Kingdom Come
(DC, 1996, 2008)
™ and ©1996 DC Comics, Inc.
Kingdom Come is an Elseworlds story of what might happen in a different version of the DC Universe. In it we see the world of the near future where super-heroes and super-villains have become largely indistinguishable from each other. Both have both grown jaded with power, and even the heroes have lost any regard for the mere humans they are meant to protect. In the end, their ceaseless battles eventually result in blasting Kansas into a radioactive ruin.
It’s then that an aging pastor is visited by the Spectre and shown what it is that the world has become. It’s a place where super-heroes have taken the place of gods, and where the final battle between them threaten to usher in Ragnarok—the end of the world.
A four-issue tour de force by writer Mark Waid (Flash) and painter Alex Ross (Marvels), Kingdom Come was one of the standout series of 1996.
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Wraparound Cover by Alex Ross
Jul 1996
Cover: $4.95
W: Mark Waid · A: Alex Ross
Elseworlds
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Aug 1996
Cover: $4.95
W: Mark Waid · A: Alex Ross
1st appearance of Zatara (earth 22); Elseworlds
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2nd Printing Cover by Alex Ross
Jul 2008
Cover: $4.95
W: Mark Waid · A: Alex Ross
1st appearance of Zatara (earth 22)
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Sep 1996
Cover: $4.95
W: Mark Waid · A: Alex Ross
Elseworlds; Return of Captain Marvel
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Wraparound Cover by Alex Ross
Oct 1996
Cover: $4.95
W: Mark Waid · A: Alex Ross
Elseworlds
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W: Mark Waid · A: Alex Ross
Preview giveaway
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Cover: $14.95
W: Mark Waid · A: Alex Ross
Collects Kingdom Come #1-4; Collects mini-series with additional material; Elseworlds