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Dark Nights Saga #1.2
Dark Nights: Metal - The Resistance
The Nightmare Batmen have descended to Earth from the events of DARK NIGHTS: METAL. Against an army of Dark Knights, can members of the Justice League, Teen Titans and Suicide Squad come together to form a resistance to stop them?
The Justice League has scattered around the world to find the only artifacts that can fight back against the invasion of the Dark Multiverse. The League thinks they know how to take back their world, but they are not prepared for who is standing in their way: the Seven Dark Knights of the Dark Multiverse. All the brilliance of Batman, but combinedwith the powers of the Flash, Aquaman, Cyborg and more... and none of the morals.
The shocking events of METAL have transformed Gotham City into a mosaic of fantastical realms full of monsters, magic and doom An SOS from Dick Grayson sends Robin back to Gotham to find a number of hometown heroes (and anti-heroes) including Batgirl, Harley Quinn, Killer Croc, Black Canary and Green Arrow all trapped in a labyrinth of madness and death! Meanwhile, the Justice League are trapped in pocket worlds with their evil Batmen counterparts! Will the heroes be able to escape in time to fight against the villainous mastermind Barbatos?
Filling in the gaps between issues of DARK NIGHTS: METAL, this tie-in graphic novel is a crucial companion story to Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo's masterpiece! Written and illustrated by some of the top talents in the industry, including Jeff Lemire, Joshua Williamson, Bryan Hitch, Liam Sharp, Howard Porter, Robert Venditti and more, this book collects "Gotham Resistance" (Teen Titans #12, Nightwing #29, Suicide Squad #26, Green Arrow #32) and "Bats Out Of Hell" (The Flash #33, Justice League #32-33, Hal Jordan and The Green Lantern Corps #32), plus Batman Lost #1 and Hawkman Found #1.
The Justice League has scattered around the world to find the only artifacts that can fight back against the invasion of the Dark Multiverse. The League thinks they know how to take back their world, but they are not prepared for who is standing in their way: the Seven Dark Knights of the Dark Multiverse. All the brilliance of Batman, but combinedwith the powers of the Flash, Aquaman, Cyborg and more... and none of the morals.
The shocking events of METAL have transformed Gotham City into a mosaic of fantastical realms full of monsters, magic and doom An SOS from Dick Grayson sends Robin back to Gotham to find a number of hometown heroes (and anti-heroes) including Batgirl, Harley Quinn, Killer Croc, Black Canary and Green Arrow all trapped in a labyrinth of madness and death! Meanwhile, the Justice League are trapped in pocket worlds with their evil Batmen counterparts! Will the heroes be able to escape in time to fight against the villainous mastermind Barbatos?
Filling in the gaps between issues of DARK NIGHTS: METAL, this tie-in graphic novel is a crucial companion story to Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo's masterpiece! Written and illustrated by some of the top talents in the industry, including Jeff Lemire, Joshua Williamson, Bryan Hitch, Liam Sharp, Howard Porter, Robert Venditti and more, this book collects "Gotham Resistance" (Teen Titans #12, Nightwing #29, Suicide Squad #26, Green Arrow #32) and "Bats Out Of Hell" (The Flash #33, Justice League #32-33, Hal Jordan and The Green Lantern Corps #32), plus Batman Lost #1 and Hawkman Found #1.
256 pages, Paperback
First published June 19, 2018
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Scott Snyder
1,802 books5,220 followersScott Snyder is the Eisner and Harvey Award winning writer on DC Comics Batman, Swamp Thing, and his original series for Vertigo, American Vampire. He is also the author of the short story collection, Voodoo Heart, published by the Dial Press in 2006. The paperback version was published in the summer of 2007.
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July 14, 2024
This is a great companion to Dark Nights Metal. These stories take place around the issues of the main Metal story line. The Nightmare Batman have been unleashed, each Batman destroyed their worlds Justice League, now all seven of them are here to take out our world Justice League.
The first 4 issues (Teen Titans #12, Nightwing #29, Suicide Squad #26, and Green Arrow#32) take place right after Batman's disappearance/transformation. Damian, Nighwing, Green Arrow with a couple of unlikely Gotamites form the Resistance taking on powerful version of Batman's rouge gallery. However, that is not even the real threat.
Batman: Lost #1. A good story of the mental manipulations out Bruce is going through. His mind is still fighting, but in the face of such powerful enemies and the physical drain, it could be just a matter of time. This issue also ties a couple of loose threads left over from the Final Crisis storyline.
Bats out of hell (The Flash #33, Justice League #32 & 33, and Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #32). This takes place during Superman's rescue attempt. These are the actual clashes between the League and the Nightmares. Good issues, good artwork, and a good story coming to a tipping point for the main Metal series.
Hawkman: Found #1. Similar to Batman: Lost this Carter Hall's experience of loss, manipulation, and corruption. Another very good story.
A very good companion that fills in the blanks of the main series, allowing the other characters to be more of the spotlight. Easy issues start with the main issue covering the cover gallery, which is a full-page spread of the variant covers available. A very good series straight after reading it, I wanted to read Metal again as the blanks were filled in.
The first 4 issues (Teen Titans #12, Nightwing #29, Suicide Squad #26, and Green Arrow#32) take place right after Batman's disappearance/transformation. Damian, Nighwing, Green Arrow with a couple of unlikely Gotamites form the Resistance taking on powerful version of Batman's rouge gallery. However, that is not even the real threat.
Batman: Lost #1. A good story of the mental manipulations out Bruce is going through. His mind is still fighting, but in the face of such powerful enemies and the physical drain, it could be just a matter of time. This issue also ties a couple of loose threads left over from the Final Crisis storyline.
Bats out of hell (The Flash #33, Justice League #32 & 33, and Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #32). This takes place during Superman's rescue attempt. These are the actual clashes between the League and the Nightmares. Good issues, good artwork, and a good story coming to a tipping point for the main Metal series.
Hawkman: Found #1. Similar to Batman: Lost this Carter Hall's experience of loss, manipulation, and corruption. Another very good story.
A very good companion that fills in the blanks of the main series, allowing the other characters to be more of the spotlight. Easy issues start with the main issue covering the cover gallery, which is a full-page spread of the variant covers available. A very good series straight after reading it, I wanted to read Metal again as the blanks were filled in.
May 11, 2018
A mountain has appeared in the middle of Gotham somehow transforming the city into a dark fairyland or something for some reason. Dumb, vague outline? Sounds like Dark Nights: Metal to me! In The Resistance, heroes (and the Suicide Squad) resist villains… but don’t they always do that?!
This book collects some of the tie-in issues to that loathsome event, Dark Nights: Metal. Sometimes tie-ins are better than the event – that’s not the case here. Not a single comic was worth reading.
Batman stumbles about hallucinating in a comic that pointlessly references the likes of Grant Morrison’s The Return of Bruce Wayne #1, Peter Milligan’s Dark Knight, Dark City and Batman’s very first appearance in Detective Comics #27; a couple of one-note baddies – Murder Machine and Devastator – fight the Justice League while another one-note baddie – Dawnbreaker – takes on Green Lantern; that useless idiot Hawkman wanders around a mountain range somewhere for no reason; Barbatos minces around in the background like the pantomime villain he is; and Damian heads up a team consisting of nobody’s favourite B-listers, the Teen Titans, Suicide Squad and Green Arrow to scale the Gotham mountain and punch The Batman Who Laughs because the writers couldn’t come up with anything better.
