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Devil Comics Review | Heroes in Crisis [2019] Tom King

The murder at the secret Sanctuary where heroes and villains deal with trauma ended with a mass murder killing Wally West, Arsenal, Poison Ivy, etc. Now Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman are trying to find the person or people responsible. Now the data files from the Sanctuary has disappeared and ended up with Lois Lane at the Daily Planet. Barry Allen believes Booster committed the murders at the Sanctuary while Batman believes it was Harley Quinn. Batgirl manages to find Harley first to help her as the story of the Sanctuary is revealed to the world by Lois Lane. Now Superman and Wonder Woman making a public statement concerning the Sanctuary.

While investigating the death of Wally West, Booster Gold discovers his body is five days two old as Harley Quinn and Batgirl arrives to confront him about the Sanctuary. We discover Wally West is responsible for the deaths at the Sanctuary.

NEEDS IMPROVEMENT – 3 OUT OF 5

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Devil Comics Review | Legends of Tomorrow [2019] Season 4

Following last season – the Legends let out other demons across time while defeating Mallus. They travel to Woodstock to stop a demon unicorn and then they travel to Salem Witch Trials of 1692 to defeat a fairy godmother. In 1977 anarchy descends in the UK, the Legends are sent to stop the band called the Smells. They discover a changeling so John Constantine fixes her powers to reassemble Vixen. The Legends travel to 1995 summer camp to find out why kids are missing. They stop the demon and rescue the kids however Constantine uses his powers which would require Nora to restore. 

The Legends travel to 1951 Tokyo's bay to deal with a sea monster. They discover the sea monster came from a book where the artist created the story. They later head to Paris in 1927 to fight a Minotaur.  

Constantine changes the past which affect the Legends throughout time. Now the Legends need to stop Neron before he conquers the Earth while inhibiting the body of Ray Palmer. Neron is defeated however Zari disappears as a new timeline emerges leading to the Crisis on Infinite Earths. 

Devil Comics Review | Black Lightning [2018] Season One

After nine years Jefferson Pierce as Black Lightning to save his two daughters Anissa and Jennifer. A local woman’s daughter goes missing and her mother wants justice from the 100 Gang but she is killed by their leader. Black Lightning gets justice while Anissa discovers she has powers and uses it to save her girlfriend. She also discovers that her grandfather was killed before he could expose experiments on 15 individuals who were given enhanced abilities. Jefferson Pierce became Black Lightning after his father was killed by Tobias Whale. 

Jefferson Pierce discovers his daughter Anissa has superpowers and reveals himself to her. Gambi starts kills one of Tobias' right hand man and frames Lady Eve. Black Lightning goes after Tobias Whale and his sister Tori is killed. Tobias sends his men to kill Lady Eve and frames Black Lightning. Black Lightning trains his daughter Anissa while he is wanted for murdering Lady Eve. Keisha Pierce discovers she also has lightning powers. Later Black Lightning teams up with his daughter Thunder to stop a Green Light drug lab. 

Jefferson Pierce is arrested for having Green Light in his car, which is a setup as his identity is exposed as Black Lightning. He is released from prison and is hunted until he unites his family with Thunder and Lightning. Together they fight back as Tobias Whale continues to target him. 

RECOMMENDED – 4 OUT OF 5

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Devil Comics Review | Legends of Tomorrow [2018] Season 3 Mallus

The Legends of Tomorrow returns to the present of 2017 after breaking time. Rip Hunter returns to set things right and disbands the Legends. Julius Caesar is loose in the present and the Legends search for him. They capture him and return him to the past however Caesar changed history. After setting things right with Caesar the Legends track down a sabretooth tiger with the help of Vixen. The Legends discover a new threat that the Rip Hunter and his Time Bureau are afraid of. 

The Legends travel to 2042 where Argus enforces the Metahuman Act of 2021 to stop an assassin from killing Zari. They then travel to 1988 to save Ray Palmer who has a baby Dominator from getting killed. The young Ray is rescued and the baby Dominator is returned to his mother. 

After seeing Professor Martin Stein see his grandchild, Jefferson Jackson believes Firestorm needs to be split apart. Rip Hunter and the Legends unite in 1897 London to hunt a time-traveling vampire. Rip reveals the existence of Mallus who became a threat after the Legends broke time. They find the body of Damien Darhk who Mallus wants to resurrect for his own plans. Damien is resurrected and Rip Hunter is arrested by the Time Bureau he helped create. 

The Legends head to 1967 Vietnam to stop Gorilla Grodd from killing the President and start World War III. Grodd gets pulled from 1967 Vietnam into the present by Damien Dakh. Legends head to the period when the Vikings landed in North America and prevent them from staying there. Following the death of Professor Stein, Jefferson leaves the Waverider as John Constantine arrives. 

Constantine needs the Legends to help Nora Darhk possessed by Mallus who sends them back to 1969. Rip Hunter escapes from the Time Bureau he helped created and teams up with Wally West. The Legends search for the missing totems Darhk is searching for in 1717 and encounters Blackbeard. Damien and Nora Darhk capture Ray Palmer to fix the Fire Totem and they travel to 1960's East Germany to find a scientist to activate it. The Legends save Ray and steal the Fire Totem from the Darhks. The Legends head to Memphis 1950 to find Elvis Presley who has a death totem in his guitar which brings controls ghosts.  Sara Lance tries on the death totem and understands the consequences. 

