2000 Comic Book News Archives

March 29, 2000: Same as it Ever Was: Back to the Silver Age in May!

Hot on the heels of the sold-out YOUNG JUSTICE: SINS OF YOUTH event, DC's greatest heroes launch into SILVER AGE, an incredible event spanning eleven titles in May. Masterminded by new JLA writer Mark Waid, with help from some of the greatest creators of both the Modern and Silver Ages, the titles are linked together with Silver Age DC cover elements, including a vintage DC bullet and an oversized Comics Code Authority seal.

According to Vince Letterio, DC's Manager -- Direct Sales: "YOUNG JUSTICE: SINS OF YOUTH is a great example of a successful editorial event. Strong reorder activity has led to sell-outs of the core books and one-shots. We're expecting SILVER AGE to do even better, given the amount of A-list heroes and the 'authentic' nostalgia feel of the stories and art."

After spying on the JLA in a prelude story in SILVER AGE Secret Files #1, the would-be conqueror named Agamemno arrives on Earth in the extra-sized SILVER AGE #1 (written by Waid, with art by Terry and Rachel Dodson with a cover by Brian Bolland). Finding the right villains -- Lex Luthor, Sinestro, the Penguin, Catwoman, Mr. Element, Dr. Light, Chronos, Black Manta, and Felix Faust -- to help him in his plan to conquer the universe, Agamemno switches the minds of the villains with those of their nemeses, so that Luthor is running amok in Superman's body, Penguin in Batman's, and so on. The heroes set out to foil Agamemno's plot and reclaim control of their own, virtuous bodies, but there's one problem: Earth's other heroes don't know what's happened. Now the Teen Titans, the Doom Patrol, the Metal Men, Batgirl, Adam Strange, and more are chasing after the body-switched Leaguers, keeping our heroes from accomplishing their true task, putting the entire DC Universe in jeopardy!

The adventure continues over the following four weeks in nine one-shots and one 80-page Giant that witness the body-lost heroes trying to discredit their heroic identities to keep Agamemno's plan -- which depends in part on the goodwill enjoyed by the League -- from succeeding. Waid stresses that readers aren't required to read all the issues, saying, "Each issue contains a complete story in and of itself... we'd like people to want to buy all these books, not feel like they have to."

In stores May 3:
SILVER AGE Secret Files #1
SILVER AGE #1

In stores May 10:
SILVER AGE: JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #1
SILVER AGE: CHALLENGERS OF THE UNKNOWN #1
SILVER AGE: TEEN TITANS #1

In stores May 17:
SILVER AGE: DOOM PATROL #1
SILVER AGE: DIAL "H" FOR HERO #1
SILVER AGE: THE FLASH #1

In stores May 24:
SILVER AGE: GREEN LANTERN #1
SILVER AGE: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #1
SILVER AGE: SHOWCASE #1

In stores May 31:
SILVER AGE 80-PAGE GIANT #1

And stay tuned for more Silver Age action with the DCU's original super-team, the Justice Society of America, in a facsimile edition simulating a "lost" Special, collecting rare and never-before-reprinted stories of the modern team's inspiration in JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA 100-PAGE SUPER-SPECTACULAR #1 (1975).

SILVER AGE #1 is a 48-page issue with a cover price of $3.95 U.S. SILVER AGE 80-PAGE GIANT #1 is an 80-page one-shot with a cover price of $5.95 U.S. All other SILVER AGE one-shots are 32 pages each with a cover price of $2.50 U.S. each, with the exception of SILVER AGE Secret Files #1, a 64-page one-shot with a cover price of $4.95 U.S. JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA 100-PAGE SUPER-SPECTACULAR #1 (1975) is a 100-page one-shot with a cover price of $6.95 U.S.

Source: DC Comics Online Magazine



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