Help Support The Heroes We Love: You can purchase all DC Comics digitally through their digital app, or the Comixology service. For the spooky month, we’re going to highlight the recently concluded The Swamp Thing run by Ram V, split up into a 10 Issue Season One and 6 Issue Season Two. You can read it in it’s entirety on DC Universe Infinite, their online comic service. It’s 10$ a month, or 135 CAD for Ultra yearly access. Ram V’s stellar Swamp Thing is worth 80$ of that alone.
Weekly Omissions- Batman: Beyond The White Knight #5, Batman: Fortress #6, Catwoman: Lonely City #4, DC Vs. Vampires #10, DC Horror Presents: Sargeant Rock Vs. The Army Of The Dead #2, The Human Target #8, The Riddler: Year One #1
Hero Of The Week- Tim Drake with 11 over 1. Tied with Punchline for Performance Of The Week.
Antagonist Of The Week – Punchline – 11 in 1. Tied with Tim Drake for Performance Of The Week
Book Of The Week- Action Comics is ramping up for it’s shift in focus and it’s putting up big points as it moves Kara, Kenan, and Connor back to the forefront of the Super-Family titles. Action Comics #1048 brought in 40 Points over 13 Characters.
Welcome to the League – 1 New Antagonist Added: Metron (New Genesis)
MONTH END STATS
HEROES
1.) Batman (Bruce Wayne) – 829 Points (136 Appearances)
2.) Nightwing (Dick Grayson) – 326 Points (75 Appearances)
3.) Superman (Clark Kent) – 261 Points (50 Appearances)
4.) Wonder Woman (Diana Prince) – 248 Points (45 Appearances)
5.) Superman (Jonathan Kent) – 239 Points (37 Appearances)
6.) Robin (Damian Wayne) – 203 Points (44 Appearances)
7.) Oracle (Barbara Gordon) – 195 Points (70 Appearances)
8.) Aquaman (Arthur Curry) – 188 Points (37 Appearances)
9.) The Flash (Wally West) – 168 Points (36 Appearances)
10.) Catwoman (Selina Kyle) – 162 Points (23 Appearances)
Commentary: Superman and Diana swap places, while Bruce and Dick continue to grow their lead from the competitors. Damian was the big winner, jumping over both Aquaman and Oracle to snag 6th place and Jonathan creeps ever closer to Diana’s 4th place.
VILLAINS
1.) Black Adam – 143 Points (34 Appearances)
2.) Deathstroke – 138 Points (23 Appearances)
3.) Ghost Maker – 93 Points (18 Appearances)
4.) The Penguin – 87 Points (28 Appearances)
5.) Black Manta – 84 Points (18 Appearances)
6.) Poison Ivy – 74 Points (18 Appearances)
7.) Talia Al Ghul – 72 Points (19 Appearances)
8.) Lex Luthor – 62 Points (22 Appearances)
9.) The Joker – 56 Points (17 Appearances)
10.) Two-Face – 55 Points (17 Appearances)
Commentary: Ghost Maker breaks into the Top 3 and Penguin takes 4th, knocking Black Manta down to 5. Poison Ivy jumped two spots to 6, and Lex Luthor, The Joker, and Two-Face knocked out Solomon Grundy, Mr. Bloom, and Manchester Black from the Top 10. The tightest race is at the bottom, where a single point seperates Joker and Two-Face.
Key: TU – Team-Up; LT – Lead Team; SC – Save Civilian; CD – Character Development; DA – Defeat Antagonist.
| Action Comics #1048 (40) |
| Apollo – Flight Orion – Melee, Teleport, LT Steel (JI) – Flight Steel (NI) – Flight, Weapon Superboy (CK) – Flight, Investigation Supergirl (KK) – Energy, Flight, Investigation, Senses, Speed, Superman (CK) – Energy Offensive, Flight, Melee, Senses, Strength, DA (Kalibak) Superman (JK) – Flight Superman (KK) – Flight, Investigation Antagonist(s) Kalibak – Weapon Metallo Metron – Teleport Lex Luthor – Influence, Rage |
| Deathstroke Inc. #14 (15) |
| Batman (BW) – Durability, Explosive, Melee, Vehicle, Weapon Commissioner Montoya (RM) – LT Jim Gordon – Heal, Strength Antagonist(s) Two-Face (HD) – Deception, Personality, Willpower |
| Detective Comics #1065 (10) |
| Antagonist(s) Deathstroke (SW) – Agility, Blade, Deception, Durability, Gun, Stealth, Weapon, LT, DA (Mercenaries) |
| Harley Quinn #23 (15) |
| Harley Quinn – Agility, Ensnare, Intellect, Precision, Projectile, Weapon, Whip, DA (Robin) Robin (DW) – Agility, Blunt, Melee, Projectile, Weapon |
| Punchline: The Gotham Game #1 (15) |
| Batman (BW) – Vehicle, LT Oracle (BG) Antagonist(s) Punchline (AK) – Blade, Blunt, Deception, Intellect, Melee, Projectile, Weapon, LT, CD: Prepares The Royal Flush Gang For War, DA (Joker Goons) |
| Tim Drake: Robin #2 (14) |
| Robin (TD) – Agility, Computers, Influence, Intellect, Investigation, Stealth, Suit, Swing, Tech, TU (Sparrow) Sparrow (DT) – Investigation, TU (Robin) |
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