AQUAMAN #15
Plot by EXCITER
Written by GEOFF JOHNS
Art by JIM LEE
“HELL IS OVERFLOWING” part three “FORGET-ME-NAUT”
One thing has become painfully clear to famed crustacean sidekick Crablad: Atlantis needs its Aquaman! Tensions between Atlantis and the surface world have escalated, especially when it’s revealed that Black Manta is covertly working with Cerulean Lantern Cultists to destabilize Surface-Underwater relations! Mera tells him to stand down while she attempts to find Arthur, but Crablad isn’t one to sit around just twiddling his pincers! When he goes after Black Manta alone, will he find himself… in hot water?
Meanwhile, Mera makes the perilous trek to the Underworld - a journey that is usually one-way for mortals! The “Aquagod” Arthur Curry went missing there after preventing the overflow of the Rivers Styx and Acheron. His triumphs ended there. In the River Lethe, the river of forgetfulness, the former Aquaman now enjoys a humble life as a seaweed and kelp farmer with no recollection of his past, having succumbed to the waters’ memory erasing magic. Can Mera remind him of who he is?
The Lethe, however, doesn’t like when people try and do that. In fact, the Lethe has its own purportedly unstoppable enforcer to prevent it from happening. “Don’t you know who I am? I’m the Forget-Me-Naut, bitch!”
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
BAT-WING #30
Writer: Malcolm Jones
Artist: Dexter Soy
Plotter: Marvell2100
LOST BOYS! Part I
Following a lead given to him by The Red Lion David is headed to Johannesburg, South Africa in search of his brother Isaac, the serial killer known as Massacre! David remembers their last encounter when they fought each over before Isaac fell to his death or so he thought. But if he is alive, what will David do? Will he bring his brother to justice to pay for all of those murders he committed?
Back in Tinisha, agents Kia Okura, Dakota Johnson and Rick Flagg continue their investigation into Lena Killian, CEO of Osiris Inc. Kia is certain that she is responsible not only for sending the assassin Ravager to kill her but also for the death of Dakota's former partner Steve Trevor! They know that her brother Usan Killian is the head of the criminal organization known as The Jackals, all they need to do is prove that she is behind them. So their best option is to take down The Jackals and then go after Lena herself! But they'd better be careful, Lena has already put a hit out one one agent and had another killed so none of them are safe!
32 PGS./Rated T+...$3.99
DEADLY HANDS OF CONNOR HAWKE #30
Plotter: MARVELL2100
Writer: JEFF LEMIRE
Artist: ANDREA SORRENTINO
With the help of John Diggle, Naomi and Jax, Connor escaped certain death at the hands of Richard Dragon and The Guild. Now he's headed back to San Francisco with Diggle to check on Avila who is recovering after being attacked by Kilroy and Kimodo. And that's where Naomi and Jax are headed, to find them and make them pay for nearly killing her.
Elsewhere, The Magus has finally tracked down the location of Connors' mother. He needs her help to get Connor to fulfill his destiny, not to just kill Richard Dragon but become the new leader of The Guild! But is The Magus ready to learn the identity of Connor's mother? Are we ready?
32 PGS./Rated T+...$3.99
DETECTIVE COMICS #22
Plot by EXCITER
Written by FRANK MILLER
Art by SEAN GORDON MURPHY
“BATMAN: YEAR NEGATIVE 337”
Bruce was raised to believe that his family, the Waynes, forged a legacy of protecting Gotham from the city’s very inception. Yet in his first year as Batman, he realized that if he were to become “the Detective” he desired to be, he would first have to uncover everything about where he came from. His investigation would reveal long-forgotten truths about the Waynes and Gotham - as well as lingering dangers that are hundreds of years in the making!
1664.
The British succeeded in taking the New Amsterdam settlement from the Dutch. They renamed it New York. A tad farther to the south, English swashbuckler Edmond Wayne came across a similar Dutch settlement, New Rotterdam… but it was almost completely abandoned. Why? There were whispers that the land was cursed by the displaced Miagani Tribe, with many settlers and traders going mad and committing heinous and bombastic acts of criminality. Edmond refused to give into fear, however, and with his rapier and whip he claimed the settlement for the crown, rechristening it… “Gotham.”
Soon Gotham was a bustling port, yet it quickly gained a reputation for lawlessness, vice, and avarice. Theatrical ne'er-do-wells such as the Pennington Lark, Swill-Belly Shipwright, and the Untamed Shrew plagued the nascent city. The Order of St. Dumas, a religious sect affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church, beheld the sin permeating Gotham and wished to cleanse it. At first, Edmond welcomed the help of their congregation led by a missionary named Bakkar. Yet quickly the Order became overzealous, calling in their enforcer - a crusader with a flaming sword. An angel of death. Azrael!
When Azrael targets a seemingly innocent “coven of witches,” can Edmond Wayne expel the Order of St. Dumas from the city? And if so, at what cost?
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
THE FLASH #30
Plot by EXCITER
Written by ROBERT KIRKMAN
Art by FRANK CHO
“DIPLOMATIC CRISIS” part three “KING’S SPEED”
The King is Dead! Long live the King!
Brion Markov, the Metahuman Geoforce, is now the King of Markovia. Although the Flash wasn’t fast enough to save Brion’s parents, he did team-up with the former Prince to defeat and capture their killer: the alien hired gun, Lobo! The modern world now has its first officially-recognized metahuman head-of-state and metas are being hailed in the press as heroes that stopped a violent non-human threat. Exactly as Vandal Savage planned!
The incident will further Savage’s aim of persuading every government on Earth to mandate the use of Stagg Enterprise’s Human Confirmation Test. While the test actually does perform as advertised - screening out aliens and demons and the like - it has a secret second function: identifying the presence of the metagene! This will allow Vandal to locate all of his far-removed heirs, of whom time and circumstance caused him to lose track, and identify potential subjects for meta-activation and recruitment. His end goal is an unstoppable army of metahumans that, under his command, will enforce humanity’s dominance at a galactic level - and he’s ready for his next big move. At this point, can anything slow him down?
Meanwhile, Barry learns why speedsters are so hated in Markovia. Could his heroic actions today help mend historic enmity? And whatever happened to the Soviet speedster Red Streak that caused the enmity in the first place? Investigative journalist Iris West has some ideas… but she might not like what she finds!
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99