starro'd woman appears, Sandman fears he's done for but CRAZY JANE has more personalities than anyone can control... even her. The question is whether she'll do more harm than good when she calls down miniature suns to battle Etrigan's hellfire.
•THIS is why superheroes need to wear masks!
32 PGs./ Rated M...$3.99
STARRO WARS: SUPER SONS #1
Written by Peter Tomasi
Plot by H-E-D
Art by Jorge Jiménez
It’s the classic childhood tale: you and your best friend are hanging out, when suddenly they’re possessed by an intergalactic starfish. We’ve all been there.
Unfortunately for Damian Wayne, his best friend happens to be Jon Kent, the son of Superman!
Can Robin save Superboy?
32 PGS./ Rated T...$2.99
TEEN TITANS #4
Plotted by randomideaguy
Written by FELICIA HENDERSON
Art by FIONA STAPLES
TITANS TOGETHER!
Madagascar - Ravager and a team of elite mooks have taken it upon themselves to fly an experimental airplane with nuclear weapons over a UN mission in South Sudan. Luckily Donna Troy got tipped off that this was going down; and turns out the Titans are the only ones who can respond. The Spectacular Sixsome load up in an Invisible Jet and head for Africa.
Duke, Wally, & Harper are getting along better after their tower defense. But there's some culture clash between them and the Chinese newbies. Not that Shado & Kong have that much affection for each other. Can the American Titans learn to listen to Donna Troy? Can Shado & Kong work together behind enemy lines? And who is funding Grant Wilson?
32 PGS./ Rated T...$2.99
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