When Dark Nights: Death Metal #7 thunders into comics shops on January 5, it may look like the end of an epic—but this explosive final issue will include not one, but two epilogues, each leading to new worlds of story. 

For all the wide variety of heroes there are across the DC Universe, there’s an even broader spectrum of villains. There are the gimmick-based ne’er-do-wells trading puns and bon mots as they battle across giant typewriters.

The '90s were a wild time for comics. The industry went from niche market to worldwide business leader. DC and Marvel became household names and a group of young superstar artists broke away from the big two system to found Image Comics.