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Year of the Villain: Hell Arisen #4

DC · Series began 2020 · May 2020

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Dates

Cover date: May 2020
On sale: March 18, 2020
In stores: March 18, 2020
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #4 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Steve Epting Cover

Barcode 76194136477300411
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Riccardo Federici Variant Cover

Barcode 76194136477300421
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Variant CoverMetron
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Story arc: Year of the Villain

This is part 132 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 Conclusion · 24 pages
At the Hall of Justice, Lex Luthor and his team of villains battle the Batman Who Laughs and the heroes he has infected. Lex is able to free the infected heroes and captures the Batman Who Laughs and brings him to face Perpetua. But the Batman Who Laughs has one final plan to turn the tables.

Publisher’s description

This is it! Lex Luthor has gathered a strike force of villains he’s leveled up to be the baddest bad guys around-Captain Cold, Oracle, Solomon Grundy, Black Manta, and Lobo, each and every one a recipient of one of Lex’s dark gifts. But the Batman Who Laughs has his own army of infected heroes. Six hundred sixty-six of them, all transformed into their worst selves. It’s a final showdown between two of DC’s most iconic villains, all to curry the favor of Perpetua. Whoever wins will take over the Multiverse alongside her. Does Lex ascend, or does he get laid low? Does the Batman Who Laughs finally remake the DC Universe in his own image? Either way, life for our heroes will never be the same.

Reprinted in

Year of the Villain: Hell Arisen (2020)