DC Weekly Review: December 30, 2022 (Week 52)

By Shaun Martineau on December 31, 2022 • ( 1 )

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Weekly Omissions- Batman: Beyond The White Knight #7, Batman: Gotham Knights – The Gilded City #3, Batman: The Audio Adventures #4, DC Horror Presents: Sargant Rock Vs. The Army Of The Dead #4, DC Mech #6, DC Vs. Vampires #12, John Stewart: The Emerald Knight #1, Riddler: Year One #2, Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons #3

Hero Of The Week- Superman, Clark Kent, finally bested his buddy Batman. Clark would bring in 14 Points in a single Appearance, making Hero Of The Week. But he would not get Performance Of The Week.

Antagonist Of The Week – Antagonist Of The Week and Performance Of The Week would both go to Lex Luthor, who brought in 15 Points in a single Appearance. He was successful in both Title and Performance, which is a great way to end the year for Lex.

Book Of The Week- This weeks feels miniscule to the previous week’s Dark Crisis #7. That single title would bring in 517 Points, while this week combined comes in at under 120 Points total. But Action Comics #1050, kicking off a new era for the Superman line, would bring in 43 Points over 8 Characters.

Welcome to the League – No New Additions.

WEEK 51 / Year’s End

YEAR END PERFORMANCES

HEROES
1.) Batman (Bruce Wayne) – 1092 Over 169 Appearances
2.) Nightwing (Dick Grayson) – 459 Points over 97 Appearances
3.) Superman (Clark Kent) – 387 Points over 67 Appearances
4.) Superman (Jonathan Kent) – 315 Points over 50 Appearances
5.) Wonder Woman (Diana Prince) – 301 Points over 56 Appearances
6.) Robin (Damian Wayne) – 252 Points over 54 Appearances
7.) Oracle (Barbara Gordon) – 228 Points Over 80 Appearances
8.) Aquaman (Arthur Curry) – 214 Points over 45 Appearances
9.) The Flash (Wally West) – 206 Points over 46 Appearances
10.) Catwoman (Selina Kyle) – 194 Points over 27 Points

ANTAGONISTS
1.) Black Adam – 180 Points over 41 Appearances
2.) Deathstroke – 162 Points over 27 Appearances
3.) Lex Luthor – 112 Points over 34 Appearances
4.) Ghost Maker – 111 Points over 20 Appearances
5.) Poison Ivy – 97 Points over 22 Appearances
6.) The Joker – 95 Points over 23 Appearances
7.) Black Manta – 92 Points over 23 Appearances
8.) The Penguin – 88 Points over 29 Appearances
9.) Talia Al Ghul – 82 Points over 22 Appearances
10.) Two-Face – 72 Points over 21 Appearances

Key: TU – Team-Up; LT – Lead Team; SC – Save Civilian; CD – Character Development; DA – Defeat Antagonist.

Action Comics #1050 (43)

Batman (BW)
President Superman (CE)
Superman (CK) – Durability, Energy, Energy Offensive, Flight, Melee, Rage, Sense, Speed, Strength, Temporal, SC, CD: Secret Identity Restored, DA (Lex Luthor)
Superman (JK) – Flight, Sense, Speed, CD: Secret Identity Restored
The Truth (JN)
Antagonist(s)
Lex Luthor – Blunt, Durability, Energy, Flight, Influence, Intellect, Sonics, Strength, Suit, Tech, Teleport, Thief, Weapon, CD: Made The World Forget Who Superman Is
Manchester Black – Strength, Telepathy, CD: Death
Metallo (JC) – CD: Restored To A Human Body

Blue Beetle: Graduation Day #2 (16)

Blue Beetle (JR) – Agility, Blade, Durability, Shield, TU (Ted Kord), SC
Blue Beetle (TK) – Gun, Tech, Teleport, Weapon, TU (Jaime Reyes), DA (Yellow Beetle)
Starfire – Flight

Detective Comics #1067 (13)

Batman (BW) – Suit
Jim Gordon (JG)
Antagonist(s)
Mr. Freeze (VF) – Tech, CD: Attempting To Move Past Nora, DA (Batman)
Two-Face (HD) – Gun, Influence, Personality, Weapon, CD: Embraced His Inner Demon

Harley Quinn #25 (14)

Harley Quinn – Agility, Blunt, Influence, Tech, Weapon, TU (Harley Quinn), CD: Meets Several Alternate Versions Of Herself (Harley-Verse)
Antagonist(s)
Killer Frost – Ensnare, Flight, Ice, TU (Harley Quinn)
Victor Zsasz

Punchline: The Gotham Game #3 (12)

Bluebird (HR) – Agility, Blunt, Melee, Weapon
Antagonist(s)
Professor Pyg – Blade
Punchline (AK) – Blade, Vehicle, Weapon, LT

Tim Drake: Robin #3 (19)

Batgirl (CC) – Agility, Strength, Vehicle, Weapon, TU (Robin)
Robin (TD) – Agility, Intellect, Investigation, Swing, Weapon, TU (Batgirls), LT
Spoiler (SB) – Agility, Ensnare, Vehicle, TU (Robin)