{"product_id":"dc-start-here-dark-nights-metal-1-net","title":"DC START HERE - DARK NIGHTS METAL #1","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"page-header\" id=\"page-header\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page-header__top\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page-header__meta\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page-header__categories\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"page-header__categories-in\"\u003ein:\u003c\/span\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dc.fandom.com\/wiki\/Category:Issues_Rated_T\" title=\"Category:Issues Rated T\" data-tracking-label=\"categories-top-more-0\"\u003eIssues Rated T\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dc.fandom.com\/wiki\/Category:Marie_Javins\/Executive_Editor\" title=\"Category:Marie Javins\/Executive Editor\" data-tracking-label=\"categories-top-more-1\"\u003eMarie Javins\/Executive Editor\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dc.fandom.com\/wiki\/Category:Greg_Capullo\/Cover_Artist\" title=\"Category:Greg Capullo\/Cover Artist\" data-tracking-label=\"categories-top-more-2\"\u003eGreg Capullo\/Cover Artist\u003c\/a\u003e,\n\u003cdiv class=\"wds-dropdown page-header__categories-dropdown\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eand\u003c\/span\u003e \u003ca class=\"wds-dropdown__toggle\" data-tracking=\"categories-more\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e112 more\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page-header__bottom\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page-header__title-wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003ch1 class=\"page-header__title\" id=\"firstHeading\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eDC Start Here!: Dark Night Metal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"content\" class=\"page-content ve-init-mw-desktopArticleTarget-targetContainer\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"mw-content-text\" class=\"mw-body-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"notice\"\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"mw-collapsible mw-collapsed mw-made-collapsible\" width=\"43\" height=\"26\" style=\"width: 1.7585%; height: 17.3333px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 17.3333px;\"\u003e\n\u003cth colspan=\"1\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 17.3333px;\"\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\n\u003cspan id=\"Synopsis_for_.22Metal.22\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"mw-headline\" id='Synopsis_for_\"Metal\"'\u003eSynopsis for \"Metal\"\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis story is reprinted from \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dc.fandom.com\/wiki\/Dark_Nights:_Metal_Vol_1_1\" title=\"Dark Nights: Metal Vol 1 1\"\u003eDark Nights: Metal #1\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e50,000 years in the past, a lizard is seen scurrying past three symbols drawn in the sand, represents the Wolf, Bear, and Eagle tribes. As an excerpt from \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dc.fandom.com\/wiki\/Carter_Hall_(Prime_Earth)\" title=\"Carter Hall (Prime Earth)\"\u003eCarter Hall's\u003c\/a\u003e journal, speaking of a lost story. A story of the \u003ci\u003eAge of Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, where the three great tribes shared a dream of discovery. As someone's shadow passes over the drawings, Carter speaks of a \u003cb\u003efourth\u003c\/b\u003e, dark tribe, with twisted dreams rose up. The unknown figure covers the sand drawings in blood, and Carter speaks of the start of the \u003ci\u003eAge of Metal\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn the second War World, Mongul has captured the Justice League using armor designed to inhibit their powers and forced into gladiatorial combat against machines built by a captive \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dc.fandom.com\/wiki\/Hiro_Okamura_(Prime_Earth)\" title=\"Hiro Okamura (Prime Earth)\"\u003eToyman\u003c\/a\u003e. When Mongul dispatches Toyman's \u003ci\u003eFulcum Abominus\u003c\/i\u003e, the League is immediately pushed to the brink of defeat. However, Batman notices something inside of one the robots. Testing his hunch, he presses a button inside its mouth, and it begins to wrap around him. The rest of the League thinks he is in trouble, but he tells them to \u003cb\u003ecopy\u003c\/b\u003e his actions. They comply, and as they are consumed, Batman explains that the name of the robots and the buttons were a message from Toyman. The robots then merge into one giant mecha that they use to capture Mongul.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn the way back to Earth, Superman asks if the fact that Mongul's watchdogs lost track of him is related to what he's been investigating. Bruce is preoccupied talking to Alfred, who is telling him about an event happening in Gotham. When the League arrives, they see that a large portion of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dc.fandom.com\/wiki\/Gotham_City\" title=\"Gotham City\"\u003eGotham\u003c\/a\u003e has been obliterated by the sudden appearance of a large mountain in the heart of the city. The League finds a large door leading to the heart of the mountain, where they find a laboratory containing five cryogenically frozen people and a dormant \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dc.fandom.com\/wiki\/Red_Tornado_(Prime_Earth)\" title=\"Red Tornado (Prime Earth)\"\u003eRed Tornado\u003c\/a\u003e. While in the strange laboratory, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dc.fandom.com\/wiki\/Kendra_Saunders_(Prime_Earth)\" title=\"Kendra Saunders (Prime Earth)\"\u003eLady Blackhawk\u003c\/a\u003e and her men arrive. After