The Flash & Superman Race to the End of Time!

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DC Comics Presents, end of time, Flash, Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, Martin Pasko, Superman, superman races flash, superman vs flash, time travel, who is faster flash or superman

Here’s the second half of the story we looked at yesterday, where Superman and the Flash get roped into racing to the end of time by some freaky aliens.

Once they get there, though, they have to travel all the way forward in time to get back to where they started. Why? Because time is a circle! Didn’t you learn anything from yesterday’s post? Anyway, Pasko and Garcia-Lopez give us all of human history in a single splash page. It’s full-flavored Bronze Age DC goodness, Martians. Enjoy!

Collector’s Guide:
– From DC Comics Presents #1-2; 1978, DC Comics.
– Reprinted by Whitman, which might save you a few bucks, and in the collection Superman Vs. The Flash.
– Reprinted in Showcase Presents DC Comics Presents TPB, 2009.

DC Comics Presents – First Issue!

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Chase to the End of Time, DC Comics Presents, first issue, Flash, flash races superman, Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, Martin Pasko, Superman, superman vs flash, time travel, who is faster superman or flash

Superman and the Flash get roped into racing to the end of time by some freaky aliens. If that doesn’t sound like a premise for greatness, you may be at the wrong website! We’ve got Martin Pasko scripting. Swamp Thing fans might recall he was on the book for the inception of the second volume. Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez really hits the perfect look for this book; just the right balance of cartoon silly and sci-fi awesome.

But maybe I’m biased. I first read this as an impressionable little Martians close to the time it came out in 1978. So impressionable, in fact, that Pasko’s explanation of time as a circle still seems completely reasonable to me. His aliens explain that if you went to the end of time, you would actually be at the beginning of time… Screw Stephen Hawking, I’m going with Pasko cosmology!

Collector’s Guide:
– From DC Comics Presents #1-2; 1978, DC Comics.
– Reprinted by Whitman, which might save you a few bucks, and in the collection Superman Vs. The Flash.
– Reprinted in Showcase Presents DC Comics Presents TPB, 2009.

New Teen Titans Far-Out First Issue!

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We present to you the first adventure of the 1980s revamp of the silver age team, Teen Titans. Ok — technically, it’s their second adventure. Their very first appearance was DC Comics Presents # 26. That book might put a little ding in your wallet, but you can easily pick up the reprint in Tales of the New Teen Titans #59 for $1.

Collector’s Guide:
– From New Teen Titans #1; DC Comics.
– Reprinted in DC’s New Teen Titans Archive Edition #1

By Marv Wolfman & George Perez.

We also have a Teen Titans paperback book by Tor Press that reprints the first few issues in black and white. It’s how we discovered the Titans way back in 1982 or so. But enough nostalgia! Let’s rock the totally hot alien warrior princess escaping from her slave masters!

Superman Vacuums!

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DC Comics Presents, Superman

Not wanting to be outdone by Dr. Doom’s domestic abilities, Superman shows us how he keeps his SuperPad so SuperClean! Not only can he leap tall buildings with a single bound, but he’s pretty awesome with a vacuum cleaner.

Of course, he has to deal with all those unstable chemicals on the table! Guess how THAT turns out…

Collector’s Guide:
– from DC Comics Presents #25

More Than an Untrained Mind Can Handle!

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Jim Starlin re-worked many of his older ideas in Dreadstar. Take for example the cover of DC Comics Presents #93: Superman meets the Elastic Four! (Believe us, the cover is the best part of this issue…) All these stretchy dudes bring to mind the cover of Dreadstar #21!

Today’s gallery features the scene from Dreadstar #21 where the teleportation drive blows up. Plenty of distorted bodies and Ditko-esque special effects here!

Collector’s Guide:
– From DC Comics Presents #93.
– From Dreadstar #21.