Dates
- Cover date
- [May] 2025
- On sale
- March 18, 2025
- Pages
- 764
Editions and covers
Story arc: Gotham Resistance
This is part 5 of 5. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
- Teen Titans (2016) #12
- Nightwing (2016) #29
- Suicide Squad (2016) #26
- Green Arrow (2016) #32
- Dark Nights: Metal Compendium (2025) #nn
Also part of: Dark Nights: Metal
Creators
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.
- 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.
- Metal, Chapter One · 28 pages
Mongul has captured the Justice League and forces them to fight for their lives on his new War Moon. Batman leads the League in turning the tables to defeat Mongul. Returning to Earth, they discover a mysterious mountain that has suddenly appeared in the middle of Gotham City. There they encounter the Blackhawks led by Kendra Saunders, who warns them of an ancient threat from the Dark Multiverse that was being investigated by Hawkman before he disappeared. Kendra warns the League that somehow Batman is the key to this threat.
- Metal, Chapter Two · 22 pages
The Justice League and allies desperately search for Batman who has disappeared with a very dangerous weapon. Batman uses his "Bat family" to act as decoys to distract the League to give him time to escape. Kendra, Vandal Savage, and the Immortals discuss options to deal with the coming threat. Batman, using the weapon revealed as baby Darkseid, believes he can use Darkseid's Omega beams to go back in time to stop the coming threat of Barbatos. However, the Court of Owls and the Strigydae trick him into instead opening a "doorway" that allows the threat to come to the present.
- Gotham Resistance, Pt. 1: The Riddler's Labyrinth · 20 pages
The Batman Who Laughs frees the inmates of Arkham Asylum and transforms Gotham into different realms each ruled by a different transformed Arkham escapee. The Titans investigate and Robin finds himself trapped in a labyrinth controlled by the Riddler, along with Green Arrow, Harley Quinn, and Killer Croc, who must work together to find their way out.
- Gotham Resistance, Part 2: A Ring of Ice and Fear · 20 pages
Nightwing, Robin, Green Arrow, Killer Croc and Harley Quinn battle Mister Freeze and his ice giants in a frozen realm of the transformed Gotham; while the Teen Titans and the rest of the Suicide Squad fight an army of Dark Robins in another realm.
- Gotham Resistance, Pt. 3: Welcome to the Jungle · 20 pages
Harley Quinn, Croc, Green Arrow, Nightwing, and Robin battle Poison Ivy in another transformed section of Gotham, then must face the rest of the Suicide Squad and the Teen Titans who have been transformed by Dark Robin.
- Gotham Resistance, Finale · 20 pages
Green Arrow, Nightwing, Robin, Harley Quinn, and Mr. Terrific battle altered Gotham villains to get to the center of the transformed Gotham where they find the Batman Who Laughs and Dark Robin, who have created a metal machine which draws on the life forces of the captured Teen Titans and Suicide Squad in order to transport Earth to the Dark Multiverse. After a momentary victory by the heroes, the Batman Who Laughs summons the other Dark Knights to his side. Doctor Fate arrives to help the heroes escape, but they are forced to abandon the captured Titans and Suicide Squad.
- Ride the Lightning · 22 pages
The Batman of Earth -52 finds himself not being fast enough to stop all crime, so he steals the speed of the Earth -52 Flash. With his new speed, he adopts a new costume and becomes Batman the Red Death. After putting a permanent end to Gotham's villains, he finds that his world is facing doom. An agent of Barbatos convinces him to travel to Earth 0 to help Barbatos take over that world, which leads to a confrontation with The Flash.
- Heavy Metal · 22 pages
On Earth -44, after the death of Alfred at the hands of Gotham's villains, Batman, with the help of Cyborg, develops the Alfred Protocol, a computer program with Alfred's personality to help guide Bruce. In an effort to protect Bruce, the Alfred program murders the villains of Arkham, and then infects Bruce, turning him into a machine-like being capable of murder. Learning that Earth -44 is doomed, Batman the Murder Machine travels to Earth 0 to help Barbatos to take over the world, leading him into a conflict with Cyborg.
- Fear of the Dark · 22 pages
On Earth -32, young Bruce Wayne feels no emotions after witnessing the death of his parents, including having no fear, and he is selected to join the Green Lantern Corps. Using his tremendous willpower, he is able to over come the ring's settings to use it to kill criminals, and when Gordon, The Green Lantern Corps, and the Guardians try to stop him, Bruce kills them also. As Batman the Dawnbreaker, he learns that his world is about to be destroyed, and is recruited by the Batman Who Laughs to travel to Earth 0 to help take over that world, where he battles Green Lantern Hal Jordan.
- Rime of the Ancient Mariner · 22 pages
Bryce Wayne, a female version of Batman (Batwoman?) from Earth -11, having murdered other meta-humans on that world that she held responsible for the death of her love Sylvester Kyle, faces a new threat from Aquawoman and the armies of Atlantis. Bryce surgically alters herself to become a water-breather with control over the seas, which she uses to defeat the Atlanteans and kill Aquawoman. Recruited by the Batman Who Laughs, she travels to Earth 0 and attacks Amnesty Bay, where she is confronted by Aquaman and Mera.
- 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.
- Symphony of Destruction · 22 pages
On Earth -1, Superman had turned evil. The Justice League of that world believed they could save him, but after he killed his Lois Lane, Batman realized he was too far gone. Transforming himself with a Doomsday virus, Batman became the Devastator and killed Superman. Realizing his world was about to die, he is recruited by The Batman Who Laughs to travel to Earth 0 where his mission is to steal cosmic tuning force from the Fortress of Solitude and bring it to Barbatos, who plans to use it to change Earth 0's vibrational frequency to cause it to fall into the Dark Multiverse.
