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class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">1978 DC Comics cancellation purge</div> <p>The "<b>DC Explosion</b>" and "<b>DC Implosion</b>" were two events in 1978 – the first an official marketing campaign, the second a sardonic reference to it – in which American comics company <a href="/wiki/DC_Comics" title="DC Comics">DC Comics</a> expanded their roster of publications, then abruptly cut it back. The DC Explosion was part of an ongoing initiative at DC to regain market share by increasing the number of titles they published, while also increasing page counts and cover prices. The so-called "DC Implosion" was the result of the publisher experiencing losses that year due to a confluence of factors, and cancelling a large number of ongoing and planned series in response. The cancellations included long-running series such as <i><a href="/wiki/Our_Fighting_Forces" title="Our Fighting Forces">Our Fighting Forces</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Showcase_(comics)" title="Showcase (comics)">Showcase</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/House_of_Secrets_(DC_Comics)" title="House of Secrets (DC Comics)">House of Secrets</a></i>; new series introduced as part of the expansion such as <i><a href="/wiki/Firestorm_(character)" title="Firestorm (character)">Firestorm</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Steel,_the_Indestructible_Man" class="mw-redirect" title="Steel, the Indestructible Man">Steel: The Indestructible Man</a></i>; and announced series such as <i><a href="/wiki/Vixen_(comics)" title="Vixen (comics)">The Vixen</a></i> which would have been the company's first title starring an African American woman. Former flagship series <i><a href="/wiki/Detective_Comics" title="Detective Comics">Detective Comics</a></i> was also considered for cancellation. Some of the material already produced for these cancelled series was used in other publications. Several of the completed stories were "published" in small quantities as two issues of <i>Cancelled Comics Cavalcade</i>, whose title was a reference to DC's Golden-Age <i><a href="/wiki/Comic_Cavalcade" title="Comic Cavalcade">Comic Cavalcade</a></i> series. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=DC_Explosion_and_DC_Implosion&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The DC Explosion was a 1978 marketing campaign in which DC touted its increasing number of titles in the previous few years and increased story pages in all of its titles, accompanied by higher cover prices.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Explosion campaign itself lasted three months from its debut in comics cover-dated June 1978 until the revamp in comics cover-dated September 1978.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The actual implosion at the company then followed with cancellations and a reduction in the number of titles. </p><p>Since the early 1970s, DC had seen its dominance of the market overtaken by <a href="/wiki/Marvel_Comics" title="Marvel Comics">Marvel Comics</a>, partly because Marvel had significantly increased the number of titles that it published (both original material and reprint books). In large part, the DC Explosion was a plan to overtake Marvel by using its own strategy. DC's expansion actually began in earnest in 1975, when the company debuted 12 titles in the spring and summer, followed by four more titles by the end of the year. DC added 14 titles in 1976 and four more in 1977. </p><p>However, DC experienced ongoing poor sales from the winter of 1977 to the winter of 1978. This has been attributed in part to the North American <a href="/wiki/Blizzard_of_%2777" class="mw-redirect" title="Blizzard of '77">blizzards in 1977</a> and <a href="/wiki/Northeastern_United_States_blizzard_of_1978" title="Northeastern United States blizzard of 1978">1978</a>, which both disrupted distribution and curtailed consumer purchases.<sup id="cite_ref-DialB1_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DialB1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Furthermore, the effects of ongoing economic <a href="/wiki/Inflation" title="Inflation">inflation</a>, recession, and increased paper and printing costs, led to declines in both the profitability of the entire comic book industry and the number of readers. In response, company executives ordered that titles with marginal sales and several new series that were still in development be cancelled.<sup id="cite_ref-DialB1_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DialB1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During these meetings, it was decided that DC's long-running flagship title <i><a href="/wiki/Detective_Comics" title="Detective Comics">Detective Comics</a></i> was to be terminated with #480 — until the decision was overturned following strenuous arguments on behalf of saving the title within the DC office, and <i>Detective</i> was instead merged with the better-selling <i><a href="/wiki/Batman_Family" title="Batman Family">Batman Family</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On June 22, 1978, DC Comics announced staff layoffs and the cancellation of approximately 40% of its line. Editors <a href="/wiki/Al_Milgrom" title="Al Milgrom">Al Milgrom</a><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Larry_Hama" title="Larry Hama">Larry Hama</a> were two of the employees laid off.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cancelled_titles">Cancelled titles</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=DC_Explosion_and_DC_Implosion&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Cancelled titles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As a result of the Implosion, 17 series were cancelled abruptly. Fourteen other titles were cancelled in 1978, for the most part "planned" cancellations announced in DC promos and in the final issues of the comics themselves. The following titles were cancelled due to the Implosion, with the following as their final issue: </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/All_Star_Comics" title="All Star Comics">All Star Comics</a></i> #74 (Sept. cover date) — issue #75 later published in <i><a href="/wiki/Adventure_Comics" title="Adventure Comics">Adventure Comics</a></i> #461 (Jan.