It would’ve been helpful if we knew anything about the new characters, The Nightmare Batmen, so the encounters would mean something more than nothing, but no – no backstory, no clue who they are other than arbitrary villains, so they remain cyphers. I’d hoped to get answers in this book to help make some sense of the main event, which was a confusing mess, and got nothing.
What little plot there is as shambolic and murky as the main story. What do The Batman Who Laughs’ cards mean? Dunno. How are characters being mind-controlled and by who? Dunno. The only important aspect of the book is that Damian and co. find out that the Nth metal hurts the Nightmare Batmen… except the heroes find this out in the main event anyway so this “reveal” only underscores the book’s irrelevance.
And this volume is irrelevant. No part of The Resistance adds anything to the overall story, goes any way towards fleshing out the new characters or is even remotely entertaining. It’s just extra crap for DC to pick the pockets of fanboys some more. Stjepan Sejic’s art was good in that one issue – that’s what the one star is for – but everything else about The Resistance is, like anything connected to Dark Nights: Metal, a boring waste of time!
This book collects some of the tie-in issues to that loathsome event, Dark Nights: Metal. Sometimes tie-ins are better than the event – that’s not the case here. Not a single comic was worth reading.
Batman stumbles about hallucinating in a comic that pointlessly references the likes of Grant Morrison’s The Return of Bruce Wayne #1, Peter Milligan’s Dark Knight, Dark City and Batman’s very first appearance in Detective Comics #27; a couple of one-note baddies – Murder Machine and Devastator – fight the Justice League while another one-note baddie – Dawnbreaker – takes on Green Lantern; that useless idiot Hawkman wanders around a mountain range somewhere for no reason; Barbatos minces around in the background like the pantomime villain he is; and Damian heads up a team consisting of nobody’s favourite B-listers, the Teen Titans, Suicide Squad and Green Arrow to scale the Gotham mountain and punch The Batman Who Laughs because the writers couldn’t come up with anything better.
It would’ve been helpful if we knew anything about the new characters, The Nightmare Batmen, so the encounters would mean something more than nothing, but no – no backstory, no clue who they are other than arbitrary villains, so they remain cyphers. I’d hoped to get answers in this book to help make some sense of the main event, which was a confusing mess, and got nothing.
What little plot there is as shambolic and murky as the main story. What do The Batman Who Laughs’ cards mean? Dunno. How are characters being mind-controlled and by who? Dunno. The only important aspect of the book is that Damian and co. find out that the Nth metal hurts the Nightmare Batmen… except the heroes find this out in the main event anyway so this “reveal” only underscores the book’s irrelevance.
And this volume is irrelevant. No part of The Resistance adds anything to the overall story, goes any way towards fleshing out the new characters or is even remotely entertaining. It’s just extra crap for DC to pick the pockets of fanboys some more. Stjepan Sejic’s art was good in that one issue – that’s what the one star is for – but everything else about The Resistance is, like anything connected to Dark Nights: Metal, a boring waste of time!
September 25, 2018
Metal all-nite!!!
This regular paperback TPB edition features “Teen Titans” #12, “Nightwing” #29, “Suicide Squad” #26, “Green Arrow” #32, “Batman: Lost” #1, “The Flash” #33, “Justice League” #32-33, “Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps” #32 & “Hawkman: Found” #1.
It’s a shame that DC Comics decided of not doing a metal-foil dustcover hardcover of this TPB, instead publishing as a common paperback one, because the arcs featured here are the second best of the entire event, only the origin stories of the Dark Knights is better than this, and definitely this TPB is way WAY better than the main event.
THE RESISTANCE
The whole world went to hell due the insidious invasion of the dark god Barbathos and his Dark Knights of the Dark Multiverse, but the city most affected is…
…Gotham City.
Not only a whole mountain appeared out of thin air in the middle of the city, but also, the Batman Who Laughs (the twisted version of Bruce Wayne with Joker’s serum) gives metal cards, giving astonshing powers, to several of the most dangerous villains from Arkham Asylum to create a Dante’s Inferno-like circled barriers to avoid any access to the said mountain.
With the Justice League broken and scattered, it’s up to the Teen Titans and the Suicide Squad trying to break through the controled areas to reach the mountain…
…along with the support of Nightwing and Green Arrow.
However, soon enough many of both teammember will fall into enemy control due intervention of the twisted “Robins” of the Batman Who Laughs…
…leaving only Damian Wayne, Harley Quinn and Killer Croc to join Nightwing and Green Arrow forming a “resistance” effort against the madness unleashed in Gotham City.
BATMAN: LOST
Batman is trapped in the Dark Multiverse, and the dark god Barbathos is enjoying tormenting him, maing him to live dark illusions showing twisted outcomes of Batman’s past adventures, losing his mind in the middle of those corrupted memories.
BATS OUT OF HELL
Batman is lost in the Dark Multiverse and Superman went after him hoping to rescue him, also Cyborg was beaten and out of contact; so it’s up to the rest of the Justice League (The Flash (Barry Allen), Green Lantern (Hal Jordan), Wonder Woman and Aquaman) to find remote deposits with something that they hope being able to beat the invading Dark Knights of the Dark Multiverse…
…however, these twisted versions of Bruce Wayne are aware of the intentions of the remaining Justice League, and also, they are prepared to intercept them and beat the crap out of the heroes, since these dark knights have no moral restraints and anything goes in their insidious resources to use against the fragmented Justice League.
HAWKMAN: FOUND
This last story in the TPB isn’t as solid as all the previous ones in the volume.
Carter Hall aka Hawkman has been a man of many lives, but responding to an emergency call from the Challengers’ Mountain, he is trapped into the Dark Multivere too and while he finds once and again, clues of his past life, he’s still at the mercy of Barbathos and his evil plans to the normal Multiverse.
This regular paperback TPB edition features “Teen Titans” #12, “Nightwing” #29, “Suicide Squad” #26, “Green Arrow” #32, “Batman: Lost” #1, “The Flash” #33, “Justice League” #32-33, “Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps” #32 & “Hawkman: Found” #1.
It’s a shame that DC Comics decided of not doing a metal-foil dustcover hardcover of this TPB, instead publishing as a common paperback one, because the arcs featured here are the second best of the entire event, only the origin stories of the Dark Knights is better than this, and definitely this TPB is way WAY better than the main event.
THE RESISTANCE
The whole world went to hell due the insidious invasion of the dark god Barbathos and his Dark Knights of the Dark Multiverse, but the city most affected is…
…Gotham City.
Not only a whole mountain appeared out of thin air in the middle of the city, but also, the Batman Who Laughs (the twisted version of Bruce Wayne with Joker’s serum) gives metal cards, giving astonshing powers, to several of the most dangerous villains from Arkham Asylum to create a Dante’s Inferno-like circled barriers to avoid any access to the said mountain.
With the Justice League broken and scattered, it’s up to the Teen Titans and the Suicide Squad trying to break through the controled areas to reach the mountain…
…along with the support of Nightwing and Green Arrow.
