DC Comics Presents: Superman Introduces Superwoman - "The Superwoman of Metropolis!" Written by Elliot S. Maggin. Art by Keith Pollard and Mike DeCarlo. Cover by Gil Kane.
Who is this mysterious stranger with powers and abilities beyond those of other men and women. The Man of Steel introduces Superwoman, and just wait until you see who she is! Featuring appearances by the Justice League of America.
48 pages, FC. Cover price $1.00.
WRITTEN BY GEOFF JOHNS AND LEN WEIN; ART BY CARMINE INFANTINO, JOE GIELLA AND ANDY KUHN; COVER BY ADAM HUGHES.
The first of eight weekly comics that pay homage to Julius Schwartz and one of his fondest creations: the cover-driven story! The cover to BATMAN #183 inspires two different stories of a seeming "couch potato" Dark Knight: one written by Geoff Johns with art by Carmine Infantino & Joe Giella, and another written by Len Wein with art by Andy Kuhn!
Written by Stan Lee, Paul Levitz Art by Darwyn Cooke & J. Bone, Keith Giffen Cover by Adam Hughes
This tribute issue features the first Superman story ever written by legendary Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee! Lee & Darwyn Cooke (DC: THE NEW FRONTIER) and the classic LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES team of Paul Levitz & Keith Giffen each share stories inspired by the cover to SUPERMAN (original series) #264.
32 pg, FC, $2.50 US Cover price $2.50.
1st printing. By Daniel Wallace. Wraparound Cover by Phil Jimenez. Foreword by Kevin Smith.
As any comics fan knows, a super-hero is nothing without a worthy foe to battle. For every Batman there has to be a villain like the Joker, and for every Superman a Lex Luthor. This deluxe book celebrates nearly eighty years of compellingly corrupt characters from the DC Universe's remarkable gallery of super-villains. From the Penguin to Harley Quinn, and Doomsday to General Zod, DC Comics: Villains will track the creation of each of these beloved baddies and the dynamic way in which they have evolved throughout the years.
Hardcover, 9-in. x 11-in., 160 pages, full color. Cover price $50.00.
1st printing.Cover by Francis Manapul.Get ready for the latest edition of the DC ENTERTAINMENT GRAPHIC NOVEL ESSENTIALS AND CHRONOLOGY, newly updated for 2015! Includes DC's 25 Essential Graphic Novels, plus reading guides to each DC imprint, reading orders and more!Softcover, 6 1/2-in. X 10-in., 144 pages, full color.
WRITTEN BY GEOFF JOHNS; ART BY RICK BURCHETT AND PRENTIS ROLLINS; COVER BY KEVIN NOWLAN
It's a DC FIRST! Presenting the first race ever between Superman and the Golden Age Flash, Jay Garrick! One of the deadliest Flash foes ever, Kadabra, has forced our heroes to race against the clock to save the life of the latest Flash, Wally West! For more information, see the feature article.
FC, 48 PG. $3.50 Cover price $3.50.
WRITTEN BY BEN RAAB; ART BY PETE WOODS AND ROB STULL; COVER BY KEVIN NOWLAN
Retelling the very first meeting between the Golden Age and Silver Age Green Lanterns! Alan Scott and Hal Jordan team up to face the ancient Oan menace, Krona. Krona seeks to discover the origins of the universe, despite warnings that it would cause terrible destruction to the universe, and it's up to our pair of ring-slingers to stop him! For more information, see the feature article.
FC, 48 PG. $3.50 Cover price $0.50.
WRITTEN BY KEITH GIFFEN; ART BY CLIFF RATHBURN AND ROB LEIGH; COVER BY KEVIN NOWLAN
Here it is! The first encounter between the Man of Steel and the Main Man! It's the story all Superman fans have been hoping we'd never show: the very first encounter between the Man of Steel and the Main Man! How did their great relationship start off so well? Why does Superman grit his teeth every time he hears the word "frag"? And why does Lobo hate this milksop planet we call Earth? Read it and weep!
FC, 48 PG. $3.50 Cover price $3.50.
Marvel and DC's sequel to DC Versus Marvel continues. X-Man Jubilee from the Marvel Universe convinces Access to transport her to the DC Universe so she can catch up on unfinished business with Batman's partner, Robin! Also in this issue: the high-wire heroism of Daredevil and the double villainy of Two-Face!
Written by Ron Marz. Art and cover by Jackson Guice and Joe Rubinstein.
FC, 32 pg. Miraweb Format. Cover price $1.95.
