DC Challenge

    (DC, 1985-1986)
™ and ©1985 DC Comics, Inc.

Superman encounters a man with a demon rising out of his body. Suddenly, a voice in his head tells him the trick to defeating it. In the Daily Planet building, a copy boy discovers strange inhabitants holding conference on a floor that shouldn’t exist. In Washington, D.C., a nuclear device is stolen and Wonder Woman is sent to stop the criminals. Her investigation leads her to another demonic possession. And someone has sent Bruce Wayne a videotape telling him he knows that Batman and Wayne are one and the same.

DC Challenge is a twelve-issue mini-series that started as an idea at the 1983 San Diego Comic-Con. It’s a round robin affair, with a different team of writers and artists required to continue the story that was begun the month before. No consulting was allowed, and each team had to solve the plot threads left dangling by the previous team. The result is a lot of fun and a mystery which challenged readers: “Can you solve it before we do?”
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  • 1
    #1
    Nov 1985
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    W: Mark Evanier  ·  A: Gene Colan
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    #2
    Dec 1985
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    W: Len Wein, Chuck Patton  ·  A: Chuck Patton
    Len Wein and Chuck Patton are credited as co-plotters
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    #3
    Jan 1986
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    W: Doug Moench  ·  A: Carmine Infantino
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    #4
    Feb 1986
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    W: Paul Levitz  ·  A: Gil Kane
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    #5
    Mar 1986
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    W: Mike W. Barr  ·  A: Dave Gibbons
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    #6
    Apr 1986
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    W: Elliot S! Maggin  ·  A: Dan Jurgens
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    #7
    May 1986
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    W: Paul Kupperberg  ·  A: Joe Staton
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    #8
    Jun 1986
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    W: Gerry Conway  ·  A: Rick Hoberg, Dick Giordano, Arne Starr
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    #9
    Jul 1986
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    W: Roy Thomas  ·  A: Don Heck
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    #10
    Aug 1986
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    W: Dan Mishkin  ·  A: Curt Swan
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    #11
    Sep 1986
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    W: Marv Wolfman, Cary Bates  ·  A: Keith Giffen
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    #12
    Oct 1986
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    W: Mark Evanier, Dan Mishkin, Roy Thomas, Gerry Conway, Len Wein, Marv Wolfman  ·  A: Dan Spiegle, Denys Cowan, Luke McDonnell, Stan Woch, Steve Lightle, Ross Andru, Tom Mandrake
    48 pg.
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