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Dark Nights: Death Metal 1 (Cover A)

DARK NIGHTS: DEATH METAL #1

Cover Date: August 2020
Cover Price: $4.99
Publication Date: 2020-06-16

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Greg Capullo (signed)
Inks: Jonathan Glapion (signed)
Colors: FCO Plascencia (signed)


Variant Covers:
Cover B
Art: David Finch (signed)
Colors: Steve Firchow (signed)
Cover C
Art: Francesco Mattina
Cover D
Art: Stanley "Artgerm" Lau (signed)

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Story: "Death Metal - An Anti-Crisis, Part I: It All Matters" (29 Pages)
"Dead Beats"
"Power Chords"
"The Chainsaw of Truth"

Credits:

StoryScott Snyder
PencilsGreg Capullo
InksJonathan Glapion
LetteringTom Napolitano
ColorsFCO Plascencia
Associate editingAndrew Marino
EditingMarie Javins

Feature Character(s):

Justice League
Batman (last in Dark Nights: Death Metal Guidebook #1/5; also in flashback in between ??? and flashback in Dark Nights: Death Metal Guidebook #1)
Wonder Woman (last in ???; also in flashback in between ???)
Aquaman (last in flashback in Dark Nights: Death Metal Guidebook #1; also in flashback in between ??? and flashback in Dark Nights: Death Metal Guidebook #1)
Flash (in flashback in between ??? and flashback in Dark Nights: Death Metal Guidebook #1)
Green Lantern (in flashback in between ??? and flashback in Dark Nights: Death Metal Guidebook #1; mistakenly depicted as Hal Jordan)
Superman (last in Dark Nights: Death Metal Guidebook #1; also in flashback in between ??? and flashback in Dark Nights: Death Metal Guidebook #1)
Swamp Thing (last in ???)
Flash (Wally West; last in ???)
Harley Quinn (last in Dark Nights: Death Metal Guidebook #1)
Jonah Hex (last in Dark Nights: Death Metal Guidebook #1/5)
Lobo (last in ???)
Mister Miracle (last in ???)
Sgt. Rock (last in ???; next in issue #4)

Villain(s):

The Batman Who Laughs (last in flashback in Dark Nights: Death Metal Guidebook #1)
Perpetua (last in ???)
Dark Knights
B. Rex (first appearance; last in Dark Nights: Death Metal Guidebook #1)
Batmage (first appearance; last in Dark Nights: Death Metal Guidebook #1)
Bathomet (first appearance; last in flashback in Dark Nights: Death Metal Guidebook #1)
Beyonder (first appearance; last in Dark Nights: Death Metal Guidebook #1)
Castle Bat (last in flashback in Dark Nights: Death Metal Guidebook #1)
Darkfather (first appearance; last in flashback in Dark Nights: Death Metal Guidebook #1)
Groblins
Doc Arkham (first appearance; last in flashback in Dark Nights: Death Metal Guidebook #1)
Batmanhattan (first appearance; last in Dark Nights: Death Metal Legends of the Dark Knights #1)
A Batman/Clayface mashup from the Dark Multiverse (first appearance)
A Batman/Deathstroke mashup from the Dark Multiverse (first appearance)
A Batman/Etrigan mashup from the Dark Multiverse (first appearance)
A Batman/Penguin mashup from the Dark Multiverse (first appearance)
A Batman/Plastic Man mashup from the Dark Multiverse (first appearance)
A Batman/Reaper mashup from the Dark Multiverse (first appearance)
A Batman/Scarecrow mashup from the Dark Multiverse (first appearance)
Joker Dragons (first appearance)

Guest Appearance(s):

Eclipso (last in ???)
Captain Cold (last in ???)
Joker (last in flashback in Dark Nights: Death Metal Guidebook #1)
Riddler (last in ???)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Captain Marvel
Anti-Monitor
Alexander Luthor, Jr.
Superboy-Prime
OMAC Unit
Parallax
Darkseid
Mandrakk
Barbatos
The Batman Who Laughs
The Dawnbreaker
The Devastator
The Drowned
The Merciless
The Murder Machine
The Red Death

Location(s):

Metalverse
Castle Bat
Hell (formerly Themyscira)
Deep Space Ossex

Comment(s):

Story continues in the next issue.

Solicitation:

Get ready for the earth-shattering encore! The legendary team behind Dark Nights: Metal and Batman: Last Knight on Earth take center stage and reunite for one last tour.
When the Earth is enveloped by the Dark Multiverse, the Justice League is at the mercy of the Batman Who Laughs. Humanity struggles to survive in a hellish landscape twisted beyond recognition, while Batman, Wonder Woman, and Superman have all been separated and fight to survive. Unleash the beast and let the head banging begin!


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Additional Variant Covers

Cover E
(Blank Variant)
Cover F
Art: Doug Mahnke (signed)
Colors: David Baron (signed)
Cover G
Pencils: Greg Capullo (signed)
Inks: Jonathan Glapion (signed)
Colors: FCO Plascencia (signed)
Cover H
Pencils: Greg Capullo (signed)
Inks: Jonathan Glapion (signed)