However, soon enough many of both teammember will fall into enemy control due intervention of the twisted “Robins” of the Batman Who Laughs…
…leaving only Damian Wayne, Harley Quinn and Killer Croc to join Nightwing and Green Arrow forming a “resistance” effort against the madness unleashed in Gotham City.
BATMAN: LOST
Batman is trapped in the Dark Multiverse, and the dark god Barbathos is enjoying tormenting him, maing him to live dark illusions showing twisted outcomes of Batman’s past adventures, losing his mind in the middle of those corrupted memories.
BATS OUT OF HELL
Batman is lost in the Dark Multiverse and Superman went after him hoping to rescue him, also Cyborg was beaten and out of contact; so it’s up to the rest of the Justice League (The Flash (Barry Allen), Green Lantern (Hal Jordan), Wonder Woman and Aquaman) to find remote deposits with something that they hope being able to beat the invading Dark Knights of the Dark Multiverse…
…however, these twisted versions of Bruce Wayne are aware of the intentions of the remaining Justice League, and also, they are prepared to intercept them and beat the crap out of the heroes, since these dark knights have no moral restraints and anything goes in their insidious resources to use against the fragmented Justice League.
HAWKMAN: FOUND
This last story in the TPB isn’t as solid as all the previous ones in the volume.
Carter Hall aka Hawkman has been a man of many lives, but responding to an emergency call from the Challengers’ Mountain, he is trapped into the Dark Multivere too and while he finds once and again, clues of his past life, he’s still at the mercy of Barbathos and his evil plans to the normal Multiverse.
April 4, 2020
Another tie-in volume far better than the main Metal event, an unexpected welcome oddity because usually in crossovers these ones are money-grabbing crap.
And artists involved are just an all-stars team.
Kudos for the hilarious Harley/Green Arrow playing Dungeons and Dragons gag.
July 13, 2018
DC brings in a lot of their big gun artists to illustrate the Dark Nights Metal tie in issues throughout the DC universe. There's two main arcs. Both tie in very well to the core Dark Nights Metal book. Gotham Resistance has members of the Bat family and Green Arrow teaming up to run the gambit through the Dante's Inferno version of Gotham. It's actually pretty good. Bats Out of Hell focuses on the Justice League's battle with the evil Batmen. It's solid too.
I was surprised how well these fit in to the overall story. In most of the company wide crossovers of the past, these tie-ins were terrible.
Received a review copy from DC and NetGalley. All thoughts are my own and in no way influenced by the aforementioned.
I was surprised how well these fit in to the overall story. In most of the company wide crossovers of the past, these tie-ins were terrible.
Received a review copy from DC and NetGalley. All thoughts are my own and in no way influenced by the aforementioned.
April 23, 2018
Compared to the Nightmare Batmen tie-in volume, this one felt a lot less monumental, yet it was still worth checking out for the extra details to the lore that it added.
The Bats Out of Hell story arc (4 parts) focuses a lot more on the members of the Justice League that are still fighting to survive the cataclysmic event (The Flash, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, Aquaman and Cyborg). It dives into some of the mini-events that took place in the Metal event, but doesn't offer any huge revelation. Characters who make a quick entrance and exit in the main event get some spotlight here and shows us how things unfolded, but the real treat in this story arc is the finale (Justice League #33) where the artwork is phenomenal.
The Gotham Resistance story arc (4 parts) focuses rather on a mixed lot of characters, including members of the Bat family, the Suicide Squad and the Teen Titans. The banter is actually pretty cool in this one, especially between certain characters who aren't often seen in a comedic setting. The cheesiness does sometimes overflow and make certain dialogues a bit hard to handle (as in awkward), but the end result is still a fun ride. The art by St. Jepan Sejic in Suicide Squad #26 is pretty awesome and event has a Mad Max inspiration for a part of the story. What you learn from this story arc isn't too mind-blowing, but it does clarify some little details and continues to make this volume a nice addition to the Metal series event.
Two special issues were also included in this volume: Hawkman Found and Batman Lost. Hawkman Found was a nice nightmare story focused on Carter Hall and what exactly happens to him, but Batman Lost would be the biggest reason why this volume is worth picking up. Written by Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV and Joshua Williamson, the one-shot story explores Batman's situation in the middle of the crisis. I love how it plays on the whole theme of "lost" and not just the lost/found but also the win/loss.
Again, the best way to enjoy this event is to really go by release date of each issue. They add that extra lengthening to the main event to make it all so much more fun, but read as volumes, it just makes you want to re-read the main 6-issue story and see what you might not have picked up on in the first place.
Yours truly,
Lashaan | Blogger and Book Reviewer
Official blog: https://bookidote.com/
The Bats Out of Hell story arc (4 parts) focuses a lot more on the members of the Justice League that are still fighting to survive the cataclysmic event (The Flash, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, Aquaman and Cyborg). It dives into some of the mini-events that took place in the Metal event, but doesn't offer any huge revelation. Characters who make a quick entrance and exit in the main event get some spotlight here and shows us how things unfolded, but the real treat in this story arc is the finale (Justice League #33) where the artwork is phenomenal.
The Gotham Resistance story arc (4 parts) focuses rather on a mixed lot of characters, including members of the Bat family, the Suicide Squad and the Teen Titans. The banter is actually pretty cool in this one, especially between certain characters who aren't often seen in a comedic setting. The cheesiness does sometimes overflow and make certain dialogues a bit hard to handle (as in awkward), but the end result is still a fun ride. The art by St. Jepan Sejic in Suicide Squad #26 is pretty awesome and event has a Mad Max inspiration for a part of the story. What you learn from this story arc isn't too mind-blowing, but it does clarify some little details and continues to make this volume a nice addition to the Metal series event.
Two special issues were also included in this volume: Hawkman Found and Batman Lost. Hawkman Found was a nice nightmare story focused on Carter Hall and what exactly happens to him, but Batman Lost would be the biggest reason why this volume is worth picking up. Written by Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV and Joshua Williamson, the one-shot story explores Batman's situation in the middle of the crisis. I love how it plays on the whole theme of "lost" and not just the lost/found but also the win/loss.
Again, the best way to enjoy this event is to really go by release date of each issue. They add that extra lengthening to the main event to make it all so much more fun, but read as volumes, it just makes you want to re-read the main 6-issue story and see what you might not have picked up on in the first place.
Yours truly,
Lashaan | Blogger and Book Reviewer
Official blog: https://bookidote.com/
November 9, 2018
This is a pretty twisted plot line but super cool
April 1, 2018
Eh this started off good but went down quick.
Well this is the last Metal thing to read. I was actually excited for this because it had some great art, a solid team of writers, and a interesting idea. Sadly, it all comes crumbling down after the start of Gotham resistance. So after we come past the initial events and having our heroes like Robin, Nightwing, Harley and more team up they all break up and then the focus shifts to the Justice League and sorry...they aren't as interesting. Also this has to be read with Metal to understand anything so NOT a good standalone book.
Good: Some of the issues have great art. I also thought the storylines with Damien and him leading the Gotham Resistance as really solid.
Bad: Everything else, and almost all the justice league stuff was dull.
Just kind of a tag on to Metal. Not really needed for reading Metal at all.
