#superboy 1993 issue 65

[vinelark]

just bro things

[supergirlarchives]

Welcome

Hello! Welcome to my blog, The Supergirl Archives! My name is SK and this is side project born out of my love for Supergirl.

So, what are the Supergirl Archives? This is going to be my incomplete journey through the history of Supergirl comics. I’ve long loved the character, and since I have a DC Universe Infinite (DCUI) account, I thought it would be fun to go back and read through a bunch of old Supergirl comics. And I thought it might be fun to chronicle what I read.

This is what I’m planning to read:

THE ADVENTURES OF EARTH-ONE KARA ZOR-EL

Action Comics (vol 1) #252-359, 364-376, running from 1959-1969

Adventures Comics (vol 1) #278, 340, 360, 368, 374, 381-424, running from 1960-1972

Supergirl (vol 1). Supergirl’s first standalone series that ran for 10 issues from 1972-1974.

Supergirl (vol 2). Her second standalone series that ran for 23 issues from 1982-1984.

Superboy (vol 1) #80, from 1960.

the Brave and the Bold (vol 1) #63 147, 160, from 1965-1980.

Wonder Woman (vol 1) #177, 291-293, from 1968-1982.

Superman (vol 1) #241, 307-308, 335, 368, 414-415, from 1971-1986

Justice League of America (vol 1) #98, 132-134, 157, 231-232, from 1972-1984.

Superman Family (vol 1) #182, from 1979.

Detective Comics (vol 1) 508-510, from 1981.

the Phantom Zone (vol 1) #2-4, from 1982.

the Legion of Super-Heroes (vol 2) #294, 300-303, 314-315, from 1982-1894.

the Legion of Super-Heroes (vol 3) #16, from 1985.

Crisis on Infinite Earths (vol 1) #1-12, from 1985-1986.

THE ADVENTURES OF MATRIX

Superman (vol 2) #16, 19-22, 32-34, 65-66, from 1988-1992

Adventures of Superman (vol 1) #440-442, 444, 451, 453-457, 488-489, from 1988-1992

Action Comics (vol 1) #643-644, 674-681, 685-686, from 1989-1993.

Superman: Man of Steel (vol 1) #9, 10, from 1992.

Supergirl and Team Luthor (vol 1) #1, from 1993.

Supergirl (vol 3). Matrix’s standalone 4 issue mini-series the came out in 1994.

Showcase ‘95 #1-2, 12, from 1995.

THE ADVENTURES OF LINDA DANVERS

Supergirl (vol 4). Linda Danver’s series that ran for 80 issues from 1996-2003)

Supergirl Plus the Power of Shazam (vol 1) #1, from 1997.

Superman (vol 2) #160-161, from 2000

Superman: the Man of Steel (vol 1) #104-105, from 2000.

Adventures of Superman (vol 1) #582-583, from 2000.

Action Comics (vol 1) #769-770, from 2000.

Emperor Joker (vol 1) #1, from 2000

THE ADVENTURES OF NEW EARTH KARA ZOR-EL

Supergirl (vol 5). Kara’s reintroduction to the DCU that ran for 67 issues from 2005-2011.

Superman/Batman (vol 1) #8-13, 19, 23-25, 62, 77, from 2004-2010.

Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes (vol 1) #16-36, from 2006-2008. 

the Brave and the Bold (vol 3) 2-6, 17-18, from 2007-2008.

Teen Titans (vol 30 #48-55, from 2007-2008

THE ADVENTURES OF PRIME EARTH KARA ZOR-EL(incomplete)

Supergirl (vol 6). The New 52 run that ran for 40 issues from 2011-2015.

Supergirl (vol 7). The Rebirth run that ran for 42 issues from 2016-2020.

Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow (vol 1). The newest mini-series that ran for 8 issues in 2021-2022.

Why “an incomplete journey”? Well, I don’t know if I’m going to read every issue listed, but I’m going to read as many as I can (while still enjoying it), and I’m going to make sure that at the very worst, I’ll sample from each run. Also, I just can’t read everything because DCUI has a lot of gaps in its Action Comics library and there’s probably other issues of Adventure Comics and Action Comics that feature Supergirl, but what I listed are the major runs available to me.

As of right now, I’m going to focus on the Supergirl stories that happened in the main DCU continuity, which means unfortunately right now AU comics like Gotham City Garage, Bombshells, and the Dark Knights of Steel aren’t on my list, even if they are fantastic.

I’m specifically a fan of Kara Zor-El, but I wanted to read the Matrix and Linda Danvers runs, especially because they’re actually the versions of Supergirl that were around when I first got into her.

IF you’re a hardcore Supergirl fan, you know what happened to Kara in 1985. I haven’t decided if I want to read Crisis on Infinite Earths for this, but a part of me does feel like it’s an important enough part of Supergirl’s comic history to justify it.

I’m looking forward to having fun with this! And to read a bunch of comics (admittedly of varying degrees of quality) about one of my favorite superheroes!

- Hope, Help, and Compassion for all

[kiragecko]

DC Sidekick Age References

Here’s a dump of all the references I’ve found. Know I’m missing a lot, and quite a few were found on other sites that didn’t give me the most precise info.

If you know of anything else, can correct a mistake you see, or want to discuss comic book aging - please send me an ask, message, or reblog!

?? - means I don’t know where the info is from, “quotes” are direct copies of the wording in the comic

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?? Parents died when Bruce was 8

Detective Comics #27 (May 1939) – Batman introduced

Detective Comics #38 (Apr 1940)  – Dick is (8 when parents killed/9 when Robin) 12 when he becomes Robin, it's Bruce's 3rd year as Batman

More Fun Comics 73 (Nov 1941) – Green Arrow Introduced

1962 - JLA formed

1964 – Dick teams up with Wally and Garth

Teen Titans 1 (Jan-Feb 1966) – Teen Titans form, Donna is introduced (all 5 are 14ish?)

Detective 359 (Jan 1967) – Babs introduced, has PhD, has graduated

Batman #217 (Dec 1969) – Dick graduates high school, enrolls in University (starts 3 months later)

1971 - Roy discovered using drugs by Ollie and Hal in a drug den (he was trading arrows for drugs), retcon has Wally and Dick discovering him at tower and making him promise to get help

Justice League 116 (Mar-Apr 1975) Charley Parker is 16

Batman Family 10 (Mar-Apr 1977) – Dick is teenager, Babs is 25

Teen Titans 53 (Feb 1978) – Dick, Wally, Donna, Vic all started college at same time

DC Special Series: The Flash Spectacular (May 1978) – Wally graduates high school

New Teen Titans 1 (Nov 1980) – Raven forms New Titans, Gar is 16 during run

New Teen Titans 2 (Dec 1980) – Slade meets team, Grant dies

1981 - Dick drops out of university after 1 semester, he never really was interested

New Teen Titans 20 (June 1982) – Vic turns 19, Donna already is

Tales of the New Teen Titans 2 (July 1982) – Raven turned 18 just before forming Titans

Batman #357 (Mar 1983) – Jason’s first appearance

Detective Comics #526 (May 1983) – Bruce adopts Jason, Dick is there and approving

New Teen Titans 34 (Aug 1983) – Terra turns 16

Batman #368 (Feb 1984) – Dick gives Jason the Robin costume, Jason becomes Robin

Blue Devil(84) – Eddie is 11/12

Tales of the Teen Titans (May 1984) – Joey introduced, Author describes him as 17?

New Teen Titans #39 (Feb 1984) – Dick stops being Robin, Wally quits being a superhero/the team

Tales of the Teen Titans 50 (Feb 1985) – Terry and Donna's wedding (she got married while 19)

New Teen Titans 10 (July 1985) – Kole says she's at least 18

Crisis on Infinite Earths 7 (Oct 1985) – Supergirl dies in Superman’s arms after mostly destroying the Anti-Monitor, who has to flee reality

New Teen Titans 18 (Mar 1986) – Dick turns 20 (“Dick Grayson celebrates his birthday away from home with a traditional Tamaranean feast.” (While sulking because Kory got space-married))

New Teen Titans 20 (May 1986) – Roy locates baby Lian, Terry Long is 29

?? Roy is 22(when he gets Lian)

Batman #404 - Batman Year One (Feb 1987) – Bruce is 25, spent 12 years training, became Batman at 26, Barbara Gordon is pregnant, her and Jim move to Gotham

Detective Comics #571 (Feb 1987) – we see Bruce’s fear gas induced vision of Jason’s tombstone (birth: 1974 – death: 1986, so he’d be 12)

Secret Origins 13 (April 87) – 15 years ago, it was Dick’s 5th birthday. Soon after tenth birthday, parents are killed. [Set during New TT 18])

Batman #409 (July 1987) – Jason becomes Robin (In Detective Comics, Jason has been Robin the whole time, but is still being wwritten with Pre-Crisis personality)

Flash 1 (June 1987) – Wally turns 20

New Teen Titans Ann 3 (Nov 1987) – Danny Chase is 13 and introduced

Batman #416 (Feb 1988) – Dick in Gotham, meets the new Robin on patrol. Confronts Bruce later, says he was ‘fired’ less than a year ago (since then he was briefly in college), makes Bruce admit he missed him. Dick finds Jason again, expose the drug dealers, and Dick gives Jason his old costume (symbolically, since Jason already has one) and a phone number, Dick was Robin for 6 years

Batman #427 (Winter 1988) – Jason dies

Batman #436, Batman: Year Three (Aug 1989) – 2 years since Dick stopped being Bruce’s sidekick (When he became Nightwing? Or when he quit?), parents died 10 years earlier

Batman #441, A Lonely Place of Dying (Nov 1989) – Tim 13, was 7 when Dick’s parents died

Robin #1 (Jan 1991) – Tim debuts as Robin

New Titans 84 (March 1992) – Joey dies

Deathstroke, the Terminator #15 (Oct 1992) – Rose introduced

Team Titans 3 (Nov 1992) – Robert Long is born

Adventures of Superman 500 (June 1993) – Kon appears and escapes from Cadmus with Newboy Legion, John Henry Irons first appearance, Eradicator and Cyborg Superman also appear for first time

Batman: BTAS: Robin’s Reckoning (1993) - 'Richard 'Dick' Grayson: Age 10'

Detective Comics 668 (Nov 1993) – Tim gets license (because dad is disabled) even though he hasn’t turned 16 yet, gets beat up by Jean-Paul

Flash 92 (July 1994) – Bart aged to 14

?? Shortly after Knight’s End – Tim is 15 and in the 10th grade

Flash 0 (Oct 1994) – Wally is 23

Damage 1(94) – Grant is 16

Deathstroke, The Terminator Annual 4 (Aug 1995) – Rose is 14, “What would that do to a kid? A fourteen-year-old girl whose father is an assassin she’s never met?”

