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Trinity #31

Writers: Kurt Busiek & Fabian Nicieza
DC, $2.99

Rita has been captured by the evil Trinity and, under their control, is revealing the locations of temportal rifts. This gives them the first opportunity to send agents in to close up the rift. Whoever can seal the rift can gain the power from it.

A temporal rift has appeared in London, England and the evil Trinity has sent Reverse Flash, Polaris and Lady Shiva to close it up. The heroes attempt to stop them but are unsuccessful. This adds to the power the evil Trinity already had from controlling Europe.

Charity O'Dare is trying to convince Hawkman that she can help him. She is connected to Rita so can see the readings that Rita is making for Morgaine. This enables her to get an early glimpse of the next rift appearing in Brazil. Hawkman is able to send Green Arrow, Tomorrow Woman and Flash to close this one and gain the power from it.

The villains have called on Lord Khyber to join their side and he agrees to aid them.

Hawkman realizes the war between he and Morgaine and assembles the Justice Arcana to find and seal all temporal rifts.

On the world created from the cosmic egg, the friends of the Trinity continue to hear that world's history. When the Trinity first appeared they were thought of as gods. They created forms for themselves so they could be with the people of this world. Batman, known as Atmahn on this world, became the Night Judge, and lived in the shadows. One night a family of performers was attacked and the parents were killed, leaving only the son alive. Atmahn gave a gift to the son, making him Rabat of the Golden Wing. He had the powers to stop other criminals on his world. In retaliation, those who rejected order became the Laughing Chaos and one night captured Rabat and beat him to death. Donna Troy and Dick Grayson realize this is the tale of Jason Todd and his death at the hands of the Joker.

Trinity #30

Writers: Kurt Busiek & Fabian Nicieza
DC, $2.99

While on the pilgrimage the friends of the Trinity learn the history of the world they have landed on. It is the world created by the Cosmic Egg. These people were ordered by their god, Krona, to do nothing but experiment and gain knowledge which he absorbed. This included endless wars. This continued for years until Krona escaped from the Egg. This left the people with no purpose until the arrival of the Trinity who helped them develop.

Brainiac is brought to meet the other villains after his escape from Alcatraz. Brainiac reveals Prometheus to actually be Space Ranger in disguise. Space Ranger manages to escape but is able to plant the Atom un-noticed into the villain's group. This enables the Atom to transmit images back to the JSI through Brainwave. All of the villains are led to Morgaine and Enigma where Morgaine tells them that the villains can become the Major Arcana (the tarot card symbols) and recreate the world together. Watching all this via Brainwave, Hawkman realizes that the scroll he wrote a long time ago was instructing him to build his own arcana. He's been assembling one made up of heroes without realizing until now what it was for. Later, when alone, Hawkman is frustrated because he can't see the whole picture. Charity appears and offers her help.

Trinity #29

Writers: Kurt Busiek & Fabian Nicieza
DC, $2.99

The friends of the Trinity stop a battle between two factions of the purple-skinned people. They are first thought to be gods because they resemble the Trinity, who the people think of as gods. The tribes invite the friends to accompany them on their pilgrimage to pay tribute to the gods.

Rita is reading her tarot cards and 'sees' that the friends have gone far away to try and restore the world to its normal state. The Dreambound and other villains have begun an attack on Opal City to retrieve Rita for the Dark Trinity. Charity does a reading for Rita and sees death in her future.

The Justice League has been sent to Alcatraz to stop the Dark Trinity's agents from releasing its only prisoner. Before they can succeed they, and all available heroes, are transported to Metropolis to save the city. T.V.M. is opening more temporal rifts which are destroying the city. This allows the prisoner in Alcatraz, Brainiac, to escape.

Tomorrow Woman, who was sliced into different temporal parts by T.V.M., senses she is part of the temporal problems and is able to pull herself together and restore Metropolis to normal. This causes rifts to appear in other cities across the world.

To save Opal City, Rita voluntarily surrenders herself to the Dreambound.

