1st Issue Special
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| 1st Issue Special | |
 Cover to 1st Issue Special #12 |
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| Publisher | DC Comics |
|---|---|
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Standard |
| Publication date | April 1975 - April 1976 |
| Number of issues | 13 |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Gerry Conway Mike Grell Bob Haney Robert Kanigher Jack Kirby Joe Simon |
| Artist(s) | Steve Ditko Ramona Fradon Jerry Grandenetti Mike Grell Jack Kirby |
1st Issue Special was a short-lived anthology series from DC Comics, done in similar style to their Showcase series. It ran from 1975-76. Few of the titles actually got their own series, the major exception being Mike Grell's The Warlord which first appeared in issue #8, cover date November 1975.
Issues 1 (featuring Atlas), 5, and 6 (Dingbats) featured art and story by comics legend Jack Kirby, with issue 5 being notable for featuring Kirby's revamp of the DC character Manhunter.
A number of issues featured existing DC Characters:
Issue 3, Metamorpho, written by the characters creator Bob Haney, issue 7, The Creeper, illustrated by the character's creator Steve Ditko, issue 9, The Golden Age character Doctor Fate, and issue 13, Jack Kirby's New Gods.
Issue 12 featured a revised version of the Golden Age Character Starman and would later be used in James Robinson's 1990's series focused on the character Jack Knight.
As of Superman issue 677 Atlas featured in a storyline again written by James Robinson. He promised Atlas would be "a major player in the Superman mythos".
[edit] List of stories and credits
| Issue # | Featured Character - "Story Title" | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Atlas The Great" | Edited, written & drawn by Jack Kirby, Inks & Lettering by D Bruce Berry |
| 2 | The Green Team | Joe Simon & Jerry Grandenetti |
| 3 | Metamorpho, The Element Man - "The Freak And The Billion-Dollar Phantom." | Written by Bob Haney, art by Ramona Fradon |
| 4 | Lady Cop - "Poisoned Love" | Written by Robert Kanigher, art by John Rosenberger & Vince Colletta |
| 5 | Manhunter | Edited, written & drawn by Jack Kirby, Inks & Lettering by D Bruce Berry |
| 6 | Dingbats of Danger Street | The Works Jack Kirby, Inks Mike Royer |
| 7 | The Creeper - "Menace of The Human Fire-Fly." | Script Michael Fleisher, Art Steve Ditko & Mike Royer, Edited by Joe Orlando |
| 8 | The Warlord- "Land of Fear" | Written and Illustrated by Mike Grell, Edited by Joe Orlando |
| 9 | Doctor Fate - "Mummy That Time Forgot" | Martin Pasko - Writer, Walt Simonson Artist, Gerry Conway - Editor |
| 10 | "Us...The Outsiders." | Joe Simon, Jerry Grandenetti & Creig Flessel |
| 11 | Code Name : Assassin | Gerry Conway & Steve Skeates Writers, The Redondo Studio - Artists, Al Milgrom - Embellisher |
| 12 | Starman | Gerry Conway - Writer/Editor, Mike Vosburg & Mike Royer - Artists |
| 13 | New Gods - "Lest Night Fall Forever." | Art by Mike Vosburg, Dialogue by Denny O'Neil, Plot and Editing Gerry Conway |