–Feb. 1979) and 462 (March 1979); the feature continued there until #466</li> <li><i>Army at War</i> #1 (Nov.) — <a href="/wiki/War_comics" title="War comics">war</a> title</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Batman_Family" title="Batman Family">Batman Family</a></i> #20 (Nov.) — merged into <i><a href="/wiki/Detective_Comics" title="Detective Comics">Detective Comics</a></i> as of issue #481 (Dec. 1978–Jan. 1979)</li> <li><i>Battle Classics</i> #1 (Sept.) — reprint title</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Black_Lightning" title="Black Lightning">Black Lightning</a></i> #11 (Sept.) — issue #12 later published in <i><a href="/wiki/World%27s_Finest_Comics" title="World's Finest Comics">World's Finest Comics</a></i> #260 (Dec. 1979–Jan. 1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Claw_the_Unconquered" title="Claw the Unconquered">Claw the Unconquered</a></i> #12 (Aug.–Sept.)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Madame_Xanadu" title="Madame Xanadu">Doorway to Nightmare</a></i> #5 (Sept.) — merged into <i><a href="/wiki/The_Unexpected_(1968_comic_book)" title="The Unexpected (1968 comic book)">The Unexpected</a></i></li> <li><i>Dynamic Classics</i> #1 (Sept.) — reprint title</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Firestorm_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Firestorm (comics)">Firestorm</a></i> #5 (Oct.) — A new version of the story announced for issue #6 appeared in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Flash_(comic_book)" title="The Flash (comic book)">The Flash</a></i> #294–296 (February–April 1981); the original version was published in the trade paperback <i>Firestorm: The Nuclear Man</i> (2011)<sup id="cite_ref-Firestorm_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Firestorm-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/House_of_Secrets_(DC_Comics)" title="House of Secrets (DC Comics)">House of Secrets</a></i> #154 (Oct.–Nov.) — merged into <i>The Unexpected</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kamandi:_The_Last_Boy_on_Earth" class="mw-redirect" title="Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth">Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth</a></i> #59 (Sept.–Oct.) — the "<a href="/wiki/OMAC_(Buddy_Blank)" title="OMAC (Buddy Blank)">OMAC</a>" back-up stories by <a href="/wiki/Jim_Starlin" title="Jim Starlin">Jim Starlin</a> appeared in <i><a href="/wiki/Warlord_(DC_Comics)" title="Warlord (DC Comics)">The Warlord</a></i> #37–39 (Sept.–Nov. 1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Our_Fighting_Forces" title="Our Fighting Forces">Our Fighting Forces</a></i> #181 (Sept.–Oct.)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Secrets_of_Haunted_House" title="Secrets of Haunted House">Secrets of Haunted House</a></i> #14 (Oct.–Nov.) — revived a year later with issue #15 (August 1979); the title continued until issue #46 (March 1982)<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Showcase_(comics)" title="Showcase (comics)">Showcase</a></i> #104 (Sept.) — the <a href="/wiki/Deadman_(DC_Comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Deadman (DC Comics)">Deadman</a> story for #105 appeared in <i>Adventure Comics</i> #464 and the <a href="/wiki/Creeper_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Creeper (comics)">Creeper</a> story for #106 appeared in <i>The Creeper by Steve Ditko</i> (2010)<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Star Hunters</i> #7 (Oct.–Nov.) - a planned <a href="/wiki/Adam_Strange" title="Adam Strange">Adam Strange</a> back-up story later appeared in <i>World's Finest</i> #262</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Commander_Steel" title="Commander Steel">Steel: The Indestructible Man</a></i> #5 (Oct.–Nov.) — #6 story reworked for <i><a href="/wiki/All-Star_Squadron" title="All-Star Squadron">All-Star Squadron</a></i> #8–9 (April–May 1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Witching_Hour_(DC_Comics)" title="The Witching Hour (DC Comics)">The Witching Hour</a></i> #85 (Oct.) — merged into <i>The Unexpected</i><sup id="cite_ref-Kingman_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kingman-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1978_cancellations_unrelated_to_the_DC_Implosion">1978 cancellations unrelated to the DC Implosion</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=DC_Explosion_and_DC_Implosion&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1978 cancellations unrelated to the DC Implosion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Aquaman" title="Aquaman">Aquaman</a></i> #63 (Aug.–Sept. cover date) — cancellation announced in March 1978. The Aquaman story from #64 was published in <i>Adventure Comics</i> #460 (November 1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Challengers_of_the_Unknown" title="Challengers of the Unknown">Challengers of the Unknown</a></i> #87 (June–July)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/DC_Super_Stars" title="DC Super Stars">DC Super Stars</a></i> #18 (Jan.–Feb.)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Freedom_Fighters_(comics)" title="Freedom Fighters (comics)">Freedom Fighters</a></i> #15 (July–Aug.) — cancelled a few months before the Implosion to make room for other titles in the DC Explosion; storyline was to have been concluded in <i>Secret Society of Super Villains</i> #16–18, which was itself cancelled (see below)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Karate_Kid_(character)" title="Karate Kid (character)">Karate Kid</a></i> #15 (July–Aug.) — cancelled a few months before the Implosion to make room for other titles in the DC Explosion; final story published</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Metal_Men" title="Metal Men">Metal Men</a></i> #56 (February–March) — storyline concluded with the Metal Men being recognized by the United Nations as citizens of the world and not property</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mister_Miracle" title="Mister Miracle">Mister Miracle</a></i> #25 (Sept.) — cancellation announced March 1978.