Secret Invasion #7

Writer: Brian Michael Bendis
Marvel, $3.99

The battle royale is ongoing in the park. The Mega Skrulls are taking the fight to Earth’s heroes and villains. We see glimpses of Mr. Fantastic, Thor, Spider-Man, Ares, Iron Man and Captain America all engaged in the fight and yelling out orders. The Skrull Empress Spider-Woman directs Skrull Yellowjacket that the target is Reed Richards. The Wasp attacks Skrull Yellowjacket who uses his power to turn to Giant Man. He tells her he was going to save Wasp for last and as he is speaking, he gets punched in the face by Stature. In the midst of the confusion, it looks like Bullseye is targeting Spider-Man, but we see that it is Skrull Yellowjacket who was the real target. He is shot in the eye and collapses in his huge form on the ground.

Iron Man has to leave the battlefield due to his malfunctioning armor. Ares and Thor continue to bring the fight to the Skrulls. Reed Richards is confronted by one then many Skrull copies of his wife Sue. Nick Fury and the commandos move in to help him as Wolverine confronts the Skrull Empress. She uses Spider-Woman’s electrical power on his eye after he sinks his claws into her shoulder. Spider-Man advises Iron Fist that the war must not be so bad as Uatu the Watcher has not appeared to see it. Of course, Uatu appears in the very next panel! Luke Cage is seen in his own skirmish with the Skrulls as Iron Man desperately tries to raise anyone from SHIELD on his armor radio.

Jessica Jones watches the battle on TV from Avengers Tower and makes a decision to help. She asks Jarvis (not knowing he is a Skrull) to take care of her and Luke’s baby Danielle, even if they don’t come back. He accepts and she leaps out the window to join the fray. Iron Man lands back at Avengers Tower. A figure is seen rocketing into the park and it is Noh-Varr (Marvel Boy). He yells out to the invading Skrulls that “this fight is over.” The troops are energized at his appearance and increase their efforts. Jessica joins the fight next to Luke. Lady Hawkeye is injured and Ronin (the former Hawkeye) picks up her quiver and arrows. He uses them effortlessly to take out 4 Skrulls then turns his sights on the Skrull Empress Spider-Woman. While she is still battling with Wolverine, Ronin shoots an arrow through her head. Skrull Yellowjacket knows what happened to her somehow, states “Then this is how it must be. He loves us. He loves us all,” and activates something in the Wasp. A flashback shows how he gave her a new growth formula that could increase her size from Wasp to Giant Woman instantly. In the present, we see her growing and her eyes glowing as she knows something is wrong with her. Skrull Jarvis tells baby Danielle that the reason the people of Earth have to submit is because the Skrulls came willing to die. They will kill themselves if they have to in order to make the words of their prophet come true! The last page shows a gigantic Wasp (with Uatu in the background) emitting some sort of black energy that is engulfing everyone on the battlefield.

Submitted by Mike. Thanks Mike!

Final Crisis #5

Writer: Grant Morrison
DC, $3.99

Hal Jordan has been put on trial on OA for the murder of Orion. The Alpha Lantern Kraken has accused him. Kyle and Guy arrive in Hal's defense with the revelation that the Alpha Lantern has been taken over my Darkseid's agent, Granny Goodness and has accused Hal to remove him from Earth. Granny tries to take the central power battery but is stopped by Hal. He leaves to save Earth with a group of Green Lanterns.

Renee Montoya has been brought to Checkmate headquarters where she sees they are building super-soldiers. Amanda Waller tells Montoya that they have an offer for her to be part of their operation.

Darkseid has fully taken over Dan Turpin's body and gained consciousness. He sends his Female Furies out to eliminate all opposition.

Also at Checkmate HQ, Mister Miracle has survived being shot by a nervous Checkmate pawn. He and the Super Young Team have gone there to offer their help. He tells them the Fifth World is coming and everyone must choose sides. He and the Super Young Team have painted a pattern on their faces which he urges everyone to do as some sort of protection. The Checkmate shields begin to break down as they try to create a distraction for the heroes attacking Bludhaven.

In Bludhaven, Frankenstein is leading a group of heroes in an attack on Darkseid. Mary Marvel is on the side of evil and is able to take on Supergirl, Captain Marvel and Black Adam.

