DC All In Saga: Darkseid vs. the World #1 Review

 

DC All In Saga: Darkseid vs. the World #1 Review

Writers: Scott Snyder & Joshua Williamson

Artists: Sanford Greene & Yasmine Putri

Colorists: Matt Herms & Yasmine Putri

Letterer: Steve Wands

Cover Artist: Sanford Greene

Variant Cover Artists: Mark Spears, Javi Fernández & Alejandro Sanchez; Anthony Marques, J Bone & Dave Stewart; Juan Ferreyra

Editors: Chris Rosa, Sophie Philips-Roberts & Paul Kaminski

Publisher: DC Comics

Price: $5.99 US | Variant $6.99 US (Card Stock)

Release Date: October 28, 2026

 

When Darkseid conquered reality, the Quantum Quorum rewound time, giving Earth's superheroes a brief window of freedom. They could use it to say goodbye to their families. Or they could even live on, after a fashion. But the Justice League didn't want to live on as reflections of themselves in a mirror universe. So, to reclaim their reality, they had to fight for it.

 

Yet after their victory, visions bound Earth’s heroes to perform onerous tasks. They had to stand alongside villains in their Watchtower and go on missions together. Earth’s governments had to accept that the people they counted on to protect them might have pasts drenched in blood. And inexplicably, Cyborg has preserved the Heart of Apokolips in Mount Titan.

 

Are Earth’s heroes and villains ready for Darkseid’s prophesied return? And why does Darkseid have an insatiable need to control everything? Let’s leap into the DC All In Saga: Darkseid vs. the World #1 and see!

 

Story

People may fear him. They may dread his return. But Darkseid has a plan he is working toward. He wants everyone to understand how his great dream benefits everyone. So, as heroes celebrate their victory in the Omega Tournament and prepare for Darkseid’s return, he takes his message directly to the people. But before he paints his rosy future, Darkseid looks back at where he came from.

 

In DC All In Saga: Darkseid vs. the World #1, he addresses the reader. He shares how he became the Lord of Apokolips. Then he shares his recent past, including how and why he created his Absolute Universe. Still, Darkseid isn’t through. His plan encompasses all of space and time. So, as he intersperses his narrative with clashes between himself and superhumans on two worlds, Darkseid shares his ultimate dream.

 

Ironically, Darkseid’s goal evokes the futures that the Heart of Apokolips offered each contestant. Many contestants would likely have been tempted to accept the Heart's offer and transform Earth into their version of paradise. Yet Superman, who triumphed in the tournament, resisted the Heart's offer and returned Earth-Zero to its former state. Thus, Darkseid needs to get his message out. Superman may be perceived as a champion of hope. But Darkseid sees Superman as a destroyer of everything that matters in DC All In Saga: Darkseid vs. the World #1.

 

Art

As a star travels through space, it burns and swells with energy. Then it forms a symbol before resolving into Darkseid. He stands before the Heart of Apokolips, which empowers him. Then he stands before the machinery that will help him build his miraculous new reality. Circles portraying heroes from different worlds float in space. Darkseid rises in profile behind them, gazing up with determination as he resolutely works toward his dream. Then he faces his audience. While Earth-Zero is crucial to his plans, the giant visionary gazes over the planet, showing how his plans extend far beyond one world.

 

Sanford Green helps Darkseid tell his story across panel-packed pages and one-page montages. Double-page layouts showcase conflicts between Darkseid and metahumans and introduce the heroes of the Absolute Universe. While Matt Herms adorns DC All In Saga: Darkseid vs. the World #1 in the colors of Darkseid’s eternal enemy, violet and indigo also appear as he carries out his plan. But then, Darkseid wants to give people what he believes is best for them.

 

Harbinger: Story

In this 10-page story, Joshua Williamson shows Darkseid’s desire to share his Omega energy with everyone. He resurrects Pandora and gives her a new purpose. Darkseid’s abilities allow him to see the truth she hides from others. But like the superhumans of all the Earths in the multiverse, Pandora must decide whether to fight Darkseid or bow to his will.