Well this is the last Metal thing to read. I was actually excited for this because it had some great art, a solid team of writers, and a interesting idea. Sadly, it all comes crumbling down after the start of Gotham resistance. So after we come past the initial events and having our heroes like Robin, Nightwing, Harley and more team up they all break up and then the focus shifts to the Justice League and sorry...they aren't as interesting. Also this has to be read with Metal to understand anything so NOT a good standalone book.
Good: Some of the issues have great art. I also thought the storylines with Damien and him leading the Gotham Resistance as really solid.
Bad: Everything else, and almost all the justice league stuff was dull.
Just kind of a tag on to Metal. Not really needed for reading Metal at all.
January 20, 2018
For tie-ins this is pretty fantastic.
World: The art is mostly very good, the artists from the respective series takes on the role and the design of the 'Dark Nights Metal' world is pretty fantastic so yeah it's good. The world building is pretty good, with the Dante's Inferno homage, the Bat villains in each ring, the stakes being high and bits and pieces of the greater 'Dark Nights Metal' world building being a part of this tie in, I'm surprised how much these issues mattered.
Story: There are 2 main stories found here, the Resistance story with a wonderful cast of characters wearing awesome armor and actually gaining knowledge on something very important at the end. It is a story of consequence and was paced well and the banter and the story was fun and exciting. I really liked the cast. The second 4 issue arc is 'Bats Out of Hell' which was also very solid in moving the story forward between the main issues of 'Dark Nights Metal', this arc really gave us a larger picture of the stakes and also allowed for the Justice League team to be a big part of it. Though the end was a bit of a meh compared to 'Resistance' it was still pretty fantastic pitting the Dark Knights with the Justice League. The Carter Hall issue was just pure Hawkman beauty and if you love this character you will love a single issue that gives us pure Hawkman.
Characters: It's pretty amazing the banter and the quiet moments that this book was able to fit into the story. With the main title dealing with Bruce and the Dark Multiverse this book really dives into the Bat family and also characters that are important to Batman. I really loved Damien and Dick in this arc, they were important and their quiet moments really grounded the story. The stuff with the Justice League was also awesome, especially the Hal issue (so good). I'm surprised.
I'm surprised how much these issues mattered and how much character moments and rolling in past DCU events into Rebirth continuity that took place here. It's actually quite essential for the event and it's good.
Onward to the next book!
*read individual issues*
World: The art is mostly very good, the artists from the respective series takes on the role and the design of the 'Dark Nights Metal' world is pretty fantastic so yeah it's good. The world building is pretty good, with the Dante's Inferno homage, the Bat villains in each ring, the stakes being high and bits and pieces of the greater 'Dark Nights Metal' world building being a part of this tie in, I'm surprised how much these issues mattered.
Story: There are 2 main stories found here, the Resistance story with a wonderful cast of characters wearing awesome armor and actually gaining knowledge on something very important at the end. It is a story of consequence and was paced well and the banter and the story was fun and exciting. I really liked the cast. The second 4 issue arc is 'Bats Out of Hell' which was also very solid in moving the story forward between the main issues of 'Dark Nights Metal', this arc really gave us a larger picture of the stakes and also allowed for the Justice League team to be a big part of it. Though the end was a bit of a meh compared to 'Resistance' it was still pretty fantastic pitting the Dark Knights with the Justice League. The Carter Hall issue was just pure Hawkman beauty and if you love this character you will love a single issue that gives us pure Hawkman.
Characters: It's pretty amazing the banter and the quiet moments that this book was able to fit into the story. With the main title dealing with Bruce and the Dark Multiverse this book really dives into the Bat family and also characters that are important to Batman. I really loved Damien and Dick in this arc, they were important and their quiet moments really grounded the story. The stuff with the Justice League was also awesome, especially the Hal issue (so good). I'm surprised.
I'm surprised how much these issues mattered and how much character moments and rolling in past DCU events into Rebirth continuity that took place here. It's actually quite essential for the event and it's good.
Onward to the next book!
*read individual issues*
July 15, 2018
The art was very good. The world building and characters were solid. And these issues actually mattered to the overall Dark Nights Metal story. I just didn't enjoy it as much as the previous volume of the series.
February 9, 2019
Compared to the others spin offs this ain’t bad.
December 30, 2019
I really enjoy the character moments but the majority of this was a lot of exposition for the Dark Nights: Metal arc which is confusing enough as it is. I liked the strange team up of Damina Wayne, Dick Grayson, Harley Quinn, Oliver Queen and (briefly) Killer Croc. Certainly not your usual team up.
I'm (pleasantly) surprised by how much focus was placed Damian Wayne. A lot of this was about his guilt over being unable to save his father. I liked the moments where Oliver and Dick tried to comfort him.
That being said, my eyes glazed over quite a bit during all the parts that went over the Nth Metal thing again and again.
I'm (pleasantly) surprised by how much focus was placed Damian Wayne. A lot of this was about his guilt over being unable to save his father. I liked the moments where Oliver and Dick tried to comfort him.
That being said, my eyes glazed over quite a bit during all the parts that went over the Nth Metal thing again and again.
September 9, 2018
TL; DR. A pointless bit of water treading with poorly plotted stories and hard-to-read Batman speech balloons.
Gotham Resistance. The Batman Who Laughs has taken over Gotham. He's the one who talks in impossible-to-read red-on-black speech balloons. You'll either skim what he says or give yourself a migraine.
He's turned Gotham into Dante's Inferno. No reason, except it gives the players, um that is heroes, a bunch of levels to fight through, complete with level bosses. Which they do for four long issues. There's a MacGuffin or something but who cares? The MacGuffin even changes over the course of the crossover.
The group of players (heroes) is also quite nonsensical. A random group of people come together after randomly abandoning most of their respective teams. Only Ollie has good reasoning (and his issue is the only one that's decently written).
The ending would be really anti-climatic, except that subversion of expectations is about the only clever thing in the crossover [2/5].
Batman Lost. Snyder really does an impressively good imitation of Grand Morrison at times, and this is one of those times. This weird, fractured story is full of great moments and also does a terrific job of ... not exactly defining Barbatos, but at least giving him more weight and pulling together his mythology. This is a weird, thought-provoking comic that does a great job of complementing Metal [4+/5].
Bats Out of Hell. The JLA are split up to fight the Dark Bats. Theoretically, this feels like something that the Metal series really needed, because it gives some more attention to the dark Batmen, who seemed to come and go too quickly in that main series. But the plotting of this mini-series is unfortunately quite bad. Everyone is singled out to fight one on one with their specified foe. Even if it seems like they're winning, they arbitrarily lose, and then at the end everything gets put back to almost the exact status quo of the first issue. Other than the heroes having a new goal, there's no way to tell this miniseries happened. Also, it turns out that the Red Death has speech bubbles even harder to read than the Batman Who Laughs. In this case, I'd say that they're literally unreadable [2/5].
Hawkman Found. Oh, hey, Hawkman is lost again. He's forgotten who he is, and is probably presumed dead. In otherwise, it's a Wednesday. This story is actually well-written but as far as I can tell, absolutely nothing happens [3/5].