The Monitor of Earth-51 has been thrown in a prison by Darkseid's agents with other people who can't be converted to his side by the anti-life equation. There are two others in his cell, including Metron who is in a wheelchair and working on a Rubik's Cube. The other cell-mate is telling the Monitor that the quickest number of moves to solve a Cube is 18. Metron is able to do it in 17 and then there is a 'ping' noise like a Motherbox would make. There is then a blast of power which kills the guards and awakens some sort of power in the Monitor

Calculator is about to be hanged by Libra for betraying the villains to the heroes by revealing Darkseid's location. Calculator maintains his innocence with Luthor looking on with a guilty expression.

Darkseid has reached full power and the world begins a descent into hell as he controls 3 billion people on Earth.

Trinity #28

Writers: Kurt Busiek & Fabian Nicieza
DC, $2.99

Dick Grayson, Nemesis, Alfred, Donna Troy, Lois Lane and this reality's Supergirl (collectively 'The Friends') have gathered in a cave in Happy Harbor. This cave seems to be important to their lost friends - it is the original headquarters of the Justice League. They perform a seance and are able to bring up their memories of the Trinity and some of their personalities have started to change to what they used to be like.

When they exit the cave they see that Happy Harbor has dramatically changed. It is now a medieval village and populated by purple-skinned creatures. These creatures are guided by three judgelords - Nightlord, Sunlord and Truthlord - who represent the different views of the Trinity. The Friends also see huge stone statues of the Trinity.

The Dreambound has gone to a JSI facility where they experimented on metas with energy powers and released all the prisoners. The Dreambound escape with the prisoners they were sent to get leaving members of the JSI to try and recapture the other freed prisoners. They are quickly overwhelmed and call for backup but all other operatives are busy with the changing realities on Earth. Hawkman has assembled Dr. Magnus, T.O. Morrow, Luthor, Sivana and John Irons to figure out what is going on with the different realities appearing on Earth. Luthor has figured out that as these different realities appear, someone is draining the energy that is created from them.

Three energy metas that the Dreambound freed have attacked Metropolis where Tomorrow Woman is located. She tries to stop them and the Dreambound when T.V.M. uses his reality-altering powers on her. He dismembers her body into segments, revealing some parts of her as flesh and other parts as mechanical.

Trinity #27

Writers: Kurt Busiek & Fabian Nicieza
DC, $2.99

The various Earth timelines and alternate realities continue to overlap as the JSI tries to help the population. A specialized group of the JSI, the Heywood Corps, is called in to assist. These are young people who volunteered to the JSI and had parts of themselves replaced with machines.

Watching all of this is Carter Hall who questions everything he has done to achieve this world. Gangbuster suggests to Carter that he become Hawkman again and lead by example.

Konvikt has found Morgaine and Enigma. Morgaine offers him a chance to recreate reality has he wants. The innocent that he killed could be kept alive or still dead so he can make amends. Or he could change his past so his loved one would still be alive. Konvikt agrees to join them and this new Trinity begins looking for an army to fight for them.

Rita is able to partially recreate an image of the Trinity that is needed to return the world to normal. The world would normally heal itself and replace the Trinity but Morgaine and Enigma are preventing this with their spell.

In this new reality the Dreambound are being held at a JSI facility. One member, T.V.M., finally remembers his past as a member of the Dreambound and proceeds to free the others. They regain their lost member, Sun-Chained-In-Ink, by finding the Tattooed Man and activating his tattoos to turn him into Sun. Morgaine appears before them and summons them to her along with other criminals being held at this JSI prison.

Trinity #26

Writers: Kurt Busiek & Fabian Nicieza
DC, $2.99

People across the world begin seeing multiple Earths in the sky and different timelines begin overlapping on Earth. In Opal City, Tarot has been taken in by Charity O'Dare. Tarot shows Charity a vision of a woman in prehistoric times who 'feels' the world around here. When this woman is killed by her husband, her power is passed on to a different woman and this continues through the ages. The last woman to have this power was Sindella, the mother of Zatanna. The power has now passed on to Tarot - she has a connection to the worldsoul, the living spirit of the Earth. Tarot now realizes that if the world is not fixed and returned to its correct state she will die and the world will follow.