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Return of the <a href="/wiki/New_Gods" title="New Gods">New Gods</a></i> #19 (July–Aug.) — feature concluded in <i>Adventure Comics</i> #459-460</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Secret_Society_of_Super_Villains" title="Secret Society of Super Villains">Secret Society of Super Villains</a></i> #15 (June–July) — cancellation announced March 1978. The characters next appeared in <i>Justice League of America</i> #166–168 (May–July 1979), which picked up where issue #15 left off. The stories from <i>Secret Society of Super Villains</i> #16 and 17 were finally published in <i>Secret Society of Super Villains Vol. 2</i> (2012)<sup id="cite_ref-SSoSV_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SSoSV-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shade,_the_Changing_Man" title="Shade, the Changing Man">Shade, the Changing Man</a></i> #8 (Aug.–Sept.) — cancellation announced March 1978. The "Odd Man" story by <a href="/wiki/Steve_Ditko" title="Steve Ditko">Steve Ditko</a> appeared in <i>Detective Comics</i> #487. Both the <i>Shade</i> and <i>Odd Man</i> stories were published in <i>The Steve Ditko Omnibus Vol. 1</i> (2011)<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Captain_Marvel_(DC_Comics)" title="Captain Marvel (DC Comics)">Shazam!</a></i> #35 (May–June) — merged into <i><a href="/wiki/World%27s_Finest_Comics" title="World's Finest Comics">World's Finest Comics</a></i> with issue #253</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Super-Team_Family" title="Super-Team Family">Super-Team Family</a></i> #15 (Mar.–Apr.) – #16 (a <a href="/wiki/Supergirl_(Kara_Zor-El)" title="Supergirl (Kara Zor-El)">Supergirl</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Doom_Patrol" title="Doom Patrol">Doom Patrol</a> team-up story published in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Superman_Family" title="The Superman Family">The Superman Family</a></i> #191–193)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Teen_Titans" title="Teen Titans">Teen Titans</a></i> #53 (Feb.)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Welcome_Back,_Kotter#Comic_books" title="Welcome Back, Kotter">Welcome Back, Kotter</a></i> #10 (Mar.–Apr.) – final story published in <i><a href="/wiki/Limited_Collectors%27_Edition" title="Limited Collectors' Edition">Limited Collectors' Edition</a></i> #C-57</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cancelled_Comic_Cavalcade"><i>Cancelled Comic Cavalcade</i></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=DC_Explosion_and_DC_Implosion&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Cancelled Comic Cavalcade"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>About 30 titles were affected. Much of the unpublished work saw print in <i>Cancelled Comic Cavalcade</i>, a summer 1978 two-issue <a href="/wiki/Ashcan_comic" title="Ashcan comic">ashcan</a> "series" which "published" the work in limited quantity solely to establish the company's <a href="/wiki/Copyright" title="Copyright">copyright</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-DialB1_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DialB1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The title was a play on DC's 1940s series <i><a href="/wiki/Comic_Cavalcade" title="Comic Cavalcade">Comic Cavalcade</a></i>. Some of the material already produced for the canceled publications was later used in other series. The two volumes, composed of some of these stories along with earlier inventoried stories, were printed by DC staff members in black-and-white on the office photocopier. A total of 35 copies of each volume were produced, and distributed to the creators of the material, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Copyright_Office" title="United States Copyright Office">U.S. copyright office</a> and the <i><a href="/wiki/Overstreet_Comic_Book_Price_Guide" title="Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide">Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide</a></i> as proof of their existence. Considered a valued collectible, a set of both issues was valued as high as $3,680 in the 2011–2012 edition of the <i>Comic Book Price Guide</i>. </p><p>The contents ranged from completed stories to incomplete artwork. The covers featured new illustrations; the first one (by <a href="/wiki/Al_Milgrom" title="Al Milgrom">Al Milgrom</a>) showed the canceled books' heroes lying either unconscious or dead on the ground, the second (by <a href="/wiki/Alex_Saviuk" title="Alex Saviuk">Alex Saviuk</a>) showed the canceled heroes being kicked out of an office by a bespectacled man in a suit. The first issue carried a cover price of 10 cents,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while the second carried a cover price of $1.00,<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but the publications were never actually offered for sale. </p><p><i>Cancelled Comic Cavalcade</i> contained the following material: </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Issue_#1"><span id="Issue_.231"></span>Issue #1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=DC_Explosion_and_DC_Implosion&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Issue #1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Black_Lightning" title="Black Lightning">Black Lightning</a></i> #12 (later printed in <i><a href="/wiki/World%27s_Finest_Comics" title="World's Finest Comics">World's Finest Comics</a></i> #260), cover to issue #13</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Claw_the_Unconquered" title="Claw the Unconquered">Claw the Unconquered</a></i> #13–14</li> <li><i>The Deserter</i> #1<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Madame_Xanadu" title="Madame Xanadu">Doorway to Nightmare</a></i> #6 (later printed in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Unexpected_(1968_comic_book)" title="The Unexpected (1968 comic book)">The Unexpected</a></i>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Firestorm_(character)" title="Firestorm (character)">Firestorm</a></i> #6 (later adapted as back-up stories in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Flash_(comic_book)" title="The Flash (comic book)">The Flash</a></i> #294–296 (February-April 1981), original version published in the <i>Firestorm: The Nuclear Man</i> trade paperback in 2011)<sup id="cite_ref-Firestorm_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Firestorm-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Green_Team_(comics)" title="Green Team (comics)">Green Team: Boy Millionaires</a></i> #1–2 (were to have followed a try-out in <i><a