BATMAN CURSE OF THE WHITE KNIGHT #5 (OF 8) VAR ED

BATMAN CURSE OF THE WHITE KNIGHT #5 (OF 8) VAR EDThe GTO struggles to forgive Batman for his behavior on the tails of tragedy, but a promising path forward comes into focus when he uncovers a monumental clue about the mystery of Gotham's ancestral curse. It may prove too little too late, as Azrael breaks free of Ruth's mandate and unleashes a radical new reign of terror over the city and its competing super criminals.

Hardboiled superstar writer Brian Azzarello and the bombshell art team of Emanuela Lupacchino and Ray McCarthy take the Birds into the no-holds-barred world of Black Label

It's "The Death of the Speed Force" for the Flash as our hero squares off with new force users Fuerza

Meanwhile Batman's "side project" has been revealed-what are the Brainiac Files

with a new lease on life that is sure to make everyone else's life more complicated

Captain Cold's latest recruit is a familiar friend who's got a brand-new grudge

Angie and Father Fred confront the Bishop in big-city Gideon Falls

you can turn these heroes into deadly weapons

The Mime and Marionette loose in Gotham City

Dobbs is the lone human survivor of an artificial intelligence apocalypse

where the secrets of the Pentoculus Machine are revealed in all their mind-twisting glory

• Three Avengers are trapped on the moon as war breaks out on Earth - and an ancient enemy reveals a scheme decades in the making

DC's "Year of the Villain" leaps into its final phase as the ultimate battle between Lex Luthor and the Batman Who Laughs rages