Morgaine and Enigma agree to seek out Konvikt as a replacement for Despero. He had earlier appeared as an image to Morgaine before they worked their spell.

Konvikt has gone to make amends for the innocent who was killed in his fight with authorities. He is shocked to find out that this person is still alive; in this alternate reality he was never killed. This greatly angers Konvikt who doesn't know how to restore his honour when the person he killed is still alive. He remembers back to his home planet when he was framed for the murder of the woman he loved. His people took away his ability to speak while he was under arrest. While he was being transported to a prison planet, the ship was hit by the energy wave created when Krona escaped from the cosmic egg. He and his lawyer, Graak, got out in an escape pod and landed on Earth without him ever getting back his ability to speak.

Morgaine appears before Konvikt and offers him a chance to change the world and erase his guilt. Konvikt begins to think he could return the world to a state where the person he killed is still dead and he can offer himself to the family in service to restore his honour.

Morgaine believes Konvikt will join them and, without the cosmic egg to power their spell, she is turning to the souls of the women who were in the past connected to the worldsoul.

Trinity #25

Writers: Kurt Busiek & Fabian Nicieza
DC, $2.99

The JSI is lead by Flash to the Justice League's hideout. He tries to convince his team-mates that the JSI needs their help. The JSI is stunned to learn that the League is led by Barry Allen, a former member of the JSI. He was injured in a battle with Felix Faust which left him in a wheelchair. He came to realize the JSI was creating a police state and formed the League to stop them.

Enigma convinces Morgaine to calm down and stop destroying Europe. She agrees they should try and complete their spell to attain ultimate power.

Rita arrives in Opal City on a bus when she has a spell that causes her to see the bus terminal as first a train station and then an airport. She is rescued by Charity, another tarot card reader who says her cards told her to come to the bus terminal to meet Rita. She is also shocked to see the bus terminal has become an airport. Rita's power seems to explode as the bus terminal continues to change - train station, old west saloon, prehistoric land and future city with alien creatures.

Alfred Pennyworth has gathered together Lois Lane, Tom (Nemesis) Tresser, and Richie Grayson. He tells them that the world should be different and they should be better people in that world. Instead of a reporting sensationalist news Lois is a respected reporter and married to the world's greatest hero. Instead of being a vigilante, Tresser is a legendary spy and in love with a great warrior. And instead of a gangster, Grayson is the protegee of the world's greatest detective. The three agree something sounds right about Alfred's story. As he is speaking he uses a high frequency whistle to summon the JSI member, Interceptor. He is able to use kryptonite to stop her and tells her that her real name is Kara Zor-El and she is from an alien world. The four are convinced to help Alfred. He tells them there is a sixth member of their group they require. The scene shifts to a librarian in Virginia with a name plate on her desk reading Donna Troy.

Trinity #24

Writers: Kurt Busiek & Fabian Nicieza
DC, $2.99

Two heroes from the JSI, Olympian and Lionheart, break through the barrier Morgaine has erected around France. The pair are quickly turned to stone when they pass through the barrier. Inside, Enigma has tired of Morgaine's killing off the land with her transforming of it but she refuses to stop. This leads to a fight between the two while Enigma tries to convince Morgaine that they should find Tarot and the real Despero and finish their spell correctly.

Back at JSI HQ they have captured the Flash, suspecting his Justice League of being involved in Europe's problems. Jose, aka Gangbuster, is let in to deliver the scroll to Carter Hall given to him by Alfred Pennyworth. Carter, Jay Garrick and Alan Scott go into a private room to read the scroll and a flash of light comes from the room. Carter exits the room having the appearance of his ancestor, Khufu, before reverting back to Carter Hall. The three of them all appear younger with more energy. The scroll has told them that Firestorm is telling the truth and the world is not as it should be. Carter tries to get Flash to help them in restoring the world to its proper way but he is still distrustful of them.

Alfred Pennyworth has arrived in the U.S. and has gone to see Lois Lane, offering her the biggest story the world has ever seen.

