The Flash #33 [Ethan Van Sciver Cover]

(December 2017)

Bats Out of Hell Part One (Table of Contents: 1)

The Flash / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Joshua Williamson

Pencils

Howard Porter

Inks

Howard Porter

Colors

Hi-Fi

Letters

Steve Wands

Genre

superhero

Characters

Justice League [The Flash [Barry Allen]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Wonder Woman [Diana of Themyscira]; Batman [Bruce Wayne] (flashback); Cyborg [Victor Stone]; The Court of Owls (flashback); Nightmaster [Jim Rook]; Detective Chimp [Bobo]; Doctor Fate; Steel [John Henry Irons]; Mr. Terrific [Michael Holt]; Kendra Saunders [Lady Blackhawk]; Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; Plastic Man (as an egg); Deathstroke [Slade Wilson]; Dark Knights [The Murder Machine; The Devastator; The Batman Who Laughs; The Red Death; The Dawnbreaker; The Merciless; The Drowned]; Iris Allen; Kid Flash [Wally West] (second Wally West); unnamed Central City citizens; Captain Cold [Leonard Snart]; Mirror Master [Sam Scudder]; Golden Glider [Lisa Snart]; Weather Wizard [Marco Marden]; Godspeed [August Heart]; Flash [Wally West] (original Wally West]; alternate universe/timeline versions of the Flash [Barry Allen]; Rocket Reds

Synopsis

The Flash and Steel help Superman travel to the Dark Multiverse to rescue Batman. The Justice League and their allies have split into teams to search for Nth Metal to defeat the Dark Knights, but all teams are captured by the Dark Nights except for The Flash and Steel, who are confronted by The Murder Machine and The Devastator. The Flash is transported to Central City, where all citizens, including Iris and Wally, have been aged and are under the control of the Red Death. Separated from their allies, The Flash, Green Lantern, Aquaman, and Wonder Woman each face off against a Dark Knight.

Reprints

• in Dark Nights: Metal - The Resistance (DC, 2018 series) ([August] 2018)
• in The Flash Rebirth Deluxe Edition (DC, 2017 series) #3 ([November] 2018)

Keywords

Dark Multiverse

Indexer Notes

Dark Nights: Metal tie in.

Bats Out of Hell story continues in
Justice League (DC, 2016 series) #32 (Part 2),
Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps (DC, 2016 series) #33 (Part 3), and
Justice League (DC, 2016 series) #33 (Part 4).

The Flash and Steel helping Superman to travel to the Dark Multiverse, and the Justice League splitting into teams to search for Nth Metal was shown in Dark Nights: Metal (DC, 2017 series) #3.