Johnny hadn't thought it was possible, but security at Blackgate was actually worse the second time around. This time though he wasn't going for a grand entrance. Johnny teleported, made his way through the facility with little trouble, and made his way to his current destination. So far he had been fortunate in that nobody noticed him. He ( Read more... )

This dilapidated relic of Gotham's former glory has survived a number of disasters - nearby fires, the quake - structurally intact, but the business that once thrived here began to sputter in the 1970's. As Hollywood's glamor had given way to gritty reality, so had Ming's Chinese. It had finally shuttered in the 1980's, but the building remains a ( Read more... )

Across planet Earth on every major television network, every radio and every live stream using satellites to broadcast, the head and shoulders of the Cyborg Superman appears. Using his mastery over technopathy he broadcasts his message ( Read more... )

"My, this city has certainly seen better days." Johnny Sorrow remarked aloud as he strolled casually through the ruined city. The fact he could pretty much travel through the city pratically unmolested attested to that. He didn't count the efforts of a couple of  policemen who recognized him, at least they had until they clawed their own eyes out ( Read more... )

 The thing that was once Aleister Hook, perched upon the ruined building as he scanned the once proud city. He didn't know how Fawcett came to this state, nor did he care. His only concern was that the children needed him, they needed his gift now more than ever. Especially if what he had been told was true.  The heirs of Shazam were in this city, ( Read more... )

Darkseid is bored. Watching Desaad's systematic torture of hundred of Gothamites can only remain interesting for a while. He's just waiting for his power to reach its zenith through Blackfire and then ( Read more... )

'Karu-Sil wasn't exagerrating, this place was a fortress.' Slade thinks to himself, perched on a cliff overlooking some gothic citadel. This place REEKED of magic, right down to the cult-robed guards and the fact they're carrying a mixture of guns and magical items. They didn't look to be trained, but the sheer weight of numbers is impressive. ( Read more... )

Deacon Joseph Blackfire has lived for far more years than any man should live. He was born centuries ago to a Hotethk Native American tribe under a blood red moon. It was seen as a sign that he would amount to become a leader of men. Blackfire became that leader time and time again, always gaining control, always to eventually lose it. Each time he ( Read more... )

Mr. Freeze had been brooding in Bludhaven along with a number of the others who had escaped from the carnage in Gotham. Freeze himself had placed the blame for the situation quite plainly on the shoulders of the Batman; where was he when Freeze was ready to strike against Blackfire? Telling him to hold his fire, that's where. And then Freeze was ( Read more... )

While several of their number had gone off into Gotham, others had created a makeshift science lab using materials brought from Blue Beetle's ship, along with equipment provided by Grodd and the Calculator. Grodd was currently studying the brainwave patterns of the unconscious King Tut. The man was newly unconscious as he had woken up briefly, ( Read more... )