Dark Nights: Metal: The Resistance Review

Finished reading Dark Nights: Metal: The Resistance, expanding upon the main events of Dark Knights: Metal as the heroes of the DC Universe find themselves trying to combat any additional threat that has come with the appearance of the evil and twisted versions of Batman. The book opens with the Teen Titans making their way to Gotham shortly after hearing the news of Batman's disappearance within the main events of Dark Nights: Metal as the team soon discovered that Gotham has been twisted into a maze thanks to a group of Batman's villains being given the ability to warp reality by the Batman Who Laughs. While the Titans try and help as many civilians as they can Robin decides to go on his own mission into the villain created maze where he finds Green Arrow along with Harley Quinn and Killer Croc, who have been stuck in a labyrinth that the Riddler has created. After escaping the labyrinth the group soon discovered the full extent of what the villains have turn Gotham into when they team up with Nightwing to try an navigate through the city. The next story sees an aged Bruce Wayne telling his granddaughter the story of his first case as Batman, only for the story to divert into different directions as Batman begins to relive moments of different times periods and realities. The next story focuses on the remaining members of the Justice League who find themselves fighting against the Dark Knight’s, who have each built their own Batcave in each of the League members hometowns as the team have to battle against the twisted versions of Batman that have been corrupted by their own powers and may have surpassed their mastery of their own powers and abilities. The final story shifts the spotlight onto Hawkman as by showing a day on his life that he has been reliving since he entered the Dark Multiverse. Overall this was a great book as it expands upon the main event by showing how other heroes of the DC Universe are being affected which leads to some great stories being told. The book does a great job with the characters it has in each story as there as some great interactions between characters with the misfit team in the opening story brings some levity to what is easily an unwinnable situation. While the Justice League centric story is able to build upon the pre-existing  relationships between characters while also giving a great amount of insight to the characters view of the situation they find themselves in. The books art work while constantly changing is able to bring some amazing set pieces within the from the fight scenes between different heroes and villains that put all of their powers and abilities on show extremely well. The art also does a great job in conveying the way characters emote when they interact with one another and using the designs of the Dark Knight to great effect as in some parts of the book they look almost terrifying especially with characters like the Batman Who Laughs along with Red Death and the Merciless in some places that help to make the characters feel like living nightmares. 8/10.