The Legends save Barack Obama from Gorilla Grodd as Damien asks the Legends for help to save his daughter from Mallus. They discover the way to stop Mallus is to release him and fight him so they give Damien the death totem. Damien takes the place of his daughter Nora and saves her. The Legends combine the might of the totems to defeat Mallus by summoning Beebo the God of War. 

RECOMMENDED – 4 OUT OF 5

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Weekly Roundup | Comic News Collection for April 1st 2018

Following No Justice in May and Justice League in June, July sees two new titles Justice League Dark and Justice League Odyssey with a Hall of Justice complete with magic portals after the current Watchtower fell to Earth in the recent Justice League series by Christopher Priest.

IDW is ending its current version of Transformers with the Unicron story arc.

Weekly Roundup | DC Comics Solicitations for June 2018

Following the No Justice event in May, DC Comics follows up with a brand new Justice League #1 and Hawkman #1 in June as well as other titles including Justice League Dark, Justice League Odyssey, Titans, and Teen Titans in July.

Writer Brian Michael Bendis started his tenure with Superman in Action Comics #1000 and now he continues with the six-issue limited series The Man of Steel mirroring the John Byrne series in the eighties in June. The series deals with a new villain Rogol Zaar who has set his sights on Superman whose origins ties into Krypton.  

Other first issues released this month includes Plastic Man, Teen Titans Special, Titans Special, and the Unexpected. We also have a series of one shots between DC characters and Hanna-Barbera which are not worth mentioning. 

Batman kicks off his bachelor party with a series of one shots titled Prelude to the Wedding and a two-part Batman issues titled Best Man. The series of one shots may best be read in trade format but the two-part Batman issues centers on the Joker interrupting the nuptials.

Other series highlights include Black Lightning returning to comics within the pages Detective Comics following the television series and The Flash War continues with the possible return of Jay Garrick. 

Unlike Marvel Comics who are relaunching their titles, DC Comics are positioning their stories for the future by creating richness in their characters. 

Devil Comics Review | Crisis on Earth-X

Earth-X where the Nazis won World War II attacks Barry and Iris’ wedding to kidnap Supergirl. Overgirl, Dark Archer, and Zoom weakens Kara so they can conduct surgery on her while the heroes are stuck on Earth X. The heroes team up with the Ray and Captain Cold and return to Earth 1 to save Kara. 

RECOMMENDED – 4 OUT OF 5

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Devil Comics Review | Crisis on Earth X

Crisis on Earth X explores an Earth where the Nazis won World War II. 

RECOMMENDED – 4 OUT OF 5

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DC and Marvel Comics September and October 2017 Solicitations

DC Comics September and October 2017 Solicitations begins with Dark Nights: Metal which is the invasion of the DC Universe by the Dark Multiverse. The series will introduce new characters and concepts never seen before. Action Comics begins a storyline revealing the identity of Mr. Oz which will lead into November’s Doomsday Clock and ending with Action Comics #1000. 

Marvel Comics September and October 2017 Solicitations begins with Marvel Legacy One Shot where the issues revert back to their original numbering however the stories remain the same. Not much progress from a publishing point of view but it’s a step in the right direction. 

Last year comic sales grew by 6% to $1 Billion which means the industry is nearing a sustainable marketplace where creators can be able to make a living. That’s an increase of $55 Million from 2015 to 2016.

Weekly Roundup | DC and Marvel Comics October 2017 Solicitations

Movie Review Spider-Man Homecoming is the sixth film from Sony however the first film connected to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Currently this version of Spider-Man is a five movie arc which began last year with Captain America: Civil War, continues with Homecoming, Avengers 3 and 4 and Homecoming 2 which takes place immediately after Avengers 4. 

After the disaster of Amazing Spider-Man 2, Sony teamed up with Marvel where Sony pays for the film and distributes it while Marvel provides the story. The budget for Amazing Spider-Man 2 was $293 Million compared to $175 Million for Spider-Man: Homecoming. Sony was definitely hedging their risks with their collaboration with Marvel. Overall the end product was a worthy film which incorporated lots of elements from the comics that made the Spider-Man character appealing. There was no rehash of his origin story, Uncle Ben, or the Osborns which gave the movie a fresh start. 

Spider-Man: Homecoming continues from Captain America: Civil War with Peter Parker still in High School at Midtown School of Science and Technology. The film consists of a diverse cast set in Queens, New York. Adrian Toomes is a blue collar salvaging company that cleans up after all the Avengers battles. Now Tony Stark has stepped in to replace him and Toomes is out for revenge by using Shocker and the Tinker to scavenge alien artifacts and sell it to criminals. The sequels are following each year of Peter Parker's schooling similar to the Harry Potter series.

Movie Review War for the Planet of the Apes is the third film of the recent reboot consisting of Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. These movies are a contemporary prequels to the 1968 Planet of the Apes film. It lays the foundations for the civilization we see in the 1968 film. There is a fourth film planned where we actually see the character of Taylor returning from space and discovering the Planet of the Apes. 

DC Comics September and October 2017 Solicitations begins with Dark Nights: Metal which is the invasion of the DC Universe by the Dark Multiverse. The series will introduce new characters and concepts never seen before. Action Comics begins a storyline revealing the identity of Mr. Oz which will lead into November’s Doomsday Clock and ending with Action Comics #1000. 

