Help Support The Heroes We Love: This month, we’re highlighting some of the Youth based titles at DC. In Lieu of your usual Teen Titans, we have titles like Sinister Sons (which follows the kids of General Zod and Sinestro), Batman & Robin (which continues the world Joshua Williamson created in his 2021 Robin series), Shazam (which follows Billy Batson and his foster siblings as they fight bureaucratic dinosaurs and the Greek Pantheon) and Speed Force (which focuses on the younger Speedsters Ace West and Avery Ho). And you can read the opening salvos of these stories at DC Universe Infinite, when you subscribe to the Ultra Annual Level (which runs the price of $170 CAD).
Weekly Omissions – Suicide Squad: Kill Arkham Asylum #1, Superman ’87 – The Metal Curtain #4
Hero Of The Week – While Batman broke 100 Points this week, he was not actually a top Performer. Instead, both Hero and Performance Of The Week will go to Plastic Man. He brought in 12 Points in a single Dennis Hopeless Short-Story, proving that it’s not the amount of time on the panel you get, it’s how you use it.
Antagonist Of The Week – A lot of strong performances from the Antagonists, with both Ursa Zod and The Joker bringing in 9 Points over singular Appearances. But it would be Poison Ivy who took Antagonist Of The Week, with 12 Points over 2 Appearances.
Book Of The Week – Back to Back Weeks of 100 Page Juggernaut One-Shots. Last week was a celebration of Black Heritage and this week is a celebration of corporate romantic pressure. Book Of The Week goes to DC’s How To Lose A Guy Gardner In 10 Days #1, which brought in 121 Points over 31 Characters.
Welcome To The League – No New Additions.
Key: TU – Team-Up; LT – Lead Team; SC – Save Civilian; CD – Character Development; DA – Defeat Antagonist.
| Batman #142 (18) |
| Batman (BW) – Ensnare, Investigation, Melee, TU (Detective Gordon) Detective Gordon (JG) – Business, Investigation, TU (Batman) Antagonist(s) The Joker (TC) – Blade, Durability, Influence, Melee, Personality, Toxin, LT, CD: Infected The World |
| Birds Of Prey #6 (41) |
| Batgirl (CC) – Strength, CD: Learns Someone Is Trying To Kill The Birds Of Prey, DA (Megaera) Big Barda (BF) – Artifact, Durability, Strength, Teleport, DA (Megaera) Black Canary (DL) – Artifact, Strength, CD: Learns Someone Is Trying To Kill The Birds Of Prey, DA (Megaera) Harley Quinn (HQ) – Intellect, Melee, Strength, DA (Megaera) Oracle (BG) – Influence, Swing Sin (CL) – Artifact, Blade, Ensnare, Influence, Personality, Whip, Willpower, CD: Bonds With Megaera, DA (Megaera) Wonder Woman (DP) – Artifact, Strength, DA (Megaera) Zealot (oK) – Blade, Strength, DA (Megaera) |
| DC’s How To Lose A Guy Gardner In Ten Days #1 (121) |
| Batgirl (CC) – Influence, Melee, Weapon, TU (Nightwing), DA (Goons) Batman (BW) – Computers, Teleport Beast Boy (GL) Booster Gold (MC) – Business, Creature, Energy, Energy Offensive, Temporal, Vehicle Catwoman (SK) – Claws Colonel Trevor (ST) Cyborg (VS) Doctor Magnus (WM) – Computers, Influence, CD: Helped Create A Living Artificial Intelligence Green Lantern (GG) – Artifact, Energy, Energy Defensive, Energy Offensive, Explosive, Flight, Influence, Vehicle, Willpower Green Lantern (HJ) – Energy Offensive, Ensnare, Flight Hellblazer (JC) – Creature, Deception, Influence, Thief, LT Martian Manhunter (JJ) – Flight Nightwing (DG) – Blunt, Deception, Stealth, Suit, TU (Spoiler), DA (Goons) Oracle (BG) – Deception, Melee, Suit, LT, DA (Goons) Plastic Man (PO) – Absorb, Durability, Ensnare, Flight, Influence, Morph, Sense, Speed, Stretch, Vehicle, TU (The Flash) Raven (RR) Red Tornado – Computers, Flight, Heal, CD: Learns To Let Go Of His Past Spoiler (SB) – Influence, Melee, TU (Nightwing), DA (Goons) Superman (CK) – Flight The Flash (BA) – Melee, Speed, Temporal, TU (Plastic Man) The Flash (JG) – Influence Wonder Woman (DP) – Ensnare, Flight, Influence, Whip, SC, DA (Poison Ivy) Antagonist(s) Captain Boomerang (GH) Captain Cold (LS) Darkseid (UX) – Melee, Strength Doctor Psycho (EC) – Telepathy Gorilla Grodd (Gr) – Melee Mirror Master (SS) Poison Ivy (PI) – Ensnare, Grow, Plants Scarecrow (JC) – Ensnare, Influence, Toxin, LT, DA (Batgirl) Solomon Grundy (CG) – Melee |
| Fire and Ice: Welcome To Smallville #6 (23) |
| Ambush Bug (IS) Fire (BD) – Flight, Flames, Flames Offensive, Influence, Intellect, SC Ice (TO) – Blade, Flight, Ice, Ice Defensive, Ice Offensive, SC Superman (CK) – Durability, Flight, Senses, Speed Antagonist(s) Maxie Zeus (MZ) Metallo (JC) – Toxin |
| Kneel Before Zod #2 (16) |
| Antagonist(s) General Zod (DZ) – Business, Durability, Energy, Influence, Tech, LT Ursa Zod (UZ) – Creature, Energy Offensive, Flames Offensive, Influence, Melee, Strength, CD: Makes A Play For The Throne, DA (Khund) |
| Poison Ivy #19 (17) |
| Swamp Thing (AH) Antagonist(s) Floronic Man (JW) – Business, Influence, Intellect, Rage, Toxin, CD: Seduced Pamela Killer Croc (WJ) Poison Ivy (PI) – Intellect, Plants, Stealth, Tech, Thief, Toxin, CD: Fell In Love With Jason |
| Shazam #8 (22) |
| Shazam (BB) – Business, Flight, Influence, Intellect, Morph, Strength Shazam (DD) – Influence, CD: Saved The Auditor From Punishment Shazam (EG) Shazam (FF) Shazam (PP) Antagonist(s) Black Adam (TA) – Business, Flight, Influence, CD: Bartered On Behalf Of Billy’s Family Zeus (Ol) – Reality, Telepathy, CD: Restored The Shazam House |
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