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Dark Nights: Death Metal The Last 52: War of the Multiverses 1

DARK NIGHTS: DEATH METAL THE LAST 52: WAR OF THE MULTIVERSES #1

Cover Date: February 2021
Cover Price: $8.99
Publication Date: 2020-12-29

TITLE INDEX

Cover Credits:
Art: Dan Mora (signed)
Colors: Dan Mora


Variant Cover:
Cover B
Art: Gary Frank (signed)
Colors: Brad Anderson (signed)

Story: "Fight!" (16 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJoshua Williamson, Scott Snyder
ArtDexter Soy (pages 1-10), Scott Koblish (pages 11-16)
LetteringTom Napolitano
ColorsVeronica Gandini
Assistant editingLiz Erickson
EditingKatie Kubert

Feature Character(s):

Wonder Woman (last in Dark Nights: Death Metal #6)

Supporting Character(s):

Aquaman (last in Dark Nights: Death Metal #6)
Arsenal (last in Dark Nights: Death Metal The Last Stories of the DC Universe #1; next in ???)
Avery Ho (last/next in ???)
Batman (last in Dark Nights: Death Metal #6)
Clayface
Flash (Barry Allen; last in Dark Nights: Death Metal #6; next in the third story in this issue)
Flash (Jay Garrick; last in Dark Nights: Death Metal #6; next in the third story in this issue)
Flash (Wally West; last in Dark Nights: Death Metal #6; next in the third story in this issue)
Justice Incarnate
Superman of Earth 23
Captain Carrot
Wonder Woman of Earth 6
Green Lantern (Alan Scott; last in Dark Nights: Death Metal #6)
Green Lantern (Guy Gardner; in between Dark Nights: Death Metal #6 and #7)
Green Lantern (Hal Jordan; in between Dark Nights: Death Metal #6 and #7)
Green Lantern (John Stewart; last in Dark Nights: Death Metal #6; next in the fourth story in this issue)
Green Lantern (Thaal Sinestro; in between Dark Nights: Death Metal #6 and #7)
Hawk (in between Dark Nights: Death Metal #6 and #7)
Hawkgirl (last in Dark Nights: Death Metal #6; next in the fourth story in this issue)
Hawkman (last in Dark Nights: Death Metal #6)
Jesse Quick (last/next in ???)
Kid Flash (last in Dark Nights: Death Metal Speed Metal #1; next in ???)
Max Mercury (last/next in ???)
Orphan (in between Dark Nights: Death Metal #6 and #7)
Superman (last in Dark Nights: Death Metal #6; next in the second story in this issue)
Young Justice
Aqualad (last in Dark Nights: Death Metal #6; next in the sixth story in this issue)
Impulse
Red Arrow
Wildcat (last in ???; next in Dark Nights: Death Metal #7)

Villain(s):

The Darkest Knight
Robin King (last in ???; next in Dark Nights: Death Metal #7)
Groblins (many die)
Dark Knights
The Drowned (last in Dark Nights: Death Metal #6; next in the third story in this issue)
The Merciless (last in Dark Nights: Death Metal #6; next in the third story in this issue)
The Red Death (in between Dark Nights: Death Metal #6 and #7)
inhabitants of the Last 52 Multiverse
Aquaman (first appearance)
Ocean Mother (first appearance; next in Dark Nights: Death Metal #7)
The Fastest Killer Alive (Wally West; first appearance; dies)
Green Lantern (Hal Jordan; first appearance?)
Legion of Super-Pets (first appearance for all)
Krypto
Bat-Hound
Green Lantern (B'dg)
Lois Lane (last in Dark Nights: Death Metal The Multiverse Who Laughs #1; next in the fifth story in this issue)
Mister Zsasz (last in Dark Nights: Death Metal The Multiverse Who Laughs #1/2)
Nazi Justice Society (first appearance for all)
Flash
Green Lantern
Hawkgirl
Hawkman
Wildcat
Parallax (Hal Jordan; first appearance)
Steel Guardians (last in Dark Nights: Death Metal The Multiverse Who Laughs #1)
Swamp King

Comment(s):

Story continued from Dark Nights: Death Metal #6.
This story is broken up into two parts. Pages 1-10, then pages 11-16 which follow after the ninth story in this issue.