 

Harbinger: Art

Darkseid wishes to dominate all reality. Yet Pandora stands between heroes from different universes as the Flash races around the Earth. Despite her reddish-violet cloak, lines of color flow across her. Yet when she revives across an orange 9-panel grid, Pandora loses her kaleidoscopic appearance. The woman with light-indigo hair rises before Darkseid. Instead of the Flash’s yellow energy, white energy crackles around Darkseid. Red lightning bolts encircle Pandora's features. Yet, Yasmine Putri shows the red fire burning in Darkseid’s eyes.

 

Lettering

Darkseid shares his past and reveals the reasons behind his plans, using white uppercase letters in black narrative boxes. When he addresses heroes, he speaks white letters into black dialogue balloons with straight-edged borders. His opponents, and the woman he wants to serve him, speak black letters into spherical white balloons as they defy his glorious vision. Yet Pandora reveals her thoughts and tells her story in white boxes with red borders. Steve Wands’ sound effects enhance Darkseid’s encounters with metahumans, his determination to make Pandora his servant, and his sacrifice to give everyone a better tomorrow.

 

Final Thoughts

When they traveled into the Earth’s core, Earth’s heroes had to play by the Heart of Apokolips’ rules. They battled their morals and pushed past their self-imposed limits to achieve victory. Yet the heroes’ justification for killing their opponents seems eerily similar to Darkseid’s rationale for building his kinder, gentler, and more fulfilling reality in DC All In Saga: Darkseid vs. the World #1.

 

Rating 9.8/10

 

To look inside see DC All In Saga: Darkseid vs. the World #1 Preview. 

 

For when Darkseid told the Justice League, "Thank you," see DC All In Special #1 Preview. 

 

For Time Trapper's plan to save the DCU (& how Lara's friendship with Ursa would eventually save Earth in Kingdom Of Zod), see Justice League: The Omega Act #1 Preview. 

 

For how the heroes' plans for the Omega Tournament go awry, see DC K.O. #1 Preview. 

Conan & Dragonero #7 Preview

 

Cover A: Lorenzo Nuti

Conan of Cimmeria has traveled across the Hyborian Age. Recently, ancient magic opened a portal between worlds. When Conan traveled from Tarantia to Erondàr, he befriended Ian Aranill, also known as Dragonero. After returning to Conan’s world, they recovered the gems preventing an ancient demon from entering the Hyborian Age. But their journey across two worlds took time. And when they secured the gems, no portal offered them rapid transit back to Tarantia. Without Myrva’s skyship, Conan and Ian endured a long journey across desert, river, and sea.

 

Now, Conan and Dragonero have reached Capital of Aquilonia. But the gems have been away from their resting place too long. Nightmarish creatures attack and kill the fleeing inhabitants. Can Conan and Dragonero slay the creatures terrorizing Tarantia? And can these warriors from two worlds prevent an ancient demon from invading the Hyborian Age?

 

 

Here's all the info from Titan Comics:

 

 

Conan & Dragonero #7 Preview

Writers: Luca Enoch & Stefano Vietti

Artist, Colorist & Cover Artist: Lorenzo Nuti

Letterers: Richard Starkings & Tyler Smith

Editor: Chris Butera

Publisher: Titan Comics

Issue Description: 32 Pages, Full Color 

Price: $4.99/$14.99 Foil

Release Date: November 4, 2026

 

 

Beseiged By Demons

 

Pulled to the mysterious land of Erondár by dark forces, Conan comes face to face with the famed dragon slayer, Dragonero, and the two warriors must set aside suspicion to stand back-to-back against a supernatural force poised to doom both their worlds. 

 

 

 

Now, let's take a look inside:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Cover B: Lorenzo Nuti Virgin Cardstock

 

Cover C: Lorenzo Nuti Foil 

 

Thanks to Titan Comics and Heroic Signatures for sharing this preview with us.

For how this series began, see Conan & Dragonero #1 Review.

For the Colossus of Kuthchemes, see Conan & Dragonero #6 Preview.  

Gangs Of Gotham #1 Preview

 

When members of the Torus used Anarky to spark a crime war, the Minotaur punished them to keep them in line. Then, he marked Anarky for death. Batman prevented Torus soldiers from killing Anarky. Still, Anarky needed to eat. So when Gotham went "Little Shop of Horrors," Anarky sold pizzas for handfuls of Ben Franklins, and stole $50,000 with a 3D-printed gun.

