Help Support The Heroes We Love: This month, we’re highlighting Villains! DC has a few super-villain books running at this time, so what a time for it. This week we’re looking at Failsafe, Chip Zdarsky’s evolution of the Zur-En-Arrh personality of Bruce Wayne. He’s been the central focus of Zdarsky’s entire Batman run and looks to be jumping into the bigger DC Universe with the upcoming Absolute Power Event. 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 #4, The Boy Wonder #1
Hero Of The Week – Once a year, there comes a week where the Heroes actually take it easy and the Villains show up in a big way. This week’s Hero Of The Week is Billy Batson, who brought in 13 Points over a single Appearance.
Antagonist Of The Week – Meanwhile, two of our Antagonists outscored Billy. General Zod brought in 15 Points over a single Appearance, but Performance Of The Week and Antagonist Of The Week both go to Pamela Isley. Poison Ivy brought in 20 Points in a Single Appearance.
Book Of The Week – Not content to have his influence ever fully ignored in a week, Batman #147 is our Book Of The Week. It brought in 46 Points over 11 Characters.
Welcome To The League – Two New Antagonists Added: Dead Eye (Archie Waller), Failsafe (Gotham)
Key: TU – Team-Up; LT – Lead Team; SC – Save Civilian; CD – Character Development; DA – Defeat Antagonist.
| Batman #147 (46) |
| Batman (BW) – Influence, Sense, Suit, Tech, Vehicle Robin (DW) – Intellect, Melee, Stealth, Weapon, DA (Cop) Robin (TD) – Intellect, Projectile, Weapon The Flash (BA) – Explosive, Intellect, Speed Antagonist(s) Amanda Waller – Computers, Influence, LT Clock King (WT) – Computers Failsafe (Gotham) – Computers, Deception, Durability, Melee, Sense, Suit, Vehicle, DA (Criminal) The Riddler (EN) – Durability, Intellect, Melee, DA (Criminal) Two-Face (HD) Vandal Savage – Business Victor Zsasz – Blade, Weapon |
| Birds Of Prey #9 (22) |
| Batgirl (CC) – Agility, Melee, Sense, DA (Shadow) Big Barda (BF)– Melee, Strength Black Canary (DL) – Agility, Sonics, Sonics Offensive, Strength, LT Green Arrow (OQ) Sin (CL) – Creature Vixen (MM) – Agility Zealot (Ok) – Sense, LT |
| Free Comic Book Day 2024: Absolute Power #1 (17) |
| Dreamer (NN) – Deception, Sense Green Arrow (OQ) Harley Quinn (HQ) – Melee Antagonist(s) Amanda Waller – Assassin, LT, CD: Purchased Every Meta Prison On The Planet Black Alice (LZ) Clock King (WT) Dead Eye (Archie Waller) – Agility Failsafe (Go) – Assassin, Deception |
| Kneel Before Zod #5 (15) |
| Antagonist(s) General Zod (DZ) – Assassin, Computers, Durability, Energy, Energy Offensive, Influence, Melee, Strength, Tech, Weapon, Willpower, LT, CD: Cast Out As A Child, DA (Robots) |
| Poison Ivy #22 (44) |
| Batman (BW) – Sense Harley Quinn (HQ) – Sense Antagonist(s) Floronic Man (JW) – Claws, Claws Offensive, Creature, Durability, Ensnare, Grow, Influence, Plants, Plants Offensive, Strength Killer Croc (WJ) – Influence, Melee, SC Poison Ivy (PI) – Blunt, Claws, Claws Offensive, Creature, Durability, Grow, Heal, Influence, Melee, Plants, Plants Defensive, Plants Offensive, Sense, Shrink, Telepathy, Teleport, Weapon, LT, SC, DA (Lambia) Solomon Grundy (CG) – Durability, Strength, SC |
| Shazam #11 (33) |
| Shazam (BB) – Absorb, Deception, Flight, Intellect, Lightning, Magic, Melee, Morph, Personality, Speed, SC, CD: Mother Refuses To Give Up Parental Rights Shazam (DD) – Creature, Investigation Shazam (EC) – Deception Shazam (FF) – Deception Shazam (MB) – Absorb, Flight, Lightning, Melee, Morph, Speed, Strength, LT, SC, DA (Creepers) Shazam (PP) – Deception |
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