First Wave

([August] 2011)

Bronze Night (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman; Doc Savage / comic story / 38 pages (report information)

Script

Brian Azzarello

Pencils

Phil Noto

Inks

Phil Noto

Colors

Phil Noto

Letters

Clem Robins

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Doc Savage [Clark Savage, Jr.]; Alfred Pennyworth; James Gordon; Renny; Vicki Vale; Lou; Walter; Mrs. Monterrey; Dan Dowd (corpse); Captain Raleigh; Red Duggan [Patrick Duggan]

Synopsis

Doc Savage investigates Batman for an alleged murder.

Reprints

• from Batman / Doc Savage Special (DC, 2010 series) #1 (January 2010)

First Wave Book One (Table of Contents: 2)

First Wave / comic story / 30 pages (report information)

Script

Brian Azzarello

Pencils

Rags Morales

Inks

Rags Morales

Colors

Nei Ruffino

Letters

Clem Robins

Genre

adventure

Characters

Johnny Littlejohn; a robot; Doc Savage; The Spirit; Dolan; Ham Brooks; Monk Mayfair; Renny Renwick; Long Tom Roberts; Anton Colossi; Amazon natives; Right Red Hand cultists; John Sunlight; Rima the Jungle Girl; Blackhawks [Ant Manson; Henry Biggs; Wu Cheng; Jenny Cloud] (cameo)

Synopsis

In the Amazon, Johnny Littlejohn is maimed by a robot. In New York, Doc Savage visits his father's grave and orders the body exhumed. In Wildwood Cemetary, Dolan steers The Spirit to a midnight rendezvous. Doc Savage finds his father's body replaced with sacks of gold dust printed with red hands. In NY, John Sunlight plots. Back in the Amazon, Anton Colossi orders a village wiped out for harboring Johnny, who's been spirited away by Rima. And The Spirit runs smack into the Blackhawks!

Reprints

• from First Wave (DC, 2010 series) #1 (May 2010)

First Wave Book Two (Table of Contents: 3)

First Wave / comic story / 30 pages (report information)

Script

Brian Azzarello

Pencils

Rags Morales

Inks

Rags Morales

Colors

Nei Ruffino

Letters

Clem Robins

Genre

adventure

Characters

The Avenger [Richard Benson]; Ebony White (woman); Johnny Littlejohn; Mr. and Mrs. Reese; Doc Savage; The Spirit; Ham Brooks; Monk Mayfair; Anton Colossi; Madame Colossi; Right Red Hand cultists; Rima the Jungle Girl; Blackhawks [Ant Manson; Henry Biggs; Wu Cheng; Jenny Cloud]

Synopsis

Monk and Ham ask the Avenger to don a disguise. The Spirit and Ebony (a woman) hijacked a truck from the Blackhawks, with a coffin. The Blackhawks trash a bar seeking The Spirit. In Hildago, Johnny, recovering, is betrayed and captured by Right Red Hand cultists while Rima keeps watch. In Neolantis (a floating city), two scientists compare atrocities while Colossi argues with Mom. The Blackhawks ambush and torture The Spirit for their "cargo", until Doc Savage busts in. Batman nabs thugs and The Avenger poses as Clark Savage, Sr. The Blackhawks pin Ebony as a hostage.

Reprints

• from First Wave (DC, 2010 series) #2 (June 2010)

First Wave Book Three (Table of Contents: 4)

First Wave / comic story / 30 pages (report information)

Script

Brian Azzarello

Pencils

Rags Morales

Inks

Rick Bryant; Bob Almond

Colors

Nei Ruffino

Letters

Clem Robins

Genre

adventure

Characters

John Sunlight; Doc Savage [Clark Savage, Jr.]; The Spirit; Blackhawk Captain Wu Cheng; Chief Dolan; Blackhawks; Red Duggan; Ricky; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth; Anton Colossi; Johnny Littlejohn; Dr. Chatte; Madame Colossi; Renny Renwick; the Avenger [Richard Benson]

Synopsis

John Sunlight swims. The graveyard fight is broken up by Dolan's cops, and The Spirit catches an autogyro. Batman trashes a casino, Bruce Wayne chats with Colossi, then steepleclimbs as Batman, only to be shot at and pounded, then nearly decapitated by a Right Red Hand cultist. Doc is in jail until a Blackhawk jet blasts him free. The Blackhawks order Ebony to dig up the missing coffin. The Avenger kills thugs and rescues Batman, who chooses to visit Hildago, where Colossi's robot has Johnny.

