(January 2000)

DC, 1998 Series
Price
4.95 USD; 7.95 CAD
Pages
84
On-sale Date
1999-11-10
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
761941217932 00111
Editing
Mike Carlin (editor)

Issue Notes

Color separations credited to Chris Chuckry, Lee Loughridge, and Digital Chameleon.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Beast Boy; Challengers of the Unknown; Deadman; Metal Men; Wonder Woman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Sean Phillips (painting)
Inks
Sean Phillips (painting)
Colors
Sean Phillips (painting)
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero; adventure
Characters
Deadman; Beast Boy; Wonder Woman; Cheetah; Metal Men; Challengers of the Unknown

The Great Unknown! (Table of Contents: 1)

Challengers of the Unknown / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Karl Kesel
Pencils
Arthur Adams
Inks
Karl Kesel
Colors
Zylonol Studio
Letters
Bill Oakley

Genre
adventure
Characters
Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Rocky Davis; Prof. Haley; Red Ryan]; Nastallia "Nasty" Vedunia; Zarra; trolls; monsters
Synopsis
Back during the Cold War, the Challengers slip into Siberia to find a missing atom bomb. They find it, and a female Communist agent named "Nasty" with whom Ace fearlessly flirts. Also a White Russian princess, Zarra, who stole the bomb to wipe out Communism. Along with her giant mutant monsters and army of trolls. Zarra gets shot, the bomb gets detonated, "Nasty" gets away - and Ace daydreams about the "Commie calendar girl".

Twisted (Table of Contents: 2)

Deadman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Michael Jan Friedman
Pencils
Eduardo Barreto
Inks
Eduardo Barreto
Colors
Zylonol Studio
Letters
Bill Oakley

Genre
superhero
Characters
Deadman; Lorna
Synopsis
Deadman investigates the death of the Indian Rubber Man.

Passenger 15B (Table of Contents: 3)

Beast Boy / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Geoff Johns; Ben Raab
Pencils
Justiniano
Inks
Chris Ivy
Colors
Jason Wright (credited as Justin Wright)
Letters
Bill Oakley

Genre
superhero
Characters
Beast Boy; Mr. 104; Doom Patrol (cameo); Titans West (cameo); New Teen Titans (cameo); Cyborg
Synopsis
Beast Boy encounters an old enemy on a flight to Hollywood.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Leads into the Beast Boy mini-series.

Colorist's name corrected in 2018 collected edition reprint.

A Little Goes a Long Way (Table of Contents: 4)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Curtis Johnson
Pencils
Phil Winslade
Inks
Phil Winslade
Colors
Chris Chuckry
Letters
Ellie de Ville

Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman; Helena Sandsmark; Cheetah; Wonder Girl
Synopsis
Wonder Woman looks for her missing lasso, but doesn’t find it where she expects to.

Heart of Tin (Table of Contents: 5)

Metal Men / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Tom Peyer
Pencils
Scott Kolins
Inks
Bob Layton
Colors
Tom McCraw
Letters
Bill Oakley

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Metal Men [Veridium; Platinum; Mercury; Lead; Iron; Tin]; Aunt Tessie
Synopsis
The Metal Men deal with their new knowledge of their human past.

…Carnival in Armagetto! (Table of Contents: 6)

Mister Miracle / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Walter Simonson
Pencils
Klaus Janson
Inks
Klaus Janson
Colors
Klaus Janson
Letters
Bill Oakley

Genre
superhero
Characters
Darkseid; Commander Tusk; Mister Miracle
Synopsis
Darkseid attempts to prevent a carnival in Armagetto.
Reprints
Keywords
Apokolips; Armagetto

Bedtime Story (Table of Contents: 7)

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Levitz
Pencils
Stuart Immonen
Inks
George Freeman
Colors
Tom McCraw
Letters
Bill Oakley

Genre
superhero
Characters
Rokk Krinn; Pol Krinn; Mekt Ranzz; Garth Ranzz; Ayla Ranzz; Jenni Ognats; Dawn Allen Ognats; Jeven Ognats; Imra Ardeen; Salu Digby; Querl Dox
Synopsis
The origin of Superman is told to the children who will grow up to be Legionnaires.
Reprints
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Beast Boy; Challengers of the Unknown; Deadman; Metal Men; Wonder Woman
  2. 1. The Great Unknown!
    Challengers of the Unknown
  3. 2. Twisted
    Deadman
  4. 3. Passenger 15B
    Beast Boy
  5. 4. A Little Goes a Long Way
    Wonder Woman
  6. 5. Heart of Tin
    Metal Men
  7. 6. …Carnival in Armagetto!
    Mister Miracle
  8. 7. Bedtime Story
    Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
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  • Clayton Emery
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  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
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  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
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