DC Weekly Review: June 9, 2023 (Week 23)

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Weekly Omissions- Dark Knights Of Steel #11, Peacemaker Tries Hard #2

Hero Of The Week- It’s weird that it’s been so long since Bruce Wayne wiped the floor with his weekly competitiors, but Batman’s back. Bruce Wayne scored Hero Of The Week, bringing in 28 Points over 3 Appearances. And one of those Appearances was the Performance Of The Week, where Bruce brought in Batman in 16 Points.

Antagonist Of The Week – We finally have a week full of villains, so of course it’s Gotham City going to war with itself. And while Killer Croc, Poison Ivy, Psycho Pirate, all brought in 6 Points, it would be The Joker who would take Antagonist Of The Week with a 7 Point Appearance.

Book Of The Week- And now we are hit with the saddest news I have had to witness during my time scoring DC for the Fantasy Comic League. The Book Of The Week is the grand finale of Jeremy Adams’ extraordinary The Flash run. The Flash #800 brought in 73 Points over 20 Characters. It also inducted 4 more characters into the League, bringing the grand total of inducted characters from this one run to 31 Characters. This book was the stuff of legends and I hope Jeremy Adams finds his way back to the West family one day.

Welcome to the League – 4 New Antagonists Added: Condiment King (Mitchell Mayo), Goldface (Keith Kenyon), Mordru (Chaos Dimension), Zoom (Hunter Zolomon)

WEEK 22 / WEEK 24

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

Adventures Of Superman: Jon Kent #4 (7)
Superman (JK) – Absorb, Durability, Energy, Energy Offensive, Flight, Influence
Batman #136 (30)
Alfred (PO) 
Batgirl (CC)
Batman (BW) – Agility, Bionics, Blade, Computers, Durability, Explosive, Intellect, Melee, Personality, Sense, Swing, Tech, Vehicle, Weapon, DA (Penguin Twins)
Catwoman (SK) – Stealth
Mister Terrific (MH) – Tech
Nightwing (DG) 
Oracle (BG) 
Red Hood (JT)
Robin (DW) 
Robin (TD) – LT
Spoiler (SB) 
The Signal (DT)
Gotham Acamdey: Maps Of Mystery #1  (19)
Batman (BW) – Explosive, Investigation, Melee, Vehicle, Weapon, TU (Robin), LT, DA (Kappa)
Robin (MM) – Computers, Crawl, Intellect, Investigation, Tech, Thief, TU (Batman), LT
Antagonist(s)
Solomon Grundy (CG)
Poison Ivy #13 (16)
Batman (BW) – Projectile, Stealth
Catwoman (SK) – Tech
Harley Quinn (HQ)
Antagonist(s)
Killer Croc (WJ) – Durability, Melee, Strength
Poison Ivy (PI) – Deception, Durability, Melee, Plants, Sense
Shazam #2 (24)
Shazam (BB)  – Absorb, Durability, Flight, Lightning, Melee, Speed, Strength, Willpower, SC, DA (Goons)
Shazam (DD) 
Shazam (EC) 
Shazam (FF)  – Stealth, LT
Shazam (MB)
Shazam (PP) 
Antagonist(s)
Psycho Pirate – Artifact, Influence, Telepathy, Thief, LT
Steelworks #1 (19)
Steel (JI) – Business, Influence, Tech CD: Opens Steelworks
Steel (NI) – Energy, LT
Superboy (CK) – Flight
Supergirl (KK) – Flight
Superman (CK) – Flight
Superman (JK) – Flight
Superman (KK) – Flight
Superwoman (LL) 
The Flash #800 (73)
Impulse (BA) – Intellect, Melee, Speed, Tech, Teleport, DA (Mirror Master)
Kid Flash (AW) – Speed
Linda West (LP) – Melee
Max Mercury 
The Flash (BA) – Melee, Speed, Speed Offensive, Temporal, TU (Tornado Twins), DA (Robots)
The Flash (JG) – Speed
The Flash (WW) – Deception, Durability, Melee, Sense, Speed, Speed Defensive, Speed Offensive, Teleport, SC, DA (The Joker)
The Surge (JW) – Melee, Strength, DA (Mammoth) 
Thunderheart (IW) – Melee, Speed, DA (Count Vertigo)
Tornado Twin (DA) – Energy, Energy Offensive, Flight, Melee, TU (The Flash), DA (Robots)
Tornado Twin (DO)– Energy, Energy Offensive, Flight, Melee, TU (The Flash), DA (Robots)
Antagonist(s)
Bug Eyed Bandit (BL)
Condiment King (Mitchell Mayo)
Count Vertigo (WZ)
Goldface (Keith Kenyon)
Mammoth (BF) 
Mirror Master (SS) – Ensnare
Mordru (Chaos Dimension) – Teleport, Teleport Defensive, Thief, Vehicle
The Joker (TC) – Explosive, Toxin
Zoom (Hunter Zolomon) – Blunt, Ensnare, Speed, Weapon
The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing #9 (42)
Batgirl (BG) – Ensnare, Strength 
Commissioner Gordon (JG) – Durability, Gun, Investigation, Weapon, LT, DA (Jackanapes)
Ravager (RW) – Blade, Deception, Gun, Weapon, DA (Cops)
Red Hood (JT) – Durability, Melee, DA (Cops)
Antagonist(s)
Clayface (BK) – TU (The Joker)
Condiment King (MM)
KGBeast (AK) – Weapon
Killer Croc (WJ) – Claws
Killer Moth (DW) – Vehicle
Mad-Hatter (JT) 
Scarface (AW) – Weapon, LT
Solomon Grundy (CG)
The Joker (TC) – Assassin, Flames, Weapon, TU (Scarface), LT, DA (Killer Croc)
Victor Zsasz (VZ) 


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