ND 02-2021

ACTION COMICS #12
Plot by EXCITER
Writing and Art by WALT SIMONSON
“THE SUPERMAN CHALLENGE” part four, conclusion “THE EXPERIMENT”
He wanted to prove a point: people are bad. He knew this from reading minds all his life. At 16 years old, the self-styled “Psych Lord” decided to demonstrate just how bad everyone in Metropolis, the town he grew up in, really was. These people only stayed in line because of Superman. Without that big, blue hall monitor, they’d turn on each other instantly. So the young metahuman made everyone within the city limits forget the Man of Steel... and waited for the chaos to roll in.
When it didn’t, he psychically urged people towards chaos. Yet, even then, unlikely “heroes” like Catman, Superwoman, Woman-Bat, and Bizarra stepped up to do their part. Obviously, these interfering do-gooders needed to be mentally controlled and urged towards chaos themselves. To prove the point, of course.
This looks like a job for Superman... but even Clark Kent doesn’t recall his secret identity. Jimmy Olsen, however, inspired by the Question’s detective work, believes that plain old Smallville farm-boy Clark Kent may actually be the only one capable of talking to the troubled youth... of making him realize that, although the world can seem brutal and uncaring, you cannot let hard times poison your perception. Will “Psych Lord” ever understand that it’s not Superman that makes Metropolis good, but Metropolis that inspires Superman to be good on a daily basis?
Next Month: HOUSE OF S!
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
AQUAMAN #4
Plot by EXCITER
Written by GEOFF JOHNS
Art by JIM LEE
“WELCOME TO AMNESTY BAY”
Guest starring Batman!
Amnesty Bay’s famed Lighthouse has been expanded by recent construction. The seaside landmark now hosts the official Atlantian Embassy to the United States of America - and the diplomat in charge is a humble former fisherman appointed by special request of the Atlantian throne: Thomas Curry!
His son, Arthur “Aquaman” Curry, is on a quest to restore Atlantis’ greatness. But before he can do that, he’s got to secure peace with the landlubbers. He arrives personally to address the Embassy’s first major diplomatic challenge: the Trench, a swarm of vicious humanoid sea creatures, have recently made landfall in Barbados. This is uncharacteristic for the species and far from their traditional territory... as if someone were directing their movements. But who? Distrust abounds as the United States government thinks it might be Atlantis’ doing - and so does the Batman!
Meanwhile, Black Adam has determined that a U.S.-Atlantis alliance is not in the best interests of his middle eastern nation, Kahndaq. He attempts to hire the world’s premier amphibious mercenary to eliminate Thomas Curry and demolish the Embassy, but to his surprise, David Hyde volunteers to accept the job at cost. It seems Black Manta has reasons of his own to hate the Currys!
When a distracted Aquaman allows concern for his father to give Batman the upper hand in their confrontation, Arthur gasps “Thomas... got to... save... Thomas...” This changes everything. Can two heroes end their feud when they discover their fathers have the same name? Or is it too late to work together against the real threats?
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
BAT-WING #19
Written By Malcolm Jones
Art By Ben Oliver
Plot By Marvell2100
WE OWN THE NIGHT!
With the capture and arrest of the Jackal gang members, David escorts Lena back to her hotel suite. She offers him to come in for a nightcap but he refuses saying that he needs to return to his office and file a report on tonights' events. As she opens the door, she notices that there is someone else in the room. A light is turned on to reveal her brother Usan Killian, the true leader of The Jackals! Lena tells her brother that he moved too soon and that he could have exposed his connection to Cadmus. They must use caution and patience before they can proceed with flooding the entire East coast of Africa with HTW(hi-tech weapons)!
Elsewhere, Kia and the vigilante Dawn have shut down another HTW operation by a new threat, Shadowlord! Kia tells Dawn that she nearly ruined her undercover operation and that she needs to leave it to the police to take down these criminals. Dawn tells her that they're on the same side and want the same thing. She proposes that they share info and could be a lot more effective working together as a team.
David returns to the Congo Intelligence Bureau ready to write his report when enters his office and sees DEO agent Steve Trevor. Surprised, david asks Trevor why he's in his office when he tells him they need to have a little chat about Bat-Wing!
