Across the Universe: The DC Universe Stories of Alan Moore

([August] 2003)

Across the Universe: The DC Universe Stories of Alan Moore (Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Frontispiece.

Across the Universe: The DC Universe Stories of Alan Moore (Table of Contents: 2)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Dave Gibbons

Inks

Dave Gibbons

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Characters

Superman; Alan Moore; Green Lantern [Katma Tui]; Clayface [Preston Payne]; Green Lantern [Tomar Re]; Vigilante [Adrian Chase]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Mongul; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Robin [Jason Todd]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]

Indexer Notes

Title page. Uses elements of the cover image.

[Table of Contents] (Table of Contents: 3)

table of contents / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils

Joe Orlando (Secret Origins image); Pat Broderick (Detective covers); Joe Staton (Green Lantern cover, GL Annual #2 cover (finished pencils) & GL Annual #3 cover); Paris Cullins (Vigilante #17 cover); Jim Baikie (Vigilante #18 cover); Shawn McManus (Omega Men covers); Rick Veitch (DCCP cover); Gil Kane (GL Annual cover (layouts)); Jim Aparo (Secret Origins cover); Ed Hannigan (Batman Annual cover); Dave Gibbons (Alan Moore background & Superman Annual cover)

Inks

Joe Orlando (Secret Origins image); Pat Broderick (Detective covers); Rick Magyar (Vigilante #17 cover); Jim Baikie (Vigilante #18 cover); Shawn McManus (Omega Men covers); Rick Veitch (DCCP cover); Jim Aparo (Secret Origins cover); P. Craig Russell (GL Annual #3 cover); John Byrne (Batman Annual cover); Dave Gibbons (Alan Moore background & Superman Annual cover); Bruce Patterson (Green Lantern cover, GL Annual #2 cover))

Colors

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Letters

typeset

Characters

Alan Moore; Phantom Stranger; Mongul; Superman; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Tim Drake]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Harvey Bullock; Green Lantern [John Stewart]; Vigilante [Adrian Chase]; Jodie Linnaker; Primus; Harpis; Kalista; Green Lantern [Abin Sur]; Green Lantern [Katma Tui]

Indexer Notes

Uses mostly images from the covers in which the stories in this volume appeared, over artwork from the cover of this volume. Images taken from Secret Origins (DC, 1986 series) #10, Superman Annual (DC, 1983 series) #11, Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #549 & 550, Green Lantern (DC, 1976 series) #188, The Vigilante (DC, 1983 series) #17 & 18, The Omega Men (DC, 1983 series) #26 & 27, DC Comics Presents (DC, 1978 series) #85, Green Lantern Corps Annual (DC, 1986 series) #2, Green Lantern Annual (DC, 1987 series) #3, and Batman Annual (DC, 1982 series) #11.

Introduction (Table of Contents: 4)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Dave Gibbons

Pencils

Joe Orlando; George Freeman; Klaus Janson; Dave Gibbons; Bill Willingham; Kevin O'Neill

Inks

Joe Orlando; George Freeman; Klaus Janson; Dave Gibbons; Terry Austin; Kevin O'Neill

Colors

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Letters

typeset

Characters

Phantom Stranger; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Robin [Jason Todd]; Commissioner Jim Gordon; Green Lantern [Katma Tui]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Bolphunga; Mogo

Indexer Notes

Illustrations from Secret Origins (DC, 1986 series) #10, Batman Annual (DC, 1982 series) #11, Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #550, Superman Annual (DC, 1983 series) #11, Green Lantern Annual (DC, 1987 series) #3, Green Lantern Corps Annual (DC, 1986 series) #2, and Green Lantern (DC, 1976 series) #188.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Superman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Dave Gibbons

Inks

Dave Gibbons

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Editing

Julius Schwartz (original editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman; Mongul; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Jason Todd]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]

Reprints

• from Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #11 [Direct] ([September] 1985)

For the Man Who Has Everything... (Table of Contents: 6)

Superman / comic story / 40 pages (report information)

Script

Alan Moore

Pencils

Dave Gibbons

Inks

Dave Gibbons

Colors

Tom Ziuko

Letters

Dave Gibbons

Editing

Julius Schwartz (original editor)

Job Number

S-4635

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Kal-El]; Lyla Lerrol Kal-El (in Superman's mind); Allura Zor-El (in Superman's mind); Van-El (in Superman's mind); Orna-El (in Superman's mind); Kara Zor-El (in Superman's mind); Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Jason Todd]; Jor-El (in Superman's mind); Lor-Em (in Superman's mind); Dax-Ar (in Superman's mind); Mongul; Thomas Wayne (cameo, in Batman's mind); Martha Wayne (cameo, in Batman's mind); Joe Chill (cameo, in Batman's mind); Jax-Ur (as a picture on a handout, in Superman's mind); Brainiac (cameo, in Mongul's mind); Bolphunga The Unrelenting (cameo, in Mongul's mind); Adam Strange (cameo, in Mongul's mind); A Guardian of the Universe (cameo, in Mongul's mind); Hyanthis (cameo, in Mongul's mind); A Branx warrior (cameo, in Mongul's mind); Martian Manhunter (cameo, in Mongul's mind)

