Dark Days: The Road to Metal

A pair of one-shots from 2018, Dark Days: The Road to Metal served as DC's prelude to the sprawling Dark Nights: Metal event. Written by James Tynion IV and Scott Snyder, with art from a powerhouse lineup including Andy Kubert, Jim Lee, and John Romita Jr., these issues laid the foundational mystery of a dark force lurking beneath the DC Universe. It's an essential, atmospheric prologue that sets the stage for one of the publisher's most ambitious cosmic-horror sagas.