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Dark Nights: Death Metal #7 is an issue of the series Dark Nights: Death Metal (Volume 1) with a cover date of March, 2021. It was published on January 5, 2021.
Contents
Synopsis for "An Anti-Crisis, Part VII: A Slap in the Face"
Earth-0, the Metalverse. The Battleground of the final battle
Wonder Woman is transformed, thanks to the power of Truth and the Element X. She is more than a god: she can see everything happening in the present, and she can feel the past, too. But when she looks into the future, she can only see him, and his laugh. She faces him, and when he attacks him, she finds out he is stronger than her. And she also feels the Darkest Knight knows it. He tries to taunt her, and he tries to distract her by making her allies feel pain. And he is right, it works. He hits her so hard, she is knocked back in time together with him...but the others keep on fighting, and even in another era, Diana still feels them.
The Batman Family, in company of their worst enemy, the Joker, battle against the Robin King and his army of Groblins, deranged and monstrous Dark Robins. Superman and his Family are fighting as well, against the Last Sun, a Clark Kent whose rocket was corrupted by thousand suns before coming to the Earth, making him a monster feeding on energy of other living beings. But with their combined effort, they are destroying him. And the others too: Flash and the speedsters, Aquaman and the Atlanteans, the Amazons, the Titans...they feed hope to Diana. But then Batgirl falls, for the desperation of Nightwing, and more and more Groblins come to feed on the Family. The Last Son is even more powerful, after absorbing the energy from the blows of the Kryptonians. The forces of the Darkest Knight are not losing...
160 Million Years Ago, and then before. The origin of the first Multiverse Wonder Woman and the Darkest Knight find themselves at the origin of the very first Multiverse, where they see the hand of Perpetua. And the Darkest Knight explains to Diana a thing: even if they win, the Hands are coming. They are the same species that Perpetua comes from, creators of Multiverses. They won't let any Multiverse reform again here, with them as protagonists, or even with their children. There is no future. But Diana has enough power to see for herself, so why not looking into a possible victory, and see if the Darkest Knight is lying?
So she does, and she discovers he's telling the truth. The Hands will come if they win, and they will undo them like they are nothing, all their precious history disappearing. So he tells her to join him: he will give them a paradise to live in, where all is good, happy, safe. And he will proceed with his plan, creating a Multiverse able to fight, and kill, the Hands, making him king of the Omniverse. But of course Diana refuses, and hits him with Perpetua's own hand, awakening a surge of power in her and her allies. Every time she hits him, the collective stories of their Multiverse becomes more important, uniting them all. And she knows now he's afraid of her.
The End of Everything, the Death Sun
With a powerful blow, Diana hits the Darkest Knight right to the end of time, a place called the Death Sun, where all stories, all the Multiverses, all matter ends. And while she pushes him into this sun, they both feel them coming. The Hands. But she also feels her friends fighting back: Batman tricking the Robin King, making an even bigger army of zombies while his enemy believed the Black Lantern Ring destroyed. Superman saved by Lex Luthor, who with a special suit triggers a Black Hole Event and kills the Last Sun, sacrificing himself. And she decides what she will do: she won't listen to the Darkest Knight, even if it means the end. She closes her eyes, she imagines the world, the future, she would like to end, and then pushes the Darkest Knight inside the Death Sun. And she disappears....
Somewhere. Somewhere new...
Diana takes consciousness of herself: she is still something. And she hears a voice: it is one of the Hands. She asks her what will be next, and the Hand tells her they were horrified by how much her Multiverse, time and time again, defied the rules and tried to feed its basic instincts, instead of evolving and ascending. The Hand will tell her what happen, but to do it the Hand will assume a shape that incarnates what they admire. The Hand transforms into Wonder Woman. Diana is shocked: why her? But the answer his simple: Diana, and her friends with her, chose to become nothing, to disappear, to save beings they never saw, beings that were going to undo them all.
They chose goodness even in the hardest situation someone could imagine, and that impressed them. So, some part of them chose to give this Multiverse another opportunity. developing it with a different method. Its previous history will be set in stone, and left untouched. And the new Multiverse shall be reborn, without boundaries, with new possibilities, new threats. It will be new, in every aspect. But for this to become true, she must pay a great cost: she will have to ascend, to become a guardian of this new, experimental Multiverse they want to create, thanks to what they did for them. And Diana, of course, will accept any kind of burden for another possibility.
