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🤘“In the end, METAL is a lot of things - it‘s about those moments when you find yourself face-to-face with the worst versions of yourself, moments when all looks like doom - but at its heart it‘s a love letter to comic book storytelling at its most lunatic...” - from the introduction by the author🤘

Well, this book was full-on cuckoo nuts. An army of evil Batmans try to conquer the Multiverse! I loved every bonkers moment!

🤘#SummerOfShort3🤘

Actual Sentences In This Book aka Why I Love Comics:

“I realized back at the Oblivion Bar that the coordinates for the Dark Multiverse are not far from the Phantom Zone.”

“Now the egg will power the reversed cannon and its beam will darken the core of the Earth, then, through this, the very mace you recovered, the Earth will be guided down through the portal and into the dark, once and for all.”

I am a grown man, but I still squeal internally when Neil Gaiman‘s Sandman characters show up in the DC Universe proper.

It is easy to forget that Gaiman‘s masterwork is rooted in the DCU, but Dream stops by Justice League headquarters in the early issues and there‘s even a Martian Manhunter/Oreo cookie gag.

Plus Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne show up at the Wake.

So cool that Daniel/Dream got to play a part in METAL.
#SummerOfShort3

...and toward what is possible.

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Finally!

In every single one of the last, jeez, 11 or 12 volumes of my chronological read-through of the DC Universe someone mentions that some kind of multiversal cataclysm is imminent.

It‘s all been leading up to 2017‘s METAL event, and here we are. After I read these 3 books, I‘m going to take a break from DC and work on some other comics for awhile.

#SummerOfShort3

I was expecting another big clunky crossover "event", guaranteed to change everything until the next event came along, but this was actually good. Snyder has been writing Batman for awhile now, and seems to have him down pat. The artwork was dicey in places, but overall it was bright, exciting and easy to tell who's punching who. 3 ??? 1/2 out of 5.

I often judge superhero comics by whether they're accessible to new readers. They should either scan well if you know little to nothing about the universe OR they should be a gateway that makes you really, really want to learn what led to all this.

I'm not a DC neophyte anymore, but I still felt like Metal was targeted at people who know EVERYTHING. I found a few flashes of cool, but mostly I was bored. Recced for old timers only. #caseyplusbooks

This DC comic event was epic! I read the four collected editions in one day, which was a lot to take in. I almost liked the tie-ins between than the main story.

I totally spaced on reading this and on the July 1 discussion for #wevegotissues and I just got a notice from my library that it‘s now overdue! I‘m going for try to get most of it read tonight so I can bring it back tomorrow.

This was a crazy ride into the DC multi-verse! I'm going to have to go back and read the entire Scott Snyder run of Batman now. He made me enjoy DC comics again! Greg Capullo's art is mind-blowing! I have to agree with @cobwebmoth I hear Kevin Conroy's voice as I read this book. He is Batman.
#CBBR #WeveGotissues @GrilledCheeseSamurai @TricksyTails

Having never read a DC comic before or seen the new movies I realized going into this it would probably be al lot. But it was a lot, a lot. Lol, I felt a little exhausted like the people at this dinner party. “Can we just have some down time?” Maybe it was just not my jam. I did love Wonder Woman‘s unfailing hope/optimism/power of friendship. Looking forward to the next month‘s pick. #wevegotissues

Oooookay! Look at this cover! 😍😍

This is a variant cover for issue 4 of Dark Nights Metal.

That's friggen Dream on the cover! 😱❤️😱

Yes...of Sandman fame. #NeilGaimanFanBoy

Dream makes an appearance in the first issue of Metal and as you see here...also issue 4

#WeveGotIssues #CBBR

“‘Lost to history is a story...‘ Those were his opening lines. About a tale you hoped was long forgotten. The story of a dark god, a lord of nightmare. But as you can now see, as I unwrap your ancient eyes... The Birdman lied.”

What is real? Who can be trusted? What happens when everyone is trying to #manipulate the story for their own ends?

Fun story and fantastic artwork for #cbbr #WeveGotIssues

#quotsyjune18

Robin cracks me up every. Single. Time.

Yeah. I'd say he's winning too. 🤣

#WeveGotIssues #CBBR
 @TricksyTails

5 pages into Dark Nights Metal and the Justice League have formed a...a...Voltron!? 😱

❤️❤️❤️❤️

This story is bananas right from the get-go. 👍

#WeveGotIssues #CBBR
 @TricksyTails

I was disappointed when @GrilledCheeseSamurai posted this as the next pick for #CBBR #wevegotissues because it wasn‘t available on Hoopla. I‘m still 7th in line at my library for a physical copy, because it is still “on order”. Then, just a few minutes ago, I received an email from Hoopla saying this was now available! It‘s like they knew I needed a break from the other book I‘m reading. #HappyDance #EveningPlans

I‘m ready to start this! #cbbr #WeveGotIssues I took the book jacket off to show that awesome cover underneath.

I mean...just look at that cover! Batman freaking riding a Joker dragon. 😱😍

Nuff said.

#WeveGotIssues #CBBR
 @TricksyTails

Dark Nights Metal came out in stores today and @TricksyTails & I are super pumped to offer up this CRAZY Batman story as our #WeveGotIssues #CBBR pick this month! 🤘

I originally read this as monthly single issues as it was released and trust me when I tell ya its a bonkers Batman story that effect the entire DC universe moving forward.