Synopsis

Wonder Woman, Batman, and Robin arrive at the Fortress of Solitude to celebrate Superman's birthday, but find him under the thrall of a flower called the Black Mercy, a gift from Mongul. Under its control, Superman experiences his greatest desire, life on an unexploded Krypton. While Wonder Woman fights with Mongul, Batman and Robin remove the flower from Superman, and after it briefly attaches to Batman, Robin puts it on Mongul, trapping him in dreams of his own greatest desire.

Reprints

• from Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #11 ([September] 1985)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Superman / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Dave Gibbons (signed)

Inks

Dave Gibbons (signed)

Colors

?

Editing

Julius Schwartz (original editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman

Reprints

• from Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #11 ([September] 1985)

Keywords

Fortress of Solitude

Night Olympics, Part One (Table of Contents: 8)

Green Arrow / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Alan Moore

Pencils

Klaus Janson

Inks

Klaus Janson

Colors

Klaus Janson

Letters

Todd Klein

Editing

Len Wein (original editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Pete Lomax

Synopsis

Black Canary and Green Arrow find that the crooks aren't as bold as they used to be. This leads to a discussion of how the bad crooks are getting worse. Then, from a rooftop, Black Canary is shot by an arrow.

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #549 (April 1985)

Night Olympics, Part Two (Table of Contents: 9)

Green Arrow / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Alan Moore

Pencils

Klaus Janson

Inks

Klaus Janson

Colors

Klaus Janson

Letters

Todd Klein

Editing

Len Wein (original editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Pete Lomax

Synopsis

Green Arrow goes after the archer that shot Black Canary.

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #550 (May 1985)

Mogo Doesn't Socialize (Table of Contents: 10)

Tales of the Green Lantern Corps / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Alan Moore

Pencils

Dave Gibbons

Inks

Dave Gibbons

Colors

Anthony Tollin

Letters

Dave Gibbons

Editing

Len Wein (original editor)

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Tomar Re; Arisia; Mogo; Bolphunga The Unrelenting

Synopsis

Tomar Re tells Arisia why Mogo never attends the Green Lantern Corps meetings.

Reprints

• from Green Lantern (DC, 1960 series) #188 (May 1985)

Father's Day (Table of Contents: 11)

Vigilante / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Paris Cullins

Inks

Rick Magyar

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

Marv Wolfman (original editor)

Genre

superhero; crime; detective-mystery

Characters

Vigilante [Adrian Chase]; Jodie Linnaker

Reprints

• from The Vigilante (DC, 1983 series) #17 (May 1985)

Father's Day (Table of Contents: 12)

Vigilante / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script

Alan Moore

Pencils

Jim Baikie

Inks

Jim Baikie

Colors

Tatjana Wood

Letters

Annie Parkhouse

Editing

Marv Wolfman (original editor)

Genre

superhero; crime; detective-mystery

Characters

Vigilante [Adrian Chase]; Carl Linnaker; Joanne Linnaker (dies in this story); Jodie Linnaker; Fever; Louise (dies in this story)

Synopsis

Vigilante becomes involved in a child abuse case.

Reprints

• from The Vigilante (DC, 1983 series) #17 (May 1985)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Vigilante / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jim Baikie

Inks

Jim Baikie

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

Marv Wolfman (original editor)

Genre

superhero; crime; detective-mystery

Characters

Vigilante [Adrian Chase]; Fever; Jody Linnaker; Carl Linnaker; Louise

Reprints

• from The Vigilante (DC, 1983 series) #18 (June 1985)

Father's Day Part II (Table of Contents: 14)

Vigilante / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script

Alan Moore

Pencils

Jim Baikie

Inks

Jim Baikie

Colors

Tatjana Wood

Letters

Annie Parkhouse

Editing

Marv Wolfman (original editor)

Genre

superhero; crime; detective-mystery

Characters

Vigilante; Carl Linnaker (dies in this issue); Jodie Linnaker; Fever

Synopsis

As Vigilante tries to save Jodie Linnaker from her abusive father, Carl Linnaker tells his side of the story from a letter he wrote to Jodie from jail.

Reprints

• from The Vigilante (DC, 1983 series) #18 (June 1985)

Brief Lives (Table of Contents: 15)

Vega / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Alan Moore

Pencils

Kevin O'Neill

Inks

Kevin O'Neill

Colors

Carl Gafford

Letters

Todd Klein

Editing

Alan Gold (original editor)

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Synopsis

Two giants live at a speed much slower than the creatures trying to conquer them.