After the war. Earth-0
Superman makes a speech in front of the Hall of Justice, remembering Diana and her sacrifice, and the fact they all feel her presence around. Then, they start a great party to celebrate the greatest victory ever. In the meantime, Barry brings Wally to the dark side of the Moon, to make him see the Totality, the evolution of the Hall of Justice and Doom combined, a project led by both heroes and villains, to protect reality from threats beyond it. And inside it, they study what is happening to creation, after the mighty clash and Wonder Woman's sacrifice.
Hypertime is healing. New futures will come, and in the present they will all experience flashes of them, and of some alternate past, too. The present time, it was brought all to where it was before the Batman who Laughs allied himself with Perpetua. But some of the dead came back to life, and not only people who died in the great battle, but other beings, too. The only one which there is no trace of is Darkseid. But more importantly, beyond their Multiverse, an infinite web of other Multiverses is developing. They are becoming an Omniverse, rich with possibilities.
Still, there is something strange going on. Their Multiverse does not have only one center, one core world anymore. Other than their Earth, another planet acts as center of the Multiverse: a planet still mysterious they called the Elseworld. This is top secret information, only for the Totality's members to know.
In the end, Sgt. Franklin Rock is back in his age, 1945, in Earth-0. He's writing the final part of this great story inside the journal of his friend, Carter Hall. And he wants to deliver a message: in this great war, the only war, between us and ourselves, there is one thing we must always remember: all stories, all characters, all people...it all matters.
Appearing in "An Anti-Crisis, Part VII: A Slap in the Face"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Batman Family
- Alfred Pennyworth (Zombified)
- Batgirl (Dies) (Resurrected)
- Batman (Prime Earth) (Resurrected)
- Batwoman
- Nightwing (Dies) (Resurrected)
- Red Hood (Dies) (Resurrected)
- Robin (Damian Wayne) (Dies) (Resurrected)
- The Signal
- Spoiler
- Flash Family
- The Hands (First appearance)
- Harley Quinn (Prime Earth)
- Jarro
- Justice League
- Legion of Doom
- Brainiac
- Lex Luthor (Dies) (Resurrected)
- Sgt. Rock
- Superman Family
- Swamp Thing
Antagonists:
- The Darkest Knight (Dies)
- Dark Knights
- B-Rex (Resurrected)
- Batmage (Resurrected)
- The Drowned
- Red Death
- Groblins
- Last 52 Multiverse villains
- Robin King
- Dark Knights
Other Characters:
- Abby Arcane
- Aquaman Family
- Bane (Dies) (Resurrected)
- Batman / Bruce Wayne (Future State) (In a vision) (First appearance) (Cameo)
- Batman / Tim Fox (Future State) (In a vision) (First appearance) (Cameo)
- The Batman Who Laughs (Zombie)
- Big Barda
- Bizarro (Earth 29)
- Black Adam
- Claw the Unconquered
- Cyborg Superman
- Deathstroke
- Dinosaurs
- Doctor Fate (Khalid Nassour)
- Doomsday
- Dove (Don Hall) (Dies)
- Etrigan
- Fire
- Giganta
- Green Lantern Corps
- Harley Quinn (Future State) (In a vision) (First appearance) (Cameo)
- Ice
- The Joker
- Justice Incarnate (In a vision)
- Aquawoman (Earth 11) (In a vision)
- Batman (Earth 17) (In a vision)
- Captain Carrot (In a vision)
- Mary Marvel (Earth 5) (In a vision)
- President Superman (In a vision)
- Justice Society of America
- Katana
- Killer Croc
- Kraken
- Legion of Super-Heroes (Pre-Zero Hour)
- Magenta
- Mister Freeze
- Mister Miracle
- Ocean Master
- Parasite
- Perpetua
- Poison Ivy
- Red Bee
- Rogues
- Scarecrow
- Silver Banshee
- Solomon Grundy
- Superboy-Prime (Appears only as a corpse)
- Superman / Jon Kent (Future State) (In a vision) (First appearance) (Cameo)
- Talia al Ghul
- Turtle
- Vandal Savage
- Wonder Woman / Yara Flor (Future State) (In a vision) (First appearance) (Cameo)
- Wonder Woman (Earth-Two) (As an illusion only)
- Wonder Woman Family
- Steve Trevor (Mentioned only)
- Teen Titans (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Dark Multiverse (Mentioned only)
- Multiverse
- Earth 0
- House of Heroes (In a vision)
- Hypertime
- Future State (In a vision) (First appearance)
- Last 52 Multiverse (Destroyed)
- Pre-Zero Hour
Items:
- Anti-Life Equation (Behind the scenes)
- Black Lantern Ring
- Captain Cold's Cold Gun
- Green Lantern Ring
- Harley's Mallet
- Lasso of Truth
- Lex Luthor's Warsuit (Destroyed)
- Mobius Chair
- Starheart Power Ring
- Steel's Armor
- Trident of Neptune
Vehicles:
- Kryptonian Rocket
- The Totality (First appearance)
Concepts:
- Big Bang
- The Seven Forces of the Universe
- World War II
- The Green (Mentioned only)
See Also
Links and References
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- Bob Harras/Executive Editor
- Greg Capullo/Cover Artist
- Jonathan Glapion/Cover Artist
- FCO Plascencia/Cover Artist
- David Finch/Cover Artist
- Steve Firchow/Cover Artist
- Scott Snyder/Writer
- Jae Lee/Cover Artist
- June Chung/Cover Artist
- Stanley Lau/Cover Artist
- Doug Mahnke/Cover Artist
- David Baron/Cover Artist
- Greg Capullo/Penciler
- Yanick Paquette/Penciler
- Bryan Hitch/Penciler
- Jonathan Glapion/Inker
