#dark knights of steel spoilers

[anotherramblingfangirl]

I actually think this Dark Knights of Steel twist-reveal with Alfred as martian manhunter was a really fascinating one (I genuinely loved it).

An Elseworlds continuity which really took advantage of being able to take different interpretations of a character, by the writer of the Nightwing series where the presence of Alfred is felt throughout, despite his pre-series death

Here we have him as the last survivor of a genocide, who lost absolutely everything. Felt he failed in the worst possible way, as his fatally wounded child died in his arms - unable to even offer him any comfort, with both being telepaths.

He flees a dead world. Gets to try again. Martha and Thomas Wayne know what he is, but conceal the secret. Have him as one of their most trusted retainers, friends.

He gets to try again.

A smile on his face, he gets to see another boy grow.

Even as Martha and Thomas are murdered, he stays with their son, looking after him no matter what. Having faith in him. Loving him. To the point where a man who had his adored son brutally murdered in the dark, able to do nothing but watch him die, looks at this orphaned alien child and says -

-as he holds the lasso of truth.

It adds an additional, really interesting factor to the paternal relationship he has with Bruce in this particular setting. I wish we got to see more of it. Perhaps if they ever do more "Tales of the Kingdom", we may get to see it in a prologue manner.

[takaraphoenix]

I am deeply in love with the pure, raw power of these four queens in Dark Knights of Steel #10 - Poison Ivy, Anissa Pierce, Lara El, Diana. What a line-up. And they look so good in this art-style and with this world’s design

[waynzel]

harleybat in dark knights of steel

[fourcorpsmen]

I will come to terms with the full ramifications of all this in time. But I have always thought of you as a brother, Bruce. A frustrating, know-it-all little brother. I could not be happier if that’s true.

[ormymarius]

ORVAX MARIUS

in Dark Knights of Steel: Allwinter #2

[aliteralchicken]

we have confirmation!!!

[abyssling]

🐉Bruce on a dragon

And [brother]

Dark Knights of Steel #9

[theofficialdailyplanet]

dark knights of steel #12

[gotham-at-nightfall]

Dark Knights of Steel #10

[soranatus]

huh

[mookybear12404]

HELLO? ?? ???

[dorelia23]

I kind of guessed that Ma'alefa'ak was the one impersonating the Els, but Alfred being J'onn was a surprise...

[takaraphoenix]

Now that issue 9 of Dark Knights of Steel got released, I want to finally say something about the comics! I’ve held back so far because I didn’t know what direction they were headed - sure, I was doubtful about them making the Els villains but in the larger scheme of the multiverse, evil!Clark wouldn’t be the first time so it was a genuine possibility.

The other possibility was... what it actually turned out to be! I suspected, but I’m glad to have it confirmed. I’m glad to know that the new sister of Clark who I love is NOT a murderous bad guy, I’m glad this Clark is not a murderous bad guy.

And with that, I just gotta wholeheartedly recommend it!

I adore Tom Taylor’s writing in Elseworlds stories and this is no exception. It’s a rich, beautiful world and he plays so well with these characters.

As always for his writing, his HarlIvy is beautiful and soft (he is my absolute favorite HarlIvy writer).

I’m loving John Constantine in this, I love the concept this world has for the Robins and the Teen Titans, I love to see Lara El actually have a role and not just be the dead mom who only appears in one flashback scene where she sends her son away.

And I LOVE THE OCs!! I love Zala Jor-El sooo much? Clark having a little sister? A little sister who is a wlw?? And Jacob Pierce!! A rain-controlling son of Black Lightning? He seems so interesting and I want to read more about him!

I absolutely adore that I finally get to see Diana in an explicit wlw relationship. The highest of DC’s feelings concerning her bisexuality is usually that she maybe gets to kiss a woman once. But this is Diana in a proper relationship, Diana in love with a woman. I’m so in love with that.

Not to mention, the art is... genuinely the most beautiful. This is the prettiest DC comic I’ve read so far?? It’s so gorgeous and the medieval aesthetic allows for beautiful costumes!

I’m loving this Elseworld so, so, so much and I hope that even when the main series ends, we will get more tales from the kingdom. Even if they are just one issue oneshots, I’d love to see a Storm Kingdom centric story, something telling me how Harley and Ivy got together, something centered on Zala and Diana and these Amazons (Cass Cain and Lois Lane being Amazons in this universe really also makes me want to hear more about this world’s Themyscira and the Amazons’ dynamics), how all the Robins met and some of their adventures. This world has so much potential.

[waynzel]

[fourcorpsmen]

I’m an archer. I lost an arm. How do you expect me to draw a bow? Use a crossbow. That’s... actually a very elegant solution.

[ormymarius]

YOUNG ARTHUR/AQUAMAN

in Dark Knights of Steel: Allwinter #3