Dark Nights: Death Metal: The Multiverse Who Laughs #[nn]

In "The Robin Who Would Be King," Superboy-Prime confronts the weight of his past as he prepares to join Superman and the Super Family in the final stand against the Darkest Knight. Flashing back to his origins on Earth-Prime—where he was once a powerless Clark Kent before gaining powers and witnessing his world's destruction during the Crisis on Infinite Earths—he grapples with the choices that turned him into a force of chaos. As the battle begins, the Darkest Knight offers him a devastating temptation: the chance to restore his world, if only he betrays the heroes he now fights alongside. Written by Scott Snyder and Geoff Johns, with dynamic art by Jerry Ordway, Francis Manapul, Ryan Benjamin, and Paul Pelletier, and vivid colors by Hi-Fi, Ian Herring, Rain Beredo, and Adriano Lucas, this issue blends personal reckoning with the stakes of a multiverse in peril. The cover, by Chris Burnham, captures the moment’s grim intensity.