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Issue: Across the Universe: The DC Universe Stories of Alan Moore #[nn]
Publication Date: August 2003
 
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Publisher: FlagDC
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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 06/25/2003
Volume:
Pages: 212
ISBN: 1401200877
UPC/EAN: 76194123925500111
Price: $32.95 CAD
$19.95 USD
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Content Items: 26 (13 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Dale Crain (Senior Editor, Collected Edition)
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U. S.
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Binding: Softcover
Publishing Format: Collected Edition
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Dave Gibbons
Dave Gibbons
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Subject Matter
horror, science fiction, superhero
Superman; Green Arrow; Tales of the Green Lantern Corps; Vigilante; Vega; Superman and Swamp Thing; Phantom Stranger; Batman
Superman; Alan Moore; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Green Lantern [Katma Tui]; Swamp Thing; Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Clayface [Preston Payne]; Green Lantern [Tomar Re]; Vigilante [Adrian Chase]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Mongul; Phantom Stranger; Robin [Jason Todd]; Green Lantern [Abin Sur]
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Across the Universe: The DC Universe Stories of Alan Moore

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Frontispiece.
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Across the Universe: The DC Universe Stories of Alan Moore

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dave Gibbons
Dave Gibbons
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Subject Matter
Superman; Alan Moore; Green Lantern [Katma Tui]; Clayface [Preston Payne]; Green Lantern [Tomar Re]; Vigilante [Adrian Chase]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Mongul; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Robin [Jason Todd]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]
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Title page. Uses elements of the cover image.
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dave Gibbon (Alan Moore background & Superman Annual cover); Joe Orlando (Secret Origins image); Pat Broderick (Detective covers); Joe Staton (Green Lantern cover, GL Annual #2 cover (finished pencils) & GL Annual #3 cover); Paris Cullins (Vigilante #17 cover); Jim Baikie (Vigilante #18 cover); Shawn McManus (Omega Men covers); Rick Veitch (DCCP cover); Gil Kane (GL Annual cover (layouts)); Jim Aparo (Secret Origins cover); Ed Hannigan (Batman Annual cover)
Dave Gibbon (Alan Moore background & Superman Annual cover); Joe Orlando (Secret Origins image); Pat Broderick (Detective covers); Bruce Patterson (Green Lantern cover); Rick Magyar (Vigilante #17 cover); Jim Baikie (Vigilante #18 cover); Shawn McManus (Omega Men covers); Rick Veitch (DCCP cover); Bruce Patterson (GL Annual #2 cover); Jim Aparo (Secret Origins cover); P. Craig Russell (GL Annual #3 cover); John Byrne (Batman Annual cover)
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Alan Moore; Phantom Stranger; Mongul; Superman; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Tim Drake]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Harvey Bullock; Green Lantern [John Stewart]; Vigilante [Adrian Chase]; Jodie Linnaker; Primus; Harpis; Kalista; Green Lantern [Abin Sur]; Green Lantern [Katma Tui]
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Uses mostly images from the covers in which the stories in this volume appeared, over artwork from the cover of this volume. Images taken from Secret Origins (DC, 1986 series) #10, Superman Annual (DC, 1983 series) #11, Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #549 & 550, Green Lantern (DC, 1976 series) #188, The Vigilante (DC, 1983 series) #17 & 18, The Omega Men (DC, 1983 series) #26 & 27, DC Comics Presents (DC, 1978 series) #85, Green Lantern Corps Annual (DC, 1986 series) #2, Green Lantern Annual (DC, 1987 series) #3, and Batman Annual (DC, 1982 series) #11.
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Introduction

