DC Universe New Weekly Releases 23 February, 2021

One thing I find interesting from the recent DC Universe Infinite new releases is that while there may only be 10 or 11 issues, most are rated pretty high. That’s saying something for the stories that are being told and I’m happy to say that nearly half the issues this week made my ratings for top comics, though that means there’s more I want to read.
Here’s the new stuff I found this week:

DC Universe New Releases February 23, 2021:

• Batman #97
• Dark Nights: Death Metal: Death Metal Guidebook #1
• Justice League #51
• Metal Men #9
• Nightwing #73
• Scooby Doo Where Are You? #105
• Teen Titans #44
• Wonder Woman Annual #4
• Aquaman #62
• Catwoman #24
• Harley Quinn #75

TOP RELEASES OF THE WEEK

11 new comics released today (last week had 10).  Anyway, looking at Comic Book Roundup which aggregates a bunch of review sites, here are the top issues from this batch of comics. This week I found 5 issues that I wanted to look further into.

• Aquaman #62
  by Jordan Clark, Robson Rocha, and Marco Santucci.
  Published by DC Comics, 2020.
  In order to save baby Andy, Jackson Hyde made a deal with the devil-his father, Black Manta! Now Jackson must find a way into Xebel while everyone celebrates Mera’s surprise nuptials. What he finds there, however, will be darker and deadlier than he ever imagined. Welcome writer Jordan Clark (Bitch Planet Triple Feature) for the start of this two-part adventure!
• Dark Nights: Death Metal: Death Metal Guidebook #1
  by Priest, Vita Ayala, Becky Cloonan, Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Joshua Williamson, Chip Zdarsky, Becky Cloonan, Doug Mahnke, Dan Panosian, Khary Randolph, and Eduardo Risso.
  Published by DC Comics, 2020.
  Earth is turned upside down, shrouded in a realm of darkness after the Justice League’s defeat by the cosmic goddess Perpetua. Now the Batman Who Laughs and his army of Dark Knights rule the planet, wreaking havoc on humanity and raining destruction on the world. As Wonder Woman, Superman, Batman, and other heroes fight to survive in this strange new landscape, one cloaked figure has been observing from the sidelines, creating a guidebook to this new world and its evil leaders in the hope of forming a plan of justice… and penance.
  This issue showcases the new factions of Earth and explores the mystery of what happened to our heroes after their battle with Perpetua. How did Wonder Woman become the queen of Hell? How did Batman find the Black Lantern ring? And what happens when Harley Quinn takes charge of the Wasteland, and finds love in the process? All this and more in this jam-issue exploring the new world order.
• Justice League #51
  by Jeff Loveness and Robson Rocha.
  Published by DC Comics, 2020.
  Special extra-size anniversary issue! It’s the final chapter of “The Rule of War”-and all the rules are broken! On the alien planet Trotha, Empress Siddinx’s plan is revealed, and it’s nothing short of world domination-with the Justice League entangled in her puppet strings. But how can the team save a population that now hates and fears them?
• Metal Men #9
  by Dan DiDio and Shane Davis.
  Published by DC Comics, 2020.
  Back at the pit the Nth Metal Man came out of, something strange is happening! Is this a portal into the Dark Multiverse-or something worse? It’s up to Tina, Gold, and Nth Metal Man to go investigate, and along the way, they run into the Phantom Stranger! Back in Manhattan, the other Metal Men have to figure out how to defeat Chemo and get him out of the city before there’s a radiation reaction that could melt through more than just metal.
• Scooby Doo Where Are You? #105
  by Sholly Fisch and Walter Carzon.
  Published by DC Comics, 2020.
  You might think the biggest dangers of going online are spam, scams, and celebrity news. But not when a mythological monster shows up to threaten the star of a popular internet vlog IRL (in real life)!  Scooby and the gang will need all of their investigative skills–and awfully thick skins-to survive the nasty barbs of…the Internet Troll!

COMICS CORNER | DC UNIVERSE NEW WEEKLY RELEASES February 23, 2021