Dark Nights: Death Metal: Rise of the New God #1
| Writer | Bryan Edward Hill, James Tynion IV |
| Artist | Jess Merino, Nik Virella |
Batman. Always. Wins. This irrevocable truth resonates to the very heart of Perpetua's battle with the Batman Who Laughs...and when her ally reveals his absolute nature, she will upend this mantra and destroy the last planet. His planet. But that's not enough...and the mother of all creation must wonder, if power lies in destruction, why would she ever stop? But that's the thing about truth...when it turns to fact, there's no disputing its godlike reverence...and so enters the Darkest Knight. Featuring a backup story that spins out of the cliffhanger from Dark Nights: Death Metal Multiverse's End #1.
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9.0
Geek Dad - Ray Goldfield
Oct 27, 2020There's a lot of exposition in this story, yes, but it's also got a surprising emotional punch, as we watch this dispassionate alien discover the true heroism behind this universe and become a true believer in it. It feels Read Full Review
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9.0
GWW - Nick Friar
Oct 27, 2020Yes, even if you're not reading the Dark Nights Death Metal main line but you care about DC comics, this is something you should read. It's a bit dense, but it's absolutely warranted. Read Full Review
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8.7
The Super Powered Fancast - Deron Generally
Oct 27, 2020Both Jesus Merino and Nik Virella do a great job with the art in this issue. Both sides of the story have great imagery as they paint pictures of different aspects of the bigger story. Read Full Review
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8.5
AIPT - David Brooke
Oct 27, 2020DC Comics has done well to pull off an even that is made up of more one-shot stories than the event itself. Add Death Metal Rise of the New God to the list of good comics storytelling that adds weight and stakes to an event that can feel unseemly and hard to fathom. Read Full Review
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8.2
Comic Watch - Matt Meyer
Oct 27, 2020Dark Nights: Death Metal - Rise of the New God #1 zigs where it's expected to zag and delivers a surprisingly heartfelt meta-commentary on what makes the DCU so great instead a banal cosmic throwdown. Highly recommended, even if you haven't been reading this story! Read Full Review
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8.0
Kabooooom - Matt Morrison
Oct 27, 2020As a tie-in to the greater story of Dark Nights: Death Metal, Rise of the New God is a failure. It does nothing to advance the story and makes the whole idea of gods doing battle incredibly mundane and dull. And yet, that is the point. In deconstructing the idea of event comics, Tynion has accomplished that which few authors have and told a tale that truly made me think. And his ideas are brought to life beautifully by the art team. Read Full Review
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8.0
Dark Knight News - Steve J Ray
Oct 28, 2020This is vintage comic-book entertainment; the kind I grew up with, and the kind that will help make youngsters the fans, and creators, of tomorrow. Read Full Review
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6.0
Batman-News - Matina Newsom
Oct 27, 2020There are aspects of this book I enjoyed. It plays with some interesting ideas, and I do like how meta it feels at points. I even love the message of hope, how it strives to be a book about finding inspiration even in the darkest hours. But it never really pulls itself out of being a filler story to find real stakes in the greater narrative of Death Metal. Read Full Review
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6.0
Graphic Policy - Brett
Oct 27, 2020Dark Nights: Death Metal Rise of the New God is an interesting comic. It has a lot of concepts that could work really well. But, as a comic, it doesn't stand on its own. It feels like a chapter in the event that without the event, it'd make no sense. As is, it's inclusion is head-scratching until we read more of what's to come. It's a setup of things, clearly, but until that pays off, what's presented can be a bit confusing and mixed. It has concepts without payoff and new ideas that until this issue hasn't played into Dark Nights: Death Metal. Read Full Review
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5.0
Lyles Movie Files - Jeffrey Lyles
Oct 27, 2020Even if The Chronicler becomes an important character this wasnt the most essential tie-in and felt more like a placeholder. Read Full Review
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5.0
DC Comics News - Carl Bryan
Oct 28, 2020Tynion IV is a master in the Batman books, but this book is not anything what I thought it would be. Perhaps I am not deep into the story enough, but I've been a Metal reviewer for some time now, and while Robin King is worthy of throne, this new incarnation of The Batman Who Laughs needs to be swept to the trash. Read Full Review
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4.0
Forces Of Geek - Lenny Schwartz
Oct 29, 2020So this issue was a bit of a letdown overall. It could have been great. Maybe let Hill and Virella take the lead next time. Read Full Review
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2.0
ComicBook.com - Chase Magnett
Oct 28, 2020Rather than selling readers $6 to be told that superhero comics are very important, the creative team could have made an effort to tell a story that captures all of the power, creativity, and significance they speak to in dialogue balloons. They do not even try. Read Full Review
USER REVIEWS Back to Top
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8.0
Fuck TBWL and fuck Death Metal. All I want is a series about the Chronicler fucking around trying to understand DC continuity.
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8.0
pretty fun ngl
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7.5
Almost an 8 but I felt like it was a little fillerish. I did like the concept of the knowledge gained at end of universes but its cliche in a way and the endgame needs to start happening.
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7.5
This was probably the least annoying Death Metal thing I have read in some time.
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7.0
For someone who isn't that excited or interested in Death Metal, this was fine. Not bad, good, just fine.
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7.0
Uatu looks weird dressed up as the Cosmic Ghost Rider in this issue. Also, was this really what we were building up to, two cosmic beings literally hurling planets at each other? Just a bit underwhelming.
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7.0
I feel like the two stories here should've been swapped in order. I like the idea of the Chronicler... I mean, who isn't a fan of Uatu the Watcher? Assholes, that's who. And I like that continuity is actually being referenced. I like holding out that hope that I found disingenuous in the main series. But not much happens here, and I assume any relevant information will be summed up in a page in Death Metal #5.
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7.0
The message in this one is trying to say something great, and it sort of works, however the execution is a bit lacking to me.
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6.5
The philosophy class you missed in ypur high school in the form of a book were DC is busy teaching you values than continuing their story.
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6.0
That's right. I'm your nightmare. I'm where your story ends. "
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2.5
Why, oh why did I buy into this series? And what's with the amateur hour artwork in the GL backup story? This series is doing so well at pushing me into the indie books.
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2.0
I was looking forward to this and found it to be awful. Enough of this Metal garbage!
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Terrible, summarizes its content.
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