32 PGS./Rated T+...$3.99
DEADLY HANDS OF CONNOR HAWKE #19
Plotter: MARVELL2100
Writer: JEFF LEMIRE
Artist: ANDREA SORRENTINO
MY BOYFRIEND IS A FORMER ASSASSIN. SHOULD I KEEP HIM?
After the harrowing events of the past few weeks, Connor returns to San Francisco and the flower shop to spend time with Avila. He tells her everything, his past, why he left and why he came back. It's a lot for her to take in and he understands if she wants him to leave.
Naomi and Jax are also in San Francisco and are looking to hook up with old friends. One of those friends is Alba Garcia, someone they knew when they were street hustlers back in New York. Alba runs a cannabis shop and helps troubled teens. She tells them that there's a lot of underground buzz about them and some guy named Connor. Naomi bluntly asks her if she is planning on trying to claim the bounty on them?
Elsewhere, The Magus wakes up and looks around. He remembers fighting Connor and then being stabbed in the back by Billy Badass. Now, everyone is gone including Billy. He now has to wonder if he made a mistake in confronting Connor the way he did. He contemplates whether to go after him again but decides maybe it's time he turned to someone else for help...like Connors' mother!
32 PGS./Rated T+...$3.99
DETECTIVE COMICS #12
Plot by EXCITER
Written by ED BRUBAKER
Art by TODD MCFARLANE
“EVIL TWINNING”
Bruised and half-drowned, Batman finally pulls himself out of Gotham Harbor. He was left there to die after being nearly killed... by Bruce Wayne? Someone is impersonating his alter ego, but it’s not Clayface or any normal shapeshifter he’s faced in the past. There’s something more malevolent about this fiend. Something sinister about this... Doppelgänger.
It all must somehow connect to the Doppelgänger’s first victim, Mary Sue Parker. Why did the imposter kill the Wayne Enterprises executive? And who put a million dollar bounty on Parker’s killer? What was Parker involved in?
A search of her apartment, more thorough than the GCPD’s, reveals a hidden fixation with the occult. Of specific interest, there are earmarked passages from the Egyptian Book of the Dead regarding “ka,” malevolent spirit doubles. A ka of Helen was famously said to have mislead Paris and caused him to lose the Trojan War. Could Parker have summoned a ka intended to cause Bruce to lose Wayne Enterprises? Why?
Batman decides to consult his own occult-expert, Jason Blood. Unfortunately, the Doppelgänger had the same idea and got there first! Can even the Demon, Etrigan, survive the wrath of an evil entity designed to replicate Bruce Wayne?
Meanwhile, since Bruce is now a wanted fugitive, his assets have been seized. With a search warrant issued for Wayne Manor, can Alfred Pennyworth stop the police from finding the Batcave?
Fear not, though, for the well-intentioned Vanderveer "Van" Wayne arrives to help clear his cousin Bruce’s name! The only problem: Van is a total idiot!
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
THE FLASH #19
Plot by EXCITER
Written by ROBERT KIRKMAN
Art by FRANK CHO
“WORLD WAR FLASH”
Flash, Claw the Unconquered, and the Haunted Tank have escaped the timeless world in which they where trapped - but no escape is perfect. A slight miscalculation lands them in the wrong era. The unlikely trio find themselves smack dab in the middle of World War II!! But it’s not quite the WWII that Barry remembers from the history books...
Flash Fact: Stuarts were the first American-crewed tanks in World War II to engage the enemy in tank versus tank combat.
The Speed Force ghost J.E.B. Stuart finds an unlikely connection - his grandson, Sergeant Jeb Stuart, commander of the G.I. Combat crew fighting the Nazi bastards in Northern Africa! Only problem? That crew is about to come up against an opponent they can’t beat... an Axis Speedster... Der Blitz!
Can Barry and company stop the fastest Nazi alive? And how does Der Blitz even exist? Barry had been thoroughly researching speedster history after the revelation about his grandfather and found no record of a super-fast German at this time. So what changed?
When Der Blitz encounters an opponent as fast as he is, he radios in to his führer - and his führer’s top advisor, Vandal Savage, is very intrigued by the news. With no real loyalty to Nazi Germany, Savage’s plan to weed out the weak strains of humanity through conflict, thereby forcing the emergence of more metahumans, may have bore fruit.... but he can’t allow anyone to stop the conflict now! His hand-picked team of Axis metahumans will have to intervene...
