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Year of the Villain: Hell Arisen #1

DC · Series began 2020 · February 2020

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Dates

Cover date: February 2020
On sale: December 18, 2019
In stores: December 18, 2019
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (4)

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

Steve Epting Cover

Barcode 76194136477300111
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Riccardo Federici Variant Cover

Barcode 76194136477300121
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Blank Variant Cover

Barcode 76194136477300131
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Variant CoverMetron
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Story arc: Year of the Villain

This is part 129 of 132. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

Creators

pencils: Steve Eptinginks: Steve Eptingcolors: Steve Epting, Nick Filardiscript: James Tynion IVletters: Travis Lanham

Stories

Year of the Villain Hell Arisen Part One · 24 pages
Lex Luthor travels to Earth 3 to bring the Crime Syndicate to Perpetua, who turns the population of Earth 3 into Apex Predators and challenges the Crime Syndicate to conquer them. Perpetua then send Luthor on a mission back to Earth 0. Meanwhile The Batman Who Laughs is working on his on plan to conquer Earth, and has a plan to deal with Luthor.

Publisher’s description

DC’s “Year of the Villain” begins its sinister conclusion! Lex Luthor has brought Perpetua back from her cosmic grave and restored her power! Now the Multiverse lives in fear that she might wipe out all existence. The only thing that could stop her are the forces of the Dark Multiverse- which means it’s Luthor’s mission to defeat the Batman Who Laughs! But if Batman and Superman couldn’t stop him, what chance does Luthor stand? Spinning out of the end of the “Justice/ Doom War” in Justice League #38 and the conclusion of the epic “Infected” arc from Batman/Superman #5, DC’s two top villains face off in a battle royal-and the fate of all reality hangs in the balance!

Reprinted in

Year of the Villain: Hell Arisen (2020)