hostilities die down, Kendra reveals that this was the first step in a much larger attack on the world that had been planned for centuries. Lady Blackhawk takes the League with her to \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dc.fandom.com\/wiki\/Blackhawk_Island\" title=\"Blackhawk Island\"\u003eBlackhawk Island\u003c\/a\u003e, the former base of her missing ex-husband \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dc.fandom.com\/wiki\/Carter_Hall_(Prime_Earth)\" title=\"Carter Hall (Prime Earth)\"\u003eCarter Hall (Hawkman)\u003c\/a\u003e, where she told them of their research into \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dc.fandom.com\/wiki\/Nth_Metal\" title=\"Nth Metal\"\u003eNth Metal\u003c\/a\u003e. She explains the effect Nth Metal on her and Carter, that its properties defy the rules of magic and science, and that Carter studied extensively to discover the source of its power. His search led only to warnings that the metal came from \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dc.fandom.com\/wiki\/Dark_Multiverse\" title=\"Dark Multiverse\"\u003eevil\u003c\/a\u003e, and leads to evil. He also discovered that it and four other \u003cb\u003edivine metals\u003c\/b\u003e had their origin in a place of dark matter. A place older than the Multiverse. A black sea in which all of the reality they know floats in. A place unlike any corner of the known Multiverse - the Dark Multiverse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFlash is skeptical that such a thing exists. Kendra replies that she didn't believe at first until Carter led an expedition into this place, a stunt that pulled Challengers Mountain out of its place in reality. Before contact was lost, they warned Kendra to shut the doorway and keep it shut. Red Tornado's last words warned them of a \u003cb\u003eGreat Dragon\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dc.fandom.com\/wiki\/Barbatos_(Dark_Multiverse)\" title=\"Barbatos (Dark Multiverse)\"\u003eBarbatos\u003c\/a\u003e, that crawled within the dark. Her research of Barbatos led her to find an ancient manuscript telling her that a \u003cb\u003eWayne\u003c\/b\u003e would enable this being to come to Earth. Hoping to avert Barbatos' invasion, the Blackhawks move to capture Batman. Before they can, Red Tornado awakes, yelling, \"The door! You opened the door!\", before going berserk. As the League moves to restrain Red Tornado, Kendra realizes that Batman \u003cb\u003eand\u003c\/b\u003e her pure Nth Metal sample are gone. It turns out Batman snagged it and used one of the dromaeosaurs on the island to reach his submarine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, an excerpt from Carter's journal speaks of how the story of the Age of Metal would end. First, a shot in the dark tears a hole in space-time that dark energy seeps through. Then, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dc.fandom.com\/wiki\/Kent_Nelson_(Prime_Earth)\" title=\"Kent Nelson (Prime Earth)\"\u003ethose\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dc.fandom.com\/wiki\/John_Henry_Irons_(Prime_Earth)\" title=\"John Henry Irons (Prime Earth)\"\u003econne\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dc.fandom.com\/wiki\/Patrick_O%27Brian_(Prime_Earth)\" title=\"Patrick O'Brian (Prime Earth)\"\u003ected\u003c\/a\u003e to the power of Nth metal would experience visions of Barbatos' approaching army. The army would seek out the \u003ci\u003eSon of Wayne\u003c\/i\u003e in preparation of the end. When the time comes, there will be no escape for anyone, because Barbatos has been planning this since a \"\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dc.fandom.com\/wiki\/Final_Crisis\" title=\"Final Crisis\"\u003efinal moment of crisis\u003c\/a\u003e.\" Carter warns that should the book ever be found, the next key moment has arrived. In the closing, Carter explains that he hid his journal in the home of those who defected from the Bat Tribe so long ago, and made sure it would only reveal itself if the events chronicling Barbatos' coming happen. His purpose for leaving the book is to \u003ci\u003eapologize\u003c\/i\u003e for being wrong, and for what was to be unleashed due to his quest. He bids farewell as he prepares to enter into the Dark Multiverse himself and follow in the footsteps of the three tribes of the Age of Stone, ending his entry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the Batcave, Bruce analyzes the Nth metal, only to hear a humming from within Wayne Manor. Following the noise, he finds the journal of Carter Hall as well as a Bat symbol carved in his floor. After reading it, Batman realizes that the tales of Barbatos and the Dark Multiverse were all true, and that this great evil was set to be unleashed upon the world by his own hands. A man calling himself \"Dream of the Endless\" then confronts Bruce, telling him that this nightmare has only just begun.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\n\u003cspan id=\"Appearing_in_.22Metal.22\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"mw-headline\" id='Appearing_in_\"Metal\"'\u003eAppearing in \"Metal\"\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeatured Characters:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dc.fandom.com\/wiki\/Bruce_Wayne_(Prime_Earth)\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Bruce Wayne (Prime Earth)\"\u003eBatman\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Universal Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53075816677658,"sku":"DC08261032","price":1.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0725\/6965\/1482\/files\/metal.webp?v=1792027292","url":"https:\/\/wyntercreekcards.com\/products\/dc-start-here-dark-nights-metal-1-net","provider":"Wyntercreek Cards \u0026 Collectibles ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}