Dark Nights: Death Metal #6
| Writer | Scott Snyder |
| Artist | Greg Capullo |
| Cover Price | $4.99 |
The battle rages as the entire DC Universe stands against the Darkest Knight! Villains fight alongside heroes working as one to banish this demon from the deepest corners of the Dark Multiverse. Meanwhile, the Robin King lurks nearby, his army of Groblins in wait. The dogs of war are loose and no one is safe.
CRITIC REVIEWS Back to Top
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Dark Knight News - Steve J Ray
Dec 15, 2020The one criticism I've heard about this series is that there's too much of it; bearing in mind that there have actually been more one-shot tie-ins than there have been chapters of the main series, and due to the fact that we've had a five part Justice League: Doom Metal arc thrown in, too. When I received my review copy of Dark Nights: Death Metal #6 (thanks, Scott), I immediately re-read issues #1-#5. Anyone can enjoy this story without all the extras, but those who have (wisely) invested in picking up every issue will receive a powerful, and truly rich reading experience. My only criticism is that there's only one issue left! Read Full Review
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9.8
Comic Watch - Matt Meyer
Dec 15, 2020Dark Nights: Death Metal #6 continues to prove what an event comic ought to be: big and bold and full of bombastic fun, but also capable of being small and intimate. This is comics storytelling at its finest. Read Full Review
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9.8
The Super Powered Fancast - Deron Generally
Dec 15, 2020Greg Capullo's art and style shine on every page of this issue. There is beautiful, detailed imagery throughout every page and I found myself re-reading entire passages to marvel at the background action and characters. A truly impressive visual triumph. Read Full Review
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9.6
Forces Of Geek - Lenny Schwartz
Dec 21, 2020The story by Snyder is great. It is fun and wacky and just a joy. It is also very impactful and personal. Working with Capullo is when Snyder is at his best (and vice versa). That is certainly the case here as this series looks as though it is going to end on a real high note. Read Full Review
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9.5
The Brazen Bull - Charlie Chipman
Dec 15, 2020Dark Nights: Death Metal #6hits hard while moving at an impressive pace, managing to gain additional momentum as it heads toward what promises to be an epic conclusion. Read Full Review
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9.5
Geek Dad - Ray Goldfield
Dec 15, 2020Has there ever been a DC event that played on a scale like this? Crisis on Infinite Earths is probably the closest, which means Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo are treading on sacred ground. This penultimate issue is equally the most epic issue of the run, and the most subtle and story-driven. Read Full Review
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9.5
GWW - Nick Friar
Dec 15, 2020If Dark Nights: Death Metal #6 doesn't give you goosebumps, something may be wrong with you. Read Full Review
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9.4
Comic Crusaders - M.R. Jafri
Dec 16, 2020This issue is paced to allow the battles to breathe and the conflicts to build. The big screen style hides a story full of heart and heroism. We still get enormous action scenes but we hold onto the character moments as we get an epic Wonder Woman story against the backdrop of realities torn asunder. Read Full Review
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9.0
Lyles Movie Files - Jeffrey Lyles
Dec 15, 2020This was the penultimate issue of the series and Snyder, Capullo, Glapion and Plasencia set things up for what should be an epic finale. It will be very interesting to learn the state of the DC universe following this event's conclusion. Read Full Review
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9.0
But Why Tho? - Charles Hartford
Dec 15, 2020When all is said and done, Dark Nights: Death Metal #6 delivers an excellent, energy building story that perfectly sets the board for the upcoming series finale. With the stage now set, the only thing left for our heroes to do is to see the battle through, to whatever end may await them. Read Full Review
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8.0
AIPT - David Brooke
Dec 15, 2020When it comes to comic book events, this story has gone as big as possible, thrusting our heroes into a situation that is so dire their very molecules may not make it out unscathed. Dark Nights: Death Metal #6 offers all-out war, incredibly detailed art, and a setup for the final showdown fans of big blockbusters will need to read to believe. Read Full Review
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8.0
Comic Book Revolution - Kevin Lainez
Dec 17, 2020Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo hit all the right notes to make Dark Nights: Death Metal #6 everything you expect from a penultimate issue for a big event. Everything that happens here is made to create as much hype going into the ending as possible. The final few pages of Dark Nights: Death Metal #6 certainly showcase that as the stage is set for our heroes and villains to have a final showdown with the fate of the Multiverse at stake. Read Full Review
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7.2
Graphic Policy - Brett
Dec 15, 2020While Dark Nights: Death Metal #6 hasn't won me over on the event, it does have its moments. There's some of those that bring the good schmaltz. There's far more that are popcorn worthy summer blockbuster visuals. It's a turn off your brain and enjoy the ride of a comic and at times that's a good thing. Read Full Review
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7.0
ComicBook.com - Matthew Aguilar
Dec 16, 2020Writer Scott Snyder knows how to create an epic scene, and this issue is full of them, all pulled off brilliantly by artist Greg Capullo and colorist FCO Plascencia. Read Full Review
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6.0
Weird Science - Jim Werner
Dec 15, 2020Dark Nights: Death Metal #6 sets up the big finale, but not much else. The art is okay, and while I am still looking forward to seeing how this all ends, this issue did nothing to increase my hype. Read Full Review
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6.0
Newsarama - Oscar Maltby
Dec 15, 2020Snyder and Capullo seem intent on turning up the dials until the whole machine breaks. This is excess in its simplest form, a creative team unrestrained and seemingly unburdened by editorial. It isn't elegant and it isn't clever, but it sure is fun. And yet, six issues in and it feels like Death Metal has run out of steam. Death Metal #6 inherits the problems of Death Metal #5, offering little more than a few laughs and a victory lap of this admittedly pleasing 'One Universe' concept. If you're still reading, you're in it until the end. Let's hope the climax pays off. Read Full Review
