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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DC Challenge #1

November, 1985
Cover Price: $1.25
12 copies available from $1.75 		Mark EvanierGene Colan
DC Challenge #2

December, 1985
Cover Price: $1.25
12 copies available from $1.00 		Len Wein, Chuck PattonChuck Patton
DC Challenge #3

January, 1986
Cover Price: $1.25
12 copies available from $1.75 		Doug MoenchCarmine Infantino
DC Challenge #4

February, 1986
Cover Price: $1.25
10 copies available from $0.65 		Paul LevitzGil Kane
DC Challenge #5

March, 1986
Cover Price: $1.25
9 copies available from $0.75 		Mike W. BarrDave Gibbons
DC Challenge #6

April, 1986
Cover Price: $1.25
11 copies available from $0.31 		Elliot S! MagginDan Jurgens
DC Challenge #7

May, 1986
Cover Price: $1.25
8 copies available from $2.25 		Paul KupperbergJoe Staton
DC Challenge #8

June, 1986
Cover Price: $1.25
7 copies available from $2.50 		Gerry ConwayRick Hoberg, Dick Giordano, Arne Starr
DC Challenge #9

July, 1986
Cover Price: $1.25
8 copies available from $2.25 		Roy ThomasDon Heck
DC Challenge #10

August, 1986
Cover Price: $1.25
9 copies available from $2.00 		Dan MishkinCurt Swan
DC Challenge #11

September, 1986
Cover Price: $1.25
9 copies available from $1.00 		Marv Wolfman, Cary BatesKeith Giffen
DC Challenge #12

October, 1986
Cover Price: $2.00
5 copies available from $3.50 		Mark Evanier, Dan Mishkin, Roy Thomas, Gerry Conway, Len Wein, Marv WolfmanDan Spiegle, Denys Cowan, Luke McDonnell, Stan Woch, Steve Lightle, Ross Andru, Tom Mandrake