Marvel Comics September and October 2017 Solicitations begins with Marvel Legacy One Shot where the issues revert back to their original numbering however the stories remain the same. Not much progress from a publishing point of view but it’s a step in the right direction. 

Last year comic sales grew by 6% to $1 Billion which means the industry is nearing a sustainable marketplace where creators can be able to make a living. That’s an increase of $55 Million from 2015 to 2016.

Devil Comics Review | Legends of Tomorrow Season 2 [2017] Legion of Doom

The Time Masters were destroyed last season and now the Legends have taken up the mantle. Green Arrow discovers the Legends are missing with the help of Nathan Heywood while investigating a time quake in 1942 New York City. Sara Lance is searching for Damien Darhk so she can have revenge for killing her sister. The Legends kidnap Albert Einstein believing he created the atomic bomb that destroyed New York in 1942. However the Nazis kidnapped his wife to create the atomic bomb. Rip Hunter dispenses the Legends throughout time and uses the Waverider to stop the atomic bomb from hitting New York. Heatwave is put in stasis so he can retrieve the Legends later with the help of Nathan Heywood. We discover Damien Darhk has been working with the Reverse Flash while the Legends face the Justice Society of America. 

The Legends and the Justice Society of America team up to rescue their teammates the Atom and Vixen from the Nazis. The Reverse Flash kills Rex Tyler before he can stop the Legion of Doom. Vixen boards the Waverider believing Mick Rory was responsible for Rex's murder. She is detained by the Legends however they promise to track his killer down while Nathan Heywood is transformed into Captain Steel. 

The Legends track down a time pirate stuck in 1863 Mississippi where they encounter zombie Confederate soldiers. They stop the zombies virus which came from the time pirate. Later they head to 1987 to stop Damien Darhk from interrupting the US and Russia summit. After his defeat the Reverse Flash takes Darhk into the time stream to change their destinies. Later the Legends discover a time quake in 1874 and arrive to save Jonah Hex and the Wild West before heading back to 2016.

In 1927 Chicago, the threesome of Darhk, Zoom, and Malcolm Merlyn meet up with Al Capone to prepare him for the Legends who arrive to save Eliot Ness. Captain Steel impersonates Ness while he recovers from brain damage. Zoom disguises himself as Professor Martin Stein and infiltrates the Waverider along with Al Capone's men and Merlyn. The Legion of Doom are looking for the amulet which will give them the location of the Spear of Destiny to change reality itself. 

Months ago Rip Hunter takes the Spear of Destiny from the Waverider as the Legion of Doom arrives Hollywood in 1967 to get him. The Legends arrive and take on the Legion rescuing Rip Hunter who has lost his identity using the Time Drive. While attempting to encourage George Lucas to become a director who also has the Spear of Destiny, the Reverse Flash arrives and kidnaps Rip Hunter who is tortured for information of the Legion.

The Legion of Doom wants the Spear of Destiny so they can change their past and future. The Legends discover the mystery speedster is a time aberration Eobard Thawne who is being chased by the Black Flash. The Darhk and Merlyn help the Reverse Flash trap the Black Flash so they become equal partners. Rip Hunter travels to 1776 to kill George Washington and the Legends arrive to stop him. It was a trap so Rip Hunter can steal the Spear of Destiny and bring it to the Legion of Doom. The Legends save Camelot from the Legion of Doom and capture Rip Hunter. 

Rip Hunter escapes and the Waverider crash lands on Earth during the dinosaur period. The Legends enter Rip’s mind to free him from the Legion’s control with the help of Gideon.  With Rip back with the Legends, now they can retrieve the final piece of the Spear of Destiny. The Legends find Commander Steel who hid his portion of the Spear of Destiny on the moon. Atom retrieves it with the help of the Reverse Flash who is hunted by the Black Flash. 

The Legends travel to Vanishing Point to steal the rest of the Spear of Destiny from them. The Spear of Destiny is reforged and now they need to destroy it with the Blood of Christ. The Legends need to find JRR Tolkien in 1916 France so they can find the Blood of Christ. However they discovered the Legion of Doom brought back Captain Cold who also wants the Spear of Destiny so he may live. Now the Legion has the Spear of Destiny and the Blood of Christ is destroyed. 

The Legion of Doom created a world where the Legends serve them. Heatwave betrays Captain Cold and saves Nathan Haywood from death. Together they find Ray Palmer and restore their memories. Thawne is planning on destroying the Spear of Destiny as both the Legends and the Legion plan to steal it to use it to restore reality or change it to benefit themselves. The Reverse Flash destroys the Spear of Destiny and Vixen is killed by Captain Cold. The Legends decide to time travel back to 1916 and stop the Legion of getting the Spear of Destiny but first they must find Rip Hunter and the Waverider. Rip Hunter and the Waverider are shrunk on Thawne's desk at Star Labs. 

The Legends restore Rip Hunter and the Waverider to normal size using Ray Palmer's technology and head to 1916 to stop the Legion from obtaining the Spear of Destiny. They run into themselves which causes a time quake. They use the Spear of Destiny to return reality back to normal as the Reverse Flash is killed by the Black Flash. They return back to the present but it mixed with combining the past and the future as a result of the time quake. Season 3 begins this Fall 2017. 

