And so, in this week's Flashpoint Beyond #2…
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The Psycho Pirate, a key figure in DC Comics' Crisis, has skipped out of Dark Crisis and is hiding in Flashpoint Beyond, in Arkham Asylum, where he feels sage Something for Thomas Wayne Batman to check out.
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"The childminder has the lost children…[...]
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And this comic is all about the power and symbology of chains.
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Over in Detective Comics #1058, well if you are going to have a Dark Crisis – or any sort of Crisis – there is a key player to keep in hand.
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Escaped from Arkham Tower, with many players wanting his crowd-manipulating[...]
And give you a whole new perspective on the world.
Which also ties into the new reality seen in Infinite Frontier #0 and Earth Omega, a place that is somewhere else and seemingly redefining reality.
And may explain Psycho Pirate's new look in Infinite Frontier,
WhilePsycho-Pirate's old Medusa mask was useful for reacting to the Watchmen smiley button,[...]
However a flash-forward shows that it ends in an armed siege featuring some of the patients who had seemed to have been most successfully treated.
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Detective Comics #1050 revealed that Psycho Pirate was a patient in the new Arkham Tower And now Detective Comics #1051 reveals the two may not be entirely unconnected The[...]
It's not just Catwoman who gets a new comic book origin story playing out in DC Comics titles today. There are a lot of Batman-relevant continuity points
With the Psycho Pirate looking like his classic form.
The Psycho-Pirate was a gangster who gained the powers to manipulate emotions But as a result of the Crisis On Infinite Earths, was one of the few to remember what had happened to reality, sending him mad and, courtesy of Grant Morrison and Chas Troug's Animal Man,[...]
Some final wrapup scenes reveal that Lois is pregnant, so she and Clark will be going back to Argo for the forseeable future, leaving Earth-38 in Supergirl's very-capable hands.
And then there's that matter of Oliver's "balancing" deal with The Monitor…
Best parts of the crossover: "Doctor, can I have a word?" makes it 3-for-3 awesome Superman references in each[...]
Is this all just for next issue? Or will this be the future of Action Comics, from writer Dan Jurgens, in the DC Rebirth?While the finale of today's Titans Hunt #7 we have teh return of Malcolm Duncan, last seen in the first issue of this series as a musical composer – but classically known[...]