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The Terrific Society: Season 2

The mysterious and wacky imp from the 5th dimension comes to wreak havoc on Ivy Town and around the world. But his destruction is not all it seems. Mister Mxyzptlk seeks the help of Michael Holt and his team of Terrific to stop his universe from taking over this one.

The Terrific Society

Fun misadventures with the third smartest man in the world and his rag tag colleagues and friends and students. There is a conspiracy going down at the university in Ivy Town. Simon Stagg has stolen T-Spheres to create an artificial intelligence monitoring system to police free speech at the University, branding it as a hive mind for superhuman sympathizers. But all hell breaks loose when the system grows sentient. A series.

The Golden Age

A mini-series. Jesse Chambers defies Barry and Wally and uses the Speed Force to travel back in time to investigate a terrible event in history related to her great-grandparents and the first teams of superheroes during the Golden Age of heroes. Takes place in the 1930s-1950s.

Gotham PD

Like a mix of Training Day and Law and Order. But with DC characters. This takes place before (and maybe continues on during) Harvey Dent's fall from grace. It delves into the heart of justice and corruption in Gotham's political and law enforcement world. Each episode focuses on the story from a different character's vantage point, while progressing the narrative forward. It also explores the lives of some villains prior to them becoming villains.

Birds of Prey 2: H.I.V.E. Mind

A telepathic alien bee lady conqueror is taking over the world and trying to bring back Brainiac using psychic-powered villains. Barbara and Dinah mend their friendship. Hank Hall goes mad. Hawkwoman and Dreamer join the team. This one has multiversal implications. What's not to like? Artwork is mine.

Katana: Part II

Katana's journey towards justice continues, while encountering rivals from the past and present. Taking a note from Batman, she also, reluctantly, takes on a new ward in her protection and gets help to expose at the heart of all her troubles.

Katana

After unthinkable tragedy in her family, Tatsu Toro navigates revenge, honor, and justice.

Green Arrow / Black Lightning: Season 3

Oliver and Jefferson are back at it, this time leading a new team called The Outsiders, to take down a dangerous and nefarious cult, Kobra, not realizing that the twin brother of the leader is the real key to its demise. Jefferson deals with the fallout from his connection to Lex Luthor's failed presidency. Oliver's past comes to haunt him again, and this time with grave consequences.

Green Arrow / Black Lightning: Season 2

This one takes place some time after the Injustice event and shows Jefferson and Olivier fighting street demons again while working to mend their friendship even though the broader superhero rift persists. Jefferson, who is being recruited by Lex Luthor to be the new Education Secretary, will have to fight Vertigo, Livewire, and Painkiller, while still trying to put down Tobias Whale's 100 gang. Oh, and he is also trying to get his wife back because, politics. It sounds like he could use some help from an old friend. Dinah takes on a new vigilante apprentice. Oliver also takes on a new apprentice while fighting away a stalker and confronting a trauma from his past.

Green Arrow / Black Lightning: Season 1

Set between the events of Superman 3 and Batman Injustice, this series season follows the budding friendship of Oliver Queen and Jefferson Pierce as they must put aside their differences and work together to take down threats from Oliver's past and Jefferson's present. Struggling to cope with the trauma of his past, Oliver is world weary and considering giving up the mantle. Jefferson, ever optimistic, provides Oliver the support he needs and their friendship grows stronger, which is needed in order for them to stop a villain who requires coordination and strategy. This becomes tragic as they end up on opposing sides of the Injustice conflict. But it will be them who later help Superman and Batman find their own comradery again.

Birds of Prey: War Games

This film follows Stephanie Brown and Black Canary, as the latter forms a team of heroines (with Huntress, Dove, and Lady Vic) to take down the last remaining branch of Levitathan, led by Bane. Backed by Barbara Gordon, now Commissioner of Gotham PD, Dinah must reckon with her friendship to assemble the team and stop Bane, working with Scarecrow and the Joker-lite Punchline, from spreading the dangerous drug "thrill". Stephanie grapples with being rejected by Batman and Tim Drake and with her unresolved relationship with her father. When she steals Batman's master plans to infiltrate Leviathan, she ends up causing a violent street war that the new team must now combat to save her. Barbara and Dinah fight each other and Batman. Bane tortures and kills Brown. But she saved by an unlikely ally who confronts Bruce with an ultimatum that will put the entire Bat Family to the test. Artwork is mine.

Suicide Squad: Pledge of Allegiance

Amanda Waller recruits and threatens an unconventional team of disgruntled villains to try to stop a presidential assassination and election by the shadow organization, Leviathan. But they don't and end up causing more chaos. The attack was carried out with a Kryptonite bullet, and they have to figure out why and find who did. Lex Luthor takes advantage of the chaos and takes the reigns, entering the race for President (thus precipitating the events in the Superman and Batman films). Of course, he wins, and it turns out Waller set everything up to help Luthor achieve his goals.

Blue & Gold 2: Unto the Reach

It's a buddy cop time travel comedy heist movie. Mina Ali is now Goldstar working alongside Jaime Reyes as Blue Beetle to stop a heist and a villain who threatens to alter past events, damaging reality and existence as we know it. But this is just the cover. The real villain is a conquering alien race called The Reach, and it's governing Hivemind, which created the Scarab a millennia ago with the purpose of infiltrating and conquering Earth. Reyes must confront this reality and fight against being corrupted by his Scarab and The Reach into being a world destroyer.

