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 something a little different. We’re highlighting the Marvel Brain-Drain that has come over to DC. Chip Zdarsky (Daredevil) and Tini Howard (Excalibur) are writing their version of the Bat and Cat in Batman and Catwoman respectively, while Leah Williams (X-Factor) turns a new Paige in Powergirl’s story. Kelly Thompson (Captain Marvel) launches a new era of the Birds Of Prey, and Matthew Rosenberg oversees all kinds of chaos with WildC.A.T.S and The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing. 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 $135 CAD).
Weekly Omissions- Justice Society Of America #6, Peacemaker Tries Hard! #5
Hero Of The Week- Now that Knight Terror is over, we move back into DC Business as usual. So of course both Performance Of Week (16 Points) and Hero Of The Week goes to Bruce Wayne, who brought in 19 Points over 2 Appearances.
Antagonist Of The Week – Continuing the return to business as usual, Bruce Wayne’s criminal counterpart, The Joker, took Antagonist Of The Week with a 10 Point Appearance.
Book Of The Week- And sealing the return to norm, Batman #137 took Book Of The Week, bringing in 70 Points over 19 Characters. The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Welcome to the League – 4 New Heroes Added, 1 New Antagonist Added: Blue Beetle (Dan Garrett), Dynastes (Xiomara Erazo), Hercules (Olympus), Nitida (Roma); Achilles (Olympus)
Key: TU – Team-Up; LT – Lead Team; SC – Save Civilian; CD – Character Development; DA – Defeat Antagonist.
| Batman #137 (70) |
| Batgirl (CC) – Projectile, TU (Catwoman) Batman (BW) – Bionics, Computers, Deception, Durability, Explosive, Melee, Personality, Projectile, Rage, Sense, Strength, Tech, Vehicle, Weapon, DA (Thieves) Catwoman (SK) – Rage, TU (Red Hood), LT Nightwing (DG) – Blunt, Weapon, TU (Catwoman) Oracle (BG) – Tech, TU (Catwoman), LT Red Hood (JT) – Blade, Melee, Strength, Tech, Weapon, TU (Catwoman) Robin (DW) – Blunt, Melee, Swing, Vehicle, TU (Catwoman) Robin (TD) – Melee, TU (Catwoman) Spoiler (SB) – TU (Catwoman) The Signal (DT) – Weapon, TU (Catwoman) Antagonist(s) Black Mask (RS) – TU (Criminal Cabal) Calendar Man (JD) – TU (Criminal Cabal) Firefly (GL) – TU (Criminal Cabal) Mad-Hatter (JT) – TU (Criminal Cabal) Professor Pyg (LV) – TU (Criminal Cabal) Scarecrow (JC) – TU (Criminal Cabal) Scar-Face (AW) – TU (Criminal Cabal) Two-Face (HD) – TU (Criminal Cabal) Vandal Savage – CD: Bought Wayne Manor |
| Birds Of Prey #1 (39) |
| Batgirl (CC) – Agility, Durability, Influence, Investigation, Melee, Projectile, Tech, Weapon, TU (Black Canary), CD: Joins Birds Of Prey, DA (Ninjas) Big Barda (BF) – Melee, Strength, TU (Batgirl), CD: Joins Birds Of Prey, DA (Vampires) Black Canary (DL) – Agility, Melee, Sonics, Sonics Offensive, TU (Batgirl) LT, CD: Putting Together A New Birds Of Prey, DA (Assassins) Green Arrow (OQ) Grifter (CC) Harley Quinn (HQ) – Blunt, Investigation, Melee, Precision, Swing, Weapon, CD: Joins Birds Of Prey Zealot (oK) – CD: Joins Birds Of Prey |
| Blue Beetle #1 (32) |
| Blue Beetle (Dan Garrett) Blue Beetle (JR) – Agility, Creature, Energy, Energy Offensive, Morph, Shield, TU (Blue Beetle), LT, SC, DA (Mad Men) Blue Beetle (TK) – Computers, Influence, Tech, Temporal, Vehicle, Weapon, TU (Blue Beetle), LT Dynastes (Xiomara Erazo) – Melee, Strength, TU (Blue Beetle), DA (Mad Men) Nitida (Roma) – Agility, Durability, Flight, Grow, TU (Blue Beetle) |
| City Boy #4 (22) |
| City Boy (CK) – Creature, Geokinesis, Geokinesis Offensive, Grow, Investigation, Sense, Temporal, TU (Nightwing), SC Nightwing (DG) – Agility, Durability, Influence, Investigation, Suit, Swing, TU (City Boy), LT, SC Swamp Thing (LK) – Creature |
| Fire & Ice: Welcome To Smallville #1 (22) |
| Ambush Bug (IS) – TU (Fire) Fire (BD) – Business, Flight, Influence, Investigation, Vehicle, TU (Ambush Bug). CD: Moved To Smallville Ice (TO) – Flight, Ice, CD: Announces Retirement From Super-Heroics Superman (CK) – Ensnare, Flight, Melee, Speed, Strength, DA (King Shark) Antagonist(s) King Shark (Na) |
| Poison Ivy #14 (11) |
| Batman (BW) – Investigation, Swing Harley Quinn (HQ)– Influence, Stealth Antagonist(s) Poison Ivy (PI) – Influence, Plants, Senses, LT |
| Shazam #3 (27) |
| Hercules (Olympus) – Influence Plastic-Man (PO) – Blunt, Stretch Shazam (BB) – Absorb, Durability, Flight, Intellect, Lightning, Melee, Morph, Strength, SC Shazam (EC) Shazam (FF) Shazam (MB) – Flight, Melee, SC Antagonist(s) Achilles (Olympus) – Influence Zeus (Ol) – Influence, Lightning, LT |
| Steelworks #4 (19) |
| Steel (JI) – Blunt, Computers, Durability, Flight, Intellect, Melee, Morph, Strength, LT Steel (NI) Superboy (CK) Supergirl (KK) Superman (CK) – Flight Superman (KK) Superwoman (LL) – Absorb, Flight |
| The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing #10 (40) |
| Man-Hunter (KS) – Agility, Melee Ravager (RW) – Gun, TU (Red Hood) Red Hood (JT) – Gun, Weapon, TU (Ravager) Spoiler (SB) – TU (Ravager) Antagonist(s) Black Mask (RS) – Suit Killer Moth – Flames Offensive, Flight, TU (Joker), DA (Henchmen) Rat-Catcher (OF) – Creature, TU (Joker), DA (Henchmen) Scarface (AW) – Personality, TU (Joker) The Joker (TC) – Assassin, Blade, Flames, Fourth Wall, Gun, Toxin, Weapon, TU (Scarface), LT, DA (Henchmen) Victor Zsasz (VZ) – Blade, TU (Joker), DA (Henchmen) |
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