- The Batman Who Laughs · 23 pages
On Earth -22, Batman has a final confrontation with the Joker that ends with Batman killing the Joker. However upon his death, a virus is released from his body which infects Batman. As a result, Batman's mind becomes evil and twisted like the Joker, leading him to murder all of that world's other heroes. After conquering his Earth, he accepts the invitation of Barbatos to travel to Earth 0 to help bring that world into the Dark Multiverse.
- Metal, Chapter Three · 24 pages
Barbatos has crossed over into our world, where Superman and Wonder Woman try to stop him but they are overpowered by the Dark Knights. They are rescued by the Flash, and brought to the Oblivion Bar where they join with the rest of the Justice League, Kendra Saunders, Green Arrow, Robin, Nightwing, Doctor Fate, Mr. Terrific, Steel, and Deathstroke to plan a strategy to find Batman and stop Barbatos and the Dark Knights.
- Bats Out of Hell, Part One · 20 pages
The Flash and Steel help Superman travel to the Dark Multiverse to rescue Batman. The Justice League and their allies have split into teams to search for Nth Metal to defeat the Dark Knights, but all teams are captured by the Dark Nights except for The Flash and Steel, who are confronted by The Murder Machine and The Devastator. The Flash is transported to Central City, where all citizens, including Iris and Wally, have been aged and are under the control of the Red Death. Separated from their allies, The Flash, Green Lantern, Aquaman, and Wonder Woman each face off against a Dark Knight.
- Bats Out of Hell, Part Two: Countdown to Extinction · 20 pages
With Superman and Batman trapped in the Dark Multiverse, the rest of the League battles the Dark Knights on Earth. The Flash faces the Red Death, Aquaman faces the Drowned, Wonder Woman faces the Merciless, and Green Lantern faces the Dawnbreaker, while Cyborg faces a struggle of his own.
- Bats Out of Hell, Part Three: None More Black · 20 pages
Underneath Coast City Hal battles the Dawnbreaker, who tries to use Hal's fears against him. Ultimately the Dawnbreaker is triumphant and brings the captured Hal to Challengers Mountain in Gotham, where the other Dark Knights have also brought the other captured heroes.
- Bats Out of Hell, Finale · 20 pages
The Justice League and other heroes have been captured by the Dark Knights. Cyborg fights off the influences of the Dark Multiverse and is able to free the League leading to a battle with the Dark Knights. When Barbatos arrives, Cyborg helps the League and other heroes to escape through Hypertime.
- Batman Lost · 30 pages
Trapped in the Dark Multiverse, Batman finds that his reality keeps changing, as he keeps shifting from one time period to another. He tries to solve the mysteries that he faces in each time period so that he can escape the Dark Multiverse and return home, but he discovers these events are being manipulated by Barbatos.
- Metal, Chapter Four · 22 pages
Batman must rescue Superman from the Dark Multiverse, and he must battle Dark Multiverse versions of Superman to free him. Aquaman and Deathstroke travel to Atlantis to search for Nth Metal in the tomb of Arion. Green Lantern, Mr. Terrific, and Plastic "egg" travel to the hidden Thanagar Prime where they encounter Onimar Synn and Starro the Conqueror. Wonder Woman, Doctor Fate, and Kendra Saunders travel to the Rock of Eternity in their quest for Nth Metal, but Kendra betrays them. Superman and Batman are rescued by Daniel, and he sends them to the Forge of Worlds to stop Barbatos.
- Hawkman Found · 24 pages
Carter Hall finds himself trapped in a world with others who seem familiar to him (who are other incarnations whom he has lived as), who are attacked by Manhawks. Seeking to put a stop to the attacks, Carter boards a spaceship that seems to be their source, where he battles an evil incarnation of Hawkman who seeks to take Carter's life as his own.
- Metal, Chapter Five · 22 pages
Earth's descent into the Dark Multiverse has been temporarily halted, but Barbatos seeks to call his armies to Earth to complete the mission. Superman and Batman battle a transformed Hawkman at the Forge of Worlds. On their quest to find Nth Metal, Aquaman and Deathstroke are attacked by Black Manta, Wonder Woman is attacked by Black Adam and Lady Blackhawk, while Green Lantern, Mr. Terrific, and Martian Manhunter must stop Onimar Synn and Starro from using Plastic Man's egg form to control the energies of the Dark Multiverse. The Dark Knights return to join the battles against the heroes.
- Riders on the Razor · 32 pages
A flashback reveals the origin of Detective Chimp, showing how Bobo gained his intelligence. In the present, Bobo is working with Will Magnus, T.O. Morrow, and others to help guide The Flash, Cyborg, and Raven through the Multiverse on the Ultima Thule to locate the Hall of Heroes to get help to save the Multiverse, but the Dark Knights strike to prevent them from succeeding.
- Metal, Chapter Six · 32 pages
Wonder Woman and Hawkgirl battle the dark multiverse armies of Barbatos, while Aquaman, Green Lantern, Mr. Terrific, Deathstroke, and Plastic Man battle the Dark Knights. Wonder Woman descends to the Forge of Worlds where she faces a transformed Hawkman, who fights on the side of Barbatos, as Hawkgirl tries to reach Carter Hall, the man inside. Wonder Woman rescues Superman and Batman from the Forge of Worlds, and armored in Tenth Metal, they help turn the tide against the armies of Barbatos. Batman and an unexpected ally have a final battle with the Batman Who Laughs.
- Coda · 12 pages
In the aftermath of the victory over Barbatos, Bruce invites the Justice League and others to attend a celebration party in their civilian identities. But Bruce also warns them of new threats that will arise as a result of changes to the Multiverse due to their battle with the Dark Multiverse.
- Biographies · 2 pages