Story Reprinted in:

Dark Nights: Death Metal: War of the Multiverses ([July] 2021)

Solicitation:

What would it take to get every being left in the Multiverse to side together in the ultimate, final showdown? Total decimation and the complete undoing of all existence? The Batman Who Laughs has made his final move, bringing the most horrifying opposition to the battleground, and now every hero and villain left alive will stand and fight together. This epic battle book details every side of the last war across the Multiverse-Wonder Woman leading the heroes, Superman leading the villains, and Batman leading the dead-everyone has to play their part. Everyone and everything is at stake…so join here for the last of the DCU as we know it!


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Second Story: "First & Last Men" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryMagdalene Visaggio
PencilsPaul Pelletier
InksNorm Rapmund
LetteringCarlos M. Mangual
ColorsAdriano Lucas
Assistant editingLiz Erickson
EditingKatie Kubert

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in the first story in this issue; next in Dark Nights: Death Metal #7)

Supporting Character(s):

Eradicator
General Zod (last in Batman/Superman Vol. 2 #8; next in ???)
Jimmy Olsen
Steel (John Henry Irons; in between Dark Nights: Death Metal #6 and #7)
Superboy (Conner Kent)
Superboy (Jon Kent)
Supergirl (last in ???; next in Dark Nights: Death Metal #7)
Lex Luthor (in between Dark Nights: Death Metal #6 and #7)

Villain(s):

Superman counterparts from the Last 52 Multiverse
Last Son (last in Dark Nights: Death Metal #6)
Saint
Savior
Shepherd

Story Reprinted in:

Dark Nights: Death Metal: War of the Multiverses ([July] 2021)


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Third Story: "The Batmen Who Laugh" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJames Tynion IV
ArtAlex Maleev
LetteringRob Leigh
ColorsMatt Hollingsworth
Assistant editingLiz Erickson
EditingKatie Kubert

Feature Character(s):

Batman (last in ???; next in Dark Nights: Death Metal #7)

Supporting Character(s):

Batgirl (last in Dark Nights: Death Metal #6; next in the eighth story in this issue)
Flash (Barry Allen; last in the first story in this issue)
Flash (Jay Garrick; last in the first story in this issue; next in Dark Nights: Death Metal #7)
Flash (Wally West; last in the first story in this issue; next in Dark Nights: Death Metal #7)
Nightwing
Poison Ivy
Robin
Signal
Poison Ivy

Villain(s):

The Darkest Knight (last/next in ???)
a Joker Dragon
Groblins
Dark Knights
The Darkest Knight
Devastator (last/next in ???)
The Drowned (last in the first story in this issue; next in Dark Nights: Death Metal #7)
Grim Knight (last/next in ???)
The Merciless (last in the first story in this issue; next in Dark Nights: Death Metal #7)
Murder Machine (last/next in ???)
Mister Freeze of the Last 52 Multiverse

Location(s):

Metalverse

Story Reprinted in:

Dark Nights: Death Metal: War of the Multiverses ([July] 2021)


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Fourth Story: "Unstable Atoms" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryKyle Higgins
ArtScott Kolins
LetteringTom Napolitano
ColorsJohn Kalisz
Assistant editingLiz Erickson
EditingKatie Kubert

Feature Character(s):

Atom (Ryan Choi)

Supporting Character(s):

Mister Terrific
Will Magnus
Metal Men
Gold
Iron
Lead
Mercury
Platinum
Tin

Villain(s):

Ra (Ryan Choi; first appearance; also in flashback; dies)
Groblins
a Joker Dragon
Batman Who Laughs

Guest Appearance(s):

Cyborg (in between Dark Nights: Death Metal #6 and #7)
Hawkgirl (last in the first story in this issue)
Green Lantern (John Stewart; last in the first story in this issue)
Plastic Man (last/next in ???)
Zatanna (last/next in ???)

Other Character(s):

Ray Palmer of the Last 52 Multiverse (first appearance; in flashback)

Location(s):

Last 52 Multiverse
an unnamed Earth
Ivytown (in flashback)
Metalverse
Themyscira

Story Reprinted in:

Dark Nights: Death Metal: War of the Multiverses ([July] 2021)


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Fifth Story: "No More Superheroes" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRegine L. Sawyer
PencilsAlitha Martinez
InksMark Morales
LetteringTom Napolitano
ColorsEmilio Lopez
Assistant editingLiz Erickson
EditingKatie Kubert

Feature Character(s):

Lois Lane (in between Dark Nights: Death Metal #6 and #7)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in the second story in this issue; next in ???)
Perry White (last/next in ???)
Maxima (last/next in ???)

Villain(s):

Lois Lane of the Last 52 Multiverse (last in the first story in this issue; next in ???)