RECOMMENDED – 4 OUT OF 5

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Weekly Roundup | DC and Marvel Comics May 2017 Solicitations

Both DC and Marvel May 2017 Solicitations were released this week. Last May 2016 DC Comics released DC Universe: Rebirth #1, which was closure for the New 52 as well as the merging of the DC and Watchmen universes. This year they are kicking off events every month beginning in January with the conclusion of the Justice League vs. Suicide Squad. Then in February we saw the launches for the new Justice League of America and the return of the Wildstorm Universe. In March we will have Superman Reborn, April was The Button (The crossover between Batman and Flash titles), and now in May we have the Lazarus Contract which runs between Titans, Teen Titans, and Deathstroke. In June most of the Rebirth titles will hit their milestone 25th issues in Batman, Flash, Green Arrow, Green Lanterns, Superman, and Wonder Woman. Over at Marvel Comics they begin their summer event Secret Empire as Spider-Man: Homecoming hits the theaters. Most of the titles are Secret Empire tie-ins so readers can pick and choose which titles they want to read. 

As far as publishers are concerned, DC Comics have an overarching story where each of the stories builds upon DC Universe: Rebirth. Superman Reborn and The Button are prime examples of DC building a universe while Marvel has an event with Secret Empire. Regardless whatever happens Marvel will return to its original status quo while DC layers legacy within its titles. 

Retailers should limit their orders based on pre-order sales. A conservative approach is the best in the collector’s market to limit inventory which will later drive up demand. Readers should pick comics based on writers and artists they enjoy. If they enjoy the comics then somewhere down the line someone else would enjoy the stories as well. Key to collecting would be to focus on variant covers if possible to enhance collectability. 

Devil Comics Review | Legends of Tomorrow [2016] Heroes V Aliens

The Flash, Arrow, Supergirl, and the Legends of Tomorrow unite to stop the Dominators. They travel back in time to the first invasion of Earth in 1951 to kidnap a Dominator and discover what they want. The Dominators believe the Metahumans will become a future threat to them due to Barry's action in Flashpoint. The Legends and a Dominator are captured by government agents in past. They escape and rescue the Dominator before returning to the present. 

In the present the government makes a deal with the Dominators if they hand over Barry Allen. The Legends communicate with the Dominator they rescued in 1951 and discover by freeing the Dominator they made things worse. The Dominators arrive across the world and prepares their Metabomb. The Waverider and Firestorm stop the Metabomb while the rest stop the Dominators. 

RECOMMENDED – 4 OUT OF 5

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Devil Comics Review | Legends of Tomorrow Season 1 [2016] Vandal Savage

The series begins in the future where Vandal Savage taken over the planet. Rip Hunter appeals to the Time Council to save history from Vandal Savage before he destroys it. Since the time capsule has no army, Hunter decides to recruit his own army to join his crusade to stop Savage. Atom, White Canary, Firestorm, Hawkman, Hawkgirl, Heatwave, and Captain Cold join Rip Hunter to stop Savage. They board the time travelling ship the Waverider and travel to 1975 while a temporal bounty hunter Chronos arrives in the present hunting Captain Rip Hunter.

In 1975 they discover from an historian that Hawkman, Hawkgirl, and Savage were exposed to the same radiation so killing one of them will pass immorality to the other. They discover the historian is the son of Hawkman and Hawkgirl. Chronos arrives in 1975 and attacks the Waverider as the Legends return to the ship to escape. Hunter reveals that they are not Legends but the opposite and Chronos works for the Time Council. Savage killed Hunter’s wife and child and now he wants him stopped.

The Legends track Savage where he is a seller of a nuclear device which he arms to defeat them. Firestorm absorbs the explosion before the nuclear fallout. During the battle with Savage, the Atom leaves a part of his tech which Savage reverse engineers to destroy Central City in 2016. Martin Stein seeks his 25 year-old self to track down the Alpha particles to Atom’s suit. Elsewhere Captain Cold, Heatwave and the Atom track down the knife that originally killed Hawkman and Hawkgirl leading them to Savage. The Legends confront and fight Savage as Hawkman dies while Hawkgirl is injured. 

Hunter and Canary decide to take Savage’s wealth which leads them to Savage and the body of Hawkman. While killing Savage in 1975, Hunter reveals the names of his son and wife to him thereby leading to their deaths in the future. Now the Legends travel to 1986 to find Savage working with Russia to build a Soviet Firestorm. After they stop the Soviets from building their Firestorm, the Legends head back into the timestream however they encounter Chronos who knocks them off course and crash land in Star City 2046.

The Legends encounter the future Green Arrow John Diggle Jr. AKA Conner Hawke where he has been fighting caused by Deathstroke’s son Grant Wilson. Fifteen years has passed since Deathstroke’s Uprising and Oliver Queen is a recluse who has lost an arm. After Conner Hawke is captured by Deathstroke’s men, Oliver Queen returns and takes on Deathstroke as the Legends arrive for support. Now Oliver Queen and Conner Hawke work together to restore Star City while the Legends head back to the timestream to stop Savage.

The Legends heads into deep space to save the time ship the Acheron and Rip Hunter wants to access their ship for the location of Savage. However they encounter Time Bandits who wants to surrender the Waverider. Heatwave betrays the time however they manage to fight off the Time Bandits and rescue both the Waverider and the Acheron. Captain Cold decides to take care of Heatwave in his own way.