In space, Krona is observing the meeting between John Stewart, Kanjar Ro and the army of Despero. He senses the power within John and teleports him away to examine him further. Kanjar Ro convinces Despero to cease their fight and join forces to claim back the power of the cosmic egg. Kanjar Ro has found the Crime Syndicate held prisoner where Superman left them. He offers them to Despero to help in their fight.

Trinity #23

Writers: Kurt Busiek & Fabian Nicieza
DC, $2.99

The Justice Society International is taking stock of the current crisis points in the world. One team is assessing the damage resulting from the fight with Morgaine. Another team is offering their assistance to Tomorrow Woman in Metropolis but she refuses their help, telling them it is her city to defend. The JSI is shocked since Metropolis isn't normally her home base. Another team is tracking Green Arrow, who is now in Star City and claims to have been there for years, even though he was recently operating out of Gotham.

Black Adam is in Washington D.C. battling warriors of Ares. He doesn't know why he felt compelled to travel there from Egypt.

Brainwave is reading the minds of the Firestorm personas and learning of the way Earth was before the change.

Jose and Rita have arrived in New York at JSI headquarters. Jose is going to deliver Alfred Pennyworth's scroll to Hawkman while Rita is following the message of tarot cards and travelling to Opal City.

When Tomorrow Woman has defeated the Ultra-Humanite's robots she returns to her civilian identity of Clara Kendall anchoring the GBS news. The JSI is again shocked since Tomorrow Woman never had a secret identity.

Morgaine has appeared in Europe and has transformed Paris into a vision of hell.

John Stewart has headed into space to deal with the parasite that has infected him. To entice him to head back to Earth the parasite uses the Green Lantern's power to open a wormhole in space.

Kanjar Ro is also in space to escape from Morgaine and Enigma after ruining their plans by impersonating Despero. He is hoping to find Despero to try and get the power that he was denied. He sees the wormhole Stewart created and heads into it to take a shortcut. Despero has assembled his warriors to go to Earth and get revenge on Kanjar Ro. He finds the same wormhole and enters it with his fleet of ships. Watching the whole thing is Krona.

Trinity #22

Writers: Kurt Busiek & Fabian Nicieza
DC, $2.99

Alfred has boarded a ship for New York after giving the Egyptian scroll he found to Tarot.

Back in time, in Egypt, Prince Khufu, the ancestor of Hawkman, is dealing with a rebellion among his people. A religion based on different gods is trying to take over his country, a religion that has been banned. His mystic seer, Nabu, is aware of the fading of their current gods and the growing power of these dark gods. Khufu has a vision of the future and his descendants and realizes he must put his vision down on paper so it can be saved and help the future. In his vision he saw the wiping out of the Trinity by Morgane, Enigma and Despero. He places his writings in a scroll case made from the Nth metal of a Thanagarian ship he had found years ago that had crashed in Egypt. As the rebels storm his palace he throws the scroll case which floats away, encased in the Nth metal. This is the scroll case that Alfred gave to Rita to give to Hawkman.

Back in the present, Morgane, Enigma and Kanjar Ro have been found and attacked by the Global Police. The Justice Society International are mobilizing troops to help them.

In Gotham, Green Arrow and Speedy are being confronted by Ragman and his partner, Tatters. Ragman is tired of Green Arrow only protecting the rich and is announcing he will now be protecting Gotham. As they talk Green Arrow and Speedy fade out of existence and Ragman and Tatters act as if they have always been the heroes of Gotham.

Meanwhile the heroine Tomorrow Woman is stopping an escape attempt by the female half of Firestorm at JSI headquarters. The other people there are shocked because at the same time a different Tomorrow Woman is in Metropolis fighting the Ultra-Humanite. As they watch the monitor the Tomorrow Woman they know disappears.

Final Crisis #4

Writer: Grant Morrison
DC, $3.99

Most of the world's population has been taken over by Darkseid after exposure to the anti-life equation through all electronics. The super-heroes have created pockets of resistance in various places such as JLA headquarters. The only form of communication is left is the Daily Planet which is being published out of Superman's Fortress of Solitude. The heroes had sent a strike force into Bludhaven made of Checkmate agents but it has been defeated.

