Help Support The Heroes We Love: This month, we’re highlighting a sort of Years End for DC’s 2023 Year. DC managed to increase their output a significant amount from the prior year, while managing to distance many new titles from the Greater Gotham Area. Nowhere is ever entirely divorced from the Bat when you’re in the house he built and 2023’s best New Series is an example of that. Cassandra Cain, who broke 200 Points in 2023,and Harley Quinn, who outscored Wonder Woman in 2023, would officially join the Birds Of Prey in Kelly Thompson and Leonardo Romero’s stellar series. These two are well oiled machine from their Hawkeye work at Marvel, and this is some career best work from them. You can read the first four issues of this On-Going Series at DC Universe Infinite, when you subscribe to the Ultra Annual Level (which runs the price of $170 CAD).
Weekly Omissions- Superman ’78: The Iron Curtain #2
Hero Of The Week- The more things change, the more they stay the same. In a matter of two Appearances, Bruce Wayne brought in 27 Points. One of those was an 18 Point Performance. These stats nabbed him both Hero Of The Week and Performance Of The Week.
Antagonist Of The Week – There was a mighty showdown between the God of Thunder, Zeus, and the Titan of the Earth, Poison Ivy. And while Zeus would bring in 10 Points, Poison Ivy would bring in 11 in a singular Appearance. This netted her Antagonist Of The Week.
Book Of The Week- In An Event week, it’s always nice to see someone else win. This week saw Shazam #6 best Beast World tie-ins to take Book Of The Week. Shazam #6 brought in 70 Points over 12 Characters. Not bad for a group of kids and washed up Gods.
Welcome to the League – One New Protagonist Added: Batwing (David Zavimbe)
Key: TU – Team-Up; LT – Lead Team; SC – Save Civilian; CD – Character Development; DA – Defeat Antagonist.
| Batman #140 (28) |
| Batman (BW) – Agility, Blade, Durability, Ensnare, Explosive, Melee, Personality, Projectile, Reality, Strength, Stealth, Suit, Swing, Tech, Willpower, CD: Zur-En-Arrh Infected All Batmans Across The Multiverse, DA (Batmen) Antagonist(s) The Joker (TC) – Durability, Energy, Flames, Projectile, Weapon Vandal Savage (VS) – Assassin, Business, Melee |
| Batman/Santa Claus: Silent Knight #1 (44) |
| Batman (BW) – Blade, Intellect, Investigation, Projectile, Swing, Tech, TU (Zatanna), LT, DA (Draug) Nightwing (DG) – Agility, Blunt, Ensnare, Melee, TU (Zatanna), SC, DA (Draug) Oracle (BG) – Melee, Swing, TU (Zatanna), LT, SC, DA (Draug) Robin (DW) – Intellect, Investigation, Swing, Tech, TU (Zatanna) Zatanna (ZZ) – Artifact, Flight, Intellect, Investigation, Light, Magic, Morph, Teleport, Teleport Offensive, TU (Robin), CD: Infected, DA (Draug) |
| Birds Of Prey #4 (57) |
| Batgirl (CC) – Agility, Durability, Explosive, Projectile, Stealth, Thief, Weapon, TU (Sin) Big Barda (BF) – Melee, Speed, Strength, Willpower, TU (Sin), LT, DA (Amazons) Black Canary (DL) – Agility, Melee, Sonics, Weapon, TU (Sin), LT, DA (Amazons) Harley Quinn (HQ) – Agility, Blunt, Melee, Weapon, TU (Sin), DA (Amazons) Penelope (Th) – CD: Infected Phillipus (Th) Wonder Woman (DP) – Artifact, Durability, Flight, Intellect, Melee, Sense, Strength, Suit, Whip, LT, DA (Big Barda) Zealot (oK) – Agility, Blade, Durability, Intellect, Melee, Strength, Weapon, LT, DA (Amazons) |
