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Part 3.1: The Road to Dark Nights: Metal

Since the beginning of the Rebirth era, something hasn’t been quite right about the multiverse. From the return of Wally West to the mysterious button, multiple characters and events have been hinting at a larger force at play underneath the surface. And now Batman has discovered yet another piece of the puzzle, a dark side to the multiverse that will test the Justice League like never before.

Reading Order:

• Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #26 – #29

• The Hellblazer: Rebirth #1

• The Hellblazer #1 – #12

• Suicide Squad #20 – #25

• Aquaman #23 – #24

• Titans #12 – #18

• Aquaman #25

• Justice League #24 – #31

• Green Lanterns #33 – #39

• Superman #29 – #30

• Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #30 – #31

• Superman #31 – #32

• The Silencer #1 – #3

• Dark Days: The Forge #1

• Dark Days: The Casting #1

• Detective Comics #958 – #964

• Aquaman #26 – #33

• Green Arrow #26 – #31

• The Flash #23 – #32, #34 – #38

Part 3.2: Rise of the Dark Knights

The Dark Multiverse has awakened! Barbatos and the Dark Knights have begun their incursion into Prime Earth and the Justice League is only just beginning to discover some of the horrors that await them in the form of twisted and corrupted versions of Batman. And while they’re all formidable, the psychotic being known only as the Batman Who Laughs may be cunning enough to bring about the collapse of the entire multiverse.

Reading Order:

• Dark Nights: Metal #1 – #2

• Teen Titans #12

• Nightwing #29

• Batman: The Red Death #1

• Batman: The Murder Machine #1

• Batman: The Dawnbreaker #1

• Batman: The Drowned #1

• Suicide Squad #26

• Green Arrow #32

Related Collections:

• Dark Knights: Metal

• Dark Knights: Metal Compendium
  

Part 3.3: Bats Out of Hell

The barriers between the multiverse and its dark counterpart have been weakened, unleashing a series of cataclysmic events across the planet. While the Justice League, Teen Titans, Suicide Squad, and Green Lanterns all have joined the fight, the forces of Barbatos are only growing in strength and numbers.

Reading Order:

• Batman: The Merciless #1

• Dark Nights: Metal #3

• The Flash #33

• Justice League #32

• Batman: The Devastator #1

• Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #32

• Justice League #33

Part 2.4: Lost and Found

When all hope seems lost, Batman and the Justice League ignite a last-ditch effort to save the multiverse with the help of Nth metal, the mysterious substance with links to the very origins of the Dark Multiverse. But even if Barbatos and his dark forces can be overcome, the already fragile state of the DC universe will be shattered in the aftermath of the battle.

Reading Order:

• Batman: Lost #1

• The Batman Who Laughs #1

• Dark Nights: Metal #4

• Hawkman: Found #1

• Dark Nights: Metal #5

• Dark Knights Rising: The Wild Hunt #1

• Dark Nights: Metal #6