Truths were revealed in Superman, Ivy and Harley had Mad Hatter problems, Far Sector introduced us to a new Green Lantern, we finally got a look at the man under the Leviathan mask, oh right, these weren’t character specials, these were just YOTV covers of normal runs, got a few of those, Hawkman was another of the Infected, we got another TFTDM special, The Runaways met a hero from long ago, Black Cat was having fun as usual, the Agents of Atlas met a new hero who was causing them trouble, Fallen Angels started, Squirrel Girl got her 50th and final issue (of this run), and Un/Sacred started.
Got a Legion of Superheroes ring which was promoting the new Legion run.
Bane continued to make moves, we got three YOTV character specials for Harley, the Legion of Doom and Jericho, Infected Shazam got a special, Naomi joined Young Justice, the Legion of Superheroes got a new run spinning out of the recent LoSH minievent, Green Lantern had a whole universal shift and I was very confused when I first read it, Miles was dealing with Ultimatum (funnily enough, he just met a version of him again), Sword Master met Doctor Strange, the FF were still on the alien planet, Kamala and Bruno had a moment, a certain Ghost Rider had let being King of Hell go to his skull (yes, I went there, haha) and another Ghost Rider wasn’t having it, Crescent and Io (another set of characters from the Marvel Future Fights mobile game) got one-shot, New Mutants and X-Force got new runs, and we got a Weapon+ title for Weapon H.
Jefferson was inside the Soultaker, I think this Nightwing annual showed us what happened after the bullet hit him, we got a diary entry from Alfred, Diana and Steve were in Gorilla City, DCeased ‘s final issue dropped, the next TFTDM issue arrived, Spidey was a FF adventure, Maria hill was in trouble in the past, Otto was not having a great time as Superior Spider-Man, Runaways were on a roadtrip, Spider-Man: Full Circle is From last week, Marvel Zombies had a new run (it was fun, the original run is still the best), Red Goblin had a special, Silver Surfer had been changed during his trip to the past, Excalibur got a new run, Joker got a Black Label miniseries, and that Last God issue I got mainly for the art.
Miguel was having H-Dial problems, Bizarro continued to cause chaos for the Terrifics, JLD was having a bad time with magic, Victor Frieze brought his wife back finally…,Flash was having rogues problems, Naomi took on the Red Cloud, Black Adam got a YOTV special where he fought against the infected Shazam, Gwen was having goblin problems, Peter was helping Spider-Man 2099 out, the Ghost Rider’s challenge was ending for Robbie, Ultron’s plans continued to unfold, Jimmy was hiding things from the Agents of Atlas, Jane was still getting used to being Valkyrie, Luna Snow got a one-shot (another Marvel Future Fights original character), Mary Jane got a spin-off series (the first time she’s ever gotten a title), the King Thor storyline was still going, and Marauders got a new run.
The Metal Men got a maxiseries, Batman went after Bane again after returning to Gotham, Nightwing was taken control of by the Court of Owls, Lex was having a good time in JL, Wally on the other hand was having a bad time in the Dark Multiverse, I think this was the first Tales from the Dark Multiverse issue we got, Rocket had fallen, Carol was dealing with life better, Scream had an interaction with Carnage, X-Men started a new run, and I got the hardback for Tom King’s Mister Miracle run with that “Darkseid Is” cover, and that issue 3 of Superman Year One was damaged, so I got a new one the following week. Oh and I had forgotten to put that Doctor Who Magazine special edition in the first photo.
Honestly, I have can’t remember what was going on in Squirrel Girl, Miles was having Prowler problems, White Fox got a one-shot (she’s an original character created for the Marvel Future Fights mobile game), Doctor Doom got a title, Gwenpool was at “beach party” with other heroes that would got very wrong XD, Peter was still within the Absolute Carnage event, The Wonder Twins were having friend problems, Ivy and Harley had some Floronic Man troubles, Jon and Damian reunite, Catwoman had a choice to make, most of the DC titles were just not good times for heroes, Joker got a YOTV special, and Leviathan continued to be a mysterious menace.
