Dates
- Cover date
- December 2017
- On sale
- October 25, 2017
- In stores
- October 25, 2017
- Pages
- 36
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Editions and covers (3)
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- 2nd printing
Second Printing
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
Barcode 76194135300500112
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Third Printing
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Barcode 76194135300500113
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Story arc: Dark Nights: Metal
This is part 12 of 31. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
- Dark Nights: Metal (2017) #1
- Dark Nights: Metal (2017) #2
- Teen Titans (2016) #12
- Batman: The Red Death (2017) #1
- Nightwing (2016) #29
- Batman: The Murder Machine (2017) #1
- Suicide Squad (2016) #26
- Batman: The Dawnbreaker (2017) #1
- Green Arrow (2016) #32
- Dark Nights: Metal (2017) #3
- Batman: The Drowned (2017) #1
- Batman: The Merciless (2017) #1
- The Flash (2016) #33
- Batman: The Devastator (2018) #1
- Justice League (2016) #32
- Batman: Lost (2017) #1
- Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps (2016) #32
- Dark Nights: The Batman Who Laughs (2018) #1
- Justice League (2016) #33
- Dark Nights: Metal (2017) #4
- Hawkman: Found (2018) #1
- Dark Nights: Metal (2017) #5
- Dark Knights Rising: The Wild Hunt (2018) #1
- Dark Nights: Metal (2017) #6
- Justice League #53
- Justice League #54
- Justice League #55
- Justice League #56
- Justice League #57
- Dark Nights: Death Metal The Last 52: War of the Multiverses #1
- Dark Nights: Metal Compendium (2025) #nn
Creators
Stories
- Wrath Child · 22 pages
On Earth -12, Ares had fashioned a new helmet that amplified his powers. The Batman and Wonder Woman of that world, who were romantically involved, led the final battle to defeat Ares, but it cost Wonder Woman her life. Grief-stricken, Batman donned Ares helmet gaining his powers and becoming the new God of War. Recruited by the Batman Who Laughs, he travels to Earth 0, where he confronts a joint task force of the heads of A.R.G.U.S., S.H.A.D.E., the D.E.O. and Task Force X and turns them all against each other.
Publisher’s description
As the events of DARK NIGHTS: METAL rock the DC Universe, the creatures of the Dark Multiverse stand ready to invade our world! How can even the World’s Greatest Heroes stop a horde of deadly beings that appear to be powerful, nightmare versions of familiar figures?
Reprinted in
Dark Nights: Metal - Dark Knights Rising (2018), Dark Nights: Metal: Dark Knights Rising (2019), Dark Nights: Metal Compendium (2025)