ND 08-2020

STARRO WARS #2
Plot by EXCITER
Written by ROBERT KIRKMAN and MARK MILLAR
Art by FRANK CHO and JOE MADUREIRA
“ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER”
As one alien threat looms over Earth, an equally alien hero steps up to defend his adopted world. J'onn J'onzz has shed his secret identity as a top U.S. Official and leads Earth’s resistance against the overwhelming might of Starro! At first focused on safeguarding the world’s nuclear arsenal, the Martian Manhunter soon realizes Earth has a much more desirable asset... its vast metahuman population!
J’onn had created an orbital satellite base as part of his yet-unannounced plan to organize the planet’s heroes into a powerful defensive force - but if the satellite is taken, its prototype resources and data will enable Starro to find and capture almost all of Earth’s metahumans! The mission is clear: defend the Watchtower at all costs! Yet even with the help of Green Lantern John Stewart and Booster Gold, can J’onn possibly stop his own allies: the Flash, Rocket Red, Ravager, King Faraday, and Lobo?!? And is that... Starro-controlled Maxwell Lord?
Their only hope may be an unexpected ally, someone who has been shepherding the development of metahumanity for 50,000 years and will not see his children fall to any foreign invasive species. Can the resistance trust... Vandal Savage?!?
BAT-WING #13
Written By MALCOLM JONES
Art By BEN OLIVER
Plot By MARVELL2100
Variant Motown Cover By LARRY STROMAN
TAKE ME OUT TONIGHT!
After the events of the past few weeks, the agents start to winds. Steve Trevor heads back to Washington to update his superiors. Kia heads out on a special assignment and David asks Dakota out on a date in the Design District in the heart of Tinasha. They both talk about family, work and discover that they have a lot in common. Elsewhere, Kia is in the city of Kiso working undercover as a weapons-buyer buyer to track down who is behind the rash of guns illegally entering the DRC(Democratic Republic of the Congo). They were able to shut down the last shipment(see issues 2-3) but new more hi-tech weapons making their way onto the streets! Can Kia find out who's behind it all or will she become a victim of the DRCs' newest kingpin, Shadowlord?
32 PGS. Rated T+...$3.99
BLÜDHAVEN #1 [One Shot!]
Written by Marjorie Liu
Plot by H-E-D
Art by Sana Takeda
When Dick Grayson faked his death, his city mourned the death of Nightwing.
But the city has moved on.
What has changed in Blüdhaven since Dick became Red X?
Somebody has been keeping the city streets safe. Who is the new Nightwing?
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
DEADLY HANDS OF CONNOR HANDS HAWKE #13
Plotter: MARVELL2100
Writer: JEFF LEMIRE
Artist: ANDREA SORRENTINO
THE ASSOCIATION OF ASSASSINATION: Part 1
The Magus has led Connor, Naomi and Dax to an ancient temple high up in the wind swept mountains of Nephal. This is the birthplace of The Guild, the organization that has trained some of deadliest in the world, from the Japanese samurai to the child soldiers of Africa! The have been around for over three thousand years and have influenced events throughout the world thru war, disease, famine and murder! This is Connors' birthright passed to him from his father and his fathers' father before him! To learn more about himself, his father and their past Connor must enter the temple and face the monster waiting for him inside! Next Issue: Killer Bear.
32 PGS./Rated T+...$3.99
DETECTIVE COMICS #9
Plotted by KC
Written by Ed Brubaker
Art by Michael Lark
The Scarecrow: A True Story- Part 3
Batman and Black Bat have both been infected by the Scarecrow's deadly new Fear Toxin. Can they fight it and stop the Scarecrow?
32 PGS./ Rated T...$2.99
THE FLASH #13 *Starro Wars Tie-In*
Plot by EXCITER
Written by ROBERT KIRKMAN
Art by FRANK CHO
“FATHER KNOWS BEST”
My name is Henry Allen, and my son is the fastest man alive. I couldn’t be there for him growing up because I was falsely imprisoned, framed for his mother’s murder. Without me... he became the Flash. But now he’s got a gross alien starfish on his face, controlling his mind and making him do evil. Iris West already tried to save him and got a face starfish of her own for her troubles. But don’t worry, slugger. Daddy’s home now, and he’s going to take care of everything... by putting Starro on the Wall!
Flash Fact: In American prison slang, the Wall is a place where peer justice is dispensed through violence.
After learning his secret, Henry suspected Barry might eventually need more help than a humble doctor could offer. So he used his connections from inside to link up with the most powerful crew in town: the Rogues! They provided him a piece of meta-tech, a dark matter-infused sonography machine that allows him to look inside biological organisms... and rewire them! Now he’s got one mission: lure his son into Captain Cold’s Absolute Zero trap to slow him down, scan the Starro spore, and rewire it to kill the swarm. This looks like a job for... how about... “Dr. Ultrasound”?!