Location(s):

Metalverse
Megapokolips
Metropolis
Daily Planet

Story Reprinted in:

Dark Nights: Death Metal: War of the Multiverses ([July] 2021)


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Sixth Story: "Falling Through the Cracks" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryChe Grayson
ArtPop Mhan
LetteringTroy Peteri of A Larger World Studios
ColorsChris Sotomayor
Assistant editingLiz Erickson
EditingKatie Kubert

Feature Character(s):

Raven (in between Dark Nights: Death Metal #6 and #7)

Supporting Character(s):

Aqualad (last in the first story in this issue; next in Dark Nights: Death Metal #7)
Beast Boy
Red Arrow
Robin
Starfire

Villain(s):

Teen Titans of the Last 52 Multiverse (first appearance for all)
Aqualad
Beast Boy
Raven
Red Arrow
Robin
Starfire

Other Character(s):

other inhabitants of the Last 52 Multiverse (first appearance for all; all in flashbacks)
Aquaman (dies)
Black Manta
Blackfire (dies)
Green Arrow (dies)
Ra's al Ghul
Shado

Location(s):

Metalverse

Story Reprinted in:

Dark Nights: Death Metal: War of the Multiverses ([July] 2021)


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Seventh Story: "Apicius" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryMarguerite Bennett
ArtInaki Miranda
LetteringCarlos M. Mangual
ColorsEva de la Cruz
Assistant editingLiz Erickson
EditingKatie Kubert

Feature Character(s):

Penguin (last in Dark Nights: Death Metal #6; next in the eighth story in this issue)

Villain(s):

three Dark Multiverse versions of Penguin (first appearance for all; all die)
Groblins
other inhabitants of the Last 52 Multiverse (first appearance for all)
'Batgirl
Blue Beetle
Scarecrow

Guest Appearance(s):

Batgirl
Bizarro
Blue Beetle (in between Dark Nights: Death Metal #6 and #7)
Deathstroke (in between Dark Nights: Death Metal #6 and #7)
Nightwing
Red Tornado (last in ???; next in Dark Nights: Death Metal #7)
Scarecrow (in between Dark Nights: Death Metal #6 and #7)
Supergirl ; next in Dark Nights: Death Metal #7)
Two-Face (last/next in ???)

Location(s):

Metalverse

Story Reprinted in:

Dark Nights: Death Metal: War of the Multiverses ([July] 2021)


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Eighth Story: "Armageddon Blues" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryMatthew Rosenberg
ArtRob Guillory
LetteringAndWorld Design
ColorsMarissa Louise
Assistant editingLiz Erickson
EditingKatie Kubert

Feature Character(s):

John Constantine

Villain(s):

John Constantine of the Last 52 Multiverse (first appearance; dies)
Groblins
a Joker Dragon
other counterparts from the Last 52 Multiverse (first appearance for all)
Hawkman (dies)
Superman (dies)

Guest Appearance(s):

Batgirl
Batman
Black Manta
Clayface
Flash
Penguin (last in the seventh story in this issue; next in ???)
Green Arrow
Green Lantern (John Stewart;
Nightwing
Sgt. Rock
Superboy
Superman
Swamp Thing
Wonder Woman

Location(s):

Metalverse

Story Reprinted in:

Dark Nights: Death Metal: War of the Multiverses ([July] 2021)


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Ninth Story: "Reign of the Swamp King" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJustin Jordan
ArtMike Henderson
LetteringDave Sharpe
ColorsAdriano Lucas
Assistant editingLiz Erickson
EditingKatie Kubert

Feature Character(s):

Swamp Thing

Supporting Character(s):

Anton Arcane
Brimstone (last in Curse of Brimstone #12)
Clayface
Frankenstein
Solomon Grundy (in between Dark Nights: Death Metal #6 and #7)

Villain(s):

Swamp King (in between Dark Nights: Death Metal #6 and #7; also in flashback to earliest chronological appearances)

Other Character(s):

Abby Arcane of the Last 52 Multiverse (first appearance; in flashback; dies)
Anton Arcane of the Last 52 Multiverse (first appearance; in flashback; dies)
The Parliament of Trees of the Last 52 Multiverse (first appearance for all; in flashback; all die)
Woodrue of the Last 52 Multiverse (first appearance; in flashback; dies)

Location(s):

Last 52 Multiverse
an unnamed Earth (in flashbacks)
Metalverse

Story Reprinted in:

Dark Nights: Death Metal: War of the Multiverses ([July] 2021)


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