 

Anarky believes the Bat-family, the police, and the inhabitants of Gotham are trapped in the Minotaur’s labyrinth. Still, as Gotham recovers from Poison Ivy’s superbloom, what opportunities might come Anarky’s way? And how much will he risk as he finds his feet in a hopelessly corrupt city?

 

Here's all the info from DC Connect:

 

 

Gangs Of Gotham #1 Preview

Writer: Christopher Cantwell

Artist: Mike Henderson

Cover Artist: Ariel Olivetti

Variant Cover Artists: Martin Simmonds, Christian Ward & Kyuyong Eom

Publisher: DC Comics

Issue Length: 32 Pages

Price: $3.99 US | Variant $4.99 US (Card Stock)

Release Date: November 4, 2026

 

 

Christopher Cantwell and Mike Henderson take on

Gotham City in the Aftermath of Batman: Bad Seeds!

 

 

Anarky rules! The Torus has given Anarky an ultimatum: Unify the 100 low-level street gangs not currently under Torus control—or die. If Lonnie Machin succeeds, he’ll get a seat at the table. But if he fails, it’s lights out for Anarky. His first stop? Gotham’s East End—a complete free-for-all for some of Gotham’s nastiest and most uncontrollable individuals. Should be simple enough…right?

 

Spiraling out of the pages of Batman: Bad Seeds and Batman come Gangs of Gotham, a thrilling, action-packed, street-level criminal saga from Christopher Cantwell and Mike Henderson!

 

 

Now, let's take a look inside:

 

 

 

 

Thanks to DC Comics for sharing this preview with us.

 

For how Batgirl Stephanie Brown came to Anarky's rescue, see Batman: Bad Seeds -Gotham Central #2: Bad Seeds Week 8 Part 1 Preview.

For how Anarky becomes embroiled in Officers Jim Gordon and Ezzy's homicide investigation, see Batman: Bad Seeds: Gotham Central #1--Bad Seeds Week 3 Part 1 Review.

For how Anarky riled the Minotaur, see Batman #4 Review.  

Batman: Bad Seeds—Sunrise #1 Review

 

Batman: Bad Seeds—Sunrise #1 Review

Writers: Matt Fraction & G Willow Wilson

Layouts: Giuseppe Camuncoli

Finishes: Cliff Rathburn

Colorist: Tomeu Morey

Letterer: Clayton Cowles

Cover Artists: Giuseppe Camuncoli & Tomeu Morey

Variant Cover Artists: Dan Mora; Marcio Takara; Stjepan Šejić; Matteo Scalera & Tomeu Morey

Editors: Jessica Berbey, Rob Levin & Arianna Turturro

Publisher: DC Comics

Price: $5.99 US | Variant $6.99 US (Card Stock) | Variant $8.99 US (Foil)

Release Date: October 28, 2026

 

When Poison Ivy unleashed the superbloom, heroes rose to protect the city, while villains used the chaos for their own gain. Batquinn may be consigned to the history books. Still, Harley Quinn puts off her reunion with Pamela Isley to protect the inhabitants of Throatcutter Hill. With the people he pledged to protect dying, Police Commissioner Vandal Savage makes an all-out assault on his enemies. The staff in Gotham General strive to save people injured and infected by the plants. And as she confronts the results of her actions, Mayor Pamela Isley fights for her life.

 

Who will survive the superbloom, and who will die before the sun rises? And how will the people of Gotham carry on after enduring one of the worst nights ever? Let's leap into Batman: Bad Seeds—Sunrise #1, and see!

 

Story

Before she left the mayor’s office, Pamela Isley told Janet from HR to flee. But Pamela often changes her mind. And Pamela protected and forgave her when Janet faltered and aided her enemies. So, as dawn approaches, Janet prepares to resume the next day’s routine as Mayor Isley’s assistant overseeing People and Culture. But today, prehistoric plants rule the streets, and not Poison Ivy's eco-terrorists or Vandal Savage's TUCOs. Blimps soar overhead, dispersing a lethal pesticide designed to kill Janet's boss. In Throatcutter Hill, Vandal Savage finds his enemy in Gotham's government. And just as they did in GCPD Headquarters, his "Gravy SEALs" watch as a physically stronger man attacks his opponent.

