(April 1990)

DC, 1990 Series
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Price
2.95 USD; 3.65 CAD; 1.50 GBP
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1990-03-08
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Robert Greenberger

Issue Notes

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

The Vanishing Sun (Table of Contents)

The Atlantis Chronicles / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Esteban Maroto
Inks
Esteban Maroto
Colors
?

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Shalako
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

With Johnny DC / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Chapter Two: The Vanished Sun (Table of Contents: 2)

The Atlantis Chronicles / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script
Peter David
Pencils
Esteban Maroto
Inks
Esteban Maroto
Colors
Eric Kachelhofer
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Job Number
G-4379
First Line of Dialogue or Text
We are dying here.
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Synopsis
Civil unrest arises in the close quarters of Poseidonis, the domed city beneath the ocean. Shalako leads his followers out of the city through the tunnels to sunken Tritonis, where he uses the power of the dark gods to build a hard water dome.
Reprints

[Ad for Tempus Fugitive] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

DC Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[Ad for Batman Annual #14 and Green Arrow Annual #3] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

DC Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Chapter 3: Transfigurations (Table of Contents: 5)

The Atlantis Chronicles / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Peter David
Pencils
Esteban Maroto
Inks
Esteban Maroto
Colors
Eric Kachelhofer
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Today the sharks attacked again, this time in greater numbers than before.
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Synopsis
Orin inventst a serum that will turn him into a water-breather. When it works, the whole city takes it. They offer it to the Tritonians, who accept, but are cursed by Shalako for it, growing scales on their legs. They kill him in return.
Reprints

The DC Comics Deal of the Decade! (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

DC Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[Ad for Legends of the Dark Knight] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

DC Comics; Batman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Out of Sight…Out of Mind (Table of Contents: 8)

Census '90; Ad Council / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photographs)
Inks
? (photographs)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

After last page of story.
Public service ad promoting the 1990 Census.

Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Awards for 1989 (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Ad for The Adventures of Ford Fairlane] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Ford Fairlane; 20th Century Fox / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Vanishing Sun
    The Atlantis Chronicles
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    With Johnny DC
  3. 2. Chapter Two: The Vanished Sun
    The Atlantis Chronicles
  4. 3. [Ad for Tempus Fugitive]
    DC Comics
  5. 4. [Ad for Batman Annual #14 and Green Arrow Annual #3]
    DC Comics
  6. 5. Chapter 3: Transfigurations
    The Atlantis Chronicles
  7. 6. The DC Comics Deal of the Decade!
    DC Comics
  8. 7. [Ad for Legends of the Dark Knight]
    DC Comics; Batman
  9. 8. Out of Sight…Out of Mind
    Census '90; Ad Council
  10. 9. Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Awards for 1989
  11. 10. [Ad for The Adventures of Ford Fairlane]
    Ford Fairlane; 20th Century Fox
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Per Sandell
  • Douglas Sederberg
  • Jim Van Dore