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DC Infinite Halloween Special 1

DC INFINITE HALLOWEEN SPECIAL #1

Cover Date: December 2007
Cover Price: $5.99
Publication Date: 2007-10-31

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Cover Credits:
Art: Gene Ha


Story: "Halloween at Arkham Opening" (2 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDan Abnett, Andy Lanning
PencilsTrevor Hairsine
InksKevin Conrad
LetteringJohn J. Hill
ColorsRod Reis
Assistant editingAdam Schlagman
EditingEddie Berganza

Feature Character(s):

Joker

Supporting Character(s):

Killer Croc
Mad Hatter
Poison Ivy
Scarecrow
Two-Face

Comment(s):

The issue features stories as told by inmates of Arkham Asylum. Those characters not specifically involved in the story they are telling will be listed as cameo appearances.

Synopsis:

The inmates at Arkham Asylum are waiting until a midnight changing of the guard to make their escape. In the meantime, the Joker has his fellow prisoners each tell a story...


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Second Story: "Kcirt Ro Taert" (5 Pages)

Credits:

StoryPaul Dini
ArtDustin Nguyen
LetteringJohn J. Hill
Assistant editingAdam Schlagman
EditingEddie Berganza


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Third Story: "The Watchdogs" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDavid Arquette, Cliff Dorfman
ArtBernard Chang
LetteringJohn J. Hill
Assistant editingAdam Schlagman
EditingEddie Berganza


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Fourth Story: "Red Rain: Blood Lust" (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryPeter Johnson, Matt Cherniss
ArtKelley Jones
LetteringJohn J. Hill
ColorsMark Chiarello
Assistant editingAdam Schlagman
EditingEddie Berganza

Feature Character(s):

Batman of Earth-43


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Fifth Story: "What Can Scare the Main Man?" (4 Pages)

Credits:

StoryMarc Bernardin, Adam Freeman
PencilsEric Battle
InksSandra Hope
LetteringJohn J. Hill
ColorsPete Pantazis
Assistant editingAdam Schlagman
EditingEddie Berganza

Feature Character(s):

Lobo

Villain(s):

Phobia (also storyteller)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Joker
Killer Croc
Penguin
Two-Face


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Sixth Story: "Children of the Deep" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryTony Bedard
ArtSebastian Fiumara
LetteringJohn J. Hill
ColorsEdgar Delgado
Assistant editingAdam Schlagman
EditingEddie Berganza

Feature Character(s):

Aquaman III

Villain(s):

The Morgan Sisters (Aubrey, Maeve and Clara; all three die)

Other Character(s):

Donald Morgan
A kelpie

Cameo Appearance(s):

Doctor Destiny (storyteller)
Joker
Killer Croc
Riddler
Two-Face


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Seventh Story: "...In Stitches" (2 Pages)

Credits:

StoryPeter J. Tomasi
ArtPeter Snejbjerg
LetteringJohn J. Hill
ColorsLee Loughridge
Assistant editingAdam Schlagman
EditingEddie Berganza

Feature Character(s):

Young Frankenstein

Villain(s):

Black Adam

Cameo Appearance(s):

Mister Zsasz (storyteller)


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Eighth Story: "World's Shoddiest: The Light Kday Returns!" (3 Pages)

Credits:

StoryKal-El Bogdanove
ArtJon Bogdanove
LetteringJohn J. Hill
ColorsPete Pantazis
Assistant editingAdam Schlagman
EditingEddie Berganza

Feature Character(s):

Batzarro

Guest Star(s):

Lois Lane
Bizarro

Villain(s):

Riddler (also storyteller)
Riddler's henchmen

Cameo Appearance(s):

Doctor Destiny
Joker
Killer Croc
Penguin
Poison Ivy
Scarecrow
Two-Face

Synopsis:

Last year on Halloween night, the Riddler thought to work out of Metropolis to escape the "freak show" of Gotham City. The criminals find an unexpected visitor in the form of Batzarro, but the Riddler is brought down by the taser-wielding Lois Lane.


