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** When the knights [[spoiler: hollow out Dr. Manhattan‘s head and place the Batman Who Laughs’ Brain in it, it comes off as a [[BitingTheHandHumor a slight jab]] towards how DC has treated ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' as cheap event fuel through things like ''ComicBook/DoomsdayClock''.

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** When the knights [[spoiler: hollow out Dr. Manhattan‘s head and place the Batman Who Laughs’ Brain in it, it comes off as a [[BitingTheHandHumor a slight jab]] towards how DC has treated ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' as cheap event fuel through things like ''ComicBook/DoomsdayClock''.]]

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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: When Wally West appears, he says if he could take back what he did -- referring to ''Heroes in Crisis'' where he accidentally killed a bunch of people and then framed people for it, in what ''many'' readers found to have been ''extremely'' out of character -- he would, and that he just wants to "be ''me''" again. It feels very much like Scott Snyder is taking a jab at ''Heroes in Crisis'' and DC's treatment of Wally in general.

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When Wally West appears, he says if he could take back what he did -- referring to ''Heroes in Crisis'' where he accidentally killed a bunch of people and then framed people for it, in what ''many'' readers found to have been ''extremely'' out of character -- he would, and that he just wants to "be ''me''" again. It feels very much like Scott Snyder is taking a jab at ''Heroes in Crisis'' and DC's treatment of Wally in general.general.
** When the knights [[spoiler: hollow out Dr. Manhattan‘s head and place the Batman Who Laughs’ Brain in it, it comes off as a [[BitingTheHandHumor a slight jab]] towards how DC has treated ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' as cheap event fuel through things like ''ComicBook/DoomsdayClock''.
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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: When Wally West appears, he says if he could take back what he did -- referring to ''Heroes in Crisis'' where he accidentally killed a bunch of people and then framed people for it, in what ''many'' readers found to have been ''extremely'' out of character -- he would, and that he just wants to "feel like [him]" again. It feels very much like Scott Snyder is taking a jab at ''Heroes in Crisis''.

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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: When Wally West appears, he says if he could take back what he did -- referring to ''Heroes in Crisis'' where he accidentally killed a bunch of people and then framed people for it, in what ''many'' readers found to have been ''extremely'' out of character -- he would, and that he just wants to "feel like [him]" "be ''me''" again. It feels very much like Scott Snyder is taking a jab at ''Heroes in Crisis''.Crisis'' and DC's treatment of Wally in general.
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''Dark Nights: Death Metal'' is a summer 2020 crossover event for Franchise/DCComics written by Creator/ScottSnyder and illustrated by Greg Capullo. Perpetua has taken over the multiverse, ruling over everything with an iron fist. Now, the Tinity must reunite and overthrow her and her army of corrupted horrors.

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''Dark Nights: Death Metal'' is a summer 2020 crossover event for Franchise/DCComics written by Creator/ScottSnyder and illustrated by Greg Capullo. Perpetua has taken over the multiverse, ruling over everything with an iron fist. Now, the Tinity Trinity must reunite and overthrow her and her army of corrupted horrors.
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* ContinuitySnarl: The first issue has Bruce create a bunch of zombies using a Black Lantern ring, who then have personalities. The Black Lantern rings don't work that way -- the rings reanimate the body ''wearing'' them and they approximate a personality but don't legitimately bring back the dead person.

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* ContinuitySnarl: The first issue has Bruce create a bunch of zombies using a Black Lantern ring, who then have personalities. The Black Lantern rings don't work that way -- the rings reanimate the body ''wearing'' them and they approximate a personality but don't legitimately bring back the dead person.person or give the wearer resurrection abilities.



* ForgotAboutHisPowers: Wally West is somehow captured by the Batman Who Laughs so that his godlike powers inherited from Dr. Manhattan can be used... the godlike powers that include instant disintegration from a thought, so how Wally was even captured when he was literally all-powerful isn't clear. Which isn't even getting into how Wally is the fastest being ''in the multiverse'' and can time-travel at will, which would make it ''even harder'' to capture him. This is somewhat handwaved by Wally commenting on how exhausted he is, implying that [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome it wasn't easy]].

