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 the Knight Terrors Event that has replaced normal publications. Is it a great idea to suspend on-going publications of storylines that just started for a Two-Month Event?Well you can decide for yourself, when you 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- Danger Street #7, Multiversity: Harley Screws Up The DCU #4, Superman: Lost #5
Hero Of The Week- Three Heroes who rarely get the limelight star this week as Knight Terrors fully kicks off. Deadman is arguably the central lead Hero of the Event and this status allows him to tie with Mary Bromfield for Performance Of The Week; they each brought in 12 Points. Hero Of The Week would go to a different star, as Barry Allen speeds into first place with 14 Points over 2 Appearances. The Flash mantle has largely been worn by Wally West this year, but could this be the start of a return to form for Barry?
Antagonist Of The Week – So Insomnia blew away expectations, bringing in 47 Points over 6 Appearances. Why is Insomnia such a powerful contender? Well, here at the FCL, we treat Dreamscapes as it’s own plane of reality. That means that anything that happens there is scorable, Green Lantern using his ring inside his mind will get him power usages even though on the physical plane, he is inert.
Now imagine a Villain trapped characters inside their own heads, where the villain is playing the role of every hero and creature that is not them, and has control over the reality of the dream? That’s a powerhouse Character right there and Antagonist Of The Week will be firmly his until this Event concludes. These 8 weeks of Knight Terrors might even give him Antagonist Of The Year when all is said and done.
Book Of The Week- Despite it being an Event week, the relatively isolated nature of the Event (Heroes becoming trapped in their own dreams) meant that the Event title didn’t take gold this week. Instead our Book Of The Week is the launch of Mark Waid’s World’s Finest: Teen Titans, expanding the World’s Finest line beyond its Batman/Superman launch title. World’s Finest: Teen Titans #1 brought in 46 Points over 12 Characters.
Welcome to the League – One New Hero, One New Antagonist Added: Beast Girl (Kareli); Threshold (Matthew Callahan)
Key: TU – Team-Up; LT – Lead Team; SC – Save Civilian; CD – Character Development; DA – Defeat Antagonist.
| Batman Incorporated #10 (37) |
| Batman (JO) – Vehicle Batman (WB) – Melee, Vehicle, DA (Goons) Dark Ranger – Agility, Explosive, Intellect, Melee, Rage, Suit, SC, CD: Death El Gaucho (SV) – Vehicle Grey Wolf (BI) – Investigation, Melee, Strength, Night-Runner (BA) – Stealth Raven Red (CE) – Creature The Knight (BH) – Investigation Wingman (WT) – CD: Death Antagonist(s) Clown-Hunter (BP) – Durability Ghost-Maker (MK) – Influence, Vehicle, LT The Joker (TC) – Explosive |
| Knight Terrors #1 (31) |
| Batman (BW) – Agility, Durability, Strength Deadman (BB) – Absorb, Agility, Durability, Heal, Possession, Sense, Strength, Telepathy, Vehicle, TU (Sandman), CD: Revives Sand-Man Red Tornado – Flight, Strength, SC Sand-Man (WD) – TU (Deadman), CD: Revived Zatanna (ZZ) – Telekinesis, Willpower, Antagonist(s) Insomnia – Melee, Reality, Strength, Willpower |
| Knight Terrors: Green Lantern #1 (22) |
