Excellent. Perfect balance of adventure and horror. This Elseworld is fire.

This was fire.

First of all, please DC, continue that Nightwing prequel story with the same creative team because wow! That backup was excellent, both Vieceli’s writing and Haining’s art. I loved that, despite how short it was (reading both parts) everyone was in-character, the betrayal hit hard and it was presented with a good level of intrigue. I want to see how Nightwing becomes the new King and starts his infiltration of the super-hero community while the other heroes are non the wiser, it’d be a great contrast to the first part of the story and we could see some characters that aren’t players in the main line (because they haven’t appeared or have been killed off).

But the rest was good too!

I really liked the “apocalyptic fairy tale” vibes (dark forests, a haunted castle, castle, a captured princess and a group of evil knights…) this issue went for and I hope they continue with them. The story is picking up pace and I’m at least midly intrigued on who Baron Cinder is, he was also portrayed in a more interesting way tan the other vampires in this spin-off.

If I have done complain is that there’s a scene between Deathstroke and another character where they are presented as friends that felt too out of character (as neither Deathstroke seems the friendly, protective sort nor is the situation presented in a way that would make two sowrn enemies behave like that) and admittedly took me out of the story.
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The main story is fine but I really liked that backup.

The pieces are set and we're picking up the pace. Supergirl has reached her objective in Australia, Green Arrow will have to fight, Barbara and Damian don't agree in the way thigns have to be done.

As fast-paced and adventurous this ws, it feels very "calm-before-the-storm" and I really wonder how this series will end from here.