DC universe : the stories of Alan Moore.

Written by Alan Moore Art by Jim Aparo, Jim Baikie, Brian Bolland, Paris Cullins, George Freeman, Dave Gibbons, Klaus Janson, Kevin O'Neill, Joe Orlando, George P#65533;rez, Kurt Schaffenberger, Curt Swan, Rick Veitch, Al Williamson and Bill Willingham Cover by Brian Bolland Don't miss this exhaustive collection featuring the World's Greatest Super-Heroes as interpreted by one of the most acclaimed authors in comics! The work of Alan Moore (WATCHMEN, V FOR VENDETTA, THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN) in the DCU during the 1980s is considered a benchmark for great stories with fresh approaches to iconic characters. Collected in this volume are all of Moore's Superman and Batman stories, including the long out-of-print "Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?" as well as, for the first time in trade paperback, BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE (illustrated by Brian Bolland, who provides a new cover). This volume - which no comics fan should be without - collects stories from ACTION COMICS #584, BATMAN ANNUAL #11, BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE, DC COMICS PRESENTS #85, DETECTIVE COMICS #549-550, GREEN LANTERN #188, THE OMEGA MEN #26-27, SECRET ORIGINS #10, SUPERMAN #423, TALES OF THE GREEN LANTERN CORPS ANNUAL #2 & 3, SUPERMAN ANNUAL #11 and VIGILANTE #17-18. On sale January 2

For the man who has everything (Superman Annual no. 11, 1985) / artist and letterer, Dave Gibbons ; colorist Tom Ziuko -- Night Olympics, part one (Detective Comic no. 549, April, 1985) / artist, Klaus Janson ; letterer, Todd Klein -- Night Olympics, part two (Detective Comics no. 550, May, 1985) / artist, Klaus Janson ; letterer, Todd Klein -- Mogo doesn't socialize (Green Lantern no. 188, May, 1985) / artist, Dave Gibbons ; letterer, Todd Klein ; colorist, Anthony Tollin -- Father's day, part one (Vigilante no. 17, May, 1985) / artist, Jim Baikie ; letterer, Annie Halfacre ; colorist, Tatjana Wood -- Father's day, part two (Vigilante, no. 18, June, 1985) / artist, Jim Baikie ; letterer, Annie Halfacre ; colorist, Tatjana Wood -- Brief lives (The Omega Men no. 26, May, 1985) / artist, Kevin O'Neill ; letterer, Todd Klein ; colorist, Carl Gafford -- A man's world (The Omega Men no. 27, June, 1985) / penciller, Paris Cullins ; inker, Rick Magyar ; letterer, Todd Klein ; colorist, Carl Gafford.

The jungle line (DC Comics Presents no. 85, September, 1985) / penciller, Rick Veitch ; inker, Al Williamson ; letterer, John Costanza ; colorist, Tatjana Wood -- Tygers (Tales of the Green Lantern Corps Annual no. 2, 1986) / artist, Kevin O'Neill ; letterer, John Costanza ; colorist, Anthony Tollin -- Whatever happened to the man of tomorrow? part one (Superman no. 423, September, 1986) / artists, Curt Swan & George Pérez ; letterer, Todd Klein ; original colorist, Gene D'Angelo -- Whatever happened to the man of tomorrow? part two (Action Comics no. 583, September, 1986) / artists, Curt Swan & Kurt Schaffenberger ; letterer, Todd Klein ; original colorist, Gene D'Angelo -- Footsteps (Secret Origins no. 10, January 1987) / artist, Joe Orlando ; letterer, Bob Lappan ; colorist, Carl Gafford -- In blackest night (Tales of the Green Lantern Corps Annual no. 3, 1987) / penciller, Bill Willingham ; inker, Terry Austin ; letterer, John Costanza ; colorist, Gene D'Angelo -- Mortal clay (Batman Annual no. 11, 1987) / artist, George Freeman ; letterer, John Costanza ; colorist, Lovern Kindzierski -- The killing joke (1988) / artist, Brian Bolland ; letterer, Richard Starkings ; colorist, John Higgins.