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In the chaos of the invasion, the Salesmen escaped to Prime Earth. Derek James gained super-powers after ending up in the Dark Multiverse. The Source Wall was broken as a result of the Justice League reaching out to everyone on Earth Element X and raise it ba

Dark Nights: Metal

Official Name

Dark Nights: Metal

Event Aliases

Dark Multiverse Crisis[1]

Universe

Prime Earth, Dark Multiverse

Heroes

Batman; Justice League; Hawkman

Villains

Barbatos; Dark Knights; The Batman Who Laughs

Titles

Dark Nights: Metal

Creators

Scott Snyder · Greg Capullo

First Appearance	Last Appearance
Dark Nights: Metal #1(October, 2017)	Dark Nights: Metal #6(May, 2018)

Dark Nights: Metal is a 2017–2018 event, written by Scott Snyder with art by Greg Capullo. The event tells the story of an invasion of Earth 0 by monstrous counterparts of Batman, from a place called the Dark Multiverse, led by the demon Barbatos.

Contents

• 1 History
  • 1.1 Aftereffects of The Dark Multiverse
• 2 Issues
  • 2.1 Prelude
  • 2.2 Core Issues
  • 2.3 One Shots
  • 2.4 Crossovers
• 3 Notes
• 4 Trivia
• 5 Recommended Reading
• 6 Links and References

History

Aftereffects of The Dark Multiverse

In the chaos of the invasion, the Salesmen escaped to Prime Earth. Derek James gained super-powers after ending up in the Dark Multiverse. The Source Wall was broken as a result of the Justice League reaching out to everyone on Earth Element X and raise it back from the Dark Multiverse. It also resulted in the the Darkstars and the Dark Pantheon coming to Prime Earth universe while Atlantis rose back from the sea.

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Issues

Prelude

Dark Days

• Dark Days: The Forge #1
• Dark Days: The Casting #1

Core Issues

• Dark Nights: Metal #1
• Dark Nights: Metal #2
• Dark Nights: Metal #3
• Dark Nights: Metal #4
• Dark Nights: Metal #5
• Dark Nights: Metal #6

One Shots

• Batman: Lost #1 (between issues 3 and 4)
• Hawkman: Found #1 (between issues 4 and 5)
• Dark Knights Rising: The Wild Hunt #1 (between issues 5 and 6)

Dark Nights one-shots

• Batman: The Red Death #1
• Batman: The Murder Machine #1
• Batman: The Dawnbreaker #1
• Batman: The Drowned #1
• Batman: The Merciless #1
• Batman: The Devastator #1
• The Batman Who Laughs #1

Crossovers

Gotham Resistance (between Issues 2 and 3)

• Teen Titans (Volume 6) #12
• Nightwing (Volume 4) #29
• Suicide Squad (Volume 5) #26
• Green Arrow (Volume 6) #32

Bats Out of Hell (between issues 3 and 4)

• The Flash (Volume 5) #33
• Justice League (Volume 3) #32
• Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #32
• Justice League (Volume 3) #33

Notes

Series spinning out of the event (New Age of DC Heroes):

• The Curse of Brimstone (Volume 1)
• Damage (Volume 2)
• The Immortal Men (Volume 1)
• New Challengers (Volume 1)
• Sideways (Volume 1)
• The Silencer (Volume 1)
• The Terrifics (Volume 1)
• The Unexpected (Volume 3)

Trivia

• The event reintroduces Carter Hall/Hawkman into the main continuity.

Recommended Reading

• Batman (Volume 2)
• Dark Nights: Death Metal

Links and References

1. ↑ Action Comics #1008