With the traffic between universes increasing, Access enlists the aid of the DC Universe's greatest detective to solve the mystery. But when Batman and Access encounter Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme of the Marvel Universe, the stakes go through the roof, leading to a showdown between the X-Men and the JLA!
Written by Ron Marz. Art and cover by Jackson Guice and Joe Rubinstein.
FC, 32 pg. Miraweb Format. Cover price $1.95.
In the conclusion to the miniseries sequel to DC Versus Marvel, the greatest super-teams of the Marvel Universe and the DC Universe meet at last! The JLA joins the X-Men in flagrant conflict in an effort to save all that matters in both realities. And what Access himself hopes to save is his relationship with Ming Kuo-Fan in the Marvel Universe and his budding romance with Caitlin Fitzgerald in the DC Universe. Perhaps with the help of Batman, Cyclops, Superman, Iceman, Wonder Woman, Phoenix, Aquaman, Jubilee, Martian Manhunter, Cannonball, Flash, Storm, Green Lantern and Bishop, Access will be able to lead the life he believes is his destiny.
Written by Ron Marz. Art and cover by Jackson Guice and Joe Rubinstein.
FC, 48 pg. Miraweb Format. Cover price $2.95.
Cover pencils by Val Semeiks, inks by Prentis Rollins. Death Star, script by Grant Morrison, pencils by Val Semeiks, inks by Prentis Rollins; the final battle and the aftermath.
DC One Million series consists of 31 issues including this 4-issue mini-series, plus 27 individual one-shots.
36 pgs. $1.99. Cover price $2.95.
For 37 years, DC comics have been printed at World Color Press in Sparta, Illinois. Now that era comes to an end as DC switches to new printing processes...but DC's not forgetting that part of its long history. DC presents the DC SILVER AGE CLASSICS, the last books printed on these presses. To commemorate the end of this era in comics publishing, ten classic comic books that were originally printed at World Color Press are being printed there again.
The DC SILVER AGE CLASSICS have been selected for their importance to the history of the field and to the continuing heritage of DC Comics. This issue reprints Adventure Comics #247, the origin and first appearance of Legion of Super Heroes (Cosmic Boy, Lightning Lad, and Saturn Girl) in "The Legion of Super-Heroes," script by Otto Binder, art by Al Plastino; Three teens from the future offer Superboy membership in their super-hero club; But when Superboy fails to complete three simple tasks, the Legionnaires pretend to reject him, until they reveal that the three tasks were merely initiation pranks which proved he is a good sport. "The 13 Superstition Arrows," script by Ed Herron, art by George Papp; To secure a $5,000,000 bequest to charity, Green Arrow must use 13 trick arrows with gimmicks associated with bad luck. "Aquaman's Super Sea Squad," script by Jack Miller, art by Ramona Fradon; Aquaman has to carefully deliver a nuclear projectile to the military before it detonates. Tom & Mary Bierbaum and Keith Giffen comment on the first Legion of Super-Heroes story, with vintage Al Plastino art. Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Stan Kaye.
36 pgs., full color. Cover price $1.00.
The 'New Look' Batman debuts and establishes the Dark Knight for the Silver Age in the landmark story "The Mystery of the Menacing Mask!" by John Broome, Carmine Infantino and Joe Giella. Also included is the first solo Elongated Man story, "Ten Miles to Nowhere!", by Gardner Fox and Infantino.
In the comic that many consider to be the start of the Silver Age, J'onn J'onzz, the Martian Manhunter, makes his initial appearance in "The Strange Experiment of Dr. Erdel." Also included is "If I Were Batman," in which Commissioner Gordon and Bruce Wayne get to 'be' Batman, and a story of Roy Raymond, TV Detective in "The Money That Came to Life!"
For 37 years, DC comics have been printed at World Color Press in Sparta, Illinois. Now that era comes to an end as DC switches to new printing processes...but DC's not forgetting that part of its long history.
DC presents the DC SILVER AGE CLASSICS, the last books printed on these presses. To commemorate the end of this era in comics publishing, ten classic comic books that were originally printed at World Color Press are being printed there again. The DC SILVER AGE CLASSICS have been selected for their importance to the history of the field and to the continuing heritage of DC Comics. THIS ISSUE: Hal Jordan, Green Lantern from the Silver Age to the present day, makes his first appearance in three stories that establish his origin and the source of his great powers, written by John Broome, with art by Gil Kane and Joe Giella.
Cover price $1.00.