Gotham Resistance. The Batman Who Laughs has taken over Gotham. He's the one who talks in impossible-to-read red-on-black speech balloons. You'll either skim what he says or give yourself a migraine.
He's turned Gotham into Dante's Inferno. No reason, except it gives the players, um that is heroes, a bunch of levels to fight through, complete with level bosses. Which they do for four long issues. There's a MacGuffin or something but who cares? The MacGuffin even changes over the course of the crossover.
The group of players (heroes) is also quite nonsensical. A random group of people come together after randomly abandoning most of their respective teams. Only Ollie has good reasoning (and his issue is the only one that's decently written).
The ending would be really anti-climatic, except that subversion of expectations is about the only clever thing in the crossover [2/5].
Batman Lost. Snyder really does an impressively good imitation of Grand Morrison at times, and this is one of those times. This weird, fractured story is full of great moments and also does a terrific job of ... not exactly defining Barbatos, but at least giving him more weight and pulling together his mythology. This is a weird, thought-provoking comic that does a great job of complementing Metal [4+/5].
Bats Out of Hell. The JLA are split up to fight the Dark Bats. Theoretically, this feels like something that the Metal series really needed, because it gives some more attention to the dark Batmen, who seemed to come and go too quickly in that main series. But the plotting of this mini-series is unfortunately quite bad. Everyone is singled out to fight one on one with their specified foe. Even if it seems like they're winning, they arbitrarily lose, and then at the end everything gets put back to almost the exact status quo of the first issue. Other than the heroes having a new goal, there's no way to tell this miniseries happened. Also, it turns out that the Red Death has speech bubbles even harder to read than the Batman Who Laughs. In this case, I'd say that they're literally unreadable [2/5].
Hawkman Found. Oh, hey, Hawkman is lost again. He's forgotten who he is, and is probably presumed dead. In otherwise, it's a Wednesday. This story is actually well-written but as far as I can tell, absolutely nothing happens [3/5].
October 11, 2019
Somehow even worse than the main book. Absolutely pointless, aimless, plodding story that is basically textbook definition of filler and cash grab. Nothing in this book is of any consequence, and the story is so tedious and thin that it barely holds together.
June 24, 2018
[Read as single issues]
The events of Dark Nights: Metal continue to reverberate across the DC Universe, as a ragtag band of heroes attempts to infiltrate the newly transformed Gotham City. Then, the Justice League tackle the Nightmare Batmen head on, while Batman finds himself lost in the Dark Multiverse and Hawkman finds himself transformed into a Hawk-Monster!
Gotham Resistance is the lead story here, linking Green Arrow, Nightwing, Teen Titans, and Suicide Squad together for a four issue story. The true appeal of this story is the super artists involved, with Stjepan Sejic on one, Juan Ferreyra on another, Mirko Andolfo on a third, and Paul Pelletier on the final one. That's one good lookin' story. The characters involved mesh together oddly well, and it's great to see Damian and the Teen Titans interacting with characters other than each other. This also explores the effects of the Dark Knights on the DC Universe, with the physical transformation of Gotham City making for a great story setting.
Bats Out Of Hell comes next, and this is a good companion piece of the Dark Knights Rising one-shots, pairing the Justice League against their twisted Batman counterparts. This threads through Justice League, Flash, and Hal Jordan, but it reads a lot more cohesively than the Gotham Resistance story rather than four individual issues of a series tied together, possibly because it's got two writers on it instead of three. The art is again brilliant, with Ethan Van Sciver, Howard Porter, Liam Sharp, and Tyler Kirkham on display here. Say what you want about Metal, but it's got some awesome artists on everything involved.
Also included here since they don't fit anywhere else are Batman: Lost and Hawkman: Found, two one-shots that tie into the main series. Batman: Lost is another exploration of Batman and his role in the DC Universe, but it's not particularly important overall since it loops back to the beginning at the end. The Hawkman issue is almost incomprehensible and doesn't really do anything at all. It doesn't even set up the new Hawkman ongoing, so it's probably the weakest issue of this volume and the crossover as a whole.
If you've read the rest of Metal, there's no reason not to grab this one. It's got a lot of things going on, but it's almost all fantastic.
The events of Dark Nights: Metal continue to reverberate across the DC Universe, as a ragtag band of heroes attempts to infiltrate the newly transformed Gotham City. Then, the Justice League tackle the Nightmare Batmen head on, while Batman finds himself lost in the Dark Multiverse and Hawkman finds himself transformed into a Hawk-Monster!
Gotham Resistance is the lead story here, linking Green Arrow, Nightwing, Teen Titans, and Suicide Squad together for a four issue story. The true appeal of this story is the super artists involved, with Stjepan Sejic on one, Juan Ferreyra on another, Mirko Andolfo on a third, and Paul Pelletier on the final one. That's one good lookin' story. The characters involved mesh together oddly well, and it's great to see Damian and the Teen Titans interacting with characters other than each other. This also explores the effects of the Dark Knights on the DC Universe, with the physical transformation of Gotham City making for a great story setting.
Bats Out Of Hell comes next, and this is a good companion piece of the Dark Knights Rising one-shots, pairing the Justice League against their twisted Batman counterparts. This threads through Justice League, Flash, and Hal Jordan, but it reads a lot more cohesively than the Gotham Resistance story rather than four individual issues of a series tied together, possibly because it's got two writers on it instead of three. The art is again brilliant, with Ethan Van Sciver, Howard Porter, Liam Sharp, and Tyler Kirkham on display here. Say what you want about Metal, but it's got some awesome artists on everything involved.
Also included here since they don't fit anywhere else are Batman: Lost and Hawkman: Found, two one-shots that tie into the main series. Batman: Lost is another exploration of Batman and his role in the DC Universe, but it's not particularly important overall since it loops back to the beginning at the end. The Hawkman issue is almost incomprehensible and doesn't really do anything at all. It doesn't even set up the new Hawkman ongoing, so it's probably the weakest issue of this volume and the crossover as a whole.
If you've read the rest of Metal, there's no reason not to grab this one. It's got a lot of things going on, but it's almost all fantastic.
March 18, 2020
This book of companion issues is actually separated into two separate arcs. The first, "Gotham Resistance," follows Green Arrow, Nightwing, the Suicide Squad, and the Teen Titans as they team up for a big rescue mission in a Gotham City transformed by The Dark Multiverse. Even though it’s fun and does have a few big moments, it’s only for those who want the complete Metal story. The second arc, however, “Bats Out of Hell,” is much more required reading as it focuses on the heroes of the DC universe battling the various versions of the Nightmare Batmen. Big events happen here that are necessary to following the Metal storyline, especially in the Flash and Justice League issues, so definitely read this material!