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
GREEN LANTERN #19
Plot by EXCITER
Written by MARK MILLAR
Art by JOE MADUREIRA
“BATTERY ASSAULT” part one “SEE RED”
Press Release, Oa. Ganthet: As the Universe continues to reel from the fallout of the Starro Wars, it is with great regret that I am forced to announce the temporary cessation of all Green Lantern Corps law enforcement activities. The Corps simply cannot function without a Central Battery, which we do not currently have the means to rebuild. It has been the greatest honor of my billions of years of life to supervise the safeguarding of the Universe. I hope that perhaps, one day, the Corps can return.
Lanterns never say die. After deposing Despero on Kalanor, Hal Jordan, John Stewart, and Guy Gardner agree to go on the most important assignment of their careers. Along with the Martian Manhunter, Kilowog, and other depowered Lanterns, the team boards the Javelin-7 and sets out to restore the Green Lantern Central Power Battery... at any cost!
A Central Power Battery is a reservoir capable of holding all of the combined cosmic power based on the Green Light of Will in the Emotional Spectrum. The first step to creating one is to obtain a vessel even remotely capable of holding such vast power... and Guy knows where one might be: the home of his former crew, the Red Lantern Corps - planet Gofuckyaself! But can a cadre of ringless heroes with only a spaceship and some blasters actually repossess a Central Battery from a fully-powered Red Lantern Corps? You’re about to find out!
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
JUSTICE FOR ALL SEASONS #3
Plot KALAI
Writer TOM KING
Artist EVAN "DOC" SHANER
“CHRISTMAS ON INFINITE EARTHS”
Across the Multiverse, Darkseid had corrupted all of the Santa Clauses of the Multiverse.
Time is running short before the Evil Tree is completed and the Anti-Happiness Equation spread across the globe.
Mister Miracle and Big Barda was unable to take down the Dark Santa, but Captain Marvel, Mary Marvel came to their aid.
Together, they were able to break Darkseid's control over Santa.
But as Boom Tube opens, all of the Multiversal Dark Santa came to attack this Earth with their Para-Deers.
But thanks to Blue Beetle and Supergirl, they were able to carry all the Pudding Warriors from Santa's factory.
And the army of Pudding Warriors absorbed the Dark Santas of the Multiverse, cleansing them of their corruption.
And with the combined powers of the Multiversal Santa Claus, they were able to stop the Evil Tree and the Anti-Happy Equation.
The Santa Claus of the Multiverse will have to work over time to deliver all the presents across the Multiverse.
Thankfully, the heroes are here to help.
It's a Christmas Miracle!
32 PGs./ Rated T...$3.99
OUTSIDERS #16
Plotted by randomideaguy
Written by BRIAN BENDIS
Art by STEVE RUDE
The Outsiders arrive in Silicon Valley, following a lead left by Cheshire back in Seattle.
Turns out there's a hot new app making it's way around town. It can answer any question - even personal ones, even ones that are government secrets. The catch? Just a little sample of your blood.
Ollie, Dinah, & Jefferson follow the trail of the app to an investor's meeting - where the creator wants to take the app worldwide. If you didn't already guess it, the app creator is Brother Blood. I'm sure he's not doing anything weird with all that blood he collected.
Except he totally is. Brother Blood uses the freely given blood of his "customers" to make himself even more powerful than he has ever been. This will be a big test for the Outsiders - considering Blackfire & Black Lightning are their biggest guns.
Ollie and his little group get thoroughly trashed at the investor's meeting. So, they regroup at their motel and plan a surgical strike of Brother Blood. Together, they make the news as they assault a public speech held by Brother Blood.
The bad guy is defeated, but team public relations is worse than ever.
32 PGs./Rated T...$3.99
THE QUESTION #19
Plotter: CaptCleghorn
Writer MARK RUSSELL
Artist BILL SIENKIEWICZ
“Can You Read My Mind?”
Brother Eye is in the sky. Admiral (Ret.) Carlton Cerebrus was introduced last issue as the mastermind placing the multi-zettabyte data collection and repository device into orbit around the Earth. The Aquarius Corporation is attempting to place their device online to link up database after database. But does even Aquarius realize the more classic, traditional weaponry potential Cerebrus placed into Brother Eye? We’re not really sure if that’s a pro or a con for Aquarius at this point.
