Pro-tip: Do not read this deeply disturbing explanation of the Joker / Bats merger directly preceding bed, as you will have endless nightmares (learned that one from experience). Cosmic Metal (This is the End) During the event, portals were created over Gotham City which Derek James fell into and gained the abilities of trans-dimensional travel. Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #32 by Robert Venditti, Ethan Van Sciver, Liam Sharp, Jason Wright I enjoy event series. I always have. I like to re-read them every so often. Generally I'm more of a Marvel Guy - but occasionally something from the distinguished competition lands for me, and "Metal" is one such story. My favorite D.C. event is Final Crisis - it means a lot to me personally - but I'll admit Morrison's take on the line-wide crossover left something to be desired for a number of reasons. "Metal" builds on a lot of the fundamental ideas introduced through Morrison's 2000's - 2010's D.C. projects and feels like the right mixture of Final Crisis' gonzo big ideas and Infinite Crisis' brilliant structure. Oftentimes tie-in books feel tangential or frustrating. Not the case here.

Collects Dark Nights: Death Metal #1-7, Dark Nights: Death Metal Guidebook #1, Dark Nights: Death Metal Infinite Hour Exxxtreme! #1, Dark Nights: Death Metal Legends of the Dark Knights #1, Dark Nights: Death Metal Multiverse’s End #1, Dark Nights: Death Metal Rise of the New God #1, Dark Nights: Death Metal Robin King #1, Dark Nights: Death Metal The Last 52: War of the Multiverses #1, Dark Nights: Death Metal The Multiverse Who Laughs #1, Dark Nights: Death Metal The Secret Origin #1, Dark Nights: Death Metal Trinity Crisis #1, and Justice League #53-57.Year of the Villain: In March 2019, Scott Snyder announced a new event campaign titled Year of the Villain, which features the repercussions of Dark Nights: Metal from the supervillains' perspective. Creators Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo took over the launch of DC’s New 52 Batman and from issue #1 clearly established themselves as the creative team to watch. Shiach, Kieran (August 16, 2017). "Review: Dark Nights: Metal #1 is a Reminder of Why We Love Superheroes". CBR . Retrieved 2017-10-02. Gerding, Stephen (July 18, 2017). "Coipel, Bengal Join Snyder for Dark Nights: Metal One-Shot, Batman Lost". CBR . Retrieved 2017-10-05.

The Gotham resistance continue to fend off the invasion of the Batman Who Laughs and a Gotham turned inside out. In September 2017, DC announced, without a specific reason, that issue #4 would be delayed by a week. [9] This led to the one-shot comic, Hawkman Found, being delayed by a week as well. [10] Detective Comics is not a direct Metal tie-in, and is for absolute die-hards only. You can read Metal without Detective! That said, Detective begins teasing out Batman’s quest, and the mysteries of DC Metal prior to “The Forge.”

Collects Dark Nights: Death Metal The Last 52: War of the Multiverse #1, Dark Nights: Death Metal The Last Stories of the DCU #1. Batman has uncovered one of the lost mysteries of the universe...one that could destroy the very fabric of the DC Universe! He'll wage war against diabolical Dark Knights across the multiverse and come face-to-face with The Batman Who Laughs. Justice League by Scott Snyder– Most importantly, the last storyline (Justice League #27-39), aka the “ Justice/Doom War” storyline.