| Blue Beetle #4 (14) |
| Blue Beetle (JR) – Flight, Morph, LT Dynastes (Xe) – Influence Starfire (K’r) – Flight Antagonist(s) Red Scarab (Javier Basualdo) – Durability, Personality Victoria Kord (VK) – Flames, Influence |
| Fire & Ice: Welcome To Smallville #4 (22) |
| Ambush Bug (IS) Fire (BD) – Business, Creature, Durability, Flight, Influence, Melee, LT Ice (TO) – Business, Influence, Melee Antagonist(s) Gentlemen Ghost (JC) – Flight, Intangibility Lobo (II) – Influence, Melee, Strength, DA (Cat-Man) Maxie Zeus (MZ) |
| Poison Ivy #17 (24) |
| Harley Quinn (HQ) – Influence Antagonist(s) Killer Croc (WJ) – Durability, Melee, Strength, TU (Poison Ivy), CD: Immune To the Llamia Spores Poison Ivy (PI) – Durability, Ensnare, Influence, Intellect, Melee, Morph, Sense, Toxin, TU (Killer Croc)., DA (Plant People) Solomon Grundy (CG) – Durability, Melee, Strength, DA (Plant People) |
| Shazam #6 (70) |
| Shazam (BB) – Absorb, Blunt, Deception, Ensnare, Flight, Influence, Lightning, Magic, Melee, Weapon, Willpower, LT, CD: Circumvented The Gods Control, DA (Achilles) Shazam (DD) – Creature, Flight, Melee, Speed, Suit Shazam (EC) – Magic, Morph, Teleport Shazam (FF) – Blunt, Deception, Melee, Teleport, Weapon, DA (Mercury) Shazam (PP) – Melee, Strength, Suit Antagonist(s) Achilles (Ol) – Durability, Melee Atlas (Ol) – Melee, Strength Black Adam (TA) – Durability, Flight, Strength Hercules (Ol) – Durability, Melee Mercury (Ol)– Deception, Melee, Speed, Speed Defensive, Speed Offensive Solomon (Ol) – Influence, Intellect, Stealth, CD: Allowed Shazam To Overcome The Influence Of Other Gods Zeus (Ol)– Durability, Energy, Light, Lightning, Melee, Morph, Rage, Strength, LT |
| Titans: Beast World Tour – Metropolis #1 #X (49) |
| Beast Boy (GL) – Creature, Influence Dreamer (NN)– Durability, Energy, Energy Defensive, Energy Offensive, Ensnare, Sense, Teleport, Temporal, Wind, TU (Superman), LT, SC, DA (Livewire) Superman (CK) – Energy, Energy Offensive, Flight, Melee, Speed, Tech, SC, DA (Spores) Superman (JK) – Durability, Flight, Ice, Influence, Senses, Speed, Strength, TU (Dreamer), SC Antagonist(s) Amanda Waller (AW) – Computers Brainiac Five (VD) – Computers, Tech, DA (Spores) Livewire (LW) – Claws, Durability, Energy, Energy Offensive, Rage, CD: Evolution |
| Titans: Beast World – Waller Rising #1 (55) |
| Batwing (David Zavimbe) – Computers, Flight, Suit, Tech, Vehicle, TU (Vixen), LT, CD: Assembling A New Team To Stop Waller, DA (Doctor Hate) Beast Boy (GL) – Creature, Influence Queen Nubia (Nu) – Melee, Strength, Weapon, TU (Superman), DA (Doctor Hate) Superman (VZ) – Energy, Flight, Influence, Melee, Reality, Sense, Strength, TU (Nubia), LT, CD: Assembling A New Team To Stop Waller, DA (Doctor Hate) Vixen (MM) – Artifact, Influence, Melee, Sense, Teleport, TU (Batwing), LT, CD: Assembling A New Team To Stop Waller, DA (Doctor Hate) Antagonist(s) Amanda Waller (AW) – Tech, Telepathy, LT Black Manta (DH) – Blade, Durability, Intellect, Tech, Weapon, TU (Batwing), LT, CD: Evolution, DA (Doctor Hate) |
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