Remember, this should be read in tandem with the other stories that tie into the Dark Nights: Metal event. The event and its tie-ins are all pretty deeply connected and should be read in issue order to really follow everything that's happening. Jump back and forth between each book by following this issue order below:
Dark Days: The Road to Metal
1) Dark Days: The Forge
2) Dark Days: The The Casting
Dark Nights: Metal
3) Dark Nights: Metal #1 - found in Dark Nights: Metal
4) Dark Nights: Metal #2 - found in Dark Nights: Metal
5) Teen Titans #12 - found in Dark Nights: Metal - The Resistance
6) Nightwing #29 - found in Dark Nights: Metal - The Resistance
7) Batman: The Red Death - found in Dark Nights: Metal - Dark Knights Rising
8) Batman: The Murder Machine - found in Dark Nights: Metal - Dark Knights Rising
9) Batman: The Dawnbreaker - found in Dark Nights: Metal - Dark Knights Rising
10) Batman: The Drowned - found in Dark Nights: Metal - Dark Knights Rising
11) Suicide Squad #26 - found in Dark Nights: Metal - The Resistance
12) Green Arrow #32 - found in Dark Nights: Metal - The Resistance
13) Batman: The Merciless - found in Dark Nights: Metal - Dark Knights Rising
14) Dark Nights: Metal #3 - found in Dark Nights: Metal
15) The Flash #33 - found in Dark Nights: Metal - The Resistance
16) Justice League #32 - found in Dark Nights: Metal - The Resistance
17) Batman: The Devastator - found in Dark Nights: Metal - Dark Knights Rising
18) Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #32 - found in Dark Nights: Metal - The Resistance
19) Justice League #33 - found in Dark Nights: Metal - The Resistance
20) Batman: Lost - found in Dark Nights: Metal - The Resistance
21) Batman: The Batman Who Laughs - found in Dark Nights: Metal - Dark Knights Rising
22) Dark Nights: Metal #4 - found in Dark Nights: Metal
23) Hawkman: Found - found in Dark Nights: Metal - The Resistance
24) Dark Nights: Metal #5 - found in Dark Nights: Metal
25) Dark Knights Rising: The Wild Hunt - found in Dark Nights: Metal - Dark Knights Rising
26) Dark Nights: Metal #6 - found in Dark Nights: Metal
Remember, this should be read in tandem with the other stories that tie into the Dark Nights: Metal event. The event and its tie-ins are all pretty deeply connected and should be read in issue order to really follow everything that's happening. Jump back and forth between each book by following this issue order below:
Dark Days: The Road to Metal
1) Dark Days: The Forge
2) Dark Days: The The Casting
Dark Nights: Metal
3) Dark Nights: Metal #1 - found in Dark Nights: Metal
4) Dark Nights: Metal #2 - found in Dark Nights: Metal
5) Teen Titans #12 - found in Dark Nights: Metal - The Resistance
6) Nightwing #29 - found in Dark Nights: Metal - The Resistance
7) Batman: The Red Death - found in Dark Nights: Metal - Dark Knights Rising
8) Batman: The Murder Machine - found in Dark Nights: Metal - Dark Knights Rising
9) Batman: The Dawnbreaker - found in Dark Nights: Metal - Dark Knights Rising
10) Batman: The Drowned - found in Dark Nights: Metal - Dark Knights Rising
11) Suicide Squad #26 - found in Dark Nights: Metal - The Resistance
12) Green Arrow #32 - found in Dark Nights: Metal - The Resistance
13) Batman: The Merciless - found in Dark Nights: Metal - Dark Knights Rising
14) Dark Nights: Metal #3 - found in Dark Nights: Metal
15) The Flash #33 - found in Dark Nights: Metal - The Resistance
16) Justice League #32 - found in Dark Nights: Metal - The Resistance
17) Batman: The Devastator - found in Dark Nights: Metal - Dark Knights Rising
18) Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #32 - found in Dark Nights: Metal - The Resistance
19) Justice League #33 - found in Dark Nights: Metal - The Resistance
20) Batman: Lost - found in Dark Nights: Metal - The Resistance
21) Batman: The Batman Who Laughs - found in Dark Nights: Metal - Dark Knights Rising
22) Dark Nights: Metal #4 - found in Dark Nights: Metal
23) Hawkman: Found - found in Dark Nights: Metal - The Resistance
24) Dark Nights: Metal #5 - found in Dark Nights: Metal
25) Dark Knights Rising: The Wild Hunt - found in Dark Nights: Metal - Dark Knights Rising
26) Dark Nights: Metal #6 - found in Dark Nights: Metal
September 6, 2018
I received this from Edelweiss and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
Wow, this was incredibly hard to follow. I seriously had no idea what was going on from the very first page. DC Comics should consider putting together an omnibus Metal edition, in proper order. It would allow the reader to understand the complete story in all its complexity.
Wow, this was incredibly hard to follow. I seriously had no idea what was going on from the very first page. DC Comics should consider putting together an omnibus Metal edition, in proper order. It would allow the reader to understand the complete story in all its complexity.
July 25, 2020
Para empezar esta reseña advierto que DARK NIGHTS METAL: THE RESISTANCE a diferencia de METAL a secas que contiene el evento principal abordado desde la perspectiva de Batman y los demás miembros de la liga de la justicia y DARK NIGHTS METAL: DARK KNIGHTS RISING que junta los orígenes de los caballeros oscuros más el cómic que liga los eventos de este libro con los otros 2, este tomo se encarga de apoyar a los 2 volúmenes anteriores porque contiene las historias de los personajes de apoyo y equipos secundarios a la liga de la justicia que también terminaron combatiendo a Barbatos y a los caballeros oscuros desde otros flancos así que el aviso ahí queda y por eso no me voy a explayar mucho con la reseña de este libro porque cualquier cosa que diga acerca de los capítulos que rellenan los huecos argumentales del evento principal son un spoiler bastante fuerte.
Así que sin ningún spoiler puedo decirles que The Resistance me gustó bastante, fue muy entretenido conocer las anécdotas del campo de batalla y ver a equipos bastante conocidos como el Escuadrón Suicida y los Teen Titans librar sus propias batallas contra el multiverso oscuro, tanto así que creo que este tomo me gustó incluso más que el volumen que contiene la saga principal debido a que las historias de estos equipos son más concretas y autoconclusivas y además los personajes que salen son muy relacionables porque cuentan con las alineaciones más celebres de sus grupos que se hicieron famosas por sus adaptaciones de cine y televisión.
Y este comentario es una constante en los 3 libros que conforman la saga del METAL, pero el arte es un deleite visual en el que hay muchos ilustradores y coloristas diferentes involucrados y por ende hay un montón de cambios de estilo a lo largo del volumen de The Resistance que le vienen muy bien a este libro y a los otros.
Para finalizar, DARK NIGHTS METAL: THE RESISTANCE es un volumen vital si quieres tener la experiencia de BATMAN METAL completa y que por obvias razones vas a necesitar los otros 2 libros para entender lo que esta pasando aquí, como dije antes, disfrute mucho este libro y me dio varias horas de diversión mientras lo leía, así que si eres seguidor de METAL no se a que estas esperando…
Así que sin ningún spoiler puedo decirles que The Resistance me gustó bastante, fue muy entretenido conocer las anécdotas del campo de batalla y ver a equipos bastante conocidos como el Escuadrón Suicida y los Teen Titans librar sus propias batallas contra el multiverso oscuro, tanto así que creo que este tomo me gustó incluso más que el volumen que contiene la saga principal debido a que las historias de estos equipos son más concretas y autoconclusivas y además los personajes que salen son muy relacionables porque cuentan con las alineaciones más celebres de sus grupos que se hicieron famosas por sus adaptaciones de cine y televisión.