Wonder Woman 105(95) – Cassie is 14

Tempest 1(96) – Garth spends many months in other dimension

Aquaman 20 (May 1996) – Garth aged 3-4 years in other dimension, now older than other Titans

Teen Titans 1 (Oct 1996) – Argent, Risk, Joto, Prysm all turn 16(they were conceived by seed things on same day)

Superboy Annual 2 – to Kon: “Happy birthday, Kid - - number one in a long successful series, we hope.” “He will effectively remain sixteen years old - - forever!”

Green Lantern 82(97) – Robert Long is 3

Wonder Woman 121(97) – Terry and Robert die

Secret Origins Giant 1(98) – Bart is “Three. Fifteen. Depends.”, “you’re almost 15, Tim.”

Titans 5(99) – Donna is 23

Titans(99) – Lian is 4

Sins of Youth(99) – Kon 16, aging normally again

Aquaman 63 (Jan 2000) – Future Garth tells granddaughter Donna about Cerdian being born (think this is his weird birth issue)

Wonder Woman Secret Files (2002) – „Wonder Girl is a precocious outgoing 15-year-old named Cassandra „Cassie“ Sandsmark.“

Bruce Wayne: Murderer (2002) – Oracle says Tim is 15

Batgirl #37 (April 2003) – “Cain said ... today was ... my birthday.”

Batgirl #39 (June 2003) – “I see an eighteen-year-old girl, who’s out of her depth.” (Babs about Cass)

Robin #116 (Sept 2003) – Dana: “Oh, I’m so glad we’ll all be together on Thursday ... !” Tim: “Why? What’s Thursday?” Jack: “Yeah. What’s Thursday?” Dana: “Wait a minute – seriously? Tim: “Yeah. Tell. Us.” Dana: “It’s nothing – never mind. Just leave your schedules open for a nice family dinner.”| Jack: “Dana, what’s – “ Dana: “Shh! Thursday ...  the 19th of July ... ?” Jack: “Um ... oh! Right!” | Steph: “So – Thursday!! Are you excited? Got any ideas for it, yet? ... Tim ... ?” [Tim is asleep.] | [Ives and Steph come over, with pizza that says “Happy B-Day Tim.”] Ives: “Sixteen spankings – get that boy up!!” | Dana says: “I remember when I was in 11th grade.” | he also gets the first ‘clue’ for Bruce’s ‘birthday present.’

Teen Titans 1 (Nov 2003) – Gar is 19, Is this Joey’s return?? (He’s puppeting Slade)

Teen Titans ½ (2004) – Rose’s early years, with a ‘6 years ago’ flashback, she was raised in a brothel her mom ran, tutored, never allowed the outside world, but had relationships with kids her age

Detective Comics #790 (Mar 2004) – Jason’s 18th birthday “he would have been 18 today”

Teen Titans 8 (April 2004) – Raven looks 'barely older' than Cassie

TEEN TITANS #1/2 [2004]: The flashback panels totally sync up with my age theories; Flash to 10 years ago: Dick Grayson’s parents die. Flash to 6 years ago: Rose Wilson is schooled at home by her mother, Lili. Flash to 5 years ago: Ravager I is killed. Flash to 3 years ago: Slade is forced to kill Jericho. Flash to 2 years ago: Cadmus attempts to clone Superman. Flash to 18 months ago: Rose deals with the death of her mother. Flash to one week ago: Bart Allen is shot by Slade.

Identity Crisis 4 (Dec 2004) –(Tim still 16)

Green Arrow 47(05) – Mia is 17

Return of Donna Troy 3(05) – Cassie barely 16

Nightwing: Year One(05) – Dick is 26

Batgirl #65 (Aug 2005) – Cass decides to figure out if Shiva is her mom, Jason and Cass roughly the same age

Flash(05/06) – Wally is 26

?? Robin #136 – Tim still 16 ???

Detective Comics #868 (Oct 2010)– Kate is 32 years old??

One Year Later(Mar 06)

Flash 1(06) – Bart 4 years older(20?)

Blue Beetle 2 (June 2006) – Find out Jaime was in space/a pocket dimension for One Year Later

?? Just prior to 52 (July 2006-July 2007)– told Tim is 17 (long before he’s also  17 in Red Robin, 52 is 1 year long)

Teen Titans 42 (Feb 2007) – Eddie is 17

Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds 3-4 (Apr-June 2009) – Bart and Kon back, same as when died

Batman 677 (July 2008) – Batman over 30

Batman: Battle for the Cowl (May-July 2009) – Damian is 10, Ends with Dick and Damian becoming Batman and Robin

Brave & The Bold 2 (May 2007) – Kara is 17, “You have food in the refrigerator older than her, Hal. Who are you, Ollie? No bad thoughts. She’s seventeen.”

Batgirl #1 (Oct 2009) – Steph starting college

Batgirl #7 (Apr 2010) - Damian is "what happens when you work with a 10-year-old."

Red Robin #12 (July 2010) – Tim spent “a few months” looking for evidence before returning to Gotham, becomes emancipated minor

Detective Comics #871 (Jan 2011)– Mention that Dick and Babs went to prom together

Red Robin #25 (Sept 2011) – Tim “and you are only 17”

The Batman Files (Oct 2014) – Jason was 15 at death (seen on death certificate)

?? Rebirth Young Justice series – Cassie: “didn’t mean to end up back in high school feeling - - like I did back when I went to high school.” Later, she says she’s in Metropolis “Working. Going to school in the fall.” So she’s probably starting college.

?? Bart in some Rebirth comic: “Am I six? Am I nineteen? That’s a really freaky thing, right?”

?? At some point: Donna says shes a little older than Kyle

[northoftheroad]

Dick and Tim – brothers in arms

So I got this ask. And it’s a good thing I got it the first night of my summer vacation, and the weather hasn't been great ;-)

Once I started digging for comics with both Tim and Dick, I found several that I've never read. I got the impression Anonymous would like a complete list, so I just kept going. But this means I don't know if they even interact in some of the books, or if they make "blink and you miss it" guest appearances.

I'm sorry if they, by any chance, was asking for reading recommendations for good Dick and Tim moments and not The Complete List... Looking at the number of comics here that I haven't read/can't remember, I'm not really qualified to answer that. But if I had to try, I would mention:  

A Lonely Place of Dying

The New Titans #65

All issues of Nightwing vol 2 with Robin as a guest star, including Nightwing Annual #1 but excluding Annual # 2.

Showcase '93 #11-12

Knightfall Prodigal

Robin vol 2 #10, (DickRobin and TimRobin!) 175

Young Justice vol 1 #22

Teen Titans vol 3 #6

Bruce Wayne – Murderer and Fugitive

Birds of Prey #19

Batman: Gotham Knights # 8-11, 45

Red Robin #11-14

Batman: Gates of Gotham

That being said. Here is, as far as I can find, every comic where both Dick Grayson and Tim Drake have made an appearance (pre-Flashpoint):

Batman vol 1 #436. By Marv Wolfman, art Pat Broderick and John Beatty.

Batman # 436. (Tim's first appearance, in the circus audience the day Dick's parents were killed.) (1989)

A Lonely Place of Dying. Batman #440-442, New Titans #60-61. (When Tim tries to talk Dick into becoming Robin again but ends up wearing the Robin suit himself to help Batman and Robin.) (1990)

The New Titans #64 (1990)

The New Titans #65. By Marv Wolfman, art Tom Grummet and Al Vey.

The New Titans #65. (Tim turns up at Dick's place to learn what it is to be Batman's partner.) (1990)

Batman vol 1 #455 (1990)

Batman: Shadow of the Bat #1-2 (1992)

Superman: The Man of Steel #20 (1993)

Superman vol 2 #76 (1993)

Batman vol 1 #500 (1993)

New Titans #100 (1993)

Showcase '93 #11-12 (1993)

Justice League of America #70 (1993)

Bloodbath #1-2 (1994)

Batman vol 1 #510 (1994)

Robin vol 2 #0, 8 (1994)

Robin vol 2 #10. By Chuck Dixon, art Tom Grummett and Ray Kryssing.

Robin vol 2 #10 (DickRobin meets TimRobin during Zero Hour. DickRobin is also seen in a panel in Batman vol 1 #511 and Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #4 .) (1994)

Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #1-3 (1994)

Detective Comics #676-677 (1994)

Batman: Shadow of the Bat #29-30 (1994)

Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #62 (1994)

Knightfall Prodigal (Dick's first longer stint as Batman. And he takes care of Tim and the Manor on his own!) In Batman #512-514, Batman: Shadow of the Bat #32-34, Robin # 11-13, Detective Comics #679-681. (1994-1995)

Batman vol 1 #515 (1995)

Detective Comics #686 (1995)

Robin vol 2 #23 (1995)

Green Arrow vol 2 #101 (1995)

Contagion (Detective Comics #696, Batman vol 1 #529, Batman: Shadow of the Bat #49, Batman vol 1 #533, Azrael vol 1 #16, Robin vol 2 #28, Catwoman vol 2 #31) (1996)

The Final Night #2-3 (1996)

Robin vol 2 #29, 32-33 (1996)

Catwoman vol 2 #36 (1996)

Batman: Shadow of the Bat #53-54 (1996)

Detective Comics #698-701 (1996)

Marvel versus DC / DC versus Marvel #2 (1996)

Nightwing vol 2 # 6. (Tim and Dick talk and fight crooks.) (1997)

Batman: Bane (1997)

Ningtwing Annual #1. By Devin Grayson, art Greg Land and Bob McLeod.