Meanwhile, the Martian Manhunter discovered that telepaths can detect minds dominated by Starro. One telepath in particular plans to use that ability to go on the offensive. Grodd save us all! But in gorilla warfare, collateral damage is acceptable... and Grodd isn’t worried about preserving innocent hosts!
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
GREEN LANTERN #13 *Starro Wars Tie-In*
Plot by EXCITER
Written by MARK MILLAR
Art by JOE MADUREIRA
"THE LAST STAND AT WAR WORLD”
Attention friends! This is Ganthet, Guardian of the Universe, with an important message: Your security is under threat! Rogue warmongering and fascist elements within the Green Lantern Corps violently oppose the peaceful operations of our inspiration, our humble friend Starro! They have allied with the vile, murderous Mongul and his illegal planet-sized weapon, War World. We have no choice but to take action against this clear and present danger to galactic peace! Will you join us?
This is it. With the Green Lanterns forced to relocate their Central Battery to War World after the fall of Oa, the weaponized planetoid is now the only obstacle standing between Starro’s legions and Earth. If Starro claims Earth’s rich population of metahumans, it will become unstoppable...
Can Hal Jordan and the remnants of his Corps coexist with Mongul’s horde to fight a desperate battle against a common enemy? This task will demand all Hal’s considerable willpower since his ex, Carol “Star Sapphire” Ferris, is now dating Mongul! Talk about a dangerous love triangle!
Meanwhile, John Stewart returns to Earth to prepare his home-world for invasion... but is it already too late!?!
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
OUTSIDERS #10
Written by BRIAN BENDIS
Plot by randomideaguy
Art by STEVE RUDE
"Meet The Outsiders"
With the unexpected arrival of Blackfire, the team is at a crossroads on how to handle the situation. In addition, they still need a ride. A tale in two parts.
* Dinah Lance, Helena Bertinelli, & Tatsu Yamashiro work together to put Blackfire through the rungs of training. Blackfire (herself a queen) clashes with Dinah's leadership. Dinah & Helena reminisce about the Birds of Prey and wonder "how Barbara did it". Katana manages to convince Blackfire that some meditation may be helpful.
* Oliver Queen, Benjamin Turner, and Jefferson Pierce have a simple task - find a bus for the team to use on their road trip. A bus is cheap, but that doesn't mean it works. An old student of Jefferson's is a mechanic and offers to fix it up for free; if they help get the local gang off his back. The mechanic ends up being a little shady, causing conflict between Bronze Tiger & Black Lightning that Green Arrow is able to quell.
32 PGs./Rated T...$3.99
THE QUESTION #13
Plotter: CaptCleghorn
Writer MARK RUSSELL
Artist BILL SIENKIEWICZ
“Quo Vadis 1: Who?”
Vic’s fight with Sportsmaster has gone viral and for the most part, no one believes it was real. Sure, there was a “fight” but could a TV newsguy actually beat the Sportsmaster? So Vic doesn’t have to worry about his identity to the general public. Instead he’s seen to be more and more of a shill pushing fake news.
But Vic did use some moves which were pretty advanced outside of expert fighters. One such person is the media mogul Lee Travis, noticing Vic’s deceptive skill and is just as curious as Vic can be. So Travis calls an associate of his: Merry Pemburton, the Girl of a Googleplex of Gimmicks. Merry is recently back from Santa Prisca as is Vicki Vale who is doing a major series on the effects of Hurricane Chris on the depressed tropical island.
If you’re been reading thjis series, you already know Merry knows who Vic is. If you haven’t been reading, then the Quo Vadis arc is a great place to start as we discover where Vic is going.
32 PGS./ Rated M for Mature Readers...$3.99
SENSATION COMICS #13
Written by Kieron Gillen
Plot by H-E-D
Art by Stephanie Hans
CIVIL WAR IN AMAZONIA
The Shim-Tar is the Champion of Bana-Mighdall, a paragon of its might and values.
But Artemis sees nothing of those values being honored in this Civil War.
With Diana’s help, Artemis seeks a way to force Bana-Mighdall to retreat from its offensive against Cenculiana. But Diana might not like what her sister in arms had in mind.
Tarhuntassa calls on Zealot to return to the fold. Troia, meanwhile, implores her to reject the ways of conquest. What will she choose?
Meanwhile, the traitor within their ranks is revealed when Valkyrie leads a strikeforce from Ys right into the heart of still-recovering Manõa!