Reprints

• from The Omega Men (DC, 1983 series) #26 (May 1985)

A Man's World (Table of Contents: 16)

Vega / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Alan Moore

Pencils

Paris Cullins

Inks

Rick Magyar

Colors

Carl Gafford

Letters

Todd Klein

Editing

Alan Gold (original editor)

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

An alien anthropologist tries to find out how an alien race propagates without any women.

Reprints

• from The Omega Men (DC, 1983 series) #27 (June 1985)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

Superman and Swamp Thing / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Rick Veitch

Inks

Rick Veitch

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

Julius Schwartz (original editor)

Genre

horror-suspense; superhero

Characters

Superman; Swamp Thing

Reprints

• from DC Comics Presents (DC, 1978 series) #85 [Direct] (September 1985)

The Jungle Line (Table of Contents: 18)

Superman and Swamp Thing / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script

Alan Moore

Pencils

Rick Veitch

Inks

Al Williamson

Colors

Tatjana Wood

Letters

John Costanza

Editing

Julius Schwartz (original editor)

Job Number

S-4639

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; Swamp Thing; Lana Lang; Dr. Everett; Flash [Barry Allen] (cameo); Wonder Woman [Diana Prince] (cameo); Batman [Bruce Wayne] (cameo); Jimmy Olsen (cameo); Bloodmorel (a fungus)

Synopsis

Clark comes in contact with a fungus from Krypton that will eventually kill him. Driving south due to his powers intermittently failing, he crashes in a swamp and stumbles upon the one creature that might help him-- Swamp Thing.

Reprints

• from DC Comics Presents (DC, 1978 series) #85 (September 1985)

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Tygers (Table of Contents: 19)

Tales of the Green Lantern Corps / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Alan Moore

Pencils

Kevin O'Neill

Inks

Kevin O'Neill

Colors

Anthony Tollin

Letters

John Costanza

Editing

Len Wein (original editor); Andy Helfer (original editor)

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Green Lantern [Abin Sur]; The Empire of Tears; Qull of the Five Inversions; the Guardians of the Universe (cameo- flashback); images in Abin Sur's mind: Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Weaponers of Qward; Ranx, the Sentient City; Children of the White Lobe; Green Lantern [Sodam Yat, a Daxamite]; Green Lantern [Mogo]

Synopsis

Abin Sur seeks a crippled ship that has crashed on Ysmault, a lifeless planet in a forbidden territory by the Guardians. There Abin finds The Empire of Tears-- hellish demons that taunt him, including Qull of the Five Inversions. Qull freely answers three questions for Abin about the crippled ship, Abin's future and the Guardians' greatest catastrophe. And in doing so destroys Abin Sur years in the future.

Reprints

• from The Green Lantern Corps Annual (DC, 1986 series) #2 ([December] 1986)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20)

The Phantom Stranger / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jim Aparo

Inks

Jim Aparo

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

Robert Greenberger (original editor)

Genre

superhero; fantasy-supernatural

Reprints

• from Secret Origins (DC, 1986 series) #10 [Direct] (January 1987)

Footsteps (Table of Contents: 21)

The Phantom Stranger / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Alan Moore

Pencils

Joe Orlando

Inks

Joe Orlando

Colors

Joe Orlando

Letters

Bob Lappan

Editing

Robert Greenberger (original editor)

Genre

superhero; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Phantom Stranger

Synopsis

By deciding not to choose sides during the fall of Lucifier and his rebels, an angel is cursed to walk the earth alone, friend to neither angels or demons.

Reprints

• from Secret Origins (DC, 1986 series) #10 (January 1987)

In Blackest Night (Table of Contents: 22)

Tales of the Green Lantern Corps / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Alan Moore

Pencils

Bill Willingham

Inks

Terry Austin

Colors

Gene D'Angelo

Letters

John Costanza

Editing

Andy Helfer (original editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Katma Tui; Guardians of the Universe; F-Sharp Bell (a blind Green Lantern)

Synopsis

Katma Tui is sent by the Guardians to recruit a new member to the Corps-- one who is blind and has no concept of light or color.

Reprints

• from Green Lantern Annual (DC, 1987 series) #3 ([August] 1987)

Villains in Love! (Table of Contents: 23)

Batman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Ed Hannigan

Inks

John Byrne

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

Len Wein (original editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman; Clayface; Penguin

Reprints

• from Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #11 [Direct] ([July] 1987)

Mortal Clay (Table of Contents: 24)

Batman / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script

Alan Moore

Pencils

George Freeman

Inks

George Freeman

Colors

Lovern Kindzierski

Letters

John Costanza

Editing

Len Wein (original editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman; Clayface [Preston Payne]; Commissioner James Gordon

Synopsis

Clayface tries to make a life with a woman he has always loved-- a store mannequin named Helena.

Reprints

• from Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #11 ([July] 1987)

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Batman; Superman; Superman and Swamp Thing / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)