This week in DC was the Doom Rising week for YOTV.
Qwa-Man returned in Green Lantern, YJ were still clashing with their Earth-3 counterparts, in JL, Lex and the Legion of Doom came for the league, Batman and Catwoman were back in Gotham to take back the city from Bane, Jon Kent joined the LoSH, we got a reprinting of Bishop’s first appearance, OMQuill continued his quest for the Ultimate Nullifer, Runnaways had some difficult times ahead of them, Doctor Strange had made an enemy out of a friend, Maker had plans for Molecule Man, the FF found themselves on a strange new world that knew of them, Carnage takes on the Immortal Hulk, we got a spider-verse miniseries, Ghost Rider got a new run, Marvel Comics #1001 came out, and this run of Champions ended.
The Shazamily was in disagreement, Bizarro was still showing The Terrifics a good time, Babs still had Oracle problems, Red Hood’s new Outlaws weren’t quite manageable, Aphrodite fell and thus hate thrived in this Wonder Woman issue, Naomi popped by in Action Comics, Shazam was one of the infected in Batman/Superman, we got a reprinting of Damon Hellstrom’s first appearance, The Avengers and Cosmic Ghost Rider had beef, Kylo Ren got a one-shot, Carnage came for Spidey in ASM, and issue one of the Black Label series of Harleen came out (very good art and a new twist on Harley’s story).
I got all the rest of the Doctor Who Magazine issues from my box since they’d been in there too long.
This week was subtitled Evil Unleashed for the Villain of the Year event.
Aquaman wasn’t having it from that Manta Mech, Talon was whooping the Nightwings, Supergirl wasn’t happy about Leviathan hunting her, The Teen Titans figured out the traitor, Kamandi had some visitors in his time, Lex (Apex Lex) got his own YOTV one-shot, the Legion of Superheroes came to the past to recruit Jon, Selina was having troubles, Wally had a title all his own traversing the multiverse with help from the Tempus Fuginaut (from Sideways), Spidey wasn’t doing well in FN Spider-Man, Ultron (who has been in the corpse of Hank Pym for years now) paid a visit to Tony, Valkyrie traversed the multiversal afterlife (at some point she meets the Death of Death), Wave and Aero hung out, Kamala and co. had some zombie problems, Carnage had taken root everywhere, J.J. Abrams and his son made a Spidey miniseries, and Rose and Rey got one-shots.
The Wonder Twins were living it up in the Hall of Justice, Young Justice arrived on Earth 3 (not a good earth to find yourself on), Bane continued to own Gotham, Mirror Master caused Flash difficulty, Hawkman still was in the shadows, Darkseid had taken Cyborg, Starfire and Azrael as his dark New Gods, Diana was sill at eh mercy of Cheetah and the Godslayer, Riddler was holding his own (I feel like I remember him rejecting Luthor’s Offer, but I’m not sure), Clark went after Leviathan, Supreme Leader Snoke got a one-shot, a Moon Knight annual saw him tussle with Kang, Black Cat planned to rob Reed, Doreen got a visit from Doom, Spider-Man had an extremely stern conversation with Matt about not going out heroing, Stephen had trouble using magic when he absolutely needed to, Carol met the new villain Star (this happened because of what happened in the time bubble), Shang-Chi visited Sword Master, Gwenpool had some fun with her powers, oh right, in that new Loki run, he’s king of Jotunheim (hence that caption on this issue), Riri had some technical difficulties regarding ten rings, Silver Surfer questioned what to do after seeing Galactus forming in the early universe, King Thor got a title continuing on from the Jason Aaron run of Thor that has portions of it taking place in a future where Thor was King at the end of time, and Miles got his 250th issue with the horror of Ultimate Goblin showing up on Earth 616 and Ultimatum was making moves.
