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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published September 1988
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 2.00 USD; 2.70 CAD; 0.80 GBP
Pages 52
Editing Andy Helfer

Cover Details

Characters Guardians [Gloss [Xiang Po]; Harbinger [Lyla Michaels]; Ram [Takeo Yakata]; Floro; Extraño [Gregorio de la Vega]; Jet [Celia Windward]]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Joe Staton (signed)
Inks Mark Farmer (signed)

1 page Meanwhile... promo (ad from the publisher)

Synopsis Dick Giordano writes about the passing of Milt Caniff.
Script Dick Giordano
Letters Typeset
Notes Includes a checklist of other DC titles published the same week as this issue.

40 page New Guardians story "The New Guardians"

Characters Guardians [Gloss [Xiang Po]; Harbinger [Lyla Michaels]; Ram [Takeo Yakata]; Floro; Extraño [Gregorio de la Vega]; Jet [Celia Windward]]; Dr. Vankort; Minister Janwillem Kroef; Piet Broem; The Hemo-Goblin; Thomas Kalmaku; Keith Kalmaku (Thomas Kalmaku's son); Kari Kalmaku (Thomas Kalmaku's daughter); Herupa Hando Hu (Guardian of the Universe; Cameo; Flashback); Nadia Safir (Zamoran; Cameo; Flashback); Geo-Force (Cameo; Flashback); Manhunter (Cameo; Flashback); Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] (Cameo; Flashback); Superman [Clark Kent]; (Cameo; Flashback); Mister Miracle [Scott Free] (Cameo; Flashback); Terga Kalmaku (Thomas Kalmaku's wife); Levon
Synopsis Minister Kroef sends the Hemo-Goblin to attack the New Guardians. After stopping the Hemo-Goblin, who is a vampire, they learn that he has AIDS.
Genre superhero
Script Steve Englehart
Pencils Joe Staton
Inks Mark Farmer
Colors Anthony Tollin
Letters John Costanza