Y este comentario es una constante en los 3 libros que conforman la saga del METAL, pero el arte es un deleite visual en el que hay muchos ilustradores y coloristas diferentes involucrados y por ende hay un montón de cambios de estilo a lo largo del volumen de The Resistance que le vienen muy bien a este libro y a los otros.
Para finalizar, DARK NIGHTS METAL: THE RESISTANCE es un volumen vital si quieres tener la experiencia de BATMAN METAL completa y que por obvias razones vas a necesitar los otros 2 libros para entender lo que esta pasando aquí, como dije antes, disfrute mucho este libro y me dio varias horas de diversión mientras lo leía, así que si eres seguidor de METAL no se a que estas esperando…
June 29, 2025
A big tie in to the main Metal arc, this volume format is collecting the 'Resistence' story featuring the bat family, suicide squad, and the titans. The unusual trio is fighting back against the forces of Barbatos, and takes up half the volume.
The other half goes with another tie in story for the Justice league members, in the main arc they were mostly on separate missions, but here, we see them regrouping and uniting again under the leadership of Cyborg.
This edition collects also 2 short stories that are related to the Metal arc. One for Batman, another for Hawk.
This expansion on the Metal story is proving engaging and well played so far...
MiM
The other half goes with another tie in story for the Justice league members, in the main arc they were mostly on separate missions, but here, we see them regrouping and uniting again under the leadership of Cyborg.
This edition collects also 2 short stories that are related to the Metal arc. One for Batman, another for Hawk.
This expansion on the Metal story is proving engaging and well played so far...
MiM
April 7, 2018
Now this is how you do event tie-ins!
I recently finished reading the Daredevil: Shadowland Omnibus, and all of the tie-ins to that story are totally pointless. They don't affect the main story at all and many are retconned immediately so that they don't change anything in the main story.
Here, however, the tie-ins are all very important to the overall Dark Nights event. Besides that, the art was fantastic (especially Sejic's Suicide Squad #26).
I recently finished reading the Daredevil: Shadowland Omnibus, and all of the tie-ins to that story are totally pointless. They don't affect the main story at all and many are retconned immediately so that they don't change anything in the main story.
Here, however, the tie-ins are all very important to the overall Dark Nights event. Besides that, the art was fantastic (especially Sejic's Suicide Squad #26).
July 20, 2018
I think this is the worst volume in the whole run.
June 9, 2020
So I’m re-reading Metal but this time I’m including the tie-in stuff that I haven’t read before
This was better than I expected. Maybe it’s helped by it being collected instead of me buying a bunch of different titles I usually wouldn’t buy. But I liked how the first story kinda followed the supporting characters as things went to hell and the second story was more about the Justice League. The Batman Lost one shot was also a pretty trippy, but in a good way. However, I do not get the thing with the Hawkman one shot, and that’s having read the Death of Hawkman mini.
This was better than I expected. Maybe it’s helped by it being collected instead of me buying a bunch of different titles I usually wouldn’t buy. But I liked how the first story kinda followed the supporting characters as things went to hell and the second story was more about the Justice League. The Batman Lost one shot was also a pretty trippy, but in a good way. However, I do not get the thing with the Hawkman one shot, and that’s having read the Death of Hawkman mini.
July 16, 2018
4.5 stars
December 25, 2024
Bag of mixed beans - well, colourful short stories about characters, both heroes and bad guys fighting for the greater good, who were involved in the battles around Challenger's Mountain. Some feel better than others, but all in all I think it's a nice collection to complete all the storylines woven into Dark Nights: Metal.
(Big cheers to Harley Quinn, she's doing awfully well as this kind of spicy heroine!)
(Big cheers to Harley Quinn, she's doing awfully well as this kind of spicy heroine!)
October 31, 2018
First of all ...the art in this book is breathtaking! Literally. I had to remind myself to breathe.
Our heroes are dealing with dark multiverses. The ultimate bad guy has pulled together seven evil Batmans from seven different universes and set them to destroy our heroes.
The key to a great superhero story is to put them in a situation that seems insurmountable. That’s what these authors do again and again to each superhero in turn. So, yeah...when reading this remember to breathe.
Our heroes are dealing with dark multiverses. The ultimate bad guy has pulled together seven evil Batmans from seven different universes and set them to destroy our heroes.
The key to a great superhero story is to put them in a situation that seems insurmountable. That’s what these authors do again and again to each superhero in turn. So, yeah...when reading this remember to breathe.
April 23, 2024
3.5 Stars
This turned out to be one of those crossovers where the tie ins were much better than the main story. This volume showed the different heroes of the DCU battling the various "evil Batmen" and without the confusing backstory this was pretty good stuff. I loved the concept of the Evil JLA Batmen and the Dark Multiverse, but to me the "magic metal" aspect weakened the storyline overall.
This turned out to be one of those crossovers where the tie ins were much better than the main story. This volume showed the different heroes of the DCU battling the various "evil Batmen" and without the confusing backstory this was pretty good stuff. I loved the concept of the Evil JLA Batmen and the Dark Multiverse, but to me the "magic metal" aspect weakened the storyline overall.
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August 23, 2019I'd come very close to just taking this one back to the library unread, but I'm glad I didn't, because I needed something completely brainless this morning. It's a bunch of issues from various titles tying into the less-entertainingly-crazy-than-it-thinks-it-is Metal crossover, the bulk of which are stitched into two storylines. The first, Gotham Resistance, is quite fun; loads of Batman's villains have been powered up (and ninetiesd up - even the ruddy Riddler looks like Lobo) and turned Gotham into (even more of a) vision of Hell. Into which a ragtag gang of heroes and villains venture, because of some plot. It's by no means perfect; Damian Wayne has apparently lapsed from entertainingly snarky into just really annoying, and even the script lampshades the superfluity of an evil alternate world Suicide Squad. But it has its fun moments, it has a sound effect that looks very like my name, and boy is it pretty; it's always a delight to see Stjepan Sejic draw Harley and Ivy, even if evil mind control metal means they're rather less affectionate than usual this time.
Then you've got Batman: Lost, which is one of the best bits of the whole sorry crossover, but already in at least one of the other Metal collections.
The second main story is Bats Out Of Hell, with the Justice League versus their evil Batman opposite numbers. It's absolutely dreadful, but at times amusingly so, as when Cyborg has a very Kung Fury moment and declares "We're going to hack the multiverse." Or Green Lantern playing into his Boring Uncle Hal side with what he thinks is the killer line "You stepped up to the mic with your emo crap. I came to rock."
And then the collection concludes with Hawkman: Found, whose only purpose is to remind us that core superhero books are generally a complete waste of Jeff Lemire's talents.
Then you've got Batman: Lost, which is one of the best bits of the whole sorry crossover, but already in at least one of the other Metal collections.
The second main story is Bats Out Of Hell, with the Justice League versus their evil Batman opposite numbers. It's absolutely dreadful, but at times amusingly so, as when Cyborg has a very Kung Fury moment and declares "We're going to hack the multiverse." Or Green Lantern playing into his Boring Uncle Hal side with what he thinks is the killer line "You stepped up to the mic with your emo crap. I came to rock."
And then the collection concludes with Hawkman: Found, whose only purpose is to remind us that core superhero books are generally a complete waste of Jeff Lemire's talents.