Nightwing vol 2 Annual #1. (When Dick fake-marries a girl to investigate if she has murdered her previous husbands.) (1997)

Genesis #1 (1997)

Robin vol 2 #47-48 (1997)

Detective Comics #721, 724 (1998)

Nightwing vol 2 # 20. (Part of Cataclysm.) (1998)

Robin vol 2 #53 (1998)

Nightwing vol 2 # 25. (Tim and Dick talk and ride on train roofs. Dick has decided to become a cop.) (1998)

Batman 80-page Giant #1 (1998)

Brotherhood of the fist (Detective Comics #723, Robin vol 2 #55, Nightwing vol 2 # 28, Green Arrow 3 #135) (1998)

Batman: Bane of the Demon #4 (1998)

Batman vol 1 #554, 556, 560 (1998)

Detective Comics #727-729 (1998-1999)

JLA/Titans: Technis Imperative (1998-1999)

DC Universe Holiday Bash #3 (1999)

Batman 80-page Giant #2 (1999)

Young Justice: Secret Files and Origins #1 (1999)

Batman: Day of Judgment (Zombies...) (1999)

Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #120 (1999)

Robin vol 2 #71 (1999)

Young Justice vol 1 #7 (1999)

Batman and Superman: World's Finest #10 (2000)

No Man's Land. (Robin vol 2 #67, Batman vol 1 #562, Detective Comics #741, Batman: Shadow of the Bat #95, Batman: Legend of the Dark Knight #120, 126, Azrael: Agent of the Bat #56) (1999-2000)

Detective Comics #741 (2000)

Robin vol 2 #74, 76, 82 (2000)

Superman Y2K #1 (2000)

Batman: Gotham Knights #10. By Devin Grayson, art Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez and Rober Robinson.

Batman: Gotham Knights #10-11 (2000)

Batman: Outlaws 1-3 (2000)

Young Justice vol 1 #22 (2000)

Birds of Prey vol 1 #19 (2000)

JLA: Secret Files #3 (2000)

The Hunt for Oracle. (Birds of Prey vol 1 #20-22. Nightwing vol 2 #46.) (2000)

Superboy vol 3 #74 (2000)

Young Justice: Sins of Youth #1 (2000)

Young Justice: Sinds of Youth Secret Files # 1 (2000)

Titans #12 (2000)

Green Lantern: Circle of Fire #1 (2000)

Batman: Gotham Knights #1 (2000)

Harley Quinn #6 (2001)

Birds of Prey # 27 (2001)

Catwoman vol 2 #90 (2001)

Young Justice: Our World's at War #1 (2001)

World's Finest: Our World's at War #1 (2001)

Joker: Last Laugh. (The Joker "jokerize" a number of metahuman villains. In the later part, Joker taunts Nightwing with that he has killed Tim, just as he did Jason. Dick loses it and punches Joker to death, but Batman turns up and resuscitates Joker). (2001)

Harley Quinn #11-12 (2001)

Robin vol 2 #86, 95 (2001)

Gods of Gotham. (Wonder Woman #166-167.) (2001)

Wonder Woman vol 2 #175 (2001)

Nightwing vol 2 #63. (The aftermath of Joker: Last Laugh, where Dick is too depressed to work as Nightwing. Robin and Blue Beetle take his place in Blüdhaven this issue, so they don't actually meet.) (2002)

Azrael: Agent of the Bat #94 (2002)

Young Justice vol 1 #40 (2002)

Birds of Prey vol 1 #37. (2002)

Batman/Nightwing: Bloodborne (2002)

Batman: Gotham Knights #26. By Devin Grayson, art Roger Robinson and John Floyd. 

Bruce Wayne: Murderer and Bruce Wayne: Fugitive (Batgirl vol 1 #27, Nightwing #68-69, Batman: Gotham Knight #26, 28, 30, Birds of Prey vol 1 #40, 43, Batman #600, 605.) (Bruce is accused of murder and refuses to defend himself, and eventually escapes and intends to drop the identity of Bruce Wayne. Dick refuses to believe that Bruce can be a murderer and it causes a bit of friction with Tim.)

Batman: Gotham Knights #32-36 (2002-2003)

Batman: Gotham Knights #38, 42, 46 (2003)

Titans/Young Justice: Graduation Day # 1-3 (2003)

Detective Comics #782 (2003)

JLA/JSA: Virtue & Vice (2003)

Batman vol 1 #615 (Part of Hush) (2003)

Robin vol 2 #108-110, 118 (2003)

Batman: Family # 6-8 (2003)

Teen Titans/Outsiders Secret Files (2003)

JLA: Welcome to the Working Week (2003)

Identity Crisis # 1 (2004)

Robin vol 2 #120 (But not really – the issue is about how Tim has been stalking his friends, imagining them as traitors, including Dick.) (2004)

Robin vol 2 #125 (2004)

Teen Titans vol 3 #6. By Geoff Johns, art Mike McKone and Marlo Alquiza.

Teen Titans vol 3 #6 (2004)

Batgirl vol 1 # 46, 50 (2004)

Superman/Batman #5, 13 (2004)

War Games. (Nightwing vol 2 #97-98, Batman vol 1 #631-634, Detective Comics #799, Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #183-184, Gotham Knights #57) (2004)

Detective Comics # 800 (2005)

Teen Titans vol 3 # 21-25 (2005)

Outsiders vol 3 #25 (2005)

Teen Titans/Outsiders Secret Files (2005)

Nightwing vol 2 # 110. By Devin Grayson, art Phil Hester and Ande Parks.

Nightwing vol 2 #110. (During a period when Dick left the Nightwing identity.) (2005)

Infinite Crisis.  (2005-2006)

Action Comics # 841-843 (2006)

Adventures of Superman #648 (2006)

Nightwing vol 2 Annual # 2. (I honestly don't recommend this, but in the spirit of making a complete list... Tim is visible in two panels, overlapping with Infinite Crisis where Dick almost dies. Otherwise, it's a retelling of the revamped history of Dick and Barbara, including some things that no-one who likes Dick Grayson would agree is in-character.) (2007)

Teen Titans vol 3 #43 (2007)

Gotham: Underground # 1 (2007)

Wonder Woman Annual vol #1 (2007)

Countdown #43 (2007)

52 #30 (2007)

JLA: Classified #34 (2007)

Robin vol 2 #156 (2007)

Shadowpact #10 (2007)

Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Superman-Prime #1 (2007)

Nightwing vol 2 #142. By Peter J Tomasi, penciller Rags Morales.

Freefall (Nightwing vol 2 # 140–146). (One of the very best story arcs of any Nightwing comic. It has gruff Bruce, brotherly bonding, Nightwing and Robin infiltrating an island...) (2008)

Batman: Underground # 6-7 (2008)  

Green Latern vol 4 #25 (2008)

Titans vol 2 #1 (2008)

Robin vol 2 #178 (2008)

Batgirl vol 2 #1 (2008)

The Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul. (Robin vol 2 #169, Nightwing vol 2 #138-139, Detective Comics #839). (2007-2008)

DC Special: Cyborg #2-5 (2008)

Robin vol 2 # 175. (Some fun panels with flashbacks with Dick and Tim.) (2008)

Batman vol 1 #675, 678, 681 (2008)

DC Universe: Lats Will and Testament #1 (2008)

Final Crisis #3 (2008)

Detective Comics #847 (2008)

Batgirl vol 2 # 5-6 (2009)

Superman/Batman #55 (2009)

Detective Comics #850 (2009)

Nightwing vol 2 # 151. (The issue ends with some family time with Dick, Tim and Alfred.) (2009)

Nightwing vol 2 # 153. (Last issue, Dick moves from New York to Gotham and Wayne Manor.) (2009)

Superman #682 (2009)

Teen Titans vol 3 #75 (2009)

Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds #5 (2009)

Robin vol 2 #181, 183 (2009)

Batman vol 1 #686 (2009)

Battle for the Cowl # 1-3. (Jason intends to become the Batman "Gotham needs". When Tim can't convince Dick to take up the cowl, he dresses up as Batman himself to fight Jason. In the end, Dick defeats Jason – and becomes Batman.) (2009)

Batman: Blackest Night #1-3 (2009)

Red Robin 1 # 1, 4 (2009)

Batman vol 1 #697, 702, 703 (2010)

Batman: Gates of Gotham #13 (2010)

Red Robin # 11-15 (2010)

Superman/Batman #76 (2010)

Teen Titans vol 3 #88-89 (2010)

Batman: Orphans #1-2 (2011)

Birds of Prey vol 2 #10 (2011)

Gotham City Sirens # 22 (2011)

Secret Six vol 3 #36 (2011)

Batman: Gates of Gotham #1-5 (2011)

Batman vol 1 #708-709 (2011)

Detective Comics #872, 874, 877, 880, 881 (2011)

Red Robin # 22, 23, 26 (2011)

I'm going to skip post-Flashpoint because, well, there's hardly anything there. The worst thing with Flashpoint/New 52, in my opinion, was that it destroyed relationships between characters who used to be family, but ended up hardly knowing or even liking each other. :-( 

Detective Comics #975. By James Tynion IV, art Álvaro Martínez and Raúl Fernández. 

The only panel worth mentioning with Dick and Tim is from DC #975. Yes, it's sad – one of the best brotherly relationships in DC turned into dust. Here's to hoping future writers will pick up on their wonderful dynamic at some time.

(The pictures in the header are from: Red Robin #12, Young Justice vol 1 #22, Showcase ‘93 #12, Batman #441, Nightwing vol 2 #6, 25.) 

[geeksthetics]

So, under the cut I’ve compiled a master list of all of Donna Troy’s comic book appearances, including cameos (which are marked with a [cameo] next to it). I ordered them in chronological order by the first issue that she appears in of the series, the following issues of that series following after. If I’ve missed any issues, go ahead and tell me. I’m working on making more master lists for other characters and teams but feel free to request any!

