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DCU Halloween Special

DCU HALLOWEEN SPECIAL

Cover Date: December 2008
Cover Price: $5.99

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Cover Credits:
Art: Gene Ha (signed)


Story: "Introduction" (1 Page)

Credits:

StoryDan DiDio
ArtTony Shasteen
ColorsAllen Passalaqua
LetteringJohn J. Hill
Associate editingAdam Schlagman
EditingDan DiDio, Eddie Berganza

Feature Character(s):

Elongated Man (last in Reign in Hell #1/2; next in the tenth story in this issue)
Sue Dibny (last in Reign in Hell #1/2; next in the tenth story in this issue)


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Second Story: "Deadline: Halloween!" (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryMike Johnson
PencilsMatthew Clark
InksDon Ho, Jaime Mendoza
ColorsAllen Passalaqua
LetteringJohn J. Hill
Associate editingAdam Schlagman
EditingDan DiDio, Eddie Berganza

Feature Character(s):

Clark Kent (last/next in ???; falls asleep while trying to complete a story; dresses as Superman to hand out candy)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last/next in ???; dressed as Wonder Woman)
Jimmy Olsen (last/next in ???; dressed as Superman)
Cat Grant (last/next in ???; dressed as Power Girl)
Perry White (last/next in ???)

Other Character(s):

D. McCampbell (first appearance; ghost of a reporter who disappeared in the 1930s; haunts the Planet until he "meets his deadline", which he does in finishing Kent's story)

Comment(s):

This story takes place on October 31st (Halloween).


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Third Story: "Fear of the Dark" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryEddie Berganza
PencilsTrevor Hairsine
InksMarlo Alquiza, Norm Rapmund, Kevin Conrad
ColorsHi-Fi
LetteringJohn J. Hill
Associate editingAdam Schlagman
EditingDan DiDio, Eddie Berganza

Feature Character(s):

Kyle Rayner (last/next in ???)
Soranik Natu (last/next in ???)
Mogo (last/next in ???)

Villain(s):

Kyle Rayner's fears and phobias (made real by Mogo)

Comment(s):

This story takes place on October 31st (Halloween).


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Fourth Story: "The Ballad of Jonathan Crane" (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryMikey Way
ArtMateus
ColorsCris Peter
LetteringJohn J. Hill
Associate editingAdam Schlagman
EditingDan DiDio, Eddie Berganza

Feature Character(s):

Batman (last in the sixth story in this issue; next in ???)

Supporting Character(s):

Commissioner Gordon (last/next in ???)

Villain(s):

Scarecrow (last in ???; accidently douses himself with Fear Toxin; imagines the story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" with himself and Batman family characters; next in the eighth story in this issue)

Comment(s):

This story takes place on October 31st (Halloween).


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Fifth Story: "The Embrace" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryHarvey Richards
ArtFederico Dallocchio
ColorsFederico Dallocchio
LetteringJohn J. Hill
Associate editingAdam Schlagman
EditingDan DiDio, Eddie Berganza

Feature Character(s):

Faust (last/next in ???; also in flashbacks to his childhood)

Villain(s):

Felix Faust (last in Justice League Wedding Special #1; also in flashbacks during Secret Origins Vol. 2 #27; next in flashback in Wonder Woman Vol. 3 #30)
Isis (last in Black Adam: The Dark Age #6; physical body only; next in Justice Society of America Vol. 3 #23)

Other Character(s):

Jeremy Reynolds (first appearance; kidnapped child used in magic rituals)
Mrs. Faust and Sebastian's unnamed infant sibling (first appearance for both; both die in flashback)


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Sixth Story: "One Last Halloween" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBrian Reed
ArtDarick Robertson
ColorsPatricia Mulvihill
LetteringJohn J. Hill
Associate editingAdam Schlagman
EditingDan DiDio, Eddie Berganza

Feature Character(s):

Batman (last in ???; next in the fourth story in this issue)

Villain(s):

David Dean (first appearance; schoolmate of Chris and Rich, total jerk)
Solomon Grundy (last/next in ???)

Other Character(s):

Chris (first appearance; a 12-year-old dressed as Tim Drake Robin for Halloween)
Rich (first appearance; a 12-year-old not dressed as Batman for Halloween, being "too old")

Comment(s):

This story takes place early in the afternoon of October 31st (Halloween).


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Seventh Story: "Hell Hath No Fury" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDuncan Rouleau
ArtDuncan Rouleau
ColorsMichael Atiyeh
LetteringJohn J. Hill
Associate editingAdam Schlagman
EditingDan DiDio, Eddie Berganza

Feature Character(s):

Etrigan (last/next in ???)

Villain(s):

Mr. S and Mr. B (first appearance; former serial killers now kid sized (and dressed as Superman and Batman) who go trick-or-treating in Hell and are killed by Etrigan)

Comment(s):

This story takes place on Halloween.


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Eighth Story: "Scarred and Scared" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBrad Desnoyer
ArtRiccardo Burchielli
ColorsTony Aviña
LetteringJohn J. Hill
Associate editingAdam Schlagman
EditingDan DiDio, Eddie Berganza

Feature Character(s):

Two-Face (last/next in ???)

Supporting Character(s):

Mister Zsasz (last/next in ???)
Joker (last/next in ???)
Calendar Man (last in Harley Quinn #38; next in ???)
Scarecrow (last in the fourth story in this issue; next in ???)

Villain(s):

An unnamed werewolf


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Ninth Story: "Role Model"

Credits:

StoryEric Wallace
ArtTony Shasteen
ColorsGuy Major
LetteringJohn J. Hill
Associate editingAdam Schlagman
EditingDan DiDio, Eddie Berganza

Feature Character(s):

Vixen (last/next in ???)

Villain(s):

Mirror Master III (last in Final Crisis #7; next in Flash: Rebirth #1)


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Tenth Story: "The Elongated Halloween"

Credits:

StoryMark Verheiden
ArtDennis Calero
ColorsDennis Calero
LetteringJohn J. Hill
Associate editingAdam Schlagman
EditingDan DiDio, Eddie Berganza

Feature Character(s):

Ralph Dibny (last in the first story in this issue; last appearance)
Sue Dibny (last in the first story in this issue; last appearance)

Comment(s):

This story takes place on Halloween.
After the events of this story, Ralph and Sue observe all the stories taking place in the other stories in this issue.


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