Dark Nights: Death Metal Omnibus

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Devastator feels like a one-shot with real consequences, as the Doomsday Virus Batman invades Metropolis and anyone still placing their hope in Superman. It’s an extremely strong issue and one that has me wondering how the DCU will recover. The series' sequel, " Dark Nights: Death Metal" by Snyder and Capullo, was announced for May 2020. [12] "Dark Nights: Metal" and "Death Metal" have collectively been dubbed " Metal Wars" by reviewers. [13] Synopsis [ edit ] Prelude [ edit ] Evil Dark Knights from the multiverse have risen! Only Batman and the world's greatest superheroes can save the multiverse! Get the entire Dark Nights Metal epic in one heart-pounding collection. 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. These are the dark corners of reality that have never been seen till now! The Dark Multiverse is revealed in all its devastating danger-and the threats it contains are coming for the DC Universe! Can Batman and his allies save the Multiverse from total darkness? This epic omnibus contains the entire Dark Nights: Metal saga"-- Arrant, Chris (September 28, 2017). "Dark Nights: Metal #4 Delayed A Week". Newsarama . Retrieved 2017-10-02.

Collects: Batman: The Red Death #1, Batman: The Devastator #1, Batman: The Merciless #1, Batman: The Murder Machine #1, Batman: The Drowned #1, Batman: The Dawnbreaker #1, The Batman Who Laughs #1, Dark Knights Rising: The Wild Hunt #1 Arrant, Chris (October 4, 2017). "Hawkman Found and Demon: Hell on Earth #1 Delayed A Week Each". Newsarama . Retrieved 2017-10-05. 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. The Casting” continues the exciting stage setting of “The Forge,” and has me insanely pumped for DC Metal! DARK MULTIVERSE INVADES!

Dark Days: The Forge #1, Dark Days: The Casting #1, Nightwing (vol. 4) #17, Final Crisis #6–7, Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne #1, Batman (vol. 2) #38–39 and material from Detective Comics #950 If you’re newer to the DCU, though, or simply missed out on some of the selections below, there can be a lot of confusing moments that don’t have a lot of context. Metal is not pausing often to explain any references, instead opting for the kinetic pace of forward progress. Again, this is great for the story, but not great for understanding what on (multiple) earths is happening. This story from 1990 introduced the Bat-Demon Barbathos (the big bad of Dark Nights: Metal) into the DC mythology. Dark Days: The Forge #1 and Dark Days: The Casting #1 by Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Jim Lee, Scott Williams, Andy Kubert, Klaus Janson, John Romita Jr., Danny Miki, Alex Sinclair, Jeremiah Skipper

Refusing to lose, Barbatos reveals his last resort; using the combined power of the positive energy of his prisoner the Over-Monitor, the Anti-Monitor's brain's negative energy, and the Batman Who Laughs' dark energy, he plans to destroy all of creation and leave nothing but darkness in his wake. An unexpected team-up of Batman and the Joker, however, halts this plan, the Justice League defeats the remaining Dark Knights, and Hawkgirl subdues Barbatos. After the Over-Monitor explains that all living things have trace amounts of Tenth Metal, the League proceed to use this power to pull Earth out of the Dark Multiverse (which unintentionally also results in the Source Wall shattering). After the battle the Over-Monitor chains Barbatos down at the bottom of the Dark Multiverse with Tenth Metal chains, forcing him to watch the World Forge burn bright once more as it creates new worlds. [21] [ full citation needed] Epilogue [ edit ] It’s not included in the collection details, but I would also argue that Detective Comics #959 is a good prelude to the “Dark Days” issues. Collects:Teen Titans #12, Nightwing #29, Suicide Squad #26, Green Arrow #32, Batman: Lost #1, The Flash #33, Hal Jordan And The Green Lantern Corps #32, Justice League #32-33 and Hawkman: Found #1DC Comics will be launching a batch of new series spinning out ofDark Nights: Metal, and will feature brand new characters and teams. These characters will appear in some capacity in Dark Nights: Metal or another. These new comics will have the banner of “ The New Age of Heroes.” The story involves Batman discovering a Dark Multiverse that exists beneath the core DC multiverse. It is revealed that both multiverses are connected through mysterious metals that Batman has encountered over the years. His investigations eventually result in him releasing seven evil versions of himself from the Dark Multiverse, led by the dark god known as Barbatos, who plans to unleash darkness across every Earth. DC announced another delay without reason in October 2017 and issue #5 was released three weeks later than the originally scheduled date. [11] I initially placed the Dark Knights one-shots after the “Gotham Resistance” storyline, thinking they could be read in parallel. Green Arrow #32 includes a brief reference to The Murder Machine, though, meaning these issues can be read prior to the 4-part “Gotham Resistance,” which reads best in one chunk. On Thanagar Prime, Hal and Mr. Terrific are rescued from their cells by the Martian Manhunter (who has been exploring Thanagar Prime to learn about the secret Nth Metal deposits) and the trio proceed to rescue Plastic Man from Synn and Starro. They soon learn several Dark Knights have seized control of the Phoenix Cannon, reversing its polarity to make Earth sink further into the Dark Multiverse.

The third and final story in Detective Comics #950 is a short review of Batman’s Rebirth planning, with Tim Drake, aka Red Robin, asking Bruce why he’s preparing for war. There’s then a “Dark Days Are Coming” teaser for Metal.Batman: The Red Death #1, Batman: The Devastator #1, Batman: The Merciless #1, Batman: The Murder Machine #1, Batman: The Drowned #1, Batman: The Dawnbreaker #1, The Batman Who Laughs (vol. 1) #1, Dark Knights Rising: The Wild Hunt #1