- Yanick Paquette/Inker
- Bryan Hitch/Inker
- FCO Plascencia/Colourist
- Nathan Fairbairn/Colourist
- Alex Sinclair/Colourist
- Tom Napolitano/Letterer
- Marie Javins/Editor
- Andrew Marino/Editor
- Franklin Rock (Prime Earth)/Quotes
- Diana of Themyscira (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Batman Family/Appearances
- Alfred Pennyworth (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Barbara Gordon (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Bruce Wayne (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Katherine Kane (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Richard Grayson (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Jason Todd (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Damian Wayne (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Duke Thomas (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Stephanie Brown (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Flash Family/Appearances
- Barry Allen (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Wally West (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- The Hands/Appearances
- Harleen Quinzel (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Jarro (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Justice League (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Bernhard Baker (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Garfield Logan (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Dinah Drake (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Jefferson Pierce (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Jaime Reyes (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Theodore Kord (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Michael Carter (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Nathaniel Adam (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Victor Stone (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Ronald Raymond (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Kendra Saunders (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- J'onn J'onzz (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Rex Mason (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Raven (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Red Tornado (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Billy Batson (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Komand'r (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Mari McCabe (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Zatanna Zatara (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Legion of Doom (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Vril Dox (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Alexander Luthor (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Franklin Rock (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Superman Family/Appearances
- John Henry Irons (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Natasha Irons (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Kon-El (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Jonathan Samuel Kent (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Kara Zor-El (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Kal-El (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Alec Holland (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Bruce Wayne (Earth -22)/Appearances
- Dark Knights (Dark Multiverse)/Appearances
- Bruce Wayne (Dark Multiverse: Batmanasaurus Rex)/Appearances
- Batmage (Dark Multiverse)/Appearances
- Bryce Wayne (Earth -11)/Appearances
- Bruce Wayne (Earth -52)/Appearances
- Robins (Earth -22)/Appearances
- Last Sun (Last 52 Multiverse)/Appearances
- Ocean Mother (Last 52 Multiverse)/Appearances
- Kraken (species)/Appearances
- Bruce Wayne (Dark Multiverse: King of Pain)/Appearances
- Abigail Arcane (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Aquaman Family/Appearances
- Jackson Hyde (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Arthur Curry (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Mera (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Bane (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Bruce Wayne (Future State)/Appearances
- Timothy Fox (Future State)/Appearances
- Big Barda (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Bizarro-Superman (Earth 29)/Appearances
- Teth-Adam (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Valcan (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Henry Henshaw (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Slade Wilson (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Dinosaurs/Appearances
- Khalid Nassour (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Doomsday (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Donald Hall (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Etrigan (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Beatriz da Costa (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Doris Zuel (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Green Lantern Corps (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Guy Gardner (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Hal Jordan (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Jessica Cruz (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Kyle Rayner (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Simon Baz (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Harleen Quinzel (Future State)/Appearances