href="/wiki/1st_Issue_Special" title="1st Issue Special">1st Issue Special</a></i> #2)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Issue_#2"><span id="Issue_.232"></span>Issue #2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=DC_Explosion_and_DC_Implosion&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Issue #2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Kamandi" title="Kamandi">Kamandi</a></i> #60–61 ("<a href="/wiki/OMAC_(Buddy_Blank)" title="OMAC (Buddy Blank)">OMAC</a>" back-ups would appear in <i><a href="/wiki/Warlord_(DC_Comics)" title="Warlord (DC Comics)">The Warlord</a></i> #37–39 (September–November 1980), while the Kamandi stories were published in <i>Kamandi Challenge Special</i> in 2017)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Prez_(DC_Comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Prez (DC Comics)">Prez</a></i> #5 (later published in the 2016 trade paperback <i>Prez: The First Teen President</i>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shade,_the_Changing_Man" title="Shade, the Changing Man">Shade, the Changing Man</a></i> #9 ("The <a href="/wiki/Odd_Man_(comics)" title="Odd Man (comics)">Odd Man</a>" story would appear in <i><a href="/wiki/Detective_Comics" title="Detective Comics">Detective Comics</a></i> #487 (December 1979–January 1980))</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Showcase_(comics)" title="Showcase (comics)">Showcase</a></i> #105 featuring <a href="/wiki/Deadman_(DC_Comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Deadman (DC Comics)">Deadman</a> (later printed in a slightly edited form in <i><a href="/wiki/Adventure_Comics" title="Adventure Comics">Adventure Comics</a></i> #464) and #106 featuring the <a href="/wiki/Creeper_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Creeper (comics)">Creeper</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Secret_Society_of_Super_Villains" title="Secret Society of Super Villains">Secret Society of Super Villains</a></i> #16–17 (later published in <i>Secret Society of Super Villains Vol. 2</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-SSoSV_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SSoSV-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Commander_Steel" title="Commander Steel">Steel</a></i> #6 (later reprinted with edits in <i><a href="/wiki/All-Star_Squadron" title="All-Star Squadron">All-Star Squadron</a></i> #8–9 (April–May 1982))</li> <li><i>The <a href="/wiki/Vixen_(comics)" title="Vixen (comics)">Vixen</a></i> #1<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>covers for <i>Army at War</i> #2, <i>Battle Classics</i> #3, <i>Demand Classics</i> #1–2, <i>Dynamic Classics</i> #2, <i><a href="/wiki/Mister_Miracle" title="Mister Miracle">Mister Miracle</a></i> #26, <i><a href="/wiki/Ragman_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ragman (comics)">Ragman</a></i> #6, <i><a href="/wiki/Weird_Mystery_Tales" title="Weird Mystery Tales">Weird Mystery Tales</a></i> #25–26, <i>Western Classics</i> #1–2</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Unpublished_titles">Unpublished titles</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=DC_Explosion_and_DC_Implosion&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Unpublished titles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Among the new series planned, but never published:<sup id="cite_ref-DialB1_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DialB1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Bucky_O%27Hare" title="Bucky O'Hare">Bucky O'Hare</a></i>, a <a href="/wiki/Larry_Hama" title="Larry Hama">Larry Hama</a> creation which was eventually published by <a href="/wiki/Continuity_Comics" title="Continuity Comics">Continuity Comics</a> in 1984<sup id="cite_ref-CBI2018_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBI2018-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Demand Classics</i> (reprint series) with "<a href="/wiki/Flash_of_Two_Worlds" title="Flash of Two Worlds">Flash of Two Worlds</a>" planned for #1</li> <li><i>The Deserter</i> (a <a href="/wiki/Western_comics" title="Western comics">Western</a> created by <a href="/wiki/Gerry_Conway" title="Gerry Conway">Gerry Conway</a> with pencils by <a href="/wiki/Dick_Ayers" title="Dick Ayers">Dick Ayers</a> and inks by <a href="/wiki/Romeo_Tanghal" title="Romeo Tanghal">Romeo Tanghal</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ms._Mystic" title="Ms. Mystic">Ms. Mystic</a></i>, a <a href="/wiki/Neal_Adams" title="Neal Adams">Neal Adams</a>/<a href="/wiki/Michael_Netzer" title="Michael Netzer">Michael Netzer</a> character later published by <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Comics" title="Pacific Comics">Pacific Comics</a> and Continuity Comics<sup id="cite_ref-CBI2018_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBI2018-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Sorcerer</i>, a <a href="/wiki/David_Michelinie" title="David Michelinie">David Michelinie</a>/<a href="/wiki/Bob_Layton" title="Bob Layton">Bob Layton</a> character later used as the basis for the <i>Deathmask</i> series published by <a href="/wiki/Future_Comics" title="Future Comics">Future Comics</a> in 2003<sup id="cite_ref-CBI2018_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBI2018-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Starslayer" title="Starslayer">Starslayer</a></i>, a <a href="/wiki/Mike_Grell" title="Mike Grell">Mike Grell</a> creation later published by <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Comics" title="Pacific Comics">Pacific Comics</a> and <a href="/wiki/First_Comics" title="First Comics">First Comics</a><sup id="cite_ref-CBI2018_23-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBI2018-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>The <a href="/wiki/Vixen_(comics)" title="Vixen (comics)">Vixen</a></i> would have been the first comic book series starring an African American superheroine; the character later made her first appearance in <i><a href="/wiki/Action_Comics" title="Action Comics">Action Comics</a></i> #521 (July 1981). A back-up feature with the <a href="/wiki/Duela_Dent" title="Duela Dent">Harlequin</a> II (Duela Dent) would have begun with issue #2.