Part 3
Tom Taylor Writer
Lucas Meyer Artist
Romulo Fajardo Jr. - Colorist
Wes Abbott - Letterer
Ivan Reis, Danny Miki & Brad Anderson - Cover
Björn Barends, Mirka Andolfo, Clayton Henry & Marcelo Maiolo Variant Covers
Chris Rosa - Associate Editor
Brittany Holzherr - Editor
Paul Kaminski - Group Editor
Superman created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.
By Special Arrangement with the Jerry Siegel Family.
Our cover shows Amanda Waller preparing to unchain the Wolf Batman. It's well done, and it's an intriguing idea. But that doesn't happen in this issue. There are a couple of nice variant covers, but they don't feature Impulse, so let's skip ahead to the very brief role Bart plays here.
Even though this story takes place before the Central City tie-in, it came out after. So, sometime before Bart was turned into a lizard and then a bee, he was in Kahndaq with Wally, helping to rescue bystanders from the ferocious rampage of the Lion Black Adam battling Starfire and Donna Troy. At one point, Starfire destroys hundreds of the Beast Boy Starro spores, prompting Bart to say, "Hey, it's raining burning horrors." Donna warns the speedsters about the spores, but Wally says they can't catch them. Bart confidently adds, "That's not gonna happen." And then Impulse and Flash race off the pages of this issue.
Wally and Bart are absolutely right. There's no legitimate reason they should ever be infected by the spores. Not only are they too fast for them, but they could easily vibrate through, if needed. As fun as it was to see Bart as a lizard, it didn't make much sense — especially in the context of this issue. Why would Bart randomly leave Wally's side to race back to Central City? This is a really fun event — I just wish there was better coordination between all the titles.
Well, that's it for 2023! Next time, I'll hand out some rewards before seeing what Bart will get up to in 2024.
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