The next incorporates spoilers for Darkish Disaster #2, on sale now from DC Comics.
Jon Kent’s Justice League simply obtained a brand-new chief — and it is not Nightwing.
The start of Darkish Disaster introduces a brand new group assembled by the younger Superman with the hope of filling the void left by the Justice League’s loss of life. After revealing his new Justice League and members like Harley Quinn to Black Adam, the DC villain turned hero scoffs on the group and the concept of Jon main them, feeling that solely Nightwing/Dick Grayson has what it takes. Nevertheless, after witnessing the autumn of Teen Titans Academy on Nightwing’s watch in Darkish Disaster #2, Black Adam asserts himself because the chief of the subsequent Justice League, believing neither Dick nor Jon is match for the job.
Written by Joshua Williamson with artwork by Daniel Sampere, the occasion’s second situation sees the college educating Earth’s subsequent technology of heroes attacked as soon as once more (one thing that has already occurred greater than as soon as in Teen Titans Academy). As an alternative of the Suicide Squad, Gorilla Grodd or Crimson X although, this time the academy is invaded by Deathstroke/Slade Wilson and his Secret Society of Tremendous-Villains, who ship a violent beatdown to Nightwing, Jon and their allies. Earlier than the villains depart, Slade tells Dick, “Unfold the phrase. Legacy is useless. It is open season on superheroes.”
Shortly after, Adam arrives on the scene to say that he was proper about Jon however fallacious about Nightwing, which pulls criticism from Jon being that Adam would not even assist them throughout struggle. “In case you’re so nice, why do not you lead a brand new Justice League and go after Deathstroke?” Jon yells at Adam, to which he responds, “That’s precisely my intent,” informing the heroes that his residence, Kahndaq, additionally confronted a siege by Slade’s forces.
Adam continues, “It’s my burden to steer this group… however I’ll flip you into the protectors you need to have at all times been… the sort of power that this world wants.”
Black Adam can now add “Chief of the Justice League” to his DC resume, which has been getting fleshed out in latest time. Since 2021, the Shazam villain has joined the Justice League, watched the group die and develop into its solely survivor, acquired a solo comedian sequence written by Christopher Priest and illustrated by Rafa Sandoval, and can quickly have his theatrical debut with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson portraying the antihero within the DC Prolonged Universe’s Black Adam movie in Oct. 2022. As for the way forward for Darkish Disaster, the solicitation for the next third situation teases that DC’s younger heroes are going to study “brutal techniques” from Adam whereas he’s in cost.
Darkish Disaster #2 is written by Williamson with inside and major cowl artwork by Sampere, colours by Alejandro Sánchez and letters by Tom Napolitano. Variant covers for the problem are contributed to by Juliet Nneka, Mario Foccillo, Prasad Rao, Lucio Parrillo and Rafael Sarmento. The difficulty is now on sale from DC Comics.
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