 

In Batman: Bad Seeds—Sunrise #1, Vandal Savage combats the woman who proved a thorn in his side as Gotham City Police Commissioner. The two combatants personify the larger battle between commerce and ethics in Gotham's government, and Humanity's drive for progress versus the need for ecological conservation. Yet while Savage answers to the TORUS, Pamela Isley answers to the Parliament of Trees. And after Batman and Mr Freeze bring winter to Gotham, the Parliament of Trees isn’t happy with Poison Ivy.

 

As the battle for dominance of Gotham devolves into a grudge match, Batman emerges as the glue that keeps the city together. While he reminds the combatants and the public of the importance of the rule of law, Matt Fraction and G Willow Wilson showcase other characters who support Batman’s efforts to safeguard Gotham. Unlike the TUCOs, they protect the public by helping them make beneficial choices. They may pay for their selfless service. But after the city's strong leaders bring chaos instead of order, they rediscover the civic activism Miss Marjorie inspired Huston Gray to in Batman: Bad Seeds—Sunrise #1.

 

Art

Giuseppe Camuncoli and Cliff Rathburn portray the chaos with rectangular scenes and white backgrounds. Larger scenes also provide a blue framework for inset panels. A double-page spread reveals the cryokinetic pulse that Batman orchestrated with Mr Freeze's help. The scenes turn diagonal when events threaten to spiral out of Batman's control. Some scenes threaten to dominate a page. But Batman commands a splash page when he achieves victory.

 

While most of the Bat-family sit or stand, the Signal glows yellow as he leaps above Gotham. Vandal Savage wears a yellow-green shirt while his TUCOs dispense yellow-brown Ivycide. Green no longer links Poison Ivy with the superbloom. Instead, it links her hostile takeover of the planet with a friend. Red rises to the forefront when Vandal Savage uses his living TUCOs like Mr Freeze used his dead workers. It also highlights that he and Poison Ivy share one overriding emotion. Tomeu Morey gets to adorn a page with a loaded palette when the Parliament of Trees appears. Yet Batman shines bright blue, like the premature winter that frees Gotham from Ivy’s superbloom in Batman: Bad Seeds—Sunrise #1.

 

Black-and-white boxes identify time and place as Gotham gasps its final breaths. Black uppercase letters in white boxes convey the omniscient narration, while colored boxes deliver off-camera dialogue. Colored balloons highlight people intrinsically linked to the Earth, leaving hope that Poison Ivy's loss is not complete. When the epic battle between Nature and Humanity shrinks to a clash between two opponents, sound effects convey the two combatants lashing out in anger. Then, as Gotham begins to breathe again, Clayton Cowles places lowercase type into paper scraps amid a change of narrator. Thanks to DC Comics for sharing this story with us.

 

Final Thoughts

While some leaders cherish the gift of public service, others use power to crush anyone who would oppose them. Dr Annika Zeller has used her Crown of Thorns to help criminals embrace a better approach to life. Yet when corrupt leaders endanger the friends and city they love, reformed villains nonetheless demonstrate how different they are from Gotham's greatest protector in Batman: Bad Seeds—Sunrise #1.

 

Rating 9.7/10

 

To look inside, see Batman: Bad Seeds–Sunrise #1: Bad Seeds Week 10 Part 4 Preview. 

 

For Batman's recent efforts to safeguard Gotham, see my Bad Seeds Event List. 

 

For how Miss Marjorie inspired Huston Gray, see Batman #3 Review. 

Batman #15 Preview

 

As Tim Drake recovered from police brutality in the hospital, a TV interview with Dr Annika Zeller offered Bruce Wayne hope of helping criminals forge better futures. Instead, it prompted a high-speed attack from the motorcycle-riding Triple Zeros and a deadly encounter with the superhuman sword-wielding Ōjō.  

 

Now, Bruce Wayne strides into the TV studio. Will the TV interview inspire others to help make Gotham a safer city? Or might it unleash more deadly attacks on the Bat-family?

 

Here's all the info from DC Connect:

 

 

Batman #15 Preview

Writer: Matt Fraction

Art And Cover Artist: Jorge Jiménez

Variant Cover Artists: Jim Cheung, Dustin Nguyen & Becky Cloonan

1:25 Variant Cover Artist: David Aja

Foil Variant Cover Artist: Jorge Jiménez

Watchmen 40th Anniversary Variant Cover Artist: Frank Quitely

Publisher: DC Comics

Issue Length: 40 Pages

Price: $4.99 US | Variant $5.99 US (Card Stock) | Variant $7.99 US (foil)

Release Date: November 4, 2026

 

 

The Assassination of Bruce Wayne!

