While The Last Stories of the DC Universe is a good addition to the Death Metal reading list, with beautiful homages to the Bat family and the Teen Titans, great art and good writing, the other tie-in issue compiled here is a mixed bag with only a few stories worth reading. The Last 52 War of the Multiverse is a tie-in released by the end of the whole Death Metal event and it reads as a tired collection of background stories that don't add much to the main event. The Peguin story is a trip thoug...

Collected stories from the Dark Knights: Death Metal series. Although I know of the result and end of that run, I probably should've read that first before delving into these side stories in order to give myself proper context.May re-read this again after I've read the main storyline of Dark Knights:Death Metal.

really loved this collection.

Dark Nights: Death Metal: War of the Multiverses collects Death Metal: Last Stories of the DC Universe 1 and Death Metal: The Last 52: War of the Multiverses 1 written by Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Joshua Williamson, Mark Waid and others with art Francis Manapul, Rafeal Albuquerque, Rob Guillory, Mark Morales, and others. This volume of Death Metal collects tales the night before the huge battle to save Multiverse and stories set during the battle. I really enjoyed Last stories of the DC Uni...

This is the only tie-in to this event that I read, knowing that I wasn't that much interested in the main event and didn't want to waste any additional time. This TPB has two issues: the first should be read after issue #5 of Death Metal, and the second should be read after issue #6.The first I enjoyed quite a bit. It takes place right before the "big fight" and it contains multiple short stories focusing on a couple of characters as they contemplate their life right before an inevitable death.

*I read all of the Dark Nights: Death Metal titles at the same time, attempting to read them as close to publication order as possible. As such, it was one whole story for me, rather than individual books. Full review in the main "Dark Nights: Death Metal" book.*

This collects two big thick square bound off shoots by a ton of creators. In The Last Stories of the DCU, the heroes have one last night before they go into final battle against the Darkest Knight and his hordes. It's fantastic. It's the calm before the storm of War of the Multiverse. All of the Earth-1 characters, have to fight twisted versions of themselves, even characters like the Penguin fight for our last hope while the Darkest Knight and Wonder Woman duke it out on a celestial level in th...

And lo, the Dark Nights: Death Metal tie-in books came. Some were essential. Some were...not. But all were entertaining in their own right.This final collection shoves together the two oversized one-shots, Last Stories Of The DC Universe and War Of The Multiverses. They're a little depressing at times - Last Stories is literally set the night before the final battle - but there's a surprising amount of high quality stories in this collection. Anthologies usually have a weak point somewhere, but

And then there were the tie-ins... Similar to Dark Nights: Metal, the Dark Nights: Death Metal main storyline spins off a multitude of side stories, emotional context stories, internal and personal insight into the characters going into this final battle of the main DC Universe. Like all anthologies, some are skippable. Almost all are inconsequential. However, most are sincerely emotionally gratifying. The main storyline of Dark Nights: Death Metal went by so quickly and no one really got to tak...

This tie-in to the main title is very cool as multiple versions of heroes and villains fight each other to prepare for the war against The Darkest Knight (formerly known as The Batman Who Laughs). Some stories were fun, many we not. Ultimately, it is a sidebar to "Death Metal" and does not need to be read to understand the main story.Recommend, but with reservations.

Collects two extra large extra issues made up of shorter stories. Last Stories of the DCU is set right before the final climactic battle of the main book, and it's mostly really good. These are mostly quiet, reflective moments, and they'll be most effective to people who have an emotional attachment to the characters featured. None of these stories fell flat to me, and the Superman story in particular was great, emotionally effective and getting right to the heart of who Superman is. War of the

Many short one-shot stories set within the Death Metal final battle. I have no idea where these stories were originally printed, but they are so short that it hardly seems worth bothering with. There are some fine character moments that could have been good, if they weren't so rushed and forced. The Death Metal stuff wasn't great to begin with, and these little stories don't do much to enhance the experience.One thing that annoys me about this book is the very title of it. Despite being about Mu...

I was not a huge fan of Death Metal and predictably I'm not a huge fan of these spin-off stories. War of the Multiverses essentially relates: 1. How all the DC characters spent the night before the big battle, and 2. What happened to some of the minor characters during the big battle.It'd be fine and interesting if you were a hardcore Death Metal fan, but for me it was a lot of pretty artwork surrounded by high-falutin' narration that went nowhere. John Constantine's story was the only stand-out...

Collects Dark Nights: Death Metal The Last 52: War of the Multiverse #1, Dark Nights: Death Metal The Last Stories of the DCU #1Only two large single issues make up this collection, and I read them both invidually when they were first released in magazine form. Here are my reviews for these two titles:Dark Nights: Death Metal The Last Stories of the DCU:I've read all of the "Death Metal" tie-in issues, and very few are required reading. Some are bad, and you could skip them. Others are good, but...

Overall the second most important companion book for Death Metal.The opening issue "Together" portrays the calm before the final battle, as every past and present member of the Titans gathers together. However the interlude issues are a bit terrible and completely unnecessary. The biggest atrocity being the Bat-Family issue "We Fight for Love" by Cecil Castellucci. Just a straight bad comic book writing.And finally "The Last 52" issue contains stories of individual battles that take place before...

N.B.: Rating 3.5 ★ rounded down. Dark Nights: Death Metal: War of the Multiverses is an anthology of two over-sized collection of short stories or vignettes that are tie-in stories apart of the greater Death Metal event, published by DC Comics. This trade paperback collects: Dark Nights: Death Metal The Last 52: War of the Multiverse and Dark Nights: Death Metal The Last Stories of the DCU.Dark Nights: Death Metal The Last 52: War of the Multiverse (★★★☆☆) collects nine stories with various hero...

Some short character bits set amidst the Death Metal event (and inexplicably the two main bits are placed in the wrong order, dunno why). They're largely forgettable but there are a few nice bits such as the stories about John Constantine and Green Arrow and the Teen Titans reunion.

The way the tie-ins for Death Metal are collected is weird, as some of the ones that are pretty integral to the event (Trinity Crisis and Multiverse's End, for example) are lumped in with a bunch of one-off issues that are ancillary at best. And since this is the only collection that groups together tie-ins I read in full (The Last Stories of the DCU and War of the Multiverse), I'll log it here.If you're going to pick and choose what tie-ins to read alongside the main event, you could do worse t...

I've enjoyed the entire series of Death Metal trades.This may have been my least favorite of the bunch but I still really enjoyed all the snapshot short stories in this volume. We follow the Teen Teen Titans, Penguin, Swamp Thing, a great double cross Constantine story, the Justice League and much more.Death Metal and it's transition to Infinite Frontier was an awesome event and I'm looking forward to the collected Future State stories coming in mid June and more of Frontier!It's good to be a DC...

Tie-ins to the Dark Nights: Death Metal event. Mostly comprised of short stories, with a varied array of writers and artists, some are, as expected, better than others.Essentially these stories take place right before and simultaneously as the final battle between Wonder Woman and The Darkest Knight. The fist half has some emotional moments between the heroes as they prepare for battle, and the second part depicts aseries of battles between several heroes and their dark counterparts, the constan...