You wanted to be famous? You wanted to be loved? You're just a loser. And you... you can't run from this. 
Sideways #5 is an issue of the series Sideways (Volume 1) with a cover date of August, 2018. It was published on June 13, 2018.
Synopsis for "It's Showtime"
When Tempus Fuginaut visited Derek in his bedroom, the latter insisted on giving up being a superhero, although the former insisted that the multiverse was in need of his power. Tempus Fuginaut took Derek to the Branefold Interior, where he could access any place that has ever been or ever could be, then revealed that Fuginauts existed to ensure that realities and potential realities did not interfere with each other. Then, Tempus Fuginaut insisted that Derek protect his reality before returning him to his bedroom.
The next day, Derek saw a video on his phone about the Showman calling Sideways a "fake hero", then attempted to rush out of his house before his mother confronted him for missing the interview. Derek insisted that his mother had already ruined his life before he went to school. When Derek was on his phone, Freddy attacked him, but was stopped by Ernie, then confronted by Emie. At the Dark Star Sciences Headquarters, Derek's mother contemplated what he had said to her and was late to work.
At school, Derek was contemplating not wanting to be Sideways anymore when he and the other students saw the Showman standing on top of a school bus. A riot started as the Showman spoke. Derek decided to do something about it by suiting up as Sideways and appearing next to the Showman. Sideways learned that he was manipulating the crowd's emotions. The Showman beat Sideways and was about to unmask him before Ernie and Emie intervened, distracting him and allowing the hero to take him to a desert through a rift. Sideways revealed to the Showman that he would be powerless, as he had nobody to influence with his power in the middle of nowhere, then defeated him by knocking him unconscious.
Later, Derek sat on a park bench with Emie and reconsidered quitting being Sideways. Derek also revealed that he rifted the Showman to a police station, where he was tied up and had a warning note tied attached to him. Back at Dark Star Sciences, his mother attempted to learn Derek's competition for the internship when she found a file on one of her co-worker's computers with his name on it. When she opened the file, she saw a video of him creating a rift, much to her surprise.
Appearing in "It's Showtime"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Emeline "Emie" Edgars (Full name revealed)
- Ernie Edgars
- Fuginauts (First appearance) (Flashback only)
- Helen Flynn
Antagonists:
- The Showman (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- The Batman Who Laughs (Earth -22) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Dark Star Sciences
- Jimmy (First appearance)
- Sandy Bridwell (First appearance)
- Freddy
- Gotham City Police Department (Cameo)
- Dark Knights (Dark Multiverse) (Mentioned only)
- Stacy (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Dark Multiverse (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Hypertime (Behind the scenes)
- Branefold Interior (First appearance)
- Multiverse
- Earth 0
- United States of America
- Gotham City
- Dark Star Sciences HQ
- GCPD Headquarters
- West Gotham High School
- Gotham City
- Mali
- Timbuktu (Mentioned only)
- United States of America
- Earth 0
Items:
- Batman Who Laughs' Visor (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Tempus Fuginaut's Scepter
Vehicles:
Concepts:
- Barbatos' Invasion (Flashback only)
See Also