DC Comics & Dark Nights: Death Metal: The Multiverse Who Laughs #1 Spoilers & Review: Robin King Hosts Batman Who Laughs Take On Superman: Red Son & More!

Spoilers

DC Comics and Dark Nights: Death Metal: The Multiverse Who Laughs #1 Spoilers and Review follows.

Robin King Hosts Batman Who Laughs Take On…

…Superman: Red Son and More!

The most interesting tale in this anthology…

…is the opening Robin King story where…

…he introduces readers to the idea of a multiverse…

…as well as the broader Dark Nights: Death Metal narrative that…

…has enabled forbidden stories to told…

…presumably continued in another Death Metal one-shot or the main mini-series.

The first story focuses on Batman villain Victor Zsasz…

…becoming metal literally.

The next story is a cool tale involving the Super Pets that…

…has them battling Superman Red Son’s pet bear Red Medvo…

…who has been infected with something…

…that appears quite…

…contagious!

Then we have a Green Arrow / Green Lantern tale that…

…pits them against each other.

Then a story involving…

…Batman villain Scarecrow, um no, it’s…

…Azrael Batman and Stele Superman!

The main story continues in Dark Nights: Death Metal #6 (of 7) on shelves on December 15 / 16, 2020.

The Pulse:

An anthology book with some interesting stories, but none that truly feel relevant to main Dark Nights: Death Metal story. Mix of artists and top writers on the stories. 6 out of 10.

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