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We find Yara, Donna, and Cassie looking for Diana’s invisible jet at an airport, on runway 26 due west. According to Donna, the plane is “one of the greatest weapons on earth and the absolute key to saving Diana and setting everything right and dandy again.” They just have to find a way to find it because, you know, it’s invisible.

Elsewhere on an island, we find Diana sunning by the water on a beach. She decides to move from lying in the water to sitting further away on the sand.

Back at the airfield, Cassie uses her head to figure out where the jet is hidden. Yara informs the others how she prefers to have sexual intercourse.

Back on the island, Wonder Woman wanders through the foliage looking for someone. Suddenly, without surprise, Cheetah, aka Barbara Minerva, springs from the tall grass with a menacing, “Rrawwrr!” Diana stumbles over a tree root as Barbara tries to give her a hug. Barbara begins to nibble on Diana’s neck. Diana kicks Barbara away and chastises, “Must it always begin with us in this fashion? In the decade we have spent bleeding on one another, have we truly learned nothing?!” Barbara responds, “You always talk. I only hunger!” and leaps towards Diana. They kick, punch, claw, and punch some more at each other.

Back at the jet, Donna makes sure the pilot ejection seat button works properly. It does.

Back on the island, they punch, tackle, punch, punch, swim, lunge, wrestle, and choke each other for days and nights. And nights and days. Barbara suggests to Diana, “Die and be chewed.” Diana politely responds, “No thank you.” Barbara continues to choke Diana until she passes out. Satisfied that she has defeated her arch-nemesis, she lays down beside Wonder Woman and celebrates her hard-fought victory.

Back in the jet, Yara and Donna make fun of Cassie’s fear of heights. Yara says, “Cassie! You must look! This horrible world of men—from here, it is all beautiful!” Cassie, refusing to look down, responds to their harassment, “I want you to know I hate both of you deeply and meaningfully and from now until forever.”

Back on the island, Cheetah and Wonder Woman hold each other’s hands, embracing tenderly by the campfire. Barbara informs Diana that she understands how Diana came to be on the island, “You knew I was taken. You let them capture you. You endured their torture to free me.” Diana confirms it. They shake hands. Besties for life.

Back at the jet, at the beach, at the island, Cassie wonders what will become of Sergeant “balls of” Steel when the government finds out he gave them access to his satellite network. “I mean without that, we couldn’t have traced Diana and the whole thing wouldn’t have worked really.” Donna answers, “They’ll probably try him, then hang him as a traitor.” Cassie wonders if they should rescue him. Yara, satisfied with his outcome, answers, “No.” Donna suggests that it is their duty. Cassie, still confused, says, “Super. I’m glad that’s clear.” Diana and Barbara emerge from the jungle. Diana offers her wisdom, “Nothing is ever clear. We are birthed into the fog. And so we must hold each other’s hands or be lost alone.” They all pile into the invisible jet. TO BE CONTINUED.

This part of the “World’s Finest” backup story has us at Wayne Manor. Young Lizzie Prince is struggling to fly a kite. Jonathan Kent tries to help by blowing on it. Unfortunately, Lizzie loses her grip on the string, and the kite flies away. Damian Wayne suggests, “Nothing in this world has any meaning. Religion, morality, family, friends, even kites. All worthless. Whatever happens, we’re all going to be thrust one day into the endless void of death.” Jonathan returns the kite to Lizzie. However, after many more failed attempts to fly the kite, they come up with a plan to break Kite-Man out of Arkham Asylum. Kite-Man advises, “Don’t tense up, worrying about getting it up there. Just be content and watch the kite fly.” Apparently, that’s all Lizzie needed in order to fly her kite. THE END.

Let’s let Sovereign sum up this issue: “This is, in the end, a tragic tale.” more

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On OA at the Resistance Corps Base, United Planets Lanterns hold Kyle Rayner and his fellow compatriotic malcontent Corps captives. Kyle, apparently nursing a hangover, is on his knees, head in hands. The Slyggian Salakk suggests to their captors they leave him alone, “You have to listen. He isn’t well.” Salakk gets tentacle construct-whacked in the face for his insolence. Cranky-pants Kyle has just about had enough with all the yelling. He completely loses it and yells, “STOP!” From his raised fist comes a burst of bright white light, shattering his constraints as well as blasting away the nearby U.P. goons. Stunned, Two-Six asks, “What do we do now?” Razer suggests, “Leave before more arrive.” Salakk agrees and picks up the unconscious Kyle.