- Tora Olafsdotter (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Joker (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Justice Incarnate/Appearances
- Aquawoman (Earth 11)/Appearances
- Bruce Wayne (Earth 17)/Appearances
- Rodney Rabbit (Earth 26)/Appearances
- Mary Batson (Earth 5)/Appearances
- Kalel (Earth 23)/Appearances
- Justice Society of America (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Albert Pratt (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Kent Nelson (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Jason Garrick (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Alan Scott (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Carter Hall (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Shayera Thal (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Elizabeth Lawrence (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Wesley Dodds (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- James Corrigan (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Ted Grant (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Tatsu Toro (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Waylon Jones (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Legion of Super-Heroes (Pre-Zero Hour)/Appearances
- Charles Taine (Pre-Zero Hour)/Appearances
- Condo Arlik (Pre-Zero Hour)/Appearances
- Gim Allon (Pre-Zero Hour)/Appearances
- Rokk Krinn (Pre-Zero Hour)/Appearances
- Dawnstar (Pre-Zero Hour)/Appearances
- Jan Arrah (Pre-Zero Hour)/Appearances
- Ayla Ranzz (Pre-Zero Hour)/Appearances
- Garth Ranzz (Pre-Zero Hour)/Appearances
- Tenzil Kem (Pre-Zero Hour)/Appearances
- Tinya Wazzo (Pre-Zero Hour)/Appearances
- Imra Ardeen (Pre-Zero Hour)/Appearances
- Dirk Morgna (Pre-Zero Hour)/Appearances
- Kal-El (Earth-One)/Appearances
- Luornu Durgo (Pre-Zero Hour)/Appearances
- Jo Nah (Pre-Zero Hour)/Appearances
- Frances Kane (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Victor Fries (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Scot (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Orm Marius (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Joshua Michael Allen (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Perpetua (Sixth Dimension)/Appearances
- Pamela Isley (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Richard Raleigh (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Rogues (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Leonard Snart (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Anthony Woodward (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Lisa Snart (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Mick Rory (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Jonathan Crane (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Siobhan Smythe (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Cyrus Gold (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Kal-El (Earth-Prime)/Appearances
- Jonathan Samuel Kent (Future State)/Appearances
- Talia al Ghul (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Turtle (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Vandar Adg (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Yara Flor (Future State)/Appearances
- Diana of Paradise Island (Earth-Two)/Appearances
- Wonder Woman Family/Appearances
- Artemis of Bana-Mighdall (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Donna Troy (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Hippolyta (Prime Earth)/Appearances
- Multiverse/Appearances
- Prime Earth/Appearances
- 6th Century/Appearances
- Camelot/Appearances
- 20th Century/Appearances
- 1943/Appearances
- 21st Century/Appearances
- Earth/Appearances
- Paradise Island/Appearances
- Washington, D.C./Appearances
- Hall of Justice/Appearances
- Earth's Moon/Appearances
- Jupiter (planet)/Appearances
- End of Time/Appearances
- Prehistoric Era/Appearances
- House of Heroes/Appearances
- Hypertime/Appearances
- Future State/Appearances
- Amazon Rainforest/Appearances
- Gotham City/Appearances
- Metropolis/Appearances
- Last 52 Multiverse/Appearances
- Pre-Zero Hour/Appearances
- Anti-Life Equation/Appearances
- Black Lantern Ring/Appearances
- Captain Cold's Cold Gun/Appearances
- Green Lantern Ring/Appearances
- Harley's Mallet/Appearances
- Lasso of Truth/Appearances
- Lex Luthor's Warsuit/Appearances
- Mobius Chair/Appearances
- Starheart/Appearances
- Steel's Armor/Appearances
- Trident of Neptune/Appearances
- Kryptonian Rocket/Appearances
- Totality (ship)/Appearances
- Big Bang/Appearances
- The Seven Forces of the Universe/Appearances
- World War II/Appearances
- Dark Nights: Death Metal
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- 2021
- 2021, March
- January 6, 2021 (Publication)
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- Dark Nights: Death Metal Vol 1
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