Batman #94 (variant Card Stock cover - Stanley Lau)
(DC Comics)

The Designer's machinations have left Batman's life in tatters! Gotham City's ambitious rebuilding has skittered to a halt as new powers are rising to shape its destiny-and Batman is powerless to stop them! With no Alfred or Bat-Family to lean on, the Dark Knight stands alone against the ascendance of his greatest adversary!

Amazing Spider-Man #46
(Marvel Comics)

Sins Rising part 2. The Lethal Legion returns to threaten the Big Apple , and only the Sin Eater can save us? How can Spider-Man stop the murderous vigilante and should he?

Batman #94
(DC Comics)

The Designer's machinations have left Batman's life in tatters! Gotham City's ambitious rebuilding has skittered to a halt as new powers are rising to shape its destiny-and Batman is powerless to stop them! With no Alfred or Bat-Family to lean on, the Dark Knight stands alone against the ascendance of his greatest adversary!

Dark Nights: Death Metal #1
(DC Comics)

Get ready for the earth-shattering encore! The legendary team behind Dark Nights: Metal and Batman: Last Knight on Earth take center stage and reunite for one last tour. When the Earth is enveloped by the Dark Multiverse, the Justice League is at the mercy of the Batman Who Laughs. Humanity struggles to survive in a hellish landscape twisted beyond recognition, while Batman, Wonder Woman, and Superman have all been separated and fight to survive. Unleash the beast and let the head banging begin!

Wolverine #4
(Marvel Comics)

The Red Tavern! After getting dressed down by the Quiet Council for rogue activity, Wolverine escapes through his own secret gate to the Red Tavern, a snowbound, backwoods watering hole where he only wants to guzzle whiskey in peace. But Logan soon discovers that peace isn't possible as a twist-and-turn murder mystery unfolds - and at the heart of it all is an enemy from the past.

Amazing Spider-Man #45
(Marvel Comics)

Sins Rising part 1. Sin-Eater is back and New York City is in trouble. Who will the shotgun-toting villain target, and can Spider-Man stand a chance against him?

Legion of Super-Heroes #7
(DC Comics)

Jonathan Kent, intergalactic fugitive! The United Planets is less than thrilled with the decision to bring Superboy a thousand years into the future to protect the past. Planet Gotham is under siege. Ultra Boy's homeworld is on the verge of all-out war. And as if that weren't enough, new Legionnaire drama unfolds as Saturn Girl and Cosmic Boy throw down over who should take on the Legion's leadership! Plus, Brainiac 5 will reveal a secret that will make one Legionnaire quit the team-and we ask the burning question: Who is the strongest Legionnaire? Find out in the only book telling you the future of the DC Universe every month!

X-Men #11 (EMP)
(Marvel Comics)

The trees are killing the children!

Batman #95 (Joker War)
(DC Comics)

It was always going to come to this. The Clown Prince of Crime and the Dark Knight Detective go head-to-head for the last time. The Joker has never wanted to win before, he's never wanted his battle with Batman to end, but now his motivation has shifted. He has decided that one way or another, this will be the final chapter to their story. Joker War begins here!

Batman #95 (Joker War) (variant Card Stock cover - F Mattina)
(DC Comics)

It was always going to come to this. The Clown Prince of Crime and the Dark Knight Detective go head-to-head for the last time. The Joker has never wanted to win before, he's never wanted his battle with Batman to end, but now his motivation has shifted. He has decided that one way or another, this will be the final chapter to their story. Joker War begins here!

Batman: The Adventures Continue #1
(DC Comics)

From the visionary producers of Batman: The Animated Series come all-new stories in this seminal animated world. In this opening chapter, Wayne Enterprises in Gotham City is attacked by a giant robot that steals an entire room from the laboratory. Who's controlling the robot? How will Batman stop the mechanized menace? And what does it all have to do with Lex Luthor's sudden appearance in Gotham?

Children of the Atom #2
(Marvel Comics)

Breakout! A local prison riot is quickly turning into an escape and the only ones who can stop them are a bunch of high schoolers?! The strangest teens of all are on the case! Guest-starring the Avengers!

Detective Comics #1023 (Joker War)
(DC Comics)

Just when you thought it was safe to crack a smile, The Joker is back to crash the party! Hot on the heels of Joker War, the Clown Prince of Crime is revealed as the mastermind behind Two-Face's turmoil-but to what end? Batman will need all the allies he can get, and what better ally than Harvey Dent? Can the Dark Knight cure his friend once and for all in time to fight the greatest battle of his life?

New Mutants #11
(Marvel Comics)

Helping young mutants in crisis ain't all sunshine and rainbows - and recently, it's been downright nightmarish. But maybe the New Mutants' luck is changing

Savage Avengers #13
(Marvel Comics)

The Savage Avengers assemble! Wolverine, Conan, Dr. Strange, Elektra, Black Widow, Hellstrom, Voodoo, Magik...and more. The heroes draw up a battle plan against Kulan Gath, and you'll be thrilled as Conan wields a most unexpected weapon in the fight against darkness.

Young Justice #16
(DC-Wonder Comics)

Impulse unleashed! Bartholomew Henry Allen II has traveled to the edges of space and time-and along the way, he's discovered truths that he's kept from even his closest friends. Until now. The truth behind the legacy of Young Justice is revealed! What does tomorrow hold for Young Justice?

Empyre #3
(Marvel Comics)

The tag-team action comes home! Wakanda is the battleground - as the Avengers and the FF unite to prevent a Vibranium-powered threat to all life as we know it A long-lost Avenger returns to active duty - but will that be enough to turn the tide? And in space, interstellar intrigue threatens the fragile Kree/Skrull alliance...and the repercussions might just doom planet Earth!

Immortal Hulk #36
(Marvel Comics)

No happy endings.

Justice League #46
(DC Comics)

Vengeance Is Thine part 3! On Themyscira, peace hangs in the balance when the Justice League is caught trespassing on the island of the Amazons! As the Spectre's wave of vengeance sweeps across the world, the island is now twisted with rage. In order to quell mass retribution, the team must enter the Pit of Tartarus and find Jim Corrigan, but first they will have to fight their way into it-among each other and with their not-so-gracious Amazonian hosts!

Justice League #47
(DC Comics)

Vengeance Is Thine conclusion! The Justice League battles through the dreaded Pit of Tartarus, mythological prison to the most wretched creatures imaginable. Batman, Superman, the Flash, Green Lantern, Aquaman, and Wonder Woman must resolve their long-held grudges while they still can-and before the world burns. Yet even if they succeed, they must still defeat the monster that lives and rules at the dark base of Tartarus.