Dark Knights: Metal #6

[lizard_of_aus]

So, aside from the scene between Batman and the Batman Who Laughs, no one's really posted anything from the conclusion to Dark Knights Metal. So, on the off chance that anyone else hasn't read it, and is wondering about the new status quo for DC's cosmos, I've taken it upon myself to post the last third of this crossover event to get everybody on the same page.



"Lost to history was a story...a story of heroes..."

Comments

[matrix_dragon]

And the multiverse was broken! Again. And the heroes put it back together! Again. But THINGS WERE DIFFERENT. Again. Seriously DC, stop breaking the multiverse, the poor thing's suffered enough.

[zachbeacon]

At this point I assume the Multiverse is held together with duct tape.

[matrix_dragon]

Nah, they ran out of that back during Barry's last mess. Now it's gum, a few bits of string, and staples made from old Hawkman origins.

[zachbeacon]

Hawkman origins? Those will never hold!

[thanekos]

Turning and turning in the widening gyre
Hawkman cannot hear the writer;
Things fall apart; the center cannot hold;
Discontinuity's loosed upon the world
..
And what new status quo, come round at last,
Slouches towards publication to be born?

[mastermahan]

Hey, they're advanced Egyptian staples!

I mean alien staples!

I mean half-alien half-Egyptian stapes!

I mean they predate Egyptian staples, they just forgot that.

[scorntx]

Every time you look at the Hawkman origin, it changes.

[bruinsfan]

But is it the origin that changes, or our memories of it?

[miss_abnormal]

Rather bold of all of you to assume Hawkman ever existed.

[cygnia]

Like Highlander 2?

[scorntx]

Of course Hawkman exists. Behold!

*brandishes a copy of the Simpsons*

... that was a Hawkman comic a moment ago, I'd swear.

[scorntx]

All things considered, DKM is a delightfully bonkers story.
And that's fine, that's good, a few quibbles aside (like plot elements just disappearing from the main story, and it being all about Batman).

The epilogue just feels, like so many do with event stories, tacked on and full of unnecessary sequel hooks.
There's only so many future plot ideas you can set up before it just gets irritating.

But it's almost worth it for the sight of Swamp Thing in a bowtie.

[lizard_of_aus]

Or a photorealistic Detective Chimp.

[caivu]

Just once I want a multiverse/cosmic story that isn't so... wibbly, I guess is the right word.

[lizard_of_aus]

Good luck with that.

[shakalooloo]

Is that ALFRED ON THE DRUMS???

[walkingthroughforest]

I feel there's not enough attention being brought to this.

[shakalooloo]

Word! I thought there was ONE THING that he was incapable of, but now I feel silly for having doubted him!

[cygnia]

Now I want a scene of 60's Alfred jamming with Charley Watts, Keith Moon &/or Brian Jones.

[starwolf_oakley]

Did Scott Snyder drop a KINGDOM COME reference at the end?

"I have a plan."
"Does Batman ever not have a plan?"

[captainbellman]

..."Here Here"?!

[wizardru]

Yeah, that bugged me, too.

I feel like folks don't really understand the phrase and are just repeating it because they've heard it and know the context it's used in, but not really understand the actual phrase 'Hear, hear!' It's like an idiom you've heard your entire life without questioning ("wait, what exactly is a jib and why would I like the cut of it?"*)

* side note: it's a nautical idiom about a ship's staysail.

[pyrrhocorax]

The trinity look more like the triplets on the last page!

[shadowpsykie]

Daniel.... DREAM?!!?!>! the Endless! (who's the nerd?)

[lizard_of_aus]

He's actually been showing up regularly in this event. When the Dark Multiverse started gathering power, several stories in his library that were never supposed to happen came true, and threatened to burn the whole place down.

I think part of it's also the fact that the Hawk couple have been major players in this event, making it extra personal to Daniel Hall.