Brave and the Bold (1955)

#60 [first appearance], 63 [cameo], 83, 94, 102, 114, 116, 149

Showcase (1956)

#59, 100

Teen Titans (1966)

#1-53, Annual #1

Doom Patrol (1964) #104 [cameo]

The Hawk and the Dove (1968) #5 [cameo]

World’s Finest Comics (1941)

#205, 300 [cameo]

Action Comics (1938)

#410, 532 [cameo], 536 [cameo], 546, 584, 781 [cameo], 782 [cameo]

Superboy (1949) #185

Limited Collectors’ Edition (1972) #34

Super-Team Family (1975)

#1, 7

DC Super-Stars (1976) #1

Detective Comics (1937) #474 [cameo]

DC Special Series (1977) #11 [cameo]

Adventure Comics (1938) #461

Wonder Woman (1942)

#265, 266, 287, 291, 293, 300 [cameo]

DC Comics Presents (1978) #26

New Teen Titans (1980)

#1-34, 36-40 Annual #1, Annual #2

DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (1980) #5

The Flash (1959) #300 [cameo]

Best of DC (1979)

#3, 18, 22, 23, 35, 61, 69

Marvel and DC Presents (1982)

Tales of the New Teen Titans (1982)

#1-4

New Teen Titans Drug Awareness Special (IBM) (1983)

New Teen Titans Drug Awareness Special (Keebler) (1983)

New Teen Titans Drug Awareness Special (NSDI) (1983)

Batman and the Outsiders (1983)

#5, Annual #1 [cameo]

Vigilante (1983) #3 [cameo]

Tales of the Teen Titans (1984)

#41-51, 53-73, 77-81, 84-91, Annual #3, Annual #4

Supergirl (1982) #20 [cameo]

The New Teen Titans (1984)

#0, 1-21, 24-49, Annual #1-4

Teen Titans Index (1985)

#1-3

Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985)

#3-5 [#4 cameo], 9-12 [#12 cameo]

Justice League of America (1960) #240 [cameo]

Red Tornado (1985) #3 [cameo]

The Fury of Firestorm (1982) #42

Last Days of the Justice Society Special (1986) [cameo]

Infinity Inc (1984)

#22, 25 [cameo], 45

Shadow of the Batman (1985) #3 [cameo]

Teen Titans Spotlight (1986)

#1 [cameo], 10 [cameo], 12, 15-17 [cameos], 21

Secret Origins (1986)

Annual #2 [cameo], Annual #3, #13 [cameo], 38 [cameo], 46 [cameo]

Blue Beetle (1986)

#11-14 [#14 cameo]

The Flash (1987)

#0 [cameo], 1, 6 [cameo], 142 [cameo], 159, 160 [cameo], 189, 245 [cameo]

New Titans (1988)

#50-69, 71, 78-80, 82-92, 100, 101, 103, 113, 116-130, Annual #5-7, Annual #11

Christmas with the Super-Heroes (1988) #1

Batman (1940)

#416 [cameo], 440 [cameo]

Batman and Other DC Classics (1989) #1

Best of the Brave and the Bold (1988) #6

Hawk and Dove (1989)

#11, 12

Wonder Woman (1987)

#47-49, 123-136, 160, 161, 165-170, 173-182, 186-188, 222

Deathstroke, the Terminator (1991)

#1 [cameo], 14, 15 [cameo], 45, 48, 49

War of the Gods (1991)

#1-4

Aquaman (1991) #5 [cameo]

Armageddon 2001 (1991) #1 [cameo]

Team Titans (1992)

#1-3, 5-11, 13, 15-19, 21, 22

Titans Sell-Out Special (1992)

Armageddon: Inferno (1992)

#1-4

Darkstars (1992)

#0 [cameo], 21-38

Zero Hour: Crisis in Time (1994)

#0, 1-4

Green Lantern (1990)

#57-59 [#57 cameo], 61, 62, 65, 68-70, 72-75, 78-82, 85, 86, 88-90, 117, 118, 128 [cameo], 147 [cameo], 157, Annual #4 [cameo]

Batman: Shadow of the Bat (1992) #34 [cameo]

Damage (1994)

#10 [cameo], 13, 16

Guy Gardner: Warrior (1994)

#29, 39 [cameo]

Outsiders (1993) #17

Primal Force (1994) #7 [cameo]

Aquaman (1994)

#10 [cameo], 60

Takion (1996) #3

Kingdom Come (1996)

#2-4 [cameos]

Teen Titans (1996)

#4 [cameo], 12

Batman Plus Arsenal (1997) #1 [cameo]

Nightwing (1996)

Annual #1, 10, 103, 106 [cameo]

Genesis (1997)

#1-4

Batman Chronicles (1995) #7

Wonder Woman Secret Files and Origins (1998)

#1-3 [cameos]

Wonder Woman: Donna Troy (1998)

Birds of Prey: The Ravens (1998) #1 [cameo]

Green Lantern Secret Files and Origins (1998) #1 [cameo]

Legends of the DC Universe 80-Page Giant (1998)

#1, 2 [cameo]

JLA in Crisis Secret Files and Origins (1998)

Secret Origins 80-Page Giant (1998)

Superman: The Doomsday Wars (1998) #2 [cameo]

Aquaman Secret Files and Origins (1998) [cameo]

JLA/Titans (1998)

#1-3

Legends of the DC Universe: Crisis on Infinite Earths (1999)

The Titans (1999)

#1-6, 8-50, Annual #1

Titans Secret Files and Origins (1999)

#1, 2

Flash 80-Page Giant (1998) #2

Green Lantern: Fear Itself (1999)

Nightwing Secret Files and Origins (1999) #1

Titans/Legion of Super-Heroes: Universe Ablaze (2000)

#1-4

Beast Boy (2000)

#1 [cameo], 4 [cameo]

Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. (1999) #8 [cameo]

JLA: Created Equal (2000)

#1 [cameo], 2 [cameo]

Young Justice: Sins of Youth (2000) #1

Young Justice: Sins of Youth Secret Files and Origins (2000)

Superboy (1994)

#80, 81

JLA Secret Files and Origins (2000) #3

Superman and Batman: World’s Funnest (2001) [cameo]

JLA: Gods and Monsters (2001) [cameo]

Young Justice (1998)

#35, 40 [cameo]

JLA: Our Worlds at War (2001) [cameo]

Wonder Woman: Our Worlds at War (2001)

World’s Finest: Our Worlds at War (2001)

JLA Incarnations (2001) #5 [cameo]

Flash Secret Files and Origins (1997) #3 [cameo]

Supergirl (1996) #65 [cameo]

Green Arrow (2001) #16 [cameo]

Titans/Young Justice: Graduation Day (2003)

#1-3

Outsiders (2003)

#1 [cameo], 16, 25 [cameo], 30-32

Teen Titans (2003)

#0.5, 15 [cameo], 29, 32 [cameo], 45-47, 50, 51, 70, 75 [cameo], 77 [cameo], 78 [cameo]

Teen Titans/Outsiders Secret Files and Origins (2003) [cameo]

JLA/Avengers (2003)

#3 [cameo], 4 [cameo]

DC Special: The Return of Donna Troy (2005)

#1-4

DC: The New Frontier (2004) #6 [cameo]

Teen Titans/Outsiders Secret Files and Origins (2005)

JSA (1999) #77

Solo (2005) #7

Infinite Crisis (2005)

#1-3 [cameos], 6, 7 [cameo]

JLA (1997)

#122, 123

Firestorm (2004)

#19, 22

Infinite Crisis Special: Rann-Thanagar War (2006)

52 (2006)

#2-11, 41 [cameo], 47 [cameo], 50 [cameo], 51

The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive (2006) #2 [cameo]

Justice League of America (2006)

#0 [cameo], 41-53, 55-60

Superman (1939)

#657, 658, 692 [cameo]

Justice (2006)

#8 [cameo], 10 [cameo], 11

World War III (2007)

#1, 2, 4

Wonder Woman (2006)

#1-4, Annual #1, 13 [cameo], 17 [cameo], 22, 23, 27-29, 33 [cameo], 37-39

Ion (2006)

#3, 8, 10-12

Teen Titans Go (2004)

#34 [cameo], 36, 39, 41, 46, 50, 52 [cameo], 54

Amazons Attack (2007) #2

Supergirl (2005)

#18 [cameo], 53 [cameo]

All-New Atom (2006)

#13-15

Outsiders: Five of a Kind - Thunder/Martian Manhunter (2007) [cameo]

Black Adam: The Dark Age (2007) #1 [cameo]

Countdown (2007)

#27-32, 34-43, 45-49, 51

Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Parallax (2007) [cameo]

Countdown Presents: The Search for Ray Palmer (2008) Wildstorm

Wonder Girl (2007)

#1 [cameo], 5 [cameo], 6 [cameo]

Booster Gold (2007)

#3 [cameo], 7 [cameo], 17 [cameo], 22-24, 26 [cameo], 33 [cameo]

Countdown Presents: Lord Havok and the Extremists (2007)

#1, 2

Countdown Presents: The Search for Ray Palmer (2008) Crime Society

Countdown Presents: The Search for Ray Palmer (2008) Red Rain

Countdown Presents: The Search for Ray Palmer (2008) Gotham by Gaslight

Titans East Special (2008)

Superman/Batman (2003)

#43, 50, 80 [cameo]

Countdown Presents: The Search for Ray Palmer (2008) Superwoman/Batwoman

Countdown Presents: The Search for Ray Palmer (2008) Red Son

Teen Titans Lost Annual (2008)

Teen Titans: Year One (2008)

#1-6

The Brave and the Bold (2007)

#10, 15 [cameo]

Countdown to Final Crisis (2008)

#1-21, 24, 26

Tiny Titans (2008)

#1-4, 6-8, 11-19, 21, 23, 27-29, 31-33, 35, 37, 40, 41, 46, 48, 50

DC Special: Cyborg (2008) #1 [cameo]

DC/Wildstorm: Dreamwar (2008)

#1, 2, 4-6 [cameos]

Titans (2008)

#1-13, 15-18, 20-23, 30, 36 [cameo], 38, Annual #1

Final Crisis (2008)

#3 [cameo], 5 [cameo]

DC Universe: Last Will and Testament (2008)

Robin (1993) #178 [cameo]

Final Crisis: Resist (2008) #1 [cameo]

Trinity (2008)

#32-35, 38

Vigilante (2009)

#4-6

Flash: Rebirth (2009)

#1-2 [cameos]

Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds (2009) #5 [cameo]

Blackest Night: Titans (2009)

#1-3

Blackest Night (2009)

#4-6, 8

Batman: Widening Gyre (2009) #3 [cameo]

Justice League: Cry for Justice (2009)

#5-7

DC Universe Holiday Special ‘09 (2010)

