Help Support The Heroes We Love: You can purchase all DC Comics digitally through their digital app, or the Comixology service. For the New Year, I want to promote one of the best slept on DC Titles at the moment: WildC.A.T.S by Matthew Rosenberg & Stephen Segovia. This book is a creative time on absolute fire, and is Rosenberg’s best work in the snarky superhero genre. It launched in November of 2022, so you can read the first few issues on DC Universe Infinite now, at the Annual Ultra Level.
Weekly Omissions- DARK KNIGHTS OF STEEL #9, GOTHAM CITY YEAR ONE #4, HARLEY QUINN TAS: LEGION OF BATS #4
Hero Of The Week- This week was only 5 Books and all 5 were Bat-Family titles. So it’s no surprise that Batman wins with 17 Points, the surprise is over only having 2 Appearances. I’d say the year is his to lose, but he won’t lose. The year is already his. Tim Drake would take Performance Of The Week however, bringing in 11 Points in a single Appearance.
Antagonist Of The Week – Poison Ivy did very well for herself this week, earning 10 Points over a single Appearance. The year is her’s to lose, she was among the most prominent last year and she has an on-going title plus Harley Quinn romance to buffer her Appearances this year.
Book Of The Week- Unsurprising in a Bat-heavy week, it was Batman #131 that took Book Of The Week, bringing in 31 Points over 5 Characters. Give me more small weeks like this, it was a lovely start to the year.
Welcome to the League – No New Additions. We Open 2023 with 539 Characters inducted into the League, 289 Heroes and 250 Villains. Let us see what the new year brings.
FIRST WEEK / WEEK 2
Key: TU – Team-Up; LT – Lead Team; SC – Save Civilian; CD – Character Development; DA – Defeat Antagonist.
| Batman #131 (31) |
| Batman (BW)– Agility, Blunt, Durability, Heal, Melee, Strength, Weapon, SC Nightwing (DG) – Ensnare, Melee, Stealth, Tech, TU (Robin), SC, DA (Cutup’s Goons) Robin (TD) – Blunt, Computers, Investigation, Precision, Projectile, Tech, Vehicle, TU (Nightwing), SC, DA (Cutup) Superman (JK) – Investigation Antagonist(s) Toyman (WS) |
| Batman: Knightwatch #5 (24) |
| Alfred (PO)– Computers Batgirl (BG) – Computers, Ensnare, Melee, DA (Hyena) Batman (BW) – Durability, Ensnare, Melee, Stealth, Suit, LT, DA (Hyena) Catwoman (SK) Harley Quinn (HQ) – Blunt, Creature, Thief Nightwing (DG) – Melee Robin (DW) – Melee |
| Poison Ivy #8 (10) |
| Antagonist(s) Poison Ivy (PI) – Absorb, Ensnare, Heal, Influence, Morph, Plants, SC, CD: Realizes She Is Needed By Others, DA (Crawley) |
| Sword Of Azrael #6 (21) |
| Azrael (JV) – Agility, Blade, Durability, Melee, Sense, Weapon, Willpower, TU (Father Valley), DA (Order Of Saint Dumas) Antagonist(s) Father Valley (KV) – Melee, Projectile, Whip, TU (Azrael), DA (Order Of Saint Dumas) Vengeance (BD) – Melee, Strength, LT, CD: Found New Faith In Azrael, Angel Of Mercy |
| The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing #4 (21) |
| Red Hood (JT) – Gun, Stealth, Weapon, SC Zatanna (ZZ) – Business, Magic, Magic Offensive, CD: Impregnated The Joker, DA (The Joker) Antagonist(s) Doctor Phosphorous (AS) – Intellect The Joker (TC) – Deception, Influence, Intellect, Weapon, TU (Jackanapes), LT, CD: Becomes Pregnant |
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