DC Pride 2023 Vol 1 1

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Cover Date	July, 2023
Issue Details
Rating	T (13 and up)

1. "Love's Lightning Heart: A Multiversity Story"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Grant Morrison
Penciler(s)	Hayden Sherman
Inker(s)	Hayden Sherman
Letterer(s)	Aditya Bidikar
Editor(s)	Jessica Chen
2. "And Baby Makes There"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Leah Williams
Penciler(s)	Paulina Ganucheau
Inker(s)	Paulina Ganucheau
Letterer(s)	Frank Cvetkovic
Editor(s)	Arianna Turturro
3. "Hey, Stranger"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Nadia Shammas
Penciler(s)	Bruka Jones
Inker(s)	Bruka Jones
Letterer(s)	Frank Cvetkovic
Editor(s)	Andrea Shea
4. "Subspace Transmission"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	A.L. Kaplan
Penciler(s)	A.L. Kaplan
Inker(s)	A.L. Kaplan
Letterer(s)	Aditya Bidikar
Editor(s)	Andrea Shea Jillian Grant
5. "Anniversary"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Josh Trujillo
Penciler(s)	Don Aguillo
Inker(s)	Don Aguillo
Letterer(s)	Lucas Gattoni
Editor(s)	Michael McCalister
6. "Lost & Found: A Spirit World Story"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Jeremy Holt
Penciler(s)	Andrew Drilon
Inker(s)	Andrew Drilon
Letterer(s)	Lucas Gattoni
Editor(s)	Jessica Chen
7. "Teamwork Makes the Dream Work"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Mildred Louis
Penciler(s)	Mildred Louis
Inker(s)	Mildred Louis
Letterer(s)	Ariana Maher
Editor(s)	Jillian Grant Andrea Shea
8. "The Dance"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Rex Ogle
Penciler(s)	Stephen Sadowski
Inker(s)	Stephen Sadowski
Letterer(s)	Ariana Maher
Editor(s)	Michael McCalister
9. "My Best Bet"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Christopher Cantwell
Penciler(s)	Skylar Patridge
Inker(s)	Skylar Patridge
Letterer(s)	Morgan Martinez
Editor(s)	Arianna Turturro
10. "A Tribute to Rachel Pollack"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Neil Gaiman Tom Peyer Trina Robbins Alisa Kwitney Joe Corallo Jadzia Axelrod
11. "Bad Dream: A Dreamer Story"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Nicole Maines
Penciler(s)	Rye Hickman
Inker(s)	Rye Hickman
Letterer(s)	Rusty Gladd
Editor(s)	Sara Miller
12. "Pinups"
Appearances · Synopsis
Credits not yet listed

 Thinking in binaries always feels limiting to me. 

—Circuit Breaker

Appearing in "Love's Lightning Heart: A Multiversity Story"

Featured Characters:

• Flashlight (Hank Hallmark)

Supporting Characters:

• Justice 9
  • Blackbird
  • Bowboy (Billy) Real name revealed
  • Iron Knight
  • Optiman
  • Red Racer (Ray) (Resurrected)
• The Roboflora (First appearance)
• Un-Beast/"Nothing" (First appearance)

Antagonists:

• Inframan (First appearance)
  • Inframan's servants (Single appearance) (Unnamed)

Other Characters:

• Custodians of the Cosmos
• Prisoner X (Zoe Fox) (Flashlight's predecessor) (First appearance)
• Rainbow Patrol (First appearance) (Cameo)
• The Flash/Barry Allen (Earth 0) (Mentioned)
• "The Great Fabricator" (Mentioned)
• Prophecy (deceased) (Mentioned)
• President Superman (Earth 23) (Mentioned)

Locations:

• Multiverse
  • Earth 36
    • Earth
      • Justice 9 Supreme Court HQ (First appearance)
    • Gaolworld Maxitractus II (First appearance)
    • Illysium (First appearance)
    • Octathaedrus Prime (First appearance)
    • Zamballa (First appearance)
  • Speed Force
  • Sphere of the Gods
    • Graveyard of Gods
      • Ossuaria Dei (First appearance)
  • Earth 23 (Mentioned)
  • Monitor Sphere (Mentioned)

Items:

• Black Lens (Mentioned)
• Flashlight's Power-Torch
• Inframan's Armor
• Iron Knight's Armor
• Red Racer's Watch

Vehicles:

• Ultima Thule (Mentioned)

Concepts:

• Anti-Life Equation
• Big Bang (Mentioned)
• Crisis on Infinite Earths (Mentioned)
• Emotional Electromagnetic Spectrum

Synopsis for "Love's Lightning Heart: A Multiversity Story"

• Synopsis not yet written

Appearing in "And Baby Makes There"

Featured Characters:

• Crush (Flashback and main story)
• Harley Quinn
• Poison Ivy

Supporting Characters:

• Katie

Antagonists:

• Dinosaurs

Other Characters:

• 
  

Locations:

• Earth 0
  • Earth (Flashback and main story)
    • Pacific Ocean
      • Dinosaur Island (Flashback and main story)
    • United States of America
      • New York City
        • Brooklyn (Mentioned)