Blackest Night: The Flash (2010) #1 [cameo]

Blackest Night: Wonder Woman (2010) #2

Green Lantern (2005) #50

Adventure Comics (2009) #7 [cameo]

Justice League: The Rise of Arsenal (2010)

#1, 2, 4 [cameo]

Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2009) #16

Superman: War of the Supermen (2010) #4 [cameo]

Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne (2010)

#3 [cameo], 5

JSA: All-Stars (2010) #7 [cameo]

DC Universe Legacies (2010)

#4, 5

Justice Society of America (2007)

#41-43

Untold Tales of Blackest Night (2010)

Tiny Titans/Little Archie and His Pals (2010)

#1, 2

New Teen Titans: Games (2011)

All-New Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2011)

#4, 7 [cameo]

Green Lantern Corps (2006) #58 [cameo]

JLA 80-Page Giant (2011) [cameo]

DC Comics Presents: Teen Titans (2011) #1

Secret Six (2008) #36

Superman: Doomed (2014) #2 [cameo]

Tiny Titans: Return to the Treehouse (2014)

#4, 5

Wonder Woman (2011)

#37-46, 50, Annual #1

The New 52: Futures End (2014)

#41 [cameo], 42 [cameo]

Justice League (2011) #40 [cameo]

Convergence: Titans (2015)

#1, 2 

Convergence: New Teen Titans (2015)

#1, 2

Convergence (2015)

#6-8 [cameos]

Convergence: Suicide Squad (2015) #2 [cameo]

Titans Hunt (2015) 

#1-8

DC Comics Presents: Robin War (2016) [cameo]

Wonder Woman: Earth One (2016) #1 [cameo]

DC Universe: Rebirth (2016) [cameo]

Titans: Rebirth (2016)

Titans (2016)

#1-present

Wonder Woman 75th Anniversary Special (2016) [cameo]

Nightwing (2016) #9

DC Rebirth Holiday Special: What a Year for a New Year (2017)

Teen Titans (2016) #8

Deathstroke (2016) #19

Teen Titans: The Lazarus Contract, Conclusion (2016)

Aquaman (2016) #27 [cameo]

Bombshells: United (2017)

#1-present

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PAGE x PAGE MINI-ANALYSIS — “FIRST SIGHTING: SUPERBOY” from THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #500 (1993)

PUBLISHED: DC Comics, June 1993

SCRIPT: Karl Kesel

PENCILS: Tom Grummett

INKS: Doug Hazelwood

(After this point, I don’t know for sure who did what — this is just one of many stories in this king-sized issue, with only the script, pencils, and inks credited to this story in particular. However, Grummett and Hazelwood also drew the 40+ page story that makes up the bulk of the issue, and so it wouldn’t be the craziest thing to assume they did the duties on this story as well. Acknowledging that this is an assumption, those credits are:

COLORS: Glenn Whitmore

LETTERS: Albert De Guzman

EDITORIAL: Mike Carlin with Jennifer Frank)

Fun autobiographical fact: my mother bought this comic fresh off the stands, way back in the summer of 1993. A direct followup to THE DEATH OF SUPERMAN, this five and a half dozen page monster ran her $2.95, plus Texas state sales tax. I was all of three years old and didn’t know Superman from Peter Pan, so I wonder: did she run the numbers and figure, yeah, the son of a behavioral economics professor and an information systems management consultant was probably going to be the kind of serial fiction nerd who’d appreciate this comic? Did she take a gamble on the outside shot of it becoming a collectable? Or, Occam’s Razor: after all the media coverage about how DC Comics had killed the Man of Tomorrow, she saw the “BACK FROM THE DEAD?! THE MAN OF STEEL FIGHTS FOR HIS LIFE!” cover blurb and thought it might be worth the three dollars ten to find out how he did.

[Cover by Jerry Ordway]

In today’s mini-analysis, I’ll be looking at just four pages of this issue. I was flipping through it for the first time in years and appreciating it in a new light, owing to my newfound appreciation for the action-packed but emotionally intelligent storytelling of penciller Tom Grummett. The issue ends in four short stories that introduce the four infamous replacement Supermen; Steel, The Eradicator, The Cyborg Superman, and of course, my man Superboy — and it wasn’t until this read-though that I realized the Superboy segment was scripted by Karl Kesel, someone who does the same kind of clean, classical work with the writing that Grummett does with the art. Now, full disclosure: I’ve worked with Karl on BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: GODS AND MONSTERS for Dynamite Entertainment, but I’d like to think that instead on biasing me in Karl’s favor, it just gave me a greater understanding of his scripting acumen. I’m sure you agree. 

Since Kesel and Grummett are currently reuniting to resurrect their sci-fi adventure series SECTION ZERO on Kickstarter — more on that at the end of the analysis — I thought their four-page introduction to the Metropolis Kid might be worth an in-depth look. 

THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #500 and all characters contained therein are property of DC Comics, reproduced here solely for educational purposes.

***

Before we start, this is the page that precedes Kesel and Grummett’s story (this preceding story scripted by Roger Stern with art by Jackson Guice and Denis Rodier):

So, this is what’s in our heads as we head into our next story, yeah? Okay. Onward.

PAGE ONE

The opening of this page has a couple hoops to jump through: it’s the start of this new four-page story, and has to introduce us to our characters and setup like any opening panel has to. But it also has to maintain the loose illusion of being a continuation of the main sixty-five page narrative; it can’t indulge in a splashy title page. And lastly, it has to execute a pretty acute tone shift from the darker than dark “Vengeance of Superman” vignette Stern and Guice just served up.

The path that vaults all hoops at once: Environment As Action. The blaring alarm at four in the morning, the scrambling troops (who in this first panel act more as setting than as characters), and a couple simple caption boxes letting us know what’s up. Background? Man, to hell with a background, we only got four pages for this thing — it’s all action, it’s all information, and it’s coming straight for us, right down to our super heroic focal point character making eye contact and shouting orders at us. This is How You Engage a Reader 101. 

The rest of the page immediately, but smoothly, gets us up to speed. Who’s the Captain America guy? The Guardian. What’s his deal? He’s in charge of the Cadmus soldiers. Who’s the suit? Westfield. A reminder of the early hour — that’s clearly important, and Kesel doesn’t want us to forget it. What’s Westfield’s relationship to the Guardian and the soldiers? The wet blanket superior officer who commands authority but not respect. Who do we like more? The Guardian, because he’s a better leader and we’ve seen his face, so we connect more with him even though his face is now partially masked. Plus he looks like a cool superhero, while Westfield looks like your friend’s lame dad. And it all ends on a classic page-turn cliffhanger: “No telling who — or WHAT — is on the other side!”

Five panels in, and already we’ve forgotten all about “the Vengeance of Superman…”

PAGE TWO

Ballsy use of such a huge panel in such a short story. The muted, mid-tone coloring of the lab not only makes the Guardian stand out, maintaining him as our focal character for this scene, but also draws our attention to the small scrap of bright red Superman cape hanging on the shattered glass tube. Situating that scrap in the bottom right quadrant of the panel guides our eye clockwise towards the next panel. And just in case you didn’t notice the scrap on its own, Grummet uses Westfield’s eyeline and his outreached hand to draw an invisible line to it. Also of note: Guardian, the honest hero just doing his job, notices the big thing, the shattered tube — Westfield, who knows what’s really going on in that lab, is the one who notices the scrap first.

Guardian is super dominant in the rest of this scene. He picks up the scrap, taking physical charge of the evidence of Cadmus’ sketchy Kryptonian secret. He’s looking directly back at Westfield, who’s turned away from him and is making excuses; signs of weakness. Guardian continues to be the largest/strongest presence in panel three and again in four, where he aligns with our POV as we look up at Packard. Speaking of Packard, he’s rocking another very recognizable lame dad look. So far the two grown-ups we’ve seen who aren’t exciting soldiers or cool superheroes are stuffy, grumpy squares. This is what adults are like in this Superboy story. 

Note how the room feels full of soldiers throughout this scene, even though there’s only ever one soldier in each panel. The smoke filling the room goes a long way to achieving this effect, suggesting unseen mass, and Guardian seals it by commanding “McFarlane” to “Have your squad search every inch of this place.” Great way to keep the scene full, but not cluttered.

PAGE THREE

As we change from interior to exterior settings, the page layout changes from the boxy, squarish panels of the previous pages to a series of page-wide horizontal panels. Nearly every panel is a good example of a different way to utilize this type of layout, starting with panel one: it gives us a nice wide establishing shot, clearly showing the geography of the tunnel entrance, the highway, and Metropolis beyond.

In panel two, the powerful left to right movement of Superboy punching the grate off the tunnel entrance is enhanced by how it utilizes all the vertical space, giving the feeling of focused power — like a bullet through a barrel.

In panel three, we see how well a horizontal layout helps us introduce a bunch of characters at once, with lots of non-active space on either side of them for everybody to get in a line of character-establishing dialogue. Kesel even sneaks in a nice little hint at the nature of Superboy’s powers. Notice that the Newsboy in the middle of the pack doesn’t get a line, but that’s fine, because he’s featured heavily in the next panel. No need to cram everyone’s moment into the same panel, which usually feels forced anyhow. 

In panels two through five, the limited vertical space is employed to cut our freshly-minted Superboy into segments. By keeping us from seeing all of him at once, we build his mystique and the anticipation of the reader, not to mention helping us get a feel for the individual elements of his complex new costume.

PAGE FOUR

Ladies and gentlemen: a late but strong entry for best superhero costume of the 20th century. After teasing him for pages, we get this legitimately iconic reveal of our new Superboy — no matter what he says he is. We also benefit from how well Kesel and Grummett established the spatial relationship of Metropolis, the tunnel, and the highway, so that we don’t need to show any of the Newsboys to know we’re sharing their POV here. We’re so familiar with the space at this point, we inherently know that’s where we are. This composition is thematically strong, too — he’s throwing this last defiant declaration before turning back around and heading down into Metropolis, into whatever adventures await him there. It’s like a low-grade cliffhanger. It’s a promise of something exciting to come. This is how you introduce a character.

***

You can buy the full 65-page issue of THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #500 for the surprisingly low price of $1.99 off Comixology! It’s absolutely worth the read, containing one of my favorite Pa Kent stories ever. 