Reprints

• from First Wave (DC, 2010 series) #3 (July 2010)

First Wave Book Four (Table of Contents: 5)

First Wave / comic story / 30 pages (report information)

Script

Brian Azzarello

Pencils

Rags Morales

Inks

Rick Bryant

Colors

Nei Ruffino

Letters

Clem Robins

Genre

adventure

Characters

Anton Colossi; Blackhawk [Janos Prohaska] (voice over radio); Blackhawks [Ant Manson; Henry Biggs; Captain Wu Cheng AKA Chop Chop; Jenny Cloud] Batman; The Spirit; Doc Savage; Ham Brooks; Monk Mayfair; The Avenger [Richard Benson]; Dr. Chatte; Johnny Littlejohn; Cordoba; Rima the Jungle Girl

Synopsis

In Hildago, the Blackhawks deliver the coffin to Colossi. Doc and The Spirit fly Blackhawk Air to Hildago. Doc bails out to crash a Right Red Hand cult, but is dropped by darts. Bruce Wayne visits Neolatis, the floating city of Colossi. In NYC, Monk, Ham, and The Avenger are ambushed by shooters. The Spirit and Renny seek Johnny and find a knife-wild Rima and her panther hold Johnny's computer disk. Doc Savage will be sacrificed by moonlight on an Aztec temple. The Batman overhears and swoops on glider wings to the rescue. "Doctor Savage, I presume?"

Reprints

• from First Wave (DC, 2010 series) #4 (November 2010)

First Wave Book Five (Table of Contents: 6)

First Wave / comic story / 30 pages (report information)

Script

Brian Azzarello

Pencils

Rags Morales

Inks

Rick Bryant

Colors

Nei Ruffino

Letters

Clem Robins

Genre

adventure

Characters

Captain Wu Cheng; Doc Savage; Batman; The Spirit; Renny Renwick; Rima the Jungle Girl; Monk Mayfair; Ham Brooks; Long Tom Roberts; The Avenger [Richard Benson]; Johnny Littlejohn; Dr. Chatte; Anton Colossi; John Sunlight; Mr. and Mrs. Reese; a robot; Right Red Hand cultists

Synopsis

Blackhawk Wu Cheng is KO'd by a robot. Doc and Batman escape Right Red Hand cultists, then infiltrate Neolantis. Renny grabs the computer disk while Spirit and Rima are captured by the Red Hand. In NY, The Avenger dons a disguise and enters John Sunlight's HQ and discovers grisly experiments on homeless men, then he and Monk, Ham, and Tom are captured. Doc fights to the Neolantis center, but Colissi's killers, mutated iguanas, and the robot nail him and the prisoners. The grand scheme: Neolantis will rule the world with a tsunami machine!

Reprints

• from First Wave (DC, 2010 series) #5 (January 2011)

First Wave Conclusion (Table of Contents: 7)

First Wave / comic story / 30 pages (report information)

Script

Brian Azzarello

Pencils

Rags Morales

Inks

Rick Bryant (pages 1-21, 25, 29, 30); Phil Winslade (pages 22-24, 27, 28)

Colors

Nei Ruffino

Letters

Clem Robins

Genre

adventure

Characters

Batman; Doc Savage; The Spirit; Rima the Jungle Girl; Renny Renwick; Johnny Littlejohn; Captain Wu Cheng; Blackhawks; Anton Colossi; Madame Colossi; Monk Mayfair; Ham Brooks; Long Tom Roberts; John Sunlight; The Avenger [Richard Benson]; Clark Savage Sr. (deceased)

Synopsis

In Neolantis, Doc kills the robot, actually a mindless cyborg. In the pit, Johnny, Wu Cheng, and Rima escape and blow up the giant iguana. Colossi is ambushed by Batman. A tsunami has been reversed to bear down on Neolantis. Blackhawks bomb the wave as Doc's crew boards an escape pod. Doc rides outside holding Batman. In NYC, John Sunlight's scheme of irradiated-gold corpses has failed, and he oddly lets Doc's men and The Avenger go. The Golden Tree's Neolantis is drowned. On the beach, Doc calls it a victory, even if they only inspire others to do better.

Reprints

• from First Wave (DC, 2010 series) #6 (March 2011)

Indexer Notes

Final issue.