DC’s Heroes In Crisis #2 is hitting shelves next week, but if you can't stand the wait, IGN has a preview of the first six pages to tide you over until then.

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The big DC event from writer Tom King and artists Clay Mann and Mitch Gerards started with a shocking mass killing at the superhero trauma treatment center known as Sanctuary, leaving it to Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman to not only find the mysterious killer, but try to pick up the pieces of the broken superhero community. The events of the first issue implicate both Booster Gold and Harley Quinn in the killings, with each character confusingly blaming the other, so now readers are trying to piece together how and why they could have done it, or who might be pulling their strings. Our preview offers a significant new clue:The autopsy on victim Commander Steel reveals that a wind-up chattering teeth toy was lodged in his throat as if someone tried to make him swallow it. The first thought is, of course, that the Joker is the culprit because he has long used those toys as a gag in his various schemes and traps. Or perhaps Harley Quinn is taking after her ex and using his gimmicks to take lives. A third explanation could be that the real killer used a gadget closely associated with the Joker to throw off the scent.What do you think is the meaning behind this latest clue? Let us know in the comments.

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