 

 

Nothing is slowing down for the Caped Crusader in the aftermath of Bad Seeds as six assassins descend on Gotham with one target in their sights: billionaire playboy Bruce Wayne. It’s all going down at El Granda Gala Enmascarado, and by the end of the night, Bruce Wayne will die before the eyes of the world. Time for Batman to get to work…

 

A pivotal chapter in the ongoing Batman epic that you won’t want to miss!

 

 

Now, let's take a look inside:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks to DC Comics for sharing this preview with us.

For Batman's recent struggle to protect Gotham, see my Bad Seeds Event List. 

For Dr Annika Zeller's TV interview, see Batman #3 Review. 

For Bruce Wayne's battle with the Triple Zeros and the assassin Ōjō, see Batman #5 Review. 

Hawkmoon: The Mad God’s Amulet #2 Cover Preview

 

Cover A: Claudia Caranfa

The Granbretan Empire stole his future. Then, it made him its slave. A black jewel in his forehead lets Baron Meliadus see everything Dorian Hawkmoon does. And if Meliadus doesn’t like what he sees, the touch of a button can bring Hawkmoon pain, madness, or death.

 

 

Baron Meliadus sent the former Duke to steal Yisselda from her father. But after tangling with Meliadus, Count Brass trusted no one. His longtime friend, Councilor Bowgentle, temporarily freed Hawkmoon from Meliadus’ control. In return, Hawkmoon helped Brass’s forces turn back the Granbretan invaders. 

 

 

Now, Duke Dorian Hawkmoon seeks a future with Yisselda in Count Brass’s kingdom of the Kamarg. So, he heads east in search of a sorcerer to free him from the black jewel’s control. Instead, he finds Yisselda’s amulet among corpses and destruction, a city from another plane of existence, and a knight who has haunted his dreams. Can Hawkmoon defeat the Granbretan soldiers he finds in the city of Soryandum? And why did he find Yisselda’s amulet far from the Kamarg, in a town recently sacked by the followers of a mad god? 

 

 

Here's all the info from Titan Comics:

 

 

Hawkmoon: The Mad God’s Amulet #2 Cover Preview

Original Novel: Michael Moorcock

Writer: Jérôme Le Gris

Artists: Benoît Dellac & Luca Bulgheroni

Colorists: Greg Loré, Arancia Studio & Angélina Rodrigues

Letterer: Lauren Bowes

Translator: Marc Bourbon-Crook

Designer: Matt Bookman

Editor: Holly Smith

Publisher: Titan Comics

Issue Description: 32 Pages, Full Color

Series Length: 2 Issues

Price: $4.99 US

Release Date: November 4, 2026

 

 

 

Duke Dorian Hawkmoon of Köln 

Versus

Captain D'Averc of the Order of the Boar 

 

 

 

Set in a post-apocalyptic age of primitive industrialist technology and futuristic dark magic, Europe has been conquered by the tyrannical Granbretan empire led by King-Emperor Huon. Dorian Hawkmoon faces a race against a ticking clock to gain control over the black jewel embedded in his head and his only hope comes in the form of a hermit mage in a distant land. It is up to the Duke and a few strange allies to thwart the cult’s twisted beliefs and find the mage to allow Dorian Hawkmoon to lead the fight against the Granbretan Empire.

 

Here are more collectible covers:

 

 

 

Cover B: Claudia Ianniciello

 

Cover C: Claudia Caranfa Virgin Cardstock 

Cover D: Claudia Ianniciello Virgin Cardstock

  

Available from local comic shops. For UK & Europe visit Forbidden Planet. For more details, visit Titan Comics. 

 

 

Thanks to Titan Comics for sharing this cover preview with us.

 

For how Baron Meliadus enslaved Dorian Hawkmoon, see Hawkmoon: The Black Jewel Review. 

For how Councilor Bowgentle temporarily freed Hawkmoon from Meliadus' control, see Hawkmoon: The Battle of the Kamarg Review. 

 

For how Dorian Hawkmoon teamed up with Oladahn, see Hawkmoon: The Mad God’s Amulet #1 Cover Preview.