Now, like I said -- SECTION ZERO!

Kesel and Grummett reunite to bring back the high quality old school team-based adventure  comic — one of the few types of fiction that genuinely does work better in the medium of comics than it does anywhere else, and these guys are high in the top list of creators who can pull it off. If the Superboy pages above did anything for you, SECTION ZERO is totally on your frequency. Take a look:

Right?

If you want to read more preview pages and learn more about the project, I highly encourage everybody to check out the SECTION ZERO Kickstarter — it’s entering its last week and I so want to see this book on my shelf. 

***

As always, feel free to check me on any mistakes I might have made, add your own commentary, or share similar examples of good comics done well. I’ll be back next week with a different, longer comic to peruse.

Be well!

PREVIOUS PAGE x PAGE ANALYSES:

ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #69 (with Aud Koch)

THE SHADOW STRIKES! #13

PETER PARKER: SPIDER-MAN #13

BATMAN: GOTHAM ADVENTURES #17

[geeksthetics]

Because I’m such a Diana hoe, here is a full master list of all of Diana of Themyscira’s/Diana of Paradise Island’s/Diana Prince’s appearances. It’s a hell of a long list so it’s all under the cut. I tried ordering it all in chronological order as best as I could, with the first issue of a series she appears in followed by the others in that series she appears in. I’ll be updating it regularly as issues and series are released. Also, maybe check out my Donna Troy master list?

All-Star Comics (1940)

#8 [first appearance], 11-22, 24-57, 69, 70, 74

Sensation Comics (1942)

#1-106

Wonder Woman (1942)

#1-329, 600-614

Comic Cavalcade (1942)

#1-29

Big All-American Comic Book (1944)

Brave and the Bold (1955)

#28-30, 60, 63, 78, 87, 105, 116, 131, 140, 158, 197

Justice League of America (1960)

#1-31, 33-41, 43-45, 48, 50, 52-61, 63, 65-71, 74-76, 82, 83, 85, 93, 97, 100-102, 112-116, 123, 124, 128, 129, 132-140, 143-146, 149-153, 155, 157-162, 164-170, 172-180, 182, 183-185 187-190, 192, 193, 195-197, 200, 202-206, 209, 210, 212, 217-224, 231, 232, 237-242, 244, 259, 261 Annual #1

Secret Origins Special Giant Issue (1961)

Mystery in Space (1951) #75

The Flash (1959)

#129, 137, 175, 178, 213, 215, 276, 277, 300, 323, 327, 328, 329

Atom (1963) #8

Green Lantern (1960)

#29, 78, 108, 175, 181, 192

Aquaman (1962)

#18, 30

Showcase (1956) #59

80-Page Giant (1964) #8

Detective Comics (1937) #347

Teen Titans (1966)

#1, 22, 53, Annual #1

Doom Patrol (1964) #104

Metal Men (1963)

#21, 56

Superman's Girlfriend, Lois Lane (1958)

#74, 93, 136, 137

Superman (1939)

#199, 241, 242, 326, 661, 664, 668, 681, 683, 708, Annual #11

Action Comics (1938)

#336, 452, 480, 481, 483, 489, 514, 535, 56, 565, 583

DC Special (1968)

#3, 16, 19, 27

Adventure Comics (1938)

#397, 416, 451, 459-464, 466 485

World’s Finest (1941)

#199, 204, 244-255, 281, 286-288, 300, 302

DC 100-Page Super Spectacular (1971)

#DC-6, 17

Superboy (1949) #185

Secret Origins (1973) #3

Amazing World of DC Comics (1974)

#2, 15

Four-Star Spectacular (1976)

#1-6

Super-Team Family (1976)

#4, 14

Freedom Fighters (1976)

#4, 5

DC Super-Stars (1976) #10

DC Special Series (1977)

#6, 9, 10, 19

Secret Society of Super-Villains (1977)

#11, 13, 15

DC Comics Presents (1978)

#9, 22, 26, 30, 32, 41, 76, Annual #2

Best of DC (1979)

#3, 21, 31, 32, 58, 61, 66, 69, 70

DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (1980)

#3, 5, 11, 13, 15

New Teen Titans (1980)

#1, 3-5, 14, 38

All-Star Squadron (1981)

#1-4, 14, 16, 17, 19-21, 25, 27-32, 36, 37, 50, 57, 59, 60, Annual #1-3

Phantom Zone (1982)

#2, 4

Firestorm (1982)

#4, 69

Batman and the Outsiders (1983)

#1, 26

Green Lantern/Green Arrow (1983) #2

Infinity Inc (1984)

#1, 3-5, 7-12, 18, 19, 21, 22, 25, 27, Annual #1

Swamp Thing (1982)

#24, 75

Supergirl (1982) #20

Tales of the Teen Titans (1984)

#45, 49, 50, 65, 72

America vs the Justice Society (1985)

#1-4

Blue Devil (1984) #10

New Teen Titans (1984)

#6, 13

Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985)

#4-7, 9-12

Red Tornado (1985)

#1, 3

Ambush Bug (1985) #3

Teen Titans Index (1985) #3

DC Challenge (1985) #1

The Last Days of the Justice Society Special (1986)

Outsiders (1985) #6

Aquaman (1986) #4

The Legend of Wonder Woman (1986)

#1-4

Wonder Woman (1987)

#0, 1-226, 1000000, Annual #1-8

Adventures of the Outsiders (1983) #44

Legends (1986) #6

Secret Origins (1986) #14

Superman (1986)

#5, 7, 65, 66, 76, 83, 118, 156, 165k, 173, 202, 208-211, 226

Karate Kid (1986) #14

Adventures of Superman (1987)

#435, 440, 488, 489, 522, 565-567, 583, 605, 628, 636-638, 642, 643, 646, 647, 649, Annual #4, Annual #6

Aquaman Special (1988)

Teen Titans Spotlight (1988) #18

Green Lantern Corps (1986) #220

Millennium (1988)

#1, 3-8

Christmas with the Super-Heroes (1988) #2

Justice League International (1987)

#22, 24

New Titans (1984)

#51, 52, Annual #5

Invasion! (1989) #2

Blasters Special (1989)

Justice League Europe (1989)

#1, 41, 43, 49, 50

Flash (1987)

#29, 55, 95, 129, 136-138, 140, 142, 149, 158, 159, 208, 209, 216, 219, 233, 235, 236, 246, 247

Doom Patrol (1987) #29

Justice League America (1989)

#0, 40, 70, 71, 78-91, 93-101, 104, 105, 113, Annual #6-8

Mister Miracle (1989) #17

Armageddon 2001 (1991) #1

Doctor Fate (1988) #32

War of the Gods (1991)

#1-4

Hawkworld (1990) #16

Armageddon: The Alien Agenda (1991) #1

Demon (1990)

#17, 31, 32

DC Silver Age Classics (1992) Brave and the Bold #28

Wonder Woman Special (1992)

Armageddon: Inferno (1992)

#1-4

Batman: Gotham Nights (1992) #2

Superman: Man of Steel (1991)

#10, 20, 35, 89, 105, 109, 117, 127

Eclipso: The Darkness Within (1992) #2

Green Lantern Corps Quarterly (1992) #4

Newstime: The Life and Death of the Man of Steel (1993)

Justice League Quarterly (1990) #11

Guy Gardner (1992)

#11, 15, 16

Showcase ’93 (1993) #11

Bloodbath (1993)

#1, 2

Hawkman (1993)

#4-6, 16, 22, 23, 33

Justice League Task Force (1993)

#7, 8, 13-15, 30, 37

Eclipso (1992)

#15, 16, 18

Guy Gardner: Warrior (1992)

#17, 18, 20, 21, 32-34, 39, 44

Justice League International (1993)

#65-67

Team Titans (1994) #21

Green Arrow (1988)

#88, 133

Green Lantern (1990)

#55, 69, 73, 74, 81, 87, 101, 103, 123, 125, 134-136, 149, 168, 170, 1000000

Spectre (1991)

#22, 47

Zero Hour (1994)

#0, 1-4

Darkstars (1992) #0

Superboy (1994)

Annual #1, 60-62, 65, 91

Force (1995) #7

Gunfire (1994) #13

Aquaman (1994)

#16, 50, 65-69, Annual #1

Underworld Unleashed (1995)

#1-3

Power of Shazam (1995)

#10, 15, 45

Superman: Man of Steel Gallery (1995)

DC Versus Marvel (1996)

#1, 4

Amazon (1996)

Bullets and Bracelets (1996)

Mister Miracle (1996)

#1-3, 5, 6

X-Patrol (1996)

Kingdom Come (1996)

#1-4

Artemis: Requiem (1996)

#1, 2

Impulse (1995)

#14, 47, 67, 78, 86

Justice League: A Midsummer's Nightmare (1996)

#1-3

Final Night (1996)

#1, 2, 4

Legion of Super-Heroes (1989)

#86, 119

Superman/Wonder Woman: Who Gods Destroy (1997)

#3, 4

All Access (1996) #3

JLA (1997)

#1-9, 13, 14, 23-27, 32, 33, 36-70, 72, 74-109, 11-114, 118, Annual #2-4

Wonder Woman Plus Jesse Quick (1997)

Batman Plus Arsenal (1997) #1

Essential Vertigo: Swamp Thing (1996) #4

Aztek: The Ultimate Man (1996) #10

Resurrection Man (1997)

#2, 21, 26, 27

JLA/WildC.A.T.s (1997)

JLA Secret Files and Origins (1997)

#1, 3

Teen Titans (1996) #12

Superman: Distant Fires (1998)

Martian Manhunter (1998)

#0, 2, 4, 6-9, 13, 16, 24, Annual #2

Superman Secret Files and Origins (1998) #1

Wonder Woman Secret Files and Origins (1998)

#1-3

Legends of the DC Universe (1998)

#4, 5, 30-32

JLA: Tomorrow Woman (1998)

Superman Villains Secret Files and Origins (1998)

Wonder Woman: Donna Troy (1998)

Green Lantern Secret Files and Origins (1998) #1

JLA: World Without Grown-Ups (1998)

#1, 2

JLA 80-Page Giant (1998)

#1, 2

Justice League: The Nail (1998)

#1-3

Wonder Woman: The Once and Future Story (1998)

