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Dark Days: The Forge #1

DC · Series began 2017 · August 2017

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Dates

Cover date: August 2017
On sale: June 14, 2017
Pages: 44

Editions and covers (5)

Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Jim Lee / Scott Williams Cover

Barcode 76194135159900111
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Andy Kubert Variant Cover

Barcode 76194135159900121
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John Romita Jr. / Danny Miki Variant Cover

Barcode 76194135159900131
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2nd printing

2nd Printing

Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.

Barcode 76194135159900112
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SDCC Comic Con 2017 Convention Exclusive Silver Foil Cover
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Creators

pencils: Jim Lee, Andy Kubert, John Romita Jr.inks: Scott Williams, Klaus Janson, Danny Mikicolors: Alex Sinclair, Jeremiah Skipperscript: Scott Snyder, James Tynion IVletters: Steve Wands

Stories

Dark Days: The Forge · 30 pages
Batman has been keeping secrets about a mystery involving a mysterious metal. Batman rescues a scientist from a secret base in the Bermuda Triangle to retrieve the data he has collected on the metal. Ganthet assigns Hal Jordan to investigate. Hal infiltrates the Batcave and, along with Duke Thomas, finds that Batman has a hidden chamber in the Batcave with hidden secrets. Hawkman is also trying to solve the mystery of the metal. Batman compares notes with Mr. Terrific who has been working for him, and then travels to the Fortress of Solitude to retrieve a secret he has hidden there.

Reprinted in

Dark Days: The Forge / Casting Director's Cut (2018), Dark Days: The Road to Metal (2018), Dark Days: The Road to Metal (2018), Dark Nights: Metal Compendium (2025)