Dark Nights Death Metal Guidebook #1

Another week, another opportunity to experience the strange discomfort that comes with having to recommend a Death Metal title. However, it's a thing I apparently do now. It is a slightly different world, after all. I fully expected to not care about this book, thinking it was going to basically be a gonzo Marvel Universe Handbook but more, um, "Metal!". It is not. Much like the last one shot you might not have gotten a chance to read, this book was fun, so long as you are enjoying living your most extreme, Metal appreciating, funny book reading. Think of Big bricks made of Bats&%t crazy, just blocks of baked lunacy. So far, the two one shots are like mortar, as they're giving glimpses of how all of this came to be. Marvel is currently making as many lousy event related comics as they are able, slapping banners on covers as if involved in a huge game of Whack-a-Consumer. Dc is not. If you like the main series, you will like this book, regardless of it's woefully boring title. Let's face it, Metal Guidebook makes me think of...zinc. Highly recommended for those who like to see old characters do moderately new things, readers who'd like to know how the Batman Who Laughs took over the earth, but not speculators, as I believe there are no firsts here, so feel free to leave a copy for a fan of two.