2021
Justice League: Death Metal is the final companion volume to Dark Nights: Death Metal. It tells a single story that expands on something that happens in a couple of panels in the original - after Wonder Woman freed Superman and all the other captured superheroes from evil Darkseid-Batman's prison, Nightwing led a mission to rescue the Legion of Doom and sabotage the antenna that Batman Who Laughs was using to receive 'crisis energy' from the remnants of the multiverse.
So, we follow a very motley team of Nightwing, Hawkgirl, Starfire, Cyborg, Detective Chimp, and Lex Luthor as they attempt to save some of the worst supervillains on Earth from being used as parts in an evil machine. They have to fight evil Starro-Batman and evil Martian-Manhunter-Batman along the way, and then immediately fight the villains they rescued. Also, no one trusts Lex Luthor, which seems wise.
Nightwing's thoughts provide all the voiceover narration throughout, making this a story that's focused on Dick Grayson's character development at least as much as it is on the rescue mission. It's most similar to the Flash and Green Lantern stories from the first companion volume, and probably belongs up front there, rather than being saved for the end.
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