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Dark Crisis 1

DARK CRISIS #1

Cover Date: August 2022
Cover Price: $5.99
Publication Date: 2022-06-07

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Cover Credits:
Art: Daniel Sampere (signed)
Colors: Alejandro Sánchez (signed)


Variant Covers:
Cover B
Pencils: Greg Capullo (signed)
Inks: Jonathan Glapion (signed)
Colors: Dave McCaig
Cover C
Art: Jamal Campbell (signed)
Cover D
Art: InHyuk Lee (signed)

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Story: "Dark Crisis, Chapter One: The Justice League is Dead" (32 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJoshua Williamson
ArtDaniel Sampere
LetteringTom Napolitano
ColorsAlejandro Sánchez
Associate editingChris Rosa
EditingPaul Kaminski

Feature Character(s):

Justice League (reforms)
Superman (last in Justice League: Road to Dark Crisis #1; in Justice League: Road to Dark Crisis #1/2 in between pages 5 and 8; new leader of the Justice League)
Aquaman (Jackson Hyde; last in Aquamen #6; in Justice League: Road to Dark Crisis #1/3 in between pages 5 and 22; joins)
Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes; joins)
Blue Beetle (Ted Kord; joins)
Booster Gold (joins)
Doctor Light (joins)
Frankenstein (joins)
Harley Quinn (joins; next in Harley Quinn Vol. 4 #18)
Killer Frost (joins; next in Harley Quinn Vol. 4 #18)
Robin (joins)
Supergirl (joins)
Titans
Beast Boy
Cyborg
Nightwing
Raven
Starfire
Batman (Jace Fox)
Black Adam (last in Justice League Vol. 4 #75)
Flash (Wally West; last in Justice League Vol. 4 #75; in Justice League: Road to Dark Crisis #1/2 in betwen pages 5 and 8)
Green Lantern (Hal Jordan; last in Justice League: Road to Dark Crisis #1/3)
Wonder Girl (Yara Flor)

Guest Star(s):

Green Lantern (Jo Mullein; last in Green Lantern Vol. 6 #12)
Justice League
Aquaman (last in Justice League Vol. 4 #75)
Batman (last in Justice League Vol. 4 #75; also in flashback to Justice League of America #21)
Black Canary (last in Justice League Vol. 4 #75)
Emerald Knight (last in Justice League Vol. 4 #75)
Green Arrow (last in Justice League Vol. 4 #75)
Hawkgirl (last in Justice League Vol. 4 #75)
Martian Manhunter (last in Justice League Vol. 4 #75)
Superman (last in Justice League Vol. 4 #75; also in flashback to Justice League of America #21)
Wonder Woman (last in Justice League Vol. 4 #75)
Zatanna (last in Justice League Vol. 4 #75)

Supporting Character(s):

Jerry
Krypto
Lois Lane

Villain(s):

Pariah (last in Justice League Vol. 4 #75)
The Great Darkness (last in Justice League Vol. 4 #75; behind the scenes)
Andrew Bennett
Bloodlines Aliens
Haemo Sapiens
H.I.V.E.
Manhunters
Kanjar Ro
Kobra Cult
Kobra
Trigger Twins II
Tad Trigger
Tom Trigger
Secret Society of Super-Villains
Deathstroke (last in Shadow War: Omega #1)
Angle Man (last in Justice League: Road to Dark Crisis #1/5)
Black Spider (last in Justice League: Road to Dark Crisis #1/5)
Body Doubles
Bonny Hoffman (last in Justice League: Road to Dark Crisis #1/5)
Carmen Leno (last in Justice League: Road to Dark Crisis #1/5)
Bug-Eyed Bandit (last in Justice League: Road to Dark Crisis #1/5)
Copperhead II (last in Justice League: Road to Dark Crisis #1/5)
Count Vertigo (last in Shadow War: Omega #1)
Crazy Quilt
Doctor Destiny (last in Justice League: Road to Dark Crisis #1/5)
Doctor Phosphorus (last in Justice League: Road to Dark Crisis #1/5)
Dollmaker (last in Justice League: Road to Dark Crisis #1/5)
Felix Faust (last in Justice League: Road to Dark Crisis #1/5)
Firefly (last in Justice League: Road to Dark Crisis #1/5)
Flamingo (last in Justice League: Road to Dark Crisis #1/5)
Gentleman Ghost (last in Justice League: Road to Dark Crisis #1/5; next in issue #5)
Girder (last in Justice League: Road to Dark Crisis #1/5)
Hellhound (last in Justice League: Road to Dark Crisis #1/5)
Hyena (last in Justice League: Road to Dark Crisis #1/5)
Multiplex (last in Justice League: Road to Dark Crisis #1/5)
Neutron (last in Justice League: Road to Dark Crisis #1/5)
Phobia (last in Shadow War: Omega #1)
Prankster (last in Justice League: Road to Dark Crisis #1/5)
Prometheus III (last in Justice League: Road to Dark Crisis #1/5)
Scavenger (last in ???; next in issue #4)
Shadow Thief (last in Justice League: Road to Dark Crisis #1/5)
Shaggy Man (last in Justice League: Road to Dark Crisis #1/5)
Shrapnel (last in Justice League: Road to Dark Crisis #1/5)
Silver Banshee (last in Justice League: Road to Dark Crisis #1/5)
Skorpio (last in Justice League: Road to Dark Crisis #1/5)
Slipknot
Tattooed Man
Trident
Typhoon (last in Justice League: Road to Dark Crisis #1/5)
Warp (last in Justice League: Road to Dark Crisis #1/5)