| Green Lantern (HJ) – Artifact, Blade, Durability, Energy, Energy Offensive, Willpower, Star Sapphire (CF) Antagonist(s) Insomnia – Absorb, Appendage Offensive, Artifact, Creature, Deception, Ensnare, Influence, Morph, Reality, Vehicle Yellow Lantern (SI) – Durability, CD: No Longer A Ring Wielder |
| Knight Terrors: Robin #1 (31) |
| Oracle (BG)– Computers, LT Red Hood (JT) – Gun, Melee, Strength, Telepathy, Weapon, TU (Robin) Robin (TD) – Agility, Blunt, Intellect, Melee, Strength, Telepathy, Vehicle, Weapon, TU (Red Hood), DA (Goons) Antagonist(s) Insomnia – Assassin, Creature, Deception, Durability, Ensnare, Influence, Projectile, Reality, Weapon |
| Knight Terrors: Shazam #1 (28) |
| Shazam (BB) – Intellect, Flight, Strength Shazam (DD) Shazam (EC) Shazam (MB) – Absorb, Flight, Lightning, Melee, Morph, Sense, Speed, Strength, Willpower, SC, DA (Zha-Vam) Shazam (PP) Antagonist(s) Insomnia – Absorb, Creature, Energy, Ensnare, Deception, Flames, Reality, Vehicle |
| Knight Terrors: The Flash #1 #X (16) |
| The Flash (BA) – Intangibility, Investigation, Melee, Rage, Sense, Speed, Speed Offensive, Teleport Antagonist(s) Insomnia – Deception, Energy, Influence, Reality, Speed, Weapon, |
| Knight Terrors: Zatanna #1 #X (27) |
| Detective Chimp (BC) Red Tornado – Computers Robot Man (CS) – Durability, Influence, Melee, Strength, TU (Zatanna), LT, CD: Corrupted By Dream, DA (Apparitions) Wonder Woman (DP) Zatanna (ZZ) – Creature, Magic, Magic Defensive, Melee, Teleport, TU (Robot Man), LT, DA (Apparitions) Antagonist(s) Insomnia – Reality, TU (Sleepless Knights), LT, DA (Detective Chimp) |
| Spirit World #3 (26) |
| Batgirl (CC) – Agility, Influence, Melee, Projectile, Weapon, TU (Hellblazer), CD: Learned Her Mother Killed Her Hellblazer (JC) – Flames, Magic, Magic Defensive, Magic Offensive, Melee, TU (Batgirl) Xanthe Zhou – Artifact, Blade, Magic, Thief, Weapon, TU (Batgirl) Antagonist(s) Lady Sheva – Assassin, Heal, CD: Killed Her Daughter |
| Superboy: The Man Of Tomorrow #4 (11) |
| Superboy (CK) – Durability, Flight, Influence, Melee, Speed, Strength, TU (Travv) Superman (CK) – Computers, Flight |
| Unstoppable Doom Patrol #4 (10) |
| Beast Girl (Kareli) – Morph Elastiwoman (RF) – Influence, CD: Promotion Negative Man (LT) Robot Man (CS) – CD: Revealed To Have Meta-Gene The Chief (KC) – Deception |
| WildC.A.T.S #9 (29) |
| Deathblow (MC) – Possession Fairchild (CF) Grifter (CC) – Gun, Melee, Weapon, DA (Zealot) Ladytron (MM) Spartan Voodoo (PK) – Agility, Deception, Melee, Sense, Strength, Willpower, DA (Threshold) Zealot (oK) Antagonist(s) Backlash (MS) – Whip Maul (JS) – Melee, Strength Threshold (Matthew Callahan) – Telepathy, Telepathy Offensive Warblade (RB)– Durability |
| World’s Finest: Teen Titans #1 (46) |
| Aqualad (Ga) – Creature, Ensnare Aquaman (AC) – Creature Batman (BW) Bumblebee (KD) – Energy, Flight, Melee, DA (Goons) Green Arrow (OQ) – Business, Influence, Kid Flash (WW) – Influence, Melee, Speed, Speed Defensive, Speed Offensive, SC, DA (Trickster) Robin (DG) – Creature, Rage, LT Speedy (RH) – Ensnare, Heal, Influence, Precision, Projectile, Weapon, DA (Goons) The Flash (BA) – Influence, Speed, Speed Offensive, DA (Trickster) Wonder Girl (DT) – Ensnare, Influence, Melee, Strength DA (Goons) Wonder Woman (DP) Antagonist(s) The Trickster (JJ) |
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