Batman Beyond, Cats, Doom Patrol And John Constantine (Spoilers)

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What is it with John Constantine and cats? There is sort of a historical past between them, that it’s price checking in with at present’s DC Comics titles.

No, Spirit World #5, I’m speaking about Constantine and cats, not Constantine and Cassandra. But perhaps we must always take a step again to the mid-to-late eighties.

Thank you, Hellblazer #3 from 1988, John Constantine has been recognized to impale a cat or two for magical ritual when he may be bothered. And it appears that evidently as a young person, he actually was bothered.

Killing a cat with a stone. Then utilizing magic to sentence his personal father. It was a distinct time, as they are saying now.

And it appears to work a bit of higher than he thought it will. or worse, relying in your perspective.

Cats or fathers, it is by no means good to hold round John Constantine. Not within the current, not sooner or later, corresponding to at present’s Batman Beyond: Neo Gothic #3. Where final month, we met Kyle, a magic catboi of the longer term.

And seems, that there’s a John Constantine of Batman Beyond as nicely.

Where he appears he’s getting on a bit. Born on the tenth of May, 1953, six months older than Alan Moore, he simply had his seventieth birthday. By the time of Batman Beyond, 2039 – the hundredth anniversary of Batman’s creation – he is in his late eighties.

It’s not good to be a cat, hanging round Constantine. But perhaps there may be another? Tomorrow’s Unstoppable Doom Patrol #6 brings again Willoughby Kipling…

Created by Grant Morrison and Richard Case as a literal stand-in for John Constantine when DC Comics editorial would not permit Constantine to look in Morrison’s Doom Patrol. He’s largely solely ever appeared in Doom Patrol occasionally for the reason that Morrison days however was portrayed by Mark Sheppard within the TV sequence. But it appears to be like like he has a catboi all of his personal, with a barely higher relationship than John Constantine appears to have managed.

I’ve acquired a brand new cat, lately. Her identify is Pandora. And she is Pandorable. Keep John Constantine away from her, please.

UNSTOPPABLE DOOM PATROL #6 (OF 7) CVR A CHRIS BURNHAM
(W) Dennis Culver (A/CA) Chris Burnham
THE DEBUT OF THE ALL-NEW FLEX FORCE! General Immortus launches his assault towards the Doom Patrol proper within the coronary heart of their dwelling base, the Shelter! Caught off guard, the staff should cease the overall’s military from killing the entire metahumans they’ve sworn to guard. Fortunately, they will not need to do it alone, because the all-new Flex Force rises to assist them! But is that this the actual menace or merely a diversion? Only Immortus is aware of for certain! Retail: $3.99 In-Store Date: 9/26/2023

BATMAN BEYOND NEO-GOTHIC #3 CVR A MAX DUNBAR
(W) Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing (A/CA) Max Dunbar
In the darkness past, a looming menace waits. Behold: the Court of Owls! But who do they search and why? After escaping the wrath of Killer Croc, Batman comes face-to-beak with probably the most terrifying Court to ever exist. But as a way to get the solutions he seeks, he have to be prepared to make the last word sacrifice. Can Batman act towards his mission to guard? All this, and the reality behind the magic is revealed. Retail: $4.99 In-Store Date: 09/26/2023

SPIRIT WORLD #5 (OF 6) CVR A HAINING
(W) Alyssa Wong (A/CA) Haining
The Collective is hungry to gather extra spirits and our bodies to soak up, making it a good scarier and extra highly effective being, however it’s not sufficient…so it begins to chase after probably the most scrumptious of reminiscences. Bowen and Po Po get taken by the Collective, and it is as much as Xanthe and BatgirI to drag them out of its conjoined physique components earlier than they get melded on as nicely–completely! As Po Po fights to carry on to her reminiscences as a lot as attainable, we uncover her secret origin and why she has such a gentle spot for orphans… Retail:
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