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* ForgotAboutHisPowers: Wally West is somehow captured by the Batman Who Laughs so that his godlike powers inherited from Dr. Manhattan can be used... the godlike powers that include instant disintegration from a thought, so how Wally was even captured when he was literally all-powerful isn't clear. Which isn't even getting into how Wally is the fastest being ''in the multiverse'' and can time-travel at will, which would make it ''even harder'' to capture him. This is could be somewhat handwaved by Wally commenting on how exhausted he is, implying that [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome it wasn't easy]].
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Fanwank, and the chair apparently isn't improtant given Bruce Manhattan is meant to be threatening purely based on the symbol, which Wally also still has.


* ForgotAboutHisPowers: Wally West is somehow captured by the Batman Who Laughs so that his godlike powers inherited from Dr. Manhattan can be used... the godlike powers that include instant disintegration from a thought, so how Wally was even captured when he was literally all-powerful isn't clear. Which isn't even getting into how Wally is the fastest being ''in the multiverse'' and can time-travel at will, which would make it ''even harder'' to capture him. This is somewhat handwaved by Wally commenting on how exhausted he is, implying that [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome it wasn't easy]] and, given the unclear set out timeframe, he was likely on the run for a long time before they wore him down thanks to the sheer numbers and resources the Batman Who Laughs is drawing from Perpetua and the Dark Multiverse. Notably, he's also no longer on the Mobius Chair, so how much access to the godlike power he gained from it isn't clear.

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* ForgotAboutHisPowers: Wally West is somehow captured by the Batman Who Laughs so that his godlike powers inherited from Dr. Manhattan can be used... the godlike powers that include instant disintegration from a thought, so how Wally was even captured when he was literally all-powerful isn't clear. Which isn't even getting into how Wally is the fastest being ''in the multiverse'' and can time-travel at will, which would make it ''even harder'' to capture him. This is somewhat handwaved by Wally commenting on how exhausted he is, implying that [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome it wasn't easy]] and, given the unclear set out timeframe, he was likely on the run for a long time before they wore him down thanks to the sheer numbers and resources the Batman Who Laughs is drawing from Perpetua and the Dark Multiverse. Notably, he's also no longer on the Mobius Chair, so how much access to the godlike power he gained from it isn't clear.easy]].
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''Dark Nights: Death Metal'' is a summer 2020 crossover event for Franchise/DCComics written by Creator/ScottSnyder and Greg Capullo. Perpetua has taken over the multiverse, ruling over everything with an iron fist. Now, the Tinity must reunite and overthrow her and her army of corrupted horrors.

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''Dark Nights: Death Metal'' is a summer 2020 crossover event for Franchise/DCComics written by Creator/ScottSnyder and illustrated by Greg Capullo. Perpetua has taken over the multiverse, ruling over everything with an iron fist. Now, the Tinity must reunite and overthrow her and her army of corrupted horrors.
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* ForgotAboutHisPowers: Wally West is somehow captured by the Batman Who Laughs so that his godlike powers inherited from Dr. Manhattan can be used... the godlike powers that include instant disintegration from a thought, so how Wally was even captured when he was literally all-powerful isn't clear. Which isn't even getting into how Wally is the fastest being ''in the multiverse'' and can time-travel at will, which would make it ''even harder'' to capture him.

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* ForgotAboutHisPowers: Wally West is somehow captured by the Batman Who Laughs so that his godlike powers inherited from Dr. Manhattan can be used... the godlike powers that include instant disintegration from a thought, so how Wally was even captured when he was literally all-powerful isn't clear. Which isn't even getting into how Wally is the fastest being ''in the multiverse'' and can time-travel at will, which would make it ''even harder'' to capture him. This is somewhat handwaved by Wally commenting on how exhausted he is, implying that [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome it wasn't easy]] and, given the unclear set out timeframe, he was likely on the run for a long time before they wore him down thanks to the sheer numbers and resources the Batman Who Laughs is drawing from Perpetua and the Dark Multiverse. Notably, he's also no longer on the Mobius Chair, so how much access to the godlike power he gained from it isn't clear.
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''Dark Nights: Death Metal'' is a summer 2020 crossover event for Franchise/DCComics written by Creator/ScottSnyder and GregCapullo. Perpetua has taken over the multiverse, ruling over everything with an iron fist. Now, the TRinity must reunite and overthrow her and her army of corrupted horrors.