All reprints. 64 pages. The Viking Prince stars in "Battle for the Dragon Ship" (from The Brave and the Bold 1), "The Ice Dragon" (from B&B 5), and "The Viking and the Mermaid" (from B&B 16). Scripts by Robert Kanigher, art by Joe Kubert. The Silent Knight in "Duel in Forest Perilous!" Script by Kanigher, art by Irv Novick (from B&B 1). The Golden Gladiator in "The Thunder of the Chariots!" Art by Russ Heath (from B&B 1). Robin Hood in "Three Arrows Against Doom!" Art by Heath (from B&B 9). New Kubert cover.
Cover price $0.25.
Wanted: The World's Most Dangerous Villains! Wanted -- the Toyman, who put Lois Lane in a Superman-proof death-trap! Wanted -- the Penguin, the bird who blitzed Batman! Wanted -- Captain Cold (who froze the Flash) and Heat Wave (who fried the Flash)! Featuring: 12 page Superman reprint story "The Toyman's Castle" written by Don Cameron and pencilled by Ira Yarbrough; 14 page Flash (Barry Allen) reprint story "The Heat Is on for Captain Cold" written by John Broome and drawn by Carmine Infantino & Joe Giella; 12 page Batman reprint story "The Bird Sayings Crimes!" written by Bill Woolfolk and drawn by Lew Sayre Schwartz & Stan Kaye. Cover by Murphy Anderson.
Cover price $0.25.
DC Comics Presents Super Heroes Battle Super Gorillas!
That's right folks, this is the reprint issue to end all reprint issues in which four of DC's mightiest heroes battle big, menacing monkies. Batman and Robin discover that not all the monkies are in the zoo, every comic book or two you meet one or two, this time in "Batman Battles the Living Beast-Bomb!" written by Gardner Fox with art by Carmine Infantino and inks by Joe Giella. Superman faces the kryptonite vision of Titano in a 1960's tale, "Titano the Super Ape!" written by Otto Binder with art by Wayne Boring. Wonder Woman becomes "Wonder Woman--Gorilla!" in a 1967 adventure, written by Robert Kanigher, with art by Ross Andru and inks by Mike Esposito. Flash has a run in with Grodd, the Super-Gorilla in a 1963 epic, "The Reign of the Super-Gorilla!" written by John Broome, with art by Carmine Infantino and inks by Joe Giella.
Cover price $0.50.
Earth-Shaking Stories. All reprints: Superman in "The Super-Human Bomb!" (script by Jim Shooter, art by Wayne Boring), Green Lantern and the Flash in "Catastrophic Crimes of Major Disaster!" (script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Sid Greene), and Captain Marvel in "Captain Marvel Battles the Atomic Fire" (pencils by C.C. Beck, inks by Pete Costanza). Captain Marvel also stars in a one-page Hostess ad, "Minerva Menace!"
Cover price $0.50.
War Against the Giants. Featuring: 13 page Superman reprint story "Eterno the Immortal" written by Jim Shooter and drawn by Wayne Boring; 12 page Green Lantern reprint story "Captive of the Evil Eye!" written by John Broome and drawn by Gil Kane; 1 page filler "Science Says You're Wrong if You Believe That" by Morris Waldinger; 6 page reprint story "The Indestructible Giant" written by Jack Miller and drawn by Gil Kane & Sy Barry; 1 page text article "Warriors against the Giants" by E. Nelson Bridwell; 15 page Wonder Woman reprint story "The Human Charm Bracelet!" written by Robert Kanigher and drawn by Ross Andru & Mike Esposito. Cover by Ernie Chan.
Cover price $0.50.
All Green Lantern reprints: "The Challenge From 5700 A.D.!" (script by John Broome, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Joe Giella; from GL 8); "Riddle of the Frozen Ghost Town!" (script by Broome, art by Kane/Giella; from GL 2); "Once a Green Lantern--Always a Green Lantern!" (script by Broome, pencils by Kane, inks by Sid Greene; from GL 30). Captain Marvel stars in a one-page Hostess ad, "The Cup Cake Caper." New Mike Grell cover.
Cover price $0.50.
Super-Heroes vs. Monsters featuring Superman, Green Lantern, Captain Marvel, Captain Marvel Jr., Marry Marvel, and the soldiers of "The War That Time Forgot."
Cover price $0.50.
New Three Musketeers story, "A Monster Met on the Road to Calais" (script by Denny O'Neil, art by Jorge Moliterni) and Robin Hood reprints, "The Battle of the Kites" (from Brave and the Bold # 6; script by Bob Haney, art by Joe Kubert) and "The Secret of Robin Hood's Name" (from Robin Hood Tales # 14; script by Haney, pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito). One-page Hostess ad, "Superman Saves the Earth." Luis Dominguez cover.
Cover price $0.50.