Inside Bludhaven the New Gods of Apokolips have taken on new bodies and are turning Dan Turpin so that he can be taken over by Darkseid.

The Ray tells the heroes about a secret internet that criminals were using that Darkseid doesn't know about. He powers this internet allowing communication between the JLA hq and the other Watchtowers like Checkmate hq, Fortress of Solitude, Gorilla City and the Great Wall of China. The heroes decide to make a final strike at Bludhaven at dawn. The resistance at JLA hq is forced to evacuate when Darkseid's soldiers break through their shields (using Black Lightning who has been corruped by the anti-life equation). They use The Ray's power to escape through their teleporters but Green Arrow stays behind to destroy the teleporters after their escape so the rest can't be followed. He ends up as one of Darkseid's soldiers.

Barry Allen and Wally West are reunited but are soon attacked by the new Female Furies (Wonder Woman, Catwoman and Batwoman). They escape and Barry is reunited with Iris.

At Checkmate HQ, Mister Miracle arrives with Super Young Team to help but is shot accidentally after crashing into their building.

Dan Turpin finally falls and Darkseid has arrived.

Trinity #21

Writers: Kurt Busiek & Fabian Nicieza
DC, $2.99

The three villains are facing resistance in their assumption of the powers of the Trinity. Enigma recalls his orgins on the anti-matter Earth where he was one of the few crimefighters on the world of criminals. He assembled a team of heroes called the Justice Underground and ended up taking on the Crime Syndicate. It was Ultraman who burned half of Enigma's face and killed his family in revenge. He has joined Morgaine in the hopes of changing his world.

Morgaine remembers her time in Camelot when she and her sisters were daughters of the Queen. They lost their positions of power when the King's son, Arthur, was discovered. This caused Morgaine to turn to dark magic.

Despero's memories are of the origins of Kanjar Ro. It turns out Kanjar has been impersonating Despero and this is why Morgaine's spell is not completely working; the necessary trinity has not been assembled. As the three crash to Earth they are discovered by the Global Police who move in to capture them.

Green Lantern John Stewart discovers why his powers have been acting up. In the past he had absorbed a computerized Void Hound on Qward that is now trying to break free from him. On this new Earth John hides his position as Green Lantern from everyone but his family since Lanterns are banned from Earth. While at work his powers malfunction because of the Void Hound and he is forced to reveal that he is a Green Lantern. Firestorm finds him and tries to help him by restoring his memories of the real Earth. John is forced to leave Earth until he can rid himself of the Void Hound and says goodbye to his family. Before Firestorm can follow him he is separated into his two personas, Jason and Gehenna. He was forcibly separated by the Justice Society International who have tracked him down.

Trinity #20

Writers: Kurt Busiek & Fabian Nicieza
DC, $2.99

The people of Metropolis are walking past a statue of Tomahawk but are temporarily seeing Superman, not remembering who he is. Firestorm has been hiding from the authorities. He remembers the old world but doesn't know why things have changed. He breaks into a library to read old microfilm. It tells about the JSA who operated in World War II. When McCarthy started his communist hunts in the 50's the JSA chose to unmask in this new reality. In our reality they chose to retire. In this new world they began to operate out of costume and started a movement that attracted more and more volunteers. Since they were no longer in costumes any future super-heroes were viewed with suspicion and hunted by the police. Eventually there were no independent heroes, all of them either in hiding or working with the JSA.

While Firestorm is reading this history he is found by the authorities who employ giant Amazo robots to apprehend him. He is able to escape and decides to find John Stewart in this new reality since he still needs to deal with the escaped Krona.

Krona travels to a world belonging to the Controllers. There he uses them to build a machine that he can use to talk to the universe. He believes the universe is a living being that can be communicated with. The Controllers think he is insane but help build a machine that they hope will capture Krona instead so they can analyze his powers. The machine fails and in retailiation he destroys the Controllers and their world. Amidst the destruction he finds what he believes is the soul of the planet he destroyed, thanking him for its release from the Controllers. He comes to the conclusion that if the universe has its own intelligence then so too will the planets. He leaves to find other planets that he can use as soldiers against the universe.