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Plop! (1973)

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According to Steve Skeates, Plop! was based around a horror / humor story he wrote called “The Poster Plague”, which was published in House of Mystery.

The title initially was intended to be called Zany. A number of the one-panel cartoons published in the comic included the visible prefix ZA, in reference to the originally intended title. Sergio Aragonés credits publisher Carmine Infantino with coming up with the final title: “Joe Orlando and I were sitting in a restaurant talking with Carmine Infantino. They wanted a magazine that was different, something about black humor. Carmine came up with the name. We were talking about it and he said, ‘What will we call it?’ And I said, ‘We can call it anything, because if the magazine is good, then it will stay.’ And he said, ‘No, we can’t call it, for instance … PLOP!’ And I said, ‘Yes, we can.’ And so I started making sketches of things going PLOP! and they laughed and decided the name was good.

Binky (1968)

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The adventures of teenager Binky Biggs started in DC Comics’ Leave It to Binky #1 (cover-dated March 1948), which ran for 60 issues through 1958. The series was revived by issue #61 (July 1968). With issue #72 (May 1970), the title was shortened to Binky and the series ran until issue #81 (Nov. 1971). Issue #82 was published in Summer 1977.

A spin-off title, Binky’s Buddies, ran 12 issues (Feb. 1969 – Dec. 1970).

Wonder Woman V3 (2006)

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Following Infinite Crisis, Wonder Woman was canceled and relaunched in 2006. It starts with Donna Troy as Wonder Woman and with Diana missing. When Diana returns she takes on the name of Diana Prince and becomes a secret agent for the Department of Metahuman Affairs. Her first assignment is to retrieve her kidnapped sister Donna Troy. After this was accomplished Diana took back the mantle of Wonder Woman.

Justice League Spectacular (1992)

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The release of Justice League Spectacular launched the revised Justice League titles with new writers and artists.The Justice League titles expanded to four by June 1993: Justice League America (formerly Justice League International), Justice League Europe (retitled as the second volume of Justice League International), Justice League Quarterly, and Justice League Task Force. In late 1994 Justice League International and Justice League Quarterly were cancelled and replaced by a new monthly title in January 1995, Extreme Justice.

Cosmic Odyssey (1988)

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Cosmic Odyssey is a science fiction mini-series, first published in 1988 by DC Comics. It was a four-issue limited series written by Jim Starlin, penciled by Mike Mignola and lettered by John Workman. The story tells a story spanning the DC Universe involving a wide variety of major characters including Superman, Batman, and the New Gods.

The series comprised four 48-page prestige format comic books.

Weird Mystery Tales (1972)

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The Weird Mystery Tales ongoing series was launched in July–August 1972 and was originally hosted by Destiny. The hosting role was gradually taken over by Eve, who fully assumed the title with issue #15 (December 1974–January 1975). The title’s name was partially inspired by the sales success of Weird War Tales and Weird Western Tales. Early issues printed material by Jack Kirby that had been intended for his black-and-white, magazine-size DC comic series, Spirit World, which lasted only one issue. These stories featured Dr. E. Leopold Maas as host, sometimes with an appended hosting segment by Destiny.

Hardware (1993)

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Curtis “Curt” Metcalf is a genius inventor who, in his Hardware identity, uses a variety of high-tech gadgets to fight organised crime. A central irony of the series (of which Metcalf is fully aware) is that Metcalf’s employer, respected businessman Edwin Alva—who provides the resources Metcalf uses to create Hardware’s hardware—is secretly the crime boss whom Hardware is trying to bring down.

Green Lanterns (2016)

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Green Lanterns (Volume 1) is a 57 issue ongoing comic book series published by DC Comics from 2016 to 2018. Begun as part of the DC Rebirth initiative, it replaced Green Lantern (Volume 5) and starred Green Lanterns of Earth Simon Baz and Jessica Cruz. Published twice monthly, the book was written by Sam Humphries for its first 32 issues and Tim Seeley for the next fifteen.

After a short, two-issue story by Sam Humphries (and the cancellation of sister title Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps (Volume 1)), the book was taken over by writer Dan Jurgens, who expanded the roster to include other members of the Green Lantern Corps and closed out the title with an eight issue arc. Penciling duties were handled by a rotating team of writers during the book’s biweekly phase, including Carlo Barberi, Ed Benes, Ronan Cliquet, Eduardo Pansica, and Robson Rocha, with Mike Perkins taking over as sole artist during Jurgens’ tenure as writer.

It was cancelled in late 2018 and replaced with Grant Morrison and Liam Sharp‘s The Green Lantern (Volume 1)

World’s Finest (1970’s)

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World’s Finest featured Superman and Batman team-ups until issue #197. Noted Batman artist Neal Adams first drew the character in an interior story in “The Superman-Batman Revenge Squads” in issue #175 (May 1968). The title briefly featured Superman teaming with heroes other than Batman in the early 1970s beginning with issue #198 (November 1970). That issue featured the first part of a two-issue team-up with the Flash. The series reverted to Superman and Batman team-ups after issue #214, initially with a unique twist, featuring the children they might one day have, Superman Jr. and Batman Jr. These characters, billed as the Super-Sons, were co-created by writer Bob Haney and artist Dick Dillin in issue #215 (January 1973).

DC Special Series (1977)

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DC Special Series was an umbrella title for one-shots and special issues published by DC Comics between 1977 and 1981. Each issue featured a different character and was often in a different format than the issue before it. DC Special Series was published in four different formats: Dollar Comics, 48 page giants, digests, and treasury editions. Neither the umbrella title nor the numbering system appear on the cover; the title “DC Special Series” appeared only on the first page in the indicia. Most issues featured new material, but eight issues were reprints of previously published material.