Items:

• 
  

Vehicles:

• Crush's Cruiser

Concepts:

• The Green

Synopsis for "And Baby Makes There"

• Synopsis not yet written

Appearing in "Hey, Stranger"

Featured Characters:

• Green Arrow (Connor Hawke)
• Robin (Tim Drake)

Supporting Characters:

• Robin (Damian Wayne)

Antagonists:

• Scarecrow (Behind the scenes)
  • Scarecrow's Gang

Other Characters:

• Batman (Bruce Wayne) (Mentioned)
• Gotham City Police Department (Mentioned)
• Green Arrow (Oliver Queen) (Mentioned)
• League of Shadows (Mentioned)
• Stephanie Brown (Mentioned)

Locations:

• Earth 0
  • Gotham City
    • Gotham Docks
    • R & R Diner (Single appearance) (Cameo)

Items:

• Trick Arrows
• Utility Belt

Vehicles:

• Batboat

Concepts:

• Lazarus Tournament (Mentioned)

Synopsis for "Hey, Stranger"

• Synopsis not yet written

Appearing in "Subspace Transmission"

Featured Characters:

• Circuit Breaker (Jules Jourdain) (Flashback and main story)
• The Flash/Jess Chambers (Future State: Earth 11)

Supporting Characters:

• Andy Curry (Future State)
• Mica (Appears in flashback and main story)

Antagonists:

• 
  

Other Characters:

• The Flash (Avery Ho) (Appears in flashback and main story) (Also in a vision)
• The Flash (Barry Allen) (Appears in flashback and main story)
• The Flash (Wally West) (Vision) (Cameo)
• Gorilla Grodd (Future State: Earth 11) (First appearance) (In a photograph only)
• Jackson Hyde (Future State) (Cameo)
• Justice League (Future State) (In a photograph only) (Cameo)
  • Batman (Jace Fox) (In a photograph only) (Cameo)
  • Green Lantern (Jo Mullein) (In a photograph only) (Cameo)
  • Superman (Jon Kent) (In a photograph only) (Cameo)
  • Wonder Woman (Yara Flor) (In a photograph only) (Cameo)
• Gorilla Grodd (Mentioned)
• Jules Jourdain (Future State) (Mentioned)
• Mr. Merkle (Mentioned)
• Zavaleta Family (Mentioned)
  • Jules Jourdain's grandmother (Unnamed) (Mentioned)
• Zavaleta Family (Future State) (Mentioned)

Locations:

• Hypertime (Behind the scenes)
  • Future State/"Earth 0"
    • Maine
      • Amnesty Bay
        • Curry Lighthouse
    • Missouri
      • Zavaleta Ranch (Mentioned)
  • "Earth 11" (Mentioned)
  • Multiverse
    • Earth 0
      • Missouri
        • Central City (Flashback and main story)
          • S.T.A.R. Labs (Appears in flashback and main story)
      • Nevada
        • Badlands Station (Appears in flashback and main story)
    • Unknown Earth (First appearance; unnamed)
  • Speed Force
  • Still Force

Items:

• Lazarus Resin (Appears in flashback and main story)

Concepts:

• Lazarus Planet (Mentioned)
• Time Travel

Synopsis for "Subspace Transmission"

• Synopsis not yet written

Appearing in "Anniversary"

Featured Characters:

• Apollo (Andrew Pulaski)
• Midnighter

Supporting Characters:

• Drag queens (Single appearance)
  • Brainiac Sixty-Nine (Single appearance)
  • Crime Allie (Single appearance)
  • Mother Boxxx (Single appearance)
  • Queen Lantern (Single appearance)
• Green Lantern (Alan Scott)

Antagonists:

• Homophobic protesters (Single appearance)

Other Characters:

• Dreamer (Cameo)
• Justice League Queer (Cameo)
  • Aquaman
  • Batwoman
  • Bunker
  • Crush
  • Extraño
  • The Ray
  • Tasmanian Devil
• Obsidian (Cameo)
• Superman (Clark Kent) (Mentioned)

Locations:

• Earth 0
  • Earth
    • United States of America
      • New York
        • New York City
          • Stonewall Inn

Items:

• Starheart

Concepts:

• Warworld Revolution (Mentioned)

Synopsis for "Anniversary"

• Synopsis not yet written

Appearing in "Lost & Found: A Spirit World Story"

Featured Characters:

• Xanthe Zhou

Supporting Characters:

• Batwoman (Katherine Kane)

Antagonists:

• Unnamed grave robbers (Single appearance)

Other Characters:

• Alice (Beth Kane) (Vision) (Cameo)
• Kane Family Gravestones
  • Anna Kane-Grant
  • Bartholomew Kane
  • Francis Kane
  • Gabrielle Kane
  • Jeremiah Kane
  • Joanna Kane
  • John Joseph Kane
  • Katherine Kane I
  • Kieron Kane
  • Merovinia Kane
  • Philip Kane
  • Roderick Kane
• Mr. Nguyen (Mentioned)
• Wayne Family (Mentioned)
• WayneTech (Mentioned)