32 PGS./ Rated T...$2.99
SIGNAL: Welcome to Freeland Vol. 1: HBCU Blues [DELUXE EDITION]
Plotter: lemonpeace
Writer: BRYAN EDWARD HILL; JUSTIN JORDAN
Artist: DENYS COWAN
Colors: Veronica Gandini
Cover Artist: VARIOUS
Collected issues: Welcome to Freeland #1-3
After years of tutelage under Batman, Duke Thomas is ready to step into the wider DC universe! Breaking away from the Bat Clan to attend Dakota University, follow SIGNAL’s adventures as he moves to Freeland, Georgia, and finds himself wrapped up in all the strange occurrences happening around town. Melting hordes of red zombies, rogue metahuman gangs, occultists, and Lovecraftian demons; all this chaos orchestrated at the hands of congressman Leonard Smalls Jr. a.k.a Holocaust. Under the tutelage of OG Blood Syndicate member Wise Son, and the guiding hand of Black Lightning, Duke forms the new Blood Syndicate in order to combat these nefarious machinations. Who is secretly conspiring to bring young metahuman heroes to Freeland? What’s causing new metahumans? Who hired Holocaust? Why cause the rise of increasingly strange and dangerous crimes? What’s up with that bad shorty with the otherworldly glow around campus? featuring: Naomi McDuffie, Sideway, Fuerza, Wallace West (Kid Flash), Black Lightning, Wise Son, and many more - it’s time for THE SIGNAL to shine some light on what’s really going down in the metahuman capital of America. You’re not in Gotham anymore kid, Welcome to Freeland!
104 PGS. | Rated T | $19.99
SONS OF DITKO #4 (crossover between DC Next Dawn and AOM-NU)
Written by J.M.DeMatteis and Mark Russell
Plot by CaptCleghorn
Art by Brendan McCarthy
Book 4: "Here's to Those Who Wish Me Well, and Those That Don't Can Go To Hell!"
Archbishop Kurtwell has been arrested and will stand trial for his abuse of youngsters.
Spider-Man, the Question, and the mysterious Mr. A stand exposed each knowing who the others are, leaving a delicate balance. The three go off to submit their own very different stories on the same event.
But the story isn’t over. Vic had hoped to make his own way without the Parker kid. But Tot’s connection with Peter’s Aunt May has led to a mystery about Peter’s parents in Hub City. The good news is Vic’s back on his own turf. The bad news is he’s got a spider-powered teenager as a sidekick. Vic does manage to use Parker as a guest and actual witness to the Kurtwell arrest and the abuse exposure. So there is that.
Rated T+, 40 pages, $3.99
STARRO WARS: CLAW THE UNCONQUERED #2
Tie-In Miniseries
Plot by EXCITER
Written by R. A. SALVATORE
Art by JAE LEE
“KINGDOM OF STARRO”
Long ago, in the Pytharian Age...
The great Castle Illumines has fallen, but the immortal King Vandar Adg (Vandal Savage), along with a handful of his elite royal guardsmen, retain their mental freedom... thanks entirely to a barbarian with a demon hand known to them only as Claw! This mysterious swordsman has proven immune to and “unconquered” by the demonic starfish spores plaguing the land - yet he now finds himself surrounded and hopelessly outnumbered, protecting a ruler for whom he has no love.
Their only hope, so says the King, lies in their ability to fight their way to the royal dungeons. Therein, Vandar has been detaining a prisoner who may possess the requisite power needed to aid the unlikely fellowship in defeating Starro. Once a humble migrant shepherd, this prisoner became a powerful and headstrong wizard... and thus a threat to Vandar’s reign. His name is Mamaragan, though you might know him better by the magic word he uses to empower himself. Against all odds, Claw must find and liberate this captive wizard while also convincing him, in the name of the greater good, to speak the word that may be humanity’s salvation: SHAZAM!
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
STARRO WARS: CYBERNARY #1
Written by Kieron Gillen
Plot by H-E-D
Art by James Stokoe
Life on Gamorra has never been idyllic before. In fact, it’s rather dystopian. So when some of the citizens start talking about their loyalty to a tentacle creature from outer space called Starro, most of their neighbors just chalk it up to nervous breakdowns.
But the leader of Gamorra takes disloyalty very seriously. And so he asks his daughter Yumiko – AKA Cybernary – to root out this epidemic of echinoderms!
Given that she’s been twisted into a cybernetic monstrosity with functionally no free will, she sets herself to the task.
As far as solutions go, she’s more of a hammer than a scalpel.
STARRO WARS: JADE AND OBSIDIAN #1
Written by Rainbow Rowell
Plot by H-E-D
Art by Kris Anka
Some people have rougher childhoods than others. For Jade and Todd Yifei, “rough childhood” means “raised as agents of rogue Soviet agency turned cartel bent on world dominance”.