The Legends arrive in the 1950s where Savage is experimenting on creating hawk creatures using the same meteorite that gave him his powers. Savage was building his army and turns Jax Jefferson into one. The Legends stop Savage and change Jax back as Chronos arrives. The Waverider escapes leaving Hawkgirl, White Canary, and the Atom behind in the 1950s.

Chronos is revealed to be Heatwave who was taken by the Time Masters to Vanishing Point to be trained. The Legends take down Chronos and rescue Hawkgirl, White Canary, and the Atom from the 1950s. They head towards the Old West as it is a blindspot for the Time Masters. The Legends encounter Jonah Hex and the Time Masters send the Pilgrim after the Legends. The Pilgrim hunts the younger versions of the Legends so she can erase them from the timeline. The Legends defeated the Pilgrim by using the younger version of Rip Hunter as bait and destroyed her before moving on to find Savage. The Legends finally capture Savage to bring him to Vanishing Point to face his crimes of time travelling however he is immediately released and sent to 2166 to murder Hunter’s family. 

In the far future the Thanagarians arrive on Earth and laid waste to it as well as Vanishing Point. The Time Masters realize Vandal Savage united the world and save it from them. They engineered the death of Hunter's family by Vandal Savage to give Hunter the motivation to stop Savage throughout time. However due to Hunter's interference, Savage grew stronger quicker and prepared to defend the world from the Thanagarians. Realizing Savage was being aided by the Time Masters, the Legends decides to destroy Oculus which gives the Time Masters the map throughout time. Now the Time Masters have cut ties with Savage as the Legends are free to choose their own destiny. 

Savage is going to use the blood of both Hawkman and Hawkgirl on the Thanagarian meteors in three different time periods to set a time quake to return to the past. The Legends discover that using their blood on the meteor will render Savage mortal. The Legends use this chance to kill Savage in three different time periods and to render the meteors inert. They manage to kill Savage in all three time periods however only stopped two of the meteors from exploding. Rip Hunter takes the last meteor into the sun with the Waverider. Now with the Time Masters gone Hunter and his Legends are set to protect the timeline. As the finale ends another new threat emerges as another Waverider crashes on Earth and Rex Tyler AKA Hourman of the Justice Society of America reveals the Legends are gone in his timeline.

RECOMMENDED - 4 OUT OF 5

Devil Comics Review | Legends of Tomorrow Pilot [2016]

The series begins in the future where Vandal Savage taken over the planet. Rip Hunter appeals to the Time Council to save history from Vandal Savage before he destroys it. Since the time capsule has no army, Hunter decides to recruit his own army to join his crusade to stop Savage. Atom, White Canary, Firestorm, Hawkman, Hawkgirl, Heatwave, and Captain Cold join Rip Hunter to stop Savage. They board the time travelling ship the Waverider and travel to 1975 while a temporal bounty hunter Chronos arrives in the present hunting Captain Rip Hunter.

In 1975 they discover from an historian that Hawkman, Hawkgirl, and Savage were exposed to the same radiation so killing one of them will pass immorality to the other. They discover the historian is the son of Hawkman and Hawkgirl. Chronos arrives in 1975 and attacks the Waverider as the Legends return to the ship to escape. Hunter reveals that they are not Legends but the opposite and Chronos works for the Time Council. Savage killed Hunter’s wife and child and now he wants him stopped.

The Legends track Savage where he is a seller of a nuclear device which he arms to defeat them. Firestorm absorbs the explosion before the nuclear fallout. During the battle with Savage, the Atom leaves a part of his tech which Savage reverse engineers to destroy Central City in 2016. Martin Stein seeks his 25 year-old self to track down the Alpha particles to Atom’s suit while Captain Cold, Heatwave and the Atom track down the knife that originally killed Hawkman and Hawkgirl leading them to Savage. The Legends confront and fight Savage as Hawkman dies while Hawkgirl is injured. The pilot kicks off a worthy series joining both Arrow and the Flash in a united DC Universe. 

RECOMMENDED – 4 OUT OF 5

2015 Comics | Story Arcs | Events | Graphic Novels | One Shots

The months represent when the story concluded and the rest are ongoing story arcs Devil Comics Entertainment is following. At the peak we are currently following thirty books per month from various publishers which makes it roughly one comic a day. 

FEBRUARY
Superman: The Men of Tomorrow 

Superman: Earth One Volume 3 
Amazing Spider-Man: Spider-Verse 

Superior Iron Man: Infamous 

Thor: The Goddess of Thunder 
Men of Wrath 
Wolverines: Dancing with the Devil 

The Transformers: Punishment 

MARCH 

Deathstroke
Batman: Arkham Manor
World’s Finest: The Secret History of Superman & Batman 
Earth 2 
Wolverines: Claw, Blade, and Fang 
Justice League: The Amazo Virus 
Witchblade: Darkness Falls: The Death of Jackie Estacado 

APRIL
Batman: Eternal 
Batman/Superman: Superman's Joker
Batman: Endgame 
The Multiversity 
Rai 
Guardians of the Galaxy & X-Men: Black Vortex 
Avengers: Rage of Ultron 

All-New Captain America: Hydra Ascendant 
Fantastic Four: The End is Fourever 
Star Trek | Planet of the Apes: The Primate Directive

MAY
Convergence 
He-Man: The Eternity War Vol. 1 

Superior Iron Man 

Wolverines

Angela: Asgard’s Assassin: Priceless

Thor: Who Holds the Hammer? 

