DC Weekly Review: June 30, 2023 (Week 26)

Help Support The Heroes We Love: You can purchase all DC Comics digitally through their digital app, or the Comixology service. This month, we’re highlighting a shared space in Gotham and that’s the titles written by Tini Howard. Tini’s created a gang-war that is rippling out across the combined titles of Catwoman and Punchline: The Gotham Game. It’s a fun little narrative corner of Gotham that has some stellar artistic talent attached to it. And you can read the opening salvos of the story at DC Universe Infinite, when you subscribe to the Ultra Annual Level (which runs the price of $135 CAD).

Weekly Omissions- Batman: The Adventure Continues: Season Three #6, DC/RWBY #5, The Riddler – Year One #5

Hero Of The Week- It’s been a minute since our two Titans of DC Comics, Batman & Superman went head to head with one another. This week gave each Hero 3 Appearances, but Clark was able to get 26 Points in that time while Bruce was only able to get 17. Congrats to Superman for taking Hero Of The Week.

Antagonist Of The Week – But not even Clark Kent can stop the rise of robotics. Cyborg Superman would earn Performance Of The Week & Antagonist Of The Week with a 14 Point Appearance. While this has been a rare feat to score both for the Antagonists, that is soon to change with the introduction of Insomnia and Knight Terrors.

Book Of The Week- The Bat-Family and Super-Family would go head to head with one another for Book Of The Week. Batman: Brave & The Bold would put a good fight with 60 Points over 11 Characters. But Book Of The Week would go to Action Comics #1056, which brought in 79 Points over 10 Characters. The fact that this book nearly had an 8 Point average per Character is insane.

Welcome to the League – No New Additions.

WEEK 25 / WEEK 27

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

Action Comics #1056 (79)
Mr. Terrific (MH) – Influence, Magnetics, Melee, Tech 
Steel (JI) – Blunt, Flight, Tech, Strength, Weapon, CD: Devloping The Steel Tech Into Live-Saving Devices, DA (Amalgam) 
Steel (NI) – Blunt, Flight, Melee, Strength, Tech, SC, DA (Robots)
Superboy (CK) – Computer, Energy, Energy Offensive, Melee, Strength, Telekinesis, CD: Learned He Can Sever Electronic Signals With His Telekinesis, DA (Cyborg Superman)
Supergirl (KK) – Energy, Energy Offensive, SC, DA (Robots)
Superman (CK) – Durability, Energy, Flight, Melee, Sense, Speed, Strength
Superman (JK) – Energy Offensive, Intellect, Melee, Strength, SC, DA (Robots)
Superman (KK) – Energy Offensive, Flight, Melee, Sense, Speed, SC, DA (Robots)
Antagonist(s)
Cyborg Superman (HH) – Appendage, Creature, Durability, Energy, Energy Offensive, Ensnare, Flight, Gun, Melee, Morph, Strength, Tech, LT
Metallo (JC) – Appendage Offensive, Durability, Melee, Rage, Strength, DA (Cyborg Superman)
Batman: The Brave & The Bold #2 (60)
Alfred (AP) – Heal
Batman (BW) – Deception, Durability, Influence, Melee, Stealth, Strength, Tech
Commissioner Gordon (JG) 
Director Bones – Influence, LT
Flint (VN) – Appendage, Melee, Strength, LT, DA (The Xect)
Ravager (RW) – Blade, Melee, LT, DA (The Xect)
Superman (CK) – Artifact, Durability, Energy, Energy Offensive, Flight, Melee, Precision, Sense, Speed, Stealth, Strength, DA (Robot)
Antagonist(s)
Peacekeeper 01 (SM) – Gun
Phantom One (Stormwatch) – Blade, Weapon
Shado (SA) – Projectile, Strength, Tech, Weapon
The Joker (TC) – Assassin, Blade, Durability, Influence, Intellect, Projectile, Stealth, Toxin, Vehicle, Weapon, DA (GCPD)
City Boy #2 (17)
City Boy (CK) – Creature, Geokinesis, Geokinesis Defensive, Geokinesis Offensive, Melee, Sense, Strength, Telekinesis Defensive, Weapon, Willpower, DA (Goons)
Superman (CK) – Flight, Melee, Strength, DA (Dragon)
Detective Comics #1073 (19)
Azrael (JV) 
Batgirl (CC) 
Batman (BW) – Explosive, Melee, Projectile, Tech
Commissioner Montoya (RM) 
Jim Gordon (JG) – Durability, Weapon
Nightwing (DG) – SC
Oracle (BG) – LT
Antagonist(s)
Ten Eyed Man – Sense
Two-Face (HD) – LT
Green Arrow #3 (48)
Arsenal (RH) – Precision, Projectile, DA (Peacemaker)
Black Canary (DL) – Agility, Melee, Sonics Offensive
Brainiac Five (QD) – Computers, Intellect
Chameleon Boy (RD)
Cheshire Cat (LH) – Teleport, Temporal, CD: Reunited With Her Uncle
Dawnstar (DG) – Flight
Dream Girl (NN) 
Element Lad (JA) 
Green Arrow (CH) – CD: Reunited With His Father
Green Arrow (OQ) – Investigation, Weapon, CD: Reunited With His Son
Lightning Lad (GR) – Flight
Mon-El (LG) – Flight, Melee, Strength
Phantom Girl (TW) – Flight
Saturn Girl (IA) – Flight
Shrinking Violet (SD)
Antagonist(s)
Amanda Waller (AW) – Investigation, Tech, CD: Implanted Tech That Keeps The Arrow Family From Being Together
Count Vertigo (WZ) – Telepathy 
Peacemaker (CS) – Gun, Melee, Suit, Weapon
Harley Quinn #31 (23)
Aquawoman (AC) – Flight
Captain Carrot (RR) – Blunt, Fourth Wall, Melee, Rage, Strength
Harley Quinn (HQ) – Agility, Business, Influence, Speed, Teleport, SC
President Superman (CE)
Antagonist(s)
Poison Ivy (PI) – Agility, Investigation, Plants
Two-Face (HD) – Gun, Weapon
Tim Drake: Robin #10 (37)
Batgirl (CC) – Melee, TU (Robin), DA (Goons)
Batman (BW) – Melee, TU (Robin), DA (Goons)
Batwoman (KK) – Melee
Nightwing (DG) – Agility, Weapon, TU (Robin), DA (Goons)
Oracle (BG) – TU (Robin)
Robin (DW) – Melee, TU (Robin), DA (Goons)
Robin (TD)– Agility, Melee, Projectile, Strength, TU (Bat-Family), DA (Goons)
Sparrow (DT) – Melee, Weapon, TU (Robin), DA (Goons)
Spoiler (SB)– Melee, TU (Robin), DA (Goons)


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