Dark Nights: Metal is a Batman The celebration created by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo that was published in 2017. Back with a big new story about the confusing Nth metal and the dark multiverse are the two writers.
Batman finally releases seven horrible copies of himself into his own the world while looking into strange metal.
He also learns of the reality of a dark multiverse. Barbatos, a dark god who wants to spread darkness across the entire solar system, is in charge of that accident. The DC Universe will change forever if we stop him.
What should I Read before Metal: Dark Nights?
Following on ideas first introduced in Batman: Court of Ghosts as well as during Snyder/Capullo’s run on the main bat New 52 series (see Batman New 52 Reading Order), the Dark Nights: Metal event includes a new part.
You may read Give Morrison’s epic Batman run, namely the return of the Batman, to become more familiar with the legends surrounding Barbatos.
Having said that, reading what DC collected for Dark Days: The Road to Metal is likely the easiest way to get started (more information can be found in the section on collected editions at the end of the piece).
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Reading Order
Dark Nights: Metal Reading Order:
Dark Nights: Metal Reading Order, the Collected Editions:
Just like always, the trade collecting the tie-ins gathers up all the issues, no matter their original order. It’s all in one place for you!
- Dark Days: The Road to Metal
Gathers Dark Days: The Forge #1 and Dark Days: The Casting #1, along with classic DC stories pivotal to Metal’s foundation, such as Final Crisis #6-7, Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne #1, Batman #38-39, Nightwing #17, and more.
- Dark Nights: Metal
Gathers Dark Nights: Metal #1-6, along with Dark Knights Rising: The Wild Hunt #1 and Batman Lost #1
- Dark Nights: Metal: Dark Knights Rising
Gathers the seven Dark Nights: Batman tie-in one-shots and Dark Knights Rising: The Wild Hunt #1.
- Dark Nights: Metal: The Resistance
Gathers ‘Gotham Resistance’ (Teen Titans #12, Nightwing #29, Suicide Squad #26, Green Arrow #32) and ‘Bats Out Of Hell’ (The Flash #33, Justice League #32-33, Hal Jordan and The Green Lantern Corps #32), along with Batman Lost #1 and Hawkman Found #1.
Dark Nights: Metal Reading Order: Issue-by-Issue
- Dark Days: The Forge
- Dark Days: The Casting
- Dark Nights: Metal #1
- Dark Nights: Metal #2
- Teen Titans #12 (Gotham Resistance tie-in)
- Nightwing #29 (Gotham Resistance tie-in)
- Suicide Squad #26 (Gotham Resistance tie-in)
- Green Arrow #32 (Gotham Resistance tie-in)
- Batman The Red Death (tie-in connected to the Flash)
- Batman The Murder Machine (tie-in connected to Cyborg)
- Batman The Dawnbreaker (tie-in connected to Green Lantern)
- Batman The Drowned (tie-in connected to Aquaman)
- Batman The Merciless (tie-in connected to Wonder-Woman)
- Batman The Devastator (tie-in connected to Superman)
- Dark Nights: Metal #3
- The Flash #33 (Bats Out of Hell tie-in)
- Justice League #32 (Bats Out of Hell tie-in)
- Hal Jordan & The Green Lantern Corps #32 (Bats Out of Hell tie-in)
- Justice League #33 (Bats Out of Hell tie-in)
- Batman Lost (tie-in)
- The Batman Who Laughs (tie-in)
- Dark Nights: Metal #4
- Hawkman Found
- Dark Nights: Metal #5
- Dark Knights Rising: The Wild Hunt #1
- Dark Nights: Metal #6
Following Dark Nights: Metal
The Dark Nights events: Justice League: No Justice, a four-part drama that meant as the return of the teams and create the new normal, looks at the unknown ways in which Metal has changed the universe.
After the event, new DC Comics series hit the shelves
- The New Age of DC Heroes:
Introducing fresh characters and narratives tied to the aftermath of Dark Nights: Metal.
- Year of the Villain:
Delving into the aftermath of the Dark Nights: Metal event, seen through the eyes of the villains.
- The Batman Who Laughs:
A miniseries by Scott Snyder focusing on the breakout star of Dark Nights: Metal. Check out our dedicated reading order for more on this character.
- Tales from the Dark Multiverse:
A series of one-shot comics that reimagine some of DC’s most iconic events with a tragic twist
- Finally, there’s a sequel: Dark Nights: Death Metal.