Ant-Man: Second Chance Man 
G.I. Joe: Snake Eyes: Agent of Cobra
Star Trek | Planet of the Apes: Primate Directive

JUNE
Star Wars: Skywalker Strikes 
Star Wars: Darth Vader 

JULY
Star Wars: Princess Leia
Chew: Blood Puddin'
Ninjak: Weaponeer
Divinity I
Book of Death: The Fall of Bloodshot

AUGUST
Bloodshot Reborn: Colorado
The Strain Eternal Night
Deadpool's Secret Secret Wars 
Book of Death: The Fall of Ninjak

SEPTEMBER
Jem and the Holograms: Showtime
Doctor Who: Four Doctors
Wolverine: Old Man Logan
Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows
Ultimate End
Star Wars: Lando
Star Wars: Kanan - The Last Padawan
Book of Death: The Fall of Harbinger

OCTOBER
Star Wars: Shattered Empire 

NOVEMBER 
Ninjak: Shadow Wars
He-Man: The Eternity War Vol.2
Batman: Superheavy
Superman: Before Truth
Justice League: Darkseid War

DECEMBER
Batman and Robin Eternal Volume 1
Superman/Wonder Woman: Dark Truth
Batman/Superman: Truth Hurts
Superman - Action Comics: Hard Truth 
Superman/Wonder Woman Annual #1
Superman Annual #3
Injustice: Gods Among Us Year Four Annual #1
Star Wars: Chewbacca
Star Wars: Darth Vader Annual #1
Star Wars Annual #1
Star Wars Special: C-3P0 #1
Star Trek/Green Lantern: The Spectrum War

DC Comics Convergence [2015] by Jeff King | Carlo Pagulayan | Stephen Segovia

Convergence is a two-month epic consisting of nine issues while the regular DC titles are placed on hiatus. The series spins out of New 52: Futures End and Earth 2: World’s End. The villains are Brainiac who has been collecting multiverses and a new one named Telos which will be introduced within the series.

Convergence #0 begins with Superman meeting multiple Brainiacs who reveal the Master has not returned from Earth 0. Unknown to them the Master Brainiac was defeated in Futures End. We learn Brainiac has been defeated by Superman throughout the multiverse however dies by other means. The events of Superman: Doomed where Superman was infected by the Doomsday virus was orchestrated by Brainiac after witnessing the Death of Superman in another universe. The cities of dead worlds are here from throughout the Multiverse. Now Telos releases the domes that separate each world so the characters will fight to survive. The surviving heroes of Earth 2 after World’s End will arrive in the first issue of Convergence. Overall this is a great issue if you have been following the events of Superman: Doomed, Earth 2 World’s End and New 52 Futures End.

Convergence #1 begins as solicited a few months ago with the Earth 2 heroes arriving and Telos releases the domes of the different worlds from across the DC Multiverse to fight for their survival. The book and the ties-ins are more nostalgia than anything more by bringing back characters and events from the 70s, 80’s, and 90s together. Too many characters with very little story and the book reminds me of Countdown: Arena in 2007 which has a similar premise.

Convergence #2 begins as the heroes of Earth 2 free themselves and fight back against Telos. Green Lantern Alan Scott discovers Telos is afraid of something beneath the planet. Meanwhile Thomas Wayne and Richard Grayson head towards another Gotham where they meet Bruce Wayne. The Bat symbol on Bruce Wayne changes form panel-to-panel which makes it annoying as it shows the artists rushed through this weekly series. The finale sees the heroes meet Deimos who claims he can get them off the planet. 

Convergence #3 Telos heads to the City of Kandor the first city Brainiac took. It’s residents along with Nightwing and Firebird oppose Telos which leads them to their fates. Thomas Wayne and Richard Grayson take on the Pre-Flashpoint Batman villains but Wayne sacrifices himself as the Joker arrives and shoots Grayson. Telos arrives in time and kills the Joker and asks Grayson where are the Earth 2 heroes. Meanwhile Deimos takes the Earth 2 heroes below the planet into another displaced reality Skartaris.

Convergence #4 The Earth 2 heroes travel through Skartaris to get to the castle where the Warlord has imprisoned the Time Masters consisting on Monarch, Extant, Hourmen, as well as the Time Trapper. Deimos is a high priest who wanted Skartaris for years and takes the power of the Time Masters. Deimos tells Brainiac he can free from his imprisonment from the events in New 52 Futures End.

Convergence #5 Demios uses the powers of the Time Masters to reveal to Telos who he is. Brainiac used Telos in exchange for saving his family. The Earth 2 heroes attack Demios however the castle collapses so they travel to gather the rest of the heroes from the other cities as Richard Grayson accepts his destiny as Batman. Demios arrives at Brainiac’s occupation chamber and announces to the heroes of the cities that there is no longer as reason to fight since Brainiac is banished and he will protect them for a price. 

Convergence #6 begins in the New 52 Universe as a arrival of a new planet draws the attention of Superman, the Red Lanterns, Darkseid, the Monitor as well as the Oracle. Deimos wants loyalty otherwise he will destroy cities within the hour. The heroes of the various cities unite against Deimos. Grayson speaks to Telos who recently found out the truth about himself and asks him to join the heroes to save the world from Deimos. As the heroes gather, Deimos has gathered his own army of villains to kill them all.

