The public display of items from Superman's Fortress of Solitude attracts the attention of the criminal duo Null and Void in "Friends." Null and Void's first appearance.
The Expropriator appearance. Script by David Anthony Kraft, pencils by Adrian Gonzales, inks by Tony DeZuniga. Letter to the editor from Norm Breyfogle. Ad for Sgt. Rock vehicles and weapons toys from Remco, with ad art by Joe Kubert. Character sketch by Jerome Moore of Tonatiuh, the villain in World's Finest (1941) #294. Cover by Ed Hannigan & Klaus Janson.
36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.60.
Tonatiuh proclaims that Superman must die so that he can live, but Batman isn't about to let his oldest friend perish without a fight in "Night of the Midnight Sun!" Script by L.B. Kellog, pencils by Jerome Moore, inks by Frank Giacoia & Mike DeCarlo. Cover by Ed Hannigan & Klaus Janson. Note: A Tonatiuh character sketch by Jerome Moore appears in #293.
36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.60.
Cover pencils by Ed Hannigan, inks by Klaus Janson. Time and Time Again starring Superman and Batman, script by Charles Lawrence and David Anthony Kraft (idea), art by Trevor Von Eeden
X'ult rescues Barracuda and makes her his queen; Batman, Superman, Swordfish, Null, and Void get ready to fight them.
36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.75.
Superman infiltrates the Massamino 'family,' while Batman gets in good with Cheapjack and the Werewolves of London, all in an effort to keep a gang war from breaking out in Gotham City in "The Family Way!" Continued next issue.
Script by Joey Cavalieri, pencils by Larry Stroman, inks by Akin & Garvey. Cover by Paris Cullins & Rick Magyar.
Cover price $0.75.
Cover pencils by Keith Giffen, inks by Karl Kesel. The Search starring Superman and Batman, script by Dwight J Zimmerman, pencils by Keith Giffen, inks by Karl Kesel
Batman helps a female cop search for a mob that she thinks killed her sister; said mob attacks Superman with a ray that contaminates his blood.
36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.75.
Final issue of the series. Cover pencils by Denys Cowan, inks by Dick Giordano.
Afraid of the Dark starring Superman and Batman, script by Joey Cavalieri, pencils by Jose Delbo, inks by Alfredo Alcala; Superman, who is attacked by a magic-based villain called Nightwolf, and Batman agree to split up their partnership in this last issue.
36 Pages, Full Color.
The tables are turned as Lex Luthor gets a foothold in Gotham City, while the Joker wreaks his brand of madness in Metropolis, leaving Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne to come to an arrangement in "Worlds Apart."
Written by Dave Gibbons. Art by Steve Rude & Karl Kesel. Front & back painted covers by Steve Rude.
Cover price $3.95.
Cover pencils by Frank Miller, inks by Dick Giordano. Deliver Us from Evil starring Superman and Batman, script by Cary Burkett, pencils by Rich Buckler (layouts), inks by Sam de la Rosa (finishes)
Superman, Batman, and Zatanna team to battle Dr. Zodiac and Madame Zodiac, who aim to steal 12 powerful Zodiac coins. Letter to the editor from T.M. Maple. Letter to the editor from T.M. Maple.
40 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.60.
3-D cover. Written by Paul Levitz. Art by Yildiray Cinar (line art) and Jason Wright (colors). Cover by Stephen Segovia.
Power Girl must break into Cadmus Island to free Huntress - but she ends up a prisoner herself!
32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.
WRITTEN BY JEPH LOEB; ART BY ED MCGUINNESS, DOUG MAHNKE, MIKE WIERINGO, CAM SMITH, AND VARIOUS; COVER BY JAE LEE "OUR WORLDS AT WAR," Part 36. The aftermath of the War and the toll it's taken on the heroes is examined in this grand finale to the epic event. The dead are buried as Superman tries to deal with what he's become. Guest-starring Wonder Woman, JLA and Young Justice.
52-page giant; Unbagged
Part 7 of 'Worlds Collide,' the 14-part DC/MILESTONE crossover event, continued from Blood Syndicate (1993) #16. Part 7 contains two chapters as, first, Static, Superboy and Rocket join forces against a mysterious villain of cosmic proportions. In the second chapter, all the heroes of Dakota and Metropolis must contend with this awesome being while Fred Bentson's power grows. Continues in Superboy (1994 3rd Series) #7.
Written by Robert L. Washington III and Dwayne McDuffie, with pencils by Chris Batista, Mark Bright, Chriscross, Denys Cowan, Tom Grummett and John Paul Leon.