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Dave Gibbons
Joe Orlando; George Freeman; Klaus Janson; Dave Gibbons; Bill Willingham; Kevin O'Neill
Joe Orlando; George Freeman; Klaus Janson; Dave Gibbons; Terry Austin; Kevin O'Neill
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Phantom Stranger; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Robin [Jason Todd]; Commissioner Jim Gordon; Green Lantern [Katma Tui]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Bolphunga; Mogo
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Illustrations from Secret Origins (DC, 1986 series) #10, Batman Annual (DC, 1982 series) #11, Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #550, Superman Annual (DC, 1983 series) #11, Green Lantern Annual (DC, 1987 series) #3, Green Lantern Corps Annual (DC, 1986 series) #2, and Green Lantern (DC, 1976 series) #188.
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Credits
Dave Gibbons
Dave Gibbons
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Julius Schwartz (original editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman
Superman; Mongul; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Jason Todd]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
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For the Man Who Has Everything...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Alan Moore
Dave Gibbons
Dave Gibbons
Tom Ziuko
Dave Gibbons
Julius Schwartz (original editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman
Superman [Kal-El]; Lyla Lerrol Kal-El (in Superman's mind); Allura Zor-El (in Superman's mind); Van-El (in Superman's mind); Orna-El (in Superman's mind); Kara Zor-El (in Superman's mind); Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Jason Todd]; Jor-El (in Superman's mind); Lor-Em (in Superman's mind); Dax-Ar (in Superman's mind); Mongul; Thomas Wayne (cameo, in Batman's mind); Martha Wayne (cameo, in Batman's mind); Joe Chill (cameo, in Batman's mind); Jax-Ur (as a picture on a handout, in Superman's mind); Brainiac (cameo, in Mongul's mind); Bolphunga The Unrelenting (cameo, in Mongul's mind); Adam Strange (cameo, in Mongul's mind); A Guardian of the Universe (cameo, in Mongul's mind); Hyanthis (cameo, in Mongul's mind); A Branx warrior (cameo, in Mongul's mind); Martian Manhunter (cameo, in Mongul's mind)
Wonder Woman, Batman, and Robin arrive at the Fortress of Solitude to celebrate Superman's birthday, but find him under the thrall of a flower called the Black Mercy, a gift from Mongul. Under its control, Superman experiences his greatest desire, life on an unexploded Krypton. While Wonder Woman fights with Mongul, Batman and Robin remove the flower from Superman, and after it briefly attaches to Batman, Robin puts it on Mongul, trapping him in dreams of his own greatest desire.
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Credits
Dave Gibbons (signed)
Dave Gibbons (signed)
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Julius Schwartz (original editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman
Superman
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Night Olympics, Part One

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Alan Moore
Klaus Janson
Klaus Janson
Klaus Janson
Todd Klein
Len Wein (original editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Green Arrow
Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Pete Lomax
Black Canary and Green Arrow find that the crooks aren't as bold as they used to be. This leads to a discussion of how the bad crooks are getting worse. Then, from a rooftop, Black Canary is shot by an arrow.
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Night Olympics, Part Two

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Credits
Alan Moore
Klaus Janson
Klaus Janson
Klaus Janson
Todd Klein
Len Wein (original editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Green Arrow
Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Pete Lomax
Green Arrow goes after the archer that shot Black Canary.
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Mogo Doesn't Socialize

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Alan Moore
Dave Gibbons
Dave Gibbons
Tony Tollin
Dave Gibbons
Len Wein (original editor)
Subject Matter
science fiction, superhero
Tales of the Green Lantern Corps
Tomar Re; Arisia; Mogo; Bolphunga The Unrelenting
Tomar Re tells Arisia why Mogo never attends the Green Lantern Corps meetings.
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FlagGreen Lantern #188 [Direct] published May 1985
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Father's Day

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Credits
Paris Cullins
Rick Magyar
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Marv Wolfman (original editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Vigilante
Vigilante [Adrian Chase]; Jodie Linnaker
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Father's Day

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Alan Moore
Jim Baikie
Jim Baikie
Tatjana Wood
Annie Halfacree
Marv Wolfman (original editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Vigilante
Vigilante [Adrian Chase]; Carl Linnaker; Joanne Linnaker (dies in this story); Jodie Linnaker; Fever; Louise (dies in this story)
Vigilante becomes involved in a child abuse case.
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FlagThe Vigilante #17 published May 1985
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Credits
Jim Baikie
Jim Baikie
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Marv Wolfman (original editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Vigilante
Vigilante [Adrian Chase]; Fever; Jody Linnaker; Carl Linnaker; Louise
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Father's Day Part II

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Credits
Alan Moore
Jim Baikie
Jim Baikie
Tatjana Wood
Annie Halfacree
Marv Wolfman (original editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Vigilante
Vigilante; Carl Linnaker (dies in this issue); Jodie Linnaker; Fever
As Vigilante tries to save Jodie Linnaker from her abusive father, Carl Linnaker tells his side of the story from a letter he wrote to Jodie from jail.
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FlagThe Vigilante #18 published June 1985
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Brief Lives

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Alan Moore
Kevin O'Neill
Kevin O'Neill
Carl Gafford
Todd Klein
Alan Gold (original editor)
Subject Matter
science fiction, superhero
Vega
Two giants live at a speed much slower than the creatures trying to conquer them.
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A Man's World

