DC Graphic Novel was a series of graphic novel trade paperbacks published from 1983 to 1986 by DC Comics.
DC also published from 1985 to 1987 a second, related line called DC Science Fiction Graphic Novel. Rather than being original stories, the graphic novels of this line were instead adaptations of works published by well-known authors of science fiction. These were edited by Julius Schwartz, making use of his connections to recruit the famous authors whose works were adapted. This was the last editorial work Schwartz did before retiring.
These two series were DC's counterparts to Marvel Comics's Marvel Graphic Novel line.
List of graphic novels in the DC Graphic Novel and DC Science Fiction Graphic Novel series[]
Number | Title | Year | Writers | Artists | Notes |
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DC Graphic Novel series | |||||
1 | Star Raiders | 1983 | Elliot S! Maggin | José Luis García-López | based on the video game Star Raiders |
2 | Warlords | 1983 | Steve Skeates | David Wenzel | |
3 | The Medusa Chain | 1984 | Ernie Colón | Ernie Colón | |
4 | The Hunger Dogs | 1985 | Jack Kirby | Jack Kirby, Greg Theakston, D. Bruce Berry, Mike Royer |
set in the Fourth World; first appearance of Bekka |
5 | Me and Joe Priest | 1985 | Greg Potter | Ron Randall | |
6 | Metalzoic | 1986 | Pat Mills | Kevin O'Neill | |
7 | Space Clusters | 1986 | Arthur Byron Cover | Alex Niño | |
DC Science Fiction Graphic Novel series | |||||
1 | Hell on Earth | 1985 | Robert Bloch, Robert Loren Fleming |
Keith Giffen | |
2 | Nightwings | 1985 | Robert Silverberg, Cary Bates |
Gene Colan | |
3 | Frost and Fire | 1985 | Ray Bradbury, Klaus Janson |
Klaus Janson | |
4 | The Merchants of Venus | 1986 | Frederik Pohl, Victoria Petersen, Neal McPheeters |
Neal McPheeters | |
5 | Demon with a Glass Hand | 1985 | Harlan Ellison | Marshall Rogers | also adapted as an The Outer Limits episode |
6 | The Magic Goes Away | 1986 | Larry Niven, Paul Kupperberg |
Jan Duursema | |
7 | Sandkings | 1987 | George R. R. Martin, Doug Moench, Neal McPheeters |
Pat Broderick, Neal McPheeters |
also adapted as an The Outer Limits episode |
Collected editions[]
- Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus Volume 4 (collects DC Graphic Novel #4: "The Hunger Dogs", 424 pages, March 2008, ISBN 1-4012-1583-1)
External links[]
- DC Graphic Novel and Science Fiction Graphic Novel at the Grand Comics Database
- DC Graphic Novel and DC Science Fiction Graphic Novel at Mike's Amazing World of DC Comics