What’s the harbinger of the next slap of a comic book F5 key? None other than the next big rock ‘n roll adventure, Dark Nights: Death Metal. In this story, DC’s finest aren’t just fighting an unwinnable battle,they’ve already lost. Heroes are scattered, Superman is nowhere to be found and the Caped Crusader is organising a resistance against the might of Perpetua and the Batman Who Laughs.

Out of all the wild crossovers and reality threatening events to come out of DC Comics, Dark Nights Metal stands head and shoulders above them all as the most metal AF thing that the Distinguished Competition has ever released. Prepare for a sequel, because the next Dark Nights series won't just be metal: It'll be DEATH METAL.

On March 27, Detective Comics kicks off its monumental one thousandth issue with a series of short stories that will be crammed into a 96-page celebration of the dark knight.

Following on from the blinding success of Bird Box, Netflix is teaming up with Sandra Bullock again. This time it will be a completely different project, adapting Mark Millar and Greg Capullo's sci-fi/fantasy comic book Reborn.

DC Black Label is a brand-new publishing imprint dedicated to giving premier writers and artists the chance to expand on DC’s unrivalled characters with unique, standalone stories set outside DC continuity.

Backed into a corner in the penultimate issue of Dark Nights Metal #5, things are looking pretty grim for the heroes of a world that faces a new kind of danger. The Dark Multiverse rises, our reality sinks and an army of evil Batmen have run amok as the Justice League was picked apart. Bruce Wayne has been left to rot for decades as his hope was slowly murdered in front of him, Earth’s greatest warriors have been put through the ringer and doomsday is knocking on our front door. Where to from here? Spoilers below.

If Scott Snyder and artist Greg Capullo really did lay some clues at the beginning of their Batman run, maybe they can be found right in front of us. Thanks to Dark Days: The Forge, we’ve already received one massive clue as to the focus of the mystery metal that plays so pivotal a role in the series: Immortality. Spoilers below.

Announced over at the Fan Expo Dallas event over the weekend, Dark Knights: Metal will reteam writer Scott Snyder with frequent artistic collaborator Greg Capullo for a story that will take place across the entire DC universe, with tie-ins to the upcoming other Batman-centric event Dark Days.