Dark Nights: Metal #5 [Bulletproof Comics Gabriele Dell'Otto Black and White Virgin Cover]
(March 2018)

DC, 2017 Series
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Price
3.99 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
2018-01-31
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Rated T+ Teen Plus
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [circle and serifs]
Barcode
761941348926 00561
Editing
Marie Javins (credited) (group editor); Rebecca Taylor (credited) (editor); Dave Wielgosz (credited) (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

Limited print run of 1,500 copies.
This issue is a variant of Dark Nights: Metal (DC, 2017 series) #5 [Greg Capullo & Jonathan Glapion Cover]. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Justice League / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gabriele Dell'Otto
Inks
Gabriele Dell'Otto
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Batman Who Laughs
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Metal [Part Five] (Table of Contents: 1)

Justice League / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Scott Snyder (credited)
Pencils
Greg Capullo (credited)
Inks
Jonathan Glapion (credited)
Colors
FCO Plascencia (credited)
Letters
Steve Wands (credited)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Barbatos; Dark Knights [The Batman Who Laughs; The Murder Machine; The Red Death; The Drowned; The Merciless; The Devastator; The Dawnbreaker] (dark multiverse versions of Batman); Dark Robins; Justice League [Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Wonder Woman [Diana of Themyscira]]; Hawkman [Carter Hall] (transformed into a dragon of Barbatos); Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]; Two-Face [Harvey Dent]; Killer Croc [Waylon Jones]; Deathstroke [Slade Wilson]; Mr. Terrific [Michael Holt]; Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz]; Black Adam; Kendra Saunders [Lady Blackhawk; Hawkgirl]; Black Manta; unidentified Thanagarian Wingmen; Onimar Synn; Starro the Conqueror; Plastic Man (as an egg); Dark Multiverse version of Wonder Woman; Dark Multiverse version of Cheetah; Dark Multiverse version of Flash; Dark Multiverse version of Grodd; Dark Multiverse version of Batman; Dark Multiverse version of Bane; Dark Multiverse version of Darkseid; Dark Multiverse version of Batman; Dark Multiverse version of Clayface; Dark Multiverse version of Arion; Dark Multiverse version of Green Lantern; Dark Multiverse version of Penguin; other members of Barbatos' Dark Multiverse army
Synopsis
Earth's descent into the Dark Multiverse has been temporarily halted, but Barbatos seeks to call his armies to Earth to complete the mission. Superman and Batman battle a transformed Hawkman at the Forge of Worlds. On their quest to find Nth Metal, Aquaman and Deathstroke are attacked by Black Manta, Wonder Woman is attacked by Black Adam and Lady Blackhawk, while Green Lantern, Mr. Terrific, and Martian Manhunter must stop Onimar Synn and Starro from using Plastic Man's egg form to control the energies of the Dark Multiverse. The Dark Knights return to join the battles against the heroes.
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Keywords
Dark Multiverse; the Forge of Worlds

Indexer Notes

Story continues in Dark Knights Rising: The Wild Hunt (DC, 2018 series) #1.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

credits, title page / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
Greg Capullo
Inks
Jonathan Glapion
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Reprints

Indexer Notes

2 page title and credits appearing between pages 1 and 2 of the story.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Justice League
  2. 1. Metal [Part Five]
    Justice League
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
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