Elseworld’s Finest: Supergirl & Batgirl (1998)

DC One Million (1998)

#1, 4

Hardcore Station (1998)

#5, 6

JLA in Crisis Secret Files and Origins (1998)

Superman: The Doomsday Wars (1998)

#1-3

JLA/Titans (1998)

#1-3

Secret Origins 80-Page Giant (1998)

JLA: Foreign Bodies (1999)

JLA: Superpower (1999)

Justice League of America Super Spectacular (1999)

DCU Holiday Bash (1997) #3

Young Justice Secret Files and Origins (1999)

Superman & Batman: Generations (1999) #2

The Kingdom (1999)

#1, 2

The Kingdom: Planet Krypton (1999) #1

Legends of the DC Universe: Crisis on Infinite Earths (1999)

Young Justice (1998)

#5, 6, 16, 19-21, 24, 35, 54, 1000000

Impulse: Bart Saves the Universe (1999)

Superman: Man of Tomorrow (1998) #13

Hourman (1999)

#1, 5-7, 20, 24

Anarky (1999) #1

Fanboy (1999)

#3, 6

Young Justice 80-Page Giant (1999)

Green Lantern: Fear Itself (1999)

Superman: King of the World (1999)

Superman 80-Page Giant (1999)

Living Assault Weapons (1999)

#1, 3, 5

JLA: Primeval (1999)

Day of Judgment (1999)

#2-5

Son of Superman (1999)

JLA: Seven Caskets (2000)

Body Doubles (1999) #4

DC 2000 (2000)

#1, 2

JLA: Earth-2 (2000)

Legends of the DC Universe 80-Page Giant (2000) #2

JLA Showcase 80-Page Giant (2000)

Superman: Y2K (2000)

Guide to the DC Universe Secret Files and Origins (2000)

JLA: Created Equal (2000)

#1, 2

Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. (1999) #8

Justice Society of America 100-Page Super Spectacular (2000)

Sins of Youth (2000)

#1, 2, Kid Flash and Impulse, Wonder Girls, JLA Jr.

Young Justice: Sins of Youth Secret Files and Origins (2000)

Silver Age 80-Page Giant (2000)

Emperor Joker (2000)

Green Lantern: Circle of Fire (2000)

#1, 2

Green Lantern/Power Girl (2000)

JLA: Heaven's Ladder (2000)

JLA: Act of God (2000)

#1-3

JLA: A League of One (2000)

JLA/Witchblade (2000)

Starman (1994) #73

Superman and Batman: World’s Funnest (2001)

Nightwing (1996)

#52, Annual #2

Justice Leagues: JL? (2001)

Justice Leagues: Justice League of Amazons (2001)

Justice Leagues: JLA (2001)

Titans (1999)

#25, 50

Superboy’s Legion (2001)

#1, 2

JLA: Black Baptism (2001)

#1-4

Spectre (2001)

#3, 23, 24

Orion (2000) #13

Green Arrow (2001)

#4, 17, 47, 75

Bizarro (2001)

JLA: Gods and Monsters (2001)

Superman & Batman: Generations II (2001)

#1, 2

Superman: Our Worlds at War Secret Files and Origins (2001) #1

JLA: Our Worlds at War (2001) #1

Wonder Woman: Our Worlds at War (2001)

Our Worlds at War (2001)

Wonder Woman: Spirit of Truth (2001)

JLA: Gatekeeper (2001)

#1-3

JLA Incarnations (2001)

#6, 7

Green Lantern Legacy: The Last Will and Testament of Hal Jordan (2002)

JLA/Haven: Arrival (2002) #1

The Dark Knight Strikes Again (2001)

#1-3

Power Company (2002) Josiah Power

Power Company (2002) Sapphire

Power Company (2002) Witchfire

JSA (1999)

#33-37, 54, 82

JLA: Destiny (2002)

#1-4

Wonder Woman: The Hiketeia (2002)

Harley Quinn (2000) #23

Legion (2002)

#11, 12

JLA/JSA Secret Files and Origins (2003)

JLA/The Spectre: Soul War (2003)

#1, 2

JLA: Secret Origins (2003)

Aquaman (2003)

#1, 9, 12, 35

JLA/JSA: Virtue and Vice (2003)

Wonder Woman 80-Page Giant (2003)

Supergirl (1996) #79

JLA: Scary Monsters (2003)

#1-6

Superman: Red Son (2003)

#1-3

Batman/Superman/Wonder Woman: Trinity (2003)

#1-3

Batman: Gotham Knights (2000) #42

JLA: Age of Wonder (2003) #2

JLA: Welcome to the Working Week (2003)

Titans/Young Justice: Graduation Day (2003) #3

Avengers/JLA (2003)

#1-4

Teen Titans/Outsiders Secret Files and Origins (2003)

#1, 2

JLA-Z (2003) #3

JLA: Liberty and Justice (2004)

Teen Titans (2003)

#5, 6, 29, 30, 41, 50-52, Annual #1

Formerly Known as the Justice League (2003) #6

Plastic Man (2004)

#3, 8, 20

Justice League: Another Nail (2004)

#1, 2

Superman/Batman (2003)

#9-15, 18, 31, 41, 50-52, 55, 56, 63, 66, 76, 78, 80

Birds of Prey (1999)

#68, 100

Identity Crisis (2004)

#1, 4, 6, 7

Majestic (2004) #1

DC Comics Presents: Green Lantern (2004)

DC Comics Presents: Justice League of America (2004)

JLA Secret Files and Origins (2004)

Green Lantern: Rebirth (2004)

#1-6

Justice League Elite (2004)

#4, 12

JLA Classified (2005)

#2, 3, 10-21, 23, 26-41, 47, 49-52

Legion of Super-Heroes (2005) #1

Manhunter (2004)

#6, 25-30

Supergirl (2004)

#5, 28, 33, 34

Countdown (2007)

#0, 1, 5, 14-16, 18, 32, 34, 36, 41-43, 45, 47, 48, 51

OMAC Project (2005)

#1-6

Blood of the Demon (2003)

#3-5

DC Special: Return of Donna Troy (2005)

#2, 4

Justice (2005)

#1-12

Green Lantern Corps: Recharge (2005) #1

Human Race (2005) #7

Infinite Crisis (2005)

#1-3, 5-7

JSA Classified (2005) #4

Solo (2005) #5

Superman Secret Files and Origins 2005 (2006)

JLA Classified: Cold Steel (2006)

#1, 2

Infinite Crisis Secret Files and Origins (2006)

Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis (2006)

#40, 51

Amazing Adventures of the JLA (2006)

52 (2006)      

#3, 5, 8-12, 24, 25, 33, 34, 41, 47-49, 51, 52

Wonder Woman (2006)

#1-44, Annual #1

All-New Atom (2006)

#1, 17, 18

Catwoman (2002) #58

Justice League of America (2006)

#0, 1-8, 12-31, 36, 37, 40, 41, 43, 49, 59

Green Lantern (2005)

#15-17, 24, 25, 40, 43, 49-53, 65

Martian Manhunter (2006)

#3, 8

Teen Titans Go (2004)

#36, 45

Justice Society of America (2007)

#1, 6, 17, 38, 39, 50

Outsiders (2003)

#43, 45

OMAC (2006) #7

Shadowpact (2006)

#10, 16

Amazons Attack (2007)

#1-6

Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes (2006)

All Star Batman and Robin, the Boy Wonder (2005) #5

Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special (2007)

Black Canary (2007)

#1, 2

Aftermath: The Four Horsemen (2007)

#1-6

Booster Gold (2007)

#1, 7, 14, 22, 23, 26, 32, 33

Brave and the Bold (2007)

#6, 7, 10, 12, 15, 18, 33

Outsiders: Five of a Kind (2007) Wonder Woman/Grace

Black Canary Wedding Planner (2007)

JLA/Hitman (2007)

#1, 2

Justice League of America Wedding Special (2007)

Wonder Girl (2007)

#1-6

Black Adam: The Dark Age (2007)

#3, 4, 6

Green Arrow and Black Canary (2007)

#1, 4, 5, 30, 32

Tales of the Sinestro Corps (2007) Cyborg Superman

Tales of the Sinestro Corps (2007) Superman-Prime

Energy & Safety  Adventures with the JLA (2008)

Energy and Safety with the Justice League (2008)

Salvation Run (2008) #1

Countdown Presents: The Search for Ray Palmer (2008) Red Son

Teen Titans Lost Annual (2008)

Teen Titans: Year One (2008)

#1, 3

Tiny Titans (2008)

#1, 7, 8, 14

Checkmate (2006)

#24, 25

DC Super Friends (2008)

#1-29

DC/Wildstorm: Dreamwar (2008)

#1-6

Final Crisis (2008)

#1-7

Green Lantern Corps (2006)

#24, 54

Rann-Thanagar: Holy War (2008) #1

Titans (2008)

#2, 9, 10, 38

Trials of Shazam (2006) #12

Trinity (2008)

#1-52

Final Crisis: Requiem (2008)

Tangent: Superman’s Reign (2008) #5

DC Universe: Last Will and Testament (2008)

Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds (2008) #1

DC Universe: Decisions (2008)

#1, 3, 4

Superman and Batman vs Vampires and Werewolves (2008) #1

Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe: Beginnings (2008)

Kingdom Come Special (2009) The Kingdom

DC Universe Holiday Special (2009)

Final Crisis: Secret Files (2009)

Justice Society of America (2007) #22

Faces of Evil: Prometheus (2009)

Blackest Night (2009)

#0, 4, 5, 7, 8

Wednesday Comics (2009)

#1-12

Batman (1940)

#687, 702

Flash: Rebirth (2009)

Batman: Streets of Gotham (2009)

#2, 16

Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps (2009)

#1, 3, 4, 6

Justice League: Cry for Justice (2009)

#1, 3, 7

Secret Six (2008)

#11-14

Justice League of America 80-Page Giant (2009)

DC Halloween Special (2009)

R.E.B.E.L.S. (2009) Annual #2

Adventure Comics (2009)

#4, 7

Blackest Night: Wonder Woman (2010)

#1-3

Blackest Night: JSA (2010) #3

Milestone Forever (2010) #2

Zatanna (2010) #1

Justice League: Generation Lost (2010)

