As a reimagined Justice League sets sail on Death Metal's high seas, the fearsome Omega Knight rises from watery depths to meet them.

The reimagined reality of the DC UniversefromDark Nights: Death Metal has led to the heroes taking on radically different roles, with Nightwing leading a crew of pirates made up of familiar faces.

In DC's October solicitation forJustice League #55, readers will see the middle installment of a five-issue story arc tying in directly to Death Metalthat follows an ensemble of redefined heroes on the pirate ship Doom Metal, made from the Metal Men as they encounter a new Dark Knight, the Omega Knight.

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The opening issue of Death Metalrevealed The Batman Who Laughs had placed Aquaman in charge of the Black Fleet patrolling the high seas of his hellishly rewritten DCU. With Atlantean superhero nowhere in sight, the crew of Doom Metal may find themselves outmatched as Omega Knight rises like a leviathan from the deep.

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Justice League #55,by Joshua Williamson, Robson Rocha and Daniel Henrique, goes on sale Oct. 20 from DC.

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