</li> <li><i>Western Classics</i> (reprint series)</li></ul> <p>Secondary features were planned, but the titles in which three were to appear were cancelled before the stories were published; the reasons why the two that were planned for <i><a href="/wiki/Adventure_Comics" title="Adventure Comics">Adventure Comics</a></i> were left unreleased are unknown: </p> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Martian_Manhunter" title="Martian Manhunter">Manhunter from Mars</a>" in <i>Aquaman</i> <ul><li>Pages from the first story exist. The story was written by <a href="/wiki/Cary_Burkett" title="Cary Burkett">Cary Burkett</a> with pencils by John Fuller and inks by <a href="/wiki/Bob_Layton" title="Bob Layton">Bob Layton</a></li></ul></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Vigilante_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vigilante (comics)">Vigilante</a>" in <i>Aquaman</i></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Captain_Comet" title="Captain Comet">Captain Comet</a>" in <i>Secret Society of Super Villains</i></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Metal_Men" title="Metal Men">Metal Men</a>" in <i>Adventure Comics</i></li> <li>"The Man from Neverwhere", a creation of writer <a href="/wiki/Roger_McKenzie_(comics)" title="Roger McKenzie (comics)">Roger McKenzie</a> for <i>Adventure Comics</i>, "some sort of elvish/magical/time-travel superhero mishmosh of a concept"<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Adam_Strange" title="Adam Strange">Adam Strange</a>" in <i>Star Hunters</i>. 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TwoMorrows Publishing. pp. 13–16. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1893905740" title="Special:BookSources/978-1893905740"><bdi>978-1893905740</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Modern+Masters+Volume+12%3A+Michael+Golden&rft.pages=13-16&rft.pub=TwoMorrows+Publishing&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-1893905740&rft.aulast=Nolen-Weathington&rft.aufirst=Eric&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADC+Explosion+and+DC+Implosion" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-SSoSV-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-SSoSV_14-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SSoSV_14-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFConwayVosburg2012" class="citation book cs1">Conway, Gerry; Vosburg, Mike (2012). <i>Secret Society of Super Villains Vol. 2</i>. DC Comics. p. 328. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1401231101" title="Special:BookSources/978-1401231101"><bdi>978-1401231101</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Secret+Society+of+Super+Villains+Vol.+2&rft.pages=328&rft.pub=DC+Comics&rft.date=2012&rft.isbn=978-1401231101&rft.aulast=Conway&rft.aufirst=Gerry&rft.au=Vosburg%2C+Mike&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADC+Explosion+and+DC+Implosion" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDitko2011" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Steve_Ditko" title="Steve Ditko">Ditko, Steve</a> (2011). <i>The Steve Ditko Omnibus Vol. 1</i>. DC Comics. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4012-3111-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4012-3111-8"><bdi>978-1-4012-3111-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Steve+Ditko+Omnibus+Vol.+1&rft.pub=DC+Comics&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=978-1-4012-3111-8&rft.aulast=Ditko&rft.aufirst=Steve&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADC+Explosion+and+DC+Implosion" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140424202333/http://lsh.0catch.com/ccc/cccintro.htm">"<i>Cancelled Comic Cavalcade</i>: Introduction"</a>. DC Comics. Summer 1978. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://lsh.0catch.com/ccc/cccintro.htm">the original</a> on April 24, 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 22,</span> 2009</span>. <q><span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>"Just to make it official – <i>Cancelled Comic Cavalcade</i>, Vol. 1, No. 1, Summer 1978, DC Comics, Inc.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Cancelled+Comic+Cavalcade%3A+Introduction&rft.pub=DC+Comics&rft.date=1978&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Flsh.0catch.com%2Fccc%2Fcccintro.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADC+Explosion+and+DC+Implosion" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMcAvennieDolan2010" class="citation book cs1">McAvennie, Michael; Dolan, Hannah, eds. (2010). "1970s". <i>DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle</i>. London, United Kingdom: <a href="/wiki/Dorling_Kindersley" class="mw-redirect" title="Dorling Kindersley">Dorling Kindersley</a>. p. 179. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7566-6742-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7566-6742-9"><bdi>978-0-7566-6742-9</bdi></a>. <q>With the devastating <i>DC Implosion</i>, a majority of the thirty-one titles terminated in 1978 were canceled in the middle of storylines. Therefore, staff members "published", in extremely limited quantities, two volumes of <i>Cancelled Comic Cavalcade</i>.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=1970s&rft.btitle=DC+Comics+Year+By+Year%3A+A+Visual+Chronicle&rft.place=London%2C+United+Kingdom&rft.pages=179&rft.pub=Dorling+Kindersley&rft.date=2010&rft.isbn=978-0-7566-6742-9&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADC+Explosion+and+DC+Implosion" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.comics.org/issue/32383">"<i>Cancelled Comic Cavalcade</i> #1 (Summer 1978)"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Grand_Comics_Database" title="Grand Comics Database">Grand Comics Database</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Cancelled+Comic+Cavalcade+%231+%28Summer+1978%29&rft.pub=Grand+Comics+Database&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.comics.org%2Fissue%2F32383&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADC+Explosion+and+DC+Implosion" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.comics.org/issue/32652">"<i>Cancelled Comic Cavalcade</i> #2 (Fall 1978)"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Grand_Comics_Database" title="Grand Comics Database">Grand Comics Database</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Cancelled+Comic+Cavalcade+%232+%28Fall+1978%29&rft.pub=Grand+Comics+Database&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.comics.org%2Fissue%2F32652&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADC+Explosion+and+DC+Implosion" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGrabois1995" class="citation web cs1">Grabois, Michael (November 5, 1995). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120220172618/http://lsh.0catch.com/ccc/cccdsrtr.htm">"<i>The Deserter</i>"</a>. <i>Mike's Comics Page</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://lsh.0catch.com/ccc/cccdsrtr.htm">the original</a> on February 20, 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 26,</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Mike%27s+Comics+Page&rft.atitle=The+Deserter&rft.date=1995-11-05&rft.aulast=Grabois&rft.aufirst=Michael&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Flsh.0catch.com%2Fccc%2Fcccdsrtr.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADC+Explosion+and+DC+Implosion" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWells1997" class="citation cs2">Wells, John (October 24, 1997), "<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>'Lost' DC: The DC Implosion", <i><a href="/wiki/Comics_Buyer%27s_Guide" title="Comics Buyer's Guide">Comics Buyer's Guide</a></i>, no. #1249, Iola, Wisconsin, p. 133, <q>The Deserter...was given his own ongoing title at the 11th hour, only to perish amidst the other cancellations. The origin of tormented Civil War deserter Aaron Hope (by Gerry Conway, Dick Ayers, and Romeo Tanghal) appeared only in <i>Cancelled Comic Cavalcade</i> #1.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Comics+Buyer%27s+Guide&rft.atitle=%27Lost%27+DC%3A+The+DC+Implosion&rft.issue=%231249&rft.pages=133&rft.date=1997-10-24&rft.aulast=Wells&rft.aufirst=John&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADC+Explosion+and+DC+Implosion" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Wells (1997) p. 134: "After being touted in house ads during the summer, details regarding <i>The Vixen</i> #1 appeared in a 'Daily Planet' text page in <i>Batman</i> #305 and <i>The Flash</i> #267. Ultimately, 'Who Is The Vixen?' was printed only in <i>Cancelled Comic Cavalcade</i> #2".</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-CBI2018-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-CBI2018_23-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-CBI2018_23-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-CBI2018_23-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-CBI2018_23-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDallasWells2018" class="citation book cs1">Dallas, Keith; Wells, John (2018). "Part 3: Implosion (1978–1980)". <i>Comic Book Implosion: An Oral History of DC Comics Circa 1978</i>. Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing. p. 85. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1605490854" title="Special:BookSources/978-1605490854"><bdi>978-1605490854</bdi></a>. <q>Bucky O'Hare, Ms. Mystic, Sorcerer, and Starslayer were each developed for DC in 1977 and 1978 but they all then remained in the hands of their creators.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Part+3%3A+Implosion+%281978%E2%80%931980%29&rft.btitle=Comic+Book+Implosion%3A+An+Oral+History+of+DC+Comics+Circa+1978&rft.place=Raleigh%2C+North+Carolina&rft.pages=85&rft.pub=TwoMorrows+Publishing&rft.date=2018&rft.isbn=978-1605490854&rft.aulast=Dallas&rft.aufirst=Keith&rft.au=Wells%2C+John&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADC+Explosion+and+DC+Implosion" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCatron1981" class="citation journal cs1"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Catron" title="Michael Catron">Catron, Michael</a> (July 1981). "Grell's <i>Starslayer</i> Debuts in July". <i><a href="/wiki/Amazing_Heroes" title="Amazing Heroes">Amazing Heroes</a></i> (#2). <a href="/wiki/Fantagraphics_Books" class="mw-redirect" title="Fantagraphics Books">Fantagraphics Books</a>: 14. <q><i>Starslayer</i>, a new comic book created, written, and drawn by Mike Grell debuts in July from Pacific Comics. The series was originally offered to DC Comics but was shelved in 1978 at the time of the "DC Implosion.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Amazing+Heroes&rft.atitle=Grell%27s+Starslayer+Debuts+in+July&rft.issue=%232&rft.pages=14&rft.date=1981-07&rft.aulast=Catron&rft.aufirst=Michael&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADC+Explosion+and+DC+Implosion" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.comics.org/series/2690"><i> </i>Starslayer<i> (Pacific Comics)</i></a> at the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Comics_Database" title="Grand Comics Database">Grand Comics Database</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.comics.org/series/2813"><i> </i>Starslayer<i> (First Comics)</i></a> at the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Comics_Database" title="Grand Comics Database">Grand Comics Database</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Response from Roger McKenzie on his Facebook page, January 3, 2014: "As far as I know, Neverwhere wasn't recycled anywhere else at DC. It...along with several other series of mine (and lots of other creators as well) got buried in the "DC Implosion" back then when (I think) about a third of the DC books got axed all at once. As for what Neverwhere was about...who can say after three decades. I'd pitched the name (which Paul Levitz tweaked, by the way!) and *I think* some sort of elvish/magical/time-travel superhero mishmosh of a concept".</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=DC_Explosion_and_DC_Implosion&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBlack2000" class="citation web cs1">Black, David R. (2000). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.fanzing.com/mag/fanzing27/feature1.shtml">"The DC Implosion!"</a>. <i>Fanzing</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140308134652/http://www.fanzing.com/mag/fanzing27/feature1.shtml">Archived</a> from the original on March 8, 2014.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Fanzing&rft.atitle=The+DC+Implosion%21&rft.date=2000&rft.aulast=Black&rft.aufirst=David+R.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fanzing.com%2Fmag%2Ffanzing27%2Ffeature1.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADC+Explosion+and+DC+Implosion" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKimballn.d." class="citation web cs1">Kimball, Kirk (n.d.). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120722045856/http://www.dialbforblog.com/archives/253/">"Secret Origins of the DC Implosion Part Two"</a>. <i>Dial "B" For Blog</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dialbforblog.com/archives/253/">the original</a> on July 22, 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">August 3,</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Dial+%22B%22+For+Blog&rft.atitle=Secret+Origins+of+the+DC+Implosion+Part+Two&rft.aulast=Kimball&rft.aufirst=Kirk&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dialbforblog.com%2Farchives%2F253%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADC+Explosion+and+DC+Implosion" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKimballn.d." class="citation web cs1">Kimball, Kirk (n.d.). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140626145133/http://www.dialbforblog.com/archives/254/">"Secret Origins of the DC Implosion Part Three"</a>. <i>Dial "B" For Blog</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dialbforblog.com/archives/254/">the original</a> on June 26, 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">August 3,</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Dial+%22B%22+For+Blog&rft.atitle=Secret+Origins+of+the+DC+Implosion+Part+Three&rft.aulast=Kimball&rft.aufirst=Kirk&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dialbforblog.com%2Farchives%2F254%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADC+Explosion+and+DC+Implosion" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181021232528/http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/mikes/features/series.php?seriesid=3626">"Cancelled Comic Cavalcade"</a>. <i>Mike's Amazing World of Comics</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/mikes/features/series.php?seriesid=3626">the original</a> on Oct 21, 2018.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Mike%27s+Amazing+World+of+Comics&rft.atitle=Cancelled+Comic+Cavalcade&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mikesamazingworld.com%2Fmikes%2Ffeatures%2Fseries.php%3Fseriesid%3D3626&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADC+Explosion+and+DC+Implosion" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGrabois1995" class="citation web cs1">Grabois, Michael (September 7, 1995). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140425025726/http://lsh.0catch.com/ccc/ccc.htm">"<i>Cancelled Comic Cavalcade</i>"</a>. <i>Mike's Comics Page</i>. 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Active <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/DC_Omnibus" title="DC Omnibus">DC Omnibus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/DC_Comics_Absolute_Edition" title="DC Comics Absolute Edition">DC Comics Absolute Editions</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/DC_Finest_trade_paperbacks" title="DC Finest trade paperbacks">DC Finest trade paperbacks</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/DC_Compact_Comics" title="DC Compact Comics">DC Compact Comics</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=DC_Heroes_and_Villains_Collection&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="DC Heroes and Villains Collection (page does not exist)">DC Heroes and Villains Collection</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/DC_Compendium" title="DC Compendium">DC Compendium</a></i></li></ul></li> <li>Defunct <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/DC_Archive_Editions" title="DC Archive Editions">DC Archive Editions</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_DC_Archive_Editions" title="List of DC 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href="/wiki/List_of_DC_imprint_reprint_collections" title="List of DC imprint reprint collections">List of DC imprint reprint collections</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Predecessors</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/All-American_Publications" title="All-American Publications">All-American Publications</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Comics_Publications" title="National Comics Publications">National Comics Publications</a></li> <li>Acquired Companies <ul><li><a href="/wiki/EC_Comics" title="EC Comics">E. 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(DC Comics)">Invasion!</a>" (January 1989)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Janus_Directive" title="Janus Directive">The Janus Directive</a>" (May 1989)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Armageddon_2001" title="Armageddon 2001">Armageddon 2001</a>" (May 1991)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/War_of_the_Gods_(comics)" title="War of the Gods (comics)">War of the Gods</a>" (September 1991)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Eclipso:_The_Darkness_Within" title="Eclipso: The Darkness Within">Eclipso: The Darkness Within</a>" (July 1992)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Death_of_Superman" title="The Death of Superman">The Death of Superman</a>" (October 1992)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Bloodlines_(comics)" title="Bloodlines (comics)">Bloodlines</a>" (1993)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Children%27s_Crusade_(comics)" title="The Children's Crusade (comics)">The Children's Crusade</a>" (December 1993)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Worlds_Collide_(comics)" title="Worlds Collide (comics)">Worlds Collide</a>" (July 1994)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/End_of_an_Era_(comics)" title="End of an Era (comics)">End of an Era</a>" (August 1994)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Zero_Hour:_Crisis_in_Time!" title="Zero Hour: Crisis in Time!">Zero Hour: Crisis in Time!</a>" (September 1994)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Underworld_Unleashed" title="Underworld Unleashed">Underworld Unleashed</a>" (November 1995)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/DC_vs._Marvel" title="DC vs. Marvel">DC vs. Marvel</a>" (April 1996)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Final_Night" title="The Final Night">The Final Night</a>" (November 1996)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Genesis_(DC_Comics)" title="Genesis (DC Comics)">Genesis</a>" (October 1997)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/DC_One_Million" title="DC One Million">DC One Million</a>" (November 1998)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Day_of_Judgment_(comics)" title="Day of Judgment (comics)">Day of Judgment</a>" (November 1999)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/JLApe:_Gorilla_Warfare!" title="JLApe: Gorilla Warfare!">JLApe: Gorilla Warfare!