Cover price $3.95.
52-page giant; Newsstand Edition - Part 7 of 'Worlds Collide,' the 14-part DC/MILESTONE crossover event, continued from Blood Syndicate (1993) #16.
Part 7 contains two chapters as, first, Static, Superboy and Rocket join forces against a mysterious villain of cosmic proportions. In the second chapter, all the heroes of Dakota and Metropolis must contend with this awesome being while Fred Bentson's power grows. Continues in Superboy (1994 3rd Series) #7.
Written by Robert L. Washington III and Dwayne McDuffie, with pencils by Chris Batista, Mark Bright, Chriscross, Denys Cowan, Tom Grummett and John Paul Leon.
Cover price $2.50.
3 all-new tales! First - "The Arson Fiend and...the Spectre!" Written by Michael Fleisher. Art by Jim Aparo and Mike DeCarlo. Next, the story continues in "The Maniac and...the Spectre!" Written by Michael Fleisher. Art by Jim Aparo and Mike DeCarlo. And to wrap things up: The Spectre in "The Voodoo Hag of Doom!" Written by Michael Fleisher. Art by Jim Aparo and Pablo Marcos. Includes a reprint of "The Demon Within!" By Joe Orlando, John Albano and Jim Aparo from House of Mystery (1951) #201.
Strange Brew - Written by Doug Moench. Art and Cover by Tomm Coker & Keith Aiken.
Earth's newest heroes explode from the distant past when Doctor Zechariah Leight discovers a handful of mysterious crystals in a forgotten tomb. The crystals yield four elementally powered superbeings: the Xenobrood! But hostile forces are gunning for Leight, and his metahuman discoveries quickly get their baptism of fire as they burst upon the modern world!
32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.50.
Making Ashes - Written by Doug Moench. Art and Cover by Tomm Coker, Keith Aiken and Dennis Cramer.
The Xenobrood looks for a headquarters, and the one they choose turns out to be a crackhouse occupied by a ruthless gang. A fire breaks out and the team is suddenly faced with some life-and-death choices. Plus, a brand new villain is revealed, one who may be behind all the vicious attacks on the 'Brood.
32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.50.
Masks of Myth - Written by Doug Moench. Art by Tomm Coker, Keith Aiken and Dennis Cramer. Cover by Tomm Coker & Keith Aiken.
The mystery of the Xenobrood's origin begins to unravel as the Bestiary, a group of powerful quasi-mythological creatures, arrives to claim the team for its mysterious master. Meanwhile, the media continues to hound the 'Brood while the government attempts to exert control over them!
32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.50.
The Vimanian Bestiary - Written by Doug Moench. Art and Cover by Chris Hunter & John Lowe.
Superman makes a special appearance as the aliens who have been after the Xenobrood create a new super-powered team to defeat the heroes. This "Bestiary" succeeds in trapping the 'Brood in a cave-in, and the timely arrival of the Man of Steel may turn out not to be the rescue it appears!
32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.50.
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Strange Brew - Written by Doug Moench. Art and Cover by Tomm Coker & Keith Aiken.
Earth's newest heroes explode from the distant past when Doctor Zechariah Leight discovers a handful of mysterious crystals in a forgotten tomb. The crystals yield four elementally powered superbeings: the Xenobrood! But hostile forces are gunning for Leight, and his metahuman discoveries quickly get their baptism of fire as they burst upon the modern world!
32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.50.
SHADOW WAR, Milestone's first crossover event, continues from Icon (1993) #9. This issue features a new format with lightweight glossy paper. When David Hyunsuk Kim injects himself with a strange fluid infested with microscopic robots called nanomachines, he becomes immortal, drawing the attention of the secret society known as the Shadow Cabinet who sends its operative Twilight to recruit Xombi to fight the Shadow War. Continues in Blood Syndicate (1993) #10.
Written by John Rozum, with art by Denys Cowan and Jimmy Palmiotti. Spot-varnished cover with a metallic fifth ink by Walt Simonson. Glossy Format.
Cover price $1.95.
Part 1 of the 6-part 'Silent Cathedrals.' Xombi emerges from the fallout of the SHADOW WAR into his own ongoing series as David Kim, the research scientist turned freakish hero, returns! Now Xombi's origin is revealed as Kim confronts the demented villainy of Dr. Sugarman, a diseased mind obsessed with creating living creatures...and to do it, Sugarman sends his deadly homunculi into Kim's lab to steal the very nanotechnology that created Xombi.
Written by John Rozum, with art by J.J. Birch. Cover by John Byrne.
Cover price $1.75.