#1, 2, 10, 15, 20, 22-24

Nemesis: The Imopostors (2010)

#2, 3

Justice League: The Rise of Arsenal (2010) #2

Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne (2010)

#3, 5, 6

Power Girl (2009) #13

Brightest Day: Atom (2010)

DC Universe Legacies (2010)

#3, 4, 6, 8-10

Red Robin (2009) #14

DCU Halloween Special (2010)

JSA 80-Page Giant 2010 (2010)

Justice League of America/The 99 (2010)

#1-3

Untold Tales of Blackest Night (2010)

General Mills Presents: Justice League (2011)

#1-9

New Teen Titans: Games (2011)

Batman Confidential (2007)

#50, 52-54

Flash (2010) #6

Brightest Day (2010)

#15, 23

Time Masters: Vanishing Point (2010) #6

Young Justice (2011)

#0, 2, 6, 11, 21-25

JLA 80-Page Giant (2011)

Booster Gold (2007) #45

Flashpoint (2011)

#2, 4, 5

Flashpoint: The World of Flashpoint (2011)

#1-3

Flashpoint: Abin Sur – The Green Lantern (2011)

#1, 3

Flashpoint: Deadman and the Flying Graysons (2011)

#1, 2

Flashpoint: Lois Lane and the Resistance (2011)

#1, 3

Flashpoint: Wonder Woman and the Furies (2011)

#1-3

DC Retroactive: Justice League of America – The 70’s (2011)

DC Retroactive: Wonder Woman – The 70’s (2011)

DC Retroactive: Wonder Woman – The 80’s (2011)

Flashpoint: The Outsider (2011) #2

Flashpoint: Emperor Aquaman (2011)

#2, 3

Flashpoint: Kid Flash Lost (2011)

#2, 3

Flashpoint (2011) #5

Flashpoint: Frankenstein and the Creatures of the Unknown (2011) #3

DC Comics Presents: Teen Titans (2011)

DC Retroactive: Wonder Woman (2011)

Justice League (2011)

#1, 3-20, 22-23, 30-52

Justice League Dark (2011)

#1, 22, 23

Justice League International (2011)

#1, 22, 24 Annual #1

Wonder Woman (2011)

#0, 1-52, Annual #1

Craftsman Bolt-On System Saves the Justice League (2012)

Batman: The Dark Knight (2011) #4

Voodoo (2011) #4

Superman (2011)

#7, 14-17, 19, 20, 26, 31, 32, 40, 43, 49, 52, Annual #3

Action Comics (2011)

#9, 10, 12, 14, 30-32, 34, 39, 48-52

Captain Atom (2011) #10

Batwoman (2011)

#12-17

Resurrection Man (2011) #12

DC Universe Presents (2011) #0

Stormwatch (2011) #0

Ame-Comi Girls: Featurings (2012)

#1, 2, 5

Green Lantern (2011)

#13, 14, 20

Aquaman (2011)

#15, 16, 30, 46-48, Annual #2

Sword of Sorcery (2012) #3

Injustice: Gods Among Us (2013)

#1-11

Animal Man (2011)

#16, 17

Superboy (2011)

#16, 17, 19, Annual #1

Justice League of America (2013)

#1, 2, 6-10, 13, 14

Supergirl (2011)

#17, 23, 34

Young Romance: A New 52 Valentine’s Day Special (2013)

Ame-Comi Girls (2012)

#1-3, 6, 8

Flash (2011)

Annual #2, #50

Adventures of Superman (2013)

#4, 7, 17

Trinity of Sin: Pandora (2013) #3

DC Universe vs The Masters of the Universe (2013)

#2-4

Superman/Wonder Woman (2013)

#1-29, Annual #1, Annual #2

Forever Evil: A.R.G.U.S. (2013)

#1, 3, 4, 6

Batman Black and White (2013) #3

Constantine (2013) #8

Forever Evil (2013)

#3, 7

Batman/Superman (2013)

#6, 11, 17, 18, 32, Annual #1

Justice League 3000 (2014)

#1-7, 10-15

Harley Quinn (2014)

#3, 16, 20, 30

Injustice: Year Two (2014) #2

Superman Unchained (2013)

#6, 7, 9

Batman and Robin (2011)

#29-31, 33, 34, 40

The New 52: Futures End (2014)

#0, 2, 11, 40, 42, 43, 44

Black Canary and Zatanna: Bloodspell (2014)

The Movement (2013) #12

Superman: Doomed (2014)

#1, 2

Grayson (2014)

#1, 2

Robin Rises: Omega (2014)

The Multiversity (2014)

#1, 2

Secret Origins (2014)

#5, 6, 8, 10

Sensation Comics Featuring Wonder Woman (2014)

#1-17

Booster Gold: Futures End (2014)

Superman: Doomed (2014) #2

Superman/Wonder Woman: Futures End (2014)

Wonder Woman: Futures End (2014)

Tiny Titans: Return to the Treehouse (2014) #5

Batman (2011)

#35, 36

Green Lantern: New Guardians (2011) #36

Green Lantern Corps (2011) #37

The Multiversity Guidebook (2014)

Injustice: Year Three (2014)

#7, 8, Annual #1

Convergence (2015)

#1, 2, 6, 7

Convergence: The Atom (2015)

Convergence: The Flash (2015) #1

Convergence: Plastic Man and the Freedom Fighters (2015) #1

Convergence: Speed Force (2015)

#1, 2

Convergence: Suicide Squad (2015) #1

Convergence: Green Lantern Corps (2015) #1

Convergence: Action Comics (2015)

#1, 2

Convergence: Crime Syndicate (2015)

#1, 2

Divergence (2015)

Convergence: Wonder Woman (2015)

#1, 2

Convergence: Justice League International (2015)

#1, 2

Convergence: Justice Society of America (2015) #2

Convergence: Superman (2015) #2

Convergence: Supergirl: Matrix (2015) #2

DC Comics Presents: Son of Superman (2015)

Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Four (2015)

#1-12, Annual #1

Justice League of America (2015)

#1-3, 5-10

Justice League 3001 (2015)

#1-4, 6-12

Deathstroke (2014)

#7-10, Annual #1

All Star Section Eight (2015)

#1, 4

Martian Manhunter (2015)

#1-3

Young Gotham Sampler (2015)

Cyborg (2015)

#1, 3, 6, 7, 9-11

DC Comics Bombshells (2015)

#1-4, 6, 8-13, 16, 22-26, 29, 30, 33

Detective Comics (2011)

#45, 46

Superman: Lois and Clark (2015) #1

Dark Knight III: The Master Race (2016)

#1, 2, 4, 6

Secret Six (2015) #8

Sinestro (2014)

#17-21

Harley’s Little Black Book (2016)

#1, 6

DC Comics Presents: Robin War 100-Page Spectacular (2016)

Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year Five (2016)

#1-6, 10, 12-17, 19, 20, Annual #1

The Legend of Wonder Woman (2016)

#1-9

Teen Titans (2014)

#17-19

Telos (2015) #5

Catwoman (2011) #50

Harley Quinn and Her Gang of Harleys (2016) #1

Harley Quinn and the Suicide Squad April Fools’ Special (2016)

Justice League: Darkseid War Special (2016)

DC Comics Essentials: JLA (2016)

Wonder Woman: Earth One (2016)

DC Universe: Rebirth (2016)

Legends of Tomorrow (2016) #3

Aquaman: Rebirth (2016)

Black Canary (2015) #12

The Flash: Rebirth (2016)

Green Lanterns: Rebirth (2016)

Superman: Rebirth (2016)

Superman (2016)

#1, 6, 7, 19, 30, Annual #1

Wonder Woman: Rebirth (2016)

Wonder Woman (2016)

#1-present

Justice League: Rebirth (2016)

Justice League (2016)

#1-present

Action Comics (1938)

#598, 600, 670, 675, 690, 753, 754, 761, 770, 781, 782, 792, 902, 904, 817, 818, 829, 833, 834, 836, 842, 850, 872, 873, 888, 889, 960-962, 967, 974, 978, Annual #3, Annual #11

Harley Quinn & the Suicide Squad Special Edition (2016)

The Hellblazer: Rebirth (2016)

Green Lanterns (2016)

#5, 9, 15

Batman (2016)

#5, 22

New Super-Man (2016)

#2, 3, 5, 16, 17

Cyborg: Rebirth (2016)

Trinity (2016)

#1-present

Wonder Woman: The True Amazon (2016)

Wonder Woman 75th Anniversary Special (2016)

Cyborg (2016)

#3, 4

Detective Comics (1932) #942

General Mills Presents Justice League (2017) #3

Aquaman (2016)

#11-13

New Talent Showcase (2017)

Nightwing (2016) #9

DC Rebirth Holiday Special (2017)

Injustice: Ground Zero (2016)

#1-3, 5-8, 10-12

Justice League vs Suicide Squad (2017)

#1-6

Shade the Changing Girl (2016) #3

Justice League of America: Killer Frost Rebirth (2017)

Sixpack and Dogwelder: Hard-Travelin’ Heroz (2016) #6

Suicide Squad (2016)

#10, 23

Batwoman: Rebirth (2017)

Justice League/Power Rangers (2017)

#2-4

Red Hood and the Outlaws (2016) #8

Titans (2016) Annual #1

Harley Quinn (2016) #18

Super Powers (2017) #4

Super Sons (2017)

#3, 4

The Flash (2016)

#21, 23-25, 33

Green Arrow (2016)

#25, 27, 31

The Fall and Rise of Captain Atom (2017) #6

Wonder Woman: Steve Trevor Special (2017)

Wonder Woman/Tasmanian Devil Special (2017)

Injustice 2 (2017)

#6, 13, Annual #1

Dark Days: The Casting (2017)

Blue Beetle (2016)

#12, 13

Dark Knights: Metal (2017)

#1-3

Nightwing: The New Order (2017)

#1, 2

Bombshells United (2017)

#1-present

Batman: The Murder Machine (2017)

Batgirl and the Birds of Prey (2016)

#15, 16

Batman: The Merciless (2017) #1

DC House of Horror (2017)

Gotham City Garage (2017)

#1, 2, 4, 11-present

The Hellblazer (2016) #15

Batman: Lost (2018)

Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps (2016) #32

New Talent Showcase 2017 (2018)