Dates
- Cover date
- September 2017
- On sale
- July 12, 2017
- In stores
- July 12, 2017
- Pages
- 44
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Editions and covers (4)
Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Convention Exclusive John Romita Jr. Foil CoverThis edition’s page
Story arc: Dark Days
This is part 2 of 2. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
- Dark Days: The Forge #1
- Dark Days: The Casting #1
Creators
Stories
- Dark Days: The Casting · 30 pages
Hawkman and Hawkgirl consult with a group on immortals about a secret ancient metal that changed history in some unknown way. Wonder Woman helps Batman in his quest to find the truth about the ancient metal and gives him the Sunblade, made of the Eigth Metal. At the Batcave, the Joker tells Hal Jordan and Duke Thomas of his connection with the metal. Hawkman enlists the Blackhawks and the Challengers of the unknown to help unravel the mystery, while Batman bargains with Talia for the source of the Ninth Metal, and the Joker turns the tables on Hal and Duke.
Publisher’s description
The Joker's surprise attack threatens to lay waste to all of Batman's carefully laid plans. Will the Dark Knight be able to regain the trust of his closest allies, Green Lantern and Duke, and prevent the forces of darkness from consuming the DC Universe?! Will Hawkman's warning stop our heroes from peering into the abyss? The great comics event of summer 2017 is on its way, courtesy of superstar writers Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV with art by a master class of comics artists: Andy Kubert, Jim Lee and John Romita Jr.!
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)