Today the long-awaited Dark Nights: Death Metal #7 hit comic stores, and with it the beginnings and setup for DC’s big Future State event, which will take over DC’s books for the next two months. There’s a lot to process in Death Metal #7, and we’re going to break down how it all sets the foundation for the possible future of Future State. Big spoilers are coming for Death Metal #7 so if you haven’t read the issue yet you’ve been warned. The setup for Future State begins towards the end of the issue after the multiverse has been restored, though as Barry Allen explains to Wally West, there’s more to it than that.