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6.0
DC Comics News - Carl Bryan
Dec 16, 2020No spoilers but Wonder Woman reaches another level"understandably when Gal Gadot is as golden as she could be for the holidays. We are simply too far down the Multiverse hole to not see how this ends. But this issue seems to be on "delay game" to buy a bit more time as we march to the ending of Death Metal. Has it overstayed its welcome? Maybe... Read Full Review
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6.0
DC Comics News - Carl Bryan
Dec 17, 2020No spoilers but Wonder Woman reaches another level"understandably when Gal Gadot is as golden as she could be for the holidays. We are simply too far down the Multiverse hole to not see how this ends. But this issue seems to be on "delay game" to buy a bit more time as we march to the ending of Death Metal. Has it overstayed its welcome? Maybe" Read Full Review
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5.0
Batman-News - Casper Rudolph
Dec 16, 2020I'm being critical because I've been wanting this book to be successful. I still do. I love seeing Capullo, Glapion and FCO drawing all these cool characters; I love their layouts; I love the colors, it's really fun stuff! But as much as I want a straight-up battle between Good and Evil at this point, I just don't care about any of it if there aren't any stakes. Death Metal has been entertaining up until this point. Hopefully the final issue will still blow me away, but I'm not holding my breath. Read Full Review
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Kabooooom - Matt Morrison
Dec 17, 2020I hate to describe Dark Nights: Death Metal #6 as a high-action book, as that makes it sound more thoughtless than it really is, even if most of the thought behind this series came in earlier chapters and this is all climax building to the grand finale. It's an appropriate build, however, and the creative team is firing on all eight cylinders. As a part of the finished product, it may fare better, but on its own this issue is good, but not great. That's not damning with faint praise; merely the reality of reviewing the penultimate chapter of anything. Read Full Review
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8.5
What a great issue! Greg Capullo is on fire, a lot of action and emotion, love it!
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8.0
A little corny dialogue at some parts but overall good read. Its been a good series but between the tie ins and this its ready to get wrapped up here.
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7.5
Uhhhhh, alright
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6.0
It is... fine I suppose? I really like Capullo's art and I really didn't hate anything. Maybe I just don't care anymore. Or maybe because there isn't so much mumbo jumbo in here that makes me question everything. There is some, but not too much. And BWL starts to act like himself. A bit. I finally see the Joker and Bruce in him. It doesn't make me care about him or anything, but it's nice to see. So, 6/10 could be worse?
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6.0
I know it may be a bit cliche to start a review with a quote borrowed from another one, but below or above this one, there's one written by Afre, who asked a good question: "do I even care anymore"? I feel exactly the same. Yeah, the story, characters, action and action are technically all there, but at this point I'm becoming completely indifferent towards Death Metal, and that sucks, because for me, a comic fan and a metalhead among many other things, it should be a perfect crossover event. So what happened, and why I think I don't care anymore? I think there are three reasons for that: 1. The event has become too big for its own good, having several ultimately unnecessary spin-offs that added nothing to the main plot, and did not fl more
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5.0
Not bad, the art is great
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4.0
Yeah, I think by now we've had enough of Snyder's lunacy, we've indulged him for far too long.
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4.0
Same silliness. Same stupid plot. Different issue. Capullo clearly was trying, but his work seems so much looser and lighter than his first issues. On the bright side, it's almost over.
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4.0
I don't know why the things that are going on are going on, or why the choices characters make are significant. Like Wonder Woman putting her lasso into the Forge to make everyone 'remember all of history' in order to fight the nightmares of the Batman Who Laughs? Huh?
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3.5
Okay first of all this is so clumsy. Lobo explaining the plot to Diana while they make their way to the forge to do whatever? Like come on. Nothing screams, "I have done a bad job writing this event," like needing the characters to explain what they are doing to the audience. Secondly, and relatedly, this is simply too sprawling. This has long been my complaint with DC's recent events. It is too much, too uncontained, and you know deep down in your heart that it's all going to be fine in the end, so you just stop caring about everything that is happening. These are just action figures being smashed together by an uncaring god for an audience that can't even be trusted to hold its attention enough to remember what happened last issue. Also, more
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3.0
Lmao what a fucking joke. This is embarrassing, DC.
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2.5
This whole thing feels unearned and inconsequential with its over-the-top story. It's a discombobulated mess! It leaves one both underwhelmed and unfulfilled by the end :/ Honestly, is Snyder 5 years old? Because the script certainly feels that way. Juvenile and callow. It's a rushed and crammed filled event with no clear goal except to kill off DC, I think. If you're into that kind of thing, great. But if you're a fan of superhero storytelling, yeah, this ain't it chief... Art is fine. The colors and inks are stellar tho ngl.
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2.0
Holy shit, what would it take for a little bit of cohesion? This issue is all over the place. So much is glossed over and it's all getting more and more predictable. In the end this is just going to be like every Snyder event ever. Ugh, I can't stand it. So, I'm going to very petty about this. I won't mention how Batman literally resurrects a Batman Who Laughs to fight with him. I won't mention the inconsistent art. But I will mention how the cover for some reason has its title bordered out because I guess the colorist is as sick of this series as the rest of us, and refused to fill in those tiny border gaps. And that's not the only problem with the cover. What is happening with the chainsaw there? Terrible.
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