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Ninth Story: "Strange Cargo" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StorySteve Niles
ArtDean Ormston
LetteringJohn J. Hill
Assistant editingAdam Schlagman
EditingEddie Berganza

Feature Character(s):

Superman
Jimmy Olsen
Lois Lane

Villain(s):

Zombies

Cameo Appearance(s):

Poison Ivy (storyteller)

Synopsis:

Lois and Jimmy investigate some dangerous cargo Lex Luthor is importing into Metropolis. To their horror, the cargo container is filled with zombies. Unwilling to destroy even the undead, Superman releases the zombies on the moon.


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Tenth Story: "Small Evil" (5 Pages)

Credits:

StoryStephen T. Seagle
ArtJohn Paul Leon
LetteringJohn J. Hill
ColorsPatricia Mulvihill
Assistant editingAdam Schlagman
EditingEddie Berganza

Feature Character(s):

Clark Kent

Supporting Character(s):

Lana Lang
Pete Ross

Villain(s):

a manticore

Other Character(s):

Tyler

Cameo Appearance(s):

Doctor Destiny ???

Synopsis:

Clark, Lana, and Pete check in on Tyler, a new kid in town who likes to play pranks. Claiming a manticore is in the farm fields, Tyler dismisses the threesome as nerds and walks off on his own. Unbeknownst to all, he actually is taken by a manticore.


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Eleventh Story: "The Speed of Life" (5 Pages)

Credits:

StoryMark Waid
ArtRyan Sook
LetteringJohn J. Hill
ColorsDave McCaig
Assistant editingAdam Schlagman
EditingEddie Berganza

Feature Character(s):

Flash III

Supporting Character(s):

Ira West
Linda Park
Jai West
Iris West II

Cameo Appearance(s):

Magenta (storyteller)

Synopsis:

Wally West is visited by his grandfather, Ira West, who he could not save from a rupture of a tachyon collider. Believed to have died, Ira West in fact was displaced in time, and though lost, the old physicist is happy to have new things to discover as he relieves the third Flash of his guilt.


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Twelfth Story: "The Pumpkin Sinister" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDan DiDio
PencilsIan Churchill
InksNorm Rapmund
LetteringJohn J. Hill
ColorsRod Reis
Assistant editingAdam Schlagman
EditingEddie Berganza

Feature Character(s):

Blue Devil

Supporting Character(s):

June Moone ?

Villain(s):

The Pumpkin Sinister
Harley
Dennis

Cameo Appearance(s):

Shockwave (storyteller)

Synopsis:

Twenty-five years ago on Halloween night, Dan Cassidy "stole" the red-headed girl from his childhood friends. After years of jealousy, Harley and Dennis find the spell to raise the Pumpkin Sinister to attack Cassidy, now known as the Blue Devil.


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Thirteenth Story: "Sometimes They Come Back" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDan Abnett, Andy Lanning
PencilsTony S. Daniel
InksJonathan Glapion
LetteringJohn J. Hill
ColorsPete Pantazis
Assistant editingAdam Schlagman
EditingEddie Berganza

Feature Character(s):

Resurrection Man (next in Supergirl Vol. 5 #28)

Villain(s):

Killer Croc (also storyteller)

Other Character(s):

J.J (gas station attendant)


Synopsis:

Killer Croc tells the tale of a super-powered foe he killed and ate, only to have him come back, Mitch Shelley, the Resurrection Man.


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Fourteenth Story: "Halloween at Arkham Ending" (2 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDan Abnett, Andy Lanning
PencilsTrevor Hairsine
InksKevin Conrad
LetteringJohn J. Hill
ColorsRod Reis
Assistant editingAdam Schlagman
EditingEddie Berganza



Synopsis:


The villains' plans to break out of Arkham Asylum are foiled when it is revealed the Joker was stalling for time until Gotham City's SWAT had time to respond to the facility's silent alarm. Unbeknownst to all is that the Clown Prince of Crime had been possessed by Deadman, who, once he has let go, can be seen by the Joker.


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