Elsewhere on Oa, at The Great Hall, things are not going as smoothly as Hal and the gang had hoped. The United Planets Council turning out to be shape-shifting Durlans was definitely not on their dance card when they decided to crash traitor Thaaros’ party. Overwhelmed, Hal manages to escape, leaving the remaining fallen resistance fighters behind. Though, he doesn’t get very far before being stopped by The Unseeing of United Planets Lanterns. Apparently, they get their name because they wear blindfolds over their eyes. Hal finds himself being beaten to a pulp while thinking, “And there it is, Jordan. Not going out with a bang like you thought you would. Live by the ring, die by the ring, I guess.” Looks like Hal is gonna for sure be dead this time, folks.

Suddenly, seemingly out of nowhere, the sky fills with a soft purple glow. Then bursting forth, Star Sapphire shouts, “Let him go. NOW!” They don’t. So she sends a speeding car careening into them. Guess The Unseeing didn’t see it coming. Carol grabs Hal and blinks away. She brings him home. Hal’s RV by the seashore on Earth, that is.

Back on Oa, the United Planets Lanterns stand listless as they listen to Lord Thaaros berate them about how the U.P. does not tolerate failure. “That failure should fill you with rage. Show me which one of you is worthy to continue on.” They begin to fight each other until only one survives.

At the island nation of Gamorra on planet Earth, Amanda Waller receives a long-distance call from Oa. Thaaros informs Waller that there is an APB out for Hal Jordan’s arrest. Anyone fitting the description of a snarky masked man wearing a two-tone black/green onesie along with a glowing green ring should be arrested immediately.

Over at Hal’s mobile home, Carol makes the mistake of looking in his fridge. It wasn’t pretty, that’s all I’ll say. She says, “This place is disgusting.” Hal’s face, still recovering after being beaten by construct baseball bats, can relate. Carol sits next to Hal and explains to him that she had gotten engaged while he was away. She tells him, “I was just a few words from getting married. Trying to figure out a way to break whatever this is between us. But I don’t think it can be broken. I don’t want anyone else. I want you.” Hal begins to respond, “Carol I lov-” when the trailer explodes. King Shark and Task Force VII found the man Thaaros was looking for. TO BE CONTINUED.

Continuing Guy’s Bogus Lobo Adventure. We find Guy Gardner driving his construct delivery truck while imprisoned in Brainiac’s bottled city of Czarnia. Upon his arrival, he was implanted with a chip in his butt that prevents him from escaping, so he's stuck delivering mail. It just so happens that the house he was about to deliver a package to was home to none other than the ‘Main Man’ faux Lobo. The Czarnian fills Guy in on the United Planets scheming that has been going on recently. And he has a plan to help them escape. Guy just needs to dress up as Gene Simmons with a crew cut so they can both sneak past a security checkpoint. It doesn’t really work, but fake ‘Lobo’ probably knew that and just wanted Guy to look like an idiot. Guy knuckle-punches the Czarnian guard blocking the way so they can make their way into the vault. While searching for the device they need, Guy finds the Eye of Krona. Brainiac's security detector finds them. And shortly thereafter, faux Lobo finds the device they came for. They both teleport out of the vault to… free falling above the clouds, somewhere. TO BE CONTINUED.

Gorgeous art from Xermánico and Kevin Maguire, inside and out. Let’s let the Czarnian guard sum up this issue, “I love it. You look great.” more

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The Birds, having just departed through the portal from the giant bat dream world, arrive in a new world. Or is it? They have new outfits. Or do they? Mari doesn’t like her 1950s-era styling, that’s for sure. All the ladies are accounted for, except for one: Barbara. Cass asks, “Did we leave her there?” Dinha answers, “I don’t know, Cass.” Vexed Vixen still can’t feel the Red.

Suddenly, Barda exclaims, “?!”, after being squicked by an ebony bolt of goop. Knocked down with a huff, Barda gets back up again. She’s fine. Dinah asks, “What was that?” A mysterious woman responds, “It was a bit of Maia.” Cela is her name, along with her pet Poe, who appears to be a ‘wolf’. Cela explains, “You’re inside a pocket dimension", that she and her clever sisters had concocted. Maia was one of Cela's sisters. The view of the world is inspired by whom so ever enters first. Barda entered this one first, if you wondered. Cela continues, “You’re still in the same space. You haven’t gone anywhere. So neither has your friend.” Apparently, if you’re really quiet, Maia can’t find you. You know, like playing Marco Polo at a party, in the pool, with some playmates, without ever saying “Marco, Polo.”

Barda chooses a lovely house for them to hide in. Cela’s pet ‘cat’, Poe, says it senses a new portal. Dinah’s plan is for Poe to point them towards it, and they all head there. Cela says, “Pass.” Somewhere in the humble hideout, there is a crash. It was Barda. She fell down again and hasn’t gotten back up. Fratricidal Cela explains, “Barda’s got a bit of my sister Maia in her. After enough time, it’ll drive her mad. The same thing happened to my sister Electra before she begged me to kill her.”