Convergence #7 in the New 52 the Justice League and Stormwatch gather with Oracle as war erupts on the world of Telos. Deimos and Telos battle each other as both the heroes and villains discovers Deimos wants all of them to die so he can use their energies to recreate the world. Hal Jordan as Parallax finally destroys Deimos however the power of the Time Masters are released into the New 52 Universe and reality is coming apart. 

Convergence #8 as reality comes apart Booster Gold and Wave Rider arrives and releases Brainiac who gives us his origin. He is a survivor of the multiverse from Crisis to Infinite Earths, Infinite Crisis, 52, and Flashpoint. Brainiac plans on sending everyone home and resetting the multiverse however something is blocking him, the first Crisis. Brainiac send Superman with Lois and their daughter, Parallax, Flash, and Supergirl to prevent the collapse of the multiverse. The multiverse is saved and Brainiac returns to Earth-0 as the heroes of Earth 2 remain on the world of Telos as it is being destroyed. However with Brainiac and Telos gone their ties to the world is severed. The world of Telos becomes the new Earth 2 and it returns back to its universe. Green Lantern uses his ring to signal the refugees back to the new Earth 2.

E94: Batman #40 | Justice League #40 | The Multiversity #2 Reviews [Devil Comics Entertainment]

Batman #40 begins with Batman teaming up with his family and villains to stop the Joker who gains the upper end. However when the Joker unmasks Batman he finds out its Richard Grayson while the real Batman is attempting to find the cure to the Joker’s toxin beneath Gotham. The Joker has rigged the cave to collapse as Batman finds the chemical that healed the Joker’s face and body from the events of Death of the Family. After a fierce battle between both of them, Batman manages to get a sample of the toxin to Julia Pennyworth as the Joker collapses the cave with both of them inside. The issue ends with both Batman and the Joker dead setting up a new status quo next issue with a new Batman following Convergence.

Justice League #40 is the prologue of the Darkseid War as Metron begins the story of how he brokered peace between Apokolips and New Genesis by exchanging the sons of Darkseid and Highfather. Orion from Apokolips and Scot Free of New Genesis were exchanged and war between the worlds was prevented. However the Crisis of Infinite Earths began threatening reality, Zero Hour threatened time, Infinite Crisis threatened the Multiverse, and Flashpoint threatened both reality and time.

During Forever Evil the Crime Syndicate’s world of Earth-3 was destroyed by the Anti-Monitor who plans to follow them to New Earth. Metron knows the Anti-Monitor as Mobius who was once the observer like Metron rather than the destroyer he is now. The Anti-Monitor’s actions lead to the Multiverse vulnerable to the events of Convergence. Metron wants to help Mobius become the Monitor again however it was begin with the death of Darkseid with the help of his daughter. 

The Multiversity #2 is the conclusion to Grant Morrison’s epic following Final Crisis. Heroes from throughout the Multiverse are brought together to face a crisis. They are preparing for a full-scale invasion from a higher order reality by building a volunteer army of 50 worlds. Operation Justice Incarnate is formed. Morrison provides the possibility of future stories to come in the DC Universe.

The Multiversity [2014-2015] by Grant Morrison | Jim Lee

THE MULTIVERSITY Grant Morrison begins his next epic following Final Crisis as he maps out the DC Multiverse. The last Monitor Nix Uotan rescues Thunderer and asks him to assemble a team from the Multiverse. 

The Society of Super-Heroes: Conquerors of the Counter-World #1 The Society of Super-Heroes (S.O.S) sees Doc Fate assemble a team of heroes including Anthro the Immortal Man, the Atom, Green Lantern Abin Sur, and the Blackhawks to protect the Earth against an invasion from a parallel Earth. They take on Vandal Savage, Felix Faust, Blockbuster, Lady Shiva, and Parallax. 

The Just #1 The past generation of superheroes leaves their children in a carefree world where they are not need in The Multiversity: The Just. Until a superhero Sapphire Mason AKA Megamorpho committed suicide. Now both Batman and Superman investigate the murder. Batman discovers Megamorpho killed herself after reading a comic book. They discover the comic books might carry an infection from parallel worlds.

We are made aware that Lex Luthor killed Superman and Chris Kent is resentful to Alexis Luthor because her father killed his father. The issue includes other superheroes including Plastic Man’s son Off Spring, the Flash Wally West, Green Arrow Conner Hawke, Alpha Centurion, Wonder Woman Artemis. Together they will form the super-team the Just. 

Pax Americana #1 Grant Morrison gives a Watchmen feel to his latest Multiversity issue Pax Americana. The first and last panel begins and ends with the infinity symbol. The issue begins as the President is assassinated by his own bodyguard Chris Smith the Peacemaker. The end of the issue sees a young President kill his own father who was the superhero Yellowjacket. The death of his father pushes him to build a superhero team led by Captain Atom to redeem himself for killing father. We also find out Captain Atom is missing for a year through an artificial black hole and Super-Hero has become a dirty word. The Question tries to find out who killed Nora O’Rourke who cracked Algorithm B the pattern that explains everything as well as trying to find the answer of why Yellowjacket disappear. The idea of superheroes failed a long time ago on Earth-4 which makes them succumb to the events in the Multiversity. This issue is very dense and a different type of storytelling as the climax is at both the beginning and end of the story. 

