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Dark Nights: Death Metal 5 (Cover A)

DARK NIGHTS: DEATH METAL #5

Cover Date: January 2021
Cover Price: $4.99
Publication Date: 2020-11-17

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Greg Capullo (signed)
Inks: Jonathan Glapion (signed)
Colors: FCO Plascencia (signed)


Variant Covers:
Cover B
Art: David Finch (signed)
Colors: Steve Firchow (signed)
Cover C
Art: Stanley "Artgerm" Lau (signed)
Cover D
Art: Kael Ngu (signed)
Cover E
Art: Doug Mahnke (signed)
Colors: David Baron (signed)

Story: "Death Metal - An Anti-Crisis, Part V: The Man of No Tomorrow" (23 Pages)

Credits:

StoryScott Snyder
PencilsGreg Capullo
InksJonathan Glapion
LetteringTom Napolitano
ColorsFCO Plascencia
EditingAndrew Marino, Marie Javins

Feature Character(s):

Justice League
Batman (last in Dark Nights: Death Metal Robin King #1; in Dark Nights: Death Metal The Last Stories of the DC Universe #1 in between pages 13 and 20)
Flash (Barry Allen; last in Dark Nights: Death Metal Robin King #1; in Dark Nights: Death Metal The Last Stories of the DC Universe #1 in between pages 13 and 20)
Superman (last in Dark Nights: Death Metal Robin King #1; in Dark Nights: Death Metal The Last Stories of the DC Universe #1 in between pages 13 and 20)
Wonder Woman (last in Dark Nights: Death Metal Robin King #1; in Dark Nights: Death Metal The Last Stories of the DC Universe #1 in between pages 13 and 20)
Swamp Thing (last in Dark Nights: Death Metal Robin King #1; next in Dark Nights: Death Metal The Last Stories of the DC Universe #1/5)
Flash (Jay Garrick; last in Dark Nights: Death Metal Robin King #1)
Flash (Wally West; last in Dark Nights: Death Metal Robin King #1; next in Dark Nights: Death Metal The Last Stories of the DC Universe #1)
Harley Quinn (last in Dark Nights: Death Metal Robin King #1)
Lobo
Sgt. Rock (last in Dark Nights: Death Metal The Last Stories of the DC Universe #1)

Guest Star(s):

Legion of Doom
Cheetah (last in Justice League Vol. 4 #57)
Gorilla Grodd (last in Justice League Vol. 4 #57)
Lex Luthor (last in Justice League Vol. 4 #57; also in flashback to childhood; in Dark Nights: Death Metal The Last Stories of the DC Universe #1 in between pages 13 and 16)
Sinestro (last in Justice League Vol. 4 #57)
Superboy-Prime

Supporting Character(s):

Abigail Arcane

Villain(s):

The Darkest Knight (last in Dark Nights: Death Metal Robin King #1, page 6; in Dark Nights: Death Metal Robin King #1, page 31 in between pages 2 and 3, and in Dark Nights: Death Metal Robin King #1, pages 32-33 in between pages 3 and 8, and in Dark Nights: Death Metal Rise of the New God #1 in between pages 8 and 19)
The Robin King (in between Dark Nights: Death Metal Robin King #1, pages 30 and 31 and in between Dark Nights: Death Metal Robin King #1, pages 31 and 32)
Castle Bat
Perpetua (last in Dark Nights: Death Metal Multiverse's End #1; in Dark Nights: Death Metal Rise of the New God #1 in between pages 8 and 19)
Martian Manhunter of one of the Last 52 Earths (first appearance)
Spectre of one of the Last 52 Earths (first appearance)
Wonder Woman of one of the Last 52 Earths (first appearance)

Guest Appearance(s):

Air Wave (first New 52 appearance; resurrected)
Anthro (resurrected)
Atom (Ray Palmer)
Bat Lash (resurrected)
Batgirl (last in Dark Nights: Death Metal The Last Stories of the DC Universe #1)
Beast Boy (last in Dark Nights: Death Metal The Last Stories of the DC Universe #1)
Black Condor (Ryan Kendall; resurrected)
Black Lightning
Blue Beetle (Dan Garrett; first New 52 appearance; resurrected)
Bluebird
Booster Gold
Captain Cold (last in Dark Nights: Death Metal Rise of the New God #1)
Claw the Unconquered (resurrected)
Cyborg (last in Dark Nights: Death Metal The Last Stories of the DC Universe #1)
Dyna-Mite (Daniel Dunbar; first New 52 appearance; resurrected)
Donna Troy (last in Dark Nights: Death Metal The Last Stories of the DC Universe #1)
Dove (resurrected)
Enemy Ace (resurrected)
Fate (Jared Stevens; first New 52 appearance; resurrected)
Firestorm
Guardian
Green Arrow (last in Dark Nights: Death Metal The Last Stories of the DC Universe #1)
Green Lantern (Guy Gardner; last in Dark Nights: Death Metal Rise of the New God #1/2)
Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner; last in Dark Nights: Death Metal The Last Stories of the DC Universe #1)
Green Lantern (Hal Jordan; last in Dark Nights: Death Metal The Last Stories of the DC Universe #1)
Hawk (first New 52 appearance; resurrected)
Human Bomb (first New 52 appearance; resurrected)
Ice
Johnny Quick (resurrected)
Justice Society of America
Atom (Al Pratt; resurrected)
Damage
Green Lantern (Alan Scott)
Hourman (Rex Tyler; resurrected)
Red Tornado (Ma Hunkel; first New 52 appearance; resurrected)
Sandman (Wesley Dodds; resurrected)
Katana
Liberty Belle (first New 52 appearance; resurrected)
Martian Manhunter (last in Justice League Vol. 4 #57)
Mera (last in Dark Nights: Death Metal The Last Stories of the DC Universe #1)
Metamorpho
Mister Miracle
Mister Terrific
Nightwing (last in Dark Nights: Death Metal The Last Stories of the DC Universe #1)
Plastic Man
Raven (last in Dark Nights: Death Metal The Last Stories of the DC Universe #1)
Red Bee (resurrected)
Red Tornado (John Smith; last in Dark Nights: Death Metal Robin King #1; resurrected)
Signal (last in Dark Nights: Death Metal Robin King #1/2)
Star Sapphire
Steel
Supergirl
T.N.T. (resurrected)
Vigilante (resurrected)
Vixen
Atrocitus
Bizarro-Superman (Earth-29; last in Dark Nights: Death Metal Rise of the New God #1/2)
Black Adam
Black Manta
Clayface
Clock King II
Cyborg Superman (Hank Henshaw)
Eclipso
Giganta
Granny Goodness
Johnny Quick (resurrected)
Joker (last in Dark Nights: Death Metal Rise of the New God #1)
Killer Croc
Mister Freeze
Parasite
Penguin
Riddler (last in Dark Nights: Death Metal Rise of the New God #1)
Solomon Grundy
Ultraman (last in Dark Nights: Death Metal Multiverse's End #1; resurrected)

Location(s):

Metalverse
Dark Multiverse
Earth 49

Comment(s):

Story continues from Dark Nights: Death Metal Robin King #1.

Solicitation:

The Darkest Knight has won. With absolute power at the villain’s fingertips, Wonder Woman and the rest of the DC heroes are nothing to him. As the Darkest Knight turns his sights to his true goal, remaking the Multiverse in his image, can Earth’s heroes rally together to make a last stand?


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