But ever since Dick Grayson convinced the Starheart to relinquish control of humanity (see RED X #12!), Meridian is no more. And with the source of their powers embedded in the Tree of Life itself, the twins have never been stronger.
Things are finally looking up for Jade and Obsidian – until their father, Alan Scott, get possessed by an interstellar starfish. Which, it turns out, might be a parole violation.
Can their estranged mother, Rose Yifei, help? Or is she compromised by Starro as well?
Will Jade and Todd overcome this speedbump in their family redemption arc?
STARRO WARS: RED LANTERN #2
Tie-In Miniseries
Plot by EXCITER
Written by GARTH ENNIS
Art by SEAN GORDON MURPHY
“RAGE MACHINES”
Never forgive. Never forget. In the Red Lantern Corps, you kick our ass? We come back and kick your ass twice as hard. Always.
The last time Guy faced off against the nearly unstoppable Doomsday, he got beat. Badly. Like, really badly. It was a complete stomp (see GREEN LANTERN #4). But things are different now. Guy is wearing a totally different color this time and has the power of the entire Red Lantern Corps at his back. There’s no doubt in Guy’s mind that they’re the toughest rage-filled S.O.B.s to ever sling power rings. And Doomsday? His killer instinct is neutered by the Starfish attached to his face. Yeah, he’s still unbelievably dangerous, obviously. But any Red Lantern knows, it’s righteous rage that truly makes you strong - and Starro’s got Doomsday acting like an emotionless tool. That’s a weakness.
So place your damn bets. The Red Lantern Corps is going to take away Starro’s most powerful weapon... or die trying!
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
STARRO WARS: STAR-CROSSED #1
Plot by NX01A
Written by MIKE CAREY
Art by STEPHEN R. BISSETTE & JOHN TOTLEBEN
'OF TWO MINDS' part 1 'PSYCHO'
•DOCTOR FATE, master mage and agent of the LORDS OF ORDER, is immune to STARRO infection thanks to wearing the Helm of Fate. If only more heroes wore impregnable masks and helmets! While the world's protectors vacillate between fending off and serving Starro, Fate's supernatural senses detect imbalances in the arcane aether which lead him to Concordance Nuclear Research in Dunwich, Massachusetts.
•Professor MARTIN STEIN and nuclear activist RONNIE RAYMOND are bonded to create the atomic FIRESTORM... but their human guise has a Starro stuck to his face and their horribly perverted nuclear elemental form isn't acting like other possessed heroes. This DEATHSTORM takes a break from gleefully irradiating researchers and carefully collecting experimental fusion reactors to take Fate apart boson by lepton!
•Will the arrival of the Medusa Masked empathic vampire known as the PSYCHO-PIRATE make Fate feel better or worse?
32 PGs./ Rated M...$3.99
STARRO WARS: TEEN TITANS
Plotted by randomideaguy
Written by FELICIA HENDERSON
Art by FIONA STAPLES
"TOWER DEFENSE"
Donna Troy needs to run an errand. Somewhere really far away. So the nascent Teen Titans (Duke Thomas, Wally West, & Harper Row) take up residence in the old Titans Tower to "wait it out". They explore the tower, but are not really clicking with each other. Duke has trouble getting the two other moody teens to socialize - until an unexpected invasion of Starro-controlled citizens forces them to band together. This results in the trio gaining a certain amount of respect for each other.
32 PGS./ Rated T...$2.99
TEEN TITANS #3
Plotted by randomideaguy
Written by FELICIA HENDERSON
Art by FIONA STAPLES
TITANS ORIGINS - Part 3
BEIJING - The modern day has presented many challenges to China. It has been decided that The Great Ten may not be enough. Therefore, the Justice League of China is formed - for both practical and propaganda purposes. Among the recruits are KONG KENAN (the star of a viral video in China, of a young Chinese man defending fellow citizens) and SHADO FEI (the daughter of the late Accomplished Perfect Physician). The duo suffer a training from hell under Fang Zhifu.
Shado is very skeptical of Kong, who is more or less the unofficial leader of the group and the most popular. Though genetically altered to mimic the powers of Superman, Kong is a teenager and can at times be a bully. Additionally, Shado is treated extremely unfairly by Fang Zhifu.
Things come to a head when Kong is commanded by Fang Zhifu to kill Shado. Supposedly, Shado is secretly a member of a democratic underground resistance in China, sent to spy on the Justice League of China. Though Kong agonizes over the decision to serve his country or his conscience, the decision is taken away by the timely arrival of DONNA TROY. An Amazonian can of whoop ass is opened on the collective Justice League of China, and Donna escapes with Shado and Kong in tow.
32 PGS./ Rated T...$2.99
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