Locations:

• Earth 0
  • Gotham City
    • Gotham Books (Cameo)
    • Gotham Cemetery
      • Kane Family's Crypt
    • Chinatown
      • Mr. Nguyen's Goods and Sundries
• Sphere of the Gods
  • Spirit World (Mentioned)

Items:

• Batsuit
  • Utility Belt

Concepts:

• Magic

Synopsis for "Lost & Found: A Spirit World Story"

• Synopsis not yet written

Appearing in "Teamwork Makes the Dream Work"

Featured Characters:

• Steel (Natasha Irons)

Supporting Characters:

• Amazons of Themyscira
  • Io
  • Queen Nubia

Antagonists:

• Bane In a simulation only
• Deathstroke (Slade Wilson) In a simulation only
• Grail In a simulation only
• Mongul MDCCXCI In a simulation only

Other Characters:

• Beast Boy Text message
• Superman (Clark Kent) Text message
• Raven Text message

Locations:

• Earth 0
  • Metropolis
    • Steelworks Tower

Items:

• Deathstroke's Sword In a simulation only
• Grail's Scythe In a simulation only
• Ikon Suit In a simulation only
• Kinetic Hammer Also in a simulation
• Nubia's Crown Also in a simulation
• Staff of Understanding Also in a simulation
• Steel's Armor Also in a simulation
• Venom In a simulation only

Concepts:

• Combat Simulator

Synopsis for "Teamwork Makes the Dream Work"

• Synopsis not yet written

Appearing in "The Dance"

Featured Characters:

• Catman (Thomas Blake)
• Ghost-Maker

Supporting Characters:

• 
  

Antagonists:

• Cannon (First appearance)
• Saber (First appearance)

Other Characters:

• 
  

Locations:

• Earth 0
  • Gotham City

Items:

• Ghost-Make Suit
• Ghost-Maker's Swords

Vehicles:

• 
  

Synopsis for "The Dance"

• Synopsis not yet written

Appearing in "My Best Bet"

Featured Characters:

• John Constantine

Supporting Characters:

• Oliver (As a spirit)
• Superman (Jon Kent)

Antagonists:

• Felix Faust

Other Characters:

• Superman (Clark Kent) (Mentioned)
• Titans (Mentioned)

Locations:

• Earth 0
  • Vermont
    • House of Mystery
    • House of Secrets
• Sphere of the Gods
  • Hell (Mentioned)

Items:

• 
  

Concepts:

• Magic

Synopsis for "My Best Bet"

• Synopsis not yet written

Appearing in "A Tribute to Rachel Pollack"

• Appearances not yet listed

Synopsis for "A Tribute to Rachel Pollack"

• Synopsis not yet written

Appearing in "Bad Dream: A Dreamer Story"

Featured Characters:

• Dreamer

Synopsis for "Bad Dream: A Dreamer Story"

• Synopsis not yet written

Appearing in "Pinups"

• Pub Showdown (featuring Renee Montoya, Grace Choi, Anissa Pierce, and Traci 13) by Claire Roe and Triona Farrell
• Flower Power (featuring Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy) by Babs Tarr
• Dinner Date (featuring Aquaman (Jackson Hyde), Ha'Wea, Ice, Superman (Jon Kent), Jay Nakamura, Wonder Woman, Cyborg, Martian Manhunter, Superman (Clark Kent), Dreamer, Blue Beetle (Ted Kord), Green Lantern (Jessica Cruz), The Flash (Wally West), and Batman (Bruce Wayne)) by Angel Solorzano
• Beefcake Bad Boys (featuring Monsieur Mallah, The Brain, Creote, Savant, and Prometheus) by Travis Moore and Tamra Bonvillain
• Poker Night (featuring Starman (Mikaal Tomas), Batwoman (Kate Kane), Green Lantern (Alan Scott), Extraño, Coagula, and Pied Piper) by Noah Dao
• Doom Patrol Block Party (featuring Alice Wired-For-Sound, Coagula, Danny the Street, George and Marion the Bandage People, The Head, Robotman, and Dorothy Spinner) by Maria Llovet
• Youth Center (featuring Bluebird, The Aerie, Kid Quick, Jay Nakamura, Dreamer, Bunker, Bernard Dowd, Cullen Row and Miguel Montez) by Brandt & Stein

Synopsis for "Pinups"

• Synopsis not yet written

Notes

• The "Love's Lightning Heart: A Multiversity Story" story reveals that Optiman is still alive as a consequence of the rebirth of the Multiverse.

Trivia

• In the "Lost & Found: A Spirit World Story" story, Batwoman mentions her family tree is tainted which is a nod to the Kane Family descending from the evil Orgham Family.
• In the "Subspace Transmission" story, Jules Jourdain jokes about not wanting "to pull a Grodd to end the universe" which is a nod to Gorilla Grodd using a Still Force-powered baby Turtle to fight alongside the Legion of Doom during the Justice/Doom War.

Links and References

References

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