Elseworlds 80-Page Giant #1

(August 1999)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Letters:

typeset

The Reaching Hand (Table of Contents)

Bruce Wayne / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

D. Curtis Johnson

Pencils:

Aaron Lopresti

Inks:

Aaron Lopresti

Colors:

Gloria Vasquez; Digital Chameleon (separator)

Letters:

Kurt Hathaway

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery; horror-suspense

Characters:

Bruce Wayne; Ralph Dibny; Harvey Dent; Jimmy Olsen; Laura De Mille; Metamorpho; Eel O'Brien; Jim Gordon

Synopsis:

Detective Bruce Wayne and his partner Harvey Dent face off against shapeshifting zombies in the sewers of Gotham.

Reprints:

• in DC Comics Presents: Elseworlds 80-Page Giant (DC, 2012 series) #1 (January 2012)

Rockumentary (Table of Contents)

Lex Luthor / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bronwyn Carlton

Pencils:

Greg Luzniak

Inks:

Anibal Rodriguez

Colors:

Noelle Giddings; Digital Chameleon (separator)

Letters:

Ken Lopez

Content Information

Genre:

satire-parody

Characters:

Bonnie Firestein; Lex Luthor; Barry Allen; Oliver Queen; Arthur Curry; Clark Kent (dies); Lois Lane; Dinah Lance; Ra's al Ghul; Jon Jonzz [Martin M. Hunter]; Doomsday; Lobo; Bruce Wayne; Los Teen Titanos; Diana; Darkseid; Supergirl

Synopsis:

Bonnie Firestein is hosting a documentary of the rock music produced by Lex Luthor.

Reprints:

• in DC Comics Presents: Elseworlds 80-Page Giant (DC, 2012 series) #1 (January 2012)

Indexer Notes

Only Lex Luthor and Bonnie Firestein are actually present. All other appearances in this story satirizing the music industry are as part of the TV documentary.

Letitia Lerner, Superman's Babysitter! (Table of Contents)

Superbaby / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Kyle Baker; Elizabeth Glass

Pencils:

Kyle Baker

Inks:

Kyle Baker

Colors:

Kyle Baker

Letters:

Kyle Baker

Content Information

Genre:

humor; superhero

Characters:

Jonathan Kent; Clark Kent; Martha Kent; Letitia Lerner

Synopsis:

The Kents go out for a night and leave superbaby Clark Kent with a babysitter unaware of the child's powers.

Reprints:

• in Bizarro Comics (DC, 2003 series) #[nn] ([March 2003])
• in DC Comics Presents: Elseworlds 80-Page Giant (DC, 2012 series) #1 (January 2012)

Indexer Notes

This story features a "baby Superman in the microwave" panel which was part of the content deemed unsuitable. In spite or because of that, the story won the 2000 Eisner Award, Best Short Story and earned Kyle Baker the 2000 Eisner Award, Best Writer/Artist: Humor.

The Vigilantes in Apartment 3-B (Table of Contents)

Birds of Prey / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Chuck Dixon

Pencils:

Enrique Villagran

Inks:

Enrique Villagran

Colors:

Gloria Vasquez; Digital Chameleon (separator)

Letters:

Todd Klein

Content Information

Genre:

drama; superhero

Characters:

Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Catwoman; Dick Grayson; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]

Synopsis:

The Birds of Prey go on the hunt for Catwoman. They find out she has an affair with Green Arrow.

Reprints:

• in DC Comics Presents: Elseworlds 80-Page Giant (DC, 2012 series) #1 (January 2012)

Keywords:

soap opera

Indexer Notes

This is in the form of a daily comic strip: six daily strips and a Sunday spread.

Superman, Jr. Is No More (Table of Contents)

Super-Sons / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Haney

Pencils:

Kieron Dwyer

Inks:

Kieron Dwyer

Colors:

Rick Taylor; ? [as Digital Chameleon] (Separator)

Letters:

Gaspar Saladino [as Gaspar]

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman, Jr.; Batman, Jr.; Superman; Batman

Synopsis:

Superman, Jr. feels like he will never be able to replace his father, but when Superman is seemingly killed, Superman, Jr. ably fills the void.