The series is a sequel to ''ComicBook/DarkNightsMetal'' and follows the events of ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagu2018'' and ''ComicBook/DCYearOfTheVillain''.

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''Dark Nights: Death Metal'' is a summer 2020 crossover event for Franchise/DCComics written by Creator/ScottSnyder and GregCapullo.Greg Capullo. Perpetua has taken over the multiverse, ruling over everything with an iron fist. Now, the TRinity Tinity must reunite and overthrow her and her army of corrupted horrors.

The series is a sequel to ''ComicBook/DarkNightsMetal'' and follows the events of ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagu2018'' ''ComicBook/JusticeLeague2018'' and ''ComicBook/DCYearOfTheVillain''.
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''Dark Nights: Death Metal'' is a summer 2020 crossover event for Franchise/DCComics written by Creator/ScottSnyder and GregCapullo. Perpetua has taken over the multiverse and the Trinity have been separated and must work to stop her and her army.

The series is a sequel to ''ComicBook/DarkNightsMetal'' and follows the events of ''ComicBook/DCYearOfTheVillain''.

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''Dark Nights: Death Metal'' is a summer 2020 crossover event for Franchise/DCComics written by Creator/ScottSnyder and GregCapullo. Perpetua has taken over the multiverse and multiverse, ruling over everything with an iron fist. Now, the Trinity have been separated and TRinity must work to stop reunite and overthrow her and her army.

army of corrupted horrors.

The series is a sequel to ''ComicBook/DarkNightsMetal'' and follows the events of ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagu2018'' and ''ComicBook/DCYearOfTheVillain''.
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''Dark Nights: Death Metal'' is a summer 2020 crossover event for Franchise/DCComics written by Creator/ScottSnyder and Crator/GregCapullo. Perpetua has taken over the multiverse and the Trinity have been separated.

A sequel of ''ComicBook/DarkNightsMetal'' and following the events ''ComicBook/DCYearOfTheVillain''.

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''Dark Nights: Death Metal'' is a summer 2020 crossover event for Franchise/DCComics written by Creator/ScottSnyder and Crator/GregCapullo. GregCapullo. Perpetua has taken over the multiverse and the Trinity have been separated.

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separated and must work to stop her and her army.

The series is a
sequel of to ''ComicBook/DarkNightsMetal'' and following follows the events of ''ComicBook/DCYearOfTheVillain''.
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* ForgotAboutHisPowers: Wally West is somehow captured by the Batman Who Laughs so that his godlike powers inherited from Dr. Manhattan can be used... the godlike powers that include instant disintegration from a thought, so how Wally was even captured when he was literally all-powerful isn't clear.

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* ForgotAboutHisPowers: Wally West is somehow captured by the Batman Who Laughs so that his godlike powers inherited from Dr. Manhattan can be used... the godlike powers that include instant disintegration from a thought, so how Wally was even captured when he was literally all-powerful isn't clear. Which isn't even getting into how Wally is the fastest being ''in the multiverse'' and can time-travel at will, which would make it ''even harder'' to capture him.

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* ForgotAboutHisPowers: Wally West is somehow captured by the Batman Who Laughs so that his godlike powers inherited from Dr. Manhattan can be used... the godlike powers that include instant disintegration from a thought, so how Wally was even captured when he was literally all-powerful isn't clear.



* MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning: [[spoiler:Batman Who Laughs]] after being killed at the start of the event, sets in motion his true plan, which involves several more evil Batmen from across the Dark Multiverse.

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* MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning: [[spoiler:Batman [[spoiler:The Batman Who Laughs]] after being killed at the start of the event, sets in motion his true plan, which involves several more evil Batmen from across the Dark Multiverse.
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* ContinuitySnarl: The first issue has Bruce create a bunch of zombies using a Black Lantern ring, who then have personalities. The Black Lantern rings don't work that way -- the rings reanimate the body ''wearing'' them and they approximate a personality but don't legitimately bring back the dead person.


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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: When Wally West appears, he says if he could take back what he did -- referring to ''Heroes in Crisis'' where he accidentally killed a bunch of people and then framed people for it, in what ''many'' readers found to have been ''extremely'' out of character -- he would, and that he just wants to "feel like [him]" again. It feels very much like Scott Snyder is taking a jab at ''Heroes in Crisis''.
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* ChekhovsGun: The notion of an energy released by the various Crises the multiverse has gone through was established over in ''The Flash'' a few months prior, as part of a villain's plot there.