November 27, 2020
Collects "Gotham Resistance" (Teen Titans #12, Nightwing #29, Suicide Squad #26, Green Arrow #32) and "Bats Out Of Hell" (The Flash #33, Justice League #32-33, Hal Jordan and The Green Lantern Corps #32), plus Batman Lost #1 and Hawkman Found #1
The Dark Multiverse is on a lower plane of existence than the main Multiverse that we typically spend time in inside DC Comics. It is temporary, and worlds are made there based on the fears and regrets of people from the higher plane of existence. In the event called "Dark Nights: Metal," a bunch of evil Batmen from across the Dark Multiverse found a way to the main Multiverse, and are attacking the heroes that we know. These seven Batmen are based on the current Justice League roster. Here are the main Dark Knights that appear in this story line:
Batman's counterpart - The Batman Who Laughs: a lunatic driven mad by his world's Joker.
The Flash's counterpart - The Red Death: a thief who stole his reality's Speed Force power.
Aquaman's counterpart - The Drowned: a female, amphibious Batman.
Green Lantern's counterpart - The Dawnbreaker: a twisted Green Lantern.
Cyborg's counterpart - The Murder Machine: a deranged, deadly cyborg.
Wonder Woman's counterpart - The Merciless: a warrior who wears the helmet of Ares.
Superman's counterpart - The Devastator: a part-human, part-Doomsday monster.
Each of these Batmen is a version of Bruce Wayne, only evil. It makes me wonder if the Earth-0 Bruce Wayne could go bad as easily as these seven seemed to.
This collection has a few tie-in stories that appeared throughout DC's line. The two one-shots "Batman Lost" and "Hawkman Found" were the highlights of this collection, but the "Bats Out Of Hell" issues were sometimes OK. There wasn't much I liked about the "Gotham Resistance" issues, but they weren't all bad.
Final rating = 3.5 stars
The Dark Multiverse is on a lower plane of existence than the main Multiverse that we typically spend time in inside DC Comics. It is temporary, and worlds are made there based on the fears and regrets of people from the higher plane of existence. In the event called "Dark Nights: Metal," a bunch of evil Batmen from across the Dark Multiverse found a way to the main Multiverse, and are attacking the heroes that we know. These seven Batmen are based on the current Justice League roster. Here are the main Dark Knights that appear in this story line:
Batman's counterpart - The Batman Who Laughs: a lunatic driven mad by his world's Joker.
The Flash's counterpart - The Red Death: a thief who stole his reality's Speed Force power.
Aquaman's counterpart - The Drowned: a female, amphibious Batman.
Green Lantern's counterpart - The Dawnbreaker: a twisted Green Lantern.
Cyborg's counterpart - The Murder Machine: a deranged, deadly cyborg.
Wonder Woman's counterpart - The Merciless: a warrior who wears the helmet of Ares.
Superman's counterpart - The Devastator: a part-human, part-Doomsday monster.
Each of these Batmen is a version of Bruce Wayne, only evil. It makes me wonder if the Earth-0 Bruce Wayne could go bad as easily as these seven seemed to.
This collection has a few tie-in stories that appeared throughout DC's line. The two one-shots "Batman Lost" and "Hawkman Found" were the highlights of this collection, but the "Bats Out Of Hell" issues were sometimes OK. There wasn't much I liked about the "Gotham Resistance" issues, but they weren't all bad.
Final rating = 3.5 stars
April 18, 2019
I was kinda disappointed reading this because I thought it would be cool but it’s pretty boring.
Plot(s) - there are four stories. The first is the Gotham resistance (reference to the French resistance) which was a team composed of nightwing, robin, Harley, croc and prob some more guys I don’t remember. They basically ran around Gotham fighting baddies and stuff. Then was Batman lost the worst one in the book. The third story was bats out of hell which was the best one where the league and friends split in teams to find Nth metal. The last story was hawkman found which was cool but didn’t feel like a complete story.
My thoughts - Gotham resistance was pretty boring to me since most of the character on the team were uninteresting and B listers, also I didn’t like the riddler being the villain. The good parts of the story were the art and how they made croc and Harley goodies. Then Batman lost was the worst because of how boring it was and how all over the place the plot was, it felt like a teenager finding out its identity. Then the best part of the book, bats out of hell. I loved the art and the team dynamic and how the heroes were forced to be around being they don’t know, also cyborg saves himself in this one. Finally hawkman found is pretty cool, nothing special but nothing really bad.
Plot(s) - there are four stories. The first is the Gotham resistance (reference to the French resistance) which was a team composed of nightwing, robin, Harley, croc and prob some more guys I don’t remember. They basically ran around Gotham fighting baddies and stuff. Then was Batman lost the worst one in the book. The third story was bats out of hell which was the best one where the league and friends split in teams to find Nth metal. The last story was hawkman found which was cool but didn’t feel like a complete story.
My thoughts - Gotham resistance was pretty boring to me since most of the character on the team were uninteresting and B listers, also I didn’t like the riddler being the villain. The good parts of the story were the art and how they made croc and Harley goodies. Then Batman lost was the worst because of how boring it was and how all over the place the plot was, it felt like a teenager finding out its identity. Then the best part of the book, bats out of hell. I loved the art and the team dynamic and how the heroes were forced to be around being they don’t know, also cyborg saves himself in this one. Finally hawkman found is pretty cool, nothing special but nothing really bad.
August 11, 2020
A lot of times these big event books have "tie in" issues that are sometimes just filler. This is not the case with this event.
I think this is one of those cases where the fill in's are pretty close to essential to the story. And while, yes you can read METAL by itself and get by just fine, these stories really round out the details of the story and answer some of the questions that are left lingering by the main narrative. The book is centered around some of the non "big 6" JLA team, Suicide Squad team, and Batman Family team. Of course, the volume can feel fragmented at times because of the constant referencing to the main title and events in that title, but if you read it it as one big story (as I did) the entire saga flows much better and compliments the main story.
Some of the artwork in this book is just amazing to look at. I mean, the team that they brought in for this is an all star line up pretty much. You got Dough Manhke, Yanick Paquette, Bryan Hitch, Stjepan Sejic, and alot more. And they are all laying down some amazing artwork. Fan fuckin tastic job on the art overall.
So yeah, I would recommend this book, but definitely read it along side with the main title for maximum enjoyment.
I think this is one of those cases where the fill in's are pretty close to essential to the story. And while, yes you can read METAL by itself and get by just fine, these stories really round out the details of the story and answer some of the questions that are left lingering by the main narrative. The book is centered around some of the non "big 6" JLA team, Suicide Squad team, and Batman Family team. Of course, the volume can feel fragmented at times because of the constant referencing to the main title and events in that title, but if you read it it as one big story (as I did) the entire saga flows much better and compliments the main story.
Some of the artwork in this book is just amazing to look at. I mean, the team that they brought in for this is an all star line up pretty much. You got Dough Manhke, Yanick Paquette, Bryan Hitch, Stjepan Sejic, and alot more. And they are all laying down some amazing artwork. Fan fuckin tastic job on the art overall.
So yeah, I would recommend this book, but definitely read it along side with the main title for maximum enjoyment.
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