It shouldn’t surprise you that some of this book’s best moments come from its many new Batmen. From a burned, ruined Swamp Thing, to a Superman chained to the anti-life equation, to a mysterious broken prisoner that Wonder Woman is handed by the villains, it’s clear the world is in bad shape. But as we’re thrown into the world now, Wonder Woman is a reluctant warden of a mysterious prison in the ruins of Themyscira, with the surface ruled over by an army of evil Batmen. Rock, Jonah Hex, and Lobo all appear in what’s essentially an all-star parade of key DC legends from their more offbeat books.
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It lives up to this, but it’s surprising just how many characters from across time and space make their way into the story. Metal was essentially a Batman story, and this has been hyped as a Wonder Woman story. The only thing we know is that the DCU we know is no more, and something very bad has happened. Right from the opening page, this comic is disorienting and chaotic. But if you’re expecting a smooth transition, think again – the opening chapter of this spectacular event revels in throwing you into the action and letting you figure it out. Coming on the heels of Dark Nights: Metal, Death Metal is the continuation of the end of Snyder and James Tynion’s Justice League run.
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Ray: How do you do a crisis to end all Crises? That’s the question for Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo as they tackle their second major DC event – one that seems to be set up as a “series finale” to everything that’s been set up in the DCU since Flashpoint in 2011 and maybe a lot longer.
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Dark Nights: Death Metal #1 – Scott Snyder, Writer Greg Capullo, Penciller Jonathan Glapion, Inker FCO Plascencia, Colorist Ray – 9.5/10 Death Metal #1 variant cover, via DC Comics.