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* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: One of the alternate Batmen is a T-Rex.
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It was the Crows, not the Dead Bats (who served the real Batman).


* WhamShot: At the end of the first issue, the Dead Bats unveil the Batman Who Laughs' trump card, [[spoiler:the Final Bruce Wayne, who has the symbol of ''Dr. Manhattan''!]]

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* WhamShot: At the end of the first issue, the Dead Bats evil Robins unveil the Batman Who Laughs' trump card, [[spoiler:the Final Bruce Wayne, who has the symbol of ''Dr. Manhattan''!]]
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* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: Wonder Woman and Wally West devise a plan to cause an "Anti-Crisis," an event that will undo the damage caused by the previous Crises, essentially rebooting the universe in their favor.

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* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: Wonder Woman and Wally West devise a plan to cause an "Anti-Crisis," an event that will undo the damage caused by the previous Crises, essentially rebooting the universe in their favor.favor.
* WhamShot: At the end of the first issue, the Dead Bats unveil the Batman Who Laughs' trump card, [[spoiler:the Final Bruce Wayne, who has the symbol of ''Dr. Manhattan''!]]
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* CoolCrown: Wonder Woman wears one instead of her regular tiara.

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* CoolCrown: Wonder Woman wears one instead of her regular tiara. The Batman Who Laughs has also added onto his visor, making it one.

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* MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning: [[spoiler:Batman Who Laughs]] after being killed at the start of the event, sets in motion his newest plan, which involves several more evil Batmen from across the Dark Multiverse.

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* AllianceOfAlternates: The event begins with Perpetua having taken over the earth using an ''army'' of evil Batmen from the Dark Multiverse recruited by the Batman Who Laughs.
* CoolCrown: Wonder Woman wears one instead of her regular tiara.
* MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning: [[spoiler:Batman Who Laughs]] after being killed at the start of the event, sets in motion his newest true plan, which involves several more evil Batmen from across the Dark Multiverse.
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''Dark Nights: Death Metal'' is a summer 2020 crossover event for Franchise/DCComics written by Creator/ScottSnyder and Crator/GregCapullo.

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''Dark Nights: Death Metal'' is a summer 2020 crossover event for Franchise/DCComics written by Creator/ScottSnyder and Crator/GregCapullo.
Crator/GregCapullo. Perpetua has taken over the multiverse and the Trinity have been separated.
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* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: After being TheHeavy for most of the Dark Multiverse stories [[spoiler:The Batman Who Laughs]] is apparently destroyed by Wonder Woman at the end of the first issue of ''Death Metal''.

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* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: After being TheHeavy for most of the Dark Multiverse stories [[spoiler:The Batman Who Laughs]] is apparently destroyed by Wonder Woman at the end of the first issue of ''Death Metal''.Metal''.
* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: Wonder Woman and Wally West devise a plan to cause an "Anti-Crisis," an event that will undo the damage caused by the previous Crises, essentially rebooting the universe in their favor.
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''Dark Nights: Death Metal'' is a summer 2020 crossover event for Franchise/DCComics written by Creator/ScottSnyder and Crator/GregCapullo.

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''Dark Nights: Death Metal'' is a summer 2020 crossover event for Franchise/DCComics written by Creator/ScottSnyder and Crator/GregCapullo.Crator/GregCapullo.

A sequel of ''ComicBook/DarkNightsMetal'' and following the events ''ComicBook/DCYearOfTheVillain''.

!!The series has the following Tropes:
* MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning: [[spoiler:Batman Who Laughs]] after being killed at the start of the event, sets in motion his newest plan, which involves several more evil Batmen from across the Dark Multiverse.
* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: After being TheHeavy for most of the Dark Multiverse stories [[spoiler:The Batman Who Laughs]] is apparently destroyed by Wonder Woman at the end of the first issue of ''Death Metal''.
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''Dark Nights: Death Metal'' is a summer 2020 crossover event for Franchise/DCComics written by Creator/ScottSnyder and Crator/GregCapullo.

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