DC: A New Dawn Month 8

DC’s output of comics literally doubled for the month of September 1987, jumping from 42 issues the previous month to 84 issues in that month. The vast majority of titles had two releases as the company aligned everything the way they needed to make the Millennium crossover event issues land at the right times. It’s still an impressive number and must have been hell on the wallets of a lot of readers, even if most titles only cost 75 cents. Outsider our regular coverage, the Conde Nast licenses continued with Doc Savage #2, the fifth and sixth issue of The Shadow, plus an Annual for the character. Star Trek’s original run limps on through issues 45 and 46, even as a month in the 80s passes with no toy tie-in titles at all. The two remaining reprint books continued newsstand adventures for the Teen Titans and Legion. Legion of Super-Heroes had two issues out as well, including the first half of a Millennium tie-in we will cover in a few weeks. The Saga of Ra’s Al Ghul reprinted three tales with a Jerry Bingham cover to make the tie-in to Son of the Demon clear. The 87 update for Who’s Who also reached its end this month with number five. In the “mature” corner of the DCU, Wild Dog reached its finale, The Question neared the one-year mark, and Hellblazer marked John Constantine’s solo debut from Jamie Delano and John Ridgway, as they start his monthly adventures on the periphery of the DCU. More notably, its cover marked Dave McKean’s first work for the publisher with Black Orchid still months away. <a href="https://medium.com/dc-a-new-dawn/dc-a-new-dawn-month-8-d808038c0b28">Learn More</a>