AQUAMAN #20
Plot by EXCITER
Written by GEOFF JOHNS
Art by JIM LEE
“THE WAR FOR ATLANTIS” part two “BOILING SEA”
Aquaman almost convinced Black Adam to end the Atlantis-Kahndaq conflict. Almost. But then Adam discovered that Arthur Curry no longer possessed the divinity of Poseidon. Emboldened at this shift in the hierarchy of power, Adam leads Kahndaq to war!
It’s first front: the Fisherman Kingdom, where deep denizens are more fish than man. Nanaue, better known as “King Shark,” prepares to hold the line. This initial clash will answer many questions: How will Kandaqi forces fare on an aquatic battlefield? How unified is Atlantis’ defenses? And how much of a game-changer is the involvement of Black
Adam himself?
Vandal Savage’s connections within international media and governance have been leveraged to convince the public that Atlantis is dangerous and should be under Kahndaq control. As a result, Aquaman has few allies to turn to… save, perhaps, for Savage’s other enemies. The conspiratorial immortal’s “Humanity First” agenda resulted in an old friend of Arthur’s from the Starro Wars being arrested, detained, and charged with espionage. But if Arthur and Crablad can liberate J’onn J’onnz from prison, might Mars itself come to Atlantis’ aid? It’s an assault on the Las Tunas Detention Center to liberate the Martian Manhunter!
But when Mera makes a critical mistake, has she just, proverbially, s**t the bed?
BONUS
Father’s Day Special: “EGG-XCELLENT”
During mating, the male crab carries the female on his back for two weeks, after which the female stores his sperm in sacs on her abdomen for later use on eggs. It is on Father’s Day that Crablad honors that noble two-week sacrificial burden and the subsequent lifetime of support. Thanks, Crabdad!
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BAT-WING #35
Writer: Malcolm Jones
Artist: Dexter Soy
Plotter: Marvell2100
PARADISE CITY
As David and Matu continue working to help Isaac deal with his trauma, Kia Okura along with Dakota Johnson and Rick Flagg continue their own quest to hunt down the assassin Ravager. Her trail leads them to an island far off the the Southern coast of South Africa. Despa is a small island used as a little know hideaway for anyone who wants to disappear. The trio begin looking for clues in the capitol, Paradise City, asking some very dangerous questions. Kia learns that Ravager was here not too long ago and left but no one knows where to.
As Kia's frustration begins to grow, they're all approached by someone claiming that they can help them find who they're looking for but there is a price. Suddenly, they find themselves surrounded by at least a dozen armed mercenaries! Their leader says that Ravager knows that they're looking for her and she wanted them to clean up this tiny problem. They all raise their weapons to fire when before any of them can pull a trigger, they're all gunned down. Once the smoke settles, a lone figure steps from the shadows. He looks them over and tells them that his name is Grifter and they should come with him if they want to live! Next Issue: Live and Let Die!
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DEADLY HANDS OF CONNOR HAWKE #35
Plotter: MARVELL2100
Writer: JEFF LEMIRE
Artist: ANDREA SORRENTINO
Mommas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Ninjas!
Connor is in a state of shock! Not only has The Magus returned but he brought along Tasha as Ghul who says that she is his mother! Connor never knew his birth parents, he was given up, raised in the temples of The Guild by Richard Dragon! For most of his life all he knew was The Guild, becoming an assassin trained to kill! For so long, he believed that Dragon was his only parent. But deep inside, he knew that somewhere his true parents were out there and that they would come for him.
But no one ever came and Conner realized that he would have to leave The Guild, that there was more to life than just being a killer! So he ran away, leaving The Guild to go out into the world and make his own destiny! Now his mother, a woman he never knew, stands before him and they only thing that Connor can think to do is.... to give her the biggest embrace of his life!
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DETECTIVE COMICS #26
Plot by EXCITER
Written by FRANK MILLER
Art by SEAN GORDON MURPHY
“LEGACY OF KANE”
The Wayne lineage is long and storied, as Batman recently discovered. It stretches from his great-grandfather Patrick Wayne, who fought Nazis in the 1930s, to Revolutionary War hero Thaddeus Wayne, to the swashbuckling founder of Gotham, Edmond Wayne, all the way back to Sir Gawain of Arthur’s Round Table. Yet the Wayne legacy is not all Bruce inherited…
His mother was a Kane, an almost equally impressive pedigree that boasts at least one famous hero - the Puritan who devoted his life to vanquishing evil: Solomon Kane!
With flintlock pistols and rapier in hand, the sixteenth and seventeenth century saw Solomon battle pirates, vampires, and all manner of sadistic fiends. His death, though, remains undocumented and it is rumored that Solomon may still be vanquishing evil today….
Could the genealogical cult that’s been haranguing Bruce Wayne be enemies of the Kane line and his Puritan ancestor? And could this result in a team-up centuries in the making?
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