(January 2012)
DC,
2012 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 7.99 USD
- Pages
- 100
- On-sale Date
- 2011-12-28
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Rated T Teen
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics
- Brand
-
DC [swirl]
- Barcode
- 761941307640 00111
- Editing
- Dan Raspler (original editor); Tony Bedard (original associate editor); ?
- Color
- color
- Dimensions
- standard Modern Age US
- Paper Stock
- glossy paper
- Binding
- squarebound
- Publishing Format
- one-shot
Issue Notes
The indicia title is DC COMICS PRESENTS: ELSEWORLDS 80-PAGE GIANT, but the cover title is DC COMICS PRESENTS: ELSEWORLDS 100-PAGE SPECTACULAR (which fits better given this has 100 pages in it).
This reprints Elseworlds 80-Page Giant (DC, 1999 series) #1 (which had very limited distribution due to most of the print run being pulped), and also one story from The Batman Chronicles (DC, 1995 Series) #11.
This reprints Elseworlds 80-Page Giant (DC, 1999 series) #1 (which had very limited distribution due to most of the print run being pulped), and also one story from The Batman Chronicles (DC, 1995 Series) #11.
[no title indexed]
Super-Sons / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
- from Elseworlds 80-Page Giant (DC, 1999 series) #1 (August 1999)
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- Keywords
- aliens; music; rock and roll; The Fourth World
The Reaching Hand
Bruce Wayne / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Curtis Johnson
- Pencils
- Aaron Lopresti
- Inks
- Aaron Lopresti
- Colors
- Gloria Vasquez
- Letters
- Kurt Hathaway
- Genre
- detective-mystery; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Bruce Wayne; Ralph Dibny; Harvey Dent; Jimmy Olsen; Laura De Mille; Metamorpho; Eel O'Brian; Jim Gordon
- Synopsis
- Detective Bruce Wayne and his partner Harvey Dent face off against shapeshifting zombies in the sewers of Gotham.
- Reprints
- from Elseworlds 80-Page Giant (DC, 1999 series) #1 (August 1999)
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Rockumentary
Lex Luthor / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Bronwyn Taggart
- Pencils
- Greg Luzniak
- Inks
- Anibal Rodriguez
- Colors
- Noelle Giddings
- Letters
- Ken Lopez
- Genre
- satire-parody; superhero
- 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
- from Elseworlds 80-Page Giant (DC, 1999 series) #1 (August 1999)
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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!
Superbaby / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Kyle Baker; Elizabeth Glass
- Pencils
- Kyle Baker
- Inks
- Kyle Baker
- Colors
- Kyle Baker
- Letters
- Kyle Baker
- 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
- from Elseworlds 80-Page Giant (DC, 1999 series) #1 (August 1999)
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The Vigilantes in Apartment 3-B
Birds of Prey / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Chuck Dixon
- Pencils
- Enrique Villagrán
- Inks
- Enrique Villagrán
- Colors
- Gloria Vasquez; Digital Chameleon (separator)
- Letters
- Todd Klein
- 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
- from Elseworlds 80-Page Giant (DC, 1999 series) #1 (August 1999)
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- Keywords
- soap opera
Indexer Notes
This is in the form of a daily comic strip: six daily strips and a Sunday spread. Color separations are not credited in this printing of the story.
Superman, Jr. Is No More
Super-Sons / comic story / 10 pages
- 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
- from Elseworlds 80-Page Giant (DC, 1999 series) #1 (August 1999)
- in Superman / Batman: Saga of the Super Sons (DC, 2017 series) ([March] 2017)
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Scandalgate
Superman / comic story / 2 pages
- 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
- from Elseworlds 80-Page Giant (DC, 1999 series) #1 (August 1999)
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Worlds Apart
The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Chuck Dixon
- Pencils
- Trevor Von Eeden
- Inks
- Joe Rubinstein
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon
- Letters
- Ken Bruzenak
- 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
- from Elseworlds 80-Page Giant (DC, 1999 series) #1 (August 1999)
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Silver Age Elseworlds
comic story / 9 pages
- 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
- from Elseworlds 80-Page Giant (DC, 1999 series) #1 (August 1999)
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Indexer Notes
This consists of eight mock Silver Age splash pages.
Dark Knight of the Golden Kingdom
The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Tom Peyer (as T. Robert Peyer)
- Pencils
- Ariel Olivetti
- Inks
- Ariel Olivetti
- Colors
- Pat Garrahy
- Letters
- Bill Oakley (as William Oakley)
- 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
- from Elseworlds 80-Page Giant (DC, 1999 series) #1 (August 1999)
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Indexer Notes
A satire of Kingdom Come with Superman and Batman looking like aged rock stars.
[Berlin Batman]
Batman / comic story / 18 pages
- Script
- Paul Pope
- Pencils
- Paul Pope
- Inks
- Paul Pope
- Colors
- Ted McKeever
- Letters
- Ken Lopez
- Editing
- Darren Vincenzo (priginal editor); Jordan B. Gorfinkel (original editor)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Baruch Wayne]; Thomas Wayne (flashback; dies); Mrs. Wayne (flashback; dies); Robin; Komissar Garten
- Synopsis
- Batman as a hero in Berlin in 1939.
- Reprints
- from The Batman Chronicles (DC, 1995 series) #11 (Winter 1998)
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Editing
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Super-Sons -
1.
The Reaching Hand
Bruce Wayne -
2.
Rockumentary
Lex Luthor -
3.
Letitia Lerner, Superman's Babysitter!
Superbaby -
4.
The Vigilantes in Apartment 3-B
Birds of Prey -
5.
Superman, Jr. Is No More
Super-Sons -
6.
Scandalgate
Superman -
7.
Worlds Apart
The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat -
8.
Silver Age Elseworlds
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9.
Dark Knight of the Golden Kingdom
The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat -
10.
[Berlin Batman]
Batman
This issue was modified by
- Shad Z. Daly
- Juan Gonzalez
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Lou Mazzella
- Allen Ross
- Jim Van Dore
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