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Dark Nights: Death Metal 3 (Cover A)

DARK NIGHTS: DEATH METAL #3

Cover Date: October 2020
Cover Price: $4.99
Publication Date: 2020-08-11

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Greg Capullo (signed)
Inks: Jonathan Glapion (signed)
Colors: FCO Plascencia (signed)


Variant Covers:
Cover B
Art: David Finch (signed)
Colors: Steve Firchow (signed)
Cover C
Art: Riccardo Federici (signed)
Cover D
Art: Stanley "Artgerm" Lau (signed)

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Story: "Death Metal - An Anti-Crisis, Part III: Pick Up Styx" (26 Pages)
"The Great Death Drive"
"Happy Place"
"Memento Mori"

Credits:

StoryScott Snyder
PencilsGreg Capullo
InksJonathan Glapion
LetteringTom Napolitano
ColorsFCO Plascencia
Associate editingAndrew Marino
EditingMarie Javins

Feature Character(s):

Justice League
Batman (next in Dark Nights: Death Metal Trinity Crisis #1)
Flash (Barry Allen; next in Dark Nights: Death Metal Speed Metal #1)
Superman (last in issue #1; next in Dark Nights: Death Metal Trinity Crisis #1)
Wonder Woman (next in Dark Nights: Death Metal Trinity Crisis #1)
Swamp Thing (next in Dark Nights: Death Metal Trinity Crisis #1)
Flash (Wally West) (next in Dark Nights: Death Metal Speed Metal #1)
Harley Quinn (next in Dark Nights: Death Metal Trinity Crisis #1)
Jonah Hex (next in Dark Nights: Death Metal Trinity Crisis #1)
Lobo (next in Dark Nights: Death Metal Guidebook #1)
Mister Miracle (last in issue #1; next in Dark Nights: Death Metal Trinity Crisis #1)

Guest Star(s):

Justice Society of America
Green Lantern
Doctor Fate
Flash (next in Dark Nights: Death Metal Speed Metal #1)
Wildcat

Supporting Character(s):

Jarro (next in Dark Nights: Death Metal Trinity Crisis #1)

Villain(s):

The Darkest Knight (next in Dark Nights: Death Metal Trinity Crisis #1)
The Robin King (next in Dark Nights: Death Metal Trinity Crisis #1)
Darkfather (last in issue #1)
Batrocitus (first appearance; a mashup of Batman and Atrocitus)
Collector (first appearance; a mashup of Batman and Brainiac)
Night Glider (first appearance)
Pararobins (first appearance; mashups of Robin and Parademons)

Guest Appearance(s):

Animal Man
Atom
Batgirl (last in flashback in Dark Nights: Death Metal Guidebook #1)
Beast Boy (last in flashback in Dark Nights: Death Metal Guidebook #1)
Black Canary (last in ???; next in Dark Nights: Death Metal Trinity Crisis #1)
Black Lightning (last in ???; next in Dark Nights: Death Metal Trinity Crisis #1)
Blue Beetle (Ted Kord)
Booster Gold
Donna Troy (last in flashback in Dark Nights: Death Metal Guidebook #1)
Firestorm (last in flashback in Dark Nights: Death Metal Guidebook #1)
Green Arrow (last in ???; next in Dark Nights: Death Metal Trinity Crisis #1)
Green Lantern (Guy Gardner; last in flashback in Dark Nights: Death Metal Guidebook #1; next in Dark Nights: Death Metal Trinity Crisis #1)
Green Lantern (Hal Jordan; last in flashback in Dark Nights: Death Metal Guidebook #1; next in Dark Nights: Death Metal Trinity Crisis #1)
Green Lantern (Jessica Cruz; last in flashback in Dark Nights: Death Metal Guidebook #1)
Green Lantern (John Stewart; last in flashback in Dark Nights: Death Metal Guidebook #1; next in Dark Nights: Death Metal Trinity Crisis #1)
Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner; last in flashback in Dark Nights: Death Metal Guidebook #1)
Hawkgirl (last in flashback in Dark Nights: Death Metal Guidebook #1; next in Dark Nights: Death Metal Trinity Crisis #1)
Ice
Martian Manhunter (last in flashback in Dark Nights: Death Metal Guidebook #1; next in Dark Nights: Death Metal Trinity Crisis #1)
Metamorpho
Miss Martian (last in flashback in Dark Nights: Death Metal Guidebook #1)
Mister Terrific
Nightwing (last in flashback in Dark Nights: Death Metal Guidebook #1; next in Dark Nights: Death Metal Trinity Crisis #1)
Plastic Man
Raven (last in flashback in Dark Nights: Death Metal Guidebook #1)
Steel
Supergirl (last in flashback in Dark Nights: Death Metal Guidebook #1)
Vixen

Other Character(s):

Lex Luthor (last in ???; next in Dark Nights: Death Metal Guidebook #1)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Cheetah
Brainiac
Sinestro

Location(s):

Metalverse
The Hellscape
Crypt of Heroes
New Apokolips
5th Dimension

Comment(s):

Story continues from the previous issue and continues in the next issue.

Solicitation:

All aboard! When the Justice League launches its assault on New Apokolips, the team’s goal is to free Superman from his solar prison. But it’s all going off the rails when they learn that the Man of Steel is gone for good thanks to the Anti-Life Equation. Plus, the deep secret of the Darkest Knight is revealed-but how much darker could the Batman Who Laughs possibly get? And don’t miss the surprise return of everyone’s favorite wanna be Robin!


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Additional Variant Covers

Cover E
Art: Doug Mahnke (signed)
Colors: David Baron (signed)
Cover F
Art: Greg Capullo (signed)
Inks: Jonathan Glapion (signed)