DC Comics and Lazarus Planet: Dark Fate #1 Spoilers and Review follows.
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LAZARUS PLANET: DARK FATE #1
Written by TIM SEELEY, JOSHUA WILLIAMSON, DENNIS CULVER, A.L. KAPLAN, and ALYSSA WONG
Art by BALDEMAR RIVAS, CHRIS BURNHAM, A.L. KAPLAN, and HAINING
Cover by DAVID MARQUEZ and ALEJANDRO SANCHEZ
Variant cover by AL BARRIONUEVO
Variant cover by IBRAHIM MOUSTAFA
Variant cover by HAINING
1:25 variant cover by CHRIS BURNHAM and NICK FILARDI
1:50 foil variant cover by DAVID MARQUEZ and ALEJANDRO SANCHEZ
$4.99 US | 48 pages | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)NEW THREATS WILL RISE!
When the Lazarus storm touches down, people from every walk of life stand to be affected. People who are kind, people who are good…and people who are evil. This epic issue will spotlight the many disastrous new villains created by the Lazarus event and the heroes who stand ready to stop them from doing harm to others! What sinister threat brings a new chapter to the Doom Patrol saga? Can a new hero channel the inexorable Still Force energy to fend off evil? What lurks in the corners of the Spirit World for new character Xanthe? And what early clue to the new direction in Arkham Tower will spell disaster for Gotham City?
In addition the main cover and solicitation above the title has a few variant covers below.
Lazarus Planet: Dark Fate #1 Spoilers and Review.
The first story features the Huntress.
This Huntress is Helena Bertinelli not the Huntress from the future, Helena Wayne daughter of Batman and Catwoman, who is time-traveling in the pages of the Justice Society of America series on stands now too.
This is the gritty Huntress who has entered Arkham Tower to quell unrest.
First she encounters Green Arrow villain Onomatopoeia who stabs himself in the face as he’s losing to her?!
Next up is Monarch of Crime who Huntress easily takes down.
Same with the Cavalier and Zodiac Master.
Until she finally sees Killer Month super-powered by the Lazarus Rains.
A self-described criminal messiah whose followers worship him including Big Top who Huntress also handles.
More to come in the summer of 2023 presumably in the Knight Terrors event.
The next tale involves the now Unstoppable Doom Patrol.
They’re sent on a strange mission, the free soldiers from a bizarre threat, in keeping with the team’s long history.
We also get an, um, Chainsaw Nun in the adventure.
However, the team realizes they’re dealing fungus so the Negative Man tries to talk to it and it turns it is a sentient kid.
Well, the Doom Patrol leaves the men down below to the displeasure of their benefactor.
However, a new leader for the Doom Patrol emerges.
It’s Crazy Jane and she and the team leave as intended.
The next story involves Jules Jordain.
Jules is a transgender man who can channel the Still Force.
Jules’s friend Micha is overwhelmed by energy from someone who just got their powers from the Lazarus Rains.
Jules absorbs the energy and is confronted by the Flash of China who believes Jules is the new Turtle due to their connection to the Still Force.
Jules adopts the nom de guerre of Circuit Breaker and is seemingly on the side of good who will be seen next in DC Pride 2023 in stores presumably during Pride Month which is June annually.
The Still Forces, and the other Forces as revealed during the Flash run, are above from DC Nation #6.
The final story involves Xanthe.
She is a heroine who can fight spirits.
She gets an assit from a Batgirl and John Constantine in her Gotham City cemetery battle.
Xanthe is really here to liberate a spirit and send it to the Spirit World by igniting joss paper.
The spirit is freed much to the chagrin of Constantine who doubted it the whole time.
The story continues in May 2023’s Spirit World #1.
Next Up.
The Lazarus Planet Checklist reveals what other tie-in’s are to come in the event.
There’s also the below Lazarus Planet checklist that shows where each title in the event occurs on Earth.
The Pulse.
Another mixed bag of stories in a Lazarus Planet one-shot. Some compelling characters, but overall this one felt like unnecessary and more like a teaser or preview book. My fave story was the Doom Patrol which sets the tone for their new limited series. The Spirit World story also teases Xanthe’s upcoming mini-series. Overall, it was a quick read in a one-shot with divergent stories and art teams that on their own are solid, but in the same book do not complement each other well. 4.5 out of 10.
