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)