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Alan Moore
Paris Cullins
Rick Magyar
Carl Gafford
Todd Klein
Alan Gold (original editor)
Subject Matter
science fiction
Vega
An alien anthropologist tries to find out how an alien race propagates without any women.
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FlagThe Omega Men #27 published June 1985
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Rick Veitch
Rick Veitch
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Julius Schwartz (original editor)
Subject Matter
horror, superhero
Superman and Swamp Thing
Superman; Swamp Thing
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FlagDC Comics Presents #85 [Direct Sales] published September 1985
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The Jungle Line

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Alan Moore
Rick Veitch
Al Williamson
Tatjana Wood
John Costanza
Julius Schwartz (original editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman and Swamp Thing
Superman [Clark Kent]; Swamp Thing; Lana Lang; Dr. Everett; Flash [Barry Allen] (cameo); Wonder Woman [Diana Prince] (cameo); Batman [Bruce Wayne] (cameo); Jimmy Olsen (cameo); Bloodmorel (a fungus)
Clark comes in contact with a fungus from Krypton that will eventually kill him. Driving south due to his powers intermittently failing, he crashes in a swamp and stumbles upon the one creature that might help him-- Swamp Thing.
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FlagDC Comics Presents #85 [Direct Sales] published September 1985
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Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Tygers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Alan Moore
Kevin O'Neill
Kevin O'Neill
Anthony Tollin
John Costanza
Len Wein (original editor); Andy Helfer (original editor)
Subject Matter
science fiction, superhero
Tales of the Green Lantern Corps
Green Lantern [Abin Sur]; The Empire of Tears; Qull of the Five Inversions; the Guardians of the Universe (cameo- flashback); images in Abin Sur's mind: Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Weaponers of Qward; Ranx, the Sentient City; Children of the White Lobe; Green Lantern [Sodam Yat, a Daxamite]; Green Lantern [Mogo]
Abin Sur seeks a crippled ship that has crashed on Ysmault, a lifeless planet in a forbidden territory by the Guardians. There Abin finds The Empire of Tears-- hellish demons that taunt him, including Qull of the Five Inversions. Qull freely answers three questions for Abin about the crippled ship, Abin's future and the Guardians' greatest catastrophe. And in doing so destroys Abin Sur years in the future.
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FlagThe Green Lantern Corps Annual #2 [Direct] published December 1986
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Credits
Jim Aparo
Jim Aparo
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Bob Greenberger (original editor)
Subject Matter
occult
Phantom Stranger
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FlagSecret Origins #10 [Direct Sales] published January 1987
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Footsteps

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Alan Moore
Joe Orlando
Joe Orlando
Joe Orlando
Bob Lappan
Bob Greenberger (original editor)
Subject Matter
occult
Phantom Stranger
Phantom Stranger
By deciding not to choose sides during the fall of Lucifier and his rebels, an angel is cursed to walk the earth alone, friend to neither angels or demons.
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FlagSecret Origins #10 [Direct Sales] published January 1987
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In Blackest Night

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Alan Moore
Bill Willingham
Terry Austin
Gene D'Angelo
John Costanza
Andrew Helfer (original editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Tales of the Green Lantern Corps
Katma Tui; Guardians of the Universe; F-Sharp Bell (a blind Green Lantern)
Katma Tui is sent by the Guardians to recruit a new member to the Corps-- one who is blind and has no concept of light or color.
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FlagGreen Lantern Annual #3 [Direct] published August 1987
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Villains in Love!

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Ed Hannigan
John Byrne
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Len Wein (original editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman
Batman; Clayface; Penguin
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FlagBatman Annual #11 [Direct Sales] published July 1987
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Mortal Clay

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Alan Moore
George Freeman
George Freeman
Lovern Kindzierski
John Costanza
Len Wein (original editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Batman
Batman; Clayface [Preston Payne]; Commissioner James Gordon
Clayface tries to make a life with a woman he has always loved-- a store mannequin named Helena.
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FlagBatman Annual #11 [Direct Sales] published July 1987
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Across the Universe: The DC Universe Stories of Alan Moore

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Dave Gibbons; Ed Hannigan; Rick Veitch
Dave Gibbons; John Byrne; Rick Veitch
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typeset
Subject Matter
horror, superhero
Superman; Batman; Superman and Swamp Thing
Superman; Mongul; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Jason Todd]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Clayface [Preston Payne]; Penguin; Swamp Thing
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FlagSuperman Annual #11 [Direct] published September 1985
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagDC Comics Presents #85 [Direct Sales] published September 1985
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagBatman Annual #11 [Direct Sales] published July 1987
was Villains in Love! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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Promotional copy with three small cover reproductions.

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