On the state political front, Wesley Fermin has taken a lead in the polls and has shown himself to be a viable candidate. His wife Myra, ex-cable TV hostess, is by his side, being both eye candy and spy.
And our hero, Vic Sage and Merry, the Girl of a Googleplex of Gimmicks are starting to fear a growing bond between Lee Travis, the Crimson and Edward Thriller, mystery man. Doubts may be appeased a bit when we see the results. Travis and Thriller have gained the services of Valentina Vostok, Russian Cosmonaut. Are our heroes going into space?
32 PGS./ Rated M for Mature Readers...$3.99
TEEN TITANS #9
Plotted by randomideaguy
Written by FELICIA HENDERSON
Art by FIONA STAPLES
The Teen Titans arrive in Honolulu, destined to meet a healer with an antidote to the Ghost Fox Killer's venom.* Shado Fei & Kong Kenan stay behind at the hotel, unpacking the Titan's gear... and their own feelings.
Meanwhile Duke, Wally, Harper, & Donna pay a visit to the master healer living with a local community. Before he'll give the cure, the healer wants to interview them all about their previous failings.
Eventually, it comes to light that the "healer" in question is not what he's advertised to be. The real healer was killed just hours ago, by the Chinese metahuman known as August General In Iron.
An epic fight ensues between the understaffed Teen Titans and one of the most powerful metahumans in China. While the fight is cool & awesome, the Titans eventually lose.
Shado & Kong arrive just in time to see their former "commander" cackling and flying away with the captured majority of the Teen Titans. While will they do now?
*(They're not infected anymore, thanks to Shado Fei. Still doesn't hurt to get a permanent cure out to the world)
32 PGS./ Rated T...$2.99
NEXT DAWN VALENTINE’S DAY SPECIAL #2!
“IN THE CLAWS OF YOUR LOVER”
Plot by EXCITER
Written by DANIELLE STEEL
Art by JOE MADUREIRA
Crablad, Aquaman’s trusty sidekick, had never mingled with humans. As a member of the Brine, he mostly stuck to his home on the sea floor. But now, visiting Amnesty Bay, he discovers the unexpected... romance! Sandy Bilger cannot resist his enticing red exoskeleton and erotic pincers. The only problem? Sandy’s father is Geoff Bilger, head of the Maine Lobster and Crab Fisherman Association, and he’ll be damned if he sees his daughter involved with a crustacean! Will Crablad find romance, or end up on a plate covered in melted butter?
“LOVEWORLD”
Plot by EXCITER
Written by NICHOLAS SPARKS
Art by FRANK CHO
Warworld, the planet-sized battle station, is still recovering from the Starro Wars. However, much-needed immigration has increased due to it’s ruler, Mongul, enjoying a new galactic reputation as a hero who held the line against Starro’s mind-controlled swarm. Yet now Mongul finds himself torn... in the heart! Will he commit to the unlikely bond between he and Carol Ferris, the human Star Sapphire who first showed him the power of love? Or does he have eyes for the new Coluan to immigrate to Warworld, Vag Azzal, whose soft, green skin and 9th level intellect are irresistible?
"TEEN TITANS IN LOVE"
Plotted by randomideaguy
Written by BRIAN BENDIS
Art by STEVE RUDE
It seems like the Titans spend a lot of time traveling on airplanes these days. But that's the gig when you're a world traveling super teen.
As with any teen romance, complications abound. Kong Kenan asks Shado Fei out, but she turns him down. Instead, Shado is interested in Duke but is too nervous to ask him out.
At least Donna Troy is showing a mature adult for the rest - giving a call to her ex-husband Terry Long and asking how he's doing.
"OUTSIDERS IN LOVE"
Plotted by randomideaguy
Written by FELICIA HENDERSON
Art by FIONA STAPLES
Welcome to Sacramento, California! While most of the Outsiders take a rest day, Oliver Queen and Dinah Lance have a nice little date day. Of course, things wouldn't be complete without having to break up a little fight started by The Condiment King!
69 PGS./ Rated M for Mature Readers...$4.69
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