Worlds Collide (comics)
"Worlds Collide" | |||
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Mark D. Bright. | |||
Publisher | DC Comics; | ||
Publication date | July – August 1994 | ||
Genre |
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Main character(s) | (DC Comics): Hardware Blood Syndicate | ||
Creative team | |||
Writer(s) | Dwayne McDuffie Ivan Velez Jr. Robert Washington | ||
Penciller(s) | John Paul Leon Chris Batista Tom Grummett Mark D. Bright Denys Cowan Chrisscross | ||
Inker(s) | Rober Quijano Bobby Rae Art Nichols Romeo Tanghal Prentice Rollins | ||
Colorist(s) | Noelle Giddings Andrew Burrell Micheline Hess Jason Scott Jones |
"Worlds Collide" is an
Publication history
In the summer of 1994, DC Comics and Milestone Media published an
The situation was somewhat complicated by the fact that in the Dakotaverse, DC superheroes such as
Plot
A postal worker named Fred Bentson unwittingly becomes a portal between two worlds and two cities. A living link between Dakota, home city of the Milestone heroes, and
Revised continuity
In 2008, the continuity of the Milestone characters was modified. Dakota City and the Dakotaverse characters were placed within the mainstream DC universe. Static encounters the
Eventually, the being known as Dharma explains the origin of the revised continuity to Icon and Superman. Following the death of Darkseid (as chronicled in Final Crisis), the space-time continuum was torn asunder, threatening the existence of both the Dakotaverse and the mainstream DC universe. Dharma was able to use energies that he harnessed from Rift (upon that being's defeat) to merge the two universes, creating an entirely new continuity. Only Dharma, Icon and Superman are aware that Dakota and its inhabitants ever existed in a parallel universe.[1]
Bibliography
- Part 1 – Superman: The Man of Steel #35
- Part 2 – Hardware#17
- Part 3 – Superboy #6
- Part 4 – Icon #15
- Part 5 – Steel#6
- Part 6 – Blood Syndicate #16
- Part 7 – Worlds Collide #1
- Part 8 – Superboy #7
- Part 9 – Hardware #18
- Part 10 – Superman: The Man of Steel #36
- Part 11 – Icon #16
- Part 12 – Steel #7
- Part 13 – Blood Syndicate #17
- Part 14 – Static #14
References
- Justice League of America(vol. 2) #34 (August 2009)