</a>" (1999)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Our_Worlds_at_War" title="Our Worlds at War">Our Worlds at War</a>" (August 2001)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Last_Laugh_(comics)" title="Last Laugh (comics)">Joker: Last Laugh</a>" (December 2001)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Identity_Crisis_(DC_Comics)" title="Identity Crisis (DC Comics)">Identity Crisis</a>" (June 2004)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Infinite_Crisis" title="Infinite Crisis">Infinite Crisis</a>" (December 2005)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Amazons_Attack!" title="Amazons Attack!">Amazons Attack!</a>" (March 2007)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sinestro_Corps_War" title="Sinestro Corps War">Sinestro Corps War</a>" (August 2007)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Final_Crisis" title="Final Crisis">Final Crisis</a>" (July 2008)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Blackest_Night" title="Blackest Night">Blackest Night</a>" (June 2009)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Brightest_Day" title="Brightest Day">Brightest Day</a>" (May 2010)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Reign_of_Doomsday" title="Reign of Doomsday">Reign of Doomsday</a>" (January 2011)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Flashpoint_(comics)" title="Flashpoint (comics)">Flashpoint</a>" (May 2011)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Culling_(comics)" title="The Culling (comics)">The Culling</a>" (November 2011)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Batman:_Night_of_the_Owls" title="Batman: Night of the Owls">Batman: Night of the Owls</a>" (April 2012)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Batman:_Death_of_the_Family" title="Batman: Death of the Family">Death of the Family</a>" (October 2012)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/H%27El_on_Earth" title="H'El on Earth">H'El on Earth</a>" (October 2012)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Throne_of_Atlantis" title="Throne of Atlantis">Throne of Atlantis</a>" (November 2012)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wrath_of_the_First_Lantern" title="Wrath of the First Lantern">Wrath of the First Lantern</a>" (February 2013)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Batman:_Zero_Year" title="Batman: Zero Year">Batman: Zero Year</a>" (June 2013)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Trinity_War" title="Trinity War">Trinity War</a>" (July 2013)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Forever_Evil" title="Forever Evil">Forever Evil</a>" (September 2013)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Forever_Evil:_Blight" title="Forever Evil: Blight">Forever Evil: Blight</a>" (October 2013)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_New_52:_Futures_End#September_2014_event" title="The New 52: Futures End">The New 52: Futures End</a>" (September 2014)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Convergence_(comics)" title="Convergence (comics)">Convergence</a>" (April 2015)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Darkseid_War" title="Darkseid War">Darkseid War</a>" (June 2015)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Button_(comics)" title="The Button (comics)">The Button</a>" (April 2017)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Dark_Nights:_Metal" title="Dark Nights: Metal">Dark Nights: Metal</a>" (June 2017)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Lazarus_Contract" title="The Lazarus Contract">The Lazarus Contract</a>" (July 2017)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Doomsday_Clock_(comics)" title="Doomsday Clock (comics)">Doomsday Clock</a>" (November 2017)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Milk_Wars" title="Milk Wars">Milk Wars</a>" (March 2018)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Heroes_in_Crisis" title="Heroes in Crisis">Heroes in Crisis</a>" (September 2018)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Terminus_Agenda" title="The Terminus Agenda">The Terminus Agenda</a>" (March 2019)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Year_of_the_Villain" title="Year of the Villain">Year of the Villain</a>" (May 2019)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Dark_Nights:_Death_Metal" title="Dark Nights: Death Metal">Dark Nights: Death Metal</a>" (June 2020)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Joker_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Joker War">Joker War</a>" (September 2020)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Generations_(DC_Comics)" title="Generations (DC Comics)">Generations</a>" (September 2020)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Endless_Winter" title="Endless Winter">Endless Winter</a>" (December 2020)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Future_State" title="Future State">Future State</a>" (January 2021)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Infinite_Frontier" title="Infinite Frontier">Infinite Frontier</a>" (June 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2024)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Absolute_Power_(comics)" title="Absolute Power (comics)">Absolute Power</a>" (July 2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Launch lines</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/DC_Universe" title="DC Universe">DC Universe</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">DC Explosion/DC Implosion</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_New_52" title="The New 52">The New 52</a> (2011–2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/DC_Rebirth" title="DC Rebirth">DC Rebirth</a> (2016–2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_New_Age_of_DC_Heroes" title="The New Age of DC Heroes">The 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