Guest Appearance(s):

Metal Men
Gold
Iron
Lead
Mercury
Platinum
Tin
Teen Titans
Bunker (last in Teen Titans Academy #15)
Kid Flash (Wally West II; last in ???; in Justice League: Road to Dark Crisis #1/2 in betwen pages 5 and 22)
Roundhouse (last in Teen Titans Academy #15)
Titan Freshmen
Bratgirl (last in Teen Titans Academy #15)
Chupacabra (last in Teen Titans Academy #15)
Cybruu (last in Teen Titans Academy #14)
Gorilla Gregg (last in Teen Titans Academy #15)
Matt Price (last in Teen Titans Academy #15)
Stitch (last in Teen Titans Academy #15)
Summer Zahid (last in Teen Titans Academy #15)
Wonder Twins
Jayna
Zan
Young Justice
Superboy
Wonder Girl (last in Justice League Vol. 4 #75)
Atom (Ray Palmer)
Atom (Ryan Choi)
Batwoman (next in issue #4)
Batgirl (Cassandra Cain)
Batgirl (Stephanie Brown; last in Justice League: Road to Dark Crisis #1/5)
Big Barda
Black Lightning (next in issue #5)
Captain Cold
Crush (next in issue #5)
Cameron Chase (last in Robin Vol. 3 #15))
Doctor Fate
Dove
Firestorm (last in Justice League Vol. 4 #75)
Green Lantern (Guy Gardner)
Green Lantern (Jessica Cruz)
Green Lantern (Simon Baz)
Hawk
Jesse Quick
Katana
Knight (last in Batman 2022 Annual #1; next in Batman Incorporated Vol. 3 #1)
Metamorpho
Miss Martian
Mister Miracle
Naomi (last in Justice League Vol. 4 #75)
Peacemaker
Plastic Man
Red Tornado
Robin (Tim Drake)
Shazam
Sideways
Squire (last in Batman: The Detective #6)
Swamp Thing (next in issue #4)
The Signal (last in Nightwing Vol. 4 #98)
Vixen (next in issue #5)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Dark Army (in flashback to Justice League Vol. 4 #75)
The Empty Hand (in flashback to Justice League Vol. 4 #75)
Ares (in flashback to Justice League Vol. 4 #75)
Darkseid (in flashback to Justice League Vol. 4 #75)
Doomsday (in flashback to Justice League Vol. 4 #75)
Eclipso (in flashback to Justice League Vol. 4 #75)
Nekron (in flashback to Justice League Vol. 4 #75)
Neron (in flashback to Justice League Vol. 4 #75)
The Spectre (in flashback to Justice League Vol. 4 #75)
Upside-Down Man (in flashback to Justice League Vol. 4 #75)
Justice Society of America
Atom (Al Pratt; in flashback to Justice League of America #21)
Black Canary
Doctor Fate (Kent Nelson; in flashback to Justice League of America #21)
Green Lantern (Alan Scott; in flashback to Justice League of America #21)
Hawkman (in flashback to Justice League of America #21)
Hourman (in flashback to Justice League of America #21)
Aqualad (Garth)
Flash (Barry Allen)
Green Arrow (Connor Hawke)
Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner)
Impulse
Red Arrow
Speedy
Stargirl
Steel
Wonder Girl

Location(s):

Multiverse
Universe-0
Space Sector 2814:
Earth-0
Brazil
Amazon Rainforest
Japan
United Kingdom
London
Elizabeth Tower
United States of America
New York, NY
Titans Island
Titans Academy
Washington, D.C.
D.E.O.
Hall of Justice
Multiverse-2

Solicitation:

Crisis on Infinite Earths. Infinite Crisis. Final Crisis. And now...Dark Crisis! The epic event years in the making is finally here! Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and the rest of the Justice League are dead. The remaining heroes are left to protect the world from an onslaught of violent attacks by DC's greatest villains! Can the legacy heroes step out of the shadows of the classic heroes to form a new Justice League? And will that be enough to stop a darkness greater than anything they've ever faced from destroying everything? Don't miss out on the first issue of the blockbuster event of the summer!


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Additional Variant Covers

Cover E
(1:25 Variant)
Art: Dan Schoening
Cover F
(1:50 Variant)
Art: Steve Beach (signed)
Cover G
(Team Variant)
Art: Mahmud Asrar (signed)
Colors: Nathan Fairbairn (signed)
Cover H
(1:100 Foil Variant)
Pencils: Greg Capullo (signed)
Inks: Jonathan Glapion (signed)
Colors: Dave McCaig
Cover I
Art: Bruno Redondo (signed)
Colors: Adriano Lucas (signed)
Cover J
Pencils: Jim Lee (signed)
Inks: Scott Williams
Colors: Alex Sinclair (signed)