First Wave

([August] 2012)

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

credits, title page / 3 pages (report information)

Pencils

Rags Morales; Phil Noto

Inks

Rick Bryant; Bob Almond; Phil Winslade

Colors

Nei Ruffino

Letters

Clem Robins

Indexer Notes

Contains various illustrations from the stories.

[Batman / Doc Savage Special #1 Cover A]; First Wave Begins! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Pencils

J. G. Jones (signed)

Inks

J. G. Jones (signed)

Colors

J. G. Jones (signed)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Doc Savage

Reprints

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

Bronze Night (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Brian Azzarello

Pencils

Phil Noto

Inks

Phil Noto

Colors

Nei Ruffino

Letters

Clem Robins

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth; James Gordon; Captain Raleigh; Vicki Vale; Doc Savage [Clark Savage, Jr.]; Renny [John Renwick]; 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 #1 Standard Cover]; First Wave (Table of Contents: 4)

First Wave / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

J. G. Jones (painting)

Inks

J. G. Jones (painting)

Colors

J. G. Jones (painting)

Genre

adventure

Characters

Doc Savage; Spirit; Batman

Reprints

• from First Wave (DC, 2010 series) #1 [J. G. Jones Cover] (May 2010)

Keywords

pulp

Indexer Notes

J.G. Jones inscribed his own tombstone on the cover.

First Wave Book One (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Doc Savage [Clark Savage, Jr.]; Johnny [William Harper Littlejohn]; Ham [Theodore Marley Brooks]; Monk [Andrew Blodgett Mayfair]; Renny [John Renwick]; Long Tom [Thomas J. Roberts]; Spirit [Denny Colt]; Dolan; Anton Colossi; John Sunlight; Rima the Jungle Girl

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 Cemetery, 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 #2]; First Wave (Table of Contents: 6)

First Wave / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

J. G. Jones (signed)

Inks

J. G. Jones (signed)

Colors

J. G. Jones (signed)

Genre

adventure

Characters

Batman; The Spirit; Doc Savage

Reprints

• from First Wave (DC, 2010 series) #2 [J. G. Jones Cover] (June 2010)

First Wave Book Two (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Doc Savage [Clark Savage, Jr.]; Johnny [William Harper Littlejohn]; Ham [Theodore Marley Brooks]; Monk [Andrew Blodgett Mayfair]; Renny [John Renwick]; Long Tom [Thomas J. Roberts]; Spirit [Denny Colt]; Ebony White; Avenger [Richard Benson]; Anton Colossi; Madame Colossi; 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 #3 Standard Cover]; First Wave (Table of Contents: 8)

First Wave / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

J. G. Jones (signed)

Inks

J. G. Jones (signed)

Colors

Alex Sinclair (signed as Sinc)

Genre

adventure

Characters

Batman

Reprints

• from First Wave (DC, 2010 series) #3 [J. G. Jones Cover] (July 2010)

First Wave Book Three (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Doc Savage [Clark Savage, Jr.]; Johnny [William Harper Littlejohn]; Renny [John Renwick]; Spirit [Denny Colt]; Dolan; Ebony White; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth; Avenger [Richard Benson]; John Sunlight; Anton Colossi; Madame Colossi; Blackhawks [Ant Manson; Henry Biggs; Wu Cheng; Jenny Cloud]; Red Duggan [Patrick Duggan]

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 steeple climbs 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 #4 Standard Cover]; First Wave (Table of Contents: 10)

First Wave / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

J. G. Jones (painting)

Inks

J. G. Jones (painting)

Colors

J. G. Jones (painting)

Genre

adventure

Characters

Doc Savage; Rima the Jungle Girl

Reprints

• from First Wave (DC, 2010 series) #4 [J. G. Jones Cover] (November 2010)

First Wave Book Four (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Doc Savage [Clark Savage, Jr.]; Johnny [William Harper Littlejohn]; Ham [Theodore Marley Brooks]; Monk [Andrew Blodgett Mayfair]; Renny [John Renwick]; Long Tom [Thomas J. Roberts]; Spirit [Denny Colt]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Avenger [Richard Benson]; Anton Colossi; Rima the Jungle Girl; Blackhawks [Ant Manson; Henry Biggs; Wu Cheng; Jenny Cloud]

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 Neolantis, 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-wielding Rima and her panther hold Johnny's computer disk. Doc Savage will be sacrificed by moonlight on an Aztec temple. Batman overhears and swoops on glider wings to the rescue.