Harleen and the Joker

Based on the “Harleen” graphic novel, showing Harley's history with Joker and Ivy. And her time at Arkham as a doctor interacting with various inmates. Harvey Dent is her mentor, friend, and a suitor. The good and the very bad of it all. Hugo Strange is her boss, mentor, and abuser. Joker appears to be a savior at first, rescuing her from Strange and her buttoned up life. But he turns out to be an even worse nightmare. Ivy is constantly recurring as a safe and peaceful presence, and a comedic relief. The film spends most of its time with her innocence and optimism, her descent into madness, then her crimes and abusive period with Joker, and ends with her hopefulness of a future with Ivy.

Kingdom Come

In an alternate timeline thirty years in the future, the heroes of the Justice League have become disillusioned with the world and a new generation of antiheroes has taken their place. When they fail to stop a devastating nuclear explosion, the heroes must decide whether they still have the capacity or desire to inspire hope in the world. The story follows Jim Corrigan, who is pursued by a mysterious divine entity, and given the chance to have the power to affect reality itself, though at great personal cost. It also follows Wonder Woman (instead of Superman), who has become violent and disillusioned with the life of a superhero. She convinced Superman to reform the JL, while Batman forms his own team, and in the end, they must work to stop a cataclysmic event. This film is part of the JL Darkseid saga.

Aquaman 3: The Heart of Kings

This film involves the history of Atlantis and the devastating conflict between King Atlan and his brother Orin. Atlan created seven mystical objects to combat his brother and take back the kingdom. Atlan also imprisoned Orin's right-hand man, the evil sorcerer Kordax, in a prison for all time unsure of how to kill him. In the present, climate change and warmer oceans have released Kordax from his icy prison, and he goes on a killing spree in Atlantis. Nearly unstoppable, he sets his sights on the youngest heir of King Atlan, Aquaman's infant son. He kills recklessly to get to him, including Siren and other notable Atlanteans who sacrifice themselves to help Aquaman and Mera escape with the baby. He will need to assemble a team of unlikely allies (including Orm and Black Manta) to help him locate the seven relics in order to combat and stop Kordax once and for all. Will they betray him or help save his baby and the kingdom from this evil entity?

Aquaman 2: Rise of Atlantis

This film takes place in the aftermath of the events of JL Drowned Earth. Two years later, Atlantis is still reeling from the devastation caused by the ancient sea demons gods. Aquaman's Trident has been broken as has the spirit of his people. The Atlanteans are angry and threaten to rise up against Arthur. He leaves Orm in charge of Atlantis while he goes on a worldwide adventure to locate magical relics that can repair the divine weapon and restore order to Atlantis. Meanwhile, the rival kingdom of Xebel, led by Mera's sister and figures from her past, invades Atlantis hoping to take advantage of its present disorder. Also, Black Manta begins to plant seeds of doubt in Orm's head and tries to manipulate Atlanna, but ends up falling for her instead.

Aquaman: Before the Fall

This film should release after JL Drowned Earth but serves as a prequel to it. It shows how Aquaman and Atlantis angered and awoke the ancient sea gods to begin with, and how Poseidon really died. This is sort of an origin film for the bitter Aquaman-Black Manta conflict. And it's a movie really about BM, who is the son of a man who used to work for Lionel Luthor building weapons. But Lionel cut him out of the company and stuffed him away. The JL fight with Amazo reaches the ocean and Atlantis but Aquaman, the king, does not want to intervene. He causes a flood in the city to shield his borders from the surface world conflict. This unintentionally kills the man, and his son grieves, eventually learning that the flood was not natural but Aquaman. David creates a powerful supersuit and calls himself Black Manta and vows revenge, he learns of the ancient sea demons who tell him how to kill Poseidon and steal his Trident to take over Atlantis, which he does. This causes the conflict in JL 3, which ends with Arthur taking back the throne and imprisoning David. This film ends, however, with David taking the throne of Atlantis and expelling Aquaman-- which is how he ends up with the JL on the surface.

The Justice League 2: The Savage Age

Following the events of The Flash 2, the team reorganizes to combat Vandal Savage and his newly formed Injustice Society to set in motion a plot to take over the world and wipe out all superhumans. The team consists of the original seven, but with added appearances from Cyborg and Green Arrow, but no Green Lantern this time. Cyborg discovers a secret and dangerous power and risks his safety to try and contain it.

Superboy: Legacies

Jon Kent and Conner Kent are on parallel journeys to embrace the fullness of their identities, negotiate their relationships with their parents, and lean forward into their destinies. Jon struggles with the discomfort of nurture, the principles of his upbringing, and carrying the masculine legacy of Superman on his shoulders. Conner struggles with the pull of nature, that is, his genetic link to and traits of both Clark Kent and Lex Luthor. Along the way, they will find community and grow in their understanding of sexuality, masculinity, and the need for healthy love and community. They will learn how to reconcile with, or reject, the legacies of those who have come before them, who try to exert influence over them. While they walk different paths, they maintain a brotherly bond that will be tested and stretched to its limit. Will they forge a new way forward, to exist in and navigate the world, or will their tension tear it apart? Each episode focuses on either Jon or Conner's story, though they will eventually intersect.