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Dark Nights: Death Metal #7 (of 7)
Scheduled to arrive in stores: January 5, 2021Cover date: March 2021
"An Anti-Crisis" - Part 6: "A Slap in the Face"
Writer: Scott Snyder
Penciller: Greg Capullo
Inker: Jonathan Glapion
Cover: Greg Capullo, Jonathan Glapion and FCO Plascencia
Variant Covers: Various Artists
Reviewed by: Steve Younis
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The other heroes continue to fight, even though the odds are against them.
As Diana makes a stand, she comes face to face with a quite different version of herself, who informs her that the Multiverse can be saved and restored, but that it will be different than before. Everything will be new, but all previous stories will not be lost.
Wally West is invited by Barry Allen to join him on the dark side of the moon, where heroes and villains have joined in a Hall of Justice and Doom, working together to understand what Diana's sacrifice means moving forward. Possibilities are opening up, with an infinite frontier of new possibilities. There are now two centers of focus for the multiverse... their reality and something known as the Elseworld.

There are some weighty concepts being bandied about here, but the reader is able to follow along without too much trouble. The fighting between the other superheroes that continues while Wonder Woman and TBWL battle, while interesting, are ultimately not exactly important to the story. They actually don't have an impact on the ultimate result. This is Diana's fight, and she is the one who decides the fate of the Multiverse.
I do like the resolution, and it will be interesting to see where DC and its writers take our heroes moving forward in this new reality.

There were quite a few artists helping with the coloring this issue, but the art doesn't suffer for it. The work is seemless, and I was really impressed with the diversity of layouts. It would have been difficult to bring to life some of the concepts being written about, but Capullo and co do an impressive job.

Mild Mannered Reviews
2021
Note: Except for digital first releases, the month dates are from the issue covers, not the actual date when the comic went on sale.January 2021
- Superman #27
- Action Comics #1027
- Batman/Superman #14
- Justice League #56
- Justice League #57
- Young Justice #20
- Legion of Super-Heroes #11
- DCeased: Dead Planet #5
- Dark Nights: Death Metal #5
- Justice League: Endless Winter #1 [of 2]
- Superman: Endless Winter #1 [of 1]
- Superman #28
- Justice League #58
- Action Comics #1028
- Batman/Superman #15
- DCeased: Dead Planet #6 [of 6]
- Dark Nights: Death Metal #6 [of 6]
- Tales from the Dark Multiverse: Crisis on Infinite Earths #1
- DC's Very Merry Multiverse #1
- Justice League: Endless Winter #2 [of 2]
- Legion of Super-Heroes #12
- Future State: Superman of Metropolis #1 [of 2]
- Future State: Kara Zor-El, Superwoman #1 [of 2]
- Future State: Superman/Wonder Woman #1 [of 2]
- Future State: Justice League #1 [of 2]
- Future State: Superman: Worlds of War #1 [of 2]
- Tales from the Dark Multiverse: Dark Nights - Metal #1
- DCeased: Dead Planet #7
- Dark Nights: Death Metal #7
- Challenge of the Super Sons #4
- Challenge of the Super Sons #5
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