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There is a newCourt of Owlscoming not to killBatman , but theMartian Manhunterinstead . Throughout “ A Face in the Crowd , ” appearing as a backup news report in recent emergence ofAction Comics , theMartian Manhunter has faceda number of baddie from his past times , such as the Human Flame , and in issue # 1041 , he come face to face with the mysterious establishment behind it all — and it bears a strong resemblance to Gotham City ’s Court of Owls . The issue is on sales agreement now in mark and digital .
Introduced at the dawn of theNew 52era , the Court of Owls has become a major thorn in the Dark Knight ’s side . A secret society comprise of Gotham City ’s elite with a story stretching back century of years , the Court of Owls ruled the city with awe , using their army of undead assassins called Talons to implement their will . The groupran afoul of Batmanearly in his career , when they sentenced Bruce Wayne to demise in chemical reaction to his architectural plan to reconstruct Gotham City . Recently , the Martian Manhunter encountered a turn of his previous villains , include the Human Flame , while look into a cryptic Oliver Stone idol . He suspects a larger establishment is behind it , and inAction Comics # 1041 , he learns Vulture , a corporate trust he think go , are behind the attacks — and they may have a connection to the Court of Owls . The news report is written by Shawn Aldridge , instance by Adriana Melo , colored by Hi - Fi and lettered by Dave Sharpe .
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TheMartian Manhunter has trackedVulture to an desolate casino . After deliver two detectives from Vulture ’s lump , Martian Manhunter heads into the group ’s lair . As he fights his way through Vulture ’s headquarters , he recounts his premature run - in with them geezerhood ago : using his shape - shift abilities , he infiltrated the radical and helped bring them down from the inside . The Martian Manhunter speculates the group may have a connectedness with the Court of Owls , but he was never able to follow up on it . He finds Vulture ’s head , along with his old bane Professor Hugo , waiting on him with a neuro - scrambler . The issue ends with theMartian Manhunter seemingly defeatedby Vulture .
The Martian Manhunter believed a connection survive between Vulture and the Court of Owls , based on the similar iconography used by the two groups , but was ineffectual to essay it . The masks wear thin by Vulture and those worn by the Court of Owls look signally likewise and both incline to work in the fantasm , manipulating events and people to their own last ; the two group appear unstoppable as well , ostensibly defeat time and again , only to return stronger than ever . It was revealed that the Gotham City branch ofthe Court of Owls wasmerely one branch , and that many others existed throughout the human race — is Vulture a splinter from the Court ? The Martian Manhunter believed a connexion existed and is now about to pay with for this knowledge with his living .
TheCourt of Owlshas a tenacious reach , going beyond Gotham City and into the big macrocosm . Batmanhas so far been unable to lay off them , and now a potential splinter group has theMartian Manhunterin their clench .
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