(November 1991)
Dark Horse,
1986 Series
- Price
- 3.95 USD; 4.75 CAD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dark Horse Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
Dark Horse Comics [chess piece]
- Editing
- Randy Stradley (editor)
Issue Notes
Cover is a take-off on the old DC Comics "Eighty-Page Giant". This issue is a square-bound 68-page issue. Logo by Jim Spivey, Carolyn Megyesi and Jack Pollock.
Giant Dark Horse Presents Annual
Alien / Aliens; Earth Boys; Next Men; Sin City / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Paul Guinan (signed) (Aliens); John Byrne (signed) (The Next Men); Frank Miller; Dave Johnson (The Earth Boys)
- Inks
- Paul Guinan (signed) (Aliens); John Byrne (signed) (The Next Men); Frank Miller; Dave Johnson (The Earth Boys)
- Colors
- Steven Birch; Sean Tierney; ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- crime; horror-suspense; science fiction; superhero
DHP #56 (Contents)
table of contents / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover with contents listing with small illustrations, company credits and indicia information.
The Alien (Part One & Two)
Alien / Aliens / comic story / 16 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense; science fiction
- Characters
- Mr. President; Edwards; Captain McQuade; Robert Tessier (Secretary of State); Mitchell
- Synopsis
- The President deals with the aftermath of the Alien invasion of Earth and Ripley's use of nuclear weapons to remove most of the Aliens.
- Reprints
-
in Dark Horse Presents: Aliens (Dark Horse, 1992 series) #[nn] (May 1992) - in Aliens Omnibus (Dark Horse, 2007 series) #1 (June 2007)
-
Indexer Notes
First 8 pages of story start the book and last 8 pages of story are at the end of the book.
Prelude
Next Men / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero; science fiction
- Characters
- Nathan; Bethany; Jack; Jazz [Jasmine Desoto]; Danny Hilltop; Tony Murcheson; Dr. Bremmer (first appearance); Senator Aldus Hilltop (first appearance)
- Reprints
- in John Byrne's Next Men (Dark Horse, 1992 series) #0 (February 1992) which is reprinted
-
in Hyperion (Edizioni Star Comics, 1992 series) #3 (Gennaio 1993) - in John Byrne's Next Men (Dark Horse, 1993 series) #1 (March 1993)
- in John Byrne's Next Men (Dark Horse, 1993 series) #1 (March 1993)
- in John Byrne's Compleat Next Men (IDW, 2008 series) #1 (May 2008)
-
in Next Men (NORMA Editorial, 2013 series) #1 (Mayo 2013)
-
[no title indexed]
Winner's Circle / letters page / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Lo and behold, we do have a Winner's Circle this issue after all!
- Characters
- Marv (Sin City)
Indexer Notes
Letters from readers - William A. Taylor, Stephen R. Mitchell, Marc Johnson, Jim Halliday and Scott McLaughlin - and responses from Randy Stradley.
Sin City Episode Seven
Sin City / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Marv
- Reprints
- in Sin City (Dark Horse, 1993 series) (1993)
-
in USA magazine (Comics USA, 1987 series) #66 (janvier 1993) - in Hyperion (Edizioni Star Comics, 1992 series) #4 (Febbraio 1993)
-
in Schwermetall (Kunst der Comics / Alpha, 1984 series) #164 (September 1993) which is reprinted - in Sin City (Carlsen Comics [DE], 1994 series) #1 - Engelsduft (Dezember 1994) which is reprinted
- in Frank Miller's Sin City Volume 1: The Hard Goodbye Recut & Extended DVD Edition (Dark Horse, 2005 series) (2005)
- in Frank Miller's Sin City (Dark Horse, 2005 series) #1 - The Hard Goodbye (February 2005)
- in Sin City (Cross Cult, 2005 series) #1 - Stadt ohne Gnade (März 2005)
- in Frank Miller's Sin City the Hard Goodbye Curator's Collection (Dark Horse, 2016 series) (August 2016)
-
The Creep (Part 3)
The Creep; Homicide / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Oxel Karnhus
- Reprints
- in The Creep (Image, 2022 series) (July 2022)
-
Indexer Notes
From the Homicide feature in past issues, now featuring The Creep.
The Trouble With Kiib'bllz [Kibbles]
Earth Boys / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- science fiction; crime
- Characters
- Earth Boys
- Reprints
-
in Thriller (Semic, 1991 series) #4/1992 ([juni] 1992)
-
Indexer Notes
Title on story is "The Trouble With Kiib'bllz" ("Kibbles" in table of contents).
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Giant Dark Horse Presents Annual
Alien / Aliens; Earth Boys; Next Men; Sin City -
1.
DHP #56 (Contents)
-
2.
The Alien (Part One & Two)
Alien / Aliens -
3.
Prelude
Next Men -
4.
Fancies (1)
Fancies -
5.
The True Chronicle of Eldgytha
-
6.
["Lo and behold, we do have a Winner's Circle this issue after all!"]
Winner's Circle -
7.
Sin City Episode Seven
Sin City -
8.
The Creep (Part 3)
The Creep; Homicide -
9.
The Trouble With Kiib'bllz [Kibbles]
Earth Boys -
10.
["Every now and then we need someone or something to re-focus our cynical little lives."]
Flogging a Dead Horse -
11.
[no title indexed]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Gregory Fischer
- Kauldi Gilibert
- Juan Gonzalez
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Morbus Iff
- Clint Maxwell
- Mike Nielsen
- Derek Reinhard
- Douglas Sederberg
- Richard Thomson
- Jim Van Dore
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