Reprints

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

[First Wave #5 Standard Cover]; First Wave (Table of Contents: 12)

First Wave / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

J. G. Jones (painting)

Inks

J. G. Jones (painting)

Colors

J. G. Jones (painting)

Genre

adventure

Characters

Batman; The Spirit; Doc Savage

Reprints

• from First Wave (DC, 2010 series) #5 [J. G. Jones Cover] (January 2011)

Keywords

pulp

First Wave Book Five (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Doc Savage [Clark Savage, Jr.]; Johnny [William Harper Littlejohn]; Ham [Theodore Marley Brooks]; Monk [Andrew Blodgett Mayfair]; Renny [John Renwick]; Long Tom [Thomas J. Roberts]; Spirit [Denny Colt]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Avenger [Richard Benson]; John Sunlight; Anton Colossi; Rima the Jungle Girl; Blackhawks [Wu Cheng]

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, 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 #6 Standard Cover] (Table of Contents: 14)

First Wave / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

J. G. Jones (signed)

Inks

J. G. Jones (signed)

Colors

J. G. Jones (signed)

Genre

adventure

Characters

Batman; Doc Savage; The Spirit

Reprints

• from First Wave (DC, 2010 series) #6 [J. G. Jones Cover] (March 2011)

First Wave Conclusion (Table of Contents: 15)

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

Doc Savage [Clark Savage, Jr.]; Johnny [William Harper Littlejohn]; Ham [Theodore Marley Brooks]; Monk [Andrew Blodgett Mayfair]; Renny [John Renwick]; Long Tom [Thomas J. Roberts]; Spirit [Denny Colt]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Avenger [Richard Benson]; John Sunlight; Anton Colossi; Madame Colossi; Rima the Jungle Girl; Blackhawks [Ant Manson; Henry Biggs; Wu Cheng; Jenny Cloud]

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)

[Batman / Doc Savage Special #1 Rags Morales Variant Cover] (Table of Contents: 16)

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

Pencils

Rags Morales (signed)

Inks

Rags Morales (signed)

Colors

Nei Ruffino (signed)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman; Doc Savage

Reprints

• from Batman / Doc Savage Special (DC, 2010 series) #1 [Rags Morales Cover] (January 2010)

[First Wave #1 Neal Adams Variant Cover] (Table of Contents: 17)

First Wave / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Neal Adams (signed)

Inks

Neal Adams (signed)

Colors

Moose Baumann (signed as M)

Genre

adventure

Characters

Doc Savage; Spirit; Batman

Reprints

• from First Wave (DC, 2010 series) #1 [Neal Adams Cover] (May 2010)

[First Wave #2 Tony Harris Variant Cover] (Table of Contents: 18)

First Wave / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Tony Harris

Inks

Tony Harris

Colors

Nei Ruffino

Genre

adventure

Characters

Batman; Doc Savage; Spirit

Reprints

• from First Wave (DC, 2010 series) #2 [Tony Harris Cover] (June 2010)

[First Wave #3 Lee Bermejo Variant Cover] (Table of Contents: 19)

First Wave / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Lee Bermejo (painting)

Inks

Lee Bermejo (painting)

Colors

Lee Bermejo (painting)

Genre

adventure

Characters

Batman; Doc Savage; Spirit

Reprints

• from First Wave (DC, 2010 series) #3 [Lee Bermejo Cover] (July 2010)

[First Wave #4 Geoff Darrow Variant Cover] (Table of Contents: 20)

First Wave / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Geof Darrow

Inks

Geof Darrow

Colors

Peter Doherty

Genre

adventure

Characters

Batman; Doc Savage; Spirit

Reprints

• from First Wave (DC, 2010 series) #4 [Geof Darrow Cover] (November 2010)

[First Wave #5 Eduardo Risso Variant Cover] (Table of Contents: 21)

First Wave / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Eduardo Risso (signed)

Inks

Eduardo Risso (signed)

Colors

Trish Mulvihill

Genre

adventure

Characters

Batman; Doc Savage; Spirit

Reprints

• from First Wave (DC, 2010 series) #5 [Eduardo Risso Cover] (January 2011)

[First Wave #6 Jim Lee Variant Cover] (Table of Contents: 22)

First Wave / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jim Lee (signed)

Inks

Jim Lee (signed)

Colors

Alex Sinclair (signed as Sinc)

Genre

adventure

Characters

Batman; Doc Savage; Spirit

Reprints

• from First Wave (DC, 2010 series) #6 [J. G. Jones Cover] (March 2011)

Go Behind the Scenes of The First Wave (Table of Contents: 23)

First Wave / text article / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Brian Azzarello

Pencils

Rags Morales

Inks

Rags Morales

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Notes and character descriptions accompanied by illustrations.