Cela, AKA Celaeno Lockhart, tells everyone the story about her seven scarlet-haired septuplet sisters. They were weirdly named after the constellation known as the Seven Sisters. They all received alliterative L-L names, like Alcyone, the first one Maia killed. Alcyone could warp reality and had a voice like a bird. Cela remembers having sworn she’d never forget what her sister’s voice sounded like. She forgot, except that it sounded like a bird. She didn’t forget that. Maia takes the powers of the sisters whose lives she claims. Maia then stole from Mia, Mizoguchi that is. Mia was keen on time-traveling tech while connected to the Green. Greenless Maia found a way to use it after killing sister Taygete, who could control the Red, instead. Asterope and Merope, who could respectively shapeshift and possess others, got killed next. Sister Electra was harder to kill since she was strong and nigh-invulnerable. So Cela, after spooning with Electra, killed her and took her powers. Furthermore, Cela mentions that in the future, Barbara will kill her past passed mother Lani Lockhart, AKA The Velvet Tiger.

Elsewhere in the pocket dimension, Barbara wakes up on a grimy jail cell floor. She realizes that when shifting through different versions of the dimension, the objects she holds remain with her. They just appear different. Like say, if she built a gun, it would still be a gun, even though it might not look like one, apparently.

Back at the humble abode with the Birds, Dinah denies having killed Cela’s mother yet. Cela concedes, “Not yet.” Barda awakens with a “whamo.” Dinah screams at Barda. Barda doesn’t like that and body checks Dinah into Cela, knocking them both out of the house. Before Barda can kill Cass and Cynthia, Mari stands in the way. Cynthia whips up some spaghetti to block Barda’s fist from hitting Mari in the face. Outside the house, Poe the ‘crow’ caws to Cela, telling her where to find the portal. Inside the house, Cass tells Barda to stop. So, Barda pounds the ground and splutches out the last bit of Maia.

Cela leads Cynthia to the portal and tells her to jump in first. Meaera asks, “Will it be my memories or yours that it takes?” Cynthia responds, “I don’t know.” TO BE CONTINUED.

Let’s let Barda sum up this issue, “[KRRCCCCH] What a [KKKKKK] delightful surprise”. more

This seems to be a hot take considering most of the other reviews on here but I was bored by this "flashback" issue. The first three issues were really promising, but the previous issue and now this one have left me unimpressed with where this series is going. I want more Spider-Man in this Spidey book.

Also, this is a monthly book and Marvel can't keep the main artist on it for more than three issues? C'mon Marvel! more

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Previously. Carlie thought maybe, well no, not really, yet yeah, there is a possibility that she could I.D. the charred body they found.

Now. Carlie informs Shari that she is most certainly not sure if there is a way to scientifically I.D. the body. And Jane checked to be absolutely sure, definitely no way it was a clone. However, that doesn’t mean it wasn��t “replaced” by a clone. You can believe it. She has seen Stranger Things after all.

Then. Peter and Miles are at the Bean again for their favorite brew. Shelly and Kenny are missing. Cedric’s still missing too. The Spider-Men suit up, headed back to the sewers searching for a clue. Surrounded by Vermin and Shift, they discover sometimes the clues find you. Through a faux brick wall they stumble upon the Arcadia’s inner works. Before they ruin everything, they collapse after being zapped by two jerks. Arcade and Metallo now have had you, meanwhile, seeing them, then, imagining their ultimate fantasies, again and again.

Before. Roxie and Roxxo embrace each other after the Power-Rox Girls are called in to join Roxie, who was surrounded by the Rowdy-Rox boys and Roxxo. Without warning, the tickle monster attacks.

Meanwhile. Will let Cedric sum up this issue, “Doesn’t get any better than that…” more

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We begin this adventure with Sovereign ordering a guard to open a cell door, “Open it.” Wonder Woman, sitting on the floor, disheveled and holding a rat, responds, “All right, old man. What’s next?” TO BE CONTINUED…

The backup story features the lovely Zatanna in San Francisco, of all places, performing a magic trick before an audience of one, Elizabeth. She pulls a rabbit out of a hat, to the amazement of none. Lizzie asks Zatanna for advice on how to convince Jonathan Kent and Damian Wayne that they are not corgis. This is absurd, of course, because Circe has clearly turned them into corgis. They fetch sticks like corgis, wag their tails like corgis, roll over and get belly scratches like corgis, and fight over a tennis ball like corgis. Later, they wake up, clearly not corgis. THE END.

Will let Wonder Woman sum up this issue, “I don’t know. Does it matter?” more