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Issue Details

Issue #71
Published April 1986
Cover Price 1.50 USD
Pages 100
Editing Barbara Randall

Cover Details - "untitled"

Characters Ambush Bug
Genre superhero; humor
Pencils Keith Giffen (signed)
Inks Karl Kesel (signed)

16 page Superman story "The Day the Earth Died!"

Characters Superman; Frank (Doorman at Clark Kent's apartment building); Lori Lemaris; Ronal
Synopsis Superman contemplates dis-arming all the nuclear weapons on the Earth.
Genre superhero
Script Paul Kupperberg; Ed Hannigan (plot)
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Al Williamson
Colors George Roberts
Letters Ed King
Reprinted from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #408 (June 1985)

6 page Tales of the Green Lantern Corps story "Mogo Doesn't Socialize"

Genre super-hero; science fiction
Script Alan Moore
Pencils Dave Gibbons
Inks Dave Gibbons
Colors George Roberts
Letters Dave Gibbons
Reprinted from Green Lantern (DC, 1976 series) #188 (May 1985)

23 page Blue Devil story "Trick Trap"

Characters Trickster
Genre superhero
Script Gary Cohn; Dan Mishkin
Pencils Keith Giffen
Inks Gary Martin
Colors Shelly Eiber
Letters Todd Klein
Reprinted from Blue Devil (DC, 1984 series) #8 (January 1985)

4 page Omega Men story "Brief Lives"

Genre super-hero; science fiction
Script Alan Moore
Pencils Kevin O'Neill
Inks Kevin O'Neill
Colors Karin Orlando
Letters Todd Klein
Reprinted from Omega Men, The (DC, 1983 series) #26 (May 1985)

23 page Swamp Thing story "Rite of Spring"

Genre horror
Script Alan Moore
Pencils Stephen Bissette
Inks John Totleben
Colors Jeanine Casey
Letters John Costanza
Reprinted from Saga of Swamp Thing, The (DC, 1982 series) #34 (March 1985)

7 page Katana story "The Silent Treatment"

Genre superhero
Script Mike Barr
Pencils Jerome K. Moore
Inks Jerome K. Moore
Colors Jeanine Casey
Letters John Costanza
Reprinted from Batman and the Outsiders (DC, 1983 series) #21 (May 1985)

5 page Ambush Bug story "Bits of (Ambush) Bugginess"

Characters Ambush Bug; Superman; Batman; Wonder Woman
Synopsis Ambush Bug makes the rounds to his fellow heroes trying to drum up appearances for Ambush Bug #1.
Genre superhero; humor
Script Robert Fleming; Keith Giffen (plot)
Pencils Keith Giffen
Inks Bob Oksner
Colors Helen Vesik
Letters John Costanza
Reprinted from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #565 (March 1985)

24 page Superman and Adam Strange story "The Ghost of Krypton Past!"

Characters Superman; Adam Strange; Alanna; Sardath; Zazura
Genre super-hero; science fiction
Script Cary Bates
Pencils Klaus Janson
Inks Klaus Janson
Letters Gaspar Saladino
Reprinted from DC Comics Presents (DC, 1978 series) #82 (June 1985)

6 page Tales of the Green Lantern Corps story "Forever Blowing Bubbles"

Genre super-hero; science fiction
Script Mike Baron
Pencils Marshall Rogers
Inks Marshall Rogers
Colors George Roberts
Letters Ben Oda
Reprinted from Green Lantern (DC, 1976 series) #187 (April 1985)

23 page Batman story "Just As Night Follows Day..."

Characters Batman; Robin; Alfred; Julia Pennyworth; Vicki Vale; Commissioner Gordon; Harvey Bullock
Genre superhero
Script Doug Moench
Pencils Gene Colan
Inks Alfred Alcala
Colors Karin Orlando
Letters Ben Oda
Reprinted from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #383 (May 1985)

7 page Atari Force story "Hukka vs. the Bob!"

Characters Hukka; BOB; Chris Champion (off-panel)
Synopsis Chris buys the Hukka a new personal robot pal named BOB. But when BOB's antenna breaks, the robot goes on a rampage.
Genre science fiction
Script Robert Fleming; Keith Giffen (co-plot); Karl Kesel (co-plot)
Pencils Keith Giffen
Inks Karl Kesel
Colors Shelly Eiber
Letters Bob Lappan
Reprinted from Atari Force (DC, 1984 series) #20 (August 1985)