The Multiversity: Thunderworld #1 begins as Dr. Sivana tracks the Rock of Eternity to find the power source of Captain Marvel so he can transform his children. Sivana imprisons the Wizard Shazam and creates an artificial day called Sivanaday, an impossible day, the day Captain Marvel dies. Shazam, Mary Marvel, and Captain Marvel Jr. stop the Sivana Family and deal with the Monster Society. Shazam heads towards the Rock of Eternity to save the Wizard from Sivana who becomes Black Sivana. Shazam wins when the artificial day eighth day is over. 

The Multiversity: Guidebook #1 begins as the events of Thunderworld spills over as the Sivanas of the Multiverse attack the Little League as the Earth-17 Batman arrives to save them. We are given the history of the DC Universe beginning with the Flash of Two Worlds, the Crisis on Earth-One where the Justice Society and Justice League first met, Crisis of Infinite Earths, Zero Hour, Infinite Crisis, Final Crisis, Flashpoint, and finally the Multiversity. We are also given an index of the 52 known worlds of the DC Multiverse. It is also revealed that the Monitor Nix Uotan of the Gentry unleashes Darkseid to plague creation. His hand is the same one at the beginning of creation. The finale of the issue sees the Multiverse heroes assemble against the threat from the first issue of Multiversity. 

The Multiversity: Mastermen #1 begins as Overman’s rocket arrives in Germany during World War II and Hilter makes him his unstoppable weapon. After the Germans win the war, Overgirl is dead and Uncle Sam challenges Overman by sending the Human Bomb. Now captured the Human Bomb destroys the Eagle’s Nest and crashes the headquarters on the population of Metropolis. Now Overman is left with nothing as a new war begins against the Freedom Fighters. The issue was beautifully drawn by Jim Lee but lacks the story impact as the other Multiversity titles.

The Multiversity: Ultra Comics #1 is the issue that has been teased throughout the series. The character Ultra Comics breaks the Fourth Wall by warning the reader that Earth-Prime will be under attack. We see him go through his Golden, Silver, Bronze, and Dark Age of comics. Ultra faces his ending as the participants within the story represent the readers of the comic demanding a happy ending. However Ultra faces his end as Earth-Prime is now vulnerable to attack. This was an ambitious comic by Grant Morrison and it was a successful execution. Now we have to await the final issue of the series in The Multiversity #2.

The Multiversity #2 is the conclusion to Grant Morrison’s epic following Final Crisis. Heroes from throughout the Multiverse are brought together to face a crisis. They are preparing for a full-scale invasion from a higher order reality by building a volunteer army of 50 worlds. Operation Justice Incarnate is formed. Morrison provides the possibility of future stories to come in the DC Universe. 

Earth 0 – New 52 Universe  

Earth 1 – Earth One Universe

Earth 2 – Justice Society

Earth 3 – Crime Syndicate

Earth 4 – Pax Americana

Earth 5 – Shazam of Thunderworld

Earth 6 – Just Imagine

Earth 7 – Thunderer sole survivor of Earth-4

Earth 8 – The Future Family

Earth 9 – Tangent Universe

Earth X – Overman

Earth 11 – Superwoman and the Justice Guild

Earth 12 – Justice League Beyond

Earth 13 – Superdemon and the League of Shadows

Earth 14 – ?

Earth 15 – Perfect Universe

Earth 16 – The Just of Earth-Me

Earth 17 – Atomic Knights of Justice

Earth 18 – Superchief and the Justice Riders

Earth 19 – Gotham by Gaslight

Earth 20 – Society of Super-Heroes

Earth 21 – New Frontier

Earth 22 – Kingdom Come

Earth 23 – Calvin Ellis Superman

Earth 24 – ?

Earth 25 – ?

Earth 26 – Captain Carrot and the Zoo Crew

Earth 27 – ?

Earth 28 – ?

Earth 29 – Bizarro World

Earth 30 – Soviet Superman

Earth 31 – Captain Leatherwing and Robin Redblade

Earth 32 – Bat-Lantern and the Justice Titans

Earth 33 – Ultra Comics of Earth-Prime

Earth 34 – Savior and the Light Brigade

Earth 35 – Supremo and the Super-Americans

Earth 36 – Justice 9

Earth 37 – Thrillkiller

Earth 38 – 1930s Superman and Batman

Earth 39 – Agents of WONDER

Earth 40 – Society of Super-Criminals

Earth 41 – Dino-Cop

Earth 42 – Little League

Earth 43 – Blood League

Earth 44 – The Metal League

Earth 45 – Superdoomsday

Earth 46 – ?

Earth 47 – Love Syndicate of Dreamworld

Earth 48 – Forerunners

Earth 49 – ?

Earth 50 – Justice Lords

Earth 51 – Kamandi the Last Boy on Earth

This hardcover collects

The Multiversity #1 [2014]

The Society of Super-Heroes: Conquerors of the Counter-World #1 [2014]

The Just #1 [2014]

Pax Americana #1 [2014]

Thunderworld #1 [2014]
The Multiversity: Guidebook #1 [2015]
Mastermen #1 [2015]

Ultraa Comics #1 [2015]
The Multiversity #2 [2015]

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