Reprints:

• in Superman / Batman: Saga of the Super Sons (DC, 2007 series) #[nn] ([November] 2007)
• in DC Comics Presents: Elseworlds 80-Page Giant (DC, 2012 series) #1 (January 2012)

Scandalgate (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Tom Peyer

Pencils:

Ty Templeton

Inks:

Ty Templeton

Colors:

Ty Templeton

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

satire-parody; superhero

Characters:

Lex Luthor; Silver Banshee; Metallo; Maxima; Jimmy Olsen; Brainiac; Parasite; Toyman; Bizarro; Lana Lang

Synopsis:

Superman's presidency is in its 853rd day of crisis as it has to face special prosecutor Zod and sex scandals.

Reprints:

• in DC Comics Presents: Elseworlds 80-Page Giant (DC, 2012 series) #1 (January 2012)

[Worlds Apart] (Table of Contents)

World's Finest / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Chuck Dixon

Pencils:

Trevor Von Eeden

Inks:

Joe Rubinstein

Colors:

Digital Chameleon

Letters:

Ken Bruzenak

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Thomas Wayne (dies); Martha Wayne (dies); Bruce Wayne (dies); Lex Luthor; Alfred Pennyworth; Superman (dies)

Synopsis:

Superman's rocket kills Bruce Wayne's parents and scars him when it lands on Earth. Lex Luthor adopts the alien baby. The grown-up disfigured Wayne kills Superman in revenge for his parents' death then kills himself.

Reprints:

• in DC Comics Presents: Elseworlds 80-Page Giant (DC, 2012 series) #1 (January 2012)

Silver Age Elseworlds (Table of Contents)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mark Waid

Pencils:

Ty Templeton

Inks:

Ty Templeton

Colors:

Ty Templeton

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Ty Templeton; Mark Waid; Dan Raspler; Abraham (Brainiac) Lincoln; Clark Kent, Metallo; Lex
Luthor; Wonder Woman; Batman; Robin, the Squid Wonder; Golden Age Teen Titans [Dr. Fate Jr.; Kid Spectre; Li'l Atom; the Amazon Prince; Golden Age Arsenal; Stripesy]; Zoot Alores; Legion of Super-Heroes [Phantom Girl; Matter-Eater Lad; Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy; Chameleon Boy; Lightning Lad]; Darkseid; Christopher Grodd Columbus; Amerindian Flash; Metal Men; Chemo; Lord William DuMagnus; Batman [Adam]; Eve; Serpent Joker

Synopsis:

Metallo Kent kills Brainiac Lincoln, Wonder Woman robs for her adoptive father Luthor, Batman is an underwater hero, The Golden-Age Teen Titans, Darkseid rejected by the LSH, Grodd Columbus invades Flash's Central America, Metal Men fight for the French Revolution, Batman as Adam in the Garden of Eden.

Reprints:

• in DC Comics Presents: Elseworlds 80-Page Giant (DC, 2012 series) #1 (January 2012)

Indexer Notes

This consists of eight mock Silver Age splash pages.

Dark Night of the Golden Kingdom (Table of Contents)

World's Finest / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Tom Peyer [as T. Robert Peyer]

Pencils:

Ariel Olivetti

Inks:

Ariel Olivetti

Colors:

Pat Garrahy; Digital Chameleon (separator)

Letters:

Bill Oakley [as William Oakley]

Content Information

Genre:

satire-parody; superhero

Characters:

Superman; Batman; Team-Face; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Aquahawk; Martian Manhuntress; Green Canary; Negative Wonder

Synopsis:

A washed out Superman can't deal with the death of the first generation of super-heroes and the constant beeping of Jimmy Olsen's signal watch.

Reprints:

• in DC Comics Presents: Elseworlds 80-Page Giant (DC, 2012 series) #1 (January 